Clop clop clop!
Under the blazing sun, the soil on the wide official road had been dyed a snow-white color. Every step they took would leave a hole in the ground. The dust raised by the hooves of the horses was like smoke signals.
Ten people and ten horses galloped forward at lightning speed. They were as fast as lightning, and did not stop at all!
The two people in the lead were Cheng Hao and Hong Yi. Cheng Hao rode on a white horse with snow-white fur while Hong Yi rode on a fast horse that was like a red fire cloud. The two of them led the way at the front and gradually left the boundaries of the Jade Capital.
This time, Cheng Hao didn't bring anyone when he left the Jade Capital for the Southern Sea. He didn't even bring any weapons or armor. Unless they were divine weapons, they wouldn't be as effective as his bare hands.
"Hong Yi, I didn't think that in just a few months, you would have already built up a pretty strong team. Compared to those bookworms whose brains are only filled with sage books, you are much more agile." Cheng Hao praised as he held the reins with both hands and shot a glance at the followers behind him.
"Brother Cheng praises me too much. Actually, among those people, only that family of three is my men. The rest are all Prince Yu's men. Even though I am already a high scholar, my reputation isn't enough to recruit too many experts!" Hong Yi shook his head and sighed.
Cheng Hao secretly looked at the three people beside Hong Yi. One was an old man, one was a middle-aged man, and the last one was a teenage girl. Looking at the three of them, he could tell that they were all martial practitioners. This was especially so for the middle-aged man. He was born with godly strength and his martial arts were pretty good. Although he didn't have copper skin and iron bones, he wasn't far from it. If he was imparted good martial arts, he might be able to become a martial arts expert in the future.
"The three of them are pretty strong, especially that man and the girl. They have great potential. If you are willing to put in the effort to train them, they can definitely become your right-hand men in the future!"
Hong Yi smiled but did not reply. In fact, compared to building his own faction, he was more envious of Cheng Hao's strength, which allowed him to roam the world alone. No matter how strong one's faction was, it was not as safe as having one's own strength.
"Cheng Hao, the Yellow Mud Mound is in front. However, this path has tall mountains and dense forests. It's very dark inside, so it might be dangerous."
After galloping for an hour, they arrived in front of a dense forest. Looking at the narrow path that extended from the periphery of the forest, Hong Yi reminded them with a solemn expression.
"No matter. Now that the experts are all in the Jade Capital, there's no need to care even if there are famous horses hidden in the Yellow Mud Mound.
Cheng Hao raised his head to take a look at the dense forest. He didn't activate his clairvoyance divine art to observe the situation inside. Unless it was necessary, he didn't want to waste his fate to activate his divine art.
Fate was too mysterious. Previously, after he obtained the supreme technique of the Amitabha Sutra, he had activated his left eye divine art to observe his own fate. Regretfully, his fate didn't increase at all. In other words, it wouldn't work if he wanted to rely on obtaining treasures to increase his fate.
Before he could confirm how to obtain his fate, he would save as much as he could. Even if he couldn't save, he had to grasp the time to use his left eye divine art. He couldn't waste any of it.
After a simple rest, the group of ten entered the forest. After traveling for over ten miles, they didn't encounter any danger. This made Hong Yi let out a sigh of relief.
"Looks like I was overthinking. This place is only a few dozen miles away from the Jade Capital. Now that the country is prosperous and the people are at peace, existences like bandits shouldn't dare to come here."
"No, you're right to be worried. There are indeed people waiting for us ahead!"
Among the group of ten, Cheng Hao was the strongest. Holding his breath and concentrating, Cheng Hao could clearly hear any sound from a hundred meters away. Right now, in his ears, there was the sound of a bowstring being drawn.
Swish! Swish!
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Dense locust-like crossbow bolts shot out from the dark forest ahead. They tore through the air and arrived in front of Cheng Hao and the rest in an instant.
"Everyone be careful, it's a repeating crossbow! Flying Locust Repeating Crossbow, don't take it head-on! " Beside Hong Yi, a young man shouted. Even with his strength as a Xiantian Martial Master, he didn't dare to take on a killing weapon like a repeating crossbow head-on.
"Hehe …"
Cheng Hao smiled faintly. His hands quickly spread out, turning into two afterimages. They waved rapidly in the air like two windmills spinning at high speed, completely blocking the crossbow that was shot from the front.
Although the Flying Locust Repeating Crossbow was strong, it was only a light repeating crossbow used by a single person. It wasn't the kind of ballista that had the penetrative power of a sniper rifle bullet. Cheng Hao easily caught these repeating crossbows that couldn't even compare to handgun bullets.
"Go!"
More than ten black crossbow bolts were caught in his hands. Then, with a sudden fling, the bolts in his hands flew out at a speed faster than when they were shot. The intense friction with the air produced ear-piercing sonic booms. In an instant, the bolts disappeared into the forest a hundred meters away.
In an instant, miserable screams came from afar. Cheng Hao didn't stop at all. He used the Tiger Leopard Thunderous Technique and moved like a leopard. He crossed the distance of a hundred meters in a few leaps.
Puff puff puff!
The sound of bones breaking was heard. When Hong Yi and the others came back to their senses, other than Cheng Hao, no one else was standing on the ground. There was only one man in black who seemed to be the leader. He was hung upside down by Cheng Hao on a tree branch.
"Tell me, who sent you here?"
Casually kicking away the corpses of the black clothed men in front of him, Cheng Hao's expression was cold as he sized up the other party. From the beginning to the end, he was too lazy to remove the black cloth covering the leader's face.
"I took your money and I have to help you. My name is Black Sparrow Hawk. We are from the Black Sparrow Stronghold. We received the order, money, and weapons from the thirteen provinces of Zhongzhou. We came to ambush and kill you. Now that we are in your hands, you can do whatever you want to me. "
Black Sparrow Hawk glanced at Cheng Hao, the God of Slaughter, and immediately spilled out a series of information without hesitation.
The other party's straightforwardness surprised Cheng Hao. He had thought that he would have to use some tricks to get this man to talk.
"Aren't people of the underworld the most loyal to their friends? Why are you so spineless? " Cheng Hao felt some disdain in his heart. Even the hooligan leader he had taught a lesson to back then seemed to have more backbone than he did.
"It's not that I'm spineless, but that they were the ones who were heartless first. Why do I need to teach them?" The Black Sparrow Hawk leader's eyes flashed with hatred. "The men sent by the chief said that the target this time was at most a Xiantian Master. That was why we were willing to accept this deal. But who would have thought that there would be someone like you, who is at least a Great Grandmaster, in this assassination team? Tell me, do I still need to keep this a secret for them? "
"That's true." Cheng Hao nodded. "They are using you as cannon fodder, so there is indeed no need to talk about morality. What other information do you have? Tell me all at once!"
"I heard that the Great Luo Sect, a martial arts holy land, secretly issued a Great Luo Order to kill Hong Yi's group! The thirteen provinces of Zhongzhou naturally have to obey. "Black Sparrow Hawk looked at Cheng Hao and sighed.
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