Chapter 6: The Wonderful Use of Condiments!

Indeed, it is him!

With the target confirmed, Ye Weiming quickly advised, "His left rib is injured, focus on attacking there!" On hearing this, San Yue looked and sure enough, found a well-dressed wound on Chou Ba's left rib area.

By then, Ye Weiming had already made his move, his sword aimed straight at Chou Ba's forehead!

"Despicable brat, go to hell!" Chou Ba roared in anger and retaliated with a palm strike from far away. The force of it was so great that Ye Weiming felt winded by it.

Despite being injured, the power of his casual strike was still extraordinary!

A Level-25 warrior was indeed terrifying!

Faced with a palm strike powered by Chou Ba's Inner Strength, Ye Weiming dare not confront it head-on.

However, with his increased Swordsmanship Level, his agility and response time also greatly improved, a far cry from before.

His Qingfeng Sword trembled as he utilized the "Sheep Chewing Peony" technique from the "Yue Nu Swordsmanship". The shadow of his sword crisscrossed, dueling Chou Ba from recklessly chasing. Tipping his toe to the ground, he retreated diagonally, easily neutralizing Chou Ba's intimidating palm strike.

While retreating, Ye Weiming did not forget to remind Lady San Yue who was preparing to charge forward, "Don't resist it head-on, use hidden weapons!"

As he finished speaking, he threw a flying knife towards Chou Ba.

"Shoo!"

With the knife leaving his hand, it instantly turned into a streak of cold light. To enhance its power, Ye Weiming imbued it with a hint of his Inner Strength causing a shrill shriek wherever the blade passes.

Then, the flying knife shot straight past about half a foot from Chou Ba's left shoulder, and stuck fiercely into the wall of the mine, sinking in up to the hilt.

Without any training in hidden weapon skills, the things thrown out indeed lacked accuracy.

Lady San Yue was far superior in her performance. She casually tossed a flying locust stone towards Chou Ba's wound accurately, making a manly, tall Ye Weiming feel embarrassed.

Despite Lady San Yue's superior level of hidden weapon skills, Chou Ba, a level 25 warrior did not take it seriously. He easily deflected the flying locust stone without it even touching him.

"Again!"

At Ye Weiming's command, he launched another flying knife while Lady San Yue threw her flying locust stone. They constantly attacked Chou Ba from range. Despite poor accuracy, they managed to hit him occasionally due to blind luck and close distance, forcing Chou Ba to defend himself.

The duo brazenly kept Chou Ba at bay, but after strenuous five minutes, they only reduced Chou Ba's health by about 300. Most of their attacks were blocked by the agile Chou Ba.

One could only imagine if there hadn't been a beast trap restraining him, Ye Weiming and Lady San Yue would have been sent back to the resurrection point by now.

"Damn it, why is this guy so strong?" While constantly hurling hidden weapons, Lady San Yue couldn't help but complain, "I only received a three-star mission, but I have to fight such a strong BOSS, it's unjust!"

"Don't worry, the System wouldn't assign us an impossible mission. If he's here, it means there's a weak spot, we can win." Saying this, Ye Weiming threw out another flying knife that sailed half a foot over Chou Ba's head.

Perhaps realizing that the duo's attacks weren't quite powerful, or that his own Inner Strength was being depleted too fast, Chou Ba no longer used his Internal Strength to fend off their hidden weapons. Yet, their rudimentary hidden weapon skills still posed little threat to him.

Recognizing this, Chou Ba gritted his teeth and ignored their attacks. He bent down, grasped both edges of the beast trap, and started to pull it apart...

Damn it!

Ye Weiming knew that if Chou Ba managed to break the trap apart, even if he wasn't fully recovered, they would no longer be able to keep him at bay with such ease.

With their power level, facing Chou Ba head-on would only result in their immediate death!

He must be stopped!

In the midst of his thoughts, Ye Weiming had already put away his hidden weapons, drawn his Qing Feng sword, and aimed a stab at the Bai Hui acupoint on Chou Ba's bald head.

The Bai Hui acupoint was a crucial vital point on the human body. Even though Ye Weiming's strength was far inferior to Chou Ba's, the latter did not dare to ignore his attack. After all, it was clear that the Qing Feng sword in Ye Weiming's hand was no ordinary weapon, and Chou Ba had not trained in iron head skills.

In his desperate state, Chou Ba could no longer worry about the animal trap. He hurriedly mobilized his Inner Strength, exerting his full power to push Ye Weiming back with a palm.

However, the moment he let go, the animal trap that had just been pried halfway started to tighten once again.

"Clack!"

"Ah!"

Just this time alone caused Chou Ba to lose a whole 500 points of life, which was more significant than the results of their previous half-day efforts. After this release and tightening, Chou Ba's entire leg had completely lost feeling. Even if the trap was removed, it would take a while before he could move freely!

In the meantime, San Yue had made his move. Taking advantage of the moment when Chou Ba's palm pushed Ye Weiming back and the secondary damage from the animal trap caused him severe pain, he raised his hand and hit Chou Ba's temporal region on the left side.

"Bang!"

A solid palm strike, augmented by Inner Strength, resulted in a critical hit, taking away 300 points of Chou Ba's life and causing him to fall directly to the ground.

However, at this point, Chou Ba finally showed his tenacious side as a notorious river bandit. Despite being heavily injured, he managed to kick out with his only flexible leg, targeting San Yue's chest as he fell backwards.

"Bang!" A substantial kick sent San Yue flying back and rolling several times before he came to a stop.

If Chou Ba's opponent was only San Yue, he might have been able to turn the tide of the battle with this counterattack.

However, he still had another, more terrifying opponent - Ye Weiming!

Just as Chou Ba had inflicted equal damage on San Yue, Ye Weiming once again moved with his sword. His Qing Feng sword radiated a chilling murderous intent, targeting Chou Ba's heart like a swift lightning. What he employed was the deadly move 'Xi Shi Holding the Heart' from the 'Swordsmanship of the Yue Maiden'.

Chou Ba had just been hit by San Yue and was feeling dizzy, and kicking San Yue consumed all his True Qi. At this moment, when his old strength had been exhausted and new strength has yet to regenerate, he naturally couldn't resist Ye Weiming's deadly move. He promptly rolled on the ground to evade the crucial heart region, but still had his right shoulder deeply cut by the Qing Feng treasure sword, revealing the bone.

Suddenly, Chou Ba felt his entire right arm lose all sensation.

With two of his four limbs rendered useless, Chou Ba managed to stand up again from the ground, relying on his tenacious life force.

A boss is, after all, not so easy to defeat!

At this point, San Yue had already gotten up from the ground and slipped a blood-replenishing Elixir into his mouth. With a trembling voice, he said, "This guy's attack is too fierce. Just one hit from him took away two-thirds of my life. If he hits me again, I'm done for."

Ye Weiming nodded: "The outcome is in our favor. Let's continue kiting!"

Then, the two started a new round of hidden weapons attacks.

Flying knives and meteor darts... irregularly mixed with a paper bag. When Chou Ba slammed it into pieces, white particles scattered all over. However, when Chou Ba saw this, he quickly closed his eyes. But the white particles fell on his wounds, and he let out another heart-wrenching scream from the pain.

While continuously launching meteor darts, San Yue asked, "What kind of hidden weapon are you using?"

"Salt."