The two evil rats and bats looked at the young man's back together, their eyes full of vigilance.
Zhao Haisong's mind quickly moved. He had an excellent memory. Looking at the young man's back, he immediately searched his memory to see if there was any matching person.
Unexpectedly, none of the martial arts masters in memory met the back of this young man.
It reminded him of the young man who seemed to have no martial arts skills and was driven away by him in the dilapidated temple before.
Could it be him? His eyes flashed fiercely.
The young man turned around slowly. He had a high forehead, a slightly hooked nose, and angular features. He was completely different from the young man who left the ruined temple.
Zhao Haisong knew that he was wrong, so he put aside the idea that the man in front of him was the young man he met in the ruined temple.
He took a step forward, holding a goose-feather knife in his hand, and shouted, "Who are you? Do you know that this is a case handled by the Six Gates? Do you want to be an enemy of the court?"
The young man put his hands behind his back in the rainstorm and said coldly, "The lackeys of the barbarian court should be killed by anyone."
Swish, a bolt of thunder struck down, piercing through the sky and earth, illuminating the young man's figure.
He was like a firework that suddenly bloomed in the darkness, shining and dazzling.
"Arrogant!" Zhao Haisong shouted coldly, and the Yanling knife cut through the rain. The rain splashed on both sides of the blade, and the blade advanced towards the young man's throat at an extremely fast speed.
The young man suddenly disappeared in front of his eyes, and his figure flashed and appeared beside Zhao Haisong, pointing a finger at Zhao Haisong's armpit.
Zhao Haisong was secretly shocked, and he used all his strength to quickly change position.
The young man followed like a shadow, avoiding Zhao Haisong's blade, with strange flames flashing on his fingertips, and attacked Zhao Haisong from all angles at incredible speed.
The Ghost Hook Rat and the Knife-Winged Bat watched the fight between Zhao Haisong and the young man. They saw that at the beginning, the two were evenly matched, but unknowingly, Zhao Haisong's situation became more and more dangerous.
The young man's finger movements became more and more strange and mysterious, and his speed became faster and faster.
The blade-winged bat's eyes flickered: "Is he using Captain Zhao to test his skills?"
Ghost Hook Rat frowned: "It looks like this."
The two of them thought at the same time of the several corpses with strange deaths they had encountered along the way.
The first person killed had a wound on the middle finger of his forehead with blood oozing out. The second person had a wound on the middle finger of his throat with no blood anymore. It was obvious that his internal energy had penetrated into the body of the deceased, directly sealing his throat with the finger flame and locking his breath.
Later, there were two dead bodies. When they arrived here, there were four bodies lying beside the young man. The four bodies were very close to each other, and it was obvious that they were killed quickly by the young man in a very short time.
At this moment, he was fighting with Captain Zhao. His finger techniques, which were flaming with fire, became more and more tricky at different angles, and his footwork became more and more mysterious. Unknowingly, the fight between the two sides turned into unilateral suppression by him.
He seemed to be using the enemy in front of him to constantly familiarize himself with his martial arts, and thus made rapid progress.
The two evil figures of rat and bat flashed and approached the young man from the side. The moment they moved, the young man suddenly sped up and appeared behind Zhao Haisong.
Zhao Haisong was shocked and had no time to block with his knife. He had no choice but to counterattack.
With a hiss, the palm of his left hand was pierced through. Green smoke came out of the wound, and a stream of fire actually flowed upstream along his meridians.
The two evil rats and bats attacked at the same time, one with a hook and the other with a knife, rolling up waves of rain and attacking the young man.
Zhao Haisong took the opportunity to withdraw and step back, trying to steady his body, but suddenly he spat out a mouthful of blood.
It was only his palm that was pierced, but all the meridians from his palm to his lungs felt like they were burned by flames. The pain of being broken inch by inch was unbearable. He sealed his acupuncture points while being horrified.
If he was hit directly in the back by this finger, he would probably die instantly on the spot.
What kind of miraculous skill is this that is so terrifying and so strange
Who is this young man
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Shi Hao himself did not expect that after he stayed in Yuanshi Cave Heaven for so many days, it seemed as if only a moment had passed in the mortal world after he came out.
The Yuanshi Cave Heaven is so mysterious and wonderful, it is really incredible.
At this moment, he was fighting against the two evil rats and bats alone. His figure was mysterious and his finger techniques were sharp.
The rat and bat duo's hooks and blades worked in perfect harmony, drawing a series of lights around him. Sometimes they would collide with each other, allowing them to change their tactics and launch surprise attacks on Shi Hao from unexpected angles.
The rain hit the blade that was rolling like snowflakes, leaving white marks, circling around and spreading out like wings.
The knife-winged bat's sword skills were as fast as lightning, sweeping around Shi Hao.
The iron hook of the ghost hook rat is black. It hides in the darkness and appears in corners that Shi Hao can hardly see. From time to time, it jumps out like a poisonous snake, and then hooks or picks at a tricky angle.
Shi Hao followed the Soul-Chasing and Soul-Locking Steps taught to him by the Fire Charm Girl. This Soul-Chasing and Soul-Locking Steps was truly bizarre and inexplicable. It was called a step method, but it was actually a mysterious and profound way of pulling energy.
No matter what kind of opponent he is, as long as he is in a good mood, he will have "Qi". The Soul-Chasing and Soul-Locking Step can keenly sense the flow of this Qi, thereby locking the enemy's position and even his current posture.
Although the two evil rats and bats cooperated well, one good and one strange, with dazzling sword lights and secret attacks with iron hooks, they were all under his control under the influence of the Qi of the Soul-Chasing and Soul-Locking Steps.
When the Fire Charm Girl taught him, he didn't realize how powerful this step was. Now when he used it against the enemy, he could clearly feel the wonder of this step. It was truly incredible.
The more the two evils, rats and bats, fought, the more frightened they became.
They couldn't understand how the young man did it, and they found it difficult to comprehend what kind of footwork he used.
No matter how hard they tried, no matter how much they used their lifelong skills, no matter how much they racked their brains, no matter how many strange and secret moves they performed, this young man was always able to avoid them all with his unpredictable speed and prophetic foresight.
More importantly, they could sense that the other party's strength was still increasing.
It was as if he was still getting familiar with the mysterious steps that were like a demon's moving shadow. At the beginning, he was like a fish in a shallow pond, and could only barely move in the narrow space.
Before he knew it, this small shallow pond had become as vast as the ocean and sky to him, and his figure seemed to be everywhere.
At this moment, in fact, not long had passed, and it felt like they had gone from being attacked by two people to being "surrounded" by this young man alone.
There were lightning and thunder in the sky, and the young man's figure was like the sparks shot by lightning, surrounding them from all directions.
Each of their moves was like continuously casting bait, which did not catch the opponent but quickly grew the opponent.
In a short while, the young man transformed from an elusive carp into a dragon that they could not match.
This feeling made their scalps tingle.
Chapter 9 Marriage Matters
The Ghost Hook Rat and the Knife-Winged Bat looked at each other, and saw the Knife-Winged Bat leap up while the Ghost Hook Bat burrowed into the ground.
In the midst of the heavy rain, the knife-winged bat seemed to spread its blood-red wings and slashed down with one knife. The knife light covered the sky and rolled up and down.
The ghost hook rats, with their densely packed hook shadows, swept along the ground, bursting upwards from between the soil and rocks, like an upside-down, cold waterfall.
The flash of the knife and the shadow of the hook formed a dragnet, more like a roaring chariot, which was going to crush the young man to pieces.
Neither the Ghost Hook Rat nor the Knife-Winged Bat dared to delay the battle, so they directly used their secret killer move "Heaven Killing and Earth Cutting".
They have been secretly studying this move for many years, and use it as a trick to deal with strong enemies when necessary, and never use it easily.
So far, they have used it three times in total, all against masters who were much stronger than them, and without exception, they had a fatal effect.
The sky is filled with murderous intent and the earth cuts off the way to life.
The young man's upper and lower routes were blocked by them. He was already trapped in this grinding millstone, with no other way out except to be crushed to pieces.
However, under the young man's Soul-Chasing and Soul-Locking Steps, the two evils who used their killing moves, their rotating energy was like two magnets.
At the foot of the cliff, the seriously injured and dying warrior and the frightened brother and sister saw him standing among the overwhelming killing moves, without moving a muscle.
But there seemed to be a suction force that suddenly pulled him, and the next moment, he escaped from the killing move and came behind the knife-winged bat.
It was so strange and bizarre, as if he had done nothing and the knife-winged bat "pulled" him out by itself.
The seriously injured warrior and the brother and sister both suspected that they were dazzled and missed some details, or that some picture was pulled away and they could not see clearly... The scene before them was really against common sense.
The knife-winged bat was even more shocked. The moment the young man escaped, he felt his body stagnate and his internal strength become disordered. The next moment, the young man was behind him.
The net created by him and Gui Gou Shu was completely unable to prevent the young man from escaping. At that moment, the young man's body was accelerated for no reason.
Behind him, the young man waved his hand.
The knife-winged bat knew something was wrong, so it concentrated its internal energy and fell rapidly.
The iron hook that the ghost rat had rolled up on the ground almost caught him.
With a bang, the blade-winged bat fell to the ground and turned to look at the young man. The young man floated down in the heavy rain and looked at him coldly.
The Ghost Hook Rat came out and landed beside the Blade Wing Bat, whispering, "Be careful, this kid... What's wrong with you?"
The Ghost Hook Rat turned his head to look at the Sabre-Winged Bat, whose body was shaking in the rain.
At that moment, the young man's finger gently tapped on his back. That insignificant finger made the blade-winged bat's meridians feel like they were burning.
Suddenly, the knife-winged bat spat out a mouthful of blood, fell forward, and fell to the ground. The accumulated water mixed with mud splashed around him.
The young man merely tapped his back once, and the powerful force of his finger that severed his meridians and burned his heart was enough to destroy his life force.
Ghost Hook Rat felt a chill in his heart, the rain was heavy, the lightning was thundering, the sky and earth were bright, and the thunder was shocking. Ghost Hook Rat's heart was like falling into a bottomless abyss.
The young man glanced at the corpse on the ground and showed a surprised expression.
It was as if he himself had not expected that this simple finger could be so terrifying, it could kill people with just one finger, leaving no room for any mercy.
Gui Gou Shu shouted loudly and threw the iron hook at the young man. He then mobilised all his strength, turned around and ran away in the rain.
He was so frightened that he no longer dared to be an enemy of the young man.
The young man's figure swayed, dodged the flying iron hook, and looked at the back of the Ghost Hook Rat.
At this moment, if the Ghost Hook Rat ran away like an ordinary person, he might not be able to catch up with it.
The Ghost Hook Rat used his full strength and continued to accelerate with his internal force. Under the guidance of the Soul-Chasing and Soul-Locking Steps, it was as if the door was wide open, inviting him to kill.
The young man's figure flashed, and the next moment, he was behind the Ghost Hook Rat. He pointed a finger, breaking through the pouring rain, and tapped the back of the Ghost Hook Rat.
The Ghost Hook Rat actually ran for another ten or more feet, then suddenly stumbled, and fell in the rain. It twitched twice, kicked its legs, and died on the spot.
A scream was heard from the other side. The young man turned around quickly and saw Zhao Haisong flying towards the cliff.
Seeing that the two evil rats and bats were killed by this young man of unknown origin, Zhao Haisong knew that he had no way to escape, so he decided to hold the brother and sister hostage.
The young man took a step forward, and there was no time to stop him.
Suddenly, he turned his head and saw a flash of a knife in the darkness on the other side.
A knife shadow came through the air, like a cicada's wing in the rain, spun around, and stabbed into Zhao Haisong's throat.
Zhao Haisong covered his throat, his eyes widened, and he let out a hoarse hiss. His body swayed and he fell down.
Shi Hao looked carefully and saw a woman walking out of the darkness. She was wearing a light gray tights. She stepped on the water and came to Zhao Haisong's body. She waved her hand and the flying knife that was inserted in Zhao Haisong's throat flew back into her hand.
She waved her hand and the flying knife disappeared.
At the bottom of the cliff, the seriously injured middle-aged warrior said in a deep voice: "It's really dark here!"
The woman turned to look at Shi Hao, who was standing in the rain, motionless.
The woman turned back and looked at the middle-aged warrior and the brother and sister, and whispered: "Even in such darkness, the thunder has never stopped."
The middle-aged warrior smiled with relief: "You... are finally here, so I am... relieved." He lowered his head.
The girl and the boy supported his gradually cooling body on both sides, crying, "Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao..."
The woman was also sad. She came to the brother and sister and squatted down, saying, "Sorry, I'm late!"
He led them both and said, "We can't stay here for too long. The other hawks and dogs of the Six Gates will chase us at any time. Come with me."
He pulled the two children up, looked at the young man who was watching all this silently in the rain, and said, "Thank you for your help, may I ask your name?"
In the midst of the noisy storm, Shi Hao said calmly: "I am just an unjust person who happened to pass by unintentionally!"
The woman brought her two children, bowed to him and said, "Thank you for your help, heroes. The world is full of hardships. If we have the chance in the future, I will repay you for your kindness. Hero, please leave here as soon as possible!" After that, she hurried away with her two children.
Watching their backs disappearing in the wind, rain and darkness, Shi Hao relaxed and calmed down, looking back at the two evil rats and bats, and the corpses of the Six Gates detectives.
Tonight was his first time killing someone, but he did not feel any wavering in his heart. He just felt that he had not killed enough scum like this.
Shi Hao bent down and searched the bodies of the two evil rats and bats to see if there was anything useful.
He found a lot of silver and some miscellaneous items, but he was not very interested in the silver and did not take them.
They searched Zhao Haisong again and found a wanted poster, but it was for the brother and sister, which read "daughter of the traitor Wu Zheng" and "son of the traitor Wu Zheng." Obviously, this Wu Zheng was the father of the brother and sister. He was arrested for writing anti-government poems and his entire family was executed, even the two children in the family were not spared.
Immediately afterwards, Shi Hao found another stone, which was carved like a tiger and had runes engraved on it.
Shi Hao pondered: "This seems to be the magic weapon mentioned by Fairy Shengxuan and Fire Charm Girl? But Zhao Haisong didn't use it just now, is it because he has already used it today
He stuffed the tiger-shaped talisman into his arms, ignored the corpses on the ground, and ran in the rain.
On the way, he put on the shirt tied around his waist again, and undo the evil shadow disguise technique taught by the Fire Charm Girl, turning back to his original appearance.