Chapter 251 Running Into the Sworn Brothers (1/2)
Chapter 251 – Running Into the Sworn Brothers
Tong killed the nearest spearman and stole the iron spear, after which he made a half-moon sweep, sending incoming soldiers flying.
”Men, break out from this and regroup with our infantries!”
All surviving horsemen turned around and cut a path for their escape while Tong protected their rear.
Jiang Man's archers gathered with the previous group. The number increased to 500, which they finished reloading their crossbows.
”Fire another volley!”
Jiang Man disregarded the allied soldiers and ordered another barrage. Meanwhile, several soldiers blew horns and rang warning bells to warn the troops from the front and call for the reinforcement.
500 Arrows flew to the sky.
Seeing that the arrows came at him again, Tong made a risky decision.
”[Create Food], burning oil!”
Instead of pointing his palm or finger at the ground soldiers, Tong pointed his finger at the arrow rain.
Flash flood of boiling oil gushed out from the void, becoming a water current. The fountain of oil hit the arrows, blocking their momentum and flushed them away. The liquid fell down on earth later as the gravity pulled them down, raining upon Jiang Man's soldiers.
”WAAH!”
”AAAAHH!”
The hot oil burnt the men alive, which freed Tong from the pursuing troops.
Lilith had banned Tong from using this skill directly at living beings, but Tong decided to use it in this situation. He prayed that Lilim did not know about this.
Two seconds later … ten seconds later.
Lilim did not send a warning message, which relieved Tong.
He turned around. The horsemen managed to break through the surrounding enemies, but they were waiting for Tong.
Instead of escaping with his horsemen, Tong bellowed.
”Regroup with the others and slowly press forward with three-line formation! Do not chase after me!”
Finished giving the instruction, Tong leaped over the burning ground using the corpses and the struggling soldiers as the footing. He rushed at the group of archers with crossbows.
Seeing the lone rushing soldier, archers with a loaded arrow aimed at Tong.
*BANG* *BANG*
*BANG* *BANG*
Tong countered them with the gun before they could shoot, which killed fifteen soldiers as Tong emptied his clip. Using the chance that the archers were shocked by the gun, he dove into the formation of archers.
The steel blade in his hand sliced the necks of the surrounding men. Though Tong did not use the lamia step, he slipped through the packed formation.
In his left hand, which had put away his gun in his cloth, grabbed a crossbow from a dead soldier. His eyes locked at the location where Jiang Man was while the crossbow pointed at the same direction.
Forty lock-on crosshairs targeted all parts of Jiang Man's body.
*WHOOSH* *WHOOSH*
Light arrows trekked through the sky, making an arc and chasing after Jiang Man, who was hiding behind a carriage.
Seeing the magic arrows coming after himself, Jiang Man grabbed two nearest soldiers and used them as his shield while he leaned his back against the carriage.
*SEUK*
Thirty-five arrows pierced the meat shields, three hit the carriage behind Jiang Man's back, and two got his shoulder and his right eye.
It was fortunate that the arrow flew down from the high angle, so it did not penetrate into Jiang Man's brain beyond his eye socket.
However, the pain was still there.
”FOOOOOOOK!!”
Jiang Man screamed as he pulled out the arrow from his right eye. Clear liquid dripped down from the eye socket, and red blood followed.
Though angered, Jiang Man pushed the two meat shield corpses away and dashed toward the nearest horse, which was used to drag the carriage behind him.
His sword cut the ropes which bound the horses. He jumped on one of the horses and galloped away without hesitation.
*RUMBLE*
At this moment, the black cloud in the sky had reached its limit. Raindrop poured down onto the land as the cloud could not contain the humidity anymore.
It began with several droplets of water at first, but a downpour followed after a few seconds.
Tong, who had reloaded his gun and was about to chase after Jiang Man, was surprised by the sudden rain. Rainwater got into his eyes, which broke his focus on the battlefield.
'Rain or not, you're a threat!'
Tong exerted his leg strength and his overclocked brain to the fullest. He kicked the ground, ignoring the nearby soldiers and chasing after Jiang Man.
The burst of 2-winged demon's speed was faster than a workhorse. Tong got into the range of 50 meters behind Jiang Man in ten seconds.
However, at 100 meters in front of Tong and Jiang Man, more than five thousand soldiers of Zou Jing main army were running toward them, coming to help the rearguards.
The Glock pistol pointed at Jiang Man's back.
Jiang Man also sensed the terrible killing intent from behind. He tilted his body to the side by instinct.
*BANG*
The bullet missed!
90 Meters until Jiang Man could escape!
Tong changed the target. He aimed his gun at the horse instead.
”Karma, bitch!”
*BANG*
The horse neighed in pain and stumbled down on the ground, rolling and throwing Jiang Man off its back.
Jiang Man, who was sent flying by the horse, slammed on the wet ground and tumbled for a few flips before he could stop rolling.
The reinforcement was 50 meters away.
Tong glanced at the oncoming thousands of soldiers and pointed the muzzle at Jiang Man's head.
*CLICK*