One step!

For a warrior: within a single step is the distance to fight for one’s life. The brute swung his greatsword and was about to chop off the little girl’s head, but he saw a flash of a shadow. ……The girl disappeared.

He instinctively looked down,

only to suddenly feel pain on his left calf;

The brute was just looking down at the ground, but he saw the sun instead of the ground.

(How did…)

He hadn't realized that he was kicked into the air, and that something cool poked him on his temple.

——The sun was swallowed by darkness.

When he was in the air, the brute had fainted.

From the flashing of the greatsword, to kicking the brute with surprising strength, and then knocking him out with a finger. It only took Sushang less than a blink of an eye.

Her spirit has been focused like never before.

In addition to knocking down the enemy in front of her, there was no more thought in Sushang's mind.

It was the「Blade Mantra」of the Five Essences of Edge of Taixuan.

The foundational Essence, yet it was also the most difficult Essence to master.

『Blade Mantra - Still Water』!

The man took a step late, but Rong’s body blocked and luckily separated him from the girl. The three remaining people quickly readjusted their formation. The other two remained silent.

There was no answer from either side.

The experienced Sand bandits didn’t care about this, because in their eyes, the girl was already a dying person.

At the other end, Sushang laid on the sand, suddenly jumped in a split second, her left foot kicked the sand towards the men, arousing the sand and rocks like a waterfall.

Use sand to cover the enemy’s sight in exchange for a valuable time advantage.

Use every point of the venue factor to maximize the possibility of winning.

This was Sushang's way of thinking.

But this was also what the enemy expected.

Due to many years in the Northern Desert, the bandits have long been familiar with this style of tricks.

It’s better to say that they were the most proficient in these same tactics.

Girl kicked up the sand, which was not surprise, as the enemies they faced in the past always did the same.

But if she thought they would be in a hurry because of this, then she was underestimating the Sand bandits.

——The「Golden Sand Gang」of the Northern Desert has been operating on Shenzhou, Ingush, and Bahai’s border for over six years.

What they did was the work of bandits: robbing caravans that went to and from countries, snatching precious goods, killing men and old people, and selling women and children into slavery.

But compared to other bandits, the Sand bandits were more disciplined.

Legend has it that the leader of the Golden Sand Gang,「Eagle」, was of military background.

However, he was relegated for unjust crimes, and the whole clan was implicated.

「Eagle」came to the Northern Desert and out of rage, became a bandit, and joined the gang. It only took him a day, a knife and an intelligent mind to ascend the position of the leader. No one dared to mention the name of the previous bandit leader since then. Biography unlocked：「Eagle」

The gang feared「Eagle」because he was ruthless;

The gang respected「Eagle」, because he always won and was undefeated.

After becoming the new boss, he brought about earth-shaking changes to the Golden Sand Gang.

The gang went from former bandits to becoming a small disciplined group, the overlord of the land along the border of the Northern Desert.

The bandits must have practiced martial arts at one point or another, and practiced diligently.

After martial arts training was completed, they were trained in military arts.

「Eagle」tirelessly taught formation, changes, coordination, and various signals and commands.

What「Eagle」wanted was not a sloppy bandit group, but an army.