Chapter 001: Cutting Strike (Released, seeking subscription and monthly tickets!)

  "The enemy's strength is overwhelming, but their numbers are a disadvantage. Their combat method is to use a small number of strong warriors as a sharp blade for a surprise attack. As soon as the Cao family's main force falls, they will immediately lose their specific strategic goal, and their strategic plan will become extremely vague. Or simply put, the enemy's goal is to defeat the defense of the Cao family's mansion, seize the Cao family's mansion, and kill all members of the Cao family. In this way, the ordinary people of Qingniu Town are like scattered sand, waiting to be slaughtered like sheep!"

  "But the Cao family is not a lifeless mansion, it's made of people. Even if over ten people attack and enter the mansion, at most they can only make them sit for a while. Once they take over the Cao family estate, as long as our human losses are minimal, the estate will become their burden, turning the initiative from theirs to ours. Therefore, defending the Cao family estate is not that important, what we want to kill is people, as long as we can kill them, this Cao family estate, if it can become a burden for them and help us, then they don't need it, but we'll force it on them!"

  Although several old ministers of the Cao family were reluctant to leave the mansion, they had to admit that Lin Huan's analysis was correct. The other side concentrated so many strong men, and their target was naturally the Cao family mansion. With so many strong enemies, if they defended themselves to death, the enemy would firmly occupy the initiative.

  "...as long as we emerge victorious in the end, kill them and this mansion will be ours again, with no loss on our part! So, consider the Cao family's grand estate a gift to the enemy, an important step in turning defense into offense."

  "If they want to take over the Cao family's mansion, let them take it, but make them pay a heavy price for it. Of course, he can swallow the mansion whole, and we can help him, but once he realizes it's a hot potato, he'll want to spit it out, and that's when we won't let him get away with it. In this battle, I'll let Qiu Lian come and go as he pleases! I'll thoroughly crush his arrogant and domineering attitude!"

  Cao Hongjuan and the people in the house swept away Lin Heng's fierce color, and when they thought of this person's defensive tactics just now, they couldn't help but shiver involuntarily.

  Qiu Lian thought that with the master of the house dead, he had picked up a soft persimmon to squeeze, but unexpectedly he encountered Lin Heng this pervert, truly unlucky to the extreme. Qiu Lian has always been bravely advancing without an enemy in sight, only fearing that this time he will have to eat a bitter head and suffer a great defeat!

  Lin Heng's gaze turned to Cao Hongjuan: "After the sky turns dark, within an hour, all members of the Cao family and their servants must evacuate. No one is allowed to bring even half a piece of luggage, nor can anyone leave any traces behind. The Cao family mansion will become the final battlefield of this war, as well as the burial ground for Qiu Lian and eleven other powerful individuals above the third rank."

  Not long ago, the latest intelligence was received that Qiu's family master, Qiu Lian, would personally come. Although few people have seen Qiu Lian's moves, it is undoubtedly certain that he has reached the fourth rank. In other words, two fourth-rank masters will appear among them: twelve strong men, ten of whom are third-rank and two second-rank!

  Although the strong enemy is coming, Lin Huan's confidence has increased greatly now. The appearance of five powerful guests, especially one fourth-grade strongman, has made his hand full. The opponent has two fourth-grade players, Zhang Cai Feng can deal with one, and the remaining Qiu Lian, Lin Huan has the confidence to hold on without defeat.

  Although he is now in the third-grade realm, he has the "Yao Guang Lin Mang" inner armor as a defense, which can withstand a blow from a fifth-grade cultivator, let alone a fourth-grade one.

  As long as he can hold on, other battles will follow his deployment, and victory is sure to come.

  …………

  A blue flame arrow shot into the sky and exploded in all directions.

  High in the night sky, three figures flew swiftly by, slowing down slightly: "Master of the mansion, we've been discovered by Cao's scouts!"

  "This Cao family is quite clever, they actually set up an ambush so far away. It seems that they had anticipated Cao Zhen's death and our arrival. Master, do you want to eliminate the ambush below?"

  Qiu Lian said lightly: "No need, it's just a discovery, without Cao Guan's Cao family, taking it is like taking something out of one's pocket, what's there to fear?"

  Three figures continued to head towards Qingniu Town, the strong night wind howling fiercely, but when it blew within three meters of their faces, it was as if they had hit an invisible wall. In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the sparse and distant lights of Qingniu Town came into view. Looking at the hazy outline, Qiu Lian smiled and said: "Qingniu Town is indeed a big town, at least three times larger than other towns in terms of scale. With Cao Kun's ability, it should be well-governed. Tsk tsk... such a fat and oily piece of meat is about to fall into my mouth, Qiu Lian, it's truly delightful!"

  At this moment, a dense array of golden red arrows shot out below, with dots of crimson like locusts.

  "What a big handwriting, it's actually 'Sniper Arrow'! He doesn't mind losing money to resist stubbornly, I don't know if he's saying it's ridiculous or that he's good at wasting family property!"

  "The Sniping Wolf Arrow" is a weapon that, although one rank below the top, is not far from it. It has an arrow body about five times thicker than ordinary martial arrows, reaching a length of one meter, with an arrowhead forged from special meteorites that can infuse and store energy, making it a long-range killing machine capable of easily killing warriors ranked second-class or lower.

  Such dense arrows, with their power stacked up, even an ordinary third-grade warrior would find it hard to defend against.

  That's why the "Sniper Wolf Arrow" is expensive, with each arrow costing at least 10,000 taels of gold. With a wave of arrows numbering nearly a thousand, that means one wave of shooting costs nearly 100 million taels of gold. Of course, the "Sniper Wolf Arrow" can be reused; if it misses its target and is picked up again, it doesn't count as a waste.

  "Being able to do this on such a large scale, I think Cao Guan has accumulated quite a bit of wealth over the decades! This time, when we seize the Cao Mansion, apart from slaughtering every single member of the Cao family, we must thoroughly ransack it and not let a single coin escape! Hahaha..."

  At this moment, a vast array of arrows shot over.

  Gu Yan's large hand grasped at the air beside him, and a thick, powerful force burst forth.

  "Bang bang bang", those powerful arrows were like encountering a huge whirlwind, blowing them back and flying down rapidly, pouring down like a torrential rain.

  The three of them quickly flew up into the sky and in the blink of an eye turned into three black dots.

  The ingenious part of the "Cloud Voucher" can be infinitely raised, but the higher it goes, the greater the loss of crystal energy, and the shorter its lifespan. This is also why the three people did not head to very high places from the start.

  They rose so high that people below could only gaze up at them in admiration.

  Because it was already night, they were high up in the sky, like a small black dot in the dark night, and could hardly be seen. Some warriors had sharp eyesight, but there was no way to aim accurately, the distance was too far away, by the time the assassination arrow arrived, the three people would have left hundreds of meters away.

  "Haha, these trash! Thinking they can take out us three with just a sniper arrow, what a joke!"

  "Governor, why don't we enter Qingniu Town now and take a look around this place that will soon become our territory."

  Lu Cheng said on one side, "Right, Cao Kun is dead, and the current Cao family are all useless people. Even if we enter the tiger's den alone, what can they do to us? In my opinion, I'm afraid we don't need to wait for the large troops behind, and the three of us will take down Qingniu Town."

  Qiu Lian was also in a bold mood, saying: "Good, let's go and take a look first! Let's express our ridicule to these sheep waiting to be slaughtered, before we slaughter them, let's humiliate them first!"

  Under the dim starlight, the three of them shot forward like arrows, rushing towards the nearby Qingniu Town.

  Lin Hang looked at the three small dots in the sky, with a joyful expression like a farmer who had been guarding his crops and finally caught a rabbit: "Qiu Lian, you are really arrogant, daring to spy on my Qing Niu Town like this! If I don't give you a good beating and flatten your head like a pig's head, you'll still be proud of yourself! Bai Zongguan, are you sure it's really Qiu Lian?"

  On his side, Bai Tianjin said first: "The one in front is him. I and the master of the mansion saw him in Jinyuan City last year! According to the master of the mansion, he is a fourth-grade cultivator. The master of the mansion is gone, so he thinks that Qingniu Town is like a plate of loose sand, and naturally will not put Qingniu Town in his eyes again. The one on his left is called Gu Yan, and another with the surname Lu, but I don't know what his specific name is."

  Avoiding the peripheral defense arrow group, the various strongholds in the town also received Lin's order to let them come in and not shoot arrows. As a result, the three people in the sky lowered their height significantly, and Bai Tian was a late-stage first-rate master, scanning his eyes and recognizing Qiu Lian immediately.

  Since they deliver to our doorstep, we should at least invite them for a meal; otherwise, it would be impolite.

  Lin Heng narrowed his eyes and smiled, rubbing his fists together as he spoke to Zhang Cai Feng beside him: "Zhang senior, I'll take care of Qi Lian, you're in charge of Gu Yan. Don't hesitate to kill him at all costs. As for the other four seniors, you can join forces to attack the one surnamed Lu. With four against one, it shouldn't be difficult to kill him. Remember, kill him as quickly and ruthlessly as possible, then come support me. If the task is not completed, even if you see me in danger, don't come over."

  Everyone present seemed to have misheard, Lin Hong was a third-rank cultivator, yet he actually wanted to single-handedly take on the strongest fourth-rank expert among the three, Qi family's patriarch Qiu Lian?

  It's outrageous to ask a third-rate player to take on a fourth-rate one! According to their plan, Qiu Lian would mostly be assigned to Zhang Cai Feng, and Lin Heng would join forces with others to attack the other two. Who would have thought that as soon as he opened his mouth, such an allocation would be made?

  Bai Tian hastily stopped him, saying: "Lin Hong, Qiu Lian is a strong fourth-grade cultivator. Your third-grade cultivation is absolutely no match for him. You are the commander-in-chief and cannot joke with your life. In my opinion, let's leave Qiu Lian to Zhang to deal with. This way, we can still win against the other two."

  After these few days of observation, he has already been convinced by Lin Huan. At the moment of the great battle, he does not want any problems to arise with Lin Huan, the mainstay.

  The others also agreed with Bai Tian's opinion.

  Lin Heng shook his head and said, "No way, the other party is so openly breaking in, looking at our Qingniu Town as if it's nothing! What I want is not victory, but a thorough killing! If Zhang Qianbei were to deal with Qiu Lian, he would naturally be able to handle it. But this way, the other two people from the Qiu family will find it difficult to kill in a short time... It's hard to kill in a short time, and it's easy to have accidents, wasting this good opportunity. You can rest assured, Qiu Lian, he can't kill me!"

  The so-called superior horse versus mediocre horse, mediocre horse versus inferior horse's timeless winning strategy is precisely this.

  Lin Heng looked at their worried eyes and guaranteed again, "I, Lin Heng, am not a reckless person. I know the terror of four-star strongmen, but I have confidence that Qiu Lian can't kill me. I cherish my life more than anyone else and won't use it as an experiment. You just need to quickly defeat those two three-star strongmen and complete the task. At that time, our three forces will unite, and Qiu Lian will be like a turtle in a jar. I'll make him swallow the bitter fruit of his arrogance!"

  Several people saw Lin's determined gaze and had no choice but to give up. They secretly decided: Wait for the right moment to strike with all their might, and quickly hang the target.

  "Remember, come support me only after completing your tasks. If we don't defeat them and let them escape even in victory, such a triumph is meaningless."

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