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In the torrential rain.

Yan Ju, Yun Liao, and Hua Lanyue stared dumbfounded at the battle between Bao Chao and the skull-masked man.

Their offenses and defenses were continuous, tight, and unmatched in power.

Whether it was Bao Chao's or the skull-masked man's moves, even a slight graze would result in serious injury or death for the three of them.

Even if the three wanted to help, they couldn't intervene at all.

"Senior Brother, should we... retreat first?"

Hua Lanyue asked in a low voice.

They couldn't help, and standing there was not a solution.

If the skull-masked man lost, they wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

The heavy rain continued to pour on the three of them.

The blood on their bodies mixed with the rainwater, spreading at their feet.

All three of them were injured.

Especially Hua Lanyue and Yun Liao, who were the most severely wounded.

"Pa-thump!"

A soft sound occurred.

Yan Ju immediately noticed it and looked back.

He saw several heads poking in from outside the small courtyard, but they quickly retracted when they met Yan Ju's gaze.

They were constables from the yamen.

They had long been attracted by the commotion here.

However, when they saw how fierce the battle was, they realized that experts were fighting.

So, the constables hid outside, hesitating to come in.

Yan Ju turned his head back to look at the battle and suddenly his expression froze:

"They're about to determine the victor!"

"Get on the roof! Prepare to retreat!"

The three no longer hesitated and immediately jumped onto the roof.

At this time, they didn't care whether the skull-masked man was a strong reinforcement sent by the sect; their priority was to save their lives.

At the same time, the situation on the battlefield had undergone a dramatic change!

After Bao Chao seized the opportunity to kick away the Blood Droplet, the skull-masked man was wide open.

He naturally wouldn't miss the opponent's flaw.

Bao Chao moved with the Swift Crane Steps, finally closing in on the skull-masked man.

The black giant sword slashed through the rain curtain horizontally.

But Bao Chao had already anticipated it:

"Useless!"

Fifth-rank martial artists could stimulate their inner force outside their bodies, and even using a tree branch could injure people with sword energy.

Therefore, although Bao Chao didn't bring a knife, his hand was no weaker than a knife.

Blade energy howled, fiercely striking the giant sword.

"Clang!!"

Accompanied by the sound of metal colliding, the skull-masked man's giant sword was shaken open by Bao Chao's blade energy.

Then, Bao Chao launched a fierce attack with his leg.

"Iron Broom Leg!"

Bao Chao's knee heavily struck the skull-masked man's abdomen, and powerful inner force immediately poured into the skull-masked man's body.

A successful hit!

A look of ferocity and triumph appeared in Bao Chao's eyes.

Although the opponent was strong, he still won!

The abdomen was a weak point for male martial artists; as long as he hit with this Iron Broom Leg, the powerful inner force could instantly shatter the opponent's internal organs.

There was no chance of survival!

If this skull-masked man was not eliminated, he would definitely be a great threat to the Senluo Sect once he broke through to the fifth rank.

Now, Bao Chao was excited to kill a future powerful enemy for the sect.

Suddenly—

The skull-masked man threw away the giant sword and firmly grabbed Bao Chao.

"Why isn't he dead yet?"

Bao Chao was shocked.

His fatal blow should have completely cut off the skull-masked man's vitality at this time.

Why could the opponent still move?

He immediately circulated his inner force, ready to forcibly break free.

"Clatter!"

At the same time, Bao Chao suddenly heard the sound of the iron chain retracting in the skull-masked man's mechanical arm.

The two-hundred-pound Blood Droplet was falling from a height of more than ten meters, its power already terrifying.

Now, the powerful pulling force generated by the contraction of the iron chain made the Blood Droplet smash down with unmatched power like a meteor.

It arrived in an instant!

Bao Chao's body was grabbed by the skull-masked man, and he couldn't break free for a short time, leaving Bao Chao with no way to avoid it!

Bao Chao's eyes widened, and he looked at the skull-masked man in horror:

"Are you even human?"

As long as it was a living person, Bao Chao didn't believe that they could survive after taking his Iron Broom Leg with ten percent of his inner force.

What was even more ridiculous was that this skull-masked man could still attack as if nothing had happened.

Bao Chao also realized from the sensation coming from his knee that he had hit not a fresh body, but... a metal puppet!

These were Bao Chao's last words and thoughts.

His voice had not yet faded.

The heavy Blood Droplet had already heavily smashed into his shoulder, almost shattering it.

And his head was also caught in the Blood Droplet.

The inner circle of blades of the Blood Droplet instantly popped out, cutting into Bao Chao's neck.

The skull-masked man pulled his hand.

"Swish!"

The Blood Droplet left Bao Chao's shoulder, but it also took away his head.

A stream of blood shot up from the severed part of Bao Chao's neck, steaming in the pouring rain.

"Bang!"

His headless corpse crashed heavily, splashing a patch of rainwater.

A fifth-rank expert had fallen!

The entire scene was silent.

They had imagined various outcomes.

For example, the skull-masked man dying, or the skull-masked man escaping.

The most outrageous result was that the skull-masked man defeated Bao Chao, and Bao Chao escaped with injuries.

But they never expected that a sixth-rank martial artist could actually kill a fifth-rank expert head-on!

Especially since this was not an ordinary fifth-rank expert, but a Senluo Sect elder who had been famous for more than a decade!

"Rumble rumble rumble!!"

Another thunderclap resounded through the heavens and the earth.

No one present was afraid of the thunder.

But at this moment, they were all shocked by this muffled thunder.

The skull-masked man stood in the heavy rain, his tall, iron-tower-like body covered in raindrops splashing water.

At this time, everyone's eyes were filled with awe and... fear.

Especially Qiu Zhuo.

He had shrunk into the corner of the study, trembling all over, with no way to retreat.

Otherwise, he would have wanted to leave this place as soon as possible, away from this terrifying skull-masked man.

This was simply a demon!

He didn't even blink when he killed Yang Jingye and Bao Chao, and his methods were extremely cruel.

Even the lives of these big figures were not in his eyes, let alone a small character like Qiu Zhuo.

Yan Ju and the other two also gasped.

They were standing on the roof, originally planning to escape without hesitation if Bao Chao was about to win.

But just as they were about to jump out of the yamen, they saw Bao Chao lose his head.

This kind of reversal made the three of them stop abruptly.

"Senior Brother, should we... go and greet the senior?"

Hua Lanyue asked softly.

But Yan Ju hurriedly stopped her:

"Don't rush!"

"He may not be on our side."

These words made Hua Lanyue and Yun Liao slightly confused.

There were no other experts in Taiyang County, and who else could jump out at a critical moment to kill Bao Chao and save the three of them besides people from their Guiyi Sect or outside aid?

Yan Ju couldn't think of who it could be either.

But he always felt that this skull-masked man was like... he had no human emotions.

Making him afraid to contact him easily.

At this time.

The skull-masked man moved.

He picked up the giant sword and lifted the Blood Droplet.

The inner circle of blades of the Blood Droplet retracted, and Bao Chao's head fell out of it.

The head rolled once on the ground, and when it finally stopped, its face was facing the sky, its eyes wide open, and it couldn't rest in peace.

Of course, he died unwillingly.

If he had been determined to escape, this skull-masked man would have found it difficult to keep him.

But he stubbornly thought that he had grasped the flaw and could kill the skull-masked man.

But who could have imagined that the object he had been fighting all along was not a living person at all, but just a battle puppet!

The skull-masked man leaped over the wall.

His figure soon disappeared from everyone's sight...