Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
There were trees on both sides of the rugged path. Two figures ran quickly on the path with agile steps. They were as fast as galloping horses, but lighter than galloping horses.
"You really don't need my help?" Hunting Shadow was still nagging. "You should know that the three chiefs of the Crazy Shark Water Village are all swordmasters. There are more than ten swordsmen in the village."
"You're alone. If you go in, you might be dismembered." Hunting Shadow was not polite at all.
Moreover, Chen Zong noticed that she was greedy. Otherwise, she wouldn't have bargained with him along the way.
However, Hunting Shadow's love for money was not without principles. She asked to help Chen Zong destroy the Crazy Shark Water Village together. As for the wealth, they would share it equally.
However, Chen Zong refused. He only gave her a Golden Sword Leaf as a guide fee.
Being able to obtain a Golden Sword Leaf just by leading the way was not bad.
However, Hunting Shadow was obviously not satisfied.
"If you think it's too little, you can go," Chen Zong responded indifferently.
"You …" Hunting Shadow was annoyed. "Cold-faced man."
After running for more than ten miles, Hunting Shadow's breathing started to become irregular. However, Chen Zong's breathing was still stable and smooth.
After running for a few more miles, Hunting Shadow couldn't take it anymore. Sweat dripped from her forehead and down her cheeks. She asked to rest.
On the other hand, Chen Zong was calm and composed.
"How did you train?" Hunting Shadow was curious. Chen Zong shrugged and smiled. "A Golden Sword Leaf."
"Forget it if you don't want to tell me." Hunting Shadow snorted and pretended to be disdainful. In fact, she was very curious. Such amazing stamina was very important for a lone wolf.
It meant the ability to run and escape.
They were not close. Chen Zong wouldn't teach her casually just because she was a girl. Any technique, no matter simple or profound, was learned after many years of trial and error. It couldn't be taught casually. If it was taught casually, it meant that it wasn't valued enough.
From Chen Zong's point of view, Hunting Shadow's body hadn't been fully developed yet.
After all, the Sword Country was a country of ordinary people. In the world of ordinary people, even a swordsman could only practice his sword skills and improve his physical strength. However, in the end, he could only reach the limit of the human body and could not surpass it.
His body had already reached its limit, but Hunting Shadow clearly hadn't.
On the other hand, Chen Zong had also reached the pinnacle in controlling his own body and using his strength. With the combination of the two, Chen Zong was able to maintain more than half of his physical strength and endurance after running for more than ten miles.
Only in this way could they maintain a high intensity battle for a longer period of time.
Breathe!
Chen Zong's breathing was steady and long, and there was a strange rhythm to it that only he could feel. Under this strange breathing rhythm, his exhausted strength was quickly recovering. Immediately, Chen Zong took out some jerky and ate it.
Although the taste was very ordinary, the dried meat could be used to replenish one's energy.
After eating and resting for a while, they would continue on their journey after recovering their physical strength.
This small path would save them more than ten miles to reach the Crazy Shark Water Stockade.
The Crazy Shark Water Stockade was located in a long river and specialized in robbing passing ships.
In a world without supernatural power, there were no storage treasures. Only carriages or ships could be used to transport goods. Therefore, bandits were prevalent.
There were mountain stockades everywhere, occupying mountains and so on. Some powerful bandit groups were even troublesome for the country.
Among the bandit groups, the Crazy Shark Water Stockade was only a small one.
They could only do evil in a small city like the Red East City.
The City Lord's Mansion of the Red East City had sent out troops to encircle and suppress them, but unfortunately, the Crazy Shark Water Stockade's location was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, there were ten swordsmen and three swordmasters. Together with the protection of crossbows and arrows, the City Lord's Mansion had suffered many casualties and still failed to break through the water stockade.
In desperation, they could only issue a notice and offer a large reward to see if there were any experts who could reveal the name.
There were people who had revealed the name a few times, but they all failed. Therefore, the reward increased until it reached one hundred golden sword leaves.
In many people's eyes, Chen Zong, who revealed the name this time, would follow in the footsteps of those people before him.
The Crazy Shark Water Stockade was right on the opposite side of the long river. It was built under a cliff that was hundreds of meters high.
In the world of cultivators, flying hundreds of meters was nothing. Even thousands of meters was nothing.
However, in such a world, falling from a height of hundreds of meters meant certain death. Even someone like Chen Zong, who was at the extreme level, would die all the same.
As for throwing rocks from a cliff that was hundreds of meters high to destroy the stronghold, it was not that no one had ever mentioned this idea before. Some people had tried it, but it was very difficult because there were many terrifying beasts living on the mountain and they were very aggressive.
Besides, the Crazy Shark Water Stockade also knew this and had made all kinds of preparations.
On the shore, Hunting Shadow pointed to the opposite side. It was at least thousands of meters away. With her eyesight, she could only see a vague outline.
"Do you plan to sneak in?" Hunting Shadow asked. This was a normal thought.
They could either attack from the outside or sneak in to assassinate.
It was unrealistic for the two of them to attack from the outside, unless they had several times more soldiers than the water stockade.
Then, there was only one way left, which was to sneak in and assassinate. It was possible to succeed.
In fact, Hunting Shadow's mission had been completed. She led the way, but she didn't get the golden sword leaf. Chen Zong didn't have any golden sword leaf, only a few bronze sword leaves.
Only by completing this mission could she get the golden sword leaf reward.
"Find a small boat," Chen Zong didn't answer Hunting Shadow's question. Instead, he ordered, treating Hunting Shadow as his subordinate.
"Hey, hey, hey. I'm not your subordinate." Hunting Shadow was unhappy.
"Add another golden sword leaf," Chen Zong said.
"If you fail, I won't get anything." Despite saying that, Hunting Shadow still went to find a boat.
He couldn't help it. The temptation of the golden sword leaf was too great. Besides, if Chen Zong died, he would just be wasting some time. It was worth a try.
Soon, Hunting Shadow found a small boat. It was only about two meters long.
"Row the boat and add another golden sword leaf," Chen Zong ordered naturally.
"No." This time, Hunting Shadow resisted the temptation of the golden sword leaf and asked her to row the boat to her death.
"Five golden sword leaves," Chen Zong raised the price.
"… No …" This time, Hunting Shadow's refusal was very difficult. He was struggling.
"Ten." Chen Zong raised the price again.
"… Okay …" When the word 'no' reached her mouth, it turned into 'okay'. Hunting Shadow wanted to slap herself. Sooner or later, she would die because of money.
But what she was thinking was that if things went wrong, she would jump into the water to escape. As a lone traveler, she might not be strong enough, but she had many abilities. She could cross mountains and cross rivers.
Chen Zong didn't know what Hunting Shadow was thinking.
He stood at the front of the boat while Hunting Shadow sat at the back of the boat and rowed his oars. The sound of the boat breaking through the water was soft, and layers of ripples kept surging out under the oars. The boat was getting faster and faster, and the surface of the water was rippled.
The wind mixed with the humidity from the river blew toward Chen Zong's face, making him feel refreshed.
"Hey, Swordsman, what's your strength?" Hunting Shadow suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked about Chen Zong's strength level since the beginning.
If Chen Zong was a swordsman, then the two of them together should be able to survive even if they couldn't complete the mission.
"Me? I don't know." Chen Zong was telling the truth. He hadn't tested his strength and didn't know how strong he was. However, Chen Zong wouldn't underestimate others or himself.
With his body, strength, combat experience, and sword techniques, he couldn't be weak.
Hunting Shadow felt desperate. The future was dark as if they were rushing toward death.
Thousands of meters wasn't short, but it was getting shorter. The boat kept approaching the Crazy Shark Water Fort.
On the fort, some water bandits were watching from the watchtower. They locked onto Chen Zong and warned him.
Soon, a group of water bandits with crossbows stood in a row beside the fort. They were all armed with crossbows. The cold light flashed under the sunlight.
Stop!
Hunting Shadow immediately rowed backward and stopped the boat.
At this distance, the crossbows weren't a threat.
"Swordsman, let's go back." Hunting Shadow was scared. There was no way he wouldn't be. Twenty crossbows would turn him into a sieve in one round. He couldn't be more dead.
"Keep going," Chen Zong said unhurriedly.
"I don't want to die," Hunting Shadow yelled. "Even if you give me 100 golden sword leaves, I won't agree."
But Chen Zong felt that Hunting Shadow's last sentence was a bit fake.
But since Hunting Shadow said so, Chen Zong didn't intend to force her.
Soon, Chen Zong took down a few planks from both sides of the boat. Hunting Shadow didn't know what Chen Zong was going to do. He saw Chen Zong casually throw a plank forward.
The plank made a sharp sound as it flew through the air. It was as fast as an arrow leaving the bow. Hunting Shadow's pupils shrank.
It seemed to be thrown casually, but it actually contained amazing power. What kind of body was that? Was it one of those large beasts?
But what was the use of throwing the plank?
It couldn't have crossed hundreds of meters and attacked the water bandits on the fort.
Then, both Hunting Shadow and the water bandits widened their eyes as if they were looking at a god.
Chen Zong leaped into the air, following closely behind the wooden plank and landing on the ground.
Coincidentally, his feet landed on the plank. He sank slightly and rushed forward as if he were riding the wind and waves.
A plank less than half a meter long was carrying a person and gliding forward on the water. It was incredible. People would think that they were hallucinating.
Gradually, the plank slowed down.
Chen Zong threw out the second plank and jumped up again. The plank under his feet shattered instantly. It sank into the water and was washed up by another wave.
In this way, Chen Zong quickly approached the water fort. He was already within 100 meters of the fort.
"Shoot, shoot, shoot. Shoot him to death." A small leader came to his senses first and gave the order quickly.
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