Chapter 78: Confrontation

  Su Tang threw the roasted fish into the fire, and several hidden archers in the woods held their breaths tighter, they were about to make a move.

  Su Tang's confidence comes from the tempering of these six months. Some of the terrifying beasts that Fang Yizhe had mentioned before, all seemed somewhat weaker in his hands. The Earth Hole Bear wasn't as powerful, the Single-Horned Python wasn't as ferocious, and the Twin Birth Black Otter wasn't as troublesome. He had solved them all.

  Fang Yizhe wouldn't exaggerate, but it could be said that perhaps due to the nourishment of the source of life, or living in an environment with exceptionally dense spiritual energy for a long time, and also because he maintained a state of combat vigilance at all times, even while sleeping, his power was constantly soaring.

  Seeing Su Tang had no intention of blocking, the warrior simply picked up all five flying swords and swung them at the big man with a flourish.

  When the flying sword was placed on the stone, it wasn't that eye-catching. After being caught up, due to rapid swinging and collision with air, the flying sword emitted an even more dazzling light.

  Guangmang is proving them wrong, the value of Feijian far exceeds their estimation.

  That big man suddenly showed a look of panic, robbing himself was not a big deal, but if the treasure to be robbed had extremely strong spiritual fluctuations, it was clear that only a master-level powerhouse could control such a powerful artifact, and the consequences would be unthinkable.

  But it's too late to stop now, a dozen or so dark shadows emerged from the forest and rushed towards Su Tang.

  If he had only seen the arrow shadow and tried to avoid it, he would have been forced into a flurry of activity. But Su Tang sensed it at the same time as the archers launched their attack, and he also knew that the arrow shadow was just a cover-up. A white light quietly followed behind the arrow shadow, which was the real killer move.

  Su Tang sprang up and rolled on the ground, instantly flashing out four or five meters away. More than a dozen arrow shadows flew over the bonfire, all shooting into the river water. The white light also arrived, and within it seemed to be a strong freezing air that even made the air condense into countless large and small ice crystals, which fell with the white light, like a meteor hurtling down.

  A loud crash... A white light pierced into the river water, stirring up a high splash of water. As the splash dispersed, it transformed into countless ice beads that collided with each other and fell down in all directions.

  Very domineering archery skills, if the distance is within twenty meters, it will pose a great threat to him, but at a hundred meters away, it has no significance, he has too much room to maneuver and can easily avoid it.

  A shadowy figure appeared in Su Tang's hand, and the next moment, a series of vigorous air currents emitting ear-piercing whistling sounds shot out towards the positions where the archers were hiding.

  Su Tang didn't have a real longbow in his hand after all, and several archers didn't notice the danger at first. By the time they felt the air pressure approaching, it was too late to dodge. One by one, their bodies along with the tree crowns they were hiding behind were blown to pieces.

  However, the archer who released the ice arrow was extremely vigilant. As soon as Su Tang made his move, he used both feet to kick the tree trunk vigorously and flipped his body downwards. At least seven or eight powerful auras that were locked onto him were all avoided by him.

  "Retreat, retreat quickly!" The big man roared and turned to rush into the forest. With just one glance, he knew whether there was any danger or not. Seeing Su Tang launch a ferocious attack in an unpredictable way, he knew that today they had kicked an iron plate.

  The warrior who was waving a few flying swords was thoroughly disappointed, staring blankly at the back of the big man, holding the flying sword in his hand, neither throwing it away nor not throwing it away.

  When he came to, ready to take a step and run away, another shrill cry was heard in his ear, and then his head exploded, his body fell like a wooden stake, and several flying swords also fell out of his hand and dropped to the ground.

  Su Tang walked to the bonfire, untied his bundle, and took out a small package from inside. He tied it behind his back. He was used to categorizing things, a habit that came from merged memories. The small package contained important items, while the large bundle was too cumbersome and not conducive to fighting. In an emergency, he could only throw away the large bundle.

  He walked to the body of that warrior, hung several flying swords on his shoulder, and Su Tang stepped forward with both legs, chasing into the forest. In fact, encountering people was a good thing, if the other party had good intentions, he would not hesitate to give them the gains of these days, as long as they were willing to guide him, take him back to Red Leaf City, but they happened to have evil intentions, and it was not his fault that he was ruthless.

  Rushing into the woods, running over 100 meters, Su Tang suddenly stopped in his tracks. The archer who had released the ice arrow was lurking in a thicket of bushes, quietly waiting for him.

  Those warriors were still running in the forest, and the archer should have been left behind to cut off their pursuit. It was clear that he had a wealth of experience. No, it should be she - the archer turned out to be a woman of twenty-five or six years old.

  There was a small movement nearby, within several hundred meters of vegetation, which was Su Tang's domain. The archer thought he was hiding very secretly, but didn't know that his every move was under Su Tang's observation.

  A caterpillar that had fallen from the branches was slowly crawling around her neck, and just a few inches in front of her nose, a spider was busily repairing its web that had just been broken through. It was a poisonous ghost-faced spider, which had almost bitten Su Tang before, and as a result, Fang Yizhe had teased her about it.

  The warrior who often trains in the misty waters, cannot help but recognize the ghost-faced spider. Her expression is cold and calm, her breathing almost stopped, her arms frozen in mid-air like iron, her bow already drawn, the arrowhead pointing at Su Tang, waiting for the best moment to strike.

  Unfortunately, this was not a fair fight.

  Su Tang slowly started walking forward again, and when he walked past a rock over three meters high, his body suddenly fell to the ground, crawling out of the grass thicket to avoid the archer's line of sight.

  This half-year's tempering had fully adapted Su Tang to the jungle life, his movements as agile as a leopard, as silent as a poisonous snake, and he quickly circled around to the side of the archer.

  That archer was still staring at that rock, after a moment, her eyebrows suddenly raised, Su Tang walked behind the rock, several breaths passed, but he didn't show up, this doesn't make sense, although she didn't understand how Su Tang did it, but she knew for sure that her position had been exposed.

  That archer suddenly stood up and fled towards the back without looking back, she was indeed decisive.

  Su Tang immediately sensed that the other party was escaping and hastily leaned out to shoot three arrows at the back figure. However, the archer's body was very agile, and shooting in the forest would greatly affect the speed and accuracy of the arrow's energy. Su Tang's three arrows all fell empty.

  A faint smile floated up to Su Tang's mouth, which made some sense.

  She ran out of several hundred meters at the fastest speed, jumped onto a tree, and disappeared in the dense canopy in the blink of an eye. However, her movements still couldn't escape Su Tang's gaze. When she was still more than 50 meters away from the tree, Su Tang slowed down his pace.

  Just as Su Tang slowed down, the archer had already flipped over from the treetop and started fleeing into the forest again.

  How did it become so vigilant? Su Tang was somewhat stunned. He knew the reason lay somewhere, and after approaching a dangerous distance, he instinctively slowed down his pace.

  In this land of clouds and water, being injured and dying are not much different. Even the beasts in the forest know to avoid a fight that would leave both sides severely wounded. A bitter victory is meaningless, for if your opponent dies but you yourself suffer heavy injuries, it's likely that other powerful beings will appear to clean up the aftermath.

  Su Tang didn't want to get hurt either, but his opponent's archery skills were extremely overbearing, so he had to be more cautious. Who would have thought that this became his weakness?

  The archer quickly ran away, she finally lost her calmness, and a hint of fear appeared in her eyes. She couldn't think of how the opponent had discovered her hiding place. This was an unbeatable situation, the opponent had the upper hand, and she would never be able to take the initiative.

  In terms of speed, Su Tang was faster by more than a notch, and the distance between them continued to narrow. When the archer jumped over a small stream, he suddenly gritted his teeth, revealing a resolute expression on his face, and immediately turned around, drew his longbow, and shot seven arrows in one breath, with the arrowheads pointing towards the high sky.

  The next moment, she turned her longbow to Su Tang again and shot five arrows in a row. After the five arrows were fired, her face turned pale, and her body swayed as if she was about to fall.

  Su Tang's figure flashed out of the forest, treading on the white sandy riverbed, taking large strides forward while shooting arrows. What he feared least was a shootout with an archer. The opponent had no skill in spinning shots and the like, so the arrow path could only be straight. In that case, he would shoot straight back too. Besides, he was getting annoyed, trying to solve this troublesome archer as quickly as possible before going after those warriors.

  Rumble... Rumble, rumble, rumble... The ice arrows were transformed into flying ice shards in the intense collision with the strong energy. At this moment, Su Tang suddenly felt a chill and looked up at the sky. The arrow that had been shot out earlier, which seemed harmless, was now emitting a deadly whistling sound as it fell towards him.

  Each icicle had thick ice flowers condensed on it, as thick as a thigh, which was no longer an icicle, but a heavy ice spear. There were countless ice fragments flying between the spears, scattering colorful lights under the sun's rays. The area within tens of meters around him was all within the attack range, leaving no room to dodge.

  Su Tang was shocked, and immediately let out a roar. The next moment, his face was covered with a layer of metal, and suddenly thousands of black threads appeared in the air, condensing onto Su Tang's body, finally forming a cloak that completely enveloped his body.

  Su Tang looked up at the sky, continuously firing his energy blasts. He had already mastered the quick shot to a perfect degree, and in an instant, he fired out dozens of energy blasts, meeting the ice spears falling from the air.

  Boom, boom, boom... The icy spears were blasted open by the powerful energy, but the ice shards falling like a waterfall were unstoppable for Su Tang. The large and small pebbles around him almost shattered simultaneously, and layer after layer of frost flowers quickly spread out in all directions. The ice shards hit Su Tang's mask, making a series of crisp sounds, and his cloak also appeared with thousands of cracks.

  Su Tang was petrified, the frost flowers had covered his body, turning him into an ice sculpture. The archer let out a long sigh and struggled to draw his bow. However, the layer of ice covering Su Tang's body shattered instantly, and he suddenly pounced on her. His ferocious mask and billowing cloak made him look like a demon that had just descended upon the world.