60: Robbery Threat

At that moment, another voice came from the woods in the distance.

"You say you are a Disciple of Tianji Pavilion!"

"The two people you killed, it seems they were also Disciples of Tianji Pavilion!"

Gu Changan was greatly shocked; killing fellow Disciples was a grave matter.

This was originally a violation of Sect rules, and now it had been exposed by the newcomer in one go!

But this voice, why did it sound so familiar?

Was the leader of the Bandit Cultivators actually a female cultivator?

When that figure appeared before everyone, the Early Stage Qi Refining and Middle Stage Qi Refining Bandit Cultivators instinctively made way for her.

Gu Changan saw a female cultivator wearing a black cloak over a black Daoist robe.

He vaguely felt that this figure was somewhat familiar.

But he couldn't quite place where he knew her from!

Then the female cultivator's voice came again: "What are you dazing for?"

"An order has come from above; deal with him quickly!"

Gu Changan recognized the female cultivator's voice; it was from Captain Zhou's courtyard yesterday.

It was the person beside him, Lin Mei!

"You are Lin Mei?"

"I haven't offended you, have I?"

"Why are you targeting me?"

"Could it be those 800 Spirit Stones from yesterday?"

"That made you determined to kill me?"

Lin Mei gave a sigh: "I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Gu to recognize me after all!"

"It can't be helped!"

"I take people's money to eliminate their problems!"

Gu Changan asked in return: "Who wants my life?"

"The Saint?"

Lin Mei was somewhat puzzled: "What does the Saint have to do with you?"

Lin Mei clearly didn't know that the two Outer Sect Disciples who died earlier were the Saint's subordinates.

Gu Changan asked again: "If not the Saint, then who?"

Lin Mei: "I am only carrying out orders!"

"Don't blame me after you die, Fellow Daoist!"

Gu Changan: "Zhou Yanshan?"

"Could it be that everyone in the patrol squad is a Bandit Cultivator?"

Lin Mei smiled slightly and didn't answer, letting Gu Changan misunderstand and guess wildly.

She directly waved her hand, signaling the Bandit Cultivators to begin!

Gu Changan looked around: "Are you all Bandit Cultivators?"

"Do you want to silence me just because you saw I have Spirit Stones?"

Gu Changan received no answer, only several offensive Spells.

A few Early Stage Qi Refining Bandit Cultivators on the perimeter were responsible for guarding!

The few Middle Stage and Late Stage Qi Refining Bandit Cultivators in the middle were responsible for attacking!

Gu Changan saw over a dozen Spells smashing toward him.

Fireball Technique, Ice Technique, Entanglement Technique, Golden Light Technique!

Gu Changan couldn't afford to practice his combat skills anymore.

He directly took out 10 vajra talismans and slapped them onto himself.

Then, with all ten fingers, he continuously released the Sword Qi Technique!

The opposing formation was instantly thrown into chaos.

Bandit Cultivators were reluctant to use good Talismans, mostly because they lacked Spirit Stones.

They all hurriedly formed shields around themselves.

In that momentary pause, Gu Changan fired off five or six Sword Qi Techniques in succession.

He kept the opponents overwhelmed, but fortunately, each of them only had to deal with one Sword Qi.

They managed to handle it despite the frantic scramble.

Seeing this, Gu Changan knew he had to find a way to break the deadlock.

If things dragged on, he would be ground down to death.

Gu Changan suddenly turned around and fired six Sword Qi at the few Early Stage Qi Refining Bandit Cultivators behind him.

They didn't expect the surrounded enemy to suddenly turn on them.

Terrified, they scrambled to both sides, but one unlucky fellow who was closer...

...had his chest pierced directly by the Sword Qi.

Gu Changan took the opportunity to rush out of the encirclement.

Lin Mei's angry voice rang out: "Useless! More than a dozen people, and you let a qi refining level 8 brat escape?"

This group of Bandit Cultivators also had their bloodlust stirred up.

They had originally intended to play a game of cat and mouse for fun.

But it resulted in them losing a man, even if it was just an Early Stage Qi Refining Bandit Cultivator.

He was still useful for running errands and scouting for information!

After Gu Changan broke through, he had about a few top-grade vajra talismans left on him.

He then took out another 10 top-grade vajra talismans and slapped them on.

Then his hands continuously released Sword Qi toward the rear.

But as luck would have it, they were all blocked by the others.

Gu Changan felt his own inadequacies.

The Sword Qi Technique was quite powerful when facing a few people.

At qi refining level 8, the power of the Sword Qi was considerable, and he could sustain its use.

But facing an onslaught of over a dozen people, it was somewhat insufficient.

It seemed he would need to strengthen his Spells or Magical Artifacts in this regard in the future.

He needed to adapt to a combat mode of one against a hundred, or one against a thousand!

In the gaps between releasing Sword Qi, Gu Changan occasionally mixed in a few fireballs.

He used a few earth spikes and released several Entanglement Techniques to stall for time.

He felt that the pursuing Bandit Cultivators easily dodged them all.

However, two Early Stage Qi Refining Bandit Cultivators still had their legs injured by the Earth Spike Technique!

Then they were finished off by the Sword Qi!

Lin Mei's voice came again: "Everyone be careful!"

"This guy actually has a Five Elements Spirit Root!"

"And he Cultivated so fast, reaching qi refining level 8!"

"He must have a massive secret!"

"Try to capture him alive if possible!"

"Everyone, attack his legs!"

All the Bandit Cultivators were excited upon hearing this.

A secret that could quickly increase one's Realm—if they could master it...

...then they could soon achieve Foundation Establishment!

There would be hope for their future path of immortality!

Gu Changan's eyes were gloomy; had he exposed his trump card just by casually releasing a few Spells?

It seemed he could no longer stay in Wenxing City!

This was the nest of these Bandit Cultivators; who knew how many more of them there were?

He couldn't return to the Sect either, having killed two of the Saint's subordinates.

Wouldn't going back be walking into a trap?

Gu Changan had wanted to wait until Qi Refining Peak before leaving the Sect!

But plans couldn't keep up with changes!

His thoughts formed a strategy in an instant.

Since he had decided to leave, he would kill as many of these Bandit Cultivators behind him as he could.

Did they really think he was a soft persimmon they could squeeze at will?

Gu Changan turned around and fired several Sword Qi.

Seeing the crowd chasing after him, three Middle Stage and three Late Stage Qi Refining Bandit Cultivators were in the lead.

Three Early Stage Qi Refining Bandit Cultivators and Lin Mei were bringing up the rear.

Gu Changan's eyes flickered, and he took out 20 top-grade explosion talismans from the treasure gathering basin.

He threw them to a distance of three zhang behind him.

Seeing dozens more Talismans thrown out, several Bandit Cultivators instinctively put up shields and dodged to the side.

Unexpectedly, the explosive power of the 20 top-grade explosion talismans was Heaven-Defying.

Gu Changan only escaped the disaster by slapping on another 10 top-grade vajra talismans.

Strike while they are down!

He had already set his sights on those three Late Stage Qi Refining Bandit Cultivators.

Of the three Middle Stage Bandit Cultivators, one was dead and one was injured; the last one was hiding to the side, still in shock.

Only one of the three Late Stage Qi Refining Bandit Cultivators died; one was left with churning blood from the blast, and another had protected himself with a three-foot shield.

Gu Changan rushed forward, six Sword Qi heading straight for the injured Late Stage Qi Refining Bandit Cultivator.

That Bandit Cultivator only had time to put up a single shield...

...before being pierced through the chest by five Sword Qi, dying instantly.

At this moment, the Bandit Cultivators were all stunned.

They hadn't expected the reversal to come so swiftly!