Su Que placed the three wolves aside, ready to quietly sneak over to see what the people over there were up to.
But he noticed a shadowy figure standing up in the bushes.
Su Que quickly tapped his toes and leapt into a bush, then stared at the figure.
The figure walked towards his direction for a while, then paced back and forth, seemingly patrolling.
"What are those people doing over there?"
"Could they be bandits?"
If so, Su Que didn't mind a little "white eating black."
Provided he could defeat these people.
"Once these people make their move, I'll know their strength..."
Su Que decided to wait in place, quietly observing.
The night in White Tiger Forest was silent, even the noisy birds of the day had fallen asleep.
...
In front of Su Que, those black-clad figures were also placing their hands on their weapons, silently waiting.
About half an hour later, suddenly, the sound of cartwheels crunching on dry leaves came from one side, growing louder and louder.
"Here they come!"
Those black-clad figures immediately perked up, their grip on their weapons tightening.
After ten breaths, they finally saw the newcomers.
There were five people, one with a curved saber at his waist, another with a nine-section whip coiled around him, and the other three carried no weapons.
However, seeing the thick calluses on the hands of those three, the black-clad figures knew their hand skills were exceptional.
The five guarded three donkey carts.
On each donkey cart, there was a large Redwood box.
As the five and the carts drew closer, the black-clad figures caught a faint scent of medicine.
The Redwood boxes containing the medicine were usually well-sealed, and logically, they shouldn't emit any scent.
Such a smell usually clung on during the packaging of the medicine.
After catching the scent, the black-clad figures confirmed that the newcomers were from the White Lotus Sect.
Each pair of eyes exposed outside the black masks suddenly brightened, then glanced at each other.
After another ten breaths, the five and their three carts passed in front of these dozen or so black-clad figures.
The black-clad figures exchanged glances, slightly nodded, signaling to strike together.
The next moment, the black-clad figures suddenly gathered their energy, stomped their feet, and jointly rushed obliquely from the bushes towards those five White Lotus Sect members.
The black-clad figure initially guarding against wild beasts, seeing his companions in action, also pushed off the ground, joining his companions in the assault.
Seeing them move suddenly, Su Que immediately rose from the bushes and quietly slipped over.
He then crouched in the bush where those black-clad figures had just been lurking and looked out.
...
The five White Lotus Sect members transporting the medicine suddenly saw a dozen black-clad figures storming out of the forest, feeling a chill in their hearts.
As the black-clad figures rushed forward, they brandished their weapons, attacking the five White Lotus Sect members.
Immediately, the five White Lotus Sect members hastily engaged in battle, caught off guard.
"Who are you people to dare oppose the White Lotus Sect? Aren't you afraid that once we find out who you are, we'll kill your entire family?"
The White Lotus Sect member with the nine-section whip coiled around his waist shouted loudly while dodging a saber and a spear.
The martial arts academy disciples in black completely ignored the White Lotus Sect member's shouts, each unleashing their hidden skills, striving to quickly kill these five White Lotus Sect members.
"Ah!"
A White Lotus Sect member without a weapon in hand faced two sabers, two spears, and a hook simultaneously.
Unable to cope, he was stabbed in the lower back by a spear.
After taking this spear, his movements became even slower, and two sabers, a spear, and a hook successively plunged into his body.
Blood gushed out like a fountain from his wounds!
However, in his final moments, he brought his right hand's index finger, middle finger, and ring finger together into a pointed gesture, and like an arrow, he suddenly thrust it forward into the throat of a saber-wielding martial arts academy disciple.
In an instant, both the saber-wielding disciple and this White Lotus Sect member perished one after another.
"Damn it, that White Lotus Demon killed Xiao Gao!"
"Kill them!"
Seeing their comrade die, the four martial arts academy disciples' eyes turned red as they drew their weapons and charged at the remaining four White Lotus Sect members!
"So those five were from the White Lotus Sect..."
Su Que thought after hearing their shouts.
Moreover, he also caught a faint scent of medicine.
"Could it be that these White Lotus Sect members are transporting medicine?"
"Then, are these black-clad figures here to seize the medicine because they couldn't afford it?"
"So the black-clad figures intend to 'black eat black'?"
"In that case, I don't mind a 'white eat black' myself."
Su Que pondered as he continued watching the struggle between the black-clad figures and the White Lotus Sect members.
The remaining four White Lotus Sect members were significantly stronger than the one who had just died.
Once they regained their composure, the four regrouped and calmly faced these sudden enemies.
The White Lotus Sect member with the curved saber at his waist drew it with a clang, waving a curtain of saber shadows around him, temporarily keeping the martial arts academy disciples at bay.
Metal clashed as the white lotus sect member with the nine-section whip also pulled it out.
He flipped backward, dodging two spears aimed at him, then shook his hand.
The nine-section whip shot out like a spirit snake in the air.
The sharp whip head aimed at the forehead of a spear-wielding martial arts academy disciple.
The disciple raised the spearhead intending to deflect the whip.
But with a slight wrist movement, the White Lotus Sect member caused the whip's tip to suddenly change course, turning slightly and piercing into the spear-wielding disciple's temple.
The whip head entered from the right side and exited the left, instantly penetrating the black-clad figure's skull.
"Old Liu!"
Seeing this, the other black-clad figures gritted their teeth and shouted.
"Kill!"
By this time, the martial arts academy disciples who had killed a White Lotus Sect member earlier had come over.
The White Lotus Sect member with the nine-section whip waved it like a spirit snake in his hand.
However, the martial arts academy disciples, having previously witnessed this maneuver which killed their comrade, were on guard this time.
When the White Lotus Sect member used it again, it didn't have the same effect.
Under the assault of the five, the White Lotus Sect member soon found himself struggling.
Eventually, a martial arts academy disciple wielding two hooks used a technique to temporarily lock down the White Lotus Sect member's nimble nine-section whip.
Then, the other martial arts academy disciples closed in and thrust their weapons into this White Lotus Sect member's body.
Out of the remaining three White Lotus Sect members, one wielded a curved saber, another the Eagle Claw Skill, and another the Seven Injuries Fist. They had already killed two martial arts academy disciples.
Now, only three White Lotus Sect members remained.
While nine martial arts academy disciples were left.
The martial arts academy disciples couldn't fathom that these five White Lotus Sect members' martial arts were significantly superior to themselves individually.
In just a few exchanges, even with the advantage of an ambush, they had lost four comrades.
The martial arts academy disciples' eyes were red as they continued attacking the remaining three White Lotus Sect members.
Su Que watched the bloody battle through the gaps in the leaves.
He observed that among the remaining three White Lotus Sect members, the one wielding the curved saber was slightly weaker, while those using the Eagle Claw Skill and the Seven Injuries Fist were stronger.
The one using the Eagle Claw Skill, when faced with two spears attacking, immediately bent his fingers into claws, grasped a spearhead, and twisted it off.
The spear-wielding disciple found himself left with only a wooden stick without a spearhead, significantly reducing his lethality.
The White Lotus Sect member with the Seven Injuries Fist, when a blade sliced toward him, swept his fist across the blade.
Upon contact, the disciple holding the blade had the webbing between thumb and forefinger split open, blood seeped out.
Su Que watched for a while, realizing that these three White Lotus Sect members were slower than him.
When the three attacked, the air only produced a slight ripple.
In terms of power, it seemed they couldn't match him either.
Although he had never fought live opponents, he had been encircled by beasts several times during months of hunting.
He felt confident that he stood a good chance if he were to fight these three.