Chapter 67 First Real Battle

  Nangong Yuan and his party of seven arrived at Linhe County on horseback.

  In the middle of the journey, I saw quicksand for a hundred miles, all of which were lost land farmers.

  Entering Linhe County's county town, the county town is also filled with a sigh of sorrow.

  Nangong Yuansheng chose a Home Inn in Linhe County.

  Ru Jia Guest House is actually a national chain operation, with various locations across the country. It's said that the boss of Ru Jia has a powerful backer, likely from the Third or Fourth Rank Sects. The main reason for their success is indeed the pleasant environment. Nan Gong Yuanzhang said, "You've rushed all the way from Mount Tai, you must be tired. Take a rest first, then go and eliminate the sand snake."

  As soon as he entered the Rujia Inn, he ran into an old man in gray clothes with a slightly lame left foot. Behind this lame old man were eighteen young boys and girls, all of whom looked to be around thirteen or fourteen years old.

  Nan Gong Yuan's eyes narrowed: "Ximen Can."

  This is the manpower of the Ninth Mountain Villa, Ximen Can and the eighteen outer sect disciples of the Cansnow Mountain Villa.

  Ximen Can nodded: "That's right, it's me. Nangong Yuan, we both accepted the task of annihilating the sand snakes. I have eighteen people behind me, and you have six people behind you. Why don't we make a bet? This time, the achievement of annihilating the sand snakes will be ten times greater than yours." Ximen Can's voice was extremely hoarse, and he directly proposed to surpass the tenth mountain villa by ten times.

  The outer disciples of the Ninth Mountain Villa also burst out laughing, and one of them said: "We've been in the sect for nearly three years, while New Snow Villa's have only been in for less than a year. If we don't beat them by at least ten times, it wouldn't be worth our while."

  "That is, in my opinion, a fifteen-fold victory would be more meaningful."

  "Haha."

  The people of the Ninth Mountain Villa didn't put the people of the Tenth Mountain Villa in their eyes at all.

  Because the average strength of the Ninth Mountain Villa was originally far superior to that of the Tenth Mountain Villa.

  Ximen Can, an elder, was rebuked by Nan Gong Yuan, another elder.

  The 18 outer disciples of Ninth Mountain Village versus the six outer disciples of Tenth Mountain Village.

  At daggers drawn.

  The atmosphere is tense.

  Originally, the 9th and 10th Mountain Villages were already in a competitive state, but now the 9th Mountain Village's extremely arrogant attitude has completely ignited the flames of war, with both sides having an overwhelming desire to fight.

  There were twenty-six people in total, with fifty-two eyes staring at each other.

  Finally, Nan Gong Yuan chuckled and said, "Let's let the final results speak for themselves."

  It's really boring to argue here again now.

  Actions speak louder than words, achievements are the best proof.

  Now, let's see if the 18 people from the Ninth Mountain Villa can surpass the six people from the Tenth Mountain Villa by ten times in terms of military achievements.

  After a brief rest, all eighteen outer disciples of the Ninth Mountain Villa and six outer disciples of the Tenth Mountain Villa set off.

  Before they set off, both elders handed two things over to the outer sect disciples.

  It's also an antidote, the snake's teeth are highly toxic. Once bitten, you must take the antidote immediately to avoid injury and death. One disciple got ten antidotes.

  The second is the smoke bomb, what's the use of this smoke bomb? If you're downwind during a battle, it can even be life-threatening. At such times, throwing out a smoke bomb will instantly burst out a lot of smoke and cause great confusion, making it difficult for your opponent to attack, allowing yourself to escape in the chaos.

  These two things were given to outer sect disciples for self-preservation. If they still can't preserve their lives, then those elders would be helpless too.

  This is a real combat training, what is called real combat, it's a training that may involve sacrifice.

  Come here with the determination to die.

  A true master of the martial arts world is one who has emerged victorious from numerous life-or-death battles in the martial arts world.

  ……

  Gu Chao carried a long knife and walked on the sandy ground.

  Actually, the last time I went to Yingxia Peak, it was just facing some motionless Blood-Drinking Flowers that could only attack with vines.

  And this is actually his first real battle.

  But Gu Chao wasn't nervous at all.

  In front of him was a two-headed sand snake about two zhang long, the double-headed snake had two snake heads, and on its body there were patches of black scales, looking extremely ferocious. Its green eyes scanned the surroundings, the sand snake liked to eat rabbits, but if there were no rabbits, other prey would do, it suddenly saw Gu Chao carrying a long knife, in an instant taking Gu Chao as its prey.

  The double-headed sand snake slid over at incredible speed, charging towards Gu Chao, both snake heads biting towards him, and if he was bitten, it would be troublesome.

  Gǔ Chāo's crimson copper long knife flashed out of its scabbard, suddenly unleashing a swift and fierce slash, "Dì Fēng Zhòu Léi" (Swift Wind Sudden Thunder), striking the two heads of the Double-Headed Sand Snake. Gǔ Chāo's knife technique instantly struck one head, while using the back of the blade to block the other snake head. With a loud clang, the sharp crimson copper long knife sliced through the snake's scales, like the sound of metal clashing against metal. The snake's scales were quite hard, but the Double-Headed Sand Snake also seemed to be in some pain, its two green eyes staring at Gǔ Chāo.

  Gu Chao counterattacked with a single knife, precisely executing the "Swift Wind" technique. This move accurately struck the same spot on the Double-Headed Sand Snake that had been hit earlier, causing it to feel even more pain. The snake quickly attacked Gu Chao with its body. Gu Chao counterattacked again, striking the same spot once more. With a third knife strike, he sliced open the snake's scales, and fresh red blood burst out, staining the yellow sand in that area.

  The double-headed sand snake instantly wanted to escape, its demonic beast instinct told it to escape, but Gu Chao's knife move "Disease Wind Sweeping Fallen Leaves" caught up in an instant. The knife momentum was like a gust of wind sweeping fallen leaves, and it drew a semicircle in the air, making the double-headed sand snake even more injured. Gu Chao added another knife to follow up.

  Bang!

  The two heads of the double-headed sand snake were cut off evenly.

  The body of the beheaded double-headed sand snake still struggled for a moment, but losing its head quickly thudded to the ground and died.

  On top of the two heads of the Double-headed Sand Snake, only one had a snake horn, which was soft. Gu Chao cut off the snake horn and obtained his first spoils of war.

  Back then, at the time of the Mirage Peak, I was facing a double-headed sand snake and was really unable to cope with it. No matter what, I couldn't deal with it. At that time, I thought of the giant slingshot, skateboard, and the fact that sand snakes are afraid of water - these three characteristics led to the mysterious dagger plan. Now, however, I can easily take care of a double-headed sand snake with seventh-level postnatal strength. This is my progress.

  This progress is really huge!

  Actually, when dealing with the double-headed sand snake, Gu Chao had a feeling that the second-level martial skill "Dī Fēng Dāo Fǎ" (Swift Wind Knife Method) was indeed a second-level martial skill. The knife strikes were extremely fast, making it impossible for the sand snake to react in time. If he used his first-level martial skill "Qī Shí èr Lù Dāo Fǎ" (Seventy-Two Road Knife Method), he could still win, but it wouldn't be so easy. Second-level martial skills are indeed useful after all.

  Of course, Gale Knife Technique is now minor completion, if it's major completion, it will be even more useful.

  Wow!

  It's windy!

  For a very long time, there was no wind.

  But today, suddenly it's windy.

  The time has come to take heaven and earth as teachers, and the time has come to push the Wind Sickle Knife Method to the realm of great accomplishment.

  Gu Chao has been waiting for the wind all along.

  Uh, yesterday's update was a mistake, I accidentally wrote Tai Shan Wu Jian, actually it should be Tai Shan Wu Da Dao Ke Zhi Kuai Dian Dao Ke Ding Jian.