Look at those ridiculous people, They look like they're here to die.

What knife!?

Xu Guo's heart was filled with shock and anger.

How could this be?

My impenetrable golden armor was cut open just like that!?

However, far away, Lu Gaosheng, who had finally waited for Zhang San to make his move, gave the order to shoot arrows without any hesitation.

In an instant, the final round of arrow rain flew out from the Bai Lu Army, shooting towards the Golden Armor Army that was gradually taking over the camp.

Not good!

From the corner of his eye, Xu Guo noticed the arrow rain.

But Zhang San didn't give him a chance to continue commanding the Golden Armor Army, or even to speak.

Other than sneak attacks, the little Night Knife could only wait for the opponent's moves to be exhausted. Zhang San had no choice but to change his weapon to an obsidian dagger, turning around and pouncing at Xu Guo, with the dagger aiming at Xu Guo's injured throat again.

Xu Guo waved the Guan Dao in his right hand. He had no leisure to care about the Golden Armor Army at all, and fought with Zhang San in one place.

After the battle with Heishan Hu, and with Zhang San's amazingly bizarre learning ability, plus his occasional careful reflection on the details of that battle while on the road to Tian Ruo City, Zhang San's frontal combat ability was now incomparable to the past.

Even if the two were almost equal in martial arts, how could Xu Guo resist with one hand covering his wound and the other single-handedly waving the Guan Dao?

Xu Guo was increasingly alarmed as he fought.

He couldn't help thinking inwardly: Where did this top master come from? The dagger he uses is so light, yet why is it so difficult for me to block every time? Is it because I only have one hand? No, it’s because...such powerful inner strength, it has already surpassed the upper stage of the Earth Realm! But it doesn't seem to have reached the Heaven Realm yet.

The Dawu Country's army absolutely did not have such a person.

In the Jianghu...after Heishan Hu became a Heaven Realm Grandmaster, there shouldn't be anyone else.

Bang!

In another exchange under the cliff in the moonlight, Xu Guo was unable to luckily block Zhang San's dagger again. However, Xu Guo's reaction was also extremely quick, immediately retreating rapidly.

But it was as if Zhang San had anticipated it. He struck out first, and although the obsidian dagger didn't touch Xu Guo's throat, it still made two consecutive 'ka' sounds as it hit Xu Guo's golden armor.

As Xu Guo retreated, the golden armor on his chest and abdomen unexpectedly peeled off at the two spots Zhang San had hit!

"How could he have aimed at those two spots so accurately?!" Xu Guo was extremely shocked and furious.

But Zhang San just gave a cold laugh confidently to himself, thinking: As expected, my years of practicing the Blacksmith Art were not in vain.

Zhang San had noticed early on that Xu Guo's golden armor must be a treasure carefully forged by a skilled craftsman. With the premise that he couldn't casually use the little Night Knife again, the obsidian dagger definitely wouldn't be able to cut through it.

But his precious armor was not without flaws. After all, any full body armor in this world was pieced together from multiple sections of armor.

As long as he found the joints and used inner strength to break them apart or cut them with a sharp weapon, it would be done.

Zhang San had to admit, being able to succeed in one try showed his insight was extremely accurate!

Next, even if he couldn't slash Xu Guo's neck, he could still kill him.

"Ah!"

But just as Xu Guo steadied himself again, he suddenly leapt up furiously. His left hand, which had been clenched tightly over his throat, suddenly let go. Xu Guo was seen wielding the black Guan Dao in both hands, slashing down from mid-air!

With Heaven Realm qinggong, one could easily evade it.

But Zhang San chose to slightly shift his body to take the blow head-on.

The several hundred jin heavy Guan Dao came cleaving down from mid-air, carrying the full inner strength of a top martial arts expert nearing the Heaven Realm!

Half of Zhang San's robes were shredded in an instant.

Zhang San spat out a mouthful of blood.

However.

"It didn't cut in!??" Having landed on the ground, Xu Guo was shocked again and again.

The Guan Dao remained lodged in Zhang San's left shoulder, and had indeed cut into his flesh, but only by a little bit.

And the blood-spitting Zhang San thought: This blade is nearly ten times heavier than Heishan Hu's, although it didn't cut into my body, the vibration still injured me.

The surface has iron cloth armor, but my internal organs don't.

But...

After spitting out the remaining blood in his mouth cleanly, Zhang San gave a cold laugh and said, "It can hurt me, but it's still far from killing me."

Zhang San took a step forward.

Xu Guo immediately withdrew his blade and retreated.

Zhang San noticed the blood flowing from Xu Guo's neck wound had greatly slowed. He could probably guess what method Xu Guo had used - forcibly locking the vital acupoints in his chest and neck with inner strength. But this method was extremely time-limited.

Sure enough.

After briefly hesitating, Xu Guo immediately chose to attack again, further proving Zhang San's speculation.

Although Xu Guo could also be considered a top expert at the peak of the Earth Realm, his defeat was now just a matter of time.

At the same time, the intense battle between the Golden Armor Army and the Bai Lu Army was also gradually reaching its conclusion. Lu Gaosheng keenly sensed that after losing Xu Guo, the enemy was having great difficulty dealing with the Bai Lu Army's rapidly changing formations.

After all, they were just Xu Guo's personal guards. Without his command, they could only fend for themselves and were unable to fully converge their combat power.

Just when Lu Gaosheng and Zhang San both believed they had secured victory...

"Kill!"

"Protect the supplies!!"

Reinforcements appeared from under the mountain path, moreover, reinforcements from the Golden Armor Army.

The night wind blew as the warhorses neighed.

Wu Qixue came galloping in on his warhorse, leading a group of diehard loyalists.

This made both Zhang San and Lu Gaosheng panic for a moment on each side of the battle.

What was going on?

Reinforcements?

They were still sending reinforcements at this point in the battle?

Lu Gaosheng hurriedly walked out of the forest, gazing into the distance. He only saw dozens of warhorses charging out, every person holding torches that illuminated the dark night, their aura extremely fierce as they killed into the fray.

This aura even shocked Lu Gaosheng.

Lu Gaosheng couldn't help thinking in a panic: Wu Qixue? How did he get here!? How many more men might be behind...Oh? No...No more?"

Lu Gaosheng was first shocked, then puzzled.

Because he hadn't seen wrongly, the total number Wu Qixue had brought, at most ninety-five men, less than a hundred.

But in fact this was already Wu Qixue's limit in recruitment.

He was an upright official who didn't accept bribes. Zhengwu Prefecture was an extremely poor area, with resources constantly provided to the Zhenbei Army. These less than a hundred horses had exhausted all his power.

He was upright in office and looked down upon by his colleagues. Of course, he didn't think much of those titular 'colleagues' either, so he also couldn't borrow any top masters. Over such a long distance, he couldn't bring any more men.

Ninety-five horses, ninety-five men.

Zhang San was also shocked at first, thinking what if they were all top masters, but after seeing these people's skills...

Hmm...

Where did this bunch of fools come from?

You couldn't tell the Bai Lu Army and Golden Armor Army were full of outstanding masters, with even the lowest footsoldiers at the upper stage of the Human Realm. Moreover, they were well-trained and equipped. For this bunch of mediocre Human Realm martial artists of the Jianghu...

They just came to die!