Chapter 493 The Wolves Lurk
Seeing the newcomers, the bald man’s face changed slightly, and he whispered, “Monk Sun Chun, said to be a peak Foundation stage cultivator.
“There are many of us, how can we be afraid of him?” the young woman said.
“Granny Kong, our purpose here is the same. I don’t want to become enemies with your Little Knives either. Let’s join forces to take this man’s pellets. I only need one energy pellet, what do you think?” Sun Chun walked up to the old woman and stood with one palm outstretched, casually greeting her.
“Of course, no problem.” Granny Kong, the old woman Sun Chun had addressed, mumbled with her thin lips.
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At this moment, a voice rang out, and two white silhouettes instantly appeared within everyone’s sight.
The two were around twenty-four or five years old. Their faces were gaunt, both wearing neat white dress shirts, tight black pants, pointed leather shoes, hair neatly styled, looking just like barbers.
“Soul Severing Scissors inheritor Cao Kang, Cao Hui,” the bald man seemed to be very knowledgeable about these cultivators, once again whispered.
Everyone was immediately wary as they looked at the two. They seemed to be quite apprehensive about the pair’s background.
Cao Kang and Cao Hui walked side by side arrogantly, sweeping their gaze across everyone. One of them hooked a cold sneer at the corner of his mouth.
“Don’t look at us like that. We’re determined to get his pellets. If you know what’s good for you, scram immediately.”
Among cultivators, fists did the talking. The bigger the fist, the louder the voice. Cao brothers were clearly more powerful than Little Knives and the fake monk Sun Chun. It could be seen from their contemptuous eyes.
“Such arrogance, young man! In that case, we Little Knives will teach you brothers a lesson.”
Granny Kong and the others could not stand such humiliation. In an instant, they took up their stances. The atmosphere was instantly tense, swords drawn and bows bent.
“Master, looks like they’re about to start fighting. Does it have nothing to do with me now?” Song Linger looked at Xiao Shun and said, “Can I just leave?”
Xiao Shun had not expected this turn of events. After a brief ponder, he spoke to Granny Kong and the Cao brothers, “Wait, wait, didn’t you all come for me?”
“Why are you fighting among yourselves first?”
“Or you can fight first while I go back to sleep. After you decide a winner, wake me up so you can rob me?”
Everyone looked at each other, at a loss for words.
“Alright, no need to argue.” Xiao Shun smiled calmly and said, “To be honest, I came here specifically to wait for you today.”
“None of you will take my pellets today, but since you are here, don’t expect to leave intact either.”
“Linger, attack.” He sipped his tea and said lightly.
Xiao Shun didn’t let them continue their infighting and attack each other. He remained leisurely.
On one hand, he really wanted Song Linger to gain some practical combat experience.
On the other hand, there were still many eyes lurking in the dark watching this side, waiting to reap the rewards. If he didn’t demonstrate sufficient strength to deter them and take down the people in front of him in one go, they would surely pester him endlessly.
Xiao Shun didn’t have the leisure to tangle with them every day.
With his command, before Little Knives and the Cao brothers could react, Song Linger bared her little white teeth. Her body flashed and in an instant, she was right in front of them.
Her speed was astonishing. In the blink of an eye, everyone’s faces showed surprise.
“No wonder the man is so confident, turns out he has such a formidable bodyguard. Let’s deal with the girl first, then take down the man. We can decide the winner afterwards, what do you think?” Sun Chun yelled.
“Fake monk, she’s just a little girl. No need to make a big fuss. I’ve already said the man’s pellets belong solely to us brothers. You better scram far away.” Cao Hui sneered contemptuously.
“Come at me together, or it won’t be enough fun.”
Song Linger shouted and made the first move, charging at the Cao brothers.
The Cao brothers suddenly produced two shiny scissors in their hands, twirling and dancing gracefully. Like bright silver flowers blossoming in the night sky.
The Cao brothers were the closed-door disciples of Soul Severing Scissors’ founder, Master Ji Xing. They ran a chain of barbershops on normal days. No one would have imagined them to be powerful Foundation stage masters.
In his youth, Ji Xing was an extremely gifted cultivator. With no enemies in the mundane world, he became a barber. Soul Severing Scissors was founded from his daily experience of cutting hair. The moves were graceful yet also vicious and sharp.
In an instant, the three were locked in intense combat.
Upon first contact, the Cao brothers realized they had underestimated Song Linger’s strength.
Each of her fists rumbled like thunder, force like a mountain. Carrying an aura capable of sweeping everything before her, with erratic and unfathomable movements.
The rhythmic snipping of the Cao brothers’ scissors left trails of silver-white afterimages in the void, encircling Song Linger, yet unable to harm her at all.
Not only were Song Linger’s fists overwhelmingly powerful, they were also extremely crafty. In less than a minute, she had already forced the brothers into constant retreat.
Watching the battle, Little Knives and fake monk Sun Chun were shocked.
They had heard of the Cao brothers’ reputation. Now this girl was evenly matched one against two. Not only holding her ground, but seeming completely at ease, as if not using her full power.
It wasn’t that Song Linger wasn’t using her full power, just that having just broken through to the Posterior stage, she had yet to fully master and utilize her new strength.
A flash of cold light grazed past her ear, severing some strands of hair by her temple that floated softly through the air, further enraging her.
“Go die, bastard!”
She shouted and flipped backwards in the air, dodging a follow-up snip. Putting all her might into a punch, blasting out multiple shock waves!
In that instant, the air howled from the force of her fist. It was as if thunder rumbled.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Cao brothers’ pupils suddenly contracted. They hastily dodged more than 10 meters away.
Just as they steadied themselves, a shadow swift as the wind appeared before them like a ghost. Their hearts tightened simultaneously. But it was too late, as two crystallike jade fists smashed heavily into their chests out of nowhere.