Having spent so many months in the Endless Forest and training himself continuously, it wasn't just Jian Shen's strength which grew.
Though Jian Shen still wasn't proficient in sensing the changes of Qi around him and figure out where his enemy was at, and what he doing.
Jian Shen's ordinary senses were as good as a mortal could ever hope to have.
As long as Jian Shen was in his most optimal state, and seriously concentrated, he could listen to everything happening in a 500-metre radius around him.
This included the sounds of fighting, grass being crushed from someone stepping on it, a snake slithering, and so on.
Thus, he completely stopped paying attention to the sinister-looking man who was throwing poisonous needles, and the bodybuilder who was shorting arrows.
After all, as long as Jian Shen heard them being thrown or shot, he was confident in instantly reacting and keeping himself safe.
So, the close combat fighters were destined to be the ones Jian Shen would kill first.
Circling Qi around his feet to boost his speed in a crude fashion, Jian Shen immediately narrowed the gap between him and the spear wielder.
Unfortunately, the man seemed to have expected for this to happen, and therefore jumped sideways instantly and went out of Jian Shen's reach.
But this wasn't where it ended.
Behind the man who jumped, Jian Shen could see the one who fought with the sabre running toward Jian Shen with a cruel smirk on his face.
"Got you."
If it was anyone else, they most likely would've gotten flustered, or maybe even panicked.
Jian Shen however, didn't show even the slightest change in his reaction.
This was because he had already sensed what was happening even before he launched an attack, and willingly jumped to show an opening to the man who was using a sabre.
Thrusting the sabre towards Jian Shen's opening by using it like a spear, the man could almost see Jian Shen being impaled by it.
However, in the next instant, Jian Shen used his palm which was covered in seven coloured Qi to slap it against the sabre's flat side.
With one move, Jian Shen who seemed to be in a disadvantage, instantly obtained the upper hand.
He was now even higher than before, while the man who was attacking him was off balance.
Twisting his body and performing a somersault in the air, Jian Shen barely escaped the poison needles, while using the Myriad God Sword to cut the arrow which was flying towards him into two, and finally lopped off the sabre wielder's head.
Landing on the ground, Jian Shen slid a few metres before finally coming to a stop and showed a dashing smile.
"Two down."
While this smile seemed irritating and unnecessary to the remaining three members of the first group, it did make the two women who were watching the fight from far away, and Mei Xing who was carefully observing, feel dazzled and infatuated with Jian Shen who looked so cool right now.
"Don't get cocky brat!!!"
Thinking that Jian Shen was making light of them, the man whose long black hair was tied together ran at his fastest speed towards Jian Shen.
Making a quick calculation, Jian Shen didn't choose to use his sword, or dodge.
Instead, he ran towards the ponytailed man.
Using the Sword of Despair to deflect the poisonous needles, Jian Shen used his other hand which didn't have anything in it to strike the man who was using the spear near his underbelly and made him float in the air a little.
Next, Jian Shen gave him a roundhouse kick and hit him in the direction of the archer.
Not losing the advantage, Jian Shen ran behind the flying man who dropped the spear midway, and picked up the spear while he was on it.
Throwing the spear with all his strength, Jian Shen made it pierce the flying man's chest and almost killed the archer as well, who narrowly managed to dodge to the side in the end.
But even then, he wasn't able to completely escape death, because Jian Shen was right there with the Sword of Despair raised high and waiting to split the man into two.
"Four down."
Not hesitating in the slightest and turning the scene into a gory one, from cutting such a huge man into two, Jian Shen moved before the blood could stain his clothes and rushed towards the final living member.
With his eyes turning wide in surprise from seeing how quickly Jian Shen took care of his fellow members, when even the Green Dragon Bandits' boss wasn't capable of doing so, the one who used poison needles turned around and tried to escape.
Being the faster one, Jian Shen was about to kill the man from the back, when the skinny man suddenly disappeared.
Opening his eyes wide in realization, Jian Shen used all the strength he could muster to make his arm move as fast as possible and cut the poison needle which was approaching his back into two.
"Haaa... That one was really close."
Turning around and looking towards the skinny man who no longer had fear on his face, and had four needles in each of his hands, Jian Shen turned more vigilant.
Because, while he could dodge and deflect flying needles, he wouldn't be able to do much if the man chose to use them like mini spears.
Especially when coupled with that speed, which almost evaded his senses.
"But too bad, this is the end of the line for you."
Running towards the skinny man, who as expected disappeared.
Jian Shen instantly turned around and poured his Qi into the Sword of Despair, and used the Total Decimating Slash with the Myriad God Sword.
In the next instant, the skinny man with a face full of anger appeared very close to the Myriad God Sword which without the slightest resistance cut his body into half from near the waist.
"Movement techniques become predictable when they are used by someone like you."
Like always, after finishing the fight Jian Shen slashed his swords through the air to get rid off the blood on then, and placed in the same place he always kept them at.