Chapter 27: Confronting a Powerful Enemy

  Yue Yu shook her numb and sore arm, painfully discovering that for the next hour, she wouldn't even be able to draw the six-stone bow, let alone shoot arrows with it.

  This time's battle has already completely exceeded his limits. Just now, adding the counterattack during dodging, he had shot a total of seventeen arrows. This was a number that Yue Yu had never reached before.

  Fortunately, this has little impact on the next battle.

  Yue Yu heard that in this world, when the true energy broke through the pre-heavenly stage, it could already form a defensive aura comparable to heavy armor. However, the one remaining in front of him now was only a fourth-level martial artist.

  In other words, as long as you're holding a weapon and can chop at the guy's unarmored spots, using 30-40 pounds of force is not much different from using 10,000 pounds of force.

  And now, Yue Yu's left arm muscles, although they had already shown signs of fatigue. But he could still grip the knife, and he could still use some strength and true energy, which was enough.

  Feeling the inner breath within his body, he had recovered to about 60% under the effect of the Buxu Pill. Yue Yu drew another arrow from his quiver and stepped in the direction where the fourth-level martial artist was standing.

  "Uncle Cheng! I really didn't expect it, this time coming to resolve mine, would actually be you!"

  When the two were about a hundred paces apart, Yue Youcheng's face had already appeared clearly in Yue Yu's eyes. He recognized this face as one of the several guests who had repeatedly come and gone from his home over the past few months, and just half a month ago, on that evening, this person was also among them.

  It turns out that Yue Yu had actually recognized it from the very beginning. It's just that the copper mirror at that time was a bit blurry, and the auxiliary intelligent system in Yue Yu's mind might not necessarily make mistakes when comparing graphic repairs.

  In addition, this uncle Cheng was also one of those people who were relatively kind to him in his daily life.

  "Didn't Jin Xu and I also misjudge you?"

  Yue Youcheng took a deep breath, and in that brief moment, he had already adjusted his mood. Then he smiled self-deprecatingly. "I really didn't expect that this little guy I thought was useless would have such abilities. In my opinion, among all the younger generation of the Yue family, you should be considered the most talented."

  At this moment, Yue You Cheng's eyes looking at the young man walking towards him were complicated to the extreme.

  No matter how dense and delicate the ambush was, just the unparalleled accurate archery that Yue Yu showed, it's already not a waste, but rather the most needed talent in the Yue family castle at present.

  However, what made Yue Youcheng most apprehensive was the boy's tolerance. To be able to draw a six-stone bow, his cultivation must be at least that of a fifth-level warrior. It was hard to believe that an eleven-year-old boy could endure others' cold ridicule and hide his true strength all this time.

  Yue Youcheng even thought back to six months ago, when Yue Yu fell from a rock and injured his neck and back, but somehow the important parts were unscathed. He had originally thought it was just bad luck, but now he began to suspect that it might not be a coincidence after all.

  "You're the first among your peers? Haha! Uncle Cheng has overpraised you, nephew, you can't live up to such praise!"

  Yue Yu smiled lightly, his life experience was not rich, and he didn't have much ability to observe people's words and expressions, but the obvious color of fear on Yue Cheng's face could be roughly guessed by just using his heel.

  Yue Yu didn't mind if others thought he was more sinister. Anyway, he was worried about his own strength and couldn't explain it to anyone else.

  "You can't even convince yourself, so no one else will be convinced!" Yue Youcheng shook his head, a look of emotion on his face. "If you could deceive me, that would be fine, but to also deceive Jin Xu, that's not simple at all! But do you know what you're doing right now?"

  "How could I possibly be unclear?"

  Yue Yu shook his head and continued to walk forty steps in front of Yue Youcheng. "The clan rules are clear, those who slaughter their own kind will be punished with a thousand cuts. And if it's someone like you, one of the few dozen martial artists within our sect, I'm sure our clan leader and elders would want to chop me up into little pieces and feed them to the dogs. But the problem is, that's only if they find out it was me who did this..."

  At this point, Yue Yu's voice paused, and then slowly put away the bow and arrow in his hand, and drew out the horizontal knife at his waist.

  On the opposite side of Yue Yu, Yue Youcheng's expression first solidified. Today's events would definitely not be mentioned by the other party, and as for himself, he would even less let others know.

  Yue Youcheng's eyes widened suddenly again, and a hint of surprise flashed in his pupils.

  What he dreaded most now was Yue Yu's archery. Previously, he had casually turned over the body of Yue Youli and from the three wounds on his body, it should have been an ambush while returning. A ten-stone bow as the main attack, a six-stone bow as auxiliary. However, the real cause of Yue Youli's death was a Cloud Sparrow Bone Arrow in the throat.

  The arrow was somewhat insufficient in force, and could not even thoroughly shatter the cervical vertebrae of Yue Youli, but it shot through the carotid artery and trachea with exceptional accuracy, rendering his younger brother unable to even open his mouth to cry for help.

  There was also the third-level martial artist under Jin Xu, Yue Yu, who fired three arrows within a hundred steps, almost sealing off all of his evasive space. In other words, no matter how he dodged, if it wasn't death, then it would be severe injury.

  Yue You Cheng found it really hard to understand why this young man in front of him would give up his most advantageous weapon.

  Is it already exhausted?

  Yue Youcheng's eyebrows furrowed almost imperceptibly, if that was indeed the case, then it would be good news. However, this couldn't explain why Yue Yu still took step after step towards him without any hesitation.

  At this point, Yue Youcheng's gaze swept aside, several dozen steps away, at Ruan Li.

  It wasn't that I hadn't considered dealing with the threat here first. However, that little guy was exceptionally sharp and didn't rush to retrieve his giant axe, but instead took out the ten-stone bow in his hand for the second time, aiming it at me. Until now, there hasn't been a single movement.

  Yue Cheng is not afraid of this, what he really worries about is Yue Yu. However, now it's an opportunity...

  The glint in his eyes flickered for a moment before Yue Youcheng finally gave up on the tempting idea. He was uncertain if this was a trap. Moreover, even if Ruan Liti had been born with divine strength, how long could he keep this ten-stone bow drawn?

  The process of weighing the pros and cons was completed in an instant. And when Yue Youcheng regained his composure, he was shocked to find that Yue Yu had already approached within ten steps. With his current light body technique, he could almost reach him in one leap.

  "There's nothing more to say, Uncle Cheng. No matter how much you praise me, I won't feel happy!"

  Yue Yu finally stopped in his tracks, first waving his left arm again, then holding the long knife forward horizontally. With a few points of childishness still on his face, he was full of smiles.

  "Finally, is there anything else you'd like to say?"

  "You little guy, you're quite confident."

  Yue Youcheng let out a low hum, and in the few dozen breaths of time just now, he had carefully observed his surroundings. At least within twenty steps, it was absolutely impossible for there to be any traps. And as for those two kids' hands, it was also impossible for them to have a fourth powerful bow.

  "I don't have any last words, I'm just curious. Since you can reach level 5 at this age and have such astonishing marksmanship skills, why hide it and attract so many people with ulterior motives?"

  "Haha! That's a good question, but if I don't hide, won't I just die even faster?"

  Yue Yu shook his head. "The reason why our family's fields are being spied on is not because of my talent, but because among our direct blood relatives, there is no one who can speak up for us within the clan, right? Just like you, Cheng Shu, would you be willing to let me off?"