[A group of several dozen of you entered the forest, and soon a skirmish ensued. Twenty bandits, taking advantage of their early entry and familiarity with the surroundings, launched a surprise attack and killed two people on the spot.]
[You sensed something during their sneak attack, and your energy deflected a flying knife. The blade was a brilliant blue, not stained by your energy, but rather by poison.]
[Thumping, thumping, those third-rate warriors who had been hit by the flying knives but not yet killed fell down one after another within ten seconds. Two of the second-rate warriors also sat down cross-legged, using all their internal energy to expel the poison.]
[But a poison that can cripple a third-rate warrior in just over ten seconds, you think you can't resist it. As for those two second-rate warriors, they're just extending their time.]
Although the bandits succeeded in their surprise attack, snatching away seven of your men, they had no idea that among them was a top-tier expert. With the combined power of you and another top-tier warrior, He Yi, master of the Guanxin Spear, nineteen of the twenty bandits were killed in a mere hundred breaths, leaving only one alive.
[A second-rate warrior teammate: Fang Chi volunteered to join the team, saying he has some knowledge of torture techniques. You and He Yi decided to let him try.]
Sure enough, within three minutes he had gathered a lot of information about the bandit gang. You and He Yi were about to take action when Fang Chi waved his hand, "This is fake! Let me review it."
As expected*2, after only ten minutes of torture, the surviving bandit changed his tone and gave a completely different account. It turned out the initial information was false. If you believed it, you would only fall into a trap set by the bandit gang.
"Wait a minute, that's also a lie. Let me reexamine him," Fang Chi interrupted. You and He Yi exchanged a glance, deciding to trust the judgment of the professionals.
[As expected*3, what a cunning robber, setting a double trap! You and He Yi gnashed your teeth.]
[During the third round of interrogation, the robber did not change his statement and still insisted on his second statement.]
Fang Chi sneered, "You're being tough, but I have more tricks up my sleeve!"
[During the fourth round of interrogation, the robber burst into tears and begged everyone to kill him quickly and give him a quick death.]
Fang Chi's eyes gleamed: "If you push him any further, he'll tell the truth!"
[In the fifth round of torture, halfway through, the robber's head tilted and he died.]
Fang Chi: "..."
"I didn't expect him to be so weak, telling the truth the second time." Fang Chi laughed dryly to hide his embarrassment.
You ignored his dark quirks and began to advance towards the bandit's lair.
[Soon, you'll discover that this bandit has only been here for less than two months, and he's already built the basic outlines of the fort, including fences, wooden houses, and a lobby...]
[They didn't do it themselves, because you see a group of men and women in tattered clothes, worse than beggars, mechanically building a wooden structure, with a few bandits guarding them not far away.]
[In a corner of the village, a cage resembling a pigpen was built, and directly above the cage, hung a pile of corpses and severed heads...]
[You also noticed the half-built watchtower and thought to yourself that you were lucky you came early, otherwise it would have been exposed early today.]
After dealing with the dozen or so bandits patrolling outside the stronghold, the bandits inside were also alarmed. They rushed out in a rush, forming a formation of sixty or seventy people, all of them aggressive and aggressive.
[You are caught in a chaotic battle. The bandits are more numerous, but they have fewer second-rate warriors, only six or seven, and only one first-rate warrior.]
[If the number of people is similar, the proportion of experts will be quite terrifying. The difficulty in this roundup of bandits lies in the fact that the stats of the top-tier warrior leader are too high!]
[His blood and energy surged, as if he were facing a giant beast. Only with the unity of you and He Yi can you stop him and overpower him.]
[You suspect he has already mastered the art of martial arts. A bandit in his forties who can achieve this level of martial arts cultivation must have been a martial arts genius in his youth.]
The first-rate masters are in a stalemate, while the second-rate warriors, who have double the number, are gradually gaining the upper hand while guarding against the bandits' poisoned weapons (the bandits only have a few).
The wind gradually shifts in your direction. The bandit leader, seeing the situation becoming increasingly dire, suddenly turns and flees, leaving behind his many followers.
[You and He Yi were unable to catch up for a while, so you had to turn back and kill the remaining bandits one by one.]
The bandit suppression didn't end well, as we missed the biggest one. However, Donglin City commented: "Even missing one is still impressive." (Thumbs Up.jpg)
[It's difficult for a bandit to become a force to be reckoned with, and having lost his younger brother, I believe he will soon leave Donglin City and go elsewhere, so there's no need to worry.]
Half a month later, you were practicing the martial arts skill you won in your first competition in your courtyard: Piercing Heart Strike. Suddenly, you felt the streets in chaos. Guards and soldiers were everywhere, and every household was shut up.
You almost thought it was the Wu Kingdom that was attacking, but after asking around, you discovered it was the City Lord who was inside the mansion, hacked in half in front of everyone!
The strongest guards present were two second-rate warriors, and based on the description of the murderer's appearance that was later passed around, it turned out to be the bandit leader the city lord had mentioned as "no need to worry about."
You: "..." Damn!
The murderer hasn't left the city yet. According to intelligence reports, he's still roaming around Donglin City. As a top-tier warrior, he can easily leap over a wall or scale a building with a single leap. Without someone of his level suppressing him, he's practically omnipotent in the city—until his strength and energy are exhausted!
[One man is the enemy of the city! ]
You also go out, unleashing the light skill associated with "Mianhe Flowing." With every step you take, pure blue light emanates from the soles of your feet, and your speed soars from the normal 30 meters per second of a top-tier warrior to 50 meters per second!
[In two seconds, he flew a hundred meters! ]
You head straight to He Yi's residence. The bandit leader actually murdered the city lord in his residence, demonstrating his strong desire for revenge. You worry you'll be next.
From a distance, you could already see the compound that He Yi had rented in the city. When you got within a few dozen meters, the door opened.
The bandit leader holds He Yi's head and looks at you running towards him.
[...]
You start running, but after just a few breaths, you realize something's wrong. Turning back, you see the bandit's back, further away, moving away from you.
"He's running out of energy!" Realizing this, you immediately turned around and began chasing the bandit leader.
You chased each other across several streets, and along the way you even asked the soldiers to help you stop the bandit leader, but the results weren't very ideal.
"Boiling soldier, wasting my energy shouting."
[The bandit's horse, no, the bandit's Qinggong isn't as good as yours, so even though he's stronger than you, the distance between you hasn't widened, but instead, it's getting closer.]
Finally, in a wealthy residential area, the bandit leader stopped at the top of a mansion's overhanging roof (an ancient roof structure) and stared at you from afar, his eyes gleaming with the intent of a life-and-death battle.
[You know, he only has enough energy left for one last fight. If he keeps running, he won't even be able to fight back if he's caught up. So this is a fight to the death!]
Can you win?