As soon as the news of the enemy attack spread, General Zhongwu and Xia Jinghong, who were closest to the team, rushed over immediately. The latter did not feel the enemy, so how could there be an enemy attack? This was a serious disruption of the morale of the army and required military punishment. But when they heard that it was Xia Xiao who said this, they immediately changed their attitude and headed west from the end of the team.
The two bumped into the cultivators who were retreating from Xia Xiao, and saw Xia Xiao in the direction of their fingers. He and Ah Zhu stood in the gradually brightening sky and earth, facing the west, as if waiting for something to come. That kind of waiting was confident, and even though there was only a back view, Xia Jinghong could see Xia Xiao's confidence. But as a father, it was instinctive to worry about his children.
"What did he say?"
"The Third Young Master asked us to leave, saying that he and Ah Zhu could handle it."
"Then hurry up. We walked too slowly the past two days. We must speed up today!"
After Xia Jinghong finished speaking, he turned his horse around and was about to leave. Seeing this, General Zhongwu beside him asked if he wanted to meet him, but Xia Jinghong shook his head firmly, telling him not to.
"The enemy is unknown, the Third Young Master may be in danger."
"I know him, he won't throw away his life, do as he says!"
Xia Jinghong whipped his whip, and General Zhongwu and the practitioners followed closely behind. In their hearts, Xia Xiao became even more mysterious.
In the early morning, the sky and the earth were clear. Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu stood on the grass full of fresh air, but their breathing became heavier. Ah Zhu was a little curious and asked Xia Xiao:
"How many enemies do we have?"
"one hundred."
Xia Xiao blurted out, and Ah Zhu's face changed immediately when she heard it. She lost her previous confidence in an instant, and the spirit of standing above the heaven and earth and being able to fight against the heaven and earth was torn into tiny pieces and scattered everywhere.
"They're all gone, why didn't you tell me earlier? What should we do now? Can you handle it? Are they strong? If they're average, I can help you share a few of them. Really, you're still trying to be brave even though you have more people than me. I feel like you'll kill me sooner or later, and you can't escape even if I die."
"Don't panic, I can do it alone."
"I don't believe it."
Ah Zhu muttered softly, and when Xia Xiao turned his head, he timidly lowered his head again. Her panic was a bit unnecessary. Facing these guys, although it was difficult to crush everyone in one breath, as long as he was there, they would not be able to pass by him.
Xia Xiao twisted his neck, and his wrists and ankles made crackling sounds. When their breaths gradually approached and even stopped, Ah Zhu saw nothing, but Xia Xiao spoke and said:
"It's right under our noses, it's not good to hide it, right?"
Thunder flashed in his pupils, and they broke through his eye sockets in an instant, entered the air, and quickly moved away while striking the surroundings. The green grass on the grass turned into charcoal, and the lightning kept twisting, like poisonous little snakes, all crawling under the shade of several trees. The lightning struck the air, making a hissing sound, and the hundreds of people below were in a mess, scattered into a group, and exposed their figures from the shadows.
A hundred people hiding under three trees? Although Ah Zhu didn't see how they hid, he felt embarrassed just thinking about it.
Hundreds of people were scattered around, some standing and some lying on the ground, preparing to rush out. At the other end of their gaze, Xia Xiao did not move in the same posture as before, just scanning the circle, looking for the leader of this group of people. Talking to scum has no effect, and you can't get any words out of them, so you have to find the right person.
Xia Xiao's eyes quickly locked onto a person in the crowd. He had very simple black hair, and the mask on his face had no decorations, let alone lines of pretense. He was as smooth as a normal person, neither happy nor angry, and had no emotions. Xia Xiao could hardly see through him. Moreover, Xia Xiao sensed a different aura from him, which seemed contradictory and coexistent, like extremely hot and extremely cold things coexisting, and giving rise to another strange power.
Xia Xiao had learned about special practitioners in the academy, among whom there were people who mastered multiple five elements at the same time. There were very few such people, not many more than him who came from afar, but the power they could use was also magical, surpassing their own surface level of cultivation, and it was common for them to challenge higher-level opponents.
This kind of existence is probably related to the mysterious army of Nan Shang. It is not surprising that all the hundreds of people here are practitioners, but they cooperate well and surround Xia Xiao silently. This kind of perfect operation is extremely dazzling, which makes Xia Xiao smack his lips for a while, but his tone is still very calm, saying:
"With just a few of them, they can neither tear off our flesh nor delay our journey. Maybe a few of them will stay. Why bother?"
"Who gave you the power to judge the decisions made by our Nan Shang?"
The man's slender fingers pressed against the edge of the mask on his face, and the light in his eyes was extremely cunning and vicious, like the dagger that Xia Xiao was familiar with, which would cause blood to flow continuously as long as it stabbed the body. However, when he refuted, Xia Xiao became more excited.
"You guys want to represent Southern Business, aren't you too arrogant?"
Xia Xiao was extremely confident because he knew there would be no strong men in the Qulun Realm here. Those with such strength would not join the pursuit team. He guessed correctly that there was indeed no such person here, but the strength of this man was not as simple as it seemed. At least he gave Xia Xiao the feeling that he was gradually getting stronger.
"It's ridiculous for two people to laugh at a hundred people, but can you defeat us? It seems that you have used up the scrolls of talismans that you are good at. What other tricks can you use?"
"We have plenty of tricks, enough to kill a hundred of you without repeating them. We will also quickly make you realize that no matter what your purpose is, it is a mistake to send such a small number of people."
After Xia Xiao finished speaking, he began to form seals with his hands. Ah Zhu stood beside him, but she was not the only one. Soon, Ju Mang, Huo Dou, Xiao Yu and the golden spirit beast appeared together, facing the four directions, leaving no gaps for them, and leaving no gaps behind. Then, Xia Xiao began.
Xia Xiao suddenly disappeared from the spot like a ghost. In an instant he had swung out his machete and cut off a man's head.
The first move is beheading!
The second move is piercing the heart!
Blood splattered into the sky. Before he fell, the practitioner beside him had been pierced through the heart. Xia Xiao's movements were smooth and smooth, as if the wind blew away leaves. He immediately went behind another person. He didn't care whether these people were trying to obtain intelligence or to fight guerrilla warfare with Daxia. As long as they were southern merchants, they were the enemy and he had to defeat them. If the other party provoked him, he had to show all his strength.
Although he had been eating dry cakes and porridge these days, he was in very good condition. Even if this team of 100 practitioners reacted, they still died under various tricks.
In addition to beheading and piercing the heart with a broadsword, there are also simple and crude methods such as waist cutting, limb breaking, and physical skills. When they released all their energy and prepared to resist, a strong wind blew around Xia Xiao's body, trapping him and splitting him into dozens of pieces. Then lightning fell from the sky, and vines and thorns drilled out of the ground.
"The eighteenth move!"
The broadsword in Xia Xiao's hand tore out a dark purple aura, and when he stepped on the ground, a huge pillar of molten lava rose straight up from the ground. He turned around and took a breath, spitting out a thick flame, turned around and twisted his neck, and spurted out molten lava again. His feet drew a half-pot on the ground, and water droplets condensed out of it and floated around him.
"Twenty-second move!"
Drops of water that were almost the size of tears shot out, breaking through the shield of vitality and piercing through the flesh and blood of the practitioner behind them. But before it was over, a strong wind of ice and snow blew up, freezing the person into ice cubes, and a flick of the finger turned the ground into a blood-red ice residue.
Xia Xiao changed his moves, killing 51 people with 32 moves, and each move was different, and it took no more than half a minute. His agile figure was like fire and lightning, twisting very quickly in the air and standing still, with a few evil smiles on his face. When he looked at the masked man again, he asked provocatively:
“Why don’t you take action?”
During this long time, the man had certainly done something, but he was always stopped by the evil spirits and the golden beasts. Even without Ju Mang and Xiao Yu taking action, he had already tasted Xia Xiao's power.
The contracted beasts are so strong, not to mention the spiritual contract subjects. Xia Xiao and Yang Jing's understanding of existence is very different, but it is not difficult to understand, after all, he is also that kind of existence. However, this is all what he thinks. Xia Xiao is special, absolutely unique in the Great Wilderness, and there is no one similar to him.
"I want to compete with you."
"Compared to what?"
"It's just pure flesh, without any other energy."
"Don't promise."
Ah Zhu yelled behind Xia Xiao, it's already such a good time, this isn't the time to have a fight, it's really shameless for them to still want to compete.
Xia Xiao understood Ah Zhu's worries, but nodded in front of Yang Jing and agreed. Ah Zhu was puzzled, but Xia Xiao wanted the army of the Great Xia Alliance to go further away. Since these guys could catch up, it meant that their speed was too slow. Now that they could finally intercept them for a while, why not Xia Xiao?
Besides, he didn't mind killing enemies. The fact that they were cultivators made Xia Xiao feel that it was meaningful. If he couldn't kill them all, there would always be someone who could escape with all their strength. Then he would establish his own prestige and make the southern merchants terrified of him.
Ju Mang and the others did not go back, but stayed beside Ah Zhu, as if they were her bodyguards. Xia Xiao spread his hands and thrust the machete in his hand into the ground. They would use their fists first!
There was no order or conversation. Xia Xiao's gaze simply passed over the people behind Yang Jing, which served as a warning. Then he took a step forward, and it was the forearm that collided, but it was like the collision of steel.
The heavy metallic sound made Xia Xiao stutter when he was about to speak, but he didn't take it to heart and continued to confront it.
Just like what Xia Xiao had sensed first, Yang Jing could activate water and fire at the same time. Although he didn't know his contracted beast, this rare dual vitality had a very special power, which was reflected even in the simplest melee. One punch had heat, and the other had cold wind. Although he didn't show much power in the air, the distinct temperature changes made Xia Xiao feel interesting. But who wouldn't be able to restrain this kind of vitality?
The right fist is a furnace, with flames burning inside and only heat outside. The left fist is an ice cellar, with thousands of mysterious ice and chilling cold. Although Xia Xiao was just imitating Yang Jing, the power of his punches was several times stronger than the latter.