Chapter 1: Thunderbolt (Part 1)

  The low-pitched bugle sounded.

  "Is that team sending us a distress signal?"

  Zi Xuan Dao said, "That's right, the people here use ox horn to pass messages, just like our place has a bugle. Brother, will you save us?" This team was actually led by Lei Bao Lao Ren, he was only the nominal captain, after all, most of the small team were composed of people from Da Hong Dong.

  "Of course we'll save them," said the old man. "We're not familiar with this place, so saving them is like having a guide. Besides, we can communicate with them and get some information."

  "Alright, Qi Tianyao, you lead a team and go eliminate these barbarians."

  Lei Bao Lao Ren said: "A Feng, you go too, put down Yao Yao, you need to exercise more, fighting is the best way to learn."

  Lei Xingfeng put down Lei Xingyao and said, "Yao Yao, follow Grandpa, don't run around, brother will go out for a bit and come back soon."

  "Be careful, brother," said Leixing Yao. She would never stop Leixing Feng from going to battle; in this world, fighting was a very glorious thing.

  Qitian Yao is Qixuan's nephew, a secret wheel master. Unfortunately, he can no longer advance, and now he is the actual commander of the small team. He said: "Organize your weapons, prepare to attack."

  Du Hongchen said: "Wen Yan, you go too."

  "Good, I haven't fought in a long time either, hehe." Her master had always been fond of this disciple and generally didn't want to send her into dangerous battles. This battle wasn't particularly perilous, though - as a secret wheel practitioner, fighting against the northern barbarians was only risky if it was one against dozens.

  Lei Xingfeng took out the Black Bow, his current wheel storage space had also become larger with his upgrade, although it couldn't be compared to a Mysterious Wheel Master's, but it could still hold quite a few things. With the wheel storage space, he greatly increased the power of the Black Bow, as arrows could now be directly retrieved from the storage space. He stored one hundred arrows in the wheel storage space, which would last him for a very long time.

  Most of the Mysterious Wheel Masters below use weapons and rely on their weapons to exert their wheel power. Only when they reach the True Body of the First Ring can they freely use their wheel power to attack.

  "Come on, let's go kill those barbarians!"

  There were twelve people in the team, with the lowest level being a Qianlun Master and the highest being a Mirlun Master. Their strength was extremely powerful, and dealing with hundreds of barbarians was basically not difficult at all. Leixing Peak fell to the back of the team, his task was long-range sniping, with the power of his black bow, the barbarians were very hard to resist.

  The team on the other side let out a cheer, followed by another commotion, because they found that only about ten people came over, and their five or six hundred men barely withstood the barbarian's impact. What can these dozen people do? Are they here to die?

  The first to launch an attack was Lei Xingfeng.

  As soon as the savages found them, 7 or 8 of them rushed up quickly. The thinking of the savages is that with just over a dozen people, they can kill all of them. It's no wonder that the savages are arrogant. Ordinary people really have a hard time dealing with savages, who are much stronger than ordinary people in terms of both strength and fighting spirit.

  It's possible to encounter Lei Xingfeng and his team, these barbarians are not their opponents either, just like they bully ordinary people, cultivators bully barbarians, making them even more ruthless.

  Pffft!

  The sound of metal clashing, an arrow shot out, a barbarian fell to the ground, this arrow directly pierced through the barbarian's forehead, even if the barbarian's physique was good, it couldn't withstand this attack, one hit and he was dead, immediately followed by continuous metal clashing sounds, dark shadows flashed by, one by one the barbarians fell to the ground, before the squad could even make contact with the barbarians, all of them had been taken down by Lei Xingfeng.

  "Wow, what a powerful bow and arrow!" exclaimed Zixuan and Du Hongchen.

  "Wen Yan couldn't help but shout: 'Lei Xingfeng, you killed too quickly!'"

  Lei Xingfeng smiled and quickly ran forward, arriving at the side of the barbarian who had been killed. He swiftly picked up the arrow shafts, which were made of pure steel and were quite valuable. With a bit of repair, they could be reused, and he couldn't bear to throw them away.

  At that moment, the besieged team let out a thunderous cheer, and they had realized the newcomer's strength.

  The barbarians' attack suddenly subsided, they had realized that something was wrong. No ordinary person could have such a terrifying archery skill. To know that even if an arrow hit the barbarian, with their thick skin and sturdy physique, one arrow couldn't penetrate at all, especially their hard forehead. But Lei Xingfeng's arrows not only penetrated through but also knocked the charging barbarians flying backwards, this kind of strength was absolutely frightening.

  The barbarians on that side immediately stopped their attack and turned towards the twelve men, who instinctively sensed a great threat.

  Over a hundred barbarians charged over crazily, Qi Tianyao suddenly shouted: "Kill!" He held the steel spear and leaped up fiercely, sweeping it horizontally.

  Zhitianyao's opponent was a man holding a steel club as thick as a bowl, which collided with his steel spear as thick as a duck egg. The barbarian's face revealed a ferocious smile, and he firmly believed that his steel club could surely smash his opponent flying.

  Bam!

  Qitian Yao was the Golden Earth's Wheel of Power, and with the support of the Golden Wheel of Power, the steel spear was truly unstoppable. With this one strike, the barbarian retreated in disbelief, his eyes wide with terror. What terrified him most was the steel rod in his hand, as thick as a bowl, which had actually bent. Before he could react, Qitian Yao thrust his spear forward, and the barbarian didn't even have time to defend himself. With a loud shout, he swung his arm to block the attack.

  With a crack, the barbarian's arm was broken. Qitian Yao had already arrived at his side and slapped him on the back with a reverse palm. The barbarian fell to the ground, his spine shattered by this slap. Immediately following, one of Qitian Yao's thousand wheel masters stomped down with one foot, instantly crushing his skull.

  Lei Xingfeng continued to shoot out arrow after arrow, like a blacksmith at work. The bowstring twanged loudly, and one by one the barbarians fell to the ground.

  As soon as they came into contact, a dozen or so barbarians died instantly. The barbarians panicked and this kind of slaughter was unbearable even for the barbarians. Their numbers were originally small, especially the barbarian tribes, who had sent out their bravest warriors. If they suffered heavy casualties, their tribe might be annexed by other barbarian tribes. So a barbarian let out a loud roar, and the barbarians who were still charging behind him immediately turned around and ran away.

  Twelve people followed to kill, but the desert barbarian's escape speed was too fast, making these cultivators from the forest very unaccustomed. Except for Lei Xingfeng who was still shooting arrow after arrow, no one else could catch up. Soon, Qi Tianyao ordered: "Everyone come back!"

  Lei Xingfeng also stopped shooting, and none of the barbarians he aimed at with his bow and arrow could escape. They all died instantly from a single shot to the head. This guy was particularly good at shooting heads, and his archery skills were extremely accurate. As long as he targeted a barbarian, they couldn't escape. In fact, he killed the most barbarians.

  Wen Yan was very displeased; she had just killed one barbarian, and another had escaped.

  Lei Xingfeng single-handedly shot and killed sixteen barbarians, while the others together only managed to kill twenty-one barbarians, with a dozen or so wounded barbarians escaping.

  Du Hongchen led two large horned cows, Lei Bao old man and Qi Xuan, the three of them slowly walked down the sand dune, towards that besieged team.

  A group of people walked out from that team and both sides quickly merged together.

  This is a merchant caravan of the Tang Dynasty.

  As one of the largest forces in the Western Regions, Man Tuo Merchant Group was considered a small-scale transportation team. If it were a medium or large-sized merchant group, the barbarians wouldn't dare to attack because such groups usually have many cultivators stationed there. In contrast, this small-scale merchant group only had a few low-level cultivators, with the highest being a Thousand Wheels Master.

  In this merchant group, only about ten people were cultivators. The most powerful one was a hundred-wheel master, who was already very old. The others were all small wheel masters, belonging to the newly entered cultivation gate, but their innate talent was very poor. After more than a decade of cultivation, they still couldn't reach the level of a hundred-wheel master. Of course, they were much stronger than ordinary people and were the first warriors recruited by various small merchant groups.

  Lei Bao Lao Ren, Qi Xuan and Du Hong Chen did not intend to come out and negotiate. With their identity and status, they were not willing to discuss with a merchant team. The task fell on Qi Tian Yao and Lei Xing Feng. The reason for adding Lei Xing Feng was that Lei Bao Lao Ren consciously let him practice, only through various things could he learn how to handle affairs.

  Lei Bao Lao Ren had suffered from this kind of trouble before. When he first started out, he was already a top-notch expert, but he didn't know how to communicate or interact with others. His temper was also extremely violent, and at the slightest disagreement, he would start a fierce fight. His cultivation was very high, so it wasn't unusual for him to kill someone in a fight. He had gotten into countless troubles because of this, which is why he intentionally let Lei Xing Feng go out and train. After all, with him supporting from behind, even if Lei Xing Feng did something wrong or got into trouble, he could still help smooth things over.

  The leader of the Man Tang merchant group was a young man, about twenty years old, who was not a cultivator. He had already spoken with the captain of the guard and knew that the people in front of him were all Wheel Masters. As for what level they were at, he didn't understand, but he did know that these people were extremely formidable and absolutely could not be offended.

  "I am Chi Tian Yao, Mi Lun Master, I'm in charge here."

  Lei Xingfeng said: "Lei Xingfeng, Wan Lun Shi."

  The leader of the caravan said: "I have met all the adults, I am Tuo Luo Niao, the leader of the caravan."

  "Are you from the Mandola family?"

  But Lei Xingfeng was still in doubt, Top bird? Is there such a bird?

  Taro nodded and said: "Yes, I am a member of the Mando family. Thank you for your rescue."

  "It's nothing to thank me for. When one sees such a thing, no one will sit idly by. May I ask, are you all headed to the Western Expedition Country?"

  Tuo Luo Niao Dao said, "That's right, we are going to Xi Rong Country." When he learned that Qi Tian Yao and the others were also going to Xi Rong Country, he immediately extended a warm invitation, hoping they could travel together.

  Zhitian Yao did not refuse, he originally wanted to follow the merchant team, wanting to get information. The merchant team's information was the most informed, after all, they had traveled extensively and heard a lot, knowing many things.

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