After searching for a moment, Qin Yu regretfully gave up; within the Hidden Weapons Storage, there was only one pair of gauntlets, and they completely wrapped the palm, which Qin Yu didn't like at all. Once he wore those gauntlets, some of his attacks would be impossible to execute.
"Forget it, I'll just wait until I get some good mineral materials to refine them later." Qin Yu could only console himself, then he left the Hidden Weapons Storage.
Horse hooves kicked up dust as over a hundred riders galloped at full speed on the Dao, led by a nearly two-meter-tall muscular barbarian. This barbarian was clad in a black robe that covered his entire body, and his eyes shimmered with a grim cold light, making him appear exceedingly sinister.
"Stop!"
The leading barbarian suddenly waved one hand and gave a cold command, causing the cavalry troop of over a hundred riders to abruptly halt.
"Old San, take a team of men and seize all the wealth and women from that village. You have five minutes. I and Old Er will go ahead and wait for you at Luoting Mountain," the leading barbarian ordered decisively.
"Just a small village, five minutes? That's more than enough time, Big Brother, don't worry! Brothers, let's go." A skinny one-eyed man carrying a long, curved saber yelled, leading fifty men toward a nearby village.
Meanwhile, the strong barbarian led the remaining two teams of men directly towards Luoting Mountain.
With his robust upper body bare, Tie Shan was digging up the soil at the village entrance, sweat beads penetrating his muscular back. Nearby, Little Lu was distractedly looking at flowers by the road.
"Brother, when will Brother Yu come back?" Little Lu looked up at the sky, noticing the layer of dark clouds; clearly, the weather was not very good.
Tie Shan smiled and said, "Little Lu, don't worry, Little Yu won't forget." At that moment, Tie Shan couldn't help but think of the war saber he had asked Qin Yu to buy for him, as he usually enjoyed wielding spears and sticks and dreamed of owning a sharp war saber.
"Ah, it's a horse, Brother Yu is coming," Little Lu said excitedly, looking into the distance.
Tie Shan felt the intense trembling of the ground: "No, it's not just one person." Carefully looking ahead, he saw dozens of men riding horses at high speed towards them. A thought crossed Tie Shan's mind, sending chills down his spine,
"Little Lu, run!" Tie Shan grabbed Little Lu and dashed towards the village. Looking back, he saw dozens of horse bandits closing in, each raising their war sabers. Tie Shan immediately shouted at the top of his lungs, "The horse bandits are coming! The horse bandits are coming!"
Horse bandits, more formidable than ordinary robbers, had horses that allowed them to appear and disappear without a trace and they were also more bloodthirsty. While ordinary robbers raided sparingly to ensure sustainability, horse bandits often massacred entire villages.
The horse bandits are here!
The entire village panicked as every able-bodied man grabbed weapons, be it spades or axes, while children, the elderly, and women hid behind.
"Drive!" The one-eyed man suddenly spurred his horse to go faster, his eyes flashing with a frigid gleam. The horse's speed was rapid, soon catching up to Tie Shan. The rest of the village was worried for Tie Shan and his sister, yet no one dared to intervene.
Tie Shan was still a hundred meters from the village, but the one-eyed man on horseback was only ten meters behind him. With a flash of light, a long curved saber appeared in the one-eyed man's hand, his eyes gleaming with a bloodthirsty light.
"Stop." Suddenly, a robust man charged forward—it was Tie Shan's father.
The one-eyed man's lips curled with a hint of coldness, and his wrist flicked suddenly, the long curved saber turning into a vortex of lightning, directly slashing towards Tie Shan. Constantly alert, Tie Shan saw this and immediately performed a swift donkey roll, narrowly dodging the strike thanks to his regular physical training.
The one-eyed man's expression changed, "Hmph!" With a cold snort, he pointed his toes and rose high from the horseback, the spinning curved saber reversing back towards him, which he effortlessly caught.
"Shoo!"
Amidst a flash of light, Tie Shan hurriedly rolled away, narrowly avoiding the strike of the saber, but—
"Ah!" Little Lu screamed in pain. Tie Shan looked down to see that Little Lu's right arm had been severed, lying beside her, causing her face to turn deathly pale. As Tie Shan dodged, Little Lu's arm, which was outside of his embrace, had unfortunately been cut off. Only at this moment did Tie Shan's father catch up, and upon seeing this scene, he was absolutely furious.
"Pugh!"
With a flash of the curved saber, Tie Shan's father's head flew off, and he was killed instantly. How could a mere farmer compare to the third-ranking member of a gang of horse thieves?
"Listen, hand over all your money and the young women, and I'll spare your little village; otherwise... I'll clean you out." The one-eyed man sneered, holding the blood-dripping curved saber in his hand.
The other horse bandits also rode forward, looking down at the villagers.
"Go to hell!"
A gust of wind whipped by, and a shovel, carrying immense force, smashed into the head of one of the horse bandits, "Boom!" The sound was deafening, and the bandit's head was smashed open, blood scattered everywhere. Tie Shan, his face twisted ferociously, gripped the shovel tensely, filled with hatred as he glared at the bandits before him.
"Oh, you actually killed one of our brothers. Brothers, just wipe out this village, but leave the women." The one-eyed man said indifferently, now riled up by anger.
The other horse bandits were equally enraged, seeing the ordinary village merely as meat on a chopping block, and now one of their brothers had died here.
"Dad, Little Lu." His father, who had been killed, and his sister, whose arm was severed and had since passed out, filled Tie Shan's mind with seething anger. All he could think about was revenge, glaring furiously at the one-eyed man before him.
Arms severed, blood splattered.
The one-eyed man effortlessly killed one villager after another. The villagers' desperate strikes posed no threat to him. How could ordinary people compare with an inner power expert?
One by one, familiar villagers, his uncle, his aunt, were slaughtered. Tie Shan's eyes turned bloodshot, nearly bursting from their corners.
"Come on, kill me!" Tie Shan picked up a war saber from the body of the slain horse bandit and charged at the one-eyed man. However, the one-eyed man seemed to be toying with him, deliberately not killing him, and effortlessly killed others using his advanced qinggong, making Tie Shan endlessly pursue him.
Seeing one familiar person after another being killed, Tie Shan was in agony, almost driven mad.
"Stop!"
Suddenly— a voice as loud as thunder resounded throughout the courtyard, instantly startling everyone into a daze.
One hand holding a Xuantie battle saber, and the other a rag doll, Qin Yu appeared on the scene.
The one-eyed man glanced at Qin Yu, his eyes slightly squinting, then smiled and said, "My friend, I am called Bai San, known as Curved Saber Three, and I am the third of the Black Wind Horse Bandits. May I know your name?" Bai San, an adept of the Inner Family, recognized at a glance that this young man was no ordinary person.
"Little Lu." Qin Yu saw Little Lu with her severed right arm and pale face, feeling a pang of compassion. Fortunately, Qin Yu was skilled in medicine, and he immediately applied acupressure to stop the bleeding.
Little Lu slowly opened her eyes, saw Qin Yu, and a slight smile appeared on her pale face, "Brother Yu." As soon as Little Lu saw her dead father and other familiar people from the village, she couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Dad, uncle, sir!"
Little Lu couldn't stop her tears from flowing, her body involuntarily convulsing as the pain of a severed arm proved too horrific for a young girl.
Qin Yu saw that many of the villagers, who had greeted him warmly just half a day ago, were now dead. The killer instinct from the Qin Family bloodline that flowed in him began to boil, and flames started to seethe in his eyes.
Qin Yu carefully placed the rag doll beside Little Lu and then suddenly stood up, tossing the Xuantie battle saber in his hand to Tie Shan, "Da Shan, catch the saber." Tie Shan immediately grabbed the Xuantie battle saber, which was still useful in the ongoing fight.
Qin Yu saw the severed limb beside him; he knew it was Little Lu's. From now on, she would forever remain a cripple.
The one-eyed man Bai San was now hastily saying with a smile, "Friend, you are quite a master yourself. How can you fight against us, the 'Black Wind,' for a bunch of ordinary people? Why not pick any of these women as you please? How about that?"
Bai San could tell Qin Yu was a skilled fighter, usually trained by a master, and Bai San didn't want to unnecessarily offend anyone. Moreover, he thought that this youth in front of him seemed quite strong. Killing the young man would cost many horse bandits their lives, which wasn't worth the risk.
"You all..." Qin Yu glared coldly at the dozens of horse bandits, "deserve to die!" Qin Yu gritted these words through his teeth.
Suddenly—
Qin Yu appeared beside a horse bandit, his hand forming a hawk's claw as he grabbed the throat of the bandit. As Qin Yu stared coldly at him, the eyes of the horse bandit showed nothing but fear and shock. With Qin Yu's claw tightening, a snapping sound echoed, and the horse bandit instantly breathed his last.
At the same time, Qin Yu swiftly moved like lightning towards another horse bandit. His leg thundered across the sky, piercing the air and crashing heavily onto the horse bandit's head, which shattered with a loud "Boom!", killing another horse bandit.
"Brothers, show no mercy, kill!" Bai San shouted, furious, and all the horse bandits charged towards Qin Yu.
Qin Yu's movements were incredibly swift; he instantly moved to a far distance.
"Peng!" With a heavy kick, Qin Yu sent one man flying, and then a high-pressure splitting kick directly smashed another's head.
"Crack!" Qin Yu's kicking toe directly hit a throat, a kick ending a life.
"Ha!" Qin Yu shouted, his most penetrating punch and finger strike hitting an opponent's abdomen, instantly rupturing the liver. The horse bandit's eyes bulged roundly, but he was already dead.
"Peng!" Qin Yu turned around with a kick, his toe directly hitting the spine in the back of a horse bandit, paralyzing him on the ground, motionless.
...
Qin Yu's movement technique was mysterious; his figure whirled like a vortex, his kicking and punching shadows rapidly striking—no horse bandit could withstand Qin Yu's attacks. Qin Yu usually killed an opponent with one move, at most two.
His attacks on vital areas were extremely powerful.
Qin Yu's training had originally been meticulously planned. Now, he could easily lift over a hundred pounds with one hand and move freely even when bearing a weight of two hundred pounds. His punching and kicking strengths were incredibly formidable; he could easily bring about certain death.
Furthermore, the refinement of his movement technique meant that the wind no longer acted as resistance. Combining the mysterious techniques of Qimen Dunjia with his innate explosive speed, Qin Yu's movements far surpassed those of any present.
"How is this possible? How is this possible?"
The one-eyed man held his curved saber, dumbly watching everything unfold.
A human figure moved with terrifying speed—
His punch was as fast as lightning, his kick heavy as a mountain.
With each punch, a man fell, with each kick, a man flew.
Within just half a minute, nearly fifty horse bandits were killed, reducing their numbers by half.
"Stop, fight me!" The one-eyed man urgently chased after him using Qinggong.
However, Qin Yu's movements were too mysterious, with a dash that seemed entwined with profound principles. He suddenly moved several meters away, beyond what the one-eyed man could catch up to. Holding his curved saber, the one-eyed Bai San frantically pursued, but couldn't even touch the hem of Qin Yu's clothes.
He kept chasing, but watched helplessly as one horse bandit after another was killed.
"Fight me if you dare, don't run away, stop running!" Bai San screamed madly, but his calls were futile as one after another, horse bandits were slain, and even those who tried to escape on horseback were unsuccessful.
Because… Qin Yu was much faster than the horses.
Qin Yu executed a mid-air spinning kick, fiercely kicking the panicked horse bandit on the side of his head, right at the temple, instantly shattering the horse bandit's head. He landed nimbly and coldly looked at the last horse bandit—Bai San.
In just over a minute, fifty horse bandits were reduced to one, Bai San of the Black Wind Bandits.
Clutching his curved saber, Bai San's one eye flashed continuously, and he uttered a low growl. In just a minute, all his men had died, the Black Wind Bandits had lost a third of their strength, and Bai San's heart was filled with horror.
"Die!" Bai San launched himself at Qin Yu with swift Qinggong, his curved saber flashing a cold light.
Qin Yu stood still, watching Bai San's approach. Bai San's eye turned red, his inner strength fully unleashed, his curved saber shining even more brightly. His form also reached its peak, instantly closing the distance to Qin Yu. The surrounding villagers, seeing Qin Yu unmoving, began to worry—but in that instant—
Qin Yu's figure shifted slightly, and he appeared beside Bai San, his foot directly kicking at the knee from the side.
"Crack!" The side of the knee, being the weakest, instantly shattered. "Ah!" Bai San cried out in agony, his body wavering, Qin Yu simultaneously reached out with his right hand, clawing at Bai San's wrist with intense finger force.
As the sound of bones shattering echoed, Bai San's right wrist was destroyed.
"Bang!"
The punch and finger strike hit directly on Bai San's throat, Qin Yu's entire body force focused on that single spot, unleashing the most intense penetrating power. A crisp cracking sound rang out, Bai San, with eyes wide open, collapsed thunderously to the ground, unable to rise again.
In just over a minute, fifty horse bandits from the Black Wind Bandits were all taken down!