pertwk Chapter 45 Every Strike is Deadly, a Triple Kill
Chapter 45 Every Strike is Deadly, a Triple Kill
A dark shadow streaked across the horizon.
Those are "Blood-Eyed Crows" trained by the Cold Crow Cult, capable of smelling the blood of living beings from a hundred feet away!
The Blood-Eyed Crow lowered its head, its blood-red eyes gazing at the earthen mound where Chen Yu was hiding.
"Have we been discovered?"
Chen Yu's body froze, stiffening instantly like a hibernating grass snake.
"No, it wasn't discovered."
The Blood-Eyed Raven tilted its head, seemingly confused, and then continued circling in the air.
The perfect fusion of the snake breath technique in the Coiling Serpent Body Skill with the ambient temperature caused the Blood-Eyed Crow's sense of smell to make a momentary misjudgment.
Chen Yu dared not relax; he knew this was just the beginning.
The second one, the third one...
Blood-eyed crows gathered from all directions, forming a black vortex above the ferry crossing!
They didn't chirp, they just hovered, their blood-red eyes like will-o'-the-wisps floating in the twilight!
This is a warning sign!
If we stay here any longer, we'll be discovered sooner or later!
We still need to try to shift our focus.
Chen Yu's body sank down, sliding slowly down the back of the earthen slope and disappearing into the shadows of the rocks beside the mountain path.
His serpentine path changed; it was no longer a regular S-shape, but a completely random "snake molt pattern," making it impossible for the Blood-Eyed Crow to observe his every move.
The wind at the ferry crossing was like a poisoned knife, scraping so hard it stung the skin.
Chen Yu's serpentine movement technique was disrupted.
Strong winds can disrupt subtle changes in airflow, reducing the precision of perception.
He twisted his body and spiraled upwards, clinging to a wind-eroded boulder.
With fingers like hooks, they scratched shallow white marks on the rough rock surface.
From here, he can use the gale as cover.
The wind blew from behind, carrying his breath to a deserted place.
But the Blood-Eyed Crows also changed their formation.
Three aircraft circled low in front, while three others kept watch high behind, forming a three-dimensional search network!
The fourth blood-eyed crow noticed something amiss.
It swooped down from the sky and flew straight toward the boulder where Chen Yu was hiding!
Chen Yu shrank back and used the Snake Shedding Technique.
With her collarbones folded and ribs drawn in, she shrank into a shadowy mass in the crevice of a giant rock.
The beak of the blood-eyed raven grazed his nose, bringing with it a chilling aura.
It's the scent of a living person; it's finally been confirmed!
"Gah!"
The blood-eyed raven let out a sharp cry!
It wasn't just ordinary crow cawing.
Then came the "Crow Alert" from the Crow Cult.
"Gah—gaah—gaah—gaah!"
"Gah—Gah—Gah—"
Three long, one short, then three more long!
There's a snake.
Xu Lingyan slowly raised his hand, his gray fingers pointing towards the hillside.
Han Feilong's expression changed drastically: "Impossible! I didn't leave any trace along the way, how could I be followed..."
"It's a cunning snake... a snake that can hide."
"Go, bring him out alive; the Raven God loves live sacrifices."
As soon as Xu Lingyan finished speaking, dozens of torches suddenly lit up from all directions!
The reed marshes, the piles of wrecked ships, and even the small islands in the middle of the river were teeming with crossbowmen!
"Release the arrows!"
"Whoosh whoosh-"
The crossbow bolt pierced the air and embedded itself in the water, creating countless splashes!
Chen Yu slid to the left, skimming along the pebbles on the riverbed, and slipped through the gaps in the water plants like a loach.
Sometimes it sinks, suddenly burrowing deep into the silt.
Sometimes they rise to the surface, using the waves to conceal their presence.
His movements were never straight, never predictable!
"Whoosh whoosh!"
The crossbow bolts always missed by a hair's breadth, striking the spot half a breath away from him, making the river water boil!
"Get him in the water! Capture him alive! I need to know who he is!"
Xu Lingyan's voice was filled with rage.
"Puff puff puff".
More than ten figures leaped into the river, their swimming skills clearly indicating they were professional swimmers.
Chen Yu sensed the sound of his pursuers paddling behind him.
The distance is ten feet, nine feet, eight feet...
Instead of running forward, he quickly turned around and swam upstream along the rocky beach, skimming the riverbed.
The waters there are swift and treacherous, full of hidden reefs; it is a paradise for water snakes, but a graveyard for humankind!
The snake coils its body, changing direction in the water!
Chen Yu's spine suddenly bent in the opposite direction while swimming at high speed.
Like a venomous snake striking, he suddenly swooped from the left to the right of a hidden reef!
"Aaaaaah!"
The water ghost that was chasing the closest was caught off guard and crashed headfirst into the rocks, bleeding profusely from its head!
Chen Yu moved freely through the rocky beach.
His serpentine movements allowed him to sense every slight change in the water flow and predict the location of every hidden reef.
"Aaaaaah!"
The pursuers kept crashing into the rocks and being swept into the whirlpools, their screams echoing muffledly in the water.
Ten breaths later.
Chen Yu had shaken off his pursuers and was hiding deep in the reeds.
He was half-submerged in the icy river water, with only his nose and eyes showing.
He activated the Coiling Serpent Body Technique again, closing his pores and reducing his heart rate to once every ten breaths, gradually bringing his body temperature in line with that of the river water.
This is no ordinary covert operation.
"When a snake lies in the grass, it is not because it is still, but because it has become one with the grass and trees."
Beneath Chen Yu, silt and decaying leaves were slowly flowing.
His body swayed slightly with the flowing rhythm, like a reed rooted in the mud, swaying naturally with the water ripples.
"There are too many people. We need to divide them up and defeat them one by one."
Chen Yu pondered that, under this encirclement, blindly fleeing would only lead to certain death.
Before the Blood-Eyed Raven is found, I should find a way to take the initiative.
He drew the Houde sword from his back and slashed it open in the cargo ship.
Amidst the roar of the river water pouring into the cabin, Chen Yu slid into the darkness, clinging to the cabin wall.
"puff!"
The pitch-black machete instantly severed the throat of the man in the straw raincoat at the bow of the ship!
There was no scream, only a muffled groan and the gurgling sound of blood gushing from his neck.
Chen Yu remained unfazed, as if he were already used to it.
The sound of hurried footsteps came from the ship.
"The bilge is flooding!"
"The Lord of Incense has ordered that the goods be guarded at all costs!"
"That snake... that assassin might still be on the ship!"
Chen Yu's pupils contracted slightly in the darkness.
He used his keen hearing and sharp eyesight to analyze the sounds on the ship layer by layer.
The four men on the port side had murky blood and heavy steps, showing no signs of martial arts training; they were probably just ordinary loader operators.
Judging from the faint sound of the Raven Feather Blade rubbing against the cabin floor, the four people in the middle cabin were at most at the Blood Refining Realm level, and should be ordinary members of the cult.
There was a man on the mast, probably a lookout. Judging from his breathing, he was only at the Great Perfection of Skin Refinement level.
Only the two people in the rear cabin had long, deep breaths and a cold demeanor. Their strength was around the beginner level of the Body Refinement stage, so they were probably the minor leaders of this cargo ship.
Two other people are near the waterline, plugging the leak.
"Thirteen henchmen, not too difficult to deal with."
Chen Yu licked his chapped lips with his tongue and tasted a hint of blood.
He lowered his body and used a serpentine movement, swimming in an S-shape along the waterlogged bottom of the hull towards his first target.
The bottom of the boat, near the waterline.
Two members of the Jackdaws cult are plugging the crack with canvas and wooden wedges.
Their movements were hurried and clumsy, their backs completely exposed to the darkness.
"The first one."
Chen Yu burst out of the water like a mad dog leaping out of a swamp!
"laugh!"
Mad Dog Knife Technique, First Move: "Wild Dog Devours Bones"!
The thick-bladed knife pierced through the jaw, its tip penetrating the mouth and reaching the skull!
The follower froze, his pupils dilating instantly.
Chen Yu slashed across his throat with his backhand.
It wasn't about killing, but about ensuring silence.
The essence of the Mad Dog Knife Technique is to "bite and never let go".
Even if the prey is already dead, make sure it is completely dead.
The body fell down, and Chen Yu used his knee to hold it in place, slowly laying it flat in the water.
His movements were swift and decisive, like a mad dog dragging its prey into its den before moving on to the next target.
"What is it?"
The second follower noticed something was wrong and turned around abruptly.
"call out!"
Mad Dog Knife Technique, Second Move: "Hound's Throat Tear"!
Chen Yu lunged forward, his body close to the ground, completely disregarding his own weaknesses, and his broadsword aimed straight for his opponent's throat!
The follower raised his arm to block, but the blade pierced his ribs and went through his lung!
"Hmm..."
He tried to shout, but was choked by the blood rising in his throat.
Chen Yu swiftly severed the trachea, turning his last cry into the soft sound of a blood bubble bursting.
"The second one."
As he passed the port side, Chen Yu casually killed four loader crew members.
"The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth."
They were all ordinary people, completely powerless to fight back.
Soon, we arrived at the middle cabin.
Four members of the Crow Cult stood ready.
They stood back to back in a circle, their raven-feather blades gleaming with a faint blue light in their hands.
The four of them were breathing rapidly and nervously.
The water in the bilge had reached ankle level.
And that killer... is everywhere, yet leaves no trace.
"Form ranks!"
The leader of the cult members whispered.
"Raven Wing Formation, outer ring defense!"
Four raven-feather blades were raised simultaneously, their blade energy weaving into a black net in the air.
This is a defensive formation of the Crow Cult, specifically designed to counter assassin attacks.
But Chen Yu, that mad dog... has never been afraid of the net of blades.
"Gurgle gurgle".
Chen Yu's figure slowly rose from the accumulated water at the bottom of the cabin.
His snake-shedding technique compressed his body to its limit, making him as thin as a wooden board, allowing him to slip under the net of swords held by the four crow guards.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
The third move of the Mad Dog Knife Technique: "The Fierce Dog Pulls Out the Heart"!
The blade pierced the heart of the first follower from behind.
The tip of the knife protruded from his chest!
The follower looked down at the tip of the knife on his chest, his eyes behind the mask showing disbelief.
His protective blood essence was instantly pierced!
Amidst the chaos, Chen Yu moved again.
The second move of the Gale Blade, "Gale-force Branch Breaking," saw the blade swiftly slash towards the arms of the second cult member!
"Swish, swish, swish!"
A whirlwind of blade light flashed, and both arms were severed at the shoulders.
"bite--"
The raven-feather blade landed with a crisp sound!
The cult member tried to scream, but Chen Yu directly slit his throat with the Mad Dog Blade Technique.
The third follower raised his sword and slashed down, the sword's energy spreading like a crow's wing!
Chen Yu neither dodged nor evaded, but instead used the fifth move of the Mad Dog Saber Technique, "Hungry Dog Crashing into the Door".
"laugh!"
Using his protective blood to withstand the blade's energy, he simultaneously plunged the blade straight into his opponent's ribs!
"Bang!"
The fourth follower turned to flee, but Chen Yu smashed his neck with a single blow.
"The seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth."
At the top of the mast stood a sentry named Jin Hua.
Jin Hua's sense of smell and hearing have been specially trained, enabling her to distinguish the scent of living people even in wind and rain.
He sat cross-legged atop the mast, like a real raven, overlooking the movements of the entire ship.
But he didn't see the glint of a knife in the darkness.
Chen Yu, clinging to the outside of the ship's hull, used the second move of the Coiling Serpent Body Technique, "Entangling Tree Ascend," and walked upside down.
He channeled his strength into the inside of his knees and elbows, using the technique of "sticking" to adhere to the wet hull.
The entire body was upside down, like an inverted venomous snake, winding its way up in the shadow of the mast.
Jin Hua suddenly lowered her head.
He sensed something was amiss.
The smell of blood, fresh, was coming from below.
"who--"
"Whoosh!"
The seventh move of the Gale Blade: "Autumn Wind Sweeps Leaves"!
Chen Yu was launched from the back of the mast, and Houde was unsheathed at the same time!
The essence of the Swift Wind Blade lies in the word "fast".
As they approached, the enemy only saw a flash of blades, like autumn wind sweeping through and scattering fallen leaves!
"laugh!"
Jin Hua reacted extremely quickly, slashing horizontally with his Raven Feather Blade in an attempt to block!
But the swift blade of the Gale Blade wasn't just one strike, it was seven.
Chen Yu used his qi and blood to unleash seven consecutive strikes in an instant, slashing at Jin Hua from seven different angles simultaneously!
"Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!"
Shoulders, elbows, knees, and... neck.
Seven strikes, all of them hit their mark!
Jin Hua fell from the top of the mast, but Chen Yu grabbed her ankle in mid-air and held her upside down in his hand.
His body was slowly lowered and hung from the mast's crossbar, like a silent flag swaying gently in the night wind.
Seven wounds, blood gushing out like a spring, slowly draining away.
"The eleventh."
In the rear cabin, two guards were stationed.
They were not ordinary believers; their masks had an extra gold stripe, signifying that they had once sacrificed the blood of ten people to the Raven God.
Their breathing was long and steady; even in dire straits, they remained absolutely calm.
"Here it comes, the snake."
The right side of the crow guard has an opening.
The left-hand guard slowly raised his head, his eyes beneath the mask gleaming with an eerie green light.
The mutation after consuming the blood of the Raven God is that he can see in the dark.
"Offerings delivered to our door."
He said slowly.
"Perfectly, my blade is still missing a wisp of blood soul."
The two Raven Guards attacked simultaneously, their Raven Feather Blades and Blood Raven Claws weaving a web of death!
"Whoosh!"
The knife on the left went astray, emitting a sharp whistling sound.
The claw on the right side aimed straight for vital points, its ten fingers as black as ink!
Chen Yu's body suddenly loosened, and he slid down the cabin wall like a puddle of mud!
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The knife and claws grazed past the body, leaving deep marks on the bulkhead!
The two crow guards worked together flawlessly.
The knife on the left had just passed when the claw on the right arrived.
Chen Yu didn't attack either of them, but instead lunged towards the gap between the two!
"Buzz~"
The Houde sword trembled rapidly in his hand.
Two afterimages remained in the air, like two venomous snakes simultaneously biting at the temples of the two crow guards!
The left-side crow guard changed tactics, sheathed his sword, and returned to defense!
The right-side crow guard remained unchanged, its sharp claws continuing to claw towards Chen Yu's back!
"Bang!"
Chen Yu's Houde Blade struck the blade of the left-side crow's head.
Using the momentum, he slid along the blade like a snake, passing through the tiny gap between the two crow guards!
The right-side crow guard's claws missed their mark, unable to retract their attack in time.
With a "plop" sound, it grabbed into the chest of the left-side crow guard!
"you--"
The left-hand guard looked down at the black hole in his chest.
The right-side guards hadn't had time to react.
Chen Yu then pulled out a pig-slaughtering knife from his waist.
He wields two swords simultaneously, one in each hand.
Turn around and strike!
The Thick Virtue Blade aimed straight for the throat of the left-side Crow Guard! The Butcher's Blade aimed straight for the heart of the right-side Crow Guard!
"What—"
Both crow guards changed color at the same time!
"Pfft! Pfft!"
The Thick Virtue Blade pierced the throat of the left-side Crow Guard and embedded itself in the bulkhead!
The butcher's knife pierced through the heart of the right-side guard and emerged through his back!
"The twelfth, the thirteenth."