Douluo's self-disciplined soul beast
Chapter 468: Killing
Although there were only a dozen people, this group of people knew that no one knew how long they would hide after entering the mountain.It's not that these small groups of running bandits can't be dealt with, but that they can't spare enough manpower for the time being.
These bandits can be found all over the country, from as small as three or five people to as many as a thousand, and there are gangs of them everywhere.Although it is gradually being eliminated as a whole, it is still a troublesome thing.
If you send too few people, you can't deal with them. If you send too many people, they will plunge into the deep mountains and old forests. There is nothing they can do for a while.When all the foreign troubles are resolved, there is only one result to welcome them.
But now, those arrogant people have basically been wiped out. These people know that if they don't hide in the mountains, they will be shot sooner or later. These people are full of crimes and cannot escape the trial.
A dozen people need a lot of food every day to hide, and it is impossible to buy it, not to mention that they don't know how to spend money to buy it, and they have nowhere to buy it.
If you dare to enter the city, as long as one person is recognized, you will not be able to escape. This group may have more than 100 people at the beginning, but now there are only a few left, and those people were wiped out by the bandit suppression forces.
Now this village at the foot of the mountain has become their target.Grab a deal here and spend the time in front of you.
In the early morning, the people in the village were still packing up and going to work in the fields as usual. Now it is the busy season of farming, and the work in the fields cannot be finished at all.
At this time, Aunt Zhao and Lao Xu were still talking about Feng Baobao's problem. After living together for several years, they also discovered that Feng Baobao was different.It’s okay to not get old, some people age slowly, some people age quickly, and the other party is already young, so it’s normal to see no change in the past few years.
But Feng Baobao's eyes still lacked a kind of emotion. According to Lao Xu, even if you have a cat and a dog, you should have developed feelings after so many years.
But Feng Baobao seemed to have no feelings by nature.
But Feng Baobao was different. It wasn't that she had any problems, but that Lao Xu felt that she had never treated herself and others as family members.Especially after the second aunt brought up Baobao Feng's matter that day, his dog's reaction was the biggest. It can be seen that his son has thought about this girl.
It's not that he has any objections to Feng Baobao, if his son can marry this girl, it's nothing at all, but as Lao Xu said, there is always a sense of strangeness between Feng Baobao and them.
They get along day and night, but it's just a little bit short, so they plan to help her find her family after the busy farming is over.They were still fighting back then, and they didn't dare to go far. Now it's peaceful, and it's okay to go far.
Early this morning, Feng Baobao set off to collect firewood, because she got up a little earlier than ordinary villagers because of practicing qi, so she went out earlier.
"Old man, why do you think Ah Wu became like this? The fabric of the cheongsam is so good that ordinary people can't afford it. I think the material in Xu's house is not as good as this. He can write, so it must be Great family..”
"No matter what it is, it's definitely not a good thing, or I won't just remember one name." As they said that, the two also wanted to walk in the field, and so did Xu Xiang, who is now one of the main labor force.
But when the villagers walked out of their homes one after another, the one who left first staggered back.
"It's not good! The bandits are coming!" Then there was a gunshot, breaking the tranquility of the place for many years.
Although there were only a dozen or so people, they all had guns. When the guns rang out, ordinary villagers lost the will to resist.
All the people in the village were pressed to the open space at the entrance of the village by two bandits at gunpoint.A few people watched them, and the rest went from house to house to search for food.
The number of villagers is far greater than that of the bandits. The opponents have old rifles and only two pistols. If they resist at the beginning, they may not be unsuccessful, but they will definitely die.
No one wants to be the one who dies, so in this case, most people choose to listen to the other party's arrangement honestly and entrust their fate to the other party's untrustworthy "kindness".
Now they are all gathered in the open space by the bandits, there is no place to cover, even if they want to resist, they have no chance.The villagers cowered into a group and squatted on the ground, and the parents still covered the children's mouths, fearing that their cries would anger the bandits.
"Surround them all! Don't let any one go, those soldiers will chase after them, if they are attracted, it will be troublesome!"
"Be quick! Take away all the edible and valuable things! When I get into this mountain, I'll see how they chase! Suppress the bandits, the people back then couldn't suppress me, they want to? Procrastinate and procrastinate to death them."
As he spoke, he waved the knife in his hand unconvinced, but this touched the wound on Mo Li's face, causing his face to twitch.The bullet had killed their boss three days earlier, then passed through his body and left a deep scar on his face.
Just a little bit, the shooter completed the act of piercing candied haws, and the bullet made his subordinates feel that he was dead, so he became the new boss.
Whether it's the villagers' rations or the crops left for next year, they are all taken away by this group of people, and they don't care whether these people can survive next year.
However, the few large livestock in the village were let go, and the pursuers were not far away. They didn't have time to deal with these things, and taking them away directly would slow down the process. They were running for their lives, not playing games.
Seeing their own seeds being taken away, some people couldn't help it, but what they received was just a hard kick, and they couldn't even stand up when they were squatting on the ground.
The brief awakening was killed in this way, but the bandits did not intend to let this group of people go.These people have seen them and robbed them of their food.These people living at the bottom of the mountain must be very familiar with this mountain.
Then when the people behind catch up, these people will definitely reveal the direction of their escape, and even lead the way for the other party.
"I'll rush them to that broken house in a while, and burn it all down. Don't leave anything behind, so as not to reveal our tracks."
The boss said to a scarred face next to him, his voice was a little low, although these villagers are not desperate now, but if they know that it is a mortal situation, they will not feel comfortable resisting, the guy with fierce firepower is too bulky, he has long been thrown in the cottage inside.
As for these few people now, they can't even have a gun in their hands, and more people have to use cold weapons such as short knives and machetes.
But at this time, a burst of folk songs sounded from behind.
"Boxwood pole... Hariye~, pick a pick of white rice..."
Holding a bundle of firewood, Feng Baoer walked past the area as if no one was there. While the villagers dared not show their air, her appearance attracted the attention of all the bandits.
"Brother, this too?"
"No, this one stays here, there must be a companion on the mountain anyway." There was a wicked smile on his face, unlike those yellow-faced women in the village, Feng Baobao aroused the interest of the boss.
But at this moment, Lao Xu got up suddenly and wanted to pull Feng Baobao aside, but was stopped by another bandit.
"Good man, good man, do me a favor, you took all the things away, why leave it to us, she is still a child!"
"Go away! Let's go, little girl, and go up to the mountain with your brothers to eat delicious food and drink spicy food." Old Xu's pleadings were ignored, and he turned around and grabbed Feng Baobao. The boss eats meat, and they can also have a mouthful of soup .
But Lao Xu didn't let it go, he still knew the virtues of these bandits, how could a big girl like Feng Baobao survive being dragged up the mountain?
As he said before, a dog has developed feelings after raising it for so many years, not to mention people who get along day and night.Although Feng Baobao lacked a bit of fireworks, he and Aunt Zhao also regarded her as their own daughter, otherwise they would not bother to help her find her family.
Although he knew it was a bandit, he still grabbed the opponent's leg and began to lean down.
"Brother, please! Can't I kneel down with you?!" But his pleading was just an annoying fly in the eyes of the bandits. Anyway, his boss didn't intend to let this group of people go, so he didn't have to worry about it.
The steel knife in his hand swung at Old Xu, and blood spurted out instantly, splashing on the faces of the two of them, but this blood was not Old Xu's blood.
Old Xu only felt his eyes turn red, and then blood spilled into his eyes. The pain he imagined did not come, but he heard the screams of the extremely arrogant bandits just now.
When he opened his eyes, a severed arm holding a knife was not far in front of him. The bandit with one missing hand was rolling on the ground. Baobao Feng curiously picked up that arm and began to study it.
What surprised him the most was a flying weapon, a curved blade resembling a full moon floating in the air like that, it could be seen that it chopped off the bandit's arm.
"Who?! Playing tricks, come out!"
The boss roared angrily, but there was no response, only the weird weapon made a friction sound, and under the incredulous eyes of the people around, the moon blades became twelve, and drew a waltz of harvesting life.
Moonblade flew past, and after Moonblade left, a line of blood appeared on the neck of the nearby bandits, and then fell down one by one clutching their necks.If it wasn't for wanting to make the scene too bloody, Xie Yue could have ended a little faster.
But there were quite a few children present, and cutting off their heads directly was too terrifying, so he chose this method.
Neither Xie Yue nor Ning Rongrong was in the village when the bandits entered the village. Both of them had just returned here. , the cliff lost its previous characteristics.
Under its hint, Xie Yue used the moon blade to leave a shallow mark of her own on it, and then, the cliff wall shattered, and the mission of countless years finally ushered in the end.
All things have spirits, and it used its little power to do the last thing a sword-testing stone could do, allowing a swordsman to touch the threshold of sword intent.
Then Xie Yue returned to the village with Ning Rongrong who was waiting for him above. Sometimes Ning Rongrong would choose to wait for him on the top of the mountain, but when the two of them came back, they saw the scene of the bandit swinging a knife and looking at Lao Xu.
If it was a little later, Lao Xu would probably be killed by the knife.
His impression of Lao Xu was that he was just a simple and honest man, but after getting along with him for the past few years, he couldn't just sit back and watch others try to kill him.Moonblade sped out under his control, and Ning Rongrong also gave him a blessing, every point faster is one point, this is not the time to save effort.
He chose to cut off his arm because Xie Yue was worried that his moon blade was too fast. If he cut off his head, the opponent's body might continue to swing the knife due to inertia, so he chopped off his arm.
After that, there was no need for him to be polite.
He is not an indecisive person, and he will not soften his heart when it is time to kill, not to mention that this group of people are all bandits.Bandits from all walks of life look the same, and anyone can see the look of gangsters holding weapons.
The second soul skill points, the fifth soul skill kills, the moon blade mixed with soul skills slashed at the bandits present.
As for what the boss said, he would not go out. Going out at this time is meaningless, except to show his existence for no gain.But in this position, controlling the moon blade to attack and kill the opponent is fast, efficient, and can also inflict fear on the opponent.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Several gunshots came, and some bandits couldn't take it anymore, and raised their guns to shoot at the high-speed flying Moonblade, but with their poor marksmanship, it was impossible to hit the high-speed moving target.
"Bless the gods, bless the gods, this group of gods have been punished."
This kind of method has gone beyond their cognition. In the eyes of these mountain people, only gods can do this kind of thing. Isn't it a god to control things in the air?
The time of fear is not long, because these people have been sent to see Hades by the moon blade of Xie Yue.
"There are no ghosts and gods in this world. Someone must be here to play tricks. You come out, or I will kill this brat with a single shot! I will also hold my back when I die!" This is a bandit closest to the villagers, and also a The little boss has a pistol on his body.
It is impossible for two legs to run over that weird flying blade. He just saw that the watchman on the side didn't run over that wheel. He thought this was a quack. He had heard the old man say that the blood drop That thing is like that.
Since this person wants to save these villagers, he will take hostages.
He fired a shot at the ground, and then the muzzle of the gun directly stuck to the child's head. Regardless of the child's crying, he strangled his neck and blocked himself in front of him.
And the weird blade did stop, Xie Yue walked out from the side, holding the same moon blade in the other hand.He couldn't bet that if the opponent's body pulled the trigger at the moment the head was severed, the child would still die.
"Let people go, I'll let you go."
"Do you think I'm stupid? Take all your things back and put them on the ground! Then raise your hands above your head! I'll let him go when I'm ten miles away!"
He is just an ordinary bandit, and he doesn't know about aliens and cultivators, let alone soul masters. In his opinion, Xie Yue must rely on those hands to manipulate these things, so as long as he doesn't move his hands, he is safe .
Xie Yue put the moon blades on the ground according to his request, but he didn't know that only two of those moon blades were the main body. When Xie Yue put down the moon blades, two differentiated moon blades had penetrated into the ground. underground.
Xie Yue raised her hands casually, and now he does not rely on his hands to manipulate the moon blade, but on mental power and soul power, but it will be faster and more accurate to operate with both hands.
Under the control of his mind, several moon blades came to the corresponding positions from the ground, and broke through the ground the next moment.
The bottom-up attack was naturally not as "gentle" as before. In order to ensure success, his arms were separated from his body almost at the same time. After that, the two moon blades crossed, and the last bandit cut off his head.
These bandits can be found all over the country, from as small as three or five people to as many as a thousand, and there are gangs of them everywhere.Although it is gradually being eliminated as a whole, it is still a troublesome thing.
If you send too few people, you can't deal with them. If you send too many people, they will plunge into the deep mountains and old forests. There is nothing they can do for a while.When all the foreign troubles are resolved, there is only one result to welcome them.
But now, those arrogant people have basically been wiped out. These people know that if they don't hide in the mountains, they will be shot sooner or later. These people are full of crimes and cannot escape the trial.
A dozen people need a lot of food every day to hide, and it is impossible to buy it, not to mention that they don't know how to spend money to buy it, and they have nowhere to buy it.
If you dare to enter the city, as long as one person is recognized, you will not be able to escape. This group may have more than 100 people at the beginning, but now there are only a few left, and those people were wiped out by the bandit suppression forces.
Now this village at the foot of the mountain has become their target.Grab a deal here and spend the time in front of you.
In the early morning, the people in the village were still packing up and going to work in the fields as usual. Now it is the busy season of farming, and the work in the fields cannot be finished at all.
At this time, Aunt Zhao and Lao Xu were still talking about Feng Baobao's problem. After living together for several years, they also discovered that Feng Baobao was different.It’s okay to not get old, some people age slowly, some people age quickly, and the other party is already young, so it’s normal to see no change in the past few years.
But Feng Baobao's eyes still lacked a kind of emotion. According to Lao Xu, even if you have a cat and a dog, you should have developed feelings after so many years.
But Feng Baobao seemed to have no feelings by nature.
But Feng Baobao was different. It wasn't that she had any problems, but that Lao Xu felt that she had never treated herself and others as family members.Especially after the second aunt brought up Baobao Feng's matter that day, his dog's reaction was the biggest. It can be seen that his son has thought about this girl.
It's not that he has any objections to Feng Baobao, if his son can marry this girl, it's nothing at all, but as Lao Xu said, there is always a sense of strangeness between Feng Baobao and them.
They get along day and night, but it's just a little bit short, so they plan to help her find her family after the busy farming is over.They were still fighting back then, and they didn't dare to go far. Now it's peaceful, and it's okay to go far.
Early this morning, Feng Baobao set off to collect firewood, because she got up a little earlier than ordinary villagers because of practicing qi, so she went out earlier.
"Old man, why do you think Ah Wu became like this? The fabric of the cheongsam is so good that ordinary people can't afford it. I think the material in Xu's house is not as good as this. He can write, so it must be Great family..”
"No matter what it is, it's definitely not a good thing, or I won't just remember one name." As they said that, the two also wanted to walk in the field, and so did Xu Xiang, who is now one of the main labor force.
But when the villagers walked out of their homes one after another, the one who left first staggered back.
"It's not good! The bandits are coming!" Then there was a gunshot, breaking the tranquility of the place for many years.
Although there were only a dozen or so people, they all had guns. When the guns rang out, ordinary villagers lost the will to resist.
All the people in the village were pressed to the open space at the entrance of the village by two bandits at gunpoint.A few people watched them, and the rest went from house to house to search for food.
The number of villagers is far greater than that of the bandits. The opponents have old rifles and only two pistols. If they resist at the beginning, they may not be unsuccessful, but they will definitely die.
No one wants to be the one who dies, so in this case, most people choose to listen to the other party's arrangement honestly and entrust their fate to the other party's untrustworthy "kindness".
Now they are all gathered in the open space by the bandits, there is no place to cover, even if they want to resist, they have no chance.The villagers cowered into a group and squatted on the ground, and the parents still covered the children's mouths, fearing that their cries would anger the bandits.
"Surround them all! Don't let any one go, those soldiers will chase after them, if they are attracted, it will be troublesome!"
"Be quick! Take away all the edible and valuable things! When I get into this mountain, I'll see how they chase! Suppress the bandits, the people back then couldn't suppress me, they want to? Procrastinate and procrastinate to death them."
As he spoke, he waved the knife in his hand unconvinced, but this touched the wound on Mo Li's face, causing his face to twitch.The bullet had killed their boss three days earlier, then passed through his body and left a deep scar on his face.
Just a little bit, the shooter completed the act of piercing candied haws, and the bullet made his subordinates feel that he was dead, so he became the new boss.
Whether it's the villagers' rations or the crops left for next year, they are all taken away by this group of people, and they don't care whether these people can survive next year.
However, the few large livestock in the village were let go, and the pursuers were not far away. They didn't have time to deal with these things, and taking them away directly would slow down the process. They were running for their lives, not playing games.
Seeing their own seeds being taken away, some people couldn't help it, but what they received was just a hard kick, and they couldn't even stand up when they were squatting on the ground.
The brief awakening was killed in this way, but the bandits did not intend to let this group of people go.These people have seen them and robbed them of their food.These people living at the bottom of the mountain must be very familiar with this mountain.
Then when the people behind catch up, these people will definitely reveal the direction of their escape, and even lead the way for the other party.
"I'll rush them to that broken house in a while, and burn it all down. Don't leave anything behind, so as not to reveal our tracks."
The boss said to a scarred face next to him, his voice was a little low, although these villagers are not desperate now, but if they know that it is a mortal situation, they will not feel comfortable resisting, the guy with fierce firepower is too bulky, he has long been thrown in the cottage inside.
As for these few people now, they can't even have a gun in their hands, and more people have to use cold weapons such as short knives and machetes.
But at this time, a burst of folk songs sounded from behind.
"Boxwood pole... Hariye~, pick a pick of white rice..."
Holding a bundle of firewood, Feng Baoer walked past the area as if no one was there. While the villagers dared not show their air, her appearance attracted the attention of all the bandits.
"Brother, this too?"
"No, this one stays here, there must be a companion on the mountain anyway." There was a wicked smile on his face, unlike those yellow-faced women in the village, Feng Baobao aroused the interest of the boss.
But at this moment, Lao Xu got up suddenly and wanted to pull Feng Baobao aside, but was stopped by another bandit.
"Good man, good man, do me a favor, you took all the things away, why leave it to us, she is still a child!"
"Go away! Let's go, little girl, and go up to the mountain with your brothers to eat delicious food and drink spicy food." Old Xu's pleadings were ignored, and he turned around and grabbed Feng Baobao. The boss eats meat, and they can also have a mouthful of soup .
But Lao Xu didn't let it go, he still knew the virtues of these bandits, how could a big girl like Feng Baobao survive being dragged up the mountain?
As he said before, a dog has developed feelings after raising it for so many years, not to mention people who get along day and night.Although Feng Baobao lacked a bit of fireworks, he and Aunt Zhao also regarded her as their own daughter, otherwise they would not bother to help her find her family.
Although he knew it was a bandit, he still grabbed the opponent's leg and began to lean down.
"Brother, please! Can't I kneel down with you?!" But his pleading was just an annoying fly in the eyes of the bandits. Anyway, his boss didn't intend to let this group of people go, so he didn't have to worry about it.
The steel knife in his hand swung at Old Xu, and blood spurted out instantly, splashing on the faces of the two of them, but this blood was not Old Xu's blood.
Old Xu only felt his eyes turn red, and then blood spilled into his eyes. The pain he imagined did not come, but he heard the screams of the extremely arrogant bandits just now.
When he opened his eyes, a severed arm holding a knife was not far in front of him. The bandit with one missing hand was rolling on the ground. Baobao Feng curiously picked up that arm and began to study it.
What surprised him the most was a flying weapon, a curved blade resembling a full moon floating in the air like that, it could be seen that it chopped off the bandit's arm.
"Who?! Playing tricks, come out!"
The boss roared angrily, but there was no response, only the weird weapon made a friction sound, and under the incredulous eyes of the people around, the moon blades became twelve, and drew a waltz of harvesting life.
Moonblade flew past, and after Moonblade left, a line of blood appeared on the neck of the nearby bandits, and then fell down one by one clutching their necks.If it wasn't for wanting to make the scene too bloody, Xie Yue could have ended a little faster.
But there were quite a few children present, and cutting off their heads directly was too terrifying, so he chose this method.
Neither Xie Yue nor Ning Rongrong was in the village when the bandits entered the village. Both of them had just returned here. , the cliff lost its previous characteristics.
Under its hint, Xie Yue used the moon blade to leave a shallow mark of her own on it, and then, the cliff wall shattered, and the mission of countless years finally ushered in the end.
All things have spirits, and it used its little power to do the last thing a sword-testing stone could do, allowing a swordsman to touch the threshold of sword intent.
Then Xie Yue returned to the village with Ning Rongrong who was waiting for him above. Sometimes Ning Rongrong would choose to wait for him on the top of the mountain, but when the two of them came back, they saw the scene of the bandit swinging a knife and looking at Lao Xu.
If it was a little later, Lao Xu would probably be killed by the knife.
His impression of Lao Xu was that he was just a simple and honest man, but after getting along with him for the past few years, he couldn't just sit back and watch others try to kill him.Moonblade sped out under his control, and Ning Rongrong also gave him a blessing, every point faster is one point, this is not the time to save effort.
He chose to cut off his arm because Xie Yue was worried that his moon blade was too fast. If he cut off his head, the opponent's body might continue to swing the knife due to inertia, so he chopped off his arm.
After that, there was no need for him to be polite.
He is not an indecisive person, and he will not soften his heart when it is time to kill, not to mention that this group of people are all bandits.Bandits from all walks of life look the same, and anyone can see the look of gangsters holding weapons.
The second soul skill points, the fifth soul skill kills, the moon blade mixed with soul skills slashed at the bandits present.
As for what the boss said, he would not go out. Going out at this time is meaningless, except to show his existence for no gain.But in this position, controlling the moon blade to attack and kill the opponent is fast, efficient, and can also inflict fear on the opponent.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Several gunshots came, and some bandits couldn't take it anymore, and raised their guns to shoot at the high-speed flying Moonblade, but with their poor marksmanship, it was impossible to hit the high-speed moving target.
"Bless the gods, bless the gods, this group of gods have been punished."
This kind of method has gone beyond their cognition. In the eyes of these mountain people, only gods can do this kind of thing. Isn't it a god to control things in the air?
The time of fear is not long, because these people have been sent to see Hades by the moon blade of Xie Yue.
"There are no ghosts and gods in this world. Someone must be here to play tricks. You come out, or I will kill this brat with a single shot! I will also hold my back when I die!" This is a bandit closest to the villagers, and also a The little boss has a pistol on his body.
It is impossible for two legs to run over that weird flying blade. He just saw that the watchman on the side didn't run over that wheel. He thought this was a quack. He had heard the old man say that the blood drop That thing is like that.
Since this person wants to save these villagers, he will take hostages.
He fired a shot at the ground, and then the muzzle of the gun directly stuck to the child's head. Regardless of the child's crying, he strangled his neck and blocked himself in front of him.
And the weird blade did stop, Xie Yue walked out from the side, holding the same moon blade in the other hand.He couldn't bet that if the opponent's body pulled the trigger at the moment the head was severed, the child would still die.
"Let people go, I'll let you go."
"Do you think I'm stupid? Take all your things back and put them on the ground! Then raise your hands above your head! I'll let him go when I'm ten miles away!"
He is just an ordinary bandit, and he doesn't know about aliens and cultivators, let alone soul masters. In his opinion, Xie Yue must rely on those hands to manipulate these things, so as long as he doesn't move his hands, he is safe .
Xie Yue put the moon blades on the ground according to his request, but he didn't know that only two of those moon blades were the main body. When Xie Yue put down the moon blades, two differentiated moon blades had penetrated into the ground. underground.
Xie Yue raised her hands casually, and now he does not rely on his hands to manipulate the moon blade, but on mental power and soul power, but it will be faster and more accurate to operate with both hands.
Under the control of his mind, several moon blades came to the corresponding positions from the ground, and broke through the ground the next moment.
The bottom-up attack was naturally not as "gentle" as before. In order to ensure success, his arms were separated from his body almost at the same time. After that, the two moon blades crossed, and the last bandit cut off his head.
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