Chapter 145: One Dead, One Injured!

  But without a doubt, the old man with a scar on his face was not someone Xiao Yun could contend with. Now that he had suffered severe losses, all he could do was hide.

  I thought killing Xiao Yun would be easy, but I didn't expect my son to be seriously injured by him. Now the old man has enough reason to kill Xiao Yun in anger, no matter whether that treasure was taken away by Xiao Yun or not, as long as he kills him and finds his storage bag to take a look.

  "Clang! Clang!"

  Retrieve the golden hoop, the scar-faced old man slapped it violently, a wave of scorching flames rushed straight at Xiao Yun, and the intensity of the aura was several times stronger than that crippled man just now.

  The momentum hadn't had time to replenish, Xiao Yun momentarily reacted slowly, and was forced to stumble backward, retreating all the way to the edge of a precipice. However, that scorching flame still didn't show any signs of abating.

  "Clang! Clang!"

  Just as things were about to get out of hand, a voice suddenly came from beside his ear. He turned his head to see that it was Chou'er. Chou'er flapped its wings and opened its beak, surprisingly mimicking the sound of the scar-faced old man's incantation perfectly. A wave of flames accompanied the sound waves, meeting the heat waves emitted by the scar-faced old man head-on. However, whether in terms of momentum or power, it was clearly much weaker than that earth-shattering wave of flames.

  There was no doubt that this was the power of the Echo Worm, which Xiao Yun had seen on Ye Lan's body before. Qiao Er also seemed to have this ability, but Xiao Yun didn't have time to think about it now. Taking advantage of Qiao Er's brief delay, he immediately launched his War Chant and dodged to the side.

  "Boom!"

  The ability of the Echo Beast is to reflect the opponent's war song attack back. However, Qiao Er's ability is still weak and this counterattack is obviously not as good as the original. The fire wave dissipated quickly, while the scar-faced old man's released fire wave directly hit the cliff wall, causing it to shake violently and scorching a large black hole into it.

  Xiao Yun's forehead broke out in a cold sweat; this old man was indeed not someone to be trifled with.

  His gaze fell on Xiao Yun's shoulder, and the scar-faced old man's face flashed with a hint of surprise, having never expected that this ordinary-looking little bird would have such abilities.

  "Hmph, Tianba, let's kill him together!"

  At this time, the old woman snorted, holding a small jade pipa, and approached Xiao Yun with a fierce momentum.

  Xiao Yun's eyes flashed with thought, quickly thinking of a countermeasure. The old woman's strength should be comparable to that of the old man, and if a scar-faced old man couldn't defeat him, let alone adding an abnormal old woman!

  "Life is fleeting everywhere!"

  The old woman held the pipa in one hand and hummed a sentence. Her left hand lightly plucked the strings, drawing out a segment of music that bewildered people's hearts, Xiao Yun's heart skipped a beat, almost being mesmerized by the melody.

  The sound of the soul stirred up the "Clear Mind and Universal Goodness Mantra", and in the darkness, there seemed to be a lingering melody. A strand of pale yellow light wrapped around Xiao Yun's body, protecting him from being invaded by evil sounds and demonic melodies.

  As the old woman lightly plucked, countless blades shot out from the pipa, dancing wildly in the sky. At almost the same time, the old man slapped his golden fan, and another wave of flames wrapped around the dancing blades, pressing towards Xiao Yun.

  Xiao Yun had long been prepared, with the "Clear Mind and Universal Goodness Mantra" guarding his heart. He was not afraid of that demonic melody. With a fierce stamp of his right foot on the ground, he suddenly flew up into the air.

  "Good job!"

  Barely avoiding their joint attack, he was suspended in mid-air when Xiao Yun loudly shouted.

  "Squeak!"

  Qiao'er understood Xiao Yun's intention, and let out a few mysterious sounds, shooting out a thick white light from her mouth, instantly enveloping Xiao Yun inside.

  A scene that shocked the old man and woman greatly appeared, in mid-air, Xiao Yun's figure suddenly disappeared out of thin air. At a critical moment, Qiao Er made an extraordinary play, helping Xiao Yun hide after which its small body also disappeared at the same time.

  "What's going on?"

  The old woman's face was full of surprise, at this time although the sky was gradually getting darker, but Xiao Yun had just clearly been in front of them, how could he disappear so mysteriously.

  What kind of magic is this?

  "Not good, Angry!"

  A gust of wind swept over his head, the old man's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt something was off. He immediately turned around to look in the direction where the cripple had gone.

  "Whoosh!"

  A flash of knife light, blood spurted like a fountain, flying three feet high, a mass of things flew up high and flew towards the old woman's place.

  The old woman subconsciously picked up the pipa and caught it with both hands, but when she saw clearly what was in her hands, her entire face froze.

  That was a skull, the skull of her crippled son! The expression on his face was very peaceful, it could be seen that he did not die in pain, perhaps he had no idea that his head would suddenly move house.

  The sudden change left the old man and woman stunned, but just then, the old woman suddenly felt danger approaching, a strong gust of wind was sweeping towards them.

  An intense sense of danger made her subconsciously toss the cripple's head away, her body retreating backwards as she pointed a finger at an empty space.

  "Hiss!"

  A sword energy shot out from his fingertips, Xiao Yun saw this and couldn't help but be startled for a moment. Not yet in the realm of a music master, how could he already have such an imposing aura?

  Time waits for no man, Xiao Yun's spirit was highly concentrated at this moment, his body flashed and barely avoided the sword energy. This old woman's vigilance was too strong, it was impossible to rely on stealth and make a sneak attack to take her head off now. Xiao Yun could only retreat and seek secondary options, he swung up the Flowing Fire Blade, like lightning looking at the old woman's outstretched right arm!

  "Hah!"

  "Ah!"

  Accompanied by a shrill cry, the old woman's right arm was severed at the elbow and fell to the ground, with blood splashing everywhere. She stumbled backward several steps, her left hand hastily covering the wound, and the bleeding slowly stopped.

  "Old lady!"

  The old man shouted loudly, took a step forward, and blocked the front of the old woman. With a furious slap of his golden fan, flames burst out, and one by one, skull soldiers with knives and swords in hand, ferocious faces emerged from the flames, roaring as they rushed forward.

  "Get out here, you little thief!"

  As expected, this blow was imposing, but it still ended up being a fluke. The old man roared in anger, unable to see where his opponent was, completely blinded by rage and striking wildly. At this moment, the old man's heart could be said to be filled with raging flames, his face twisted to the extreme.

  Xiao Yunben still wanted to go up and add another knife, to solve the old woman as well, but seeing the scar-faced old man so frenzied, he didn't dare to move forward for a while, fearing that he would be hurt instead.

  "You've brought this upon yourselves and can't escape it. This is a lesson for you all. I, the master, am no longer worthy of playing with you. Now, go ahead and enjoy the pain of losing your child!"

  Xiao Yun no longer bothered with him and turned to escape, his hiding technique wouldn't last much longer. Cui'er had finally managed to perform exceptionally once, he had to take advantage of the time before nightfall to pass through Pingyang Gate, otherwise, after a while when night fell, the gate would close and it was unknown how long it would take to enter the city.

  Listening to the cold laughter coming from the void, the scar-faced old man suddenly became furious, his eyes scanning the direction of the sound. It was a large tree, its branches gently shaking once, and then the grass on the ground also moved slightly, as if a gentle breeze had blown by, quickly disappearing into the distance.

  "You little thief, how dare you!"

  The scar-faced old man took a few strides out, chasing to the edge of the forest, but saw no sign of Xiao Yun's trail. The mountain wind was cold and biting, and the scar-faced old man was also afraid of being ambushed, so he didn't dare to pursue recklessly. With a fierce swing of his arm, he turned around and retreated back into the forest.

  ——

  Night.

  Taking advantage of the stealth effect that had not yet dissipated, Xiao Yun successfully passed through Pingyang Pass and entered Pingyang City. In the east of the city, he found an inn and chose a room on the upper floor to stay in.

  "What a close call! I owe you one, I didn't know you had this skill!" In the guest room, after catching her breath, Xiao Yun looked at Qiao Er with a smile on her face, her words full of praise.

  "Squeak!"

  Qiao'er's cry was somewhat weak, it was clear that the recent battle had taken a toll on her. She lifted her head to look at Xiao Yun, her two eyes were pitiful and seemed to be begging for something.

  "Haha, don't worry, I'll give you enough to eat!"

  After these days of getting along, Xiao Yun already knew Qiao Er very well. Every time he showed such eyes, Xiao Yun knew that he was hungry and wanted to eat delicious specially-made bee pupae.

  In the past, Xiao Yun had always been frugal and would only give it a little to eat, but this time Qiao'er had saved its own life, so of course it had to be rewarded. Although the Imperial Bee Pupa was precious, when it came to Qiao'er, Xiao Yun wouldn't be stingy.