122 The Dream (1/2)

Gu Shenwei picked a leaf and chewed it. The bitter taste kept him from weariness.

The sun rose high. Surrounded by chirping hypnotic and tiresome whoosh, Gu Shenwei felt at a loss, just as what he felt before every action in the past. His being suspicious always led him to an extreme that he thought his plans were lame and impossible to work out.

But there was no turning back. Gu Shenwei even felt his hunger was submerged by the tension in his abdomen.

This was what he had to do. Without Shangguan Ru, he could never return to Golden Roc Fort. Thus his chance for revenge would be even slimmer. What's more, Maid Lotus, his principal ally, was one of the abducted people.

Shortly after noon, the people Gu Shenwei had been waiting for finally came, though very late.

They were three women in red robes instead of black and five captives, who were under those women's control. From far, Gu Shenwei saw them riding on horses.

Gu Shenwei had not expected the horses. He had followed their footprints for four days, so he was quite sure they were on foot. It never occurred to him that the strongholds of the Barren Sect might have horses there.

There was no time to change the trap, and the original plan must go on.

Two red-robed women road ahead, five captives walking behind with another woman after them.

About a hundred steps from the river bank, the land fell steeply and rose again. The lush grass on both sides covered a path over, and the passengers had to walk through them.

The first red-robed woman passed by with her horse entirely hidden in the grass, only half her body being seen. The second woman followed her close.

The arrow flew out from the grass and shot right at the second woman's crus. It pierced through the muscles and stuck into the horse. Neighing in extreme pain, the horse suddenly leaped forward, knocking the front horse aside.

The arrow was supposed to be shot into the heart.

In the grass, the crossbow was set up with a branch attached to it and a stick attached to the end of the branch. 10 steps away from it, Gu Shenwei controlled the timing of the launch. For this, he had practiced for two hours, but it merely injured the enemy's crus.

Gu Shenwei had rehearsed the whole plan countless times. As soon as he launched the crossbow, he stood up quickly, picked up the short bow and arrows, and then shot at the first red-robed woman.

The first woman rose to the bait. She jumped toward the crossbow and got shot when she nearly touched the ground. Screaming, she fell down but did not die. Slave Huan was far from comparable to Liuhua in the shooting.

The last woman leaped in a row and was only a few steps away from Gu Shenwei. She tried to scratch at Gu Shenwei with her bony fingers like claws.

Gu Shenwei threw away the short bow. His saber was stuck into the grass, unsheathed.

He tipped up the saber and stabbed at the women so fast that it seemed as if the women dived at the saber by herself.

This was the only perfect attack in his plan. The last red-robed woman was hit in the neck, falling to the ground.

In the same time, Gu Shenwei got five bloody scratches on his chest. The woman was so strong that she launched her final attack before dying.

With her leg stuck to the horse, the second red-robed woman urged the horse on and disappeared in a little while.

”Slave Huan!”

All things happened so suddenly that the five captives did not react until Gu Shenwei killed the women. Shangguan Yushi was the first one to cry out in horror.

”You're not dead!” Shangguan Ru continued, more delighted than surprised.

”I'm not dead.” Gu Shenwei responded. He walked to the first woman, who was shot but not dead. She got the shot in the abdomen, lying on her back and panting. She was unable to resist.

Then, he untied the five teenagers.

Compared with the five captives, Slave Huan was the one who seemed to have suffered more. His clothes tattered, his face covered with dust, and his hair matted with grass, he even lost his shoes.

The five captives were all well clothed, but they were slightly sluggish and seemed to have lost their Internal Strength.

After the joy of being rescued, the teenagers became angry at the injured woman. Shangguan Yushi grabbed the saber from Slave Huan and wanted to kill the woman.

”Keep her alive.” Gu Shenwei stopped her.

”Why?”

”We need to ask her about their background.”

”Hum. No need to ask. I know it clearly.”

Shangguan Yushi killed the injured woman and cut off the two corpse's heads. Those were her essential trophies, and she wanted to take them back.

Besides the spoken one, Gu Shenwei got another unspeakable reason to keep the woman alive. He thought she was from the Barren Sect and might know how to remove the Peripheral Force. But even if she were still alive, he would not get the chance to ask her alone.