All of this came as a shock to the attackers, for they had never expected Ye Xiao to be so incredibly powerful. Initially, they believed that capturing and killing Ye Xiao would be sufficient with the tacit cooperation they had developed over many years. But now, they realized they were mistaken, for Ye Xiao's strength was immense, and he had maintained his peak condition from start to finish, astonishingly. Moreover, when he held the blade, his power surged yet again. Although it wasn't his own blade, at that moment, it seemed to grow from Ye Xiao's hand, becoming an extension of him and changing with his will.

After a fierce battle, the scales of victory clearly tipped in Ye Xiao's favor. However, the situation was different for Li Siqi—she had run out of bullets in her pistol.

Ye Xiao's prediction was correct; Li Siqi's pistol really only had nine bullets.

Gun enthusiasts often like to say that no matter how skilled you are, one shot can take you down. But what if the gun is out of bullets? Wouldn't that be extremely awkward?

Indeed, it was as awkward as Li Siqi felt at this moment. She desperately wished her pistol was full of bullets so she could fight while retreating. At least then, it wouldn't be easy for the enemy to get close to her. But now, with no bullets left, the one barrier that could stop the enemy had vanished, and naturally, the knife-wielding enemy quickly charged at Li Siqi with great speed.

After all, the enemy present were martial artists with late-stage Xuan Rank powers, and most had barely reached the late-stage Xuan Rank. Their movement was also swift. If not for Li Siqi's exceptional marksmanship, she would likely have been killed by now.

Although Li Siqi was a martial artist herself, she was still young and not particularly talented, with only a late-stage Yellow Rank ability. The gap in strength was stark.

So, at this moment, the only option for Li Siqi was to flee. However, even in flight, she couldn't outrun the mid to late-stage Xuan Rank enemy. In an instant, the black-clothed assassin reached her, his sharp blade raised menacingly as if intending to split Li Siqi in two.

Li Siqi felt helpless. What bad luck to end up being killed for no reason at all, just as her glorious youth was beginning, with so much beautiful life ahead. Was this really how she was going to die?

Naturally, Li Siqi didn't want to die. In that moment, the normally strong and independent Li Siqi wished for a prince on a white horse to come and rescue her from dire straits—or at this point, even a prince on a black horse would be acceptable.

But right then, Li Siqi truly felt helpless. She couldn't defeat her current opponent. Based purely on speed, she couldn't even see where the assassin was positioned. By the time she noticed, his blade was nearly upon her head.

Neither a prince on a white horse nor a black one appeared, and Li Siqi resigned herself to fate. It seemed like the Eldest Miss Li, who had always gone her own way, was about to reach the end of her life. However, unimaginably, her savior wasn't a prince, but a corpse!

At that moment, a shadow rushed towards the black-clothed man who was preparing to kill Li Siqi at an alarming speed. The man had intended to finish her off immediately, but suddenly, he had to pull back as he sensed danger from the oncoming shadow's ferocity. Such a fierce speed could displace his internal organs with just a collision, let alone an attack. For his own safety, he abandoned the excellent opportunity to kill Li Siqi and, turning his Witch Blade, stabbed viciously into the incoming shadow.

Fortunately for him, he struck true and took several steps back to counter the momentum; he was unhurt. Unfortunately, he then realized something that almost made him cry—he hadn't stabbed an enemy, but his own comrade, who was already dead, with eyes wide open in an unwilling gaze.

The shock made the black-clothed man's hands tremble, and he dropped the blade.

This man had been solely focused on killing Li Siqi, with no multi-tasking awareness like Ye Xiao. He was frustrated about not being able to get close to Li Siqi, and constantly waiting for her to run out of bullets, investing all his efforts in the hunt. He was utterly clueless about the death of his comrade—who had died and when it had happened.

Now, the sight of his dead comrade gave him the false impression that he had caused the death.

Had he killed his own accomplice by mistake? The black-clothed man dared not think further about it. The penalty for infighting within the Plum Blossom Group was severe—to be stripped to the bone if not killed.

So now, he was a little scared. Killing Li Siqi had become irrelevant to him.

However, at that moment, he keenly sensed another shadow approaching.

Learning from his previous lesson, the man did not reach for his blade to strike but instead looked up at the person swiftly closing in.

It was a man brimming with vitality, his name was Ye Xiao.

Clearly, this was an enemy!

"Ah?" The black-clothed man panicked, completely taken aback by the sudden appearance of Ye Xiao in front of him.

In fact, Ye Xiao hadn't just appeared out of thin air. When he threw a dead body at the assassin trying to kill Li Siqi, he had already repelled the two assassins he was fighting with a single stroke and then rushed towards Li Siqi's direction with extreme speed.

Ye Xiao didn't give the man before him any chance to catch his breath, as the frigidly cold Witch Blade pierced through the assassin's heart without a hint of hesitation.

At this moment, all of this was clearly seen by Li Siqi, who was sitting on the ground.

Li Siqi hadn't seen Ye Xiao kill the two assassins just before, but this time she did. She saw Ye Xiao drive the blade unhesitatingly through the assassin's heart, then he withdrew the blood-stained Witch Blade and, without looking back, charged towards the assassins who were pursuing them.

Li Siqi knew that the flying corpse must be Ye Xiao's doing. If not for Ye Xiao, she probably would have already been dead.

Blood Shura!

Li Siqi thought of this title again, and suddenly, she felt the name of Blood Shura was well deserved. Moreover, at the moment when Ye Xiao had skillfully pierced the assassin's heart, Li Siqi suddenly thought Ye Xiao was quite manly. That domineering aura of "those who follow me prosper, those who oppose me die" made Li Siqi see him in a new light. At the same time, a big question mark arose in her heart. The Ye Xiao in combat with the enemy was a world apart from the Ye Xiao who was only good at talking nonsense and even thought about kissing her.

As Li Siqi was pondering, Ye Xiao flickered and reached the assassins who had pursued them.

With the crisis by Li Siqi's side now completely resolved, Ye Xiao naturally didn't need to be concerned about Li Siqi and could devote all his attention to fighting the remaining two assassins.

Multitasking was something Ye Xiao was capable of. Although he could still exert strong abilities when doing so, being distracted meant that he definitely couldn't bring his strength to bear to the fullest.

And now, with Ye Xiao's full focus on the fight in front of him, his combat power had clearly been bolstered.

The two remaining assassins also noticed the change in Ye Xiao. The already difficult-to-combat blade was now like a vicious snake, its strikes even faster than before.

If previously these two assassins still had the potential to attack, they now stood no chance of offensive action. Under Ye Xiao's strong offense, they could only rely on their exquisite blade technique for defense.

Ironically, where this fine blade technique had always pressured others into defense, the tables had turned and it was now their turn to defend.

"Break!"

With a light shout, Ye Xiao's blade tip touched one assassin's wrist. What Ye Xiao perceived as a touch was felt by the assassin as a snap of his tendons, and the Witch Blade in his hand dropped.

Ye Xiao's own blade was extremely sharp, immediately hooking the falling Witch Blade.

The assassin's blade, at the tip of Ye Xiao's, spun several times with astonishing speed then surged upward powerfully. However, as it passed by the assassin's neck, it unhesitatingly slashed through the throat. Blood spurted out, and the man fell down lifelessly.

The only remaining assassin leader, utterly shocked and dismayed, hadn't expected that in a blink of an eye he would be left completely alone.

"Haha, do you choose suicide, or shall I do the deed?" Ye Xiao held his blade, its tip directed at the astonished face of the assassin leader.

The assassin leader could now fully see Ye Xiao's strength. Relying on his own skills, it was futile to even think of killing Ye Xiao, let alone escaping.

"You are very strong," the assassin leader said to Ye Xiao in stiff Yan Country Language, "but you will never escape the hunt of the Plum Blossom Group!"

Ye Xiao chuckled softly and replied, "I'm curious. Just last night I killed a group of people who wanted to take my life. Didn't you guys know about that? To be honest, your skills are not even as strong as their sword formation."

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