A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 96: Life and Death (I)

It was already late at night. Xie Lei stood in the yard, looking around.

The courtyard where he lived was quite remote. In addition to his introverted personality, more importantly, he was a person with many secrets since he was a child.

Deep-minded and daring to plan!

Many secrets were lost in the dust, and his calculations had hardly ever gone wrong, and he believed that this time would be no exception.

He must have a way to pry open the mouth of this old dog Xu Ruhu!

There was silence all around, no unusual sounds. Jie Lei walked slowly to the dry well, jumped into it, and slid down using his hands to support himself.

Jie Lei was at the bottom of the well. He skillfully crawled into the black hole, crawled a short distance, and then stood up!

This cave was dug by him personally. At that time, he was a few years younger than he is now, full of youth and restlessness!
Jie Lei looked at the dim light at the end of the corridor not far away. He walked over slowly and turned into the light without any hesitation.

In the familiar underground space, the air was still filled with a strong smell of blood.

Xu Ruhu sat there with his back against the earth wall, his head lowered and his loose hair hanging down!
He seemed to be asleep...

Jie Lei took a few steps forward and said, "Mr. Xu, I have good news for you. The city gates have been opened today. Although the inspection is strict, you can finally leave the city... I have thought of a way... Let me discuss it with you..."

As Xie Lei was talking, he found Xu Ruhu still lying there motionless...

"Mr. Xu?"

Xie Lei didn't think that Xu Ruhu would have no reaction when he talked about leaving the city!
Jie Lei's face turned cold, and he suddenly had a bad feeling!

Xu Ruhu's Dantian was destroyed and he was seriously injured. Could he have really died in this cave?
Xie Lei took a few steps forward and squatted down. He wanted to pull aside Xu Ruhu's drooping hair and test his breath...

Just as Jie Lei raised his hand, Xu Ruhu's body trembled suddenly. At the same time, his right hand, which was naturally hanging beside his body, suddenly shook his wrist and four cold lights flashed at the same time!

Four poison needles suddenly shot out and scattered horizontally towards the crouching Jie Lei!
Xie Lei was originally a very cautious person, and he knew that Xu Ruhu was cunning and vicious. If Xu Ruhu's Dantian had not been destroyed and he had not been a disabled person, he would never have gotten so close to him!

But even so, Xie Lei's muscles all over his body were always tense!
When the four cold lights suddenly appeared, his body suddenly retreated backwards, and his toes tapped the ground at the same time to avoid the flying needles!

But Duan Rong's figure moved almost at the same time as him, bounced up, and the oxtail knife was pulled out from behind. A bunch of bloody white hair fell along with Duan Rong's figure!
Duan Rong swung the oxtail knife in his hand and chopped it down on his head, blocking the space for Li Lei to jump up and avoid the poison needle!

All this happened in a flash!
Jie Lei didn't have time to think. His muscles reacted almost instinctively. He suddenly rolled on the ground and stopped at the corner of the wall, half-knelt and glared at Duan Rong...

Three poison needles shot into the air!

But a poison needle still pierced into Jie Lei's neck!
The four poison needles shot by Duan Rong were scattered horizontally and were extremely difficult to avoid!
But just now, Xie Lei rolled on the ground, which was really amazing. I don't know if it was a trance, but at that moment, the black shadow flashed, and Duan Rong seemed to feel that Xie Lei's body suddenly shrank strangely. But this might be his illusion, after all, it was only a moment, and he didn't see clearly, but Xie Lei was already half-kneeling in the corner.

Jie Lei pulled out the needle that had pierced his neck and threw it on the ground. He could tell that the needle must have been poisoned. Otherwise, using this kind of hidden weapon would have the same lethality as a mosquito bite!

Xie Lei stood up, sword drawn, and in the dim light of the oil lamp, he looked at Duan Rong standing in the center of the dungeon...

Xie Lei suddenly found that Duan Rong's face looked familiar. His eyes flickered and he asked in surprise, "Are you Yang Zhen's childhood friend?"

"How did you find this place?"

Jie Lei really couldn't understand how this person could find this place in such a short time. He thought that when he kidnapped Xu Ruhu from prison, he didn't leave any traceable clues!

Duan Rong had no intention of wasting time talking to Jie Lei. He moved with his Cloud Snake Steps and swung his sword towards Jie Lei.

Actually, Jie Lei is not a person who likes to talk nonsense, but he was too shocked just now!
Seeing Duan Rong coming over, he immediately swung his sword to meet him, and the two of them started fighting in an instant!
Quick attack with a sharp knife, the knife flashes like water!
Duan Rong’s strength lies in his agile body, while Jie Lei’s strength lies in his sharp sword moves!
No one knew what kind of swordsmanship Jie Lei practiced, but even with the bonus of Cloud Snake Step, he was still slightly better than Duan Rong!
Duan Rong knew that the life-and-death game he had set up was on the verge of success, and he must not give Jie Lei a chance to counterattack!
Duan Rong suddenly retreated a distance!
Jie Lei was like a maggot on the heel, chasing and attacking fiercely!

But Duan Rong changed his sword technique while keeping the distance between them and actually used the Huangquan sword technique.

Duan Rong suddenly switched to the Huang Quan sword technique. Besides the fact that the Huang Quan sword technique was quite good at defense, more importantly, he had seen that a black spot the size of a copper coin had appeared at the location where the needle had entered Jie Lei's neck!

Duan Rong had seen with his own eyes how potent the poison contained in the poison needle was!
At this moment, he just needs to hold on and delay Jie Lei, and wait for the poison to spread, and Jie Lei will undoubtedly be defeated!

Duan Rong used the defensive sword moves from the Huangquan Sword Technique and the agility of the Cloud Snake Step to quickly stabilize the situation!
Jie Lei's sword was fierce and he attacked from three directions in a strange and tricky way, but Duan Rong stood still in the cold light!
Jie Lei attacked repeatedly but still failed to break through Duan Rong's defense!

He was feeling anxious, and a layer of cold sweat had already formed on his forehead. He couldn't see his complexion, and if he looked in the mirror, he would have seen a faint dark blush on his face!
The poison has rushed to his face through the artery in his neck!

And with every few breaths, the black color on his face became darker!
Jie Lei's attack failed for a long time, and the power of his sword attack gradually weakened. Duan Rong also found that his steps were beginning to become a little weak as he dodged and moved!

At this moment, Xie Lei suddenly twisted his right foot, his sword deflected, and his body immediately became messy!
Duan Rong's eyes narrowed, he seized the opportunity and attacked swiftly!
Jie Lei retreated again and again, trying to resist barely, but his face already showed some panic!

In his panic, Xie Lei's steps became disordered again!
Seeing that Jie Lei was only half a foot away from the earth wall behind him! If he retreated a little more, he would hit the earth wall!
Duan Rong suddenly took a sideways step, and the shadow of the knife moved with him. He pulled and stabbed, stabbing towards Jie Lei's heart from the side with incredible swiftness!

The angle of Duan Rong's knife was very tricky, and it stabbed towards Jie Lei's heart from the ribs under his left arm!

There is no way to retreat or avoid the thunder!
A knife stabbed diagonally into Jie Lei's chest!
But Duan Rong's face suddenly changed and he was shocked!
Because that is definitely not the feeling of a knife stabbing into the body!
Sure enough, Xie Lei's face, which was thick with black energy, suddenly smiled evilly! He looked like his evil plan had succeeded!

The moment an evil smile appeared on his face, he swung his sword and slashed at Duan Rong beside him!

Duan Rong wanted to draw his sword to block, but suddenly found that his oxtail sword seemed to be stuck by something and could not be pulled out for a while!
Duan Rong then suddenly noticed that the sleeve of Jie Lei's left arm was empty at some point, hanging empty by his side!
But at this moment, the blade was on his body, and suddenly the hairs all over his body stood up. He used the Cloud Snake Step's body and footwork to the extreme in an instant, and narrowly dodged in front of Jie Lei's blade!
Duan Rong had just escaped from danger, but Jie Lei flicked his sleeves and a dart suddenly shot out, with a flash of cold light, and went straight to Duan Rong's throat!
(End of this chapter)