Kill wolf and Li Xing were both surprised at the same time. They knew Liu Hu would definitely chase after them, but neither of them expected him to come so fast.
Li Xing immediately shouted loudly according to the pre-arranged plan:
"Sir, retreat quickly! Our Bai Lu Army brothers are already waiting outside the city!"
Right in front of them, in the air above!
On top of the roof of the courtyard gate of the manor, the black-clothed fox-eyed man rushed over as if riding the wind and stood on the eaves.
And on the left and right walls of the courtyard, eight men in black suddenly appeared, seeming to surround them.
However, the cautious Liu Hu did not attack immediately, but pondered for a moment instead.
Not long ago, four of the carriages that rushed out of the government office went straight to the city gate, but the carriage in front of this manor at the moment rushed wildly towards the west street of the city.
Normally, to escape, going straight to the city gate would obviously be the fastest. If it wasn't for him secretly applying some 'sinking incense powder' on Li Xing and Kill Wolf during the previous banquet, he would probably have been fooled to chase after the other four carriages.
Li Xing also said the word 'retreat', so there must be a secret passage leading out of the city in this manor!
So since the other party had already gone to such lengths, it was sufficient to fully explain that their only purpose was to escape, and they had no means to kill him.
Otherwise, if that expert who could kill Xu Guo was still in Tian Ruo City, he could have made a move together with the government troops just now. Why would they have to go through so much trouble?
Thinking of this, Liu Hu felt greatly relieved in his heart. He thought to himself that Song YanShi's reward of 100,000 taels of silver could finally be obtained.
Liu Hu revealed a faint smile, looking down from above, and said, "I can see that both of you are masters, but I can also see... you are both injured."
When Li Xing and Kill Wolf heard this, they both felt a little uneasy, because the other party was right. The Golden Armored Guards were the top elites in the world. It would be strange if they didn't get injured after the deadly battle that night, and they didn't have time to recuperate in just a few days.
"But to kill you, I will still have to spend quite a bit of effort after all, so I won't waste time on unnecessary words either. Step aside and live."
Li Xing sneered coldly, "Not wasting words on unnecessary chatter? But aren't you already chatting away?"
Liu Hu also smiled, "Gutsy, I like it! Attack!"
The eight masters on both sides of the wall threw out several black beads. The moment the beads hit the ground, they exploded into countless white smoke!
This was Liu Hu's unique hidden weapon, similar in principle to the hidden weapon "Thunder Fire Beads" recently developed by Black Heaven Gate using gunpowder.
The difference was that Thunder Fire Beads used gunpowder to create explosions, while his hidden weapons would disperse large-scale blinding smoke. Even Earth-rank masters would be affected if they didn't take antidotes beforehand.
The second advantage of this hidden weapon was the use of smoke to obscure vision.
Li Xing drew his sword, Kill Wolf drew his knife, and the two men held their breath, circulated their inner strength, and reduced the effects of the blinding smoke to the greatest extent possible. The more than ten guards in the manor also moved closer to the study behind them because of the unclear vision.
The wind moved, the fog moved.
The eight masters under Liu Hu rushed into the fog and had already fought with the manor guards in one place. But those guards did not have the inner strength like Li Xing and Kill Wolf to hold their breath for a long time. After some time, they would definitely fall into disadvantage.
But Li Xing and Kill Wolf did not move. As long as the mist did not disperse, they would not take a step away from the study door.
"Not good!"
Li Xing secretly called out badly. Realizing it, he immediately leapt towards the roof!
On the roof, Liu Hu was about to break through the eaves and rush directly into the inner room. But a long sword had already broken through the surrounding mist behind him and stabbed towards him.
Facing the sword edge of a late Earth-rank master without his chainmail armor, Liu Hu could only sigh secretly: After all, they were also late Earth-rank masters. If he didn't kill them, it would probably be difficult to continue the pursuit.
A silver short knife met Li Xing's sword edge. However, at the same time, the wolf-patterned silver knife had also appeared from the right side!
Liu Hu laughed out loud, "Good cooperation! Unfortunately, even if you are both late Earth-rank, I will let you know what is called the power of 'Small Heaven Rank'!"
The wolf-patterned silver knife, carrying the aura of death, had already slashed over. Liu Hu's empty left hand actually reached directly towards Kill Wolf's knife edge!
Blocking the knife of a late Earth-rank master with his bare hands, Li Xing watched this scene and was shocked in his heart: Could he also know that Zhang San's martial arts?
But the next moment, reality gave him the answer. Strands of visible air currents gushed out from Liu Hu's left hand, and actually abruptly stopped Kill Wolf's wolf-patterned silver knife an inch before his palm.
It was the same on Li Xing's side. A stream of air abruptly erupted from Liu Hu's short knife and enveloped his sword edge.
Releasing inner strength to mobilize air currents was undoubtedly qi gong in martial arts.
Clearly, Liu Hu's qi gong was different from Zhang San's hardened qi gong that condensed inner strength on the body surface. The released air currents could not only block knives and swords, but could also...
"He's pulling my inner strength!?"
Li Xing and Kill Wolf had this same shocked thought at the same time.
At this moment, Kill Wolf's wolf-patterned silver knife was restrained by the air current, unable to retreat or advance.
Li Xing's inner strength was weaker than Kill Wolf's, so the situation was even worse. He only felt that his long sword was immobilized, and the inner strength on it was constantly dissipating. Moreover, Liu Hu's qi gong on the sword edge was still slowly but continuously pulling more of his inner strength.
Liu Hu's mastery "Floating Brook Skill" combined inner strength, lightness skill, and qi gong into one. It was his reliance to become the third on the Earth Ranking.
Facing his qi gong, a mid Earth-rank's inner strength would be depleted clean in no time. Kill Wolf could resist, while Li Xing could only try to slow down his inner strength consumption as much as possible, which was already quite an accomplishment.
Kill Wolf gritted his teeth and said in a loud voice, "Li Xing, exert all your inner strength and pull in the opposite direction. I will coordinate with you!"
But Liu Hu sneered inwardly.
It's not that easy!
He immediately mobilized his whole body's power to completely restrain Li Xing, while guarding against Kill Wolf's movements.
Li Xing knew he couldn't wait any longer. With a loud shout, he exerted all his strength to circulate the inner strength in his left side and pulled his legs back forcefully.
At the same time, a fierce light flashed in Kill Wolf's eyes!
Liu Hu was on guard early on. They were all top masters of the Jianghu. Who would shout "I will coordinate with you!" before making a move, letting the opponent know their intentions?
Clearly it was just to divert his attention to Li Xing, and then take the opportunity to attack.
However, while Liu Hu guessed Kill Wolf's intention, he didn't guess that what Kill Wolf had learned was the "Life-Devouring Skill" of the late master Xuy Xian!
Like sucking other people's inner strength?
I'll let you suck your fill! Life-Devouring Skill, ten percent inner strength!
Kill Wolf's eyes suddenly turned blood red. He suddenly let go of the wolf-patterned silver knife. The silver knife immediately fell on the roof tiles. He no longer resisted that sucking force. Instead, he even utilized that sucking force to fiercely press his bleeding palm onto Liu Hu's palm!
The two palms met.
A large hole suddenly cracked open below the point where their palms met on the roof!
Liu Hu could completely withstand this palm force, but the problem was that part of Kill Wolf's inner strength had already rushed into his body.
This...this bizarre inner strength that could affect one's mind and provoke the desire to kill...Could it be the Life-Devouring Skill!?
As their palms met, Kill Wolf revealed a madness and gritted his teeth, "Can your Floating Brook Skill control the Life-Devouring Skill of the number one master in the world from twenty years ago? I'm really...curious!"