27: Chapter 27 The Tiger King's Might

"Bang!"

A loud noise!

Zhou Tong was sent flying, but despite the block with his Ghost Head Blade, his left shoulder blade was shattered by the immense force of the tiger's claw!

"Pfft!"

He felt a sweetness in his throat, spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned deathly pale.

Meanwhile, nearby Jianghu experts saw the Tiger King tottering and immediately rushed up, their weapons hacking wildly at the beast!

The Tiger King was at the end of its rope; with a rumble, its massive body collapsed, covered in blood, with terrifying wounds on its back.

It panted heavily, its golden pupils beginning to dilate; it was clearly on the verge of death.

On the side of the Tiger Slaying Squad, they had paid a heavy price.

Of the twenty-plus people, only seven or eight remained standing, all injured and shaken.

"One Ear" Zhou Tong was severely injured, his left arm hanging limply, relying on his Ghost Head Blade stuck in the ground to keep from collapsing.

Both sides were battered!

Both sides were at the end of their rope!

On the high ground, Gao Feng's eyes lit up in an instant.

The time had come!

He slowly rose from his lurking position, his cold gaze sweeping over the slaughterhouse below like a god looking down on ants.

He made a slow, cold gesture for "attack" to the elites of Panshi Stockade behind him who had long been ready.

He opened his mouth silently, forming two words.

"Loose—arrows!"

The next second, the archer squad, who had long since drawn their bows, released their fingers!

Dozens of arrows, tipped with anesthetic, strengthened by Spirit Spring, and shimmering with a ghostly blue cold light, tore through the air silently, enveloping the "mantises" below who had just experienced a brutal battle and were at their most relaxed!

The oriole had finally bared its sharp claws!

In the deathly silent valley, the sound of arrows piercing the air was perfectly masked by the wind.

Those dozens of arrows descending from the sky were like a black kiss of death, a true catastrophe for the remnants of the Tiger Slaying Squad, who were exhausted after a fierce battle.

"Careful!!!"

A sharp-eyed Jianghu expert noticed the anomaly first, pointing at the sky in horror and letting out a shrill warning.

But it was too late; they were at their most relaxed, and few could react in time!

"Pfft! Pfft!!!"

Under the rain of arrows, several caught-off-guard Jianghu experts were pierced through on the spot, unable to even scream before their eyes widened in disbelief and they collapsed.

Their faces still held the relief of surviving, only to be swallowed by ruthless death the next second.

Luo Qin stood calmly at the front of the formation; she ignored the small fry, her bright and sharp eyes locked onto the biggest threat from the start—"One Ear" Zhou Tong!

The moment Gao Feng gave the order, the longbow in her hand was pulled into a full moon, three cold-shimmering feathered arrows nocked on the string, pointing from afar at the bandit leader who, despite being heavily injured, still exuded a dangerous aura.

Now!

At the exact moment the arrow rain fell, Luo Qin released her fingers!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!"

The three arrows, in a triangular formation, whistled sharply like three streaks of light, sealing off all of Zhou Tong's escape routes!

These three arrows, in terms of force, speed, and precision, reached the Peak of her archery!

However, just as the lethal arrows were about to pierce "One Ear's" throat, a sudden change occurred!

The bandit leader, who seemed tottering from his injuries, suddenly erupted with terrifying brilliance in his eyes!

A ferocious and crazy smile appeared on his pale face.

"Want to reap the benefits? Not that easy!"

He let out a sharp whistle, his reaction speed not at all like that of a severely injured person!

He grabbed a not-quite-dead subordinate beside him and used him as a shield!

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Two arrows deeply pierced the corpse.

At the same time, he roared toward the mountain path: "Young Master Zhang, run! It's an ambush!"

It wasn't over yet!

Using the corpse as cover, his intact right hand lightning-fast pulled out a small, vicious, military-grade hand crossbow from his chest!

He didn't even look at the direction the arrows came from; relying on instantaneous judgment, he pulled the trigger at the approximate location of Luo Qin!

"Whoosh!!!"

An even sharper, ear-piercing sound rang out!

A pitch-black crossbow bolt with a tip shimmering with eerie green light shot through the gaps in the leaves like a poisonous snake, heading straight for Luo Qin's face!

This sudden turn of events caught everyone off guard!

"Careful!"

Old Qiu and the others were terrified, their eyes splitting!

But their shouts were far slower than the poisoned bolt!

Luo Qin didn't expect the opponent to be able to make such a swift counterattack under those circumstances; when she saw the poison bolt rapidly enlarging in her pupils, a chill of death instantly enveloped her, and her body couldn't even react!

Just at this critical moment!

A figure, like an arrow off a bowstring, pounced down from the high ground!

It was Gao Feng!

From the very beginning, he had kept part of his attention on this most dangerous bandit leader; the moment "One Ear" pulled out the hand crossbow, he sensed extreme danger!

"Get away!"

Gao Feng roared, unleashing his movement technique to the limit!

Like a hunting falcon, he leaped down from the high ground several feet up, made an incredible turn in mid-air, and accurately collided with Luo Qin.

"Bang!"

The two rolled to the ground.

And that vicious crossbow bolt grazed Luo Qin's scalp, embedding itself deeply into the tree trunk as thick as a man's embrace behind her!

With a soft "hiss hiss," the hard tree trunk actually emitted black smoke, corroded into a deep hole the size of a finger!

Deadly poison!

Luo Qin broke out in a cold sweat; she looked up at Gao Feng, who was pressing down on her and had blocked the fatal blow for her, her bright eyes filled with lingering fear, gratitude, and a hint of indescribable, complex emotion.

"Are you okay?"

Gao Feng looked down at her, his voice carrying a hint of irrepressible anger.

"I... I'm fine." Luo Qin's cheeks flushed slightly, her heart pounding hard.

"Protect yourself!"

Gao Feng left this sentence, then flipped up, like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, his eyes like knives, locked tightly onto "One Ear," who had truly angered him!