"Oh, another one?"
Seeing the masked figure suddenly appear, Meng Yu stopped his blade and spoke calmly.
"It seems there was indeed something strange about you people being able to return alive. You rats hiding your heads and showing your tails, let me see who you really are."
As his voice fell, Meng Yu sent Jia Qi flying with a slash of his blade, then charged towards the masked figure with his blade raised.
"Sigh..."
Seeing the opponent's aggressive stance, Lin Sheng felt somewhat helpless.
Without thinking, he retreated, then flicked his wrist, continuously shooting out pebbles.
Meanwhile, Meng Yu swept his large blade, shattering all the incoming stones.
But he couldn't catch up to Lin Sheng at all.
Soon, he seemed to realize this point and snorted coldly.
He actually stopped pursuing the opponent and instead turned towards the direction of the carriage.
On the carriage, Lin Hong and Xie Guilan were watching this scene, still somewhat shaken.
Seeing Meng Yu suddenly charging towards them, as ordinary people, they had no time to react.
They were instantly scared stiff on the spot, unable to move at all.
Seeing this, Xiao Shi and Lao Zhou stepped forward without thinking to block, but facing Meng Yu, the difference in strength was too great. With just a light slash, he shattered the weapons in their hands, causing them to spit blood and be sent flying backward.
This time, a much sharper whooshing sound came from behind him than before.
Meng Yu narrowed his eyes, held his large blade horizontally, and blocked behind him.
He heard two clangs, deflecting two flying darts.
Before he could react, a boot had already stepped onto the blade.
Bang!
With a muffled sound, Meng Yu retreated two steps, and Lin Sheng's figure also retreated a few steps before standing firm on the ground.
"Actually, we have nothing to do with the bandits plundering outside. You absolutely don't need to waste time here."
After blocking Meng Yu, Lin Sheng didn't attack again but said slowly in a deep voice.
"The reason we came out is also because we want to leave the muddy waters of Lin'an County, so can you let us go?"
Lin Sheng felt a headache about Meng Yu's appearance here.
Originally, he wanted to send them away secretly, without attracting attention and avoiding unnecessary trouble, but he didn't expect a slip-up to occur.
"Let you go? Hehe, ridiculous."
Hearing Lin Sheng's words, a cold smile appeared on Meng Yu's face.
"Whether you have a connection or not, I will naturally judge and decide after capturing all of you. Even if you don't, as members of Zhenshan Tower, fleeing at this time is no different from desertion, and your crime should be punishable by death."
Hearing this, Lin Sheng could only shake his head slightly in the end and speak to Xiao Shi, Lao Zhou, and Jia Qi behind him.
"You guys go first, leave this place to me."
"Okay."
Upon hearing this, Jia Qi immediately responded and, without any delay, quickly mounted the carriage and rapidly drove the horses, taking the others galloping towards Tongzhi County.
"Seeking death! Then I'll cripple you first."
Seeing this scene, Meng Yu snorted coldly, raised the large blade in his hand, and charged towards Lin Sheng like a cannonball.
In the brief exchange just now, he had seen that the masked person in front of him was quite strong, but only quite strong. He was confident that he could take him down within 10 moves.
To avoid any unexpected complications, Meng Yu immediately went all out.
As his figure shot forward, the power he exuded soared, directly activating his explosive secret technique.
Although using an explosive secret technique has certain side effects, as long as it ends quickly and the technique is canceled in time, the side effects can be minimized.
After using the secret technique, his speed immediately increased dramatically.
In an instant, he was in front of Lin Sheng, sweeping his large blade horizontally, the powerful force cutting through the air, creating bursts of sharp air explosions.
Lin Sheng flicked his wrist, and a short dagger appeared in his hand, blocking in front of him, resisting the large blade. However, the strong force inevitably caused him to retreat backward.
"Vajra's Wrath!"
Meng Yu gave him no chance to breathe. After one strike, he pressed forward again, and the large blade smashed down from above with ferocity.
Lin Sheng saw that this strike was difficult to deal with and didn't hesitate at all.
"Bull Rushing Horn!"
The arm holding the short dagger suddenly swelled by two circles, blocking upward horizontally.
Clang—
With a fierce clash of metal, Lin Sheng's figure slightly bent. This was due to being suppressed by the opponent's strike. Clearly, he was at a disadvantage in this move again.
"Vajra's First Style!"
Meng Yu's low shout sounded beside him, and the long blade swept horizontally again. Lin Sheng raised his arm to block. This time, the short dagger in his hand let out a mournful cry of being overwhelmed, and it was directly shattered by the opponent's long blade, shaking his figure back again.
"You trash want to stop me!?"
Meng Yu sneered and pounced towards Lin Sheng like a fierce tiger.
"Your strength is very good. You are indeed unstoppable like this."
Lin Sheng casually threw away the short dagger, which was only left with the handle, and sighed in his heart.
His Ape Embryo Skill had broken through to the third layer, but he was still in the Forging Tendons Early Stage after all.
Although he felt that even without the body-enhancing effect, he was definitely not inferior to a typical Forging Tendons Late Stage, the Meng Yu in front of him was clearly not a typical Forging Tendons Late Stage.
If he used the Ape Demon Transformation, he might be able to hold off or even defeat the opponent, but that secret technique affects his state of mind, and if he couldn't suppress it, he might directly beat the opponent to death.
After all, he had no grudges with the opponent, and he didn't want to take his life.
So, to solve the current situation, he could only...
"Body Integration Silver-patterned Black Crocodile."
He muttered in his heart.
Meng Yu saw the opponent standing still, motionless, and sneered inwardly, his speed increasing by three points. However, the force of the blade in his hand was slightly restrained; he didn't want to take his life in one go and planned to capture him later for interrogation.
In the blink of an eye, he had closed in on Lin Sheng, turning the large blade in his hand and striking the opponent's head with the flat of the blade.
However, the next moment, Meng Yu saw the opponent's figure suddenly swell by a circle.
Before he could react to what had happened, he felt a terrifying Giant Strength coming from the long blade in his hand, which was actually directly gripped by the opponent's palm.
"What..."
Meng Yu's pupils shrank, as if he had seen something impossible.
However, the next moment, he saw a large hand grabbing the front of his clothes, and before he could do anything to respond, a sense of weightlessness swept over him.
He was actually lifted up directly by the opponent as if he were a little chick, and then his vision was filled by a large hand.
"It had to be this way."
Moving his hand away, Lin Sheng looked at Meng Yu, who had already fainted, looked left and right, and simply hung him on a nearby large tree.
He didn't use much strength, and with his physique, he estimated that he would wake up in about the time it takes an incense stick to burn, and by then, it would be impossible to catch up to Jia Qi.
Moreover, after this incident, he didn't think the opponent would dare to chase after them.
Just as he was about to leave, he thought of something, turned back, and searched Meng Yu again, finding 300 taels of silver notes and some Small change, which he unceremoniously put into his pocket before walking towards Yangping Town.
After this incident, he no longer planned to stay in Yangping Town. After all, when the guards checked, they would definitely discover the disappearance of Xiao Shi, Lao Zhou, and himself.
At this sensitive time, he was too lazy to explain anything, so he might as well go back, pack his things, and leave directly.
At worst, he could come back to join the fun after the beast tide erupts on Yangping Mountain.
Thinking this, the speed of his feet became faster and faster. Besides money, he also had Silver-patterned Black Crocodile jerky at his residence, and these were things he had to take with him.
Before long, he arrived outside the town. Due to the delay just now, the sky had already completely darkened.
Yangping Town was far inferior to Lin'an County and didn't even have a decent city wall. He didn't choose to enter from the town entrance but leaped up from the side of the town and entered the town in a few moves.
Because he had caused a commotion at the town entrance earlier, he could see guards or hunters hurrying towards the town entrance on the streets from time to time.
Ignoring these, he quickly arrived at his residence.
At this time, the gate of his residence was wide open, and he could still hear intense dog barking from inside.
Lin Sheng frowned and stepped in.
He only saw Big Yellow barking furiously around a guard holding a spear, looking fierce, a look he had never seen before.
He even occasionally pressed forward, trying to bite.
Whenever the guard swept his spear, Big Yellow skillfully avoided it, actually forcing the Body Tempering Realm guard to retreat repeatedly, while continuously cursing.
"Lao Tian, hurry up and come out with me to kill this beast..."
And in the gap while he was speaking, Big Yellow actually leaped up and bit the hand holding the spear, and the guard immediately let out a cry of pain.
Hearing the sound, a guard holding a knife quickly rushed out of the room, cursing and holding a steel knife to slash at Big Yellow.
However, just a few steps in, a pebble shot over and landed squarely on his chin, knocking him out instantly.
"You dead dog, I'm going to kill you and stew you today..."
Another guard finally managed to pull Big Yellow off his hand, clutching his bloody right hand, but he suddenly bumped into a wall, hitting the back of his head painfully. Soon he realized something - he was in the center of the courtyard, where was there a wall?
He turned his head and saw a tall figure, then his vision went black, and he lost consciousness.
Lin Sheng casually threw the guard aside and beckoned.
"I didn't expect it, you dog thing are quite brave this time."
He stroked Big Yellow's head and returned to the room.
The room was messy, but thankfully, the things he had hidden were not found. Even if they were found, it didn't matter, as long as the person was still here, they wouldn't be able to run.
He carried the banknotes with him and put the silver in his bag. Lin Sheng also took the jerky hanging in the other room.
The Silver-patterned Black Crocodile cub itself didn't have much meat, and after this period of consumption, there were only about ten to twenty pieces of jerky left, so taking them all didn't amount to much.
"Big Yellow, let's go."
After packing everything and taking Big Yellow, Lin Sheng walked directly outside.
At the town entrance at this time, figures were moving.
Guards and hunters surrounded the town entrance tightly.
"What's going on?"
Ouyang Yuan stood in a pavilion next to the town entrance, looking at the scene below and speaking coldly.
"There was some trouble at the town entrance just now. Someone deserted, and Captain Meng has gone out to pursue them..."
Tian Hu explained, his expression slightly grim.
Because he already knew what had happened and that the deserters were the people who had returned from the last transport team, and most of the people who returned alive were under his command. With such an incident, he would definitely not be able to escape some responsibility.
"Desertion?"
Ouyang Yuan sneered twice, his tone indescribably cold.
If someone deserted in this situation and set a precedent, then it would definitely not be an isolated case in the future. Therefore, no matter who deserted or how many people there were, the result would be death.
"After capturing them, whip their corpses for three days and hang them on the city wall."
"Yes." Tian Hu cupped his hands in response.
At the same time.
Outside the entrance of Yangping Town, in the nearby bushes, a few figures were looking at the group of people lined up at the exit with surprised expressions.
"What's going on? Did someone leak the information? Did the people from Zhenshan Tower become prepared!?"
Black Bear narrowed his eyes and spoke slowly. Although he was a bandit by origin and had a cruel nature, he was cautious, otherwise, he wouldn't have been rampant for so many years and step by step entered the Blood Transportation Realm.
"Not sure, but this is good. They are all gathered together, making it easy to catch them all in one go. You and I already know the situation in this Yangping Town. Even if the information was leaked, what can they do?"
Chen Fengqing, who was fanning himself with a paper fan nearby, was also a little surprised, but he didn't take it to heart, only speaking in a deep voice.
In fact, in his opinion, apart from Ouyang Shan, Zhenshan Tower had nothing noteworthy. If his father hadn't repeatedly asked the Black Wind Bandits to take the lead, he would have even wanted to lead the people himself and directly flatten Yangping Town.
"That's true. In that case, I'll leave the first battle to you. My brothers are all at your command."
Black Bear said with a smile.
"You..."
Chen Fengqing opened his mouth but didn't say anything more, just snorted coldly.
"Follow me."
He ordered the Black Wind Bandits hiding in the bushes behind him.
"Listen to Brother Chen."
Black Bear waved his hand, and the Black Wind Bandits followed Chen Fengqing, sneaking towards the town entrance under the cover of the night.
"Guards, follow me and go out to meet Leader Meng."
A guard captain rode a horse and shouted among the crowd.
"Yes."
Immediately, guards responded.
However, just as they were getting ready to set off, the sound of birds chirping came from the sky, and raindrops fell, hitting people.
"It's raining..."
This was the first reaction of the guards and hunters.
But soon they realized something was wrong, as a strong pain came from the skin where the raindrops landed.
And at this moment, dense whooshing sounds came from the night, and arrows, like death's scythes, tore through the barrier of the night and fell into the chaotic crowd.
Wailing and crying soon echoed throughout Yangping Town.
"What's going on? What happened!?"
In the pavilion, Ouyang Yuan frowned upon hearing the shouts from outside.
"Kill..."
However, the response he received was the shouts of the bandits swarming from outside.
"This is... Black Wind Bandits!!"
Seeing the grinning bandits outside, Ouyang Yuan's eyes widened, falling into a daze.