A man stands before the heavens, his sword emerges from the Emei Mountains.

Chapter 104 Big Brother, One of Us

The longsword slowly descended from the branches of the lush tree, its clear light falling like the moon, piercing the back of the neck of the last black-robed man who was stealthily moving through the forest.

The instant Chen Yu drew his sword, he landed lightly, pushing the lifeless man forward with his left hand.

"Huh?"

The man in black robes turned around. "What was that sound?"

His companion in sight suddenly lowered, and a bright sword flashed in the night. The man covered his throat with his right hand and began to retreat. The sound of blood washing over his broken throat was like the scraping of a blunt instrument.

Chen Yu darted forward, snatched the man's long sword with his left hand, and slashed out to the side with fluid, graceful movements.

The black-robed man who also heard the commotion turned around and was met with a blade. Shocking blood and shrill screams erupted in the night.

Chen Yu's left hand wielded the knife, pinning a man holding an iron plaque several feet away to a tree. His charging figure suddenly leaned forward, and he used the "Night Battle in All Directions" technique from the Longquan sword to unleash a magnificent sword arc.

A Taoist priest holding a shield reacted with lightning speed. He swung the iron shield backward with his left hand, and while his body was still spinning, he used his right hand to block the thunder god and protect his chest. Immediately afterward, the Taoist priest saw the grass on the ground right in front of him flatten down in all directions.

A sword light burst forth, and the surging sword light instantly engulfed the Taoist.

"There are rivals."

"In the back."

"Fight the enemy."

"Surround him, surround him, dry him up!"

"They must be from the Emei Sect." The short, fat man took out a vermilion diamond-patterned glove from his pocket, put one on each hand, and then grabbed a handful of silver needles that shimmered with a bluish light from the deerskin bag hanging from his waist. He then leaped onto a large tree beside him and disappeared in a flash.

One of the leaders was a Taoist priest wearing a robe and with a long beard. He turned around, holding an iron plaque in his left hand and a thunderbolt in his right, and sped off in the direction of the chaos that was erupting like boiling water, using the faint moonlight.

"Take this!" In the center of the battle, a monk roared and slammed his staff into Chen Yu's abdomen. Chen Yu lifted his leg and stepped forward, standing on the staff. The moment his Longquan sword slashed down, the monk's body was split to the left and right.

He lightly touched his staff with his toes, somersaulted several times in mid-air, and landed in the pitch-black night, as if he had never appeared at all.

"come out."

"Let's have a one-on-one fight."

"Grandpa saw you."

Chen Yu stood behind a large tree that was waist-thick, and chuckled softly. He didn't need to turn to the side to locate his opponent by the faint moonlight. With his senses amplified, all kinds of sounds converged, and he could pinpoint the location by sound. Within a radius of five zhang, he could clearly see the movements of his opponent.

A man in black robes, fearing the reflection of his long sword, concealed it behind his back and silently approached the ancient tree where Chen Yu was.

In the dim light, a flash of light appeared on one side of the ancient tree. The man in black robes remained in the position of concealing his knife, but blood spurted from his throat.

Chen Yu rushed out and pushed the other man with his left hand. The burly man, who was still breathing, spun around and was pushed forward by Chen Yu.

"There."

"Anqingzi greets you."

Silver shuttles, throwing knives, flying stones, and iron caltrops rained down upon him, and Chen Yu could feel the violent trembling of the black-robed body in front of him with his left hand.

"You hit it."

"Let's all go together and chop him up!"

The man in black robes flew out of Chen Yu's hand and crashed into his charging opponent. Chen Yu ran in a circle, wielding the "Extinction Sword." The sword flashed and drew out countless lines of blood in the air. Suddenly, he leaned back, his back parallel to the ground, and with a few quick taps of his toes, he skimmed several feet along the grass before disappearing into the dark night once more.

"Where are you, you brat? Come out here!"

The dwarf from Bilin Cave in western Sichuan, crouching on a tree branch, spoke as softly as a mosquito's wing. Suddenly, a chilling killing intent surged from behind like a tidal wave. The dwarf turned around abruptly, and Chen Yu's figure had suddenly enlarged like a night owl darting through the forest, his left hand pressing down.

A fierce tiger stubbornly climbs the mountain.

A chilling crackling sound rang out from the dark canopy, and blood spurted from the dwarf's mouth and nose. Chen Yu flew out of the canopy, his longsword swung to his left hand, and his right hand wielded "Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere," his palm strike like a celestial river hanging upside down, falling towards the long-bearded Taoist holding the iron plaque.

"Ah!" The Taoist priest swiftly waved the iron plaque in his left hand.

boom----

The iron plate whistled into the night sky. The Taoist coughed up blood and staggered backward, each step heavier than the last. A gray figure approached at an alarming speed in his vision. In despair, the Taoist swung the Thunder God Barrier, and a sword light instantly followed the weapon and his arm, striking his neck.

The night was shattered by a series of figures rushing in, as Ji Xiaofu, Yang An, Zhao Lingzhu, and dozens of other Emei disciples swiftly arrived.

Once she calmed down, Ji Xiaofu's experience in the martial arts world was impeccable. She hurriedly said, "Junior Sister Zhao, lead the people to surround the forest. If any enemies rush out, Tie Lianzi will call them out, and then we will use the sword formation to kill them. Junior Brother Yang, Junior Sister Zhou, and Junior Sister Shi, follow me into the forest and keep your distance. There is only Junior Brother Chen in the forest. Anyone who gets close will be an enemy."

Ji Xiaofu darted inside with a whoosh.

The agonizing screams subsided quickly after everyone entered the forest. Zhou Zhiruo could hear her heart pounding. She felt none of the tension or excitement of facing an enemy for the first time, only intense worry. According to her senior sister, there were many enemies, and the fight couldn't have ended so quickly. She also wondered how her senior brother was doing.

The footsteps were rapid, approaching in an instant, and with a whoosh, a figure loomed larger.

"Who?" Zhou Zhiruo, who had no experience in the martial arts world, asked instinctively.

"They're one of our own."

Zhou Zhiruo bit her lip and thrust out her sword, its cold light like an arrow.

"How was she exposed? She's just a young girl." The man in black robes collapsed to the ground, utterly bewildered.

"What a cunning thief."

Zhou Zhiruo muttered to herself, drew her sword, and moved like a swallow darting through the forest, disappearing into the night ahead.

The air was filled with a nauseating stench of blood. Not to mention Zhou Zhiruo and Ji Xiaofu, even Yang An felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the corpses scattered across the grass up close.

A shadow seemed to move in the distance, and Zhou Zhiruo called out, "Senior Brother Chen."

"Junior Sister Zhou is here."

call----

Zhou Zhiruo felt relieved and responded that she was her junior sister, and that he was indeed her senior brother Chen. She leaped forward and saw Chen Yu fiddling with a deerskin bag in the dim light of the night.

Chen Yu eventually confirmed the identity of the enemy who launched the night raid from the survivors.

Bilin Cave and Leidian Gate in western Sichuan; the monk is a disciple of the demonic monk Yunze.

Inside the deerskin pouch was the Bilin Needle, a unique, fine-hair-sized concealed weapon from the Bilin Cave, which contained a deadly poison.

Another piece of information obtained from the interrogation is that the current leader of the Thunder and Lightning Sect is named Shen Tiangu, and the master of the Green Phosphorus Cave is named Wei Changning. The sect and the cave are heading towards Youyang to ambush the approaching Emei Sect and Hengshan Sect.

The real masters are all on that path.

The inner and outer disciples who had entered the mountains were still moving the corpses. Chen Yu gathered Ji Xiaofu and Yang An, who had recovered from their shock.

"My master is with the Hengshan Sect, Wudang's two heroes Yu and others, fighting openly and fairly, so I have nothing to fear. My only fear is that the other party might use poison."

"What's your opinion, senior brother?" Yang An asked.

"Based on their pace, Master and the others should be able to reach Youyang by dawn, and perhaps even make it in time."

"I'll gather my fellow disciples right away," Yang An said.

"I'll go first. If anything happens, send a message via Meteor."

"Okay," Yang An and Ji Xiaofu agreed.

"I'm getting ready."

Chen Yu walked to the dwarf's side, took off his vermilion diamond-patterned glove, grabbed a deerskin bag, and then went to the corpse of the Thunder and Lightning Sect disciple. He found a well-fitting black robe to wear and headed straight for the southwest of Youyang.

The crescent moon casts its clear light, outlining the contours of the mountains.

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As far as the eye can see, every peak is covered in bamboo, and every ridge is verdant.

The wind rustled through the forest, causing the bamboo tips to sway like rippling blue waves.

Deep in the bamboo forest, on a hillside, there was a clearing where a simple bamboo shed had been built to provide shade and shelter from the rain. The soft moonlight illuminated three rugged, handsome faces sitting on bamboo benches.

The man in the center has a hooked nose and is none other than Cheng Wei, the leader of the Five Poisons Sect, whose forearm was shattered by Chen Yu's longsword during the Battle of Qiantang. The man on the left is dressed in a short brown robe from the Bashan Mountains, with a multicolored silk sash around his waist. He has slanted eyebrows, a square mouth, and a full beard. He carries an ancient bronze plaque with pine-patterned markings on his back and plays with a weapon in his right hand that resembles a crane's beak hoe, with a sharp blade at the tip, which can be used for both pointing and stabbing. This weapon is called the Thunder God's Barrier, and the man is Shen Tiangu, the leader of the Thunder and Lightning Sect.

The man on the right has piercing eyes and a light yellow beard; he is Wei Changning, the master of Bilin Cave.

From their position, the three had a clear view of the activity at the foot of the mountain.

Cheng Wei lost his right forearm, and now he has a centipede hook attached to it, which somewhat fits the identity of the leader of the Centipede Altar of the Five Poisons Sect.

The stove was burning brightly. Cheng Wei poured tea with a teapot in his left hand and casually remarked, "I wonder how the Emei disciples in Youyang are doing?"

Wei Changning gave a sinister smile, "The old nun Miejue and that brat Chen Yu are both in the group that came from Huaihua. What good people could there be on that route? They're just a bunch of greenhorns. By now, they'd probably be a pile of corpses."

Cheng Wei sighed, "Five years ago, I shared the same thoughts as the Cave Master. The Emei Sect was almost wiped out, but in the past few years, the Immortal Sect has lost three hall masters. What a bloody lesson!"

Shen Tiangu, the leader of the Thunder and Lightning Alliance, said, "If we catch them off guard, casualties are inevitable."

"That makes sense. Just like us, with the right time, place, and people, we can launch a surprise attack and wipe out that old nun. Even if she doesn't die, she'll be badly injured. It's the perfect way to fight fire with fire."

Shen Tiangu looked down at the disciples who had set up traps and mechanisms in the bamboo forest below and smiled, "It's not impossible to leave Extinction in this bamboo forest."

"Sect Leader's words are auspicious." Cheng Wei looked southwest. "Judging by the distance, we should be almost there."

"It's about right." Shen Tiangu nodded.

Below them in the mountains, Chen Yu watched as several men in black robes skillfully constructed a trap, and broke out in a cold sweat.

Bamboo forests are ideal for setting up traps and mechanisms using locally sourced materials.

If you sharpen a bamboo stick about the thickness of your thumb and bury it in the grass, it can pierce the sole of your foot if you accidentally step on it.

Thick bamboo poles, bent under the weight of the soldiers, were secured to the ground with ropes. In the chaos of battle, the ropes were cut, and the bamboo poles shot out with a whooshing sound, like long clubs sweeping across the battlefield with astonishing power.

The most difficult to defend against are bamboo arrows and crossbows, which attack suddenly and are impossible to guard against. In such traps, only a handful of people, such as the master, the two heroes of Wudang, and the four elders of Hengshan, can probably escape unscathed. If the bamboo arrows are poisoned, the casualties will be even more staggering.

Chen Yu swayed and walked behind the two men in black who were making bamboo arrows.

"Who?"

"Brother, we're on the same side."

"Nonsense, I knew he was one of us." The man who turned around glanced at Chen Yu, who was dressed in black robes, and lost interest in asking his name. "Come and help me out."

"Okay."

Chen Yu strode forward, his dagger flashing as he stabbed the man in the waist. His figure moved swiftly, like a gust of wind, and landed behind another man. With a swift chop to the neck, he pushed him, causing the man's neck to twist at an odd angle. As the man fell, Chen Yu caught him and placed him silently on the ground.

He quickly destroyed the mechanism and turned to walk to another place.

The moon was bright, the stars were sparse, and Chen Yu's voice rang out continuously.

"I'll help you."

"Well"

"puff----"

"Brother, is the mechanism all set up?"

"It'll be a while. Who are you?"

"That's deadly."

In the darkness of night, figures moved swiftly. A member of the Five Poisons Sect approached from afar and reached the main road below the bamboo forest. With a swift movement, he quickly ascended the mountain along the forest path.

After walking about ten steps, the faint smell of blood in the air made the cultist stop. He held his knife and followed the scent of blood. A few steps later, under the hazy moonlight, he saw three corpses lying on the ground.

The believers were alarmed, "There's an enemy!"

A mile away in the woods, Chen Yu, who was walking towards the hill where Cheng Wei was, stopped, looked back, and smiled.

"Go and see what's going on."

At the bamboo shed several dozen feet away, Cheng Wei, Shen Tiangu, and Wei Changning stood up abruptly, while the leader of the Five Poisons Church spurred his feet and rushed down to the bamboo forest.

A few breaths later, Chen Yu's concealed figure swooped out like an eagle. The instant the two made contact, a slight burst of energy emanated from Chen Yu's body.

With a loud thud, the power of the body converged into a single force, and a punch punched a hole in the thin mist.

In his haste, the hall master threw a punch. With a muffled thud, the hall master's body flew backward several feet, crashing into a bamboo stalk as thick as a bowl, and then bounced back to the ground.

Ignoring his opponent's convulsing body, Chen Yu took out a communication flying fire meteor from his pocket and lit it.

"laugh----"

A sharp sound shot into the night sky, bursting into a dazzling red firework. In less than two breaths, flames rose into the air and exploded several miles to the southwest.

Chen Yu mustered his inner strength and spoke, "Master, your disciple is here. There are traps and mechanisms in the bamboo forest on both sides."

The sound, like a thunderclap, spread through the night, momentarily suppressing the restless Five Poisons Sect and Thunder Gate.

The commotion of the disciples of Bilin Cave.

The sound of a dragon roaring over a vast marshland then rose from the distance in the night, melodious and high-pitched, followed by a long howl like the cry of a phoenix.

"This should be Yu Erxia and Master."

Chen Yu channeled his internal energy through the Yangqiao Meridian into the "Qingming Acupoint," making distant objects appear close at hand. In the silvery light, he saw the figures of Miejue and Yu Lianzhou flying through the bamboo forest as if cutting through waves. Behind them, a figure tumbled through the thin mist as if riding a somersault cloud.

He is naturally the Ape King.

On Chen Yu's other side, Cheng Wei, Wei Changning, and Shen Tiangu, masters from one sect, one school, and one cave, appeared in shadow and surrounded him.

"Keng"

The sword flashed like a dragon's roar. Chen Yu moved swiftly, the sword light flashing like lightning. Then, he kicked and leaped with his left and right feet. Just as Cheng Wei, Wei Changning and the others rushed in, one after another, ten-foot-long bamboo poles flew in with a whooshing sound.

A Thunder Gate expert, unhindered by the tall bamboo, rushed into the bamboo forest. Chen Yu leaped and darted among the green bamboo stalks, the man following closely behind. Suddenly, a strong wind blew back, and bamboo leaves fluttered everywhere, the sword light was clear and bright, and it was hard to distinguish between the leaves and the sword.

"puff"

The sword light flashed through the gap between the iron plate and the thunder god's shield, and touched the throat.

The moment the sword light faded, the Thunder Gate expert saw blood spurting from his throat.

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