Ultimate Path to Heaven

Chapter 32 Kill those bastards!

The sound of hooves was like a rapid drumbeat, trampling through mountains and rivers!

Xiao Jin and his twelve riders, like arrows released from a bow, startled crows and tore through the deep silence of the wilderness.

"Twenty li to Xiali Village!" Ye Bufan urged his horse forward once more, his expression extremely anxious, likely worried about Li Mian and his group.

"Twenty li?"

Calculating the time, Xiao Jin wondered if the Iron Slaughter Guards had already arrived at Xiali Village. He was even more anxious than Ye Bufan, hoping that Li Mian and his Blood Guards could withstand the pressure and push forward again.

[System notification: Strength +1 +1 +1...]

Suddenly, his strength value surged, instantly returning to 100. At this moment, Xiao Jin became even more worried about the safety of the villagers, without considering whether his strength value would drop sharply again due to the villagers' deaths. It was all done on instinct.

Xiao Jin himself was unaware of this change, and Ye Bufan said urgently, "This subordinate has taken it upon himself to order the surrounding Blood Guards to support Xiali Village. I beg your forgiveness, Young Master!"

How could I have forgotten about that?

Xiao Jin learned from Wang Suiyue that there were a total of eighty Blood Guards. Apart from those in Huizhou City, the rest were scattered around Qingxi Village and would not be gathered together unless absolutely necessary.

This is exactly the kind of product that comes in handy right now!

As he galloped away, Xiao Jin did not respond to Ye Bufan, but instead mentally calculated all the analyses after his strength value returned to 100...

【眼下以系统『审视』叶不凡——分析对比：敏捷20/『67』，防御11/『38』，力量100/『55』......】

"this......"

This was the first time the system had analyzed things like this... Xiao Jin was somewhat bewildered.

67?

According to the system's so-called analysis, Ye Bufan's "agility value" is nearly 3.5 times that of Xiao Jin, and his speed alone is far beyond what Xiao Jin can match.

Leaving aside whether Xiao Jin's strength of 100 could break through Ye Bufan's defense of 38, this 20/67... probably wouldn't even be able to find a trace of Ye Bufan...

In any case, with such a stark contrast, Xiao Jin gained a better understanding of his own abilities.

But what do those quotation marks mean?

The horse was galloping at high speed, covering another ten miles in a short while.

"Young Master!" Ye Bufan suddenly spoke, interrupting Xiao Jin's thoughts.

Looking towards the sound, several hundred meters ahead was the Iron Slaughter Guard?

......

Du Chun originally intended to lure away all the Iron Slaughter Guards in his own way, but unexpectedly, he only managed to take away a group of fifty cavalrymen under his lies. However, this at least relieved the pressure on Xia Li Village.

Du Chun's thinking was foolish in Li Mian's eyes.

The lie led them to find the villagers of Qingxi Village, but they were stopped by Tie Tuwei ten miles away, which happened to be the direction Xiao Jin and his group were heading.

Fifty riders formed a wedge formation, their iron armor gleaming coldly in the thin mist. The riders in the rear spurred their horses forward, their twelve-foot-long spears pointing diagonally at the ground, the tips slicing through the dust, their clashes with the sound of hooves creating a death knell.

Du Chun, who had been stopped from continuing to lead the way, turned his horse around at that moment.

The rider with the long spear was the leader of the Iron Slaughter Guard. Standing alone at the front of the battle, he pointed his spear at Du Chun, his voice slow but chilling: "You're courting death!"

Facing such an iron-willed leader of the Slaughter Guard, Du Chun, who had already turned away, gave a haughty and defiant laugh: "What is there to fear in death!"

Before the leader could respond, Du Chunzhi's smile grew even more chilling: "You bunch of butchers who harm civilians, have you ever thought about how your parents, wives, and children are also ordinary people!"

Upon hearing this, the cavalrymen in formation stirred, presumably because Du Chun had revealed their true feelings.

Not counting Qingxi, the villages of Shigang and Nanliu alone had more than a thousand people, who were all slaughtered by these armored guards.

The deaths of sixty riders from three Class C Iron Slaughter Guards are common knowledge and have nothing to do with those unarmed villagers, yet they were slaughtered as a show of force... It's utterly absurd!

But what can we do about it?

What can one do under absolute authority?

Unconditional obedience... what else?

At this moment, the leader slowly removed his beast-face helmet, revealing a face crisscrossed with scars. His eyes, fixed on Du Chun, held a complex expression: "You're considered 'wise' in this world, but that's no excuse for your reckless behavior!"

Without further hesitation, the leader unleashed his strongest attack as a sixth-rank warrior, thrusting his spear straight into Du Chun's chest and lifting him high into the air...

Facing Du Chun, who was just an "ordinary commoner," the leader delivered his strongest blow, which, in a sense, was a sign of respect and a heroic death!

Due to the fog, Ye Bufan and the Blood Guards could only see that the cavalrymen resembled the Iron Slaughter Guards, but Xiao Jin was different.

For some reason, even though they were hundreds of meters away, Xiao Jin recognized Du Chun at a glance.

The instant he confirmed Du Chun's identity, the Iron Guard's spear pierced straight into Du Chun...

"don't want!"

As he uttered the words "Yu Xin," Du Chun was already lifted high into the air by the spear. In that instant, Xiao Jin felt as if his heart had been gripped and crushed by an invisible hand!

His pupils contracted sharply, and all he could see was Du Chun's figure, which was raised high. His throat felt like it was blocked by a hot iron block, and he wanted to shout but couldn't make a sound.

In that instant, time seemed to stretch on endlessly, every minute detail rendered in slow motion, cruelly imprinted on Xiao Jin's retina. Ultimately, he could only watch helplessly as tragedy unfolded, the suffocating feeling of powerlessness overwhelming him...

Xiao Jin didn't know why he felt this way. Perhaps the only person who left the deepest impression on him in the entire Qingxi Village was Du Chun.

As his pupils contracted, Xiao Jin's eyes gradually turned a deep blue... A scorching, destructive rage exploded from his chest, instantly burning away all reason!

This rage burned not only at the Iron Slaughter Guards, but also at this wicked world, and at himself—powerless to do anything but watch Du Chun die before his eyes.

As they galloped away, Ye Bufan and all the Blood Guards felt the invisible aura emanating from Xiao Jin's intense killing intent, which was chilling to the bone.

"Kill all these bastards! Not one of them can escape!" As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Jin took the lead.

At this moment, Xiao Jin did not consider the numerical comparison at all. He only wanted to kill those Iron Slaughter Guards in his anger, so as to avenge Du Chun!

"We will certainly not fail our young master's orders!"

For some reason, all the Blood Guards, including Ye Bufan, responded in unison, displaying perfect coordination and exuding an intense killing intent, as if they had been injected with adrenaline!

Ye Bufan immediately surpassed Xiao Jin, drawing a soft sword from his waist... The Blood Guards then split up roughly in groups of five, seemingly in tacit agreement...

At this moment, the Iron Slaughter Guards noticed that Xiao Jin and his group, who were already a hundred meters away, had formed ranks and their archers had taken the initiative to strike – swish swish swish!

In an instant, more than ten arrows were shot at Xiao Jin and Ye Bufan in the middle.

Ye Bufan, being a ninth-rank warrior, was naturally unafraid of the arrows, but his swift horse couldn't block them all; three arrows shot towards Xiao Jin behind him...

Of course, Ye Bufan was not worried at all that the arrow could hurt Xiao Jin, after all, Xiao Jin was a "master" who could seriously injure a ninth-grade expert with a single punch.

Coincidentally, one of the arrows struck Xiao Jin squarely between the eyebrows...

"Um? 』

At this moment, Xiao Jin's eyes were filled with a dark blue light due to his rage. He wanted to dodge the arrows, but he inadvertently discovered... that the arrows didn't seem to be moving that fast...