Chapter 00157: Water Bandits (Part 2)
# Water Bandits (Part 2)
Chapter 157
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 157: Water Bandits (Part 2)
Yang Yiyi had a dream of being a great hero, and this was the greatest motivation for her to seek a master and learn martial arts.
Even after ten years of doing chores in her sect, she had never given up on this dream.
She thought to herself, once I learn peerless martial arts, I will go out and uphold justice for the weak, roaming the Jianghu with my sword.
I'll roar when I see injustice, and act when it's time to act.
The words she spoke after jumping aboard were purely lines she had imagined for herself, without any consideration for whether the time or place was appropriate.
This immediately made everyone, both on the merchant ship and among the water bandits, realize a certain fact.
This girl’s brain was probably not very smart…
Although she seemed a bit dim-witted, that one kick was indeed quite stunning.
The water bandit who was kicked away was lying on the ground, completely unable to get up.
The water bandit leader looked big and burly, but he was actually meticulous.
Seeing this, he did not act immediately, but instead replied:
“The Water Ghosts are at work, so keep your eyes sharp. Which path are you on?”
This was to probe Yang Yiyi’s background.
The water bandit knew that he could thrive so well because he had a backer, but if he encountered a powerful figure that even his backer couldn't handle, he would have to tuck his tail between his legs.
This world was full of hidden tigers and crouching dragons.
No matter how fearless one was, one couldn't just go around causing trouble.
The main reason was that Yang Yiyi dared to come up all by herself.
It wouldn't make sense if she didn't have some sort of backing.
If she truly had a powerful background, the water bandit would definitely turn back without hesitation.
His words were a kind of underworld slang, to see if Yang Yiyi was one of them.
But how would Yang Yiyi know any of this? Her mind was filled with images of great heroes announcing their names as they upheld justice.
“This young lady is… is, um…”
Having imagined the scene of announcing her name countless times, Yang Yiyi had overlooked an important problem.
She hadn't given herself a resounding nickname.
Look at all the great heroes in the Jianghu, they all had nicknames.
Even the heroes of Liangshan Marsh all had nicknames.
Things like Double Mace Hu Yanzhuo, or Timely Rain Song Jiang.
But Yang Yiyi had never thought about this, and the words suddenly got stuck in her throat.
The people on the ship were all waiting for her to announce her title, but Yang Yiyi, who hadn't read much, couldn't think of a cool-sounding name at the moment.
And so, the scene became very awkward for a time.
The water bandit leader was getting impatient and asked:
“Is what?”
“Is… is… I’m not telling you!”
“…”
It wasn't an illusion.
This girl’s brain probably had something seriously wrong with it.
The water bandit leader was so exasperated he almost laughed.
He raised his iron-ringed broadsword:
“Well, well! It’s been a while since I’ve been active on the road, and now even a little girl dares to make fun of me!”
“No, that’s not what I meant!”
Yang Yiyi hurriedly and clumsily tried to explain.
Just then, a few screams came from below the ship, and then Zheng Yinping and Li Yingluo also used the Fish Leap Technique to jump aboard.
“Don’t waste your breath on these water bandits. Just fight.”
After Zheng Yinping spoke, she thrust her steel spear and with two quick smacks, swept several water bandits off the ship.
When Yang Yiyi heard this, she thought it made sense.
That was right, why was she wasting her breath?
She immediately picked up a bamboo pole from the ground to use as a staff and unleashed the White Ape Staff Technique on the surrounding water bandits.
“They’re from the Jianghu, trained martial artists! Everyone, be careful!”
Three girls against a group of fierce-looking water bandits should have been a very difficult fight.
Moreover, women have a natural disadvantage in physical ability compared to men.
But all three of them had martial arts to back them up.
Even if their strength was naturally inferior to men, what could you say when they had internal skill?
Besides, Yang Yiyi and Zheng Yinping, in terms of strength alone, could leave ordinary men in the dust.
When they started fighting, it was like tigers entering a flock of sheep.
Water bandits were constantly knocked into the water, falling into the river with a series of splashes like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
The water bandit leader knew at a glance that this matter would not end well today.
He grabbed his nine-ring broadsword and slashed at Yang Yiyi.
“Heroine, watch out for the saber!”
Tang Lianyu quickly shouted a warning.
Yang Yiyi turned her head and saw the gleaming blade hacking towards her.
Yang Yiyi was using a bamboo pole as a staff because her 'Compliant Golden-Hooped Staff' was in the Sumeru Realm of the jade tablet.
Fighting someone with a weapon while bare-handed was a bit of a disadvantage, but this bamboo pole could not block the man's great saber.
Yang Yiyi turned the pole sideways to block, and with a whoosh, the great saber split the bamboo pole in two.
The long staff had become a short staff.
She had never learned how to use a short staff, so she simply let go and threw it, striking the back of the broadsword with her palm.
The burly, fleshy-faced water bandit leader immediately felt a powerful, brutish force travel up the hilt of his saber.
The broadsword felt like it was about to fly out of his hand, and he had to hurriedly use more strength to grip the hilt firmly.
Just as he was about to execute a move like 'Sweep Through a Thousand Troops', he found that Yang Yiyi was as fast as a gale, rushing forward in a flash and striking out with a furious shout.
He hastily raised his saber to block, but Yang Yiyi’s fist was like it was made of iron.
It struck the body of the blade with a crisp clang of metal on metal.
The water bandit leader was sent flying by a single punch from a little girl who was only as tall as his chest.
With a loud clatter, the saber in his hand shattered on the ground.
When the water bandit leader got back up, he was only holding a hilt.
In an instant, his soul nearly flew out in terror.
And this was the result of having the broadsword to block the blow.
If the punch had landed directly on his chest, he would have likely died on the spot.
To be a water bandit, one had to be ruthless, and two, one had to have good judgment.
You couldn't provoke people you shouldn't provoke.
This wasn't a line of work you could survive in with brute force alone.
Generally, water bandits and people from the Jianghu kept to themselves, like well water not mixing with river water.
If someone from the Jianghu couldn't stand it and stepped out to announce their name, as long as they weren't being too overbearing, the water bandits would usually retreat rather than clash head-on with a martial artist.
But who would have known that Yang Yiyi would attack directly without even announcing a name?
The water bandit leader immediately understood that he had kicked an iron plate.
The only thought in his mind was to run away quickly.
He scrambled up, took out his whistle and blew it, signaling his men to scram.
According to the rules of the Jianghu, the martial artist would not pursue at this point, to avoid the other party becoming desperate like a cornered beast, which would be ugly for everyone.
However, as mentioned before, Yang Yiyi knew squat about the rules of the Jianghu.
Seeing the water bandit leader trying to run, she kicked away a bandit who was tangling with her, took an object from her waist, and flicked her wrist towards the bandit leader.
“Get back here!”
A grayish-white long whip shot out and wrapped around the water bandit leader’s neck, instantly making it hard for him to breathe.
This whip was a gift from the snake demon of Peach Blossom Valley.
It was originally the snake demon’s shed skin, which was simply twisted together to form a whip.
There were whip techniques in the Teaching Box, but Yang Yiyi had never learned them.
Her move seemed stunning, but it was actually a complete fluke.
She had no idea how to use a whip, so after snaring the water bandit leader, she just yanked it with all her brute force.
It was a good thing this whip was made from a snake demon’s shed skin and was no ordinary object, otherwise it might have snapped from being pulled so violently by Yang Yiyi.
With a powerful tug, she pulled the water bandit leader flying towards her.
Without much thought, Yang Yiyi slapped her palm onto the small of the water bandit leader’s back, and then followed up with a Mantis Combo on the airborne man.
The latter's spine clearly couldn't withstand such violent treatment.
The cracking sound of breaking bones sent a chill down the spines of the nearby water bandits who had heard the whistle and were about to flee.
Yang Yiyi didn't seem to realize how brutal her actions were.
She just saw Zheng Yinping and Li Yingluo knocking bandits off the ship.
So, after finishing her combo, she immediately grabbed the water bandit leader's clothes and threw him off the ship.
The water bandit leader was extremely unlucky.
He didn't fall into the water, but instead slammed headfirst onto his own small boat like a planted onion.
He lay there like a pile of rotten mud, completely unresponsive.
The surrounding water bandits were terrified by the sight.
Without waiting for their comrades still on the big ship to come down, they all hurriedly grabbed their oars and started rowing away.
Yang Yiyi stood at the ship's rail, feeling incredibly awesome.
She put her hands on her hips and shouted:
“Now you know how amazing I am! Wahahahahaha!”
Li Chengxi, who had woken up early because he hadn't slept well due to the day's events and wanted to check on the game, happened to witness this scene.
He couldn't help but cover his face.
Did I just raise a Lu Zhishen?
(End of this chapter)