CH 71

"Bandits." Li Huowang identified the people on the small boats.

This was clearly a trap, a scheme to lure everyone into a trap and rob them all.

"Heh, this place really has simple folk." Li Huowang muttered to himself.

He also noticed that the bandits were not just young men, but also old men, women, and even children. It seemed like a long-standing family business.

"Whoosh~" An arrow shot towards them and hit the side of the boat, causing the dozens of people on board to panic even more.

"Gentlemen, as long as you throw your luggage, belongings, and jewelry over, we, the heroes of Hengshan Pond, who rob the rich to help the poor, will not harm a hair on your heads."

"But if we find that you've hidden even a penny, hmph~ you'll have to choose between being sliced or boiled in hotpot."

Hearing the threat from the boat leader, the panicked crowd began to stir again.

Many people started throwing their belongings and packages into the water.

Encountering a bandit on the road was one thing, but in the middle of the water, they were helpless.

Even if they jumped into the water, they couldn't match the swimmers.

Li Huowang looked at the small boats swimming around on the lake and stepped forward to the leader, saying, "Friend, just send us to shore honestly, and I'll pretend nothing happened."

The boat leader frowned and looked at Li Huowang for a moment. He asked in a slightly contemptuous tone, "What's your deal, kid?"

"In plain language, take us to shore." Li Huowang's tone became impatient.

"Hey! Look at this ignorant brat~ Maybe he hasn't grown up yet!" The bandits laughed together.

"Hahaha!!" The bandits followed with laughter.

"Young man, you think you're something special just because you're a Taoist? I've already killed seven or eight Taoists like you!"

"I'll tell you, this lake is our Yuan family's territory, it's under the protection of the dragon! Even if the Jade Emperor himself comes, he has to pay me for passing through!"

The boat leader's threat instantly drew cheers from the bandits, and the sound of clapping and whistling continued.

Many of them had already started to distribute their spoils in advance.

"Dad! I want to snatch that white-haired girl as my wife! She's so pretty!"

"No, you can play with her, but you can't marry such a useless person! I don't want my grandson to look like that."

"Then let me play with her first, and when you're tired of her, I'll play with her."

"Haha, good son, you're so filial!"

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"Ring ring ring~" The sharp sound of a bell suddenly rang out, causing ripples on the water's surface.

Li Huowang, with a murderous look in his eyes, took out a bag of soil from his bag and poured it into his mouth. "Hmang jiu ju!!"

The quickly-formed Gamekeeper swam towards the bandits on the small boats.

Faced with this unknown creature, the panicked bandits instinctively fought back with bows, arrows, and blades, but it was clear that it was not effective.

Any body pierced by the Gamekeeper would instantly stiffen and fall into the water.

In a short time, more than ten bodies were already floating on the water's surface.

The bandits clearly didn't expect to have provoked such a powerful figure and began to cry and scream as they jumped into the water to escape.

"Senior Li! The boat is leaking! There's a water ghost under our boat!"As Li Huowang's fingers moved, Yu Lao Ye quickly dove into the water. After a while, several naked bodies of water bandits floated out from under the water.

Taking advantage of this brief opportunity, the other water bandits around had already fled, leaving only ownerless sampans and corpses floating with the waves.

Although the people had escaped, the matter was far from over.

"Quickly scoop out the water! Block the hole with clothes!" Li Huowang immediately instructed others to start self-rescue.

This was the center of a large lake. If the boat really sank, even Yu Lao Ye couldn't save his life.

After a flurry of activity, the hole was finally blocked.

But before Li Huowang could take a break, Bai Lingmiao pulled his sleeve and pointed to the distant reed marsh.

Under the red sunset, small sampans were lifted out of it again. The people on the boats had red eyes and stared at the dozens of bodies on the water's surface without blinking.

An old man with white hair and a beard was supported by the boat's boss and stood at the forefront. His trembling and old voice could be heard from far away.

"Master, these are the lives of dozens of people from our Yuan family! If you had just announced your name, how could we, these rough people, dare to stop you? Or is it that you are not feeling well and want to see blood today?"

Li Huowang was too lazy to listen to his nonsense and asked who was good at swimming among the others to go and fetch the bamboo pole floating in the distance.

The boat had to leave. It was not a good thing to stop in the water, especially as the sky gradually darkened.

The old man's voice was filled with strong grief and indignation. "It's useless to say more now that things have come to this. Our lives are cheap, but no matter who killed so many people from our Yuan family, they won't be able to leave so easily!"

The abnormal words of the old man in the distance caught Li Huowang's attention, but he couldn't see clearly because it was too far away and the sky was gradually getting dark.

"Who has good eyesight? Help me see what they are doing."

Li Huowang was still cautious in this broken place. Saving three months of lifespan was not a priority now, no matter what they were doing, this abnormal behavior was definitely not right.

Yu Lao Ye quickly took shape and flew towards that direction at lightning speed, but halfway through, it quickly turned back.

At the moment it was flying back, the entire boat under Li Huowang suddenly shook, and the sound of wood gradually being stressed came from under the water.

"There's something under the water!"

"Boom!" A deafening sound shook the sky.

The whole boat was suddenly lifted into the air by a huge force and then slammed back onto the lake's surface.

The already old boat couldn't withstand such torture, and it immediately broke apart.

Li Huowang tumbled into the lake, and the cold water made him shiver. He opened his eyes suddenly.

In the muddy bottom of the dark lake, there was a vague silhouette wriggling.

"Swish!" Seven grotesque eyes with strange reflections suddenly opened and stared straight at Li Huowang.