Unfortunately, even if they put aside the question of life and death, even if they were determined to die together, it was not enough to make up for the huge gap in strength. As soon as they started fighting, the farm tools in their hands were shaken away, blood flashed, and accompanied by shrill screams, several villagers fell in a pool of blood.
"Hahahaha, with such little strength, you actually want to fight us to the death." The bandits laughed sarcastically.
Although they were from the same poor family, they had lost their compassion after living on the edge of a knife for so many years.
The injured villagers fell in a pool of blood, wailing in agony, their faces distorted with pain. Seeing their miserable appearance, the bandits laughed even more unscrupulously.
These people were able to save their lives not because of their strength, but because they showed mercy. However, this was certainly not out of kindness, but because this ruthless killing made them feel a little bit happy.
"I will kill you, I will kill you." A wounded middle-aged man howled like a wild beast and struggled to get up, but he only stood halfway before his legs softened and he fell down again. But even so, his eyes were red, and he was tightly grasping a long sword that someone had dropped, and he crawled towards the enemy in front of him with anger on his face.
"Hmph, you don't know how to live or die." The bandit with a pair of inverted triangle eyes on the opposite side snorted coldly and slashed at the middle-aged man with a knife.
"Stop!" Ye Yian and others shouted at the same time.
"No!" Another young woman holding a child in her arms screamed and fell headfirst onto the middle-aged man on the ground.
"Don't kill my husband, don't kill my husband." The young woman cried and kept saying. Although she was also wearing a long coarse cloth dress, she was graceful and beautiful.
"The boss is right. Life in this village is indeed good. There is even such a delicate young lady. Hehehehe." An evil light flashed in his triangular eyes, and he reached out to touch her face.
The young woman was startled and instinctively moved back.
"Wow..." The baby in her arms was frightened and let out a tender cry.
"You little bastard, how dare you spoil my fun!" The man with triangular eyes glared fiercely and chopped at the baby's head with a knife.
"Ah..." There were exclamations from all around.
"Stop!" With a crisp and delicate cry, Mu Hanyan flew up like an arrow and slashed at the triangular-eyed man with a sword.
After hearing Mu Chenglin's words and seeing the determination in everyone's eyes to fight to the death, Mu Hanyan was deeply moved. How could she bear to see these innocent villagers die so tragically? The cruelty of this bandit also completely aroused her anger.
Although Ye Yian and Sikong Qinglan were both seriously injured and had little strength to fight again, and although she was also very clear that even if she used her fifth-level swordsman skills without reservation, it would be impossible to defeat Chen Xuefeng, but she knew even more clearly that she must not leave, at least not now, otherwise she would never be at peace for the rest of her life.
Mu Hanyan did not use her sword skills. After all, the truly terrifying enemy was Chen Xuefeng. The more she could conceal her strength, the more hope she would have of survival. No matter how slim the hope was, it must not be wasted.
Mu Hanyan remained unusually calm at this moment, so she continued to employ the fighting techniques she had learned from Mu Tu. However, her cultivation foundation and comprehension were far superior to Mu Tu's. Despite her short training time, even Mu Tu would have felt inferior to her when she unleashed her skills. The bandit was completely unprepared, only realizing when her sword reached him, and instinctively raised his blade to block it.
"Crack!" A huge force came, and the long sword in the bandit's hand was broken in half, and the whole person was chopped away. A line of blood stretched from his forehead to his chest, and drops of blood fell to the ground along the wound.
The bandit's triangular eyes kept twitching as he looked at Mu Hanyan with fear in his eyes.
He was the second-in-command of this group of bandits, and his strength was second only to Chen Xuefeng. Even if he met a fourth or fifth-level divine priest, he could barely fight. However, he did not expect to be injured so badly by the opponent with just one sword. If he was not quite strong and had extremely rich practical experience, he would have retreated quickly when he found something wrong. He might have been cut in half by Mu Hanyan's sword.
Mu Hanyan did not pursue, but stood proudly with a sword in hand, blocking the villagers.
The power of this sword frightened the bandits around. They looked at each other and took a step back in unison.
"Second in command, are you okay?" After a while, someone asked cautiously.
"Don't you have eyes? You can't tell whether I'm dead or not. Damn it, I had a mishap today and was ambushed by a little girl. I'm going to kill her right now and show you what I can do." The man with triangular eyes finally came to his senses. In front of so many men, he was badly injured by a weak-looking girl. The more he thought about it, the more embarrassed he felt. He snatched the big knife from his companion's hand and rushed towards Mu Hanyan with murderous intent.
After calming down a little, he realized that the other party's sword attack was not very strong. It was just that he underestimated the villagers, which allowed her to succeed in the sneak attack. Therefore, he did not take Mu Hanyan seriously.
"Stop." At this moment, Chen Xuefeng suddenly spoke.
"Boss..." The man with triangular eyes looked at Chen Xuefeng in confusion.
"Her sword is not very ordinary, let me do it." Chen Xuefeng looked at the sword in Mu Hanyan's hand, licked his lips and said.
After all, he was born in a priest family, so his eyesight was not bad. He could tell at a glance that the long sword in Mu Hanyan's hand was not an ordinary item, and he had the idea of taking the Hanxiao Sword.
According to the rules of the bandits, whoever kills the opponent will get the spoils. Naturally, he didn't want to let others get such a good thing. He could also see that the fighting skills of the girl in front of him were not too strong, at least not stronger than his own. She just succeeded by sneak attack.
As Chen Xuefeng spoke, he stood in front of Triangle Eyes.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, boss." Triangle Eyes was not stupid. When he heard this, he knew what Chen Xuefeng was planning. However, since he was not as strong as him, he could only endure it.
Little did he know that it was this momentary concession that saved his life.
"Little girl, where did the sword in your hand come from?" Chen Xuefeng asked.
"Does it have anything to do with you?" Mu Hanyan said calmly.
Seeing Chen Xuefeng's look, she knew that the other party did not take her seriously and thought that her strength was just as simple as martial arts. This was also her only chance.
As she spoke, Mu Hanyan was gathering her strength. Although using the sword skills of the Holy Court Continent would mean that her identity would be exposed and she would have to flee to the wilderness, she would not regret it and had no better choice.
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