Ma Gu made his decision in an instant. He swung his sword to deflect one of the arrows and, with a roll reminiscent of a rolling donkey, evaded the other two.
As he rolled, he tossed a dart with a stealthy flick of his wrist, aiming straight for the leather armor youth's face.
This counterstrike came unexpectedly, even catching the leather armor youth by surprise.
He brandished the bow to knock the dart aside, and when he looked up again, Ma Gu was already dozens of yards away.
At the moment the dart was released, Ma Gu didn't even check the result; he threw himself backward, starting to flee for his life.
While fleeing, he continuously used the trees to shield his figure, preventing the leather armor youth from locking onto him with his arrows.
"Interesting, if I let you escape , where would I put my face?" the leather armor youth chuckled softly, slinging the treasure bow over his shoulder and using his movement technique to give chase to Ma Gu.
His speed was even a few notches faster than Ma Gu's.
Hearing the sound of the leather armor youth's pursuit behind him, Ma Gu inwardly cursed his bad luck.
Seeing the leather armor youth's Three-star Consecutive technique, Ma Gu knew he was no match for his opponent.
Three-star Consecutive was an extremely sophisticated Arrow Technique.
To unleash three bursts in an extremely short amount of time, drawing a hard bow, one would need to be at least a Martial Artist of Muscle Bone Realm Small Success.
Such a master was an entire level above him. If they were to battle, he would be at a severe disadvantage.
Not to mention, there was no telling how many other enemies were nearby.
The more noise made, the more likely more people would come.
So escape was the only option.
But now it seemed that even escaping might not be possible.
Feeling the footsteps drawing ever closer behind him, Ma Gu became anxious.
He had thought that with the leather armor youth carrying such a large bow, moving through the forest would surely be inconvenient.
Unexpectedly, the other's movement technique was so excellent that he was gradually catching up, even in these circumstances.
Yet he couldn't just stop. Ma Gu steeled his heart and veered into an even denser thicket.
Though his speed would slow and the unknown thorny plants would scrape him painfully all over, he was betting that the leather armor youth, with his treasure bow, would have an even harder time.
Indeed, in the dense thicket, the leather armor youth's progress was severely hindered.
The slender vines and branches occasionally snagged his treasure bow, and he dared not use force, lest he damage his beloved bow.
Watching Ma Gu's figure about to vanish from his sight, the leather armor youth seethed with anger.
He sneered coldly, "You think you can escape by running like a rat? Do you now?"
He took off his beloved bow and took out a very special black arrow, placed it on the bowstring, and aimed.
The front runner's idea to escape into the brushwood forest wasn't bad.
But he forgot one thing - without the cover of those large trees, these small miscellaneous trees couldn't stop his arrows!
Having been played once, the leather armor youth was now filled with rage.
This time he held nothing back, activating his Secret Technique. His Qi-Blood erupted, his bones and muscles creaked, and a powerful aura ascended.
With both hands drawing the bow to its fullest, his Qi locked onto Ma Gu in front of him. The next moment, his fingers released, and a shrill whistling noise sounded.
The black arrow shot off the string at high speed, flying straight towards Ma Gu.
Its rapid rotation stirred up a gale that pierced through everything, shredding countless leaves and weeds in front of it, forming a spectacular corridor connecting the two men.
In an instant, Ma Gu felt an extreme sense of danger welling up from deep within his heart.
He had no time to look back, nor to ponder; instinctively, his body lurched forward abruptly.
Then he felt a pain in his back; a loud explosion sounded in front, and a blast of air passed over his head, painfully scraping his scalp.
Ma Gu looked up and saw a deep hole blasted in a large tree that the two of them could embrace together, with the black arrow shaking violently stuck in it.
The terrifying sight shocked him to the core.
Could such arrow power really come from a Muscle Bone Realm Martial Artist?
What kind of enemies had the Wei Family provoked!
At this moment, Ma Gu fell into deep despair.
The arrow fired by the leather armor youth was so frightening for two obvious reasons.
One was that the other party had just been playing with him before and had not used their full strength at all.
His strength was far beyond just Muscle Bone Realm Small Success.
Alternatively, the opponent had used some incredible Secret Technique to unleash an arrow far beyond their own realm.
Either reason was terrible news for Ma Gu.
It meant that his chances of survival were now slim.
But no matter how slim, he still had to escape.
Sitting and waiting for death was not in Ma Gu's nature.
He touched his back, which was a bloody mess. Fortunately, he had dodged quickly and was only grazed by the arrow power, which was not life-threatening.
Feeling that his injury didn't affect his movement, Ma Gu leapt up and continued his escape.
Behind him, the leather armor youth took several deep breaths after shooting that earth-shattering Secret Technique Arrow, feeling a wave of weakness wash over him.
The Secret Technique Arrow that his master had taught him could, even with his talent, only be shot twice at most.
After two arrows, his entire body would fall into a state of weakness, with strength not even comparable to the Qi Blood Realm.