The Blade-Wielding Legend
Chapter 119 - 102 Who is the Winner?_2

Chapter 119: Chapter 102 Who is the Winner?_2

"Wu, what the hell do you mean!"

Finally, one of the escort masters, unable to bear it any longer, stepped out of the line and cursed angrily, "Does the Liuhe Escort Agency not care about its reputation anymore!"

The cargo is secure as long as the escorts are alive; if the escorts perish, so does the cargo.

This is the iron rule of the escort agency trade; whoever breaks it not only tarnishes their own name but also makes enemies with the entire industry.

Because such an act is akin to smashing everyone’s rice bowl.

"Gentlemen."

Wu Mao was not in a hurry but shook his head and said, "Have you not realized that there is a mole in this transport? From the moment we left Chang’an, we’ve already been sold out!"

With these words, many of the escorts fell silent.

They were veterans of the pugilistic world, well aware that something was amiss, only uncertain about the culprit.

Lu Kang?

This was all he had; losing the Lu Family would be the end of him...

An inside job at the escort agency?

The escorts involved in this operation were all elite members of their respective agencies, without any outsiders...

Thinking it over, the most likely suspect seemed to be Governor Li Siyuan, the one who stood to gain the most. But such suspicions couldn’t just be thrown around carelessly...

Just then, impatience flashed in Bai Yanhu’s eyes as he spoke with a deep voice, "To tell you the truth, Lu Kang is already dead, killed by our White Tiger Village’s ’signpost.’ We’ve even obtained the secret transport list!"

As he spoke, he took out a scroll from his chest, casually read a few names, and the faces of the escorts who heard their names turned unsightly.

Lu Kang is dead!

Could it really be the Governor who leaked the information?

The escorts were in a panic, but the exposure of the list also gave them an out. Looking at each other with faces of helplessness, they began to hand over the secret cargo.

This transport indeed carried items of immense value.

Even divided into more than a dozen parts, each was shockingly valuable.

As each piece of secret cargo was revealed, the spectators from the pugilistic world swallowed hard, their eyes gradually bloodshot.

Bai Yanhu saw this and sneered coldly, too lazy to bother with them and instead looked behind Sha Lifei, suspiciously asking, "What’s in the coffin?"

Wu Mao’s eyes darkened, "Village Chief White, I’ve already surrendered my items. The coffin holds the remains of a pugilistic senior... being sent home for burial."

"Quit your bullshit!"

Bai Yanhu snorted coldly, "Open it and let’s see. If it’s a dead man, I’ll turn around and leave."

Sha Lifei replied irritably upon hearing this, "You don’t even spare the dead, have you no decency!"

"Ha ha ha!"

The bandits burst into laughter at once.

One of the stammering bandits laughed and said, "We’ve robbed money and... and killed people. Heh... how is robbing the dead any different?"

As he spoke, he moved forward.

Swoosh!

At that moment, an arrow flew out of the dark and thudded into his leg.

"Ouch—!"

The stammering bandit immediately howled in pain, clutching his leg on the ground.

"Who’s there!"

"There’s a sniper, find them!"

The bandits immediately became agitated.

The shooter was, of course, Li Yan.

Coming back from killing You Lao Si, he had already judged the current situation. Returning to the group was just to add another blade for defense.

But lurking in the darkness, he was a greater threat.

Sure enough, Bai Yanhu’s pupils shrank, and he motioned the bandits not to move rashly, his eyes brimming with ferocity, fixating on the dark forest in the distance.

He knew that the person hiding in the shadows was the one who had killed many of his good archers and also slain You Lao Si.

In the past, he wouldn’t have let this go so easily, but he was pressed for time now, and his opponent was a Magician skilled in concealment. Continuing to entangle with him might ruin the bigger plan.

Thinking this, Bai Yanhu coldly commanded, "Enough, I’ll let you off this once. Boys, take the goods and let’s go!"

"Go?!"

"You cowardly thief Bai, you think you can run?!"

"Damn it all!"

Suddenly, several furious voices came from afar.

At the same time, a massive crowd of bandits charged in from all directions.

Bai Yanhu’s face immediately turned ugly.

The newcomers were the remaining bandits from Niubeiliang.

The leader, a fierce man with a face full of knife scars, was dragging a person and kicked them to the ground.

It was the young man who had killed Lu Kang!

The man with knife scars stood on the young man’s head, bloodshot eyes glaring, "Bai Yanhu, you goddamn bastard, thinking you could hog the bounty after getting the news, and even trying to drug us with Knockout Drug."

"Lucky for me I was cautious, and I even managed to catch your White Tiger Village’s ’signpost.’ What do you have to say for yourself, you rat!"

The bandits behind him were disheveled, their eyes bloodshot with anger.

"Say?"

Bai Yanhu sneered disdainfully and rebuked, "What’s there to say? The goods are here. If you dumb fools want them, come and take them!"

With that, he let out a fierce roar: "Men, break through!"

Just like that, the two groups of bandits clashed furiously.

This sudden turn of events left the pugilistic spectators stunned.

They never expected the bandits to fight amongst themselves.

Some harbored their own crafty thoughts, but seeing the two rampaging groups of bandits, they shook their heads slightly, deciding it was better to avoid trouble.

Yet some followed stealthily behind.

In the midst of the chaos, Bai Yanhu was in a frenzy.

Having reached the peak of his Hidden Energy, clad in chainmail armor impervious to ordinary weapons, his thorny hammers danced like the wind.

Thump!

Fueled by Hidden Energy, the oncoming bandit’s head burst like a watermelon, followed by a roar as Bai Yanhu fought fiercely with several bandit chiefs.

With the chaos ensuing, Li Yan’s threat from the shadows was now futile. He ran from the forest and spoke with a grave voice, "Don’t run around, stay put, the big ones are coming!"

"What big ones?" Sha Lifei was taken aback.

Rumble rumble!

As soon as the words were spoken, the ground began to tremble.

Everyone looked up in alarm.

A large number of cavalry were approaching, a scene of thundering hooves.

"Kill!"

The sound of horse hooves, accompanied by a sky-shattering war cry, rang out.