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In the span of a single breath, Hong Lei had arrived before the person who had launched the sneak attack.

It was evident that the person who had assaulted Hong Lei had yet to react. With a confused expression, he looked to Hong Lei and arrived before him.

He was indeed stunned, because he had even forgotten the most basic method of dealing with danger and escaping.

This could not be blamed on him. That was because Hong Lei's strength was not weak to begin with. Furthermore, his strength had increased explosively, making him even more powerful.

The increase in strength meant that his other aspects had also improved. Naturally, his Qing Gong had only improved by a few grades as well.

In that instant, even though Hong Lei clearly didn't use any profound instantaneous movement techniques, his powerful strength had supported him to the person who ambushed him. In the blink of an eye, he had arrived in front of that person, leaving him with no time to react.

Hong Lei grabbed the person by the neck and lifted him up.

"Ugh …" The attacker's legs were lifted off the ground. Suddenly, they lost all their strength. He could only feel his breathing tighten, and his face instantly turned pale due to insufficient blood supply.

For a moment, his entire body felt like it was going to spasm. Pain was written all over his face.

He originally had a bow in his hand, but now he fell to the ground out of powerlessness.

"Bam!" At this moment, Hong Lei let go of the person who attacked him. After that person was released, he sat down on the ground.

He breathed in and out heavily, as if he had seen the most beautiful thing in the world.

He was dressed in a robe which had almost been washed to the point of turning white. He had a delicate and pretty face.

This person was the young shop owner of the tavern that Yang Muyun had met before, Ye Ning.

At this moment, he greedily breathed in the air. His face had once again recovered its color, and he was quickly recovering.

However, Hong Lei did not have the patience to wait for him to recover. He immediately pulled out the Rain Sword, comparing it to the throat of the person who had assaulted him.

"Speak, who sent you?" Hong Lei asked.

So the reason why Hong Lei didn't immediately kill him was to interrogate him about who Ye Ning was and why he was hiding behind his back to ambush him.

After all, he had already learned from Feng Xiao and Li Gang's mistakes. He took this opportunity to find out who else wanted to deal with him.

"Pei, you bastard." Ye Ning immediately scolded Hong Lei, "I am not sent by anyone."

"That would be interesting." Hong Lei didn't mind Ye Ning's scolding, "Then there's no enmity between us, why do you want to kill me?"

"Without enmity?" Ye Ning sneered, "You actually said that you and I have no enmity between us?"

"When you killed my father, why didn't you say that there were no grievances?" Ye Ning shouted.

"I've killed many people. Who is your father?" Disdain could be seen in Hong Lei's eyes.

"A small wine stand outside Windraiser City." Ye Ning reminded, "Was the owner of that shop killed by you?"

"Oh." Hong Lei was suddenly enlightened. "Then I still have a bit of an impression of him."

"That's right." Hong Lei immediately recognized him, "That person was indeed killed by me."

"It really is you!" Ye Ning struggled to get up. He glared at Hong Lei and was about to charge forward.

"Bam!" Hong Lei kicked Ye Ning in the chest. Ye Ning couldn't compare to Hong Lei's gravity, and fell to the ground without being able to move.

As for Yang Muyun, he was looking at Ye Ning with a worried expression.

From the moment he saw the person in the crack in the wall, he had already recognized Ye Ning.

He instantly guessed that the reason Ye Ning had come was to avenge his foster father.

Yang Muyun remembered that Ye Ning said that his foster father's death was related to the Black Armored Army, so he must be here to take revenge on Hong Lei.

That day, Ye Ning had asked for his help, but when he told Gui Ning about it, he had forgotten about it.

He believed that Gui Ning's influence in Shattered Leaf City was formidable. At the very least, it was much more powerful than the one he had in Shattered Leaf City. Therefore, he had forgotten about this matter and decided to hand it over to Gui Ning.

However, he didn't expect Ye Ning to be so risky as to come here to find Hong Lei.

Wasn't this the same as suicide?

Yang Muyun looked at Ye Ning and was a little anxious. He was a little worried about Ye Ning's safety.

No matter what, they were people he knew, and could even be considered friends. If it wasn't because Yang Muyun couldn't move right now, he would have immediately rushed over to save him.

Yang Muyun's anxious expression was naturally seen by Cui Bong, who stood to the side. Due to the sudden appearance of the cold arrow, he stayed behind to observe the situation.

Cui Bong naturally saw Ye Ning, who was being threatened by Hong Lei, and asked Yang Muyun, "Is that person your friend?"

Yang Muyun paused for a moment and slowly said, "You can say that …"

What Cui Banyan pressed was Yang Muyun's acupuncture point, but it didn't seal his mute acupoint.

"Yes." Cui Banyan nodded, not saying another word.

At this moment, the elites of Three Boats and Eighteen Docks returned. They held onto a medium-sized black sack and passed it to Qu Rong.

The man's eyes were red, and his expression was grave.

Qu Rong quickly tied the black bag to his body, then turned around to look at Yang Muyun, "Brat, remember our agreement."

As he finished speaking, Cui Bong activated his Qing Gong, heading straight for Hong Lei.

However, no matter how he looked at it, Cui Bong's footsteps seemed to be a bit unstable.

And at this time, in the direction of Hong Lei.

"Bam!" Hong Lei stepped on Ye Ning again.

"I will kill you!" Ye Ning's eyes were bloodshot, and he refused to give up.

"Hmph." Hong Lei snorted lightly and gave Ye Ning a kick, causing Ye Ning to roll away.

Hong Lei seemed to have sensed something. He turned to look at a spot not too far away, in the direction that Cui Rong was dashing towards.

He turned around and looked at Ye Ning, "Forget it, I won't play with you anymore."

Hong Lei grasped the sword and approached Ye Ning, "You can go meet your father down there!"

After he finished speaking, Hong Lei was about to slash his sword down towards Ye Ning's throat.

However, right at this moment, a shining flash of a blade arrived and struck onto Hong Lei's sword. Although its power was inferior to Hong Lei's sword strike, it was completely capable of deflecting Hong Lei's sword energy.

Hong Lei's sword attack was deflected. He turned around to defend as he was pushed back a few steps.

At this moment, Cui Hua arrived just in time. Her dagger danced in the air, drawing an arc in the air.

However, Qu Rong didn't continue fighting, but rather helped Ye Ning up and asked, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Ye Ning stood up and looked at Cui Rong.

"If you have nothing else to do, then hurry up and leave." Cui Rong pointed in Yang Muyun's direction, "There, let's go!"

"Yes, yes." Ye Ning nodded, and without further ado, he immediately ran in the direction of the Eighteen Docks' Main Hall.

"You want to leave?" Hong Lei's sword was blocked and he quickly reacted with another sword strike. "Die!"

"Humph!" "Okay." Gu Qishao replied immediately as he brandished his dagger.

Ping!

The dagger's dark light clashed with the sword's cyan light.

Boom! *

A fog of sand pervaded the air, covering everything in confusion.