The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 517 - 368: Each Own’s Battle

Chapter 517: Chapter 368: Each Own’s Battle

Li Yi had not yet approached Shoushan Village when he was spotted by the warriors of the village. Accompanied by the ringing of alarms, all the warriors of Shoushan Village, big and small, gathered together to prepare to face the enemy, while the women and children all gathered under the big tree in the center of the village to avoid disaster.

Such a commotion made Li Yi somewhat puzzled.

He had once been defeated by them, and now he returned. By rights, they should not know about the transformation in his strength, so why such elaborate preparations for battle?

Moreover, he was alone and vastly outnumbered; did they really need to mobilize the entire village to deal with him?

"No matter what, I’ve come all this way; today, no matter what, I have to rescue Jiang Mingtian and the others."

Li Yi thought to himself, then continued to ride Niu Niu forward, while issuing orders to the Thunder Battle Machine to charge its main cannon, ready to fire at any moment.

"It really is that evil foreigner, he has come, bringing two mutant beasts with him, one called Good Wings, and the other is... that father beast. These two mutant beasts are still in their infancy, not very strong, so there’s no need to worry. On the other hand, this evil foreigner seems to have undergone quite a few changes since a few days ago."

At the entrance of the village, a giant nearly three meters tall, holding a great sword, stood immobile, protecting Shoushan Village like a Door God.

Meanwhile, the High Priest named Mai Sui, with a gloomy expression, was not in a good mood: "He comes bearing hatred, Ju Jiao, no matter what, we cannot let him go again today. We’ve already lost three young warriors to death, and two more warriors have been gravely injured. If we can’t settle this matter today, Shoushan Village will never have peaceful days."

"Of course, I will not show mercy as I did last time. For the enemy who has drenched his hands in the blood of my people, I, Ju Jiao, will surely chop off his head."

Ju Jiao grinned, showing his pearly white teeth, like a Fierce Beast ready to devour a man, his towering figure exuding a brutal aura.

When Li Yi arrived at the entrance of the village riding Niu Niu, immediately, more than a dozen stout men dressed in leather armor and armed with great swords, axes, and bows surrounded him.

Then Ju Jiao pulled out his great sword from the ground and quickly approached with large strides: "Evil foreigner, I didn’t expect you to dare show your face in Shoushan Village again. I once respected you as a warrior and gave you the respect you deserved after you defeated Zhong Chi, but you accepted our kindness only to turn against us like a rabid wolf, killing our children of Shoushan Village and attacking our High Priest. Today, we must recover this blood debt from you no matter what."

"Leader, kill him, kill this evil foreigner, and avenge Zhu Huan and the others."

"Yes, chop off his head and make his skull into a drinking vessel."

"I want to pull out his bones to pound dung."

The nearby warriors of Shoushan Village were seething with uncontainable anger and moral outrage, regarding Li Yi as a Demon and murderer, wishing they could skin him alive right there.

Li Yi frowned deeply upon hearing this: "Ju Jiao, if you want to make a move, just come; why slander me? I’m evil? The people of Shoushan Village are the real born evildoers. My companions and I ventured out, and it was you who took the initiative to attack us, to destroy our weapons and equipment, to beat us into serious injuries and capture us, and to plunder the armor and weapons from our bodies."

"You bunch of barbaric robbers, dare to accuse me?"

"I was going to chop your head off with one stroke, but what you said has made me, Ju Jiao, quite unhappy."

Ju Jiao stared at Li Yi, with no immediate intention to attack: "I know well that a village that easily makes enemies can never prosper. You foreigners do not know the taboos here, offending the gods sleeping in the valley, and we the people of Shoushan Village can overlook that. But the blood debt from you killing Zhu Huan, Iron Foot, and Lie Shi is indelible. How will you quibble?"

"That was a fight between warriors, isn’t death a part of it? That’s the rule of Shoushan Village, and it was that brat Zhu Huan who challenged me in the first place. If you don’t believe it, you can ask a woman named Shanguo," said Li Yi.

Upon hearing this, Ju Jiao was taken aback, then turned and shouted angrily: "Shanguo? Is this true?"

Shortly after, the woman named Shanguo ran out from the village behind, in a very bad state, her injuries not yet healed; upon hearing her leader’s question, she could only muster her courage to say: "Yes, it’s true, Zhu Huan and the others indeed initiated the challenge to this evil foreigner."

Ju Jiao was silent for a moment.

It wasn’t just him – the warriors who had previously been shouting for revenge for Zhu Huan and the others also suddenly fell silent.

If it was a fight between warriors, there was nothing to complain about, just like when Zhong Chi was previously defeated.

Li Yi sneered again: "As for attacking your High Priest? It seems that your village’s High Priest struck the first blow against me, right? I merely took back what belonged to me."

Ju Jiao fell silent once again, then glanced at the High Priest.

High Priest Mai Sui spoke in a heavy voice: "Right now, right and wrong are not important. For the village, this foreigner must die. Don’t forget, we’ve already sold his companions off as slaves. The seeds of enmity are sown, and only complete death on their part can overcome this crisis. Thankfully, only he came this time. If he had brought a group of those evil Earth Prisoners with him, then Shoushan Village would be finished."

He had somehow gleaned some information about the Earth Prisoners from one of the captured people.