76: One against four

"Don't run, just obediently become our Cauldron, Hehehe—"

"I could smell her unique scent from a distance; she must be very delicious to 'eat'."

The four evil Cultivators madly chased their soon-to-be prey, completely disregarding any risks involved.

Su Mengyao, relying on her familiarity with the terrain, lured the several people behind her deeper into the dense forest.

At this moment, she had only one thought.

She absolutely could not let these evil Cultivators disturb Shen Lian.

The moment she entered the dense forest, Su Mengyao's figure instantly vanished from the four men's sight.

"Hyena, find her for me."

How could Viper let Su Mengyao escape right under his nose? He immediately ordered Hyena to track her scent.

Hyena took a deep breath, his brows furrowing.

"The scent of Spiritual Plants here is too strong; I can't distinguish it clearly."

"Search separately!"

With Viper's command, the four immediately split up to search for Su Mengyao's tracks.

Hyena immediately darted to the left to search, being the first to leave the group.

It wasn't until he reached a patch of flowers that Hyena stopped, sniffed twice vigorously, and then observed his surroundings for a moment.

"Hmm? A familiar scent, it should be here."

He carefully began searching along the flower patch for Su Mengyao's traces.

Just as he pushed aside a patch of flowers, a cold wind suddenly swept over his head.

The moment he looked up, a cold glint flashed before his eyes.

Su Mengyao suddenly flashed out from the side of the flower patch, directly ending Hyena with a move of "Micu Jue - Throat Sealing Sword Move."

She had already realized that among the four pursuers, Hyena's sense of smell was abnormally sensitive, making him the first target that had to be eliminated.

Sizzle—

Accompanied by the sound of blood spurting from his neck, Hyena was directly sealed in the throat by Su Mengyao's sword.

"First one."

After dealing with Hyena, Su Mengyao did not linger, activating her movement technique and moving again.

Since they could accurately find her location after the Evil Flood Dragon's death, it was clear that their life souls were connected.

The news of Hyena's death would quickly reach the others.

The cultivation of several of them was far above hers; she had no chance of winning in a one-on-many fight. Only by separating and dealing with them one by one was the best strategy.

However, she had only run a few steps when she realized how quickly the danger arrived.

"You actually killed Hyena!"

Tu Tu's hoarse voice echoed in Mengyao's ears.

"Pay with your life for him!"

Tu Tu, holding twin daggers, attacked Su Mengyao's side with extreme agility.

"Not good!"

Su Mengyao sighed in her heart, her rapid steps suddenly halted, and she spun around to thrust a sword.

Clang.

Evil Punishment and the twin daggers, also Profound-grade Spiritual Artifacts, clashed, emitting a piercing roar.

"Wahahaha—"

The moment they exchanged blows, Tu Tu continuously let out excited strange cries, his twin daggers becoming faster and faster, each move aimed at Su Mengyao's vital points.

But Su Mengyao defended with the Pine Moon Sword Style, her defense impenetrable. Although she had just entered the Su Yuan Realm, she did not fall into a disadvantage when facing a Cultivator at the fourth level of the Pill Formation Realm.

In a blink, ten moves had passed between them. Just as Tu Tu was about to risk his life again, Su Mengyao suddenly bent down and changed her move.

"Micu Jue - Gold Severing."

Whoosh—

After a piercing friction sound, Tu Tu's legs were directly severed by Evil Punishment's Sword Qi.

"Micu Jue - Throat Sealing."

Before Tu Tu could even scream, Su Mengyao once again cut open his throat with a sword, thoroughly ending the battle.

"Hoo..."

Exhaling a mouthful of turbid Qi, Su Mengyao flicked the blood from her sword and continued to rush towards her next hiding place.

The deaths of Tu Tu and Hyena quickly caught the attention of Demon Rat on the other side.

"In such a short time, both Hyena and Tu Tu's Soul Life Tablets shattered?"

He was stunned for a moment, then grabbed Lu Qingyi's collar and asked, "What's going on? Are there other ambushes in this forest?"

Lu Qingyi quickly shook her head: "Senior, I really don't know. The back mountain has always been sparsely populated, and even if there are people, they are just Outer Sect Disciples with low cultivation."

"Then why are Hyena and Tu Tu both dead!"

Just then, his heart tightened again.

Closing his eyes and extending his Divine Sense, his face immediately twisted into a pretzel.

"Feima was also taken out! Damn it, we fell for this woman's trick!"

Demon Rat directly pulled out a pair of wrist blades from his crotch, poised to stab Lu Qingyi.

"Senior! No, Senior! I don't want to die!"

Lu Qingyi screamed in terror.

Just then, a figure suddenly rushed out of the dense forest.

"It's Viper!"

Man Niu shouted loudly.

Demon Rat stopped his movement and immediately turned to look.

Having escaped a calamity, Lu Qingyi's body went limp, and she collapsed to the ground, trembling.

Demon Rat had no time to worry about Lu Qingyi at the moment and directly asked Viper, "Viper, what's going on in there!"

However, Viper did not respond, stumbling towards Demon Rat.

"Hmm? Big Brother, something seems wrong!"

Suddenly, Man Niu roared.

"Viper's life soul also shattered!"

As his voice fell, Viper's body swayed for a moment, then directly fell into a pool of blood.

In less than a quarter of an hour, losing four of the Evil Four, made Demon Rat and the others' scalps tingle.

"To be able to take out so many people in such a short time, could there be a Spirit Transformation Realm Cultivator in this forest? Only a Spirit Transformation Realm Cultivator would have the ability to kill four people in one go."

"Probably. Chess Sword Pavilion has many masters, it's not rare for one or two Spirit Transformation Realm experts to appear in the back mountain."

"Big Brother, how about we retreat? Mad Tiger isn't here; we have no chance of survival against a Spirit Transformation Realm Cultivator."

At the request of his remaining brothers, Demon Rat also began to waver.

"Damn it, this time we really lost big."

Demon Rat looked at Lu Qingyi and the others with resentment.

"Kill them all, consider it revenge for Viper and the others. This debt with Chess Sword Pavilion, we, the Twelve Evil Fiends, have noted it down, and we will settle it with them sooner or later."

Man Niu and Wild Boar immediately picked up their weapons, poised to kill Lu Qingyi and the others.

"No, I don't want to die!"

The other two Inner Sect Disciples, however, had no reaction. Since they chose the cruel path of cultivation, their lives were no longer their own.

Being killed now could only be attributed to their lack of skill, and they couldn't blame others.

But Lu Qingyi cried profusely, snot and tears streaming down her face.

She truly didn't want to die; she wanted to live well.

Seeing Lu Qingyi so terrified of death, even abandoning her dignity to cry loudly in front of the evil Cultivators, the other two Inner Sect Disciples felt a surge of contempt.

This was the Sect Master's Personal Disciple, and even at the Peak Su Yuan Realm, why was she so timid?

Man Niu unhesitatingly raised his heavy blood axe and swung it directly at Lu Qingyi's head.

"Stop!"

Just then, a white bone soft whip directly wrapped around Man Niu's neck.

At the same time, two sleeve daggers plunged into Wild Boar's stomach.

The next moment, Su Mengyao, holding Evil Punishment, floated down from mid-air.

Upon seeing Su Mengyao unharmed, Demon Rat's pupils widened: "You're completely fine? How did my brothers die?"

Su Mengyao: "They all died by the same sword move from me. Do you want to witness it?"

As her voice fell, Su Mengyao unleashed a rapid flurry of sword strikes, thrusting straight towards Demon Rat's throat.

Clang—

"Moo~~"

In the nick of time, Man Niu suddenly stepped forward to block.

Evil Punishment struck Man Niu's body, emitting a dull metallic clang.

Su Mengyao was surprised by the change. After feeling the jarring numbness from the recoil in her wrist, she decisively retreated three steps away.

"Is this the Indestructible Vajra Body?"