Gou Zai Liang Jie as a Human Gu

In Pingcheng County, inside a traditional courtyard house with three entrances and two exits.

Prince Jing's assassination vanguard consisted of thirty people, but now only twenty-six remain.

He died before achieving his goal.

Four of them have died in Lin'an Town.

This blood debt made the assassins grit their teeth and eager to avenge it.

The message arrived via carrier pigeon, and Captain Guo Li's eyes lit up. He immediately called a meeting with his men: "Brothers, the scouts report that Wu Tiande has sent out an advance team. This team is currently enjoying themselves at Guiyue Tower."

Vice Captain Xie An frowned: "Have you found out what Wu Tiande's intentions are?"

"These scoundrels, after drinking and carousing last night, got completely drunk and started spouting nonsense, revealing Wu Tiande's military plans."

Guo Li looked smug and sneered, "So Wu Tiande intended for them to go to Leize City first, pick up the fake Crown Princess, and return to Leilong City."

Xie An was moved: "This is a trick to deceive us, to disperse our forces to intercept him, so that Wu Tiande can protect the true Crown Princess and return safely to Leilong City."

"wrong!"

Xie An's brow furrowed suddenly, and he shook his head, denying his own guess: "How could the escort plan be leaked so easily? There must be a trap!"

Guo Li nodded in agreement: "That's right, perhaps it's a deliberate attempt to create a diversion, a false rumor. Maybe this advance team is escorting the real Crown Princess?"

"Who can tell the difference between truth and falsehood?"

Xie An frowned and looked at the captain: "What should we do about this?"

Guo Li's eyes flashed, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth: "He can deceive us and make it hard for us to tell the difference between the real and the fake. Why don't we go with the flow?"

Everyone looked at him with confusion, not understanding why.

Guo Li explained the plan in detail: "We will assassinate this advance team, then disguise ourselves and impersonate them to get to Leize City ahead of us. Under the pretext of carrying out military orders, we will abduct the real Crown Princess."

Xie An said worriedly, "I'm afraid that in the end we'll be taking away a stand-in."

Guo Li sneered: "What does it matter if it's fake? We can kill it and then steal the real one. If we steal the real one, we can complete the task assigned by the prince without lifting a finger."

Xie An's eyes lit up suddenly, and he immediately agreed, "Excellent plan! According to your plan, when shall we make our move?"

Guo Li looked up at the window. The heavy clouds loomed over the city, and he feared that a torrential downpour would begin after nightfall.

"It will rain tonight; the hour of Chou (1-3 AM) is the perfect time to wash your knife!"

……

Guiyue Tower.

The largest brothel in Pingcheng County.

Yesterday, Lin Mo and his group changed into casual clothes, went upstairs, embraced beautiful women, and drank and made merry all night long, living like gods.

Lin Mo, however, did not linger too much on women.

Although they couldn't resist the enthusiasm of Sun Qian and the others, they stuffed two courtesans into his courtyard.

  

However, after Lin Mo used the [Ruyi Ruyi] martial arts technique, he easily subdued the two courtesans. After they had rested, he took his sword and went to the courtyard to practice diligently.

In this chaotic world, only those with sufficient personal strength can preserve their lives.

Tonight, the moon is obscured by dark clouds, and not a single star can be seen.

He brandished his knife in the courtyard, and before long, a torrential downpour began.

Helpless, Lin Mo had no choice but to take shelter from the rain under the eaves.

He frowned as he looked at the heavy rain.

Suddenly, a strange noise came from the eaves.

The sound was very faint, almost inaudible due to the heavy rain.

However, Lin Mo's keen spiritual sense still detected it.

Lin Mo wiped the wet blade of his [Heavenly Wolf Blade], a cold smile playing on his lips: "The rain is heavy tonight, unsuitable for martial arts practice, but suitable for killing!"

Two black figures leaped down from under the eaves and nimbly made their way to the window of the main house.

Lin Mo hid under the pillar, watching coldly.

The two assassins worked together seamlessly. One of them took out a prepared straw, poked a hole in the window paper, and blew incense into the room.

He then pulled out a dagger and was about to pry open the doors and windows to break in.

Upon seeing that the assassin had prepared sleeping powder, Lin Mo knew he could no longer hide and immediately emerged from behind the pillar.

The two assassins immediately noticed, but unfortunately, they had no time to react.

Lin Mo's figure flashed past them like a startled dragon.

A flash of silver light slashed across their throats, and the two assassins collapsed to the ground with a thud. After twitching twice, they died on the spot.

Without hesitation, Lin Mo leaped onto the rooftop in the rain and, using the terrain, surveyed the surroundings.

The brothers were all resting in their respective courtyards.

Of the twenty-six assassins, only Guo Li and Xie An remained unmoved. The remaining twenty-four assassins, in pairs, attacked the courtyard where Sun Qian and his group were located.

The methods used were almost identical: first, they used a sleeping potion, then they pried open the door to enter and carry out the assassination.

"The throwing knife comes in handy today."

With a flick of his sleeve, eighteen flying knives fell into Lin Mo's fingers, and the surrounding temperature plummeted.

Not far away, Guo Li and Xie An, who were sitting in Qingfeng Tower, were calmly drinking tea, believing that the other side was a bunch of good-for-nothings and that they would win this battle. However, Lin Mo's appearance disrupted their entire plan. The two of them immediately became alert and realized that something was wrong.

Just as they were about to issue a warning, the whistle hadn't even been blown yet.

At that moment, time seemed to stand still.

A figure appeared, leaping and tumbling on the roof like a nimble monkey, unleashing twelve beams of cold light in succession.

Although they were fired one after another, it was as if they were launched at the same time.

[A single slash shatters the snow], never missing its mark.

The flying knife sliced ​​through the rain curtain, and the falling raindrops were instantly frozen into ice crystals by the cold air.

Twenty-four assassins were locked onto by Lin Mo's spiritual sense. Before they even had a chance to groan, they were pierced through the throat by flying knives and burned to death. One knife killed two people at once!

As Guo Li and Xie An noticed their brothers falling down one after another, their eyes wide with horror, they looked at the figure on the roof with utter shock.

Amidst the torrential rain, a man stood alone on the roof with a sword, exuding a cold and aloof aura, as if standing atop a towering, frigid peak.

"Gurgle!"

Xie An and Guo Li both swallowed hard.

Guo Li's face was grim and extremely ugly: "We misjudged. I didn't expect the enemy army to have such a master."

"Damn bastard, take this! Piercing Cloud and Shooting Moon Arrow!"

Enraged, Xie An disregarded his location and leaped from the restaurant balcony to the rooftop.

The bow was drawn high, the bowstring stretched as full as a full moon.

Rainwater condensed into a water arrow at his fingertips.

[A single arrow pierces the frost].

The water arrow shot out, instantly transforming into a terrifying water dragon between heaven and earth, accompanied by a low roar, as it hurtled towards Lin Mo's chest, who was standing on the roof.

Lin Mo's spiritual awareness permeated his entire body, constantly on guard against sneak attacks from the remaining assassins.

He keenly spotted the oncoming torrent of water arrows, flicked his wrist, and swung his sword, the raindrops striking the blade with a crisp, pattering sound.

[Withered Soul Desire Blade], Fourth Realm, Sacrifice!

"hold head high!"

With a furious roar, the water dragon met the blade's edge.

puff!

The water dragon split in two, forming two waterfalls that grazed the blade, bypassed Lin Mo's body, and cascaded down onto the roof behind him. The impact shattered the tiles, which fell in a shower, instantly creating a large hole in the roof.

Sun Qian was fast asleep, embracing two courtesans, when suddenly a torrential downpour hit the bed, drenching him instantly.

"Enemy attack!"

He reacted quickly, drawing his sword and, wearing only a pair of shorts, leaped out through a hole in the roof, using the pillars inside the house as footholds.

Just then, I saw Lin Mo exchanging blows with someone from a distance.

The enemy's water arrows came surging in one after another.

Lin Mo slashed the water dragon one strike after another.

The water dragon was incredibly powerful, as if it were carrying away all the rainwater in the world.

The temperature in the air was getting lower and lower, and a layer of frost quickly condensed on the rooftops and the flowers and plants in the yard.

Sun Qian immediately recognized the problem and shouted a warning: "This is the 'One Arrow Through Frost' from the 'Cloud Piercing Moon Shooting Bow.' The arrow's power increases with each shot. Don't wait until it finishes charging and the frost forms into an arrow, or we'll all be shot into ice shards!"

Lin Mo had already noticed that the surrounding temperature was dropping, and his blood and qi were affected by the low temperature, causing his qi to stagnate.

However, his opponent was an archer, and as soon as he tried to get closer, the water arrows forced him back. He had already used up all his throwing knives and had no time to drip blood to form a blade, so he couldn't get close to the archer at all and could only defend passively.

Upon seeing Sun Qian emerge, Lin Mo's face lit up with joy, and he immediately said, "Master Qian, please lend me a hand!"

"it is good."

Da da da!

Sun Qian stepped onto the roof ridge and rushed forward, slashing out with his sword to meet the roaring water dragon.

The enormous blade of light instantly cleaved the water dragon in two, sending water splashing everywhere.

Go!

The [Heavenly Wolf Blade] shot out from the splashing water, transforming into a dragon that shook the heavens and the earth. In the pitch-black rainy night, it burst forth with silver light that shot straight towards the roof of Qingfeng Tower.

"Perfect timing! Watch my 'One Arrow Through the Frost'!"

Xie An's lips curled into a confident smile.

He had already gathered his strength and was absolutely confident that this arrow would be enough to defeat the enemy.

With a taut bowstring, a frosty arrow is released as the fingertips release the bowstring.

hum!

The Frost Arrow transformed into a roaring Frost Dragon, hurtling towards the oncoming slash.

The horizontal blade [Sirius Blade] was like a tiny toothpick picking the teeth of a massive frost dragon.

The dragon opened its blood-red maw and swallowed the small horizontal blade whole!

"Charge!"

Xie Anzhi was smug and full of confidence, convinced that his opponent was no match for his martial arts prowess.

The next moment, the smile that had just appeared on his lips froze.

quack!

A sound like ice breaking pierced the rainy night.

The frost dragon seemed to freeze in mid-air before exploding with a deafening roar, disintegrating into countless ice shards.

"What?"

Xie An stared in disbelief as a cold glint approached him from the sky, and soon his mind was plunged into a void of darkness.

This tiny silver glint looked very small and flew very slowly.

However, the speed was so fast that no one had time to react.

The [Heavenly Wolf Blade] pierced straight through his chest, and its momentum did not diminish. It not only pierced through the roof of Qingfeng Tower, but also penetrated into the downstairs room, attacking Guo Li.

"Ha!"

Guo Li roared, his right fist gleaming with golden light as he slammed it heavily into the incoming [Sky Wolf Blade].

With a clang of metal on metal, the sword flew out of Qingfeng Tower.

Two figures landed on the opposite rooftop one after the other.

The Sirius Blade tumbled through the air and landed back in Lin Mo's hand.