noffsinger Chapter 54 Battle
Chapter 54 Battle
As night fell in Sujia Village, the villagers' moods were as heavy as the dark clouds in the sky.
Yesterday, Yun Dan went alone to track down two mysterious people but did not return overnight, leaving the entire village shrouded in unease and fear.
Amidst everyone's worries and insomnia, the first rays of sunlight in the morning pierced through the thin mist in the mountains.
Early in the morning, the Lin family members hurriedly arrived at the village chief's house.
They came to discuss with the village chief how to organize a search party for Yun Dan.
The village chief looked grave. He knew this matter was of great importance, so he immediately summoned all the men in the village and divided them into ten groups, each responsible for a direction deep into the mountains.
"You kids who know those martial arts skills, go together in group ten," the village chief said to her.
Yang Hualing then spoke up: "Little hunter, come with me."
The hunter boy nodded and followed Yang Hualing. He understood that this was not only to find Yun Dan, but also to protect this small village from foreign invasion.
As the group set off, Yang Hualing and the hunter entered a quiet and mysterious valley.
Arriving at their usual training ground, they followed the direction Yun Dan had gone in the day before.
After searching for a while, Yang Hualing finally found some traces of a fight, with some hidden weapons scattered on the ground.
She picked up the hidden weapons and examined them closely, then suddenly her eyes widened.
"assassin?"
They collected the hidden weapons nearby and then led the hunter boy in one direction.
Suddenly Yang Hualing stopped.
"This is a two-person escape, one-person chase scenario." Yang Hualing frowned slightly, realizing that things were not so simple.
"Little hunter, let's go back. We've already searched this direction before," she said helplessly to the hunter boy beside her.
"Okay, Sister Yang." The little boy agreed verbally, but his heart was filled with worry.
He remembered Yun Dan's sunny, always smiling face, and quickened his pace.
As evening fell, the groups returned one after another, but without exception, they all went home empty-handed.
This made the already anxious crowd even more frustrated. Some women began to cry, while the children looked at the adults with innocent, childlike eyes, hoping for comfort and answers.
However, at this moment, no one can give them any promises or hope.
Just then, an elderly but vigorous man stepped forward and slowly began to speak:
“I remember hearing from an old man that there is a hidden cave deep in the mountains, which may hold some secrets that could help us find Yundan.”
All eyes immediately turned to him. "Are you sure?"
When asked, the old man nodded: "I explored inside when I was young, but I haven't been there for a long time now."
Yang Hualing: "No need. Xiaoya didn't go there. I checked, and they should have gone in the direction of Gu Xuanchao."
But... but the young hunter and I were chasing in many wrong directions, and there was nowhere left to chase.
You all stay in the village and are not allowed to go anywhere. I'm writing a letter now; we'll all just wait for news.
Yang Hualing bluntly told them to go back to their respective homes. Everyone had been busy all day, and some members of the Lin family, in particular, couldn't even eat.
Daya: "Sister Yang, will Xiaoya be alright?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Hualing comforted Daya, "Daya, don't worry. I'm no match for her right now. She'll be fine. You have to believe me."
After seeing them disperse, Yang Hualing decided to go back and write a letter to the Empress, reporting what had happened here.
Wherever Yang Hualing went, Xiaoyue followed her. Finally, Yang Hualing had no choice but to speak up.
"Xiaoyue, Xiaoya is fine. She was probably just held up by something."
After much persuasion, they finally convinced Xiaoyue to go back.
Yang Hualing quickly wrote a letter and sent it back to Huanling City by carrier pigeon.
"A round trip like this would take ten days to half a month. I wonder how the Empress will arrange things."
Yang Hualing has no other choice but to wait.
Judging from their fight, the two assassins were at least at the peak of the Great Harmony Realm, and might even have broken through to the Lesser Yuan Realm.
But strangely, why didn't the two assassins split up and run away?
Strange, I can't figure it out.
While Yang Hualing was thinking about these things, Yun Dan and the others were also extremely excited.
Of the three, one was injured, one was disheveled, and one was covered in dirt; all three had wounds of varying degrees.
When Yun Dan was stabbed in the shoulder for the first time, the pain was truly indescribable.
All I know is that I was lucky to dodge in time. My whole body felt like it was exploding. The pain was real, the agony was real.
It hurt even more than when I was hit by a truck; it felt like my soul left my body.
On a road, three people were fighting back and forth, in a deserted area for miles around.
Fortunately, Yun Dan had some pills and had already taken two. After nine days of fighting against the two assassins, the experience she gained from fighting Yang Hualing was completely different.
Yang Hualing's battles are guided, while these two are designed to kill.
This caused Yun Dan to be unable to concentrate on the task at any moment, which also made her mental state somewhat exhausted.
However, compared to the other two, it still seems a bit better.
Both sides stopped, and the slightly better-looking man in black spoke up.
"Little girl, it's been nine days already, and you're still nothing special."
But in his heart he was thinking, "We're almost at Boundless Mountain. I'll take you to the bottom of Boundless Mountain and see if you'll survive."
"Hmph, I've figured it out now. You guys are the kind of shadow assassins, emotionless machines, ruthless killers who will stop at nothing to complete your missions, right?"
Yun Dan stared at the two of them and spoke slowly.
Neither of them showed any expression upon hearing Yun Dan's words.
Why did Yun Dan try to get information out of the other party? Her internal energy was almost exhausted, but she knew the other party was in the same boat, so she tried to get some information out of them and take the opportunity to recover her internal energy.
Fortunately, Xiaoyu improved her aptitude; otherwise, she probably would have just watched the other party escape yesterday.
"Little girl, do you think I would tell you?"
"I don't know if it will happen, but you two will definitely die."
"Haha..." Upon hearing Yun Dan's words, the two of them burst into laughter.
"Little girl, this is the funniest joke I've heard in all these years."
"I'm just a little curious, how did you manage to cultivate to the Lesser Yuan Realm at such a young age?"
"Minor Yuan Realm? Could it be the realm that martial artists in this world cultivate?"
Yun Dan pondered to herself, her thoughts rippling like a stone thrown into a calm lake.
"Hmph... You yourselves said that the dead don't need to know that much."
Yun Dan's voice was as cold as frost, as if it could freeze the air.
"Oh, right, that's what we said. Dead people don't need to know that much."
Another man echoed, his voice revealing a hint of murderous intent.
"Then you two can leave your lives behind." Yun Dan's words exploded in the air like thunder.
After Yun Dan finished speaking, she used her lightness skill, like a graceful butterfly, and once again engaged in combat with them.
To this day, she still doesn't know that the other party deliberately lured her here. She only knows that these two people absolutely cannot be allowed to stay, otherwise the village will be in danger.
Another day passed, and the three engaged in a thrilling duel at the edge of Wuyashan Mountain. Seeing that there was no way to escape, the assassin turned around and fought Yun Dan in a final, desperate battle, like a trapped beast struggling for its life.
Yun Dan used her left hand to unleash a palm technique, like a violent storm, which sent one of the men flying.
She then launched a counterattack on the wounded man in black, who struggled to stay afloat like a candle in the wind.
Suddenly, Yun Dan's moves became as fast as lightning. He was no match for Yun Dan after all. Under Yun Dan's fierce attacks, he gradually became weak and was like a flower destroyed by a storm.
In the end, Yun Dan pierced the assassin's chest with her sword, ending his life.
Looking at the corpse on the ground, Yun Dan breathed a sigh of relief, as if a huge weight had finally been lifted from her heart.
The other man in black, seeing his companion dead, showed no expression, like a soulless shell, and attacked Yun Dan directly.
Now it's Yun Dan's turn to struggle on. Both sides have reached the final moment, like dancers on a cliff. If they are not careful, they will fall into the abyss.
Yun Dan stood on the edge of the cliff at the top of Wuya Mountain, panting heavily, looking at the man in black. Her heart was filled with mixed feelings, a mixture of sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty.
Suddenly, the man leaped to Yun Dan's side, and the two exchanged blows. Yun Dan's sword blocked the man's short sword, like two mountain peaks facing each other.
The man kicked Yun Dan in the chest, and Yun Dan, like a kite with a broken string, spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Sigh... what should I do?"
Yun Dan was secretly thinking to herself, feeling extremely anxious, like an ant on a hot pan, trying to figure out how to kill the other party.