Chapter 105: The Mighty Strength of King Wu

Li Qingqing's arrow condensed with true energy shot out, directly piercing through a tree as thick as a human's waist and then hitting the ground on the other side, blasting out a pit hole several feet wide.

"This... this is too powerful! Qingqing only has first-level martial artist cultivation, how could she produce such a powerful attack? Even a fourth-level martial artist might not be able to create an attack of this level!" Li Tiedan stared with wide eyes at Li Qingqing, feeling as if he no longer recognized his own sister.

Qingqing stuck out her tongue and laughed cheekily. "I told you this was a good bow and arrow."

"The boss really is the boss. Not only can you refine supreme pills, but the weapons you forge are supreme among the supreme. With just one mystical-grade weapon, you can boost the attack power this much. Boss, when are you going to forge me a weapon?"

Niu Wuji looked at Wu Tian with eager eyes.

"Qingqing, from now on you're a powerful attacker in the team. Only I..."

Xiao Hui said with some loss.

"Little Hui, what are you talking about? Your healing arts are so amazing. You can treat our injuries in time whenever we're wounded. You are indispensable in the team!" Qingqing saw Xiao Hui's dejection and comforted her.

"Yes, Qingqing is right. If it weren't for your healing arts, that guy Niu Wuji would probably have died several times over." Wu Tian nodded vigorously in agreement.

"Boss, stop joking about my embarrassing moments, haha..." Niu Wuji said somewhat embarrassed.

"And me, without your healing arts I estimate I couldn't withstand so many demonic beast attacks for Young Master." Li Tiedan agreed as well.

Xiao Hui looked gratefully at everyone and said, "Young Master and all of you, thank you for your encouragement. I will work even harder in the future!"

At that moment, Wu Tian's expression suddenly changed. There were some strange movements around them.

"Qingqing, northwest direction!" Wu Tian said to Qingqing.

Qingqing immediately understood. She instantly drew the bowstring taut and shot an arrow condensed with true energy.

Boom! When the arrow struck a patch of grass, it triggered a fierce explosion, and then several figures jumped out from behind the grass.

"Your squad actually has such a powerful archer. No wonder you were able to survive despite the bounty. It seems you do have some ability." The big, burly man carrying a huge axe held a mutton leg in one hand and spoke to Wu Tian with interest.

Wu Tian frowned. "Are you trying to claim the bounty too?"

"Get lost! With your mere ten thousand taels of gold bounty, Tiger Hall wouldn't even look at it. But today, killing you is the real deal!" A fully armed subordinate beside the big man said.

"Tiger Hall!"

Wu Tian instantly realized. Those people who had ambushed him right after leaving Pingyang City were from Tiger Hall. It seemed Tiger Hall had sent people to pursue them again.

"Looking at your appearance, you seem to know us quite well. That's right, Tiger Hall took a commission to assassinate you. But you're really hard to track, boss. We chased you from Xinye City all the way here and finally caught up with you. You damn well want to enter the Dark Swamp, don't you?"

The leading burly man bit into his mutton leg while speaking.

"Indeed."

The burly man smiled, then tossed the mutton bone from his hand, belched, and said, "Alright, Wu Tian, I don't have time to waste words with you. I'm in a hurry to have some fun. Stick your head out so I can chop it off, and I'll let your little companions go. How about that?"

"Want to take my head? Then I'll see if you have the ability!" Wu Tian raised his brow and said.

"Damn it! Killing you would waste old man's time. It's so troublesome, I can't even have some fun properly. Crap!" The burly man frowned in complaint. "Forget it. Black Tiger Squad, attack together and finish them off quickly!"

Suddenly, eight men from the Black Tiger Squad rushed forward, weapons drawn, ready to fight.

Wu Tian's expression grew solemn. The weakest among these eight had at least fifth-level martial spirit cultivation. But what worried Wu Tian most was that burly man wielding the huge axe, whose strength had already reached first-level martial king realm.

Wu Tian currently only had seventh-level martial spirit cultivation. Even using the kill skill, he could only deal with experts at ninth-level martial spirit. This burly man was not someone Wu Tian could handle, and with Xiao Hui and the others around, they were no match for the burly man's group.

"Kill!" The burly man took out another mutton leg in his hand, biting into it as he spoke.

"Retreat! We are not their match!" Wu Tian made an immediate decision and quickly ordered his small team to retreat toward the Dark Swamp.

At this moment, the eight Black Tiger Squad members had already reached Wu Tian's side.

"Wind and Cloud Surge!" Facing eight experts above fifth-level martial spirit, Wu Tian immediately used the first layer of the Black Dragon Blade Art, sending a true energy-infused gale surging toward the group.

Boom!

Wu Tian's attack created a fierce explosion. The eight Black Tiger Squad members were blocked in place. Taking advantage of this opening, Xiao Hui and the others quickly retreated toward the Dark Forest. Wu Tian did not engage in prolonged battle, instead using himself as cover to rapidly withdraw.

Clang! Clang! Boom!

The Black Tiger Squad members were indeed experts; they did not delay for long before catching up to Wu Tian again, instantly launching into a fierce battle.

Boom boom boom...

The eight of them surrounded Wu Tian in a tight formation, which was exactly the result Wu Tian had wanted, giving Xiao Hui and the others the chance to make their escape.

The burly man eating mutton paused, frowning in some impatience. "An entire Black Tiger Squad unable to instantly take down a single young man, it's too slow. Make way for me, old man!"

With that, the burly man shoved a large mouthful of meat into his mouth, hoisted the huge axe, and stared fiercely at Wu Tian.

In an instant, the eight Black Tiger Squad members scattered. Just as Wu Tian was wondering why they had spread out, a black figure suddenly appeared before him.

"Damn!" Wu Tian's expression changed drastically. Without thinking, he raised the Black Dragon Blade.

Clang! Boom!

The burly man's huge axe fiercely struck Wu Tian's Black Dragon Blade. Then Wu Tian's body was blasted like a cannonball, crashing through more than a dozen large trees before falling to the ground.

Puff! After landing, Wu Tian spat out a large mouthful of blood.

"Young Master!" Xiao Hui, retreating toward the Dark Swamp, cried out in terror and even prepared to rush to Wu Tian's side.

"Go! Hurry up and go!" Wu Tian roared, pointing at Xiao Hui.

Xiao Hui cried while looking at Wu Tian, finally retreating toward the Dark Swamp.

"At this point you're still worried about others? You'd better worry about yourself first." The burly man, axe in hand, walked toward Wu Tian while mocking.

Before he could finish speaking, the burly man's body disappeared from its original spot. In the blink of an eye, he reappeared before Wu Tian, the massive axe swinging toward Wu Tian's head.

Boom!

The massive true energy caused a huge explosion. Wu Tian's position was directly smashed into a pit dozens of feet wide.