Chapter 36 Appear and Disappear Like a Ghost

Lian Rufeng subconsciously threw himself to one side, his expression changing dramatically.

Boom!

A jet-black arrow whizzed past. A guard swiftly blocked the arrow with his blade, but the collision between the two led to a tremendous blast.

The guard howled in pain as his entire body exploded into pieces.

Color drained from the faces of Lian Rufeng and the others. The fired arrow wasn’t only fast, but also contained unimaginably immense power. It was impossible to block the arrow!

“The enemy is there!” yelled a guard while pointing to a place in the village.

Lian Rufeng instantly spotted the archer. A familiar figure flashed from a stone roof in the village.

Lin Xun?

Lian Rufeng’s pupils shrank. Could the archer really be that thirteen-year-old boy?

“Charge!”

There was no time to deliberate. Lian Rufeng roared and led the way into the village.

The village had a very complicated layout as well as many hiding places, making it difficult for archers to fully display their power.

This contrasted with outside the village, where there were few places to conceal and hide. There, a person’s location would be easily exposed and be treated as a live target.

The guards all had a great deal of battle experience and so they understood such logic. They didn’t hesitate to charge into the village with Lian Rufeng.

Wu Henshui’s face turned ashen. He had never imagined such a strong archer would be hiding in a little village.

“Elder Wu, that fired arrow was incredibly powerful and doesn’t seem to be an ordinary weapon. If my guess is correct, the arrow is engraved with the explosive flame rune!” exclaimed a middle-aged man.

He was one of Wu Henshui’s capable subordinates and was called Han Junshan. He possessed a cultivation base of the fourth-layer True Martial Stage. Most importantly, he was a rune apprentice.

Although Han Junshan had no hope of becoming a rune master due to his poor aptitude, he had practiced the art of runes and could identify them.

Explosive flame rune?

Wu Henshui gasped inwardly and then asked, “You mean there is a rune master in the village?”

Han Junshan shook his head. “There shouldn’t be. The explosive flame rune is just a basic rune. I also have the confidence to engrave an explosive flame rune, but…”

“But what?” asked Wu Henshui hurriedly.

“The quality of the rune ink required to engrave the explosive flame rune is very high. Also, the rune is engraved on an arrow. An arrow with the explosive flame rune can be sold for 30 copper coins in Donglin City. I really can’t imagine how something so precious can be found in a poor mountain village.” Han Junshan frowned in puzzlement.

Wu Henshui’s eyelids twitched. “You mean, there is a master in this village?”

Immediately afterwards, he shook his head. “No, if there’s a master in the village, there wouldn’t be a need to ambush us. The enemy is likely not that strong in combat so he chose to attack in such a way.”

Han Junshan nodded, “I think so too. The fired arrows must have exhausted the enemy’s strength already. We will win if we seize this opportunity.”

Wu Henshui’s heart fluttered. “Since that’s the case, maybe we can find out where the arrows came from. It might make us a fortune!”

Han Junshan smiled in response. “Correct, who would have thought that this poor village not only has acres of aeth fields but also a place with Blood Essence Sand and treasures such as the explosive flame arrow?”

Wu Henshui inhaled deeply and said coldly, “That's good, when Lian Rufeng and the others get rid of those country bumpkins, everything will belong to us!”

Han Junshan asked, “Elder Wu, should we go help out?”

Wu Henshui sneered. Surveying the village from a distance, he said leisurely, “A rich person does not sit under the eaves. It's better to leave this sort of thing to those country bumpkins.”

……

Feiyun Village wasn’t big but the streets were winding and complicated. The houses were disjointed and most were in disrepair.

It indeed wouldn’t be easy to spot someone with the intention of hiding. Only Spirit Dipper experts could exercise their powerful power of consciousness to locate any traces. Other people could only search the village with their eyes and ears.

Lin Xun wasn’t worried about being found.

He knew that his opponents were all at the True Martial Stage. The reason he moved the villagers away from the village was to take advantage of the village’s complicated layout to launch attacks at the enemies.

Moreover, he wouldn’t need to worry about Lian Rufeng and the others threatening him with the villagers’ lives.

Hu—

Lin Xun panted heavily inside a house. He took out a water sack and gulped down the liquid.

The water sack contained Aeth Refining Liquid, which could rapidly restore one’s aeth power. Although he had only fired three arrows, it had consumed more than half of his aeth power.

This huge consumption of power even occurred after he had reached the third layer True Martial Stage. Furthermore, his aeth power had been refined to its peak through the Aeth Power Vortexes. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to fire three arrows in one go.

Feeling his aeth power being restored, he looked calm but he felt a little disappointed.

He had intended to kill Lian Rufeng with that surprise attack but he failed to do so.

Thinking of that, Wu Henshui’s figure emerged in Lin Xun’s mind. He didn’t know who he was, but his intuition told him that he was much more dangerous than Lian Rufeng!

“What would they be after that would make Lian Rufeng bring back a master?”

Lin Xun furrowed his brows. He knew that the matter had become a little troublesome. He originally thought that he only had to deal with Lian Rufeng and the other guards. The unexpected appearance of a dangerous person of unknown background gave him significant pressure.

His aeth power soon returned to normal. Full of energy, Lin Xun felt refreshed. He pushed all distracting thoughts out his mind.

He took off the huge bone bow and changed to the Skybreaker Blade. He drew a deep breath before he sped out the room.

The battle had already begun and the outcome had to be decided. So, Lin Xun couldn’t think about other things.

The village had lost its usual peacefulness. Footsteps, cries and roars rang out from time to time. It was obvious that Lian Rufeng and his party were aggressively hunting for Lin Xun.

“I have killed three but there’s another twelve. The most dangerous one is the goateed old man. I also shouldn’t underestimate Lian Rufeng…”

Sneaking cautiously along the alleys of the village, Lin Xun quickly assessed his situation.

As he came to the corner of an alley, he suddenly halted his footsteps and his eyes glinted coldly. Despite there not being the slightest sound, he sensed danger approaching.

Lin Xun held his breath and swiftly leaned against the corner of the wall, waiting quietly.

Silently, a guard walked along the alley lightly and vigilantly. He tightly clasped a blade in one hand and a shield in the other.

When Lin Xun and his gaze met, the distance between the two was only one meter.

Shua!

A beam of green light flashed. Without any hesitation Lin Xun performed the heavy split of the Six Word Blade. The force of the blade crashed down like a mountain.

The guard rapidly reacted. Instead of retreating, with a loud roar, he simultaneously brought his shield up to block the attack and he thrust out his blade.

Boom!

However, the guard had underestimated Lin Xun’s strength. With a resounding boom, his shield shattered and a tremendous force blasted him into the opposite wall. His neck twisted and he slammed into the ground, unable to get up again.

Pu!

Without any hesitation, Lin Xun darted forward and slashed his opponent’s throat. Blood jetted out furiously.

But Lin Xun had already ducked down, and like a cheetah, tapped his toes on the ground, turned, and disappeared into the alley.

Lin Xun’s opponent was only a second-layer True Martial Stage expert and posed no threat to him. Their sudden fight ended with a clear result.

It was only until after Lin Xun vanished that someone discovered the guard’s body on the ground and roared in fury.

Before long, the same scene happened in another corner on the other side of the village. A guard walking cautiously was slashed across his head. He collapsed to the ground without the chance to scream.

Lin Xun disappeared again like a ghost.

A few days ago, Lin Xun had already checked out every corner of Feiyun Village and memorized any place that he could conceal himself in order to cope with such a situation.

Lin Xun was well prepared while Lian Rufeng and the others were caught off guard.

As time passed by, the expressions on the faces of Lian Rufeng and others worsened. Indescribable anger, fear and panic filled their hearts.

First, arrows were fired at them at the entrance of the village, and then, as they entered the village, they were pulled into a real ‘street fight’. Regardless of how stupid they were, Lian Rufeng and the others knew that their enemy had everything prepared!

A quarter of an hour later.

“Brother Lian, the villagers aren’t here. We can’t threaten our opponents with their lives. This is clearly a trap.”

One of the guards whispered in panic.

“Nonsense, of course I know that!”

Seeing that only six subordinates were remaining, Lian Rufeng couldn’t help but feel irritable. He realized that their situation didn’t look good. He immediately gathered the scattered subordinates.

He had never thought he would lose five of his people in just a quarter of an hour. Only seven people were remaining in the village including him.

“Lin Xun!”

Lian Rufeng clenched his teeth in fury. He finally realized that he was only dealing with one opponent, a thirteen-year-old boy!

However…

Lian Rufeng couldn’t believe that the boy, who he thought little of, had become another person in just a few months. Lin Xun had turned deceitful and ruthless, and he had gained incredible fighting power.

Obviously, Lin Xun was the reason why Lu Ting and Qian Qi were gone!

“Xiao Tianren, where did you find such a ruthless little thing?”

Lian Rufeng wanted to understand.

Yong!

Suddenly, the familiar and strange whistling sound rang again from a far away place. It came from an object slicing through the air at a high rate of speed.

However, the noise resembled a death knell when it fell in Lian Rufeng’s ears. His face blanched as he roared, “It’s him again!”