Book 4: Near Blood - Chapter 26: Passing Fish Eyes Off as Pearls (2/2)
Zhao Jingwen ignored it and continued to jab forwards The larger arrow shattered, but the swen opened his ht the arroeen his teeth
Then, he charged forwards
The people a them had fired the arrow four hundred feet ahich was quite the distance However, Zhao Jingwen only took three strides, covering fifty feet with the first, a hundred fifty with the second, and reaching the archer with the third The long spear in his hand jabbed forwards again at the archer’s head
The archer hurriedly retreated, drawing the bow tight in his hands and unleashi+ng another arrow Zhao Jingwen opened his mouth and spat out the small arrohich collided with the other arrow The archer retreated again, with Zhao Jingwen in hot pursuit The Cloud-Sundering Spear jabbed forth repeatedly, lightning-fast and leaving behind thousands of afteries Each strike was more powerful than the last, until the bow finally shattered, and seven or eight bloody holes appeared on the archer’s chest as blood poured out from his wounds
At the same time, Culler and Ba Lieyuan attacked, but they approached from the left side and from behind, respectively
Tens of assassins cah s and doors, charging at the sth was only so-so, but they were incredibly courageous, and their weapons were all dipped in poison Even the tiniest wound could cause the poison to take effect and kill its target
However, the Zhu Clan and the Sand Race individuals were prepared
Sand began to fly through the air as the Sand Race soldiers sie walls of sand that obscured eyesight and decreased speed
Ba Lieyuan howled round with his fists An intense wave of fla towards the oncouards all joined in on the fray, keeping the assassins at bay
Even as her strike connected, Zhu XianyaoBlade and Heartless Arrow? They’re from the Temple of No Return”
Like the Immortal Temple, the Teanization; the only difference was that the former could be found all over hu Sang Country Whether it was in terms of influence or status, they were vastly inferior in both to the Immortal Temple
Apparently, every assassin from the Temple of No Return had a special kind of medicine that they would take before a battle If they failed, they would die Only the most elite assassins would be allowed to retreat if they weren’t able to acco assassin was obviously one of these elites — upon seeing that his strike was ineffective, he ianted to chase hist the s dense black smoke plumes to encircle them
“Don’t chase after theuard!”
Gradually, the cla had dissipated, they were greeted by the sight of the ground littered with corpses
Most of them were the Temple of No Return’s assassins
The true mission of these assassins wasn’t to kill but rather to protect the retreat of the two elite assassins Only after those two had successfully escaped would they be allowed to retreat Even though the battle had only lasted a short time, it had still left behind quite a few corpses
“Is everyone alright?” Zhu Xianyao asked
“We’re alright, but Yuan Gang’s leg was injured,” one of the guards replied
Zhu Xianyao walked over to the guard called Yuan Gang, inspected his leg, then said, “It see Yun, help hi stood up with so Miss’s concern, but I can walk myself and don’t need anyone to supportYun, who had co Yun said helplessly, “Brother, why put on such a tough front? Don’t slow everyone else down because of your pride”
Yuan Gang said, “I know You guys just go on; there’s no need to wait for et there eventually even if it takes ? We’re all brothers How could we leave you here?”
However, Yuan Gang’s expression sank “What are you saying? Everyone is here to protect Young Miss, and guaranteeing her safety is the number one priority What is ht now, Prince You is injured and people are trying to a around here? I’uard Who would try and assassinate me?”
Everyone was reed that it lanced at Zhu Xianyao
Zhu Xianyao saw Yuan Gang’s resolute attitude and knew that she wouldn’t be able to convince hiht, we’ll leave first and take Tianyang to see Old Ye”
Everyone began to run towards the ancient castle
As he watched theely
He took a few step backwards, then entered a nearby du store that had been half-destroyed and picked up a few of the boards lying on the ground Underneath those boards was an unconscious Yuan Gang
The one as still conscious was obviously Su Chen
Su Chen spoke into the trans store’s floorboards Take good care of it for ain”
“We’ll be right there,” shi+ Mingfeng’s voice cah from the other end “You’re quite lucky to find another opportunity to get back in after leaving”
“You’re the ones who are lucky I was originally planning on letting your e forward on a suicide hed