Set a goal, and the system takes over the body.

"Ergou! Chongjiu! What's wrong with you two? Say something!"

"Ergou!"

No matter how much they shouted, the two men remained motionless, like stone statues.

An inexplicable sense of tension instantly enveloped the room.

"Damn it, they're just playing tricks!"

Wang Heihu cursed, grabbed the nine-ringed broadsword leaning against the table, and with a clang, the rings of the blade collided, producing a sharp, piercing sound.

He strode out of the house, and the remaining seven bandits quickly followed, carrying their weapons.

When the group reached Er Gou and Chong Jiu, they discovered that the brother who had gone out to check first had also been pinned to the base of the wall further away.

"Tiger, it looks like someone's acupunctured!"

"Untie it!"

"Yes, Tiger!"

A bandit at the peak of the Qi and Blood Realm stepped forward and struck two major acupoints on Chong Jiu's body. His technique looked quite skilled, but Chong Jiu remained standing upright.

"this……"

The bandit turned around and tried to release Er Gou's pressure points, but it was still of no use.

"That's not right! Why can't I untangle it?"

"let me!"

Another bandit went over and tried it, and the result was exactly the same.

Qi Xiuyuan concealed himself in the night, and while they hesitated, he used the Five Animal Movement Technique to its fullest extent. Under the cover of darkness, he swiftly swept past the crowd from behind.

At the same time, his fingertips were imbued with divine energy, and his ape-like hand techniques were so fast that they left only afterimages as he continuously struck out.

"Puff puff puff puff!"

With just a fleeting glance, the four bandits at the back froze, frozen in place.

Wang Heihu and the other three bandits heard something amiss behind them and turned around abruptly.

But apart from the four more people standing upright, there wasn't a single other person in sight.

"Tiger Master, this...this doesn't seem like pressure point technique. Could it be some kind of sorcery?"

One of the bandits' voices trembled, and his hand gripping the knife shook violently.

"Bullshit! This is Tianfu City, guarded by the Heavenly Punishment Division. Where would a demon come from?"

Wang Heihu's face was gloomy.

He personally stepped forward and pressed several acupoints on his subordinates' bodies.

But it still didn't work.

The people who were frozen in place remained in their previous positions, as if they were possessed.

"Who is it? Get your ass out here!"

Wang Heihu shouted in a deep voice, his voice echoing in the alley.

He stared wide-eyed as he scanned his surroundings.

All that could be seen was the deep darkness of night and the mottled shadows of the walls; not even a single suspicious figure could be found.

A nameless panic slowly crept into their hearts.

"Tiger……"

Just as one of the bandits opened his mouth to speak, Qi Xiuyuan suddenly darted out from the shadows behind him, and with a few taps of his fingertips, he instantly froze all three bandits standing together.

Wang Heihu reacted extremely quickly; upon hearing the sound of the wind, he swung his knife in a backhand motion.

The nine-ringed broadsword swept across with a whistling sound, unleashing a burst of blade energy that cleaved a wooden firewood rack in two, sending splinters of wood flying everywhere.

The strike missed its mark.

Without the slightest hesitation, he twisted his wrist and slashed the broadsword horizontally, his feet following suit, sweeping it in a circle, the wind from the blade kicking up dust from the ground.

Unfortunately, they didn't manage to cut anything.

"come out!!"

Wang Heihu roared angrily, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

He was able to pretend to be calm before.

But right now, all his men were frozen in place, unable to move, and he couldn't even see what the person who made the move looked like.

My heart jumped into my throat.

"Are you a human or a ghost? Since you're here, why not show yourself? What's the matter? Just say it outright. What kind of hero are you, hiding your face like this?"

As Wang Heihu spoke, his eyes darted around rapidly, vigilantly scanning every shadow in his surroundings. His nine-ringed sword was held horizontally in front of him, and he dared not relax for a moment.

Sudden.

He caught a glimpse of a dark figure darting out from the left, and without a second thought, he swung his sword and slashed fiercely.

A deep knife mark was cleaved into the earthen wall, and dirt and gravel flew everywhere.

Qi Xiuyuan had completely surrendered his body to the system at this moment.

I'll just be an observer.

He watched as the system controlled his body to seamlessly switch between deer, ape, and bird forms, his movements as agile as a gust of wind, each leap and dodge perfectly timed.

"What a brilliant display! If it were me, I probably could only achieve about 80% of its power. It seems that my practical application of the Five Animal Fist is still far from sufficient."

Just as Qi Xiuyuan was pondering to himself, his body once again swooped down from the height in bird form.

Wang Heihu was startled and hurriedly swung his sword back.

Qi Xiuyuan twisted his body in mid-air, instantly switching to ape form, and grazed past the blade at an extremely strange angle, his fingertips precisely striking the opponent's waist.

Wang Heihu had cultivated hard skills, and his waist and abdominal muscles were as firm as iron blocks. However, compared to the thick fur of the Iron-Eating Demon Bear, he was far inferior and could not withstand the power of the God-Sealing Finger at all.

In just a moment.

Wang Heihu's blood and qi suddenly stagnated, becoming uncontrollable and instead circulating wildly in his blood vessels in a strange way, forming a closed loop.

In an instant, his body suddenly froze.

The swung blade only managed to cut through most of the target before freezing in mid-air.

"not good!"

Wang Heihu felt a chill run down his spine. He desperately tried to channel his qi and blood to several major acupoints on his waist, but to his horror, he discovered that his qi and blood were as if locked up, and he couldn't move them at all.

They couldn't even make a sound.

His heart sank to the bottom.

Qi Xiuyuan regained control of his body, his mind still replaying the details of those few body shifts, feeling that they were incredibly useful.

Once you get back, you just need to practice a bit, and then you'll be able to use it yourself.

He gathered his thoughts, stepped forward, grabbed Wang Heihu by the back of his collar like a chick, and dragged the frozen bandits into the house one by one, then closed the door behind him.

The oil lamp flickered, occasionally crackling and sputtering out sparks.

The dim light illuminated Qi Xiuyuan's calm face and cast Wang Heihu's tall figure onto the mottled earthen wall, swaying gently.

As for the other bandits, Qi Xiuyuan casually threw them on the ground, where they lay scattered haphazardly.

Wang Heihu stared at the excessively young face in front of him, his mind racing. He couldn't recall when he had offended such a person, nor could he guess who this expert was.

Qi Xiuyuan stepped forward, lightly touched the side of his neck with his fingers, and released the seal on the blood and qi in his throat.

Wang Heihu felt a relief in his throat and was finally able to breathe smoothly.

He swallowed hard, lowered his voice, and tentatively asked, "Sir, is there some misunderstanding between us? I've never met you before, and I don't think I've offended you in any way?"

He spoke very carefully, as if afraid that if he said something wrong, he would lose his life right there.

"Misunderstand?"

Qi Xiuyuan chuckled and walked to the bench by the table to sit down.

"Wang Heihu, you sent men to kill me during the day, and now you call this a misunderstanding?"

"What?! You...you're Qi Xiuyuan from Qingshan Martial Arts School?!"

Wang Heihu froze instantly, his eyes fixed on Qi Xiuyuan, his gaze widening involuntarily.

"You...you didn't even sense any qi or blood, how is that possible..."