Chapter 17 Black Pot

That shout of "Hold!" and the thrown pebble instantly changed the situation.

Just as everyone present was slightly stunned by this turn of events, the person hidden in the shadows suddenly darted out. Their appearance was in the opposite location from where the shout had come; they didn't appear on the side where Shi Yanran and Si Yu were fighting, but instead appeared about ten feet behind Feng Bujue.

This person was dressed in green, the same attire as Wang Ao who lay dead on the ground. Because of their extreme speed and deliberate dodging, even Feng Bujue, who was closest, couldn't clearly see their face, only knowing that they were a square-faced man, tall and sturdy, with extraordinary agility.

Feng Bujue reacted and immediately turned around, intending to meet the enemy, but he didn't expect that the uninvited guest's target wasn't him at all.

The person who rushed out roared like a tiger and struck out with a palm, pressing down with a thunderous force on the corpse on the ground. This move had been brewing for a long time, and its power was astonishing, sounding like thunder as it was unleashed.

In an instant, Feng Bujue understood the person's intention, but he was powerless to stop it. Wang Ao's corpse was shattered by the surging palm force, and the half of his body filled with darts was instantly crushed, with internal organs spilling out.

After doing this, the person immediately shouted at Shi Yanran, "Go!" While shouting, they swept a palm towards the area directly in front of Feng Bujue, forcing him back.

Shi Yanran seemed to realize something as well; she already knew who the newcomer was. So, she spun around and fled, scattering a dozen or so darts to cover her retreat.

This time, the darts that flew out weren't very fast or powerful, but there were many of them, and the range was wide, forcing Si Yu and Xiao Tan, who were closer, to retreat or parry. Obviously, Shi Yanran was in a hurry to leave, so she concentrated her main energy on activating her qinggong (light body skill), throwing the hidden weapons only to delay pursuers.

The man and Shi Yanran each went in one direction, using feints to cover their retreat, and the players really couldn't chase after them. Facing the two people's ability to run on walls, among the five players, only Feng Bujue had the ability to pursue and catch up with them over long distances, and he had to continuously maintain the Ling識聚身術 (Spirit Consciousness Gathering Body Technique) state, otherwise, forget it. Although Si Yu's skill was better than Jue-ge's, she didn't have enough ability attributes to support her, and she'd have to reach level 25 to catch up with these two based on pure physical fitness without any skill assistance, so it was impossible now.

"What's going on?" Xiao Tan asked.

Before Feng Bujue could answer him, Bei Ling walked over and said, "Don't you understand? We're going to take the blame for them."

"Huh?" Xiao Tan looked blank.

Atobe's expression was similar to his, "What do you mean?"

"Isn't it all right in front of you..." Feng Bujue deactivated his Ling識聚身術 (Spirit Consciousness Gathering Body Technique) and said, "Now that the corpse is unrecognizable, those two can say whatever they want about what happened here." He walked towards Wang Ao's corpse, "From the woman's words just now, you could tell that she didn't want people to know she was the murderer. And we just happened to witness her killing someone."

"From her perspective, there are two choices."

"First, leave the corpse and flee directly without showing herself."

"Second, kill us all to silence us."

"She chose the second option, which means… the martial arts or hidden weapons she uses are highly recognizable in the martial world. She thinks that even if we didn't see the killer's face, as long as we saw the corpse, we would immediately know who the killer was. So, as soon as she saw me approaching, she decisively attacked."

"Oh! So, you said things like 'I don't know you, and I don't know him' and 'You can dispose of the corpse as you like' at the beginning," Xiao Tan suddenly realized.

Feng Bujue nodded, "I had some awareness of her thoughts at the time, and I tried to resolve it peacefully, but she obviously didn't believe us. Of course, that's only natural. If it were me, and I happened to be seen by a few strangers while committing a crime, even if they sincerely swore to keep it a secret for me, I would never believe such a promise. Because in the end, things would probably turn into them using it to blackmail me. To be honest, I'd feel uneasy if they didn't blackmail me."

While saying this, Feng Bujue squatted down next to the disgusting corpse, "The man who appeared later had probably been observing in the shadows for a long time, thinking that the woman could kill us all without him needing to take action, so he didn't show himself for a long time." He thought to himself, "The martial arts masters in this script seem to be able to tell that we don't know martial arts by observing us, or see that we don't have internal energy. I think that man and woman were no exception." He used pliers to poke at the darts in the minced meat, taking one in front of his eyes to look at, "But the reality is that our combat ability far exceeded their expectations. But as things stand, the woman only has one way to go, so the man came up with a plan when he saw the situation was bad..."

Feng Bujue had already begun searching the better preserved side of the corpse, trying to find some items on it: "...destroy the evidence." He actually said in an approving tone, "Now that the corpse is in this state, they can say that we killed this person, and he and that woman just happened to arrive and had a fierce battle with us, so the hidden weapons were scattered nearby." He sneered, "Hmph… that guy had been observing for a long time before rushing out, and he thought things through thoroughly. He rescued the woman in a critical situation, while simultaneously attacking from the east and striking from the west, deliberately using sound to disrupt our sight. Then, he suddenly appeared and struck down at the place on the corpse filled with hidden weapons.

"If the corpse was intact, there would definitely be a difference between the hidden weapons that were fired into it and those that were stuck in it after death, and there would be traces of where the fatal wounds were. But now… even if we take out a hidden weapon stuck in the minced meat, it won't prove anything. In this state, you could say this guy was killed by some kind of martial art, or that he was bitten to death by a wild animal, and people would believe it."

"Then aren't we definitely going to take the blame?" Atobe asked.

"It doesn't matter," Feng Bujue replied, he didn't find anything on the corpse, so he shrugged and stood up, "A loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise..."

"How do you mean?" Xiao Tan asked.

At this moment, Si Yu said, "You want to bluff?"

"Smart," Feng Bujue smiled and winked at her.

Bei Ling continued, "That is indeed a way..."

Atobe had a puzzled expression on his face, "The way you guys communicate is too erratic! What are you talking about all of a sudden?"

Feng Bujue turned to look at him and Xiao Tan and smiled, "Heh… you'll understand tomorrow."