Knife Back in The Scabbard Chapter 6

Caleb Xie felt that he was in bad luck this year. If he could get out alive, he would definitely pour a basin of black dog blood on his head.

Just now, he was pushed into this stone chamber by a mechanism in a daze. He even took off his scabbard and boots and banged on the door for a long time, but there was no response at all. He was panic-stricken and at a loss.

Finn Ye had a good idea. He was very sharp-eyed and could hear the empty echo behind the door in the dark. He guessed that it was a quiet room. Seeing that there was an enemy there, he simply pushed Caleb Xie out of the battle circle to avoid being implicated, and then went to find him after solving the problem. Unfortunately, in addition to good children, there is no shortage of naughty children in this world.

Although Caleb Xie was very young, he had never done anything dangerous, but he did have some skills in courting death.

Seeing that knocking on the door was not going to work, Caleb Xie simply turned around to find another way. He didn't know the structure of this place, and there was no fire to illuminate, so he was wandering around in the dark like a headless fly. Fortunately, he was bold and careful, and he groped along the cracks in the wall bricks one by one. It was really a blind cat that stumbled upon a dead mouse---After knocking out seven empty bricks in a row, Caleb Xie vaguely connected the positions of the seven bricks in his mind, and then simply slapped the Tianshu position heavily.

The empty brick was hit by him and became completely dented. A loud "bang" sound was heard in the darkness. Caleb Xie crouched and dodged to the side. Half of the wall collapsed and a cold wind blew in, cutting his face painfully.

A faint light came from the other side of the hole, and Caleb Xie's eyes, which had gradually become accustomed to the darkness, were stung. He picked up a stone and threw it over. There were several continuous collision sounds, and the stone rolled far away.

There are obstacles inside.

Smart people would hesitate, but Caleb Xie is just stupid.

He is ten years old this year. He started learning martial arts at the age of three and held a knife at the age of four. His father did not love him and his mother died early. All the things like getting into trouble, acting like a spoiled child, and complaining when in trouble have long been buried in his innocent dreams.

Duanshui Villa, Duanshui Knife, Ethan Xie... These are the responsibilities he has seen and remembered since he was a child. In the past three years, he has practiced martial arts day and night, all year round. He has witnessed the intrigues and heard about the prosperity of yesterday. A bud of wanting to stand tall has grown in his heart, which has not yet grown up. Even though he is still weak, he desperately wants to hold up the crumbling beam and never knows how to retreat when faced with difficulties.

Caleb Xie took a deep breath and took the Water-Breaking Sword on his back. He was too small, and the sword was not much shorter than his height, which looked quite funny.

Then he rushed in, but before he could stand firmly, he heard a buzzing sound of wind above his head. He lowered his head instinctively, and his high bun fell down silently, and the lapis lazuli hair ring broke into two pieces!

At this moment, Caleb Xie took a quick glance and found that this was another stone chamber. The layout was similar to the previous one, but it was much larger. There were three eternal lamps on the wall, and in the center was a circular stone platform surrounded by water, with a puppet standing at each of the four corners.

They are all made to look like life-size men, with their eyebrows and features carved to be almost identical. At first glance, they look like four brothers from the same mother. Each of them holds a knife, a gun, a sword, and a halberd in their hands, and they look like the Four Heavenly Kings who exorcise demons.

The puppet holding the sword was closest to him, and when he failed to strike him, he stabbed again with the iron sword in his hand. It was so nimble and vicious that the tip of the sword hit the sheath of the Broken Water Knife in the blink of an eye, and was very close to Caleb Xie's throat.

The iron sword shook, and Caleb Xie took three steps back. Suddenly, he heard the whistling of wind behind him. Without thinking, he turned his sword and blocked a long spear. A huge force pressed him to one knee, and a gash was created on the knuckles.

Before he could catch his breath, Caleb Xie's face changed drastically. He suddenly withdrew his sword and rolled on the ground. Eight consecutive "thump thump thump" sounds were heard, and dust was flying. Eight holes appeared on the ground where he was originally!

The third puppet came with a gun, and the ninth gun hit the Broken Water Knife scabbard. Under the struggle between the two, Caleb Xie felt his internal organs churning. He swallowed a mouthful of blood foam, and at this moment, the fourth puppet's blade had already chopped down.

With a clang, a sharp blade flashed out from the scabbard. Caleb Xie had been patient for a long time until this moment when he drew his sword and attacked, and sparks collided with the sword in the puppet's hand.

He swung his sword, and before he finished his move, he chopped down with the blade of Duanshui's sword, cutting the puppet's sword into two pieces. But this thing simply abandoned its weapon, and its ten fingers made a crackling sound, and it clenched into a fist and smashed down on him.

The four puppets surrounded him, attacking him one after another, forcing Caleb Xie to wish he could be reborn as a monkey. He glanced around and saw that the stone platform surrounded by water was still quiet. From beginning to end, the puppets had not led the battle over there.

Caleb Xie made a feint, and the Broken Water Blade and the Iron Sword were about to touch each other. Caleb Xie secretly withdrew his strength, and was immediately hit and flew out like a kite with a broken string. He calculated very well, and was about to land on the stone platform, but unexpectedly, the gun-wielding puppet refused to bypass him, and the long spear in his hand flew out and threw at his face. There was no place for a person to hide in mid-air, and it was difficult to borrow force. Caleb Xie's pupils shrank, and the tip of the gun shot past his ear.

"This is the first time I've seen someone so stupid."

An unfamiliar male voice sounded in his ears, and the spear was gently flicked by a pale finger, deviating from the trajectory that could have hit the bull's eye. A ghostly black shadow appeared beside Caleb Xie, grabbed his collar with one hand, and lifted him up to the stone platform surrounded by water like a chicken.

As expected, the four puppets did not chase after him, but just stood by the water, motionless and gloomy. Lucas Chu let go without any hesitation, and the boy fell to the ground with his face, swallowing a large mouthful of dust.

Lucas Chu looked at the place where he was going. The stone platform was about ten feet square and surrounded by a circle of green water. He raised his eyebrows and threw a piece of silver into it, which made a strange crackling sound.

"This is the forbidden area of   Broken Water Villa. You are the young master of the villa. Have you ever been here?"

Caleb Xie coughed a few times and said, "Young Master, you are not the Master yet."

"Tsk, you're just a burden." Lucas Chu kicked him and said, "Stand up, it's time to start."

What's about to begin?

Caleb Xie didn't ask. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stood up holding the Water-Breaking Knife, ready to go.

Facts have proved that the rare reminder from the leader of the Hundred Ghosts Sect was not just a casual scare.

With several clangs, more than ten iron bars were erected on the edge of the stone platform, sinking deeply into the top stone wall, forming a large iron cage. Lucas Chu held Caleb Xie's shoulders, looked at each iron bar, raised her hand and slapped it. After a violent shaking, the iron cage was not damaged at all. Caleb Xie behind him looked up and said in surprise: "The top stone has sunk three inches!"

Chu Xi frowned slightly, then exerted 60% of his strength and slapped again. The iron fence in front of him was cracked, but the huge rock above it sank more than a foot!

If you fail to split the iron cage in one blow, you will be pinned down and unable to move, or even crushed into a meat patty!

"Give me the knife."

Caleb Xie hesitated for a moment and handed him the Broken Water Sword. Lucas Chu took a breath of true energy and just as his hand grasped the hilt of the sword, Caleb Xie felt that before he could see clearly, the Broken Water Sword had already been unsheathed.

He wanted to open his eyes to see the blade clearly, but the sound of clanging had already entered his ears. Lucas Chu's sword skills were simple and unsheathe. He was already using the sword as soon as it was unsheathed. Caleb Xie only blinked, and he had already put the sword back into the sheath.

The four iron bars in front of him were divided into twelve sections by him. The eight upper and lower sections were crumbling, and the four middle sections were cracked.

At the same time, huge rocks fell from above with a loud bang, and dust blinded the eyes, and in an instant it pressed down on the two bodies of flesh and blood!

Lucas Chu grabbed Caleb Xie with one hand and flew out of the prison like a floating duckweed. The huge rock almost brushed the corners of their clothes and hit the stone platform. The huge vibration caused water to splash everywhere.

Water splashed everywhere, but Lucas Chu, holding a half-grown child in her hand, didn't get even a drop of water on her body, and managed to dodge the chaotic attack. Just as she was about to land, she suddenly heard the sound of a mechanism being pulled, and three walls opened at the same time, revealing a layer full of holes, and smooth and sharp stone needles burst out from it, densely packed, with a cold light.

They were in mid-air, helpless, with four puppets armed with weapons blocking their way in front of them, and stone needles on all sides and behind them. In a moment, they would be shot into a hornet's nest.

The fastest stone needle was about to shoot into the back of Caleb Xie's head.

Lucas Chu pushed Caleb Xie forward, and his body bent abruptly in mid-air. The Broken Water Knife in his hand swept a semicircle, like fallen leaves swept by a strong wind. The stone needles closest to his body were absorbed by the invisible knife energy and counterattacked back along his blade, each of which just happened to knock down the stone needles shot out from the second round.

He spun around, and in this rain of needles, he was like a fish in water, and he managed to create an empty space within three feet around him.

Unfortunately, no matter how good his martial arts skills were, he couldn't stay in the air forever.

Before Lucas Chu could even stand firmly on one foot, the puppet holding the halberd moved. It approached, poked and hooked, and stabbed Lucas Chu in the face. Before the blade could move back to defend, Lucas Chu raised her left hand, rubbed her palm into a knife shape, and chopped it diagonally, hitting the gap on the puppet's wrist just right.

The lifelike hand was broken at the wrist, and the long spear fell with a clang. A stream of yellow-green smoke suddenly spurted out from the broken wrist of the puppet. Lucas Chu was caught off guard and was sprayed directly. Although she held her breath in time, her eyes were burning with pain.

The puppets probably knew what it meant to strike while someone is weak. Four puppets surrounded him at the same time. Caleb Xie thought to himself that this was not good. Relying on his small size and agility, he squeezed in through the gap and stood in front of Lucas Chu. He gathered his strength and kicked the sword-wielding puppet in the knee. The recoil force almost made him lose his balance, and the puppet was kicked away below the knee!

Lucas Chu closed her eyes but listened carefully: "What's going on?"

Caleb Xie was stunned for a moment, and quickly scanned the area: "These dolls all have cracks on them, and they look very neat, as if they had been chopped off with a sharp weapon."

"The traps here are mainly to trap you, with killing as a supplement. The traps are linked one by one, and you need strength to trigger the next trap. It is obvious that this is a trap. I don't know who set it up for..." Chu Xi smiled softly and sat down on the ground leisurely. "Kid, I can't see now. These four guys are in your hands. Don't let them hurt me."

It was really shameless for a grown man to say this to a half-grown child, but the child just didn't understand.

Caleb Xie was stunned for just a moment, then he took back the Broken Water Knife from him and faced the four puppets.

The collision of metal and stone made a clanging sound. He had been standing in front of Lucas Chu, refusing to give an inch. The martial arts foundation he had built up day and night for seven years finally showed up at this moment. Although he lacked internal strength, he relied on his agile body to dodge attacks and used the weaknesses of the puppets to constantly create misdirected attacks between them. He was fighting one against four, and although he was not at ease, he was able to do so in an orderly manner.

The more he fought, the clearer and calmer his mind became.

If he was born in an ordinary family, a ten-year-old child should be carefree and ignorant of sorrow, but he came from the underworld, destined to a life of swords and blood.

"The foundation of Broken Water Villa cannot be destroyed in your hands. You are Ethan Xie's son, so you can never be a child!"

There was sweat on his forehead, his hair was disheveled, and there was a wound on his cheek caused by a sword.

The Broken Water Sword passed across his head, blocking the overwhelming sword thrust from the puppet.

The iron sword pressed down heavily, and Caleb Xie almost fell to his knees. He could withdraw the sword or dodge.

But behind him was Lucas Chu, whose eyes were injured, holding the Broken Water Knife in her hand.

His knees, which had hit the ground, were already bleeding. He gritted his teeth, his veins bulging, and with a deep breath, he slowly stood up.

Lucas Chu behind him raised her eyebrows, slowly stretched out her fingers, and was about to strike out with a palm force.

"...Fly, flow!"

A hoarse voice came out from the tender throat, and the blade of the Broken Water Blade made a clanging sound, and the iron sword was chopped off with force. The blade cut along the crack on the puppet's body and embedded deeply into its waist!

The knife was so powerful that it could pierce through rocks. Lucas Chu did not hesitate any longer. She listened to the sound and determined the position. She slapped Caleb Xie's head and hit the puppet hard. The puppet's body, which had been deeply cut by the blade, was immediately knocked away!

This earth-shattering palm strike intimidated Caleb Xie, but it did not scare the remaining three puppets. They attacked in a triangular shape, and the heavy blows carried the sound of breaking wind, and arrived almost instantly.

Caleb Xie only felt a flash before his eyes, and Lucas Chu heard the sound of fluttering clothes.

Finn Ye came in from the broken door, like a flying swallow, and lightly inserted himself into the battle. Without any need for any instructions, he and Lucas Chu simultaneously attacked with palms, one on the left and two on the right. Caleb Xie's messy hair flew up, and he subconsciously dodged between the two, and the hair that was cut by the palm wind fell to the ground.

Along with it fell to the ground, there was a pile of rotten wood.

The palm is as powerful as thunder, there is no turning back, and there is no survival.

Seeing that the person coming was Finn Ye, Caleb Xie breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned around, he found that there was another person standing at the door.

The person's face was not clearly visible in the backlight, she was so thin that she looked like a bag of bones, but it was still vaguely recognizable as a woman. Caleb Xie opened his eyes wide to see clearly, and a hand suddenly fell on the back of his neck and pressed hard.

Without even having time to make a sound, Caleb Xie fell down softly.