Chapter 18 The Miserable Howl of the Third Young Master
There is a clear river in the mountains and fields. There are many dead leaves floating on the stream, which reminds people of the yellow flowers on the forehead of the girl. The scene is very beautiful.
A sudden sound of horse hooves broke the silence in the mountains.
More than thirty riders ran out of the narrow path in the mountains and stopped in front of this clear river.
Among these teams, all wearing ordinary clothes, and even the horses were just ordinary horses, and looked like ordinary caravans, Xu Zhenyan straightened his hair that was a little dry due to dust, swallowed hard, and spoke with a slight smile.
With frightened eyes, he vigilantly inspected everything in the surrounding mountains and fields.
Because his father, Xu Tianwang, the most powerful figure in the Xu family, was one of the most effective confidants of the nine elders named Jiang among the nine elders in the Imperial City of Zhongzhou, so Xu Tianwang had no control over the western region controlled by Wen Ren Cang Yue.
The situation is also much clearer than that of ordinary dignitaries.
Before expressing his disappointment with Xu Zhenyan and asking Xu Zhenyan to carry out such a task, Xu Tianwang had already informed Xu Zhenyan of the situation in the west.
But it was different from Tong Wei showing up at the Yangjiantian Mountain military assembly area to inform Lin Xi of what was going on in the west. Qingluan College let Lin Xi know about such things because it felt that Lin Xi had the right to know and make choices, although even Tong Wei did not
It is very certain that Lin Xi will go to the west because of his friends. Xu Tianwang told Xu Zhenyan this, but he wanted to let Xu Zhenyan know that he was always under the shadow of real death, and to use real death and fear to force Xu Zhenyan
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As for whether this is good or bad for Xu Zhenyan, Xu Tianwang doesn't think much about it, because in the eyes of a person like him who is favored by the Jiang family because of his strength and ruthlessness, if he cannot make progress under the oppression of fear,
If instead he is overwhelmed by fear, then such a person is a waste and does not deserve any pity at all, even if this person is his son.
Wenren Cang Yue's power and fear lies not only in his control of all the armies in the vast Biluo Mausoleum area that was once the territory of the fifteen tribes of Xiyi, but also in the fact that he has so many cultivators and disciples under him and his Heavenly Wolf Guards, but also in
The reason is that no one knows how many people he has deployed outside over the years, and how many people work for him because of the benefits he has given or the existence of transactions with him.
After the death of the late Emperor Yun Qin and the succession of the new Emperor Sun Jinse, he was the biggest real hero in the world. He was not just a warrior who only knew how to fight and kill.
After Wenren Cangyue used dark thunder to directly kill all the teams that went with the emperor's will, completely demonstrating his breakup and madness, all the teams that followed were marching in secret, without passing through local government offices or inns at all.
, Xu Zhenyan doesn’t know how many teams like them are currently marching in the mountains, rivers and lakes of the Yunqin Empire, but he knows that many teams before were assassinated not long after they left Zhongzhou. So they did not
Life is not in danger only when approaching Biluo Mausoleum, but in these twenty to thirty days, life is in danger anytime and anywhere.
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Xu Zhenyan saw that the clear river in front of him was very deep, and he would definitely not be able to drive his horse through it directly.
He saw a wild crossing not far away, with a bamboo raft lying across it, but there was no trace of anyone there. He also saw a witch temple on the top of a mountain in the distance, which should be enshrined in the mountain god worshiped by the mountain people in this area.
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Then he couldn't help but turn his head and look at the man on the gray horse in front of him.
Sitting on the gray horse is a middle-aged man with slightly white temples. He has a clear face, like a scholar. He is dressed like a steward or accountant in this "caravan". Xu Zhenyan does not know this.
In order to keep the identity of the person confidential and safe, most people in this "caravan" did not know the name and identity of the other person at all, and they did not even know which person they wanted to truly protect and send to Biluo Mausoleum.
The entire itinerary and daily life were arranged by a tall and taciturn middle-aged man in the team. However, Xu Zhenyan could feel that this middle-aged man who looked like a bookkeeper had something strange.
His temperament should be that of a powerful practitioner far beyond his.
At this moment, Xu Zhenyan looked at the profile of this middle-aged man, and his mood, which had been a little frightened, became a little calmer.
At this time, several fellow riders who had very little water left in their water bladders had dismounted and were preparing to fill their water bladders first. The tall, taciturn middle-aged man dressed as a warrior in the team was observing whether it was possible.
Go around the river, or strengthen the bamboo raft and cross the river.
At this moment, Xu Zhenyan saw some extremely subtle abnormalities in the middle-aged man dressed as a cashier on a gray horse.
He saw the middle-aged man's ears twitching slightly and his back being unusually stiff. Then the man turned sideways and looked toward the dense forest on the other side of the clear river.
"Be careful, something seems wrong."
The slight abnormality he sensed was quickly confirmed, and the middle-aged man who looked like a cashier immediately let out a cold, low drink.
Everyone was shocked and tensed up.
"Kah...kah...kah..."
At this moment, in the mountains and forests across the river where the middle-aged man who looked like a bookkeeper was looking, there was a sudden sound of metal hinges and metal friction at a numbing speed.
However, at this moment, the middle-aged accountant-looking man suddenly turned around and looked to another place with a cold gaze.
That place was on their side, on the hillside not far behind the horizontal bamboo raft.
There was a strange low hum that only he could hear, masked by the violent friction of metal on the other side of the river.
All these sounds turned into a complete sound of wind and thunder in an instant.
In the midst of everyone's sharply shrinking pupils, in the mountain forest on the opposite bank of the river, three black metal crossbow arrows as thick as a baby's arm split through the wind and trees, and shot out with electricity!
On the hillside behind the bamboo raft, a terrifying spinning white cold-light giant scythe, as long as a horse, cut off everything along the way. All the grass and thin trees along the way were cut off without any resistance, and scattered all over the place.
fall.
"Poof!" "Poof!"
Three huge black metal crossbow arrows rushed into the formation instantly. One of them missed, and two of them pierced the two riders respectively, opening terrifying blood holes and tearing all the organs in the chests and abdomen of the two riders into blood.
The flow rushes out from behind.
The terrifying rotating giant scythe of white cold light came from the side and rear at the same time, instantly cutting off the two riders and the necks of the horses under them, and the force of the wind and thunder did not slow down at all.
Because Xu Zhenyan had been paying attention to the subtle movements of the middle-aged man who looked like a bookkeeper, he discovered this terrifying giant scythe earlier than most of the people in the team, and after all, he was in the trial of Qingluan Academy.
He also went through a lot of training in the valley. When this terrifying rotating giant scythe appeared from the hillside with the force of wind and thunder, Xu Zhenyan, who was filled with extreme fear, had already made a move, jumped off his horse and lay on the ground.
However, there were still a few inches before his body actually touched the ground. Before he actually landed in the air, the terrifying white cold light giant scythe had already slashed through the horse he was originally riding on.
His face was facing the ground, and he did not see the strong horse's neck being cut off as easily as a piece of straw, but he heard the sound of the blood column rushing out from the horse's neck, and felt it flying from his back.
The chill on the giant blade.
The pores all over his body were dripping with cold sweat. His hands and feet were sore for a moment, and he barely had the strength to draw the weapon.
The middle-aged practitioner who looked like a cashier narrowed his eyes into a straight line.
He was absolutely capable of dodging this terrifying giant scythe coming towards him, but he knew very well that there were at least five riders behind him who could not possibly dodge this giant blade, so at this moment, he did not dodge and exhaled.
He raised his voice and pulled out a golden long sword from the cloth on the side of the saddle.
When he shouted violently, the golden sword turned into a dazzling thunderball, slashing from bottom to top and reaching the rotating giant scythe beside him in one breath.
"Boom!"
The two metal objects intersected, but they made an unusually dull roar.
The giant scythe of white cold light was forcefully lifted upwards, like a giant clam shell that kept flipping in the air.
The gray horse sitting under the middle-aged practitioner holding a golden sword fell sideways, all four hooves were broken at the same time, and it could not scream at all. A cloud of blood mist rushed out of its mouth.
The middle-aged practitioner was thrown off his horse and fell into the middle of the river with a crash.
Xu Zhenyan was lying on the ground, trembling all over, and his mind was filled with thoughts of fear and disbelief.
Moon Crossbow!
These assassins of Nangong Cangyue actually used the Moon Crossbow, which was only as powerful as the Mountain Crossing Crossbow!
There is also a rotating blade vehicle that is even more powerful than the moon-penetrating crossbow. There are not many of them in the entire military. It takes five or six ordinary sergeants to lift each blade!
Whether it is the crossbow carriage of the Moon Crossing Crossbow or the body of the rotating blade carriage, they are both very large. The people of Wenren Cang Yue were actually able to transport such weapons here without being discovered and use them for an assassination!
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The two riders fell to the ground with their intestines disfigured.
The shining white giant scythe landed with a thud.
Three headless horses and one horse whose hooves were broken and killed by the collision fell to the ground. Two riders who were cut in half lay in a pool of blood on the ground.
As the thick bloody smell instantly enveloped the team, more than a dozen gleaming hooks and black chains were thrown from the woods opposite, towards the middle-aged practitioner who fell into the river.
Dozens of black-clothed assassins holding long knives and wearing tin-metal masks on their faces silently rushed out from the hillside where the white giant scythe flew out. Like dozens of black trickles, they instantly pierced into the team, and even more
The bloody strangulation began instantly.
Xu Zhenyan, who was shaking all over, got up from the ground and pulled out two triangular thorn blades. He saw a knight in front of him stabbing an assassin's eye socket with his sword, but Xu Sheng was at a loss.
While he was trembling, a long knife cut off the rider's head and half of his shoulders, and blood spattered onto Xu Zhenyan's face.
The assassin who chopped down the rider directly knocked away the leaning body and rushed in front of Xu Zhenyan.
Almost as an instinctive reaction of his body, Xu Zhenyan shrunk and the stabbing blade in his right hand pierced the assassin's chest armor fiercely and penetrated into the assassin's body.
The assassin howled miserably, and when he was about to die, he burst out with strong willpower. Using his last strength, he stabbed out the long knife in his right hand and pierced Xu Zhenyan's shoulder.
The cold blade penetrated the flesh and blood, cut into the bones, and was stuck by the bones. Half of Xu Zhenyan's body twitched, and he howled violently like a wild beast. The stabbing blade in his hand kept digging into the assassin's body like crazy,
He fell to the ground with the assassin, and when he was pressed to the ground by the assassin's body, he was still howling miserably, and kept stabbing at the unresponsive assassin's body. (To be continued)