With a sword drawn, he laughs proudly, his martial prowess dominating the heavens!

Chapter 29 Twin Snakes, Dead Beggar, Dead Bear of the Northern Desert

Huo Shiyu was stunned for a moment, and Li Che was no longer in sight.

Not far away, the horses from the escort wagons were unloaded and piled up in a semi-circle. The horses were being cared for by a special person who fed them some fodder to help them regain their strength.

Four or five armed guards patrolled the perimeter, waiting for their shift to end so they could have their meal.

Several bonfires rose inside the carriage circle. On the outermost edge, the two镖头 (bodyguards) Zhou and Chen, along with four skilled fighters from Qianjin Village, gathered together, chatting and laughing as they opened their wine flasks and each drank one.

According to the rules of escorting goods, one must not drink alcohol, and most of them exercised restraint, just to keep warm at night.

Zhou Ang had just closed the lid of the wine flask when he felt a chill run down his spine. His right hand instinctively reached for the long sword at his waist, but before he could touch it, the person was already beside him.

"Chief Escort Zhou, tell the brothers to be on high alert! There are quite a few enemies attacking!"

All six were taken aback. When they looked at Li Che again, their eyes had changed. None of them had seen when he had flashed here. This young man's lightness skill was truly remarkable!

Zhou Ang was stunned for a few moments before he reacted, then stood up, drew his sword, and shouted, "Be on guard!"

Before he finished speaking, footsteps came from the northeast side, growing more urgent and heavier, interspersed with the clanging sound of steel clashing together.

More than forty men drew their knives and sticks, with the men on the outside and the goods on the inside, arranged in groups of three or five, interspersed and staggered.

Several more people lit torches, and for a moment the surroundings were as bright as day.

Li Che glanced at them and couldn't help but nod in approval. Their movements were all skillful, so they must have their own set of combined attack techniques.

Zhou Ang stepped forward, clasped his hands in greeting, and said loudly, "Zhou Ang of Weixin Escort Agency, may I ask who Lin Zhong is?"

Before he could finish speaking, a strange cry suddenly came from the woods, "This deal is good, forty or fifty people, enough for us brothers to get close to Crescent Moon."

Then another rough voice rang out: "Haha, don't hurt that little wench and that tender-faced young master, they look so tough."

"Split it in half, one for each family!"

"good!"

A few words traveled on the mountain breeze and into everyone's ears, sending chills down their spines. The porters exchanged bewildered glances, wondering if they were talking about cannibalism!

Just then, another person chimed in, "This little wench is pretty. You two brothers, don't rush to drink. Let me enjoy myself for three days to make it worthwhile."

"Get the hell out of here! You've stained the best cuts of meat with your stench, how am I supposed to eat it?!"

In the blink of an eye, dozens of figures rushed out of the woods, all dressed in hemp clothing and short jackets, with messy hair, wearing straw sandals, or barefoot.

Each of them held a long knife with a dark red and black blade, and a pungent, fishy stench wafted on the wind, making people want to vomit.

Zhou and Chen exchanged a glance; they recognized this group of people!

If the Yellow River Gang doesn't plunder merchant ships, why would they become mountain bandits?

"Are you heroes of the Yellow River Gang? Your gang leader, Wang, is acquainted with me. We both work on the road and on the water; we're all involved in the underworld business. Do you gentlemen have some misunderstanding?"

"What misunderstanding! That guy surnamed Wang made me have diarrhea for three days straight, the son of a bitch reeked of fish, and it even got stuck in my teeth!"

At a glance, three more people emerged from the woods. The one in front was tall and thin, dressed in tattered clothes, with a satchel wrapped from his left shoulder to his right waist. Most strangely, two triangular-headed green snakes were coiled on his shoulders.

The green snake flicked its long tongue and hissed, instantly frightening Huo Shiyu so much that her hands and feet turned ice-cold. She thought, "How could a snake spirit appear with two snakes? What a coincidence!"

Thinking of this, she subconsciously hid behind Li Che, feeling that the snake's narrow eyes were staring at her, which was extremely terrifying.

Two people followed behind: the one on the left was tall and fair-skinned, while the one on the right was a dark-skinned monk.

Li Che had a vague guess in his mind: the Twin Bears of the Northern Desert? Yan Sanxing, the Twin Serpent Beggar?

What are they doing here?!

Sure enough, the monk called out, "Yan Huazi, the money is yours, and the man is ours, brothers. Any objections?"

Yan Sanxing's eyes turned cold. He was originally a disciple of the Beggars' Sect, but was expelled for violating the sect's rules. Although he was used to wearing the Beggars' Sect's clothes, he hated being called "Beggar" by others!

But these two were not to be trifled with, and now that they belonged to the same side, it was not advisable to cause trouble. So he said, "I have no objection!"

"good!"

The three talked as if no one else was around, completely disregarding the people from the Weixin Escort Agency.

Zhou Ang moved closer to Li Che and whispered, "Young Master Li, these three people are no ordinary people. You have excellent lightness skills, so if a fight breaks out later, I'll trouble you to take Miss Huo away first."

"Three dead men are nothing to worry about. Chief Escort Zhou, you just deal with the Yellow River Gang!"

"What?!"

Before anyone could react, Li Che stepped forward, slowly drew his longsword, and said coldly, "The Twin Serpent Beggar and the Northern Desert Bear, is that it? Have you finished your last words?!"

"You don't need to say anything more, you guys are disgusting!"

In an instant, Li Che's face was filled with murderous intent. In his previous life, he had not felt anything when he learned about the disgusting behavior of the Northern Desert Twin Bears through written records, but now, hearing their words, seeing their stinking and bloody body, and their scarlet teeth as they spoke, he felt nauseous and wanted to kill them as soon as possible.

At the same time, he also felt a surge of anger towards his senior brother, Linghu Chong. It was absurd that he would associate with such villains and yet call himself a hero!

"Young Master Li, you mustn't!"

"Senior Brother Li!"

At the same time, the Twin Serpent Beggars shouted, "You're courting death! Attack!"

However, as soon as he uttered the word "hand," he felt a blur before his eyes, and a sharp sword blade rushed towards him, startling him so much that he didn't even have time to use the snake-controlling incantation.

The swords flew like a dense rain, or like blooming flowers. Li Che unleashed a sword strike, creating multiple layers of sword shadows that covered the two-zhang distance in an instant.

The three people who were standing together now had no smiles left on their faces and immediately darted backward.

However, Li Che's sword strike was too swift and fierce. The Black and White Bears exchanged a glance and simultaneously delivered a palm strike, hitting Yan Sanxing's left and right shoulders.

"you--!"

"Well--!"

With a single sweep of the sword, the forest fell silent. Before their weapons even clashed, both sides instinctively stopped what they were doing.

Miss Huo's worried expression instantly turned into shock.

The two green snakes were broken into four pieces, their severed bodies falling to the ground and writhing and twisting.

The two-snake beggar's eyes widened in horror as he stared at Li Che, his hands clutching his throat. Instantly, blood gushed out from between his fingers, dripping onto the satchel slung across his shoulder.

The voice that came out was hoarse and barely audible: "Who...who are you?!"

"You don't deserve to know!"

After saying that, Li Che kicked him away, then flicked his longsword, and drops of blood fell.

Then, he looked up at the two people ten feet away, his face filled with murderous intent, and said, "Still chewing your teeth?!"

"Split up and escape!"

However, Li Che had already decided to kill them; how could he give them a chance to escape?

In Huo Shiyu's eyes, he only felt that his figure was slightly slumped, and his face was faintly darkened in the firelight. Then he heard a piercing tremor.

He swiftly thrust out his sword sheath and charged to the other side.

Li Che channeled his energy into his feet and leaped nearly two zhang in a single step.

Although the Twin Bears of the Northern Desert were famous among the Left Daoists, their fame stemmed more from their terrifying cannibalistic tendencies. Their skills were far superior to those of the best fighters in the Thousand-Pound Manor, but still far inferior to Li Che's.

The fleeing polar bear suddenly felt a sharp pain in the bend of its right leg and immediately fell to the ground. Its Weizhong acupoint was affected, and it could no longer lift its right leg.

He turned his head and was so frightened that his spine went cold and his soul almost flew out of his body.

A long sword pierced straight through the black bear's back. The young man pulled out the sword as if to wipe the blood off the bear's body, but then stopped in mid-air, disdainfully flicked the sword, and turned to look for him again.

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