Chapter 359: Slaying Zhou An! (1/2)

Chapter 359: Slaying Zhou An!

The battle by the slope was extremely intense. The bandits and highwaymen in the area rushed right up to Xu Gan and Huang Yongtu ceaselessly, as if the endless waves of the ocean.

”Bad news, military advisor. Bad news!”

At the end of the bend by the main road, a highwaymen rushed over to Zhou An and reported, ”Military advisor, bad news! The chief has...”

Kneeling on the floor, the highwayman's face was thick with fear. Panicked, he stuttered nervously as he pointed in the distance, and for a long moment, he was unable to voice his words out.

Pah!

A palm suddenly slapped the face of the highwayman harshly.

”You cretin, speak clearly! What happened to the chief?” Zhou An roared furiously. That bastard kept saying that something bad had happened, but he simply couldn't say what was going on. That had almost made him faint of anxiety.

”Military advisor, chief has been killed!” The highwayman froze for a moment before he regained his speech and finished his words.

Hong long!

That seemingly ordinary words of the highwayman fell like a cannonball, triggering a wave of shock within everyone's hearts.

Within a radius of ten zhang, those who heard those words fell into an abrupt silence. Even the battle going on in the distance seemed to have grown considerably quieter.

Everyone was staring at the kneeling highwayman with dumbfounded gazes.

”You bastard, what kind of nonsense are you speaking?” Shocked and angered by the news, Zhou An glared at the reporting highwayman and kicked him aside. ”Our chief possesses unparalleled cultivation and is protected by the Iron Cloak Technique. How could he possibly die? If you continue uttering nonsense here, don't blame me for turning nasty!” Zhou An said as he drew his saber and pressed it against the highwayman's neck.

The chief couldn't possibly have died at this moment!

He mustn't!

Given his superior martial arts and the elites that had followed him there, how could he possibly be unable to defeat that young brat and those pesky soldiers with him?

No matter what, Zhou An would never believe such ridiculous rumors!

However, the uneasiness he felt was swiftly intensifying. Regardless of the truth, there was one thing he was sure of. Something must have happened on the chief's end!

But Zhou An couldn't imagine what could have happened within this short period of time.

Where are Hu Lang, Chang Dao, and Huo Yuan?

Are they all dead? Why aren't they back yet?

”Zhou An, look who it is!” Just as Zhou An was plagued with doubts, a deafening bellow suddenly sounded out.

Following which, a round and black object was tossed over from the bend at the main road.

After tumbling several times in the air, it accurately pierced onto a sharp branch pointed upward.

A gale blew past, and the cloth wrapping around it scattered, revealing a gruesome head within.

Woosh!

Upon seeing the face on the head, the hundreds of bandits and highwaymen in the area cried out in sheer terror as they backed away.

There were even a few who unwittingly tumbled down the slope after losing their balance.

”Chief!” Seeing that head, Zhou An's eyes reddened in fury. That head belonged to no other than Iron Cloak Li!

His eyes were still wide-open, as if he was unable to believe that he could be killed even at his dying breath.

Zhou An couldn't understand how Iron Cloak Li, who possessed the protection of the Iron Cloak Technique, allowing him to withstand attacks from even ten True Martial realm experts simultaneously, could actually be killed!

In that instant, Zhou An felt as if his entire world had collapsed.

”Everyone, listen! That isn't the chief, but a head they had forged in replica of him! Obey my commands, devote your strength into attacking those soldiers on the slope and slaughter them clean. I'll personally kill anyone who dares to hold back!” Zhou An yelled viciously as he pointed at the soldiers on the slope.

”Zhou An, that's not your call to make!” a voice sounded.

In the next instant, the Great Tang cavalrymen on the slope abruptly charged out of the endless sea of bandits and highwaymen in an Arrow Formation.

Hong!

The crowd immediately descended into chaos. After the elites among the highwaymen and bandits were taken away, none of the bandits and highwaymen remaining in the area had reached True Martial realm.

After seeing the fearsome might of the Great Tang cavalrymen's charge from Wang Chong's platoon, who could possibly remain unfazed in their presence, especially since their chief, Iron Cloak Li, was likely to have been killed already?

”Get out of the way!”

”Be careful, here they come again!”