While Zu An had managed to deal with two enemies thus far, he dared not let his guard down at all.

While he was trading blows with Shi Zhenxiang earlier, he realized that, even though he had defeated a fifth rank cultivator and killed a fourth rank cultivator before, he’d enjoyed a healthy dose of luck in each of those fights. In a real fight, defeating a fourth rank cultivator was definitely no easy feat.

It was fortunate that he had Poisonous Prick and the armor-piercing arrow he had picked up earlier, or else there would have been no way for him to even breach their ki armor. The remaining duo were of even higher cultivation rank, so defeating them would pose much more of an issue.

It looks like I can’t brute force my way through them. I need to come up with a strategy and make it work.

Looking at Shi Zhenxiang’s corpse, an idea floated into Zu An’s mind.

… 

Meanwhile, after searching the forest in vain for quite some time, the remaining two killers realized that they might have run in the wrong direction. So, in accordance with their previous agreement, they headed back to where the archer was supposed to be camping to meet up, bumping into one another along the way.

“Brother Jia, did you find anything on your end?” the one with the sword asked.

“I couldn’t find anything. What about you, Brother Zhen?” asked the one wielding the spear.

The swordsman’s name was Zhen Liumang, whereas the spear wielder’s name was Jia Zhengjing. They were both deathsworn soldiers...