Chapter 600: Costing you an arm (1/2)
Chapter 600: Costing you an arm
General Chu had dispatched all 50,000 men stationed at Fenglin Prefecture. Would Long Feiye and Han Yunxi be able to defeat them? It wasn’t clear what Long Feiye thought, but General Chu was about to fall apart.
Others would definitely censure him for setting 50,000 against 5,000. Even if they won, they’d be accused of having an unfair advantage in battle. As a seasoned winner of countless battles, General Chu was very conscious of his own reputation. But this time, he threw that all out of the window. No matter how big the sacrifice, he had to destroy Long Feiye’s troops within a day!
General Chu’s orders sent a ripple of motion amongst his troops. All 25,000 cavalry forces geared into action along with the other soldiers. Eventually, their superiority in numbers began to gain a definite upper hand. But just as General Chu was feeling smug over making the right choice, he discovered something horrifying.
Where is Long Feiye and Han Yunxi?
The two of them had vanished after the armies started fighting!
“Where are they?!” General Chu even stopped shooting his arrows to search for Long Feiye amongst the crowd. Unfortunately, he didn’t spot a hint of the man. Chu Yunyi was searching as well, but didn’t find anything, either. With the tides turning in their favor, the disappearance of the two primary antagonists left them fearful and uneasy instead of happy.
“General, watch out!”
A sudden arrow flew out from behind General Chu, who followed its trajectory to see a black-robed man carrying a woman rise up from below the city. His other hand wielded a sword as he headed towards him! This was none other than Long Feiye with Han Yunxi in his arms!
To catch brigands, first capture their king. Their target was General Chu!
Thankful for the warning, General Chu quickly backed away. At the same time, more arrows flew past him at the foes. Long Feiye was almost at the top of the tower, but now had to pause to deflect the incoming arrows. He gathered strength and made a flying leap into the air. General Chu recovered his wits and immediately launched an arrow after him. Because he was completely focused on Long Feiye, he failed to notice when Han Yunxi shot out a single needle from her Pear Blossom Teardrop Rain bracelet!
“Be careful!” Chu Yunyi cried in alarm as he shoved General Chu out of the way. The motion caused the needle to fly off course and bury itself in Chu Yunyi’s shoulder instead. Heaven knows what kind of poison Han Yunxi had used, because Chu Yunyi immediately crumpled to the ground, completely out strength.
Long Feiye and Han Yunxi only just realized Chu Yunyi had an injured eye after they scaled the watchtower. Both of them were very curious: just who managed the feat? Still, there was no time to consider that now.
“Big bro!” General Chu exclaimed in alarm. He hadn’t expected Han Yunxi to hide a trick like that up her sleeve.
Chu Yunyi came to a resolution and shoved him aside. “Don’t bother with me! Kill them! If I die, you’ll be the one to lead the Nether Clan!”
General Chu angrily released a slew of arrows towards Long Feiye and Han Yunxi. His skills were on par with Chu Yunyi, each and every shot filled with strength that forced Long Feiye to back off. Compared with the additional arrows from his archers, Long Feiye was forced out of the watchtower altogether and into the air, where he had no place to take cover from so many arrows. Seeing this, General Chu increased his offensive in the Driving Arrow Arts.
“Han Yunxi, hand over the antidote or else I’ll have you two die right in front of the city walls!” General Chu threatened.
But Han Yunxi was completely unworried and challenged back, “Get it yourself if you have the skills!”
“Imbecile woman!” General Chu cursed. He leaped onto a parapet and grabbed another handful of arrows, before shooting them wildly at the pair. His archers followed his lead exactly. As hundreds of arrows bore upon them, the fully exposed Long Feiye and Han Yunxi were left completely defenselves!
Thud!
A single arrow buried itself in Long Feiye’s shoulder. Thrilled, General Chu began to shoot arrows as if he’d gone mad, refusing to give Long Feiye a chance to catch his breath. The shoulder he’d injured was connected to the arm holding Han Yunxi, so he had no choice but to draw back and get down low. General Chu chased after him with his archers in tow, forcing Long Feiye to continuously retreat.
General Chu laughed coldly and said, “Duke of Qin, you really shouldn’t have brought a woman onto the battlefield! Things like that will just spoil your plans! Hand her over and I’ll spare your life!”