Vol 16 Chapter 11 (1/2)

Book 16 Chapter 11 - Avenging The Great Enmity

Xiang Shaolong and Shan Rou started their ferocious attack Froe point up in the roof, they rapidly shot downYi and the rest forced open the gates and rushed into the manor

The tere puzzled when they did not see Tian Dan escape fro They rapidly cliht There, they quickly found a secret tunnel that Tian Dan and hischase

The tunnel ide and straight, reinforced ooden pillars and ram its meticulous construction

The two of therope forward using the wall as a guide They soon reached the other end of the tunnel, realizing that it actually eht outside the grove stood the little wharf The fishi+ng boats had long been scuttled Ten over hu the bank

Xiang Shaolong fired a signal rocket before the two of theave chase

After a mad sprint, six of the opponents fell back, drew their swords and attacked towards them

Hoould Xiang Shaolong have the patience to dicker with the needles, waved his hands and shot out the needles under the cover of night The six round en masse

The re seven enemies did not anticipate that their six comrades could not even delay them by one second With a shout of command, they left the river bank and scattered towards a sle by the river

Xiang Shaolong fired another two needles, instantly felling two more enemies

Shan Rou's bloodlust was kindled and she threw her flying dagger An ene the hill was hit in the back and tunized one of the ed into her legs fro up the hill like an arrow, catching up with the enemy

Xiang Shaolong feared for her safety and gathering his energy, chased up the hill

The sound of clashi+ng blades rang out Shan Rou's delicate shouts interspersed with the ene shrieks However, peace and tranquility was quickly restored

By the tihters had already separated They were both covered with blood Fresh blood flowed froht shoulder

Tian Dan was holding a long sword facing Shan Rou His diaphrag up and down His face was pale as a corpse under the ht

Tian Dan took a gli: ”Bravo, you have finally caught me!” Shan Rou said vehemently: ”Tian Dan, do you knoho I a Yi and the rest arrived with torches, surrounding the three people in a circle

Zhao Zhi shrieked and flen her horse, viciously shouting: ”When you put the three generations of my family to death, did you ever think there would be this day?” Shan Rou said icily: ”He iswent to Zhao Zhi's side and whispered: ”Let your Sister Rou do it!” With a ”Hua” sound, Zhao Zhi leaned into Xiang Shaolong's shoulder and started crying agitatedly

Tian Dan re: ”I Tian Dan have killed countless people in my lifeti Shaolong, you are good I Tian Dan sub his blade, he slashed his neck and fell backwards, dying instantly

Shan Rou's entire body began to shi+ver and she knelt down

Zhao Zhi rushed over and held her tightly

The tomen cried bitterly on each other's shoulders Their cries resonated through the whole forest

This category defining, ruthless and ambitious person had finally perished

Teng Yi jumped off his horse, cut off Tian Dan's head and shoutedwas numb in his heart

It was a feeling that was hard to describe

On the one hand he was pleased that Shan Rou, her sisters and Teng Yi had avenged the extermination of their family

He had also accooal himself

But seeing this historically celebrated character coave him a sense of loss

Still, this had all becoeable piece of history

When Xiao Pan ascends the throne and the evil Lu Buwei had been killed, he would leave this warring central plains and live the peaceful secluded life he had always dreaain return to the central plains

(Can't help but think of RWX in the Dongfang Bubai movie… where there is man, there is strife… where can you retreat to?)

They returned to their shi+ps and set sail back to Shouchun

That evening the whole party drank the at different times

Xiang Shaolong caover The three ladies were chatting in a low voice They looked happy and at ease

Zhao Zhi gleefully called out: ”Shaolong, Sister Rou is willing to return with us to Xianyang!” Xiang Shaolong was extre to me!” Shan Rou displayed an unreasonable yet lovely look and said: ”Told you I was bluffing long ago I'ry when I think about it You were totally unaffected”

Ji Yanran laughed and said: ”Sister Rou should not be angry Our husband keeps everything in his heart His words are hard but his heart is soft You must not blame him!” Shan Rou replied disdainfully: ”He is your husband, what does that have to do with Shan Rou?” She then giggled lovably and gave him a sweet smile

Everyone knew her disposition and naturally nobody took her words for real

They sailed upriver The shi+pthan they did setting out, eventually reaching Shouchun

Xiang Shaolong did not stop but continued sailing towards Chengyang as he had pro that he would visit her for few days as he passed by Dian on his way home

After dise, they rendezvoused with their special forces troops and headed South towards Dian

Mada and her son was acco Luzi He coht thousand Chu soldiers and had recovered most of the territory occupied by the rebel ar Baoyi had returned, they revolted in large nurew to about twenty thousand people and they joined hands with the Chu ar the Dian capital Gaoze

Gaoze sits on a plateau with its back against a hold Since the city had adequate water and food, the allied army had not been able to defeat the defenders and had even lost close to a thousand men

Witnessing the de, all the vassal states dispatched ar even led the soldiers hi up a new ruler before returning in triuh to bully the neighboring vassal states

As Xiang Shaolong and hissoldiers had just suffered a defeat Casualties littered the field, piled on one another

When Lou Wuxin and Mada had come as promised, they were overjoyed at the unexpected news and ushered everyone into the camp

Lou Wuxin wanted to organize a feast to welcome the party fro They held afor ways to defeat the city

After listening to Lou Wuxin detail Gaoze's terrain and environ calmly said: ”The most forainst the uarantee that ill be in the city within three days”

Mada officers all bugged their eyes in disbelief

That night, Xiang Shaolong and his party ht and arrived at the rockyhis soldiers

The next hly reconnoitered the mountain, they identified five routes of approach and sent ular intervals and to deploy cli equipment

These were all basic techniques taught to all the elite special forces With the installations co and his party used the cli equipment and specially installed rock steps to quickly ascend to the undulating and overgrown mountaintop

The seven to eightGaoze city wall stretched in both directions from beneath their feet

Lou Wuxin wasthe attention of the rebel army

War cries and the sound of stone piercing projectiles rang out unceasingly

Ji Yanran and the two ladies also reached the su and Teng Yi while delicately catching their breath

Where they were, it was only about seven hundred feet fro down, but it was child's play for the elite special forces who regularly trained on themountain near the Wu faht of this mountain

Teng Yi issued a single co Shan, Wu Shu, Wu Ji and Dan Quan i equip a foothold, they ha apparatus

Their equipns of twenty-first century cli loops at their waists, they glided down as fast as lightning and as easily as if they were playing a game

The four rowth at the foot of therear wall of the city by a moat

The sentries on top of the wall had all gone to the other three wall segments to help in defense Only the few sentry toere manned Moreover, it was difficult for the sentries to see into the pitch black area beneath the walls

Teng Yi issued another order and the Wu fa down under the cover of the hillside trees as well as the darkness At thisShan and the rest of the four men had installed the device to traverse the moat

Ji Yanran gazed at the ant-like civilian conscripts in the city and said: ”Froihforced into labour hips”

Everyone looked closely and realized it was just as Ji Yanran had observed The city residents werematerials under close watch and the threat of whips They all had an expression of bitter resignation

This moment, a mounted patrol ca wind la the bottom of the wall and the mountain

Everyone had a fright and hurriedly hid the Shan and other others crouched at the foot of the wall What wascontraptions As long as the other party was alert, they would surely spot them

Even though the contraptions had been carease, but they were not invisible after all

Xiang Shaolong was born quick-witted As the patrolht was almost on the contraptions, he puckered his lips and eht owl

The patrolmen naturally raised their la unusual When they turned back, they had passed the contraptions and rapidly rode away

Everyone was covered in a sheet of cold sweat

Shan Rou came over and said: ”At least this chap has sorappling hooks, clasped onto the wall and cliile as monkeys They split up to take care of the sentries in the towers

The Wu fa the wall in groups Theirefficiency

Seeing the felt a sense of pride Even the twenty-first century special forces may not be at this level

By this time, close to a thousand men have descended to the foot of the mountain Those who had crested the wall took out their crossbows and guarded the parapets

(I a that when they rendezvoused with the soldiers near Shouchun earlier, it ith the main body of their arht to Shouchun)

Teng Yi chuckled softly: ”Second Brother is itching for a fight I will go first”