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"Sister Lin, should we return to Dayuan City? We've been here almost 7 months and there's no news at all from sister Chen, I'm afraid that brother Chen has been looking for us and doesn't know the location of this village." Jiu Rui spoke while looking up at the night sky.
They had never heard of the news of Ho Chen's death because the village of Bamboo Forest was very far from the city, in addition to his small village, in the village of Bamboo Forest was very little information.
"No, let's just wait here, I'm sure if Ho Chen arrives in Dayuan City, he will definitely look for Master Zhu Yu to inquire about our whereabouts, it could be that Ho Chen is currently on his way here." Said Qiao Lin with confidence.
Jiu Rui looked at Qiao Lin then chuckled. "Why laugh, is there anything funny about what I said?." Qiao Lin asked in astonishment.
Jiu Rui shook her head then looked back at the night sky. "Sister Lin, do you miss her?." Jiu Rui's question made Qiao Lin surprised to hear the question Jiu Rui had thrown at him.
Qiao Lin smiled awkwardly when Jiu Rui asked so, honestly in his heart he missed Ho Chen so much, yet he was embarrassed to reveal his, honest, self-revealing, and yet he was embarrassed to reveal his, but Qiao Lin was not sure if he had met Ho Chen again.
It had happened a lot when Qiao Lin met Ho Chen! Qiao Lin sometimes lost control of himself. It felt like he was conveying his feelings to Ho Chen, yet he was too embarrassed to tell it. Although she had great feelings for Ho Chen, as a woman, Qiao Lin still had pride.
But it was different if Qiao Lin found out that he had a rival, Qiao Lin was more aggressive.
As the two of them were chatting, suddenly there was a scream from the direction of the village entrance.
"You two get out! Tonight I'll make sure you're dead."
Jiu Rui immediately got up upon hearing the scream. "Why they don't have their heads." He spoke by clenching both his hands.
"Maybe they brought a stronger person to take revenge on us." Qiao Lin said then got up.
"Let's meet them!." Said Jiu Rui then going towards the entrance of the village with Qiao Lin.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance, they saw that about 20 people aged 25 to 35 were already standing at the door carrying swords at the waist, their strength was all on average at the Early Earth Swordsman Level 1.
"Good, you two are really pissing me off, so today I'm going to eliminate you two, and specifically you, since you're a woman, I'm going to give you a chance, if you want to come with us to headquarters, and accompany us all there, I promise I'll let you live, but if you don't, then, then I don't hesitate to separate your head from its place." Said one of them who was seen as the leader of the group.
Qiao Lin smiled cynically at the man's words and then replied. "Are you willing to do it? Haven't you tried many times but the results are still the same?." Qiao Lin said mockingly.
"Really! After all we have given you many times the chance to change and stop disturbing this village again! But it doesn't seem to make you realize, should we just kill all of you so that this village can be safe?." Jiu Rui spoke up.
The man laughed loudly and answered. "I know we can't beat you two, but this time I'm sure you'll regret everything for letting it live, I've brought a great warrior to kill you." He said with a big smile.
Qiao Lin inspected his surroundings but did not also discover the whereabouts of other warriors other than those before him.
"Everyone quickly attack them!." The orders of the man were then immediately carried out by its members.
All the villagers could only watch the incident from their homes, none of the villagers dared to help.
The ones Qiao Lin and Jiu Rui were facing right now were the small band of robbers who often demanded taxes from the residents of the Bamboo Forest Village which was just a remote village.
In the village there are no warriors who live, they are just ordinary people who live far from the hustle of the city, so they are targeted by the group and become the moons of the group.
The arrival of Qiao Lin and Jiu Rui to the village was a boon for the residents, the robbers were repeatedly confronted by the two of them, and the two of them were, but it always lost because Qiao Lin's strength was higher compared to all of them.
Surprisingly they did not feel stale and instead continuously tried to go back to attack Qiao Lin and Jiu Rui, respectively, Qiao Lin who had a gentle nature and never wanted to kill always let them survive and stay alive, his hope was for them to come to their senses and stop coming back to the village.
They all attacked simultaneously, Jiu Rui who was already very furious could not stand it anymore then pulled out his sword. "Sister Lin, I'm sorry, it looks like this time I will kill them, free to let them stay alive." Jiu Rui said briefly then came forward to greet their attack with his sword.
Jiu Rui's sword started in the flow of electrical energy, the science he used was the science taught by Jian Heeng when he was still at the Soul Level. Since Jiu Rui was already at Earth Level he had already been able to make energy changes.
But the opponents also do the same thing that uses energy changes, the sound of swords that are both in the flow of energy collide with each other so as to cause flashes and sparks from the clash of the sword.
Jiu Rui immediately turned the attack into a defensive position, while he planned to gather more energy before returning to attack with greater force.
"Light Technique - Lightning Strike"
Jiu Rui quickly released lightning energy that was much greater than before then aimed at all of them.
The lightning energy attack managed to make them retreat with trembling hands due to the tingling caused by the electric lightning spark that spread through their swords.
Jiu Rui did not want to waste the opportunity and then returned to attack with the same technique.
"The Lightning Technique - Lightning Slash."
With a single swing, Jiu Rui's sword again released lightning energy and the energy shot towards them.
"Thenk Stick - Heaven-holding."
Suddenly another figure appeared and resisted Jiu Rui's attacks easily using the strange Stick Technique.
"Your attack is too weak a young man." He said while the wand that was spinning before him still did not stop holding the lightning.
"Sticks Technique - A Round of Justice."
The round of the stick returned the lightning and struck back at Jiu Rui, swiftly Jiu Rui dodged and attacked again
Qiao Lin was finally unwilling to stay still, he could feel the energy level of the figure was at the Sky Level, thus far from the strength of the two of them.
"Sister Rui, we attack simultaneously!." Qiao Lin said and was soon approved by Jiu Rui.
"Ice Techniques - Freezing Nature."
Qiao Lin used his Ice Technique and planned to reduce the Wand's rotation speed. Although not the Ice Crystal Technique used, but its strength is enough to weaken the rotation when all the surrounding temperature becomes cold.
"Now..!."
"Ice Technics - Freezing Freedom."
"The Lightning Technique - Lightning Slash."
Simultaneously Qiao Lin and Jiu Rui released their respective energies, the two energies fused together and attacked the Scepter very strongly.
Ydaayar!!!