Chapter 1736 - 640: Chivalrous Courage and Righteousness (Part 3)

With a crisp sound, the chain dart was gracefully withdrawn, and the woman hung it on her waist before loudly shouting to Su Mo:

"Little brother, hurry up and leave!"

Su Mo nodded: "Thank you for saving my life."

"You saved us first."

The woman looked at Su Mo with gratitude: "Your intention to use the escort agency’s reputation to intimidate the mountain bandits, we appreciate it.

"This is a place of right and wrong, leave quickly before your life is taken in vain."

It was only then that Su Mo understood what the woman meant.

She thought that when he shouted ’Shunfeng Yangwei’ just now, it was to leverage the Shunfeng Escort Agency’s name to scare people and aid them.

Although this reasoning can’t be said to be wrong, it’s quite far from the truth.

But with this trick, there’s no rush to leave.

He immediately patted his chest and loudly declared:

"What does this big sister take me for?

"These mountain bandits commit heinous acts. If I hadn’t encountered them, it would be fine, but now that I’ve seen them, how can I ignore it and flee first?

"As a disciple of the Shunfeng Escort Agency, how could I be cowardly and afraid of death?"

"Big sister..."

The woman’s face darkened, but after hearing Su Mo’s subsequent words, she couldn’t help but laugh heartily:

"Such boldness!"

Lu Ren, on the other hand, was secretly cursing:

You save your life, go quickly to fetch reinforcements from the Shunfeng Escort Agency—who needs you to play hero here?

Just at that moment, the mountain bandit chief burst into wild laughter:

"What a claim to be unafraid of death!

"Let’s see how many heads you have!"

With those words, he darted towards Su Mo.

"You dare!!!"

The woman saw this and leaped forward, leaving the main formation. With a long whip in her hand, a snapping sound was heard as she lashed towards the mountain bandit chief.

The mountain bandit chief laughed heartily, and the single blade behind him suddenly drew.

The blade spun and moved to cut the whip.

The woman’s eyes turned cold, and she swiftly shook her hand, retracting the long whip.

With this delay, the mountain bandit chief had already reached Su Mo, and the single blade was aimed at decapitating.

Su Mo stood his ground without budging, seemingly petrified with fear.

Yet, the mountain bandit chief couldn’t swing his blade down.

The woman pounced, her short blade nearly at the back of the bandit chief’s neck.

Seeing the mountain bandit chief’s eyes darting and a smile on his lips, clearly baiting her, Su Mo instantly shouted:

"Big sister, be careful, he’s going to sneak attack..."

The woman’s expression immediately changed upon hearing this.

Indeed, as Su Mo’s words fell, the mountain bandit chief suddenly turned, his single blade suddenly unleashed hundreds of blade lights, seemingly about to hack the woman to pieces.

But suddenly, he felt a sudden spasm in his wrist, as if a cramp, and the blade lights staggered, all vanishing without a trace.

"What?"

The mountain bandit chief’s face was immediately full of bewilderment.

Not knowing what happened, the woman’s short blade had already pierced his shoulder.

The blade entered, suddenly twisting and lifting, blood flew, bones broke and flesh tore.

The woman landed lightly, her short blade danced, tracing afterimages, slicing bones and flesh. In just moments, the mountain bandit chief felt considerably lighter.

He looked down and saw an arm detached from his body.

Bones were shattered, spreading across the ground.

"Ahhh! I’ll kill you!!!!"

The mountain bandit chief was enraged, losing an arm, but not dead yet.

With his single blade, he wanted to cut the woman down.

Little realizing, previously he had used a murderous ploy to bait the woman; she was rescuing hastily, nearly falling for it.

If not, he might not be her match in a genuine one-on-one fight.

Now deeply wounded, how could he take her life?

The blade light fell, but before him was nothing but emptiness.

Looking back, he saw the woman already beside Su Mo, pulling him back.

Once they were steady, a whip cracked loudly, and the mountain bandit chief’s single blade fell to the ground.

Following up, another whip was about to claim his life.

Suddenly, Lu Ren hurriedly shouted:

"Hold on!!"

The woman heard but ignored him.

With an angry shout, the whip coiled around the mountain bandit chief’s head, flicked, and spun rapidly, forming a Vigorous Wind-like blade, severing the chief’s fine head completely.

Lu Ren saw this and stomped repeatedly.

With the mountain bandit chief dead, what would happen when the Shunfeng Escort Agency arrived?

The mountain bandits defeated, and they snatched the credit; no favor or gratitude could be repaid from their side.

His sight landed on Su Mo, wondering if he should thank their squad for unparalleled benevolence?

Not knowing what to do next, angry shouts erupted, and turning around, he saw escort masters from the Shunfeng Escort Agency charging in, killing whoever they encountered.

The Vice Leader from yesterday led the charge, fists and kicks, no one could resist his palm.

The mountain bandits bewildered them, causing ruthless and uncompromising retaliation.

Lu Ren initially joyful, considered helping the escort masters should their martial arts falter to repel the mountain bandits.

Now witnessing their fierceness, not just declining to act casually to avoid leaving traces, he quickly gathered his green robed disciples.

Afraid these merciless escort masters might accidentally strike down their people.

The woman, seeing this unfold, couldn’t help but be astonished; these escort masters were formidable.

Turning to Su Mo:

"Your people?"

Su Mo immediately nodded, smiling:

"Impressive, right?"

"...Impressive."

The woman sincerely praised: "But with them being so impressive, why are you so helpless?"

"I..."

Su Mo was momentarily speechless.

The woman felt she might have been too blunt, making Su Mo a bit embarrassed, and smiled:

"It’s okay, martial arts can be practiced gradually, but your heroic spirit is as good as anyone’s.

"Why not take me as your mentor, and I’ll teach you my absolute skill.

"In the future, while traveling in Jianghu, you won’t need to rely on others’ names to scare people; you can defeat them with your own skills!"

"..."

Su Mo quietly looked at the woman before him, truly at a loss for words, managing only a forced laugh:

"Next time, maybe..."