Chapter 90: Disciples of Tianba Sect

“We’ve encountered bandits with archers!?”
Another barrage of arrows shot from the woods forced them back behind the carriage. He Shiyi was extremely frustrated. Although the arrows from the forest weren’t at the level of a master, they were still at the eighth or ninth tier—powerful arrows, far from being weak and useless. Relying on their numbers and advantage in position, they managed to keep a veteran archer like He Shiyi from lifting his head!
“Damn it! Xiao Chou!! Distract their fire! The escorts can’t hold on much longer!!!”
He Shiyi shouted loudly from behind the carriage.
Gui Jianchou glanced at his men beside him—two of them had already been shot down, with at least four arrows embedded in their thighs and arms. They could only wave one arm to block the arrows, in a desperate situation.
Lan Yan and Xiao Fu were terrified by the arrow rain and dared not show themselves. Xu Lang was a useless fool—who else could they call but “Gui Jianchou” at this moment?
“We can’t move! If the horses die, how will we complete the mission!!”
As Gui Jianchou spoke, his attention was distracted, and an arrow struck his chest!
“Ah!”
Before Gui Jianchou could scream, Lan Yan saw this terrifying scene from behind and cried out. Xiao Fu rushed forward with a pale face, gripping her sword to shield the two men.
In just an instant, several wounds appeared on her arms.
Lan Yan almost cried, biting her lip tightly as she rushed forward too, shouting,
“I’ll fight you to the death!”
Her angry voice trembled like sobs, as if she had been bullied by someone.
The intervention of the two women slightly improved the precarious situation in front of the carriage. The lives of the four men were temporarily saved, and the pulling horses were unharmed!
But!
It seemed the bandits in the woods intended to end the battle with arrow rain. Seeing that the people below continued to resist stubbornly, the arrow rain persisted, with some even focusing on suppressing the only long-range threat behind the carriage—He Shiyi.
“Damn! These bandits in the stronghold are damn possessed!”
He Shiyi was furious.
If it weren’t for Xu Lang following behind, he would have already rushed out of the carriage using his master-level archery skills to fight. But worried about Xu Lang’s safety, he had to suppress this crazy idea and place his hopes on Happy, who had been missing for some time.
He believed that Happy must have sensed the anomaly in the woods earlier…
If they held on a little longer, the arrow rain would surely stop.
Give him a moment to catch his breath, and it would be the end of these people!

Just as she thought this, panicked screams suddenly arose from the woods. Immediately afterward, the once-thick rain of arrows became much sparser, the threat greatly reduced. “Xiao Chou, you’re injured—stay here!” Xiao Fu felt the pressure ease as she easily pushed aside two arrows and rushed toward the woods by the road without looking back. “Sis Fu, wait for me!” Lan Yan followed closely with her sword, too focused to hear He Shiyi’s calls behind her. “Come back… you two girls!” He Shiyi slammed down his bow and arrows, frustrated—the two girls had clearly forgotten that Xu Lang, who was weak in combat, was still with him. He had hoped they could protect Xu Lang so he could act freely, but now that they were gone, if he rushed Xu Lang into the woods recklessly, Xu Lang’s life would be at risk. Moreover… the two girls lacked experience; entering the woods rashly could put them in danger… Less than fifty meters into the woods, an open area suddenly appeared ahead, filled with continuous clashes of weapons. The ground was covered with corpses dressed in uniform white combat gear, which didn’t resemble bandits at all. Kai Xin, brimming with fighting spirit, chased after the men in white, using his flying knives at an astonishing speed, taking two lives each time. “Disciples of Tianba Gate?!” Lan Yan stopped and scanned the area, quickly showing shock. The insignia of Tianba Gate could still be faintly seen on the chests of the dead men in white. The two girls realized why they hadn’t received any escort mission alerts from the system—throughout it all, it had been just an arrow rain. It turned out a group of Tianba Gate disciples had set an ambush here. “Damn it!” At the thought of almost dying from the arrows of Tianba Gate disciples, the two girls were furious. “These bastards!” Kai Xin, with a dark expression, rushed over to them from afar. Actually, when he passed by here earlier, he had sensed that something was off—the roadside was full of footprints and trampled marks, which bandits wouldn’t leave. So he secretly used his Cloud Ascending Step to enter the woods to investigate further. But to his surprise, as soon as he moved, He Shiyi alerted the ambushers in the woods, and a barrage of arrows nearly killed the four escorts and their horses beside the carriage. Filled with anger, Kai Xin became even more certain that those hiding in the woods were players, not bandits. Though shocked, Kai Xin never expected that the robbers would be the old rivals from Tianba Gate in Gusu City… Seeing a group of archers shooting wildly in the woods, along with guards protecting them, the negative emotions that had suppressed Kai Xin all night erupted into uncontrollable fury! His flying knives struck repeatedly, taking four lives in an instant…

Taking advantage of the enemy’s panic, he dropped from the tree into the crowd, throwing more than twenty archers into chaos. Over ten enemies died at the hands of Biyu Tiancan on the spot.
The disciples of Tianba Gate were overjoyed at this sight and immediately became frenzied. The enemy had single-handedly barged into their midst, and they all switched to swords and blades, ready to surround and kill him! But they couldn’t encircle him or kill him. Kai Xin vanished from the crowd with a swift movement, and his flying knives ensured death wherever they landed.
The flying knives were silent!
It wasn’t until the eighth person fell outside that the disciples of Tianba Gate finally noticed and panicked, fleeing in all directions.
Normally, Kai Xin would have disdained chasing after them!
But this time!
Having gone so far away from Gusu City, the people of Tianba Gate still hid in the shadows like parasitic worms, waiting to scheme against him and nearly killing members of his group. No matter what, Kai Xin would not let them off easily.
If he let these people escape this time, the leader of Tianba Gate might think he was truly easy to provoke!
Whoosh!
With a quick step, he activated his Cloud-Stepping technique at full speed to pursue them…
The willow-leaf flying knives in Kai Xin’s hands became the perfect tools for harvesting lives. Wherever the knives flew, disciples of Tianba Gate collapsed with muffled groans, their fates unknown.
In their panic, no one thought to scatter and flee separately; they all ran together.
How could the disciples of Tianba Gate outrun Kai Xin, whose lightness skills were at their peak? From start to finish, they couldn’t escape the range of his flying knives and were effortlessly pursued by him. That’s why Lan Yan and Xiao Fu arrived to see a trail of corpses in white clothes.
“So fast? Already done killing them? Didn’t even leave a few?”
“Silly girl, these are players. Do you think they’re those low-intelligence NPCs?” Xiao Fu glanced at Lan Yan helplessly before turning to Kai Xin and asking, “Were they after you, or here to rob the convoy?”
“Probably after me.”
Kai Xin glanced at the wounds on the two girls and felt a pang in his heart: Players indeed posed a greater threat than NPCs. He needed to be more vigilant from now on!
At the same time, he vowed in his heart: The day he returned would be the day Tianba Gate’s headquarters was destroyed!