Chapter 43 (2/2)

“Ah!” Liang Yong groaned, as he utilised all his strength in trying to avoid the third arrow.

The thick crossbow arrow tore apart his right arm.

Hu…

Not long after, the crossbows finally stopped firing.

From the start, only a few seconds had passed.

“Ai… Facing such a monstrous weapon at close range, this Liang Yong did not even put it in his heart to protect himself. Moreover, he dared to divert his attention towards helping his young master Bai Rong. It was his luck that he did not die from this encounter.” Tang Xiong sighed to himself.

“Old Liang! Old Liang!” Bai Rong ran up to him, carrying his black-haired guardian in his arms. The wound on Liang Yong’s right arm was continuously spewing out blood. Without hesitation, Liang Yong took out a silk cloth from his possessions and tied it against the wound to stop the blood from flowing out.

“I’m alright. It’s just a right arm,” Liang Yong said. His character was not one of loyalty and faithfulness towards the Si Clan. It was just that he had been brought up by the Si Clan, with his own Clan depending on the Si Clan for survival. If Bai Rong was to die during this mission, then without a doubt, there would be dire consequences.

“This Xue Ying is actually quite formidable. I had to put in all my effort in defending against the arrows, yet Xue Ying could easily deflect the all the arrows without much effort.” Tang Xiong glanced towards Xue Ying. Just now, he was actually concentrating on defending himself against the arrows, and thus did not have the chance to see what techniques were utilised by Xue Ying. But looking at his calm and steady bearing…

“Such a pity…”

Xue Ying shook his head. Although he was antagonistic towards Bai Rong, he had no grievances against the black-haired Liang Yong. If given a chance, he would have lent a helping hand, but he was unfortunately situated behind the team, quite a distance away from Liang Yong. Of course, it was not to say that he could not reach Liang Yong in time, it was just that Jing Qiu had a higher priority.

Jing Qiu was situated right in the middle of the group. Furthermore, being a mage, she could not do anything against this encounter with the crossbow arrows.

“Be careful!” Jing Qiu suddenly exclaimed. She was on the lookout for any further danger.

Sou Sou Sou!

Three shadows sprang out from behind the crossbows. Looking at their speed, they had the strength of Silver Moon Knights at the very least. Within a blink, they had already covered the distance between them and Xue Ying’s group.

“Look out!”

“Liang Yong!” Tang Xiong shouted out.

“Young master!” Liang Yong shouted out. Using the shield in his hand, he defended himself and Bai Rong against the ambush of two of the guardians. Clearly, based on the previous actions, the guardians knew that the weakest among the experts was … Bai Rong. And now, with the injuries incurred by the black-haired old man, these two were the easiest to be dealt with.

As for the third guardian, he charged towards mage Jing Qiu.

“Stop!” Tang Xiong ordered. With the short sword, he confronted the third guardian.

Xue Ying, at the back of the group, also brandished his long spear and went charging towards the enemy.

…

“Young master, let’s work together.” guardian Liang Yong was ready to withstand the onslaught with the shield held by his only arm.

Bai Rong turned pale instantly. He was using the two-handed Great Sword to fight back against one of the guardians, but the guardian was extremely fast. With a slight movement, he dodged against the attacks. Comparing techniques, one could easily tell that this guardian had the upper hand. Thus, what Bai Rong did was something nobody would have expected. He abandoned his guardian and stopped caring about what Jing Qiu thought of him. He decided to retreat.

He ran, ran towards the back of the group, hoping that others would shield him from the enemy.

Actually, if Bai Rong had kept his wits, defending against the enemy with Liang Yong, they definitely could have lengthened the battle. By then, Xue Ying would have reached their location and helped resolve the situation.

Yet Bai Rong only cared about his own life. His decision was to retreat! The guardian who was chasing after Bai Rong changed targets, slashing at Liang Yong.

Liang Yong was already having a hard time defending himself against one of the guardians, guardian with only the shield in his hand. The moment he was pincer-attacked by two enemies guardian, he could not hold on any longer.

“Pu!” A sabre came flying from his back, slashing through his throat. Widening his eyes, Liang Yong was not resigned to death. Within those eyes was a sliver of hope, a hope that even though he had died in battle the Si Clan would still be able to provide a place for his own grandchildren to live on.

Falling to the floor, the guardian Liang Yong died!

This was the first death in the group of the five experts.

A battle between Silver Moon Knights was indeed extremely fast-paced.

If one were to talk about how fast a sword could be, within a single second, over a hundred slashes would have been dealt by a Silver Moon Knight! As for why this battle ended so quickly, one of the reasons was the fact that Bai Rong actually ran away. With the onslaught of two experienced knights, Liang Yong could only defend himself against one or two moves before succumbing to his death.

Hu. Hu.

Two shadows could be seen flying across the space as snow floated along the way.

Pu! Pu!

The two guardians who had just killed Liang Yong did not have the chance to react. They were instantly stabbed through their throats by the spears. Their eyes were wide open and filled with astonishment.

“Y… You… You… “Neither of them could believe it.The spear came their way too fast.

With one move, two people died.

The people present were shocked.

Actually, the technique Xue Ying practiced was senior Gu Yuan Han’s Dark Ice Spear Technique. This technique specialised in speed. Back when he was a Meteor Knight, he had already utilised the speed brought by the Dark Ice Spear Technique to kill a rank 5 Shadow Leopard! With just a casual flick, he could bring forward the strength of a Silver Moon Knight. The speed brought forward by Xue Ying could easily be used to kill the two guardians, given his understanding of the profound realm of Spear Techniques, coupled with a Transcendent’s technique.

Other than himself, Xue Ying had never met someone who had attained the realm of Great Spear Mastery. After all, reaching such a stage was no easy feat.

Those who could be as diligent as Xue Ying, spending hours training every day were very few in numbers. Even his father and Zong Ling could not keep up with the routine. Even so, one had to also be astute, not just diligent, in order to achieve great feats. Xue Ying was precisely someone who could think quickly and adjust his training routines based on the Trascendent’s technique. After the numerous trials and errors he underwent, Xue Ying had finally achieved the state of being ‘One with the Spear’, entering the realms of Great Spear Masters.

It was only with the use of the medicinal baths, the demonic training routines, the Transcendent’s technique, a castle full of warriors to spar with and an astute brain that one could reach such an achievement. Xue Ying was exactly the kind person who could achieve it!