Chapter 40 Snow Forest Phantom

Chapter 40 Snow Forest Phantom

Chapter 40 Snow Forest Phantom
The black pine forest didn't look big, and more than fifty people scattered in it disappeared quickly like a drop in the ocean.

"Boss Zhan, we searched from south to north and found nothing. Did they escape back to Wolf Head Mountain?"

"The sentry saw the man enter the forest with his own eyes and slip away right under our noses. It's impossible for him to do it silently."

"Can they really fly?"

"Humph, even if the Wild Wolf Gang had this ability, they wouldn't have fallen to this point."

The Longlin Society sent out a hundred disciples to ambush in the woods. A secret sentry saw the Sixth Leader of the Wild Wolf Gang leading thirty people into the Black Pine Forest. After Peng Canghu received the news, he immediately ordered an attack, but failed.

Seeing that the enemy would be alerted, they could only organize people to search the snow forest carefully and guard the main road back to Wolf Head Mountain. In this way, the originally insufficient manpower was further dispersed.

Someone complained, "What bad luck! The president of the guild took the fourth daughter of the Shennong Gang as his concubine these days. Others are drinking and eating meat in Pingyang City, but we are freezing in the snow."

Some people were puzzled: "Why can't we wipe out the Wild Wolf Gang any day? Why do we have to do it today?"

Someone murmured, "Could it be that the president wants to save money on a few tables of wine and food?"

Zhan Laoshi glanced at this group of low-level gang members, and a sense of superiority arose spontaneously when he had access to information. He chuckled and said, "What do you know? The president... is old but still strong. He wants good things to come in pairs, and he wants to achieve two goals at once."

"Boss Zhan, I know you are still strong even at old age. What does it mean to hit two targets at once?"

"Don't you understand? You greenhorn, just figure it out slowly."

Zhan Laoshi had a rather honest look, wielded a broadsword, wore a half-worn sheepskin coat, and a fox-tail hat popular outside the Great Wall, which was very warm.

He was originally a lone trader from Datong Prefecture. He had killed horse thieves outside the Great Wall and had some martial arts skills.

Three years ago, he entered the Longlin Society through a martial arts competition. However, because he was over 40, he was not suitable to be a son-in-law. His adopted son Lin Kun also thought he was too old, so he only arranged a mid-level leader position for him.

The people from the Dragon Scale Society went deep into the forest and disappeared nearby after discovering the footprints of the Wild Wolf Gang.

"…If you have eggs, come out and fight openly."

"You are a bad guy if you hide away. Don't you want revenge? Zhao Laodao's head is in our hands. Come and take it."

"If you don't come again, don't blame me for using him as a urinal, hahahaha."

"Every quarter of an hour, I will kill one of your captured brothers."

"Kill them all before dark!"

Even after shouting until my throat was hoarse, I still didn't find any clues. It seemed that the more than 30 people really escaped by flying into the sky or hiding in the ground.

Seeing the sky gradually darken, Zhan Laoshi became more and more anxious. He remembered what the eldest master said. If he delayed the good deeds of the old chairman and took away the famous instrument, his future would be bleak.

He stopped and raised his hand and said, "Can't I search like this?"

"Boss Zhan, what do you think?"

“We have to spread out.”

Zhan Laoshi recalled that when he was outside the Great Wall, he saw the Oirat cavalry hunting yellow sheep. They would first disperse to track them and then gather together to annihilate them.

Someone asked, "Disperse? Won't they be defeated one by one by the Wild Wolf Gang?"

Zhan Laoshi smiled contemptuously: "They are already frightened birds and desperate sheep. They don't have this ability."

"Five people form a team. When you find any trace, you should fire a flare. The young master will come to support you, and the other teams will immediately rush in the direction of the flare. In this way, the net of heaven is vast and nothing can escape it."

Zhan Laoshi was quite proud of this move, which was very clever. He thought that after this achievement, he would have a place in the Dragon Scale Hall.

Under his arrangement, ten teams searched in all directions and agreed to return to the camp around dark.

The sky was getting darker and darker, white light was shining through the snow, and messy footprints were scattered in the woods.

Five disciples of the Dragon Scale Society, wearing yellow cloth robes and holding iron swords, walked in the snowy forest.

They took every step carefully.

Before, more than 50 people gathered together, and it was fine. But now they are scattered, the enemy is in the dark, and our side is in the light, so it is inevitable that they will be a little timid at first.

Suddenly, someone with sharp eyes saw that a black pine tree in front seemed to shake.

"Who?" A man came out from behind the tree, wearing a black robe and holding a long sword. He stood on the snow, almost blending in with the black, straight pine forest behind him.

Someone exclaimed, "We've spotted the remnants of the Wild Wolf Gang. Quickly fire the flare!"

"Fire the flare arrows!"

They couldn't tell the identity of the person, but his appearance in the Black Pine Forest at this time and place must be related to the Wild Wolf Gang.

The man was light on his feet, running quickly on the snow, and at the same time he drew out a black long sword.

The speed was extremely fast, and it reached the destination in the blink of an eye, covering a distance of six or seven meters.

The long blade slashed upwards, and the Dragon Scale Society disciple standing in the front let out a scream. His abdomen was broken open, and a red flower bloomed on the snow.

At the same time, the disciples of the Dragon Scale Society behind him reacted and handed out two iron swords. They used the "Green Dragon Claw" to stab the black-clothed man's chest, and used the "Dragon Tail" to cut his legs horizontally. The cooperation between them was quite tacit.

The man in black tapped the snow with his left foot and floated into the air. At the same time, he raised his hand and swung the sword that was stabbing at his chest. He then passed by two disciples of the Dragon Scale Society and attacked the little leader behind him.

"Stop him quickly!"

The little leader standing in the middle had already taken out a flare from his arms and was about to release it when he suddenly saw a severed hand fall to the ground, quickly dyeing the white snow red. A flare was tightly grasped in the five fingers of the severed arm.

It looks so familiar.

"Oh! my hand, my hand..."

After just one encounter, the two disciples of the Dragon Scale Society lost their combat effectiveness.

The man at the back saw this and turned around to flee, but he saw a huge axe coming down on his head, causing half of his head to fly five or six meters away. Before he could even scream, he turned into a mixture of red, yellow, white and green.

"kill!"

Zhao Xia brandished the Xuanhua Axe and rushed forward to fight against the two coordinated swordsmen from the Longlin Society. Under the overwhelming hatred, the two were chopped into four pieces in just ten rounds.

"kill!"

"kill!"

She didn't stop, the axe fell again and again...

After Zhang Yu broke through the five-man formation and eliminated the small leader holding a flare arrow, he sheathed his sword and stood quietly by to watch the fight between Zhao Xia and the other two.

"Zhao Xia's axe skills can be used for both attack and defense, and are suitable for melee combat, especially when used in military formations on the battlefield. However, if he were to fight a master in a one-on-one duel in the martial arts world, he would probably suffer a loss."

"The swordsmanship of the Dragon Scale Society is just common stuff, and is far inferior to the Sun Chasing Swordsmanship of the Black Wood Cliff."

"The Feiyun Divine Art focuses on internal strength and lightness. It seems that I have to find a superior sword technique to practice."

With the help of "Flowing Like Clouds and Water" and the green jade ring, his speed, the sharpness of his six senses, and his ability to respond on the spot are not inferior to those of ordinary warriors in the middle stage of armor-breaking, so he can respond flexibly and does not care too much about sword techniques for the time being, but he can handle it with ease.

But this only applies to ordinary martial artists who have learned some unconventional sword techniques. If they meet a direct disciple of a major sect, it will be a different matter.

"Have you finished venting your emotions?"

Zhao Xia was covered in blood and came to his senses: "Sir..."

“You can have emotions, but don’t let them dominate your mind.”

After Zhang Yu finished speaking, he turned and walked in another direction.

The two walked east for dozens of steps, and before they found the disciples of the Dragon Scale Society, they suddenly heard a voice.

"Young Master, I'm here!"

Zhang Yu was startled and quickly drew his sword.

Damn it!

Looking around, there were only pine trees as black as swords, and no human figures were in sight.

(End of this chapter)