Liao Zhongyou gripped the sword tightly around his neck, trying to pull it out, but he seemed to have lost all strength. His hands slumped over the sword as he desperately breathed out the last of his life.
At this moment, he was completely bewildered. Why was this guy here? Had he been lying in ambush waiting for him?
He finally understood why the young master had repeatedly warned us to be careful of this guy's cunning and treacherous nature.
But the young master never said he would be so despicable. He's already killed me, yet he won't let me die a quick death.
Looking at Zu An's smug face, Liao Zhongyou felt a surge of anger rising to his head, and blood gushed from his throat as if it were free.
Liao Zhongyou's anger level increased by 1024!
"Die like that?" Seeing the other person's eyes wide open, looking like he died with his eyes open in disbelief, Zu An suddenly felt a little bored. He had originally wanted to squeeze more anger points out of him.
He pulled his sword back, placed the body on a tree, and then searched the body, finding only some dry rations and a few bottles of healing medicine.
The bow he carried looked pretty good, but unfortunately, Zu'an didn't know how to use it. He then tested the arrows in his quiver, and they were immediately pierced in two by the arrows from the zombie army. Obviously, the quality was far inferior, so he didn't bother to keep it and casually tossed it aside.
"Damn it, another penniless wretch." Zuan complained, even poorer than the last one. At least Shi Fei had some loose silver and spirit stones on him.
Just as he was about to throw him down, Zuan suddenly changed his mind. He figured he should still make good use of the waste.
So he carried Liao Zhongyou's body in one hand and chased after the man who had just wielded the knife, who was relatively weaker and should be easier to deal with.
Meanwhile, on the north side of the woods, Shi Zhenxiang was cautiously searching around with a knife in hand, but unfortunately, she found nothing along the way.
"Brother, I will definitely avenge you!" he said through gritted teeth. Yes, he was the older brother of Shi Fei, the guy who had been outside.
They were both orphans from a young age, relying on each other for survival. They grew up together through various arduous and dangerous training sessions, and finally completed their training and left the mountains. They were just about to gain their freedom by completing Young Master Shi's mission, and then they could fly freely in the sky. Who knew that such an accident would happen?
The two were watching the sunset together yesterday, reminiscing about their lost childhood and dreaming about the future. The younger brother even said that it would be best if they each found a pair of beautiful sisters to be their wives, so that everyone would be closer.
But now all of that is gone!
"You bastard surnamed Zu, I will tear you to pieces!" Shi Zhenxiang secretly vowed.
Shi Zhenxiang's anger level increased by 876!
Just then, he heard footsteps behind him. A sense of unease rose in his heart, and he turned around abruptly. He only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that it was Liao Zhongyou waving at him: "Didn't I tell you to stay there and provide support? Why did you come here?"
He noticed that Liao Zhongyou's eyes were wide open and wondered what was wrong with him. Had he developed an eye problem from practicing archery?
"I just saw a figure coming this way, so I came to check it out." Zu An stood behind Liao Zhongyou, supporting his body while deliberately lowering his voice and speaking somewhat indistinctly. Although he might not have imitated it perfectly, it would be difficult to tell the difference if one wasn't paying attention.
"What? That guy surnamed Zu is coming this way!" Shi Zhenxiang tightened her grip on the knife and looked around. "Perfect timing, I'll avenge my brother!"
Zaun had already learned his name from the anger points he had gained, and upon hearing this, he immediately understood. It turned out that he was Shi Fei's younger brother. What were these two brothers thinking, giving them such silly names? One is Shi Fei, and the other is Shi Zhen Xiang.
"Why are you moving closer to me? Spreading out a bit will expand the search area." Noticing the other person walking this way, Shi Zhenxiang snorted in dissatisfaction.
Wait a minute, why does he walk so strangely, and what was that sound like when he spoke?
Just then, he felt a dark figure lunge at him. He swung his sword backhand and cleaved the man in two. When he saw that it was Liao Zhongyou lying on the ground, his eyes widened in disbelief: "How could it be you..."
What puzzled him even more was that although Liao Zhongyou was a ranged attacker and relatively weak in melee combat, he shouldn't have been able to be killed by him in one strike.
Just then, a flash of cold light struck, piercing his neck.
However, it was Zu'an who was surprised at this moment, because although his sure-fire sword had pierced the opponent, it seemed that there was a layer of transparent armor blocking the opponent's neck, preventing him from piercing any further.
He then remembered that after reaching the third rank, cultivators could release their vital energy, forming a layer of armor-like protective energy around their bodies to resist attacks.
As cultivation level increases, the protective energy around the body expands, and its defensive capabilities become stronger.
Of course, if your cultivation level is higher than your opponent's, your attack can penetrate their protective energy and injure their body to a certain extent. However, if your cultivation level is lower than your opponent's, your attack may not be able to break through their defense.
However, because the protective energy consumes energy very quickly after activation, no one would keep it on all the time, which gives low-level cultivators the possibility of challenging those of higher levels.
Just like when Zuan seriously injured Yuan Wendong, a fifth-rank cultivator, and instantly killed Liao Zhongyou, a fourth-rank cultivator, it was all because they caught the opponent off guard, and the opponent didn't have time to activate their protective energy.
At this moment, Shi Zhenxiang unleashed her inner energy and slashed directly at his sword. Zu An felt a tremendous force coming from him and could no longer hold onto his sword. He hurriedly retreated.
Shi Zhenxiang brandished her knife and slashed down: "You bastard, I almost fell for your trap, but you're dead today!"
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