Chapter 269 - 267. Going To The Cursed Land II (1/2)

Third-person POV

Zhang Wei immediately bent down and twisted his body to avoid the attack that was coming for him from behind. Bing Wen dashed to Zhang Wei's behind while aiming his arrow at the attacker's head. The attacker instantly went down as soon as the arrow made a hole in his head.

Zhang Wei glanced around and clenched his jaw when he saw there were still outnumbered by the enemy. Even though they could knock off a few attackers, nevertheless they used quite an amount of energy to take down a couple of them. At this rate, Zhang Wei and Bing Wen would tire out quicker than usual since they hadn't had their meal yet.

”Ah Wen, you stay behind,” Zhang Wei raised his hand to stop Bing Wen from rushing forward.

”But, Your Highness…” Bing Wen was hesitant to let Zhang Wei advance alone.

”Protect Princess Rong and watch my back,” Zhang Wei firmly commanded Bing Wen.

Bing Wen pondered for a moment and nodded his head. He ran towards Rong Ai's side and loaded his bow with two arrows. He focused his Qi on his right arm thus he could pull the bowstring further behind.

Zhang Wei leaped into the air and landed behind the attacker that seemed to be the leader of the group. And his guesses were right as the latter skillfully avoided his attack unlike the other who was easier to take down.

They clashed and caused the trees around them to be sliced off into halves. While the two of them were engaged in their battle, Bing Wen and Rong Ai were warding off the others that were using this as an opportunity to attack Zhang Wei.

However, as Bing Wen and Rong Ai were too focused on assisting Zhang Wei, they didn't pick up a presence that had been lurking behind them until he was only two feet away from them. At breakneck speed, Bing Wen used his bow to strike the man's hand that was holding a sword.

But the man swung his other fist across Bing Wen's jaw and sent him flying to a tree. The blow on his jaw was so hard that it almost causes him to knock out, Bing Wen guessed that the man used a huge amount of Qi on his fist. Although Bing Wen was still conscious, he could barely open his eyes or even move his finger.

Rong Ai immediately sprinted to Bing Wen's side and did a quick check on him. With that quick check, Rong Ai perceived that Bing Wen's jaw was visibly dislocated and his jaw bone may be cracked a little bit but she wasn't sure about that.

After making sure that Bing Wen's life wasn't on the point of death, she turned her eyes to the man that attacked Bing Wen previously. However, the moment Rong Ai's eyes landed on the man, it was too late for her to avoid the blade that swung towards her.

She shut her eyes and braced herself for the impact, yet it had been a few second, not a thing happened to her. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Zhang Wei stood protectively in front of her.

”Take Ah Wen away and go find Auntie Meiyun. She must have been looking for us.” Zhang Wei said hurriedly and blocked another attack from the leader of the group.

Rong Ai noticed a thin stream of blood flowed down from Zhang Wei's forehead. Her breath hitched as she struggled to carry Bing Wen on her back while fighting off the remaining enemies that were coming for her head.

Zhang Wei's halberd was trembling as he started to lose his power from blocking all the man's attacks. He gritted his teeth and used his full power to push the man a few feet away. Fortunately, Zhang Wei's sudden burst of power caught the man off guard and successfully made the man flung quite far away.

”Zhang Wei ran to Rong Ai's side and was going to take out something from his sleeve when the leader of the enemy group managed to stand up in a split of second and landed a hit on Zhang Wei's arm.

The hit caused the thing in Zhang Wei's hand to flung away and roll down the steep surface of the ground.

”Brother!” Rong Ai exclaimed and swung her left hand across the air as an enormous iceberg pierce through the forest.

The man quickly took a few steps back, however, both of his left limbs badly injured from the collision with the biting cold iceberg. He bit his lips as his left hand and leg were numb to the point he couldn't feel anything from it. He used his other hand to rummage around his chest pocket and took out a bottle of pills.

He poured in half of the content into his mouth without thinking twice about the effect. Zhang Wei who at first saw this as an opportunity to kill off the man immediately changed his mind when he recognized the pills that the man just consumed.

”Rong Ai! Run!” Zhang Wei commanded and cast a barrier to block Rong Ai from coming closer to him.

Rong Ai flinched when she heard how Zhang Wei called her name. Zhang Wei would only call her by 'Rong Ai' when the situation was very dire. She clenched her fist and focused her Qi in her legs to enhance her speed. She leaped from one tree to another like a wind.

After Zhang Wei couldn't feel any of Rong Ai's presence, he broke the barrier that he cast not long ago and faced the man with a face black as ink.

”You…” Zhang Wei gripped his halberd.

The man slowly lifted his head and Zhang Wei clicked his tongue as soon as the man's face revealed. The vein on the man's head seemed about to pop out combined with his bloodshot eyes that were hungrily staring at Zhang Wei.