Chapter 55

Looking at the people chasing from below the mountain, especially the leader and the second-in-command at the front, Bu Ye couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

In his previous life, he had always detested terrorists, people who didn't value others' lives, and he often said, "I really can't understand how those people think." But did he really not understand?

To some extent, he had also become such a person, though his reasons were simpler and clearer: he had a grudge, and he was about to die.

During the days when he was bedridden and unable to move, he had deeply pondered the issues of those people, just as he had pondered other more obscure issues.

If he were to explain it, it would definitely be a tedious and unacceptable process for most people, so there was no need to explain. Bu Ye just needed to grasp one point: these people all had one characteristic. When they treated others' lives lightly, their own lives had also become light.

There should be no hesitation. If it's possible to take away their lives, which weigh nothing, then take them away. They are no different from any beast surviving in this world, the most inhumane and beastly people.

"Let's go too, and fight while retreating," Bu Ye suddenly turned around and said to everyone.

Chai Ren, whose nerves were already taut to the breaking point, finally relaxed. His legs went weak, and he plopped down on the ground.

Chen Qingyan and the others were also very nervous, but seeing Chai Ren's poor performance, they all laughed in disdain.

At this point, everyone knew that Chai Ren had not come of his own accord but had been forcibly taken by Bu Ye, yet no one felt sympathy for him.

Chen Qingyan picked up Chai Ren and said, "Uncle Chai, you must stay alert! You are the only one left in the village to boost our morale. You can't be the first to lose heart."

By this time, the slowest villager had already reached 300 meters away. Chen Qingyan supported Chai Ren and led the young and strong men of the village to retreat slowly, while Bu Ye remained at the rear.

Bu Ye kept looking back, watching as the distance between them and the Mangshan bandits gradually closed: 400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters...

When Bu Ye turned his head again, he met the gaze of the leader of the Mangshan bandits at the foot of the hill.

At this moment, the leader clearly didn't know that Liang Xiong had already fled, and he was somewhat puzzled by Bu Ye being the only one at the rear. However, the terrain here was not steep, and there was nowhere to hide, so he wasn't worried that the people of Dongmang Village could play any tricks. How could a single Liang Xiong, plus a newly promoted Bu Ye, be a match for them?

Therefore, the leader looked at Bu Ye with an incredibly calm gaze, as calm as if he were looking at a corpse.

Bu Ye also looked at the leader calmly, but at this moment, he felt a fierce gaze on his face, even making his skin uncomfortable.

Turning his head slightly, Bu Ye saw the one-eyed second-in-command of the Mangshan bandits staring at him fiercely with his particularly sharp eye.

At this moment, the second-in-command had a sinister smile on his face. Seeing Bu Ye look back, he raised his left hand to hold a knife and extended his right hand, making a throat-cutting gesture in front of his neck.

Then, the second-in-command even stuck out his thick tongue and licked his lips, looking incredibly bloodthirsty.

Bu Ye thought, this guy must have a deep grudge against me.

Indeed, from the beginning in the village, a Heart Cloud Ninth Star like him couldn't kill a mere Heart Cloud Seventh Star Bu Ye. After several battles, Bu Ye was still alive and well.

In response, Bu Ye lowered his head, not in surrender, but to look for a bug. Not finding one for a long time, Bu Ye pretended that there was a bug under his foot and stomped on it, then looked up at the second-in-command in the distance, grinding his foot back and forth.

Seeing Bu Ye's action, the second-in-command was almost furious. This was the first time in years that someone had dared to provoke him so boldly.

"Boss, this kid must be given to me later!"

"Alright, but be careful. I'll go find Liang Xiong."

"Today, we either find the constellation secret or kill them all to the last man!" the second-in-command said fiercely.

The leader didn't respond, but that was also his thought. The longer the night, the more dreams. After chasing for several days, he didn't want to waste any more time on Dongmang Village.

The two sides finally got closer. On the hill, Bu Ye said to everyone again, "Fight while retreating, don't engage in a hard fight. The bottom line is not to let the Mangshan bandits break through our defenses."

Chen Qingyan, though feeling that the next words might demoralize the troops, still asked, "What about those two...?"

"I'll block one, and let the other pass," Bu Ye said with a frown.

Let pass?!

Everyone was stunned, staring at Bu Ye with wide eyes.

"Can any of you block him?" Bu Ye asked.

"..."

"Even if one breaks through our defenses, it will take him a while to catch up with the villagers. In that time, I might be able to lure him back."

At this moment, everyone could only choose to trust Bu Ye, and there was no time to ask questions because the Mangshan bandits were already very close.

"Prepare to fight!" Bu Ye said sternly.

"Fight!!" Chen Qingyan pushed Chai Ren away, drew his weapon, and shouted.

Fifty meters, forty meters...

Bu Ye stood alone at the front of the line, drew the curved sword tied to his back, and looked fiercely at the approaching Mangshan bandits.

At this moment, even the leader and the second-in-command of the Mangshan bandits might not know that when the ordinary bandits saw Bu Ye standing there calmly with the curved sword he had taken from their comrades, their hearts were trembling. Bu Ye had used that sword to cut off the heads of three of their families and kill at least a dozen of their comrades. If they were bloodthirsty, then in their eyes, Bu Ye was even more so, because when they killed, they would shout and feel a sense of satisfaction, while Bu Ye always had only one expression: cold.

Fortunately, there were the leader and the second-in-command in front, so they didn't need to deal with Bu Ye. They just needed to kill the young and strong men of Dongmang Village, and if they broke through the defenses, there were only unarmed villagers ahead.

"Kill!" the second-in-command of the Mangshan bandits suddenly roared.

"Kill!!!" the Mangshan bandits behind him shouted in unison, the sound astonishing.

Chai Ren, who had been crawling and running for his life, heard the noise, his arms went weak, and he fell to the ground again, even knocking out two teeth. But this old man had no time to care about anything. He spat out the teeth and blood, forced himself to overcome his fear, and crawled forward, finally standing up and stumbling after the main force.

Seeing so many Mangshan bandits rushing over, Bu Ye still didn't retreat. Instead, he held the sword in his right hand and casually made a sword flourish.

"Whoosh!"

From a tree to Bu Ye's right rear, an arrow shot like lightning towards the Mangshan bandits!

Xia Chen, Xia Guang, and Du Sanhui were the best archers in Dongmang Village. Now the first two were dead, and Du Sanhui was missing. The person hiding in the tree was just an ordinary villager with a slight talent for archery.

"Clang!"

One of the Mangshan bandits raised his hand and swung his knife, barely deflecting the arrow, his eyes filled with even more killing intent.

The leader rushed forward two steps, already three meters from Bu Ye. With another big step, he raised his terrifying black iron wolf-tooth club and smashed down with the force of a mountain.

Bu Ye's bravado could only go so far because he couldn't block the leader's wolf-tooth club. Moreover, the leader had already activated his Heart Cloud Twelfth Star on the way, and his speed was also very fast.

Bu Ye directly lunged to the right, rolled forward on the ground, and dodged the leader's attack.

The leader sneered in disdain, ignoring Bu Ye, and rushed forward.

Following Bu Ye's instructions, no one blocked the leader. So in almost no time, the leader reached the tree where the person was hiding and swung his wolf-tooth club.

The wolf-tooth club, carrying the wind, smashed heavily into the tree trunk: "Bang!!!"

"Crack..."

The tree was thicker than a person's thigh, but the leader's one blow almost completely split the trunk, and it began to slowly fall. The villager who had fired the arrow from the tree had no time to come down and was directly crushed to the ground with the tree.

At the same time, a loud roar came: "Die!"

It turned out that the second-in-command had already rushed to Bu Ye and raised his knife to strike!

The second-in-command used a heavy-backed cleaver, which weighed at least fifty pounds, while Bu Ye's was just an ordinary curved sword. A direct clash would be very disadvantageous, so he could only dodge again. Moreover, because the second-in-command's heavy-backed cleaver was also long, the attack range was large, making it very difficult for Bu Ye to dodge.

One move, two moves, three moves...

The leader was incredibly fast, already rushing past the entire defense line. Looking back, he saw the second-in-command had the upper hand, so he was reassured. The bandits were also overwhelming the young and strong men of Dongmang Village. Without hesitation, he rushed towards the main force of the villagers!

Ten meters, thirty meters, fifty meters...

As the leader got farther away, Bu Ye, under the second-in-command's fierce attack, was already in grave danger.

The second-in-command sneered and said, "Run again! Aren't you very capable?! Today, I'm going to cut off your dog's head and offer it to the third brother!"

"You should go and join the third brother!" Bu Ye, who had been dodging, suddenly said.

In the next moment, four stars on Bu Ye's body lit up!

It was broad daylight, and the sunlight was good, so the light of the blood stars on his body was not very noticeable unless you looked closely.

But at this moment, the second-in-command's eyes narrowed. He clearly saw that four stars had lit up inside Bu Ye's body!