Act 178 [Assassination] (II)
At night, the snow is falling in the eyes.
The raging fire set the Chinese tent on fire.
For a while, many soldiers thought that Lei Che was still in the big tent, so they hurriedly gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army, and tried their best to extinguish the fire in the process. Seeing this scene, Lei Che was a little moved, which also made him relax his vigilance slightly, not noticing the assassin who was secretly approaching him.
And now, Nangong Jinyan and Brother Wei Chi are staying by Lei Che's side at the moment, unless this assassin has entered the realm of mental martial arts, even if he can take advantage of the chaos, it is impossible for him to leave alive.
"Why didn't the widow take a few steps, but there was a fire on the other side of the big tent?" Lei Che shook the wine jug in his hand and asked Nangong Jinyan. Nangong didn't answer, and turned his gaze to the Wei Chi brothers on the side.
"Could it be that there are still assassins lurking in the barracks at this moment?" Wei Chi Dingbang looked at the raging fire in the distance and wondered.
As soon as Yu Chi Dingbang's words fell, Yu Chi Poyu slowly pulled out the knife at his waist. Lei Che looked at Wei Chi Poyu in confusion: "What are you going to do here?"
"The protector is thorough. ”
Wei Chi Poyu was on guard and glanced around with cold eyes, which made the assassin who was approaching Lei Che suddenly change his mind.
Lei Che listened, looked up to the sky and laughed.
Seeing this, Nangong reminded Lei Che with a solemn expression: "Lord of the country, this is very likely their plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. The purpose is to attract the attention of most people, so as to find an opportunity to attack the lord of the country. ”
Lei Che said disappreciatively: "Now that there are a few generals by the widow's side, they will not have any chance, and they will not have any chance. ”
Nangong Jinyan felt trust from Lei Che's words, but in a blink of an eye, he remembered that Lei Che had just mentioned that when Lei Che was in the camp of the Chinese army before, thirty assassins surrounded him, and finally Lei Che and the greedy war bear fought their way out of the encirclement.
Thinking of this, Nangong Jinyan realized that in fact, Lei Che's words were not only trust, but also a bit of ridicule. The implication is that when he was surrounded by more than thirty Assassins, where were you? Now you see the fire in the military tent, and you know that you are chasing the wind here?
Looking at the smile on the corner of Lei Che's mouth, Nangong Jinyan shifted his gaze in shame. As a result, in the process, Nangong Jinyan noticed a sneaky figure, that is, the assassin who was about to assassinate Lei Che.
At this time, Lei Che didn't realize what would happen next. But he still didn't notice that in the chaos, a famous soldier wandering was not far from him, Nangong Jinyan and the others. Although Nangong Jinyan understood Lei Che's words, he did not relax his vigilance because of this.
When the night covered the sky, everyone was busy in the burning fire and the heavy snow, and the entire military camp of the Thousand Thunder Country was lively in this fire. Because the wind and snow were strong enough, and everyone moved fast enough, the fire was soon effectively controlled.
"It's spectacular. ”
Looking at the scene in front of him, Lei Che sighed with emotion.
Brother Wei Chi listened, and then froze in place. Nangong Jinyan was also in the process, and looked in the direction of the suspicious soldier without moving. Although Nangong Jinyan's movements were small, it also made the assassin disguised as a soldier of the Thousand Thunder Country realize that his identity might have been exposed.
After a brief exchange of eyes, a deafening roar came from the military camp to the west. After hearing this, Lei Che was stunned for a moment, and then slowly pulled back the smile on the corner of his mouth. In an instant, with Lei Che as the center, the surrounding military camps were all ignited by the fire, and a huge encirclement was formed invisibly, and the four brothers Lei Che, Nangong Jinyan, and Wei Chi were surrounded instead.
The next moment, hundreds of poison-quenched darts passed through the wall of fire, and Nangong Jinyan turned the weapon in his hand to block this sudden blow for Lei Che. A series of sparks, scattered among the snowflies in the night. At the same moment, dozens of Assassins crossed the flames and entered the encirclement from all sides.
The enraged Wei Chi brothers, as well as Nangong Jinyan, immediately engaged in a fierce battle with these assassins. Between the swords, Lei Che looked indifferently at all that was happening around him, as if it had nothing to do with him. Soon, in the face of these well-trained assassins, the Wei Chi brothers were wounded in many places, and Nangong Jinyan was gradually defeated due to physical exhaustion.
Outside the encirclement, those soldiers of the Thousand Thunder Country were trying their best to extinguish the fire, and in the process, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the fire that was about to be extinguished suddenly spread to the surrounding area when the greedy war bear arrived, and gradually showed a tendency to get out of control.
Not far away, Gu Yu watched all this silently, with no intention of interfering. The bitter cold wind could not kill the dancing fire dragon, and soon the Chinese army camp of the Thousand Thunder Country gradually fell into chaos because of this out-of-control fire.
At this time, in the chaotic camp of the Chinese army, a flute suddenly sounded. This voice made Gu Yu feel both familiar and disgusted. She instinctively resisted the sound of the flute, but her body honestly followed the sound of the flute in a strange way.
In the dark night, Qiu Ning played the flute while quietly observing the scene in front of him. The greedy war bear, which also heard the sound of the flute, let out a deafening roar again. It noticed the change in Gu Yu and hoped that Lei Che would respond to it after hearing its roar, so that it could find Lei Che's location and then support him.
Right now, the chaos and hustle and bustle have made the greedy war bear lose its way. Although it sensed that the flute sound was inextricably linked to the changes that Gu Yu was currently making, it had no way to follow the sound to find out who was playing the flute.
As the chaos intensified, Gu Yu felt a force that was quietly making her blood gush. After a moment of contemplation, Gu Yu realized what had allowed her to gain the power she was now.
It is chaos, the most fundamental chaos.
Although no chaos can last forever. But the noisy sound in the process made Gu Yu feel a headache. It is like a tide, and it floods the valley rain in an instant. Gu Yu had no way to resist, and immersed himself in it, and finally let this force dominate him......
The greedy war bear, who was originally trying to find Lei Che in this chaos, also realized the strangeness of Gu Yu's side later. When this power completely dominated Gu Yu, Gu Yu's eyes, who had always been sensible, were replaced by scarlet color, and the black wings that were originally hidden behind her also unabashedly unfolded after her eyes turned scarlet.
In the eyes of everyone, the fully opened wings were two to three times the size of Gu Yu's delicate body. This made many soldiers who had never seen Gu Yu look like this even more panicked. Gu Yu, on the other hand, was immersed in the fear of chaos and attacked these soldiers.
At this point, Chunin put away his flute and slowly retreated into the darkness, quietly observing how what was happening in front of him would end.
What was already a chaotic situation has become even more chaotic in the process. And these are exactly what Gu Yu longs for at this moment. The growing power of chaos caused her to lose her mind and plunge into madness, making her even stronger.
The next moment, black flames rose from the ground, and the black feather blades fluttering wildly caused many soldiers of the Thousand Thunder Kingdom who were busy fighting the fire to suffer heavy losses. The greedy war bear, who was going to rescue Lei Che, hesitated for a moment after seeing this situation, and finally chose to turn around and stop Gu Yu in the rampage.
The roar of the war bear and the laughter of the woman also resounded in the already extremely chaotic camp of the Thousand Thunder Country. All this can be said to be an accident, but it also bought those assassins precious time to assassinate Lei Che.
As the fierce battle gradually settled, Nangong Jinyan and the Wei Chi brothers, who were desperately protecting Lei Che, were finally defeated. The suspicious-looking soldier also unveiled his disguise at this time. After seeing the true appearance of this soldier, Lei Che couldn't help but be surprised: "Woman?"
"What's wrong with the woman?"
"No, the widow was just surprised. ”
"Accidents will end up dying at the hands of women?"
"That's not it," Lei Che smiled, "It's a shame that a woman as beautiful as you would choose to be an assassin." ”
Between the words, Lei Che's eyes began to look at the woman in front of him repeatedly, not knowing what he was searching for. Looking at the woman's graceful figure, Lei Che regretted again: "It's a pity. ”
The woman ignored Lei Che's words and took out two strange daggers from her sleeves. The backs of these two daggers have shark-like ridges, and the front blades are sinuous like swimming snakes.
Lei Che knew that this dagger was the "Broken Blade Dagger" commonly used by the Mo Guomu clan. This dagger has two sides, one to kill the enemy and the other to break the blade. After seeing these two daggers, Lei Che immediately realized that the people who assassinated him tonight were most likely killers from the "Ghost Fire". Thinking of this, Lei Che suddenly recalled that Qiu Yu had mentioned to him earlier about the relationship between the Mo Kingdom and the "Ghost Fire".
Combined with the fact that the Thousand Thunder Kingdom was about to crusade against the Flowing Cloud City of the Mo Kingdom, Lei Che believed that it was very likely that the Mo Kingdom was secretly planning all of this behind the scenes.
For a moment of silence, the strong smell of gunpowder smoke diffused throughout the Chinese army camp in the Thousand Thunder Country. Gu Yu, who has completely spread his wings, is fighting with the angry greedy war bear. At this time, the greedy war bear was full of firepower, ruthlessly tearing apart Gu Yu's wings with sharp claws, and throwing her far away.
White blood was scattered everywhere, and black flames ignited white flames. Gu Yu grinned at the corners of his mouth, as if he couldn't feel the pain, and after a moment of rest, he once again launched a counterattack against the giant beast in front of him.
The endless chaotic power repaired Gu Yu's wounds in the process of fighting. The scattered sharp feather blades either directly killed the soldiers of the Thousand Thunder Country who were onlooking, or caused them to fall to the ground with serious injuries. Some of the blades struck the greedy war bear's body, but it didn't leave a single scar, which only angered the beast even more.
In the face of the greedy war bear who went all out, although the rampaging Gu Yu had the strength to fight with it, she had no way to take advantage and dominate the battlefield opened up by her. It can be said that Gu Yu was unilaterally beaten by the greedy war bear throughout the whole process.
None of her attacks could do any damage to the Gluttonous War Bear, and the burning black flames couldn't set the roaring beast in front of her on fire. After a period of fighting, the greedy war bear trampled Gu Yu under his feet and kept slamming her head.
After some struggle, Gu Yu broke free from the claws of the greedy war bear and fled into the deeper night. Seeing this scene, the greedy war bear did not chase her, but with another roar that resounded through the heavens and the earth, he turned to the location of Lei Che, who was trapped in the sea of fire at this time.
Although, in this roar, the greedy war bear still didn't feel Lei Che's response, but it unexpectedly smelled a different smell from their Thousand Thunder Country.
Facing these assassins who were approaching Lei Che, Nangong Jinyan stood up again. He stepped in the snow and attacked the woman with two daggers in her hands, the corpses of the assassins he had previously killed.
The Wei Chi brothers, who were seriously injured, were responsible for Lei Che's safety during this period. Lei Che, on the other hand, looked at all this indifferently in front of him, shook the wine jug in his hand, and said nothing.
All the assassins who stood in front of Nangong Jinyan were killed by him. A well-trained killer doesn't get timid because of his bravery. When the sharp sword and the dagger touched, the sparks burst out, and with a crisp sword blade breaking, the sword in Nangong Jinyan's hand was broken into two.
Before Nangong could react, another dagger in the woman's hand directly pierced the hand where he was holding the sword. Nangong Jinyan, who was at the peak of the tenth order, couldn't believe that he had been pierced by a sharp dagger, which should have been invulnerable to his body.
Obviously, he didn't recognize what kind of material the two daggers the woman was holding in her hands, and he couldn't guess what kind of realm the woman's skills were, so he easily subdued him with just one move.
Seeing this scene, Lei Che frowned slightly.
Immediately afterwards, the woman pulled out the dagger inserted in Nangong Jinyan's wrist and wiped it towards his neck, but was dodged by Nangong Jinyan. In the howling cold wind, Nangong Jinyan lifted the long sword that fell to the ground with one foot, and swung the sword with his other hand, trying to regain the disadvantage. As a result, to Nangong Jinyan's surprise, two other women with the same appearance came out of nowhere and pressed him to the ground in the same way.
Without waiting for the three women to make the next move, Lei Che, who was originally standing in place and watching all these changes, suddenly threw the wine jug in his hand at one of the women, and the next moment he lifted the long knife on the ground, and turned to slash at the woman who was about to give Yu Nangong Jinyan a fatal blow.
After seeing the process of Nangong Jinyan fighting with them just now, Lei Che noticed that there was a certain flaw in the "Broken Blade Dagger" in the hands of these women. Therefore, Lei Che pretended to grasp their flaws to advance and retreat, and successfully rescued the injured Nangong Jinyan from three women with the same appearance.
At the same moment, the greedy war bear opened its bloody mouth and rushed out of the sea of fire. The women were startled and hurriedly dodged. As a result, one of them couldn't dodge and died directly under the bloody claws of the greedy war bear.
"Sister!"
Mu Qing and Mu Lan, among the three sisters of the Mu family, turned into a panic after witnessing their sister die in battle. Seeing this scene, Lei Che hesitated for a moment, and finally turned to the greedy war bear who rushed to support: "These two stay alive, you clear the field first."
Then, the greedy war bear let out a low roar, as if he had agreed to Lei Che's instructions just now. The already exhausted Wei Chi brothers also fought their way out of the encirclement during this period and joined up with Lei Che. In the end, the remaining assassins were easily slaughtered by the greedy war bear, and Lei Che wielded a long knife to fight the Mu sisters who planned tonight's assassination.
Brother Wei Chi and Nangong Jinyan, who were supposed to protect Lei Che's safety, were protected by Lei Che in this way. To the surprise of the Mu family sisters, this lord of the Thousand Thunder Country was far more difficult to deal with than they imagined.
After several battles, Lei Che overpowered them with absolute strength and snatched the special "Broken Blade Daggers" from them. On the other side, the remaining assassins died a tragic death under the claws of the greedy war bear. The smell of blood diffused in the wailing. The icy snow melted in the flames, and the fire was brought under control.
The chaos is gradually calming down.
When the last assassin was torn in two by the greedy war bear, Lei Che was about to take down the two Mu sisters. Unexpectedly, a few cold rays that suddenly fell in the darkness took advantage of the moment when Lei Che won his hand and directly pierced his arm.
"Lord of the Kingdom!"
Seeing this, the Wei Chi brothers and Nangong Jinyan shouted in unison, and the greedy war bear, who was already out of breath, heard the sound and let out a roar in the direction of Lei Che, but the assassin who came from nowhere did not pursue Lei Che, but took advantage of Lei Che's injury to save the Mu family sisters.
Seeing this, Wei Chi Poyu grabbed a "Broken Blade Dagger" that had fallen to the ground and threw it at the assassin who was about to flee from here.
"Be careful!"
Seeing this, Mu Qing hurriedly used his body as a shield to block this blow for Qiu Ning. As a result, the sharp "Broken Blade Dagger" pierced Mu Qing's shoulder bone and caused some damage to Qiu Ning.
This puts the three people who could have escaped by the opportunity into danger again. The roaring greedy war bear is getting closer and closer to them. In a hurry, Qiu Ning pushed away the Mu family sisters and asked Mu Lan to quickly leave here with the injured Mu Qing. Mu Lan hesitated for a moment, and finally Qiu Ning urged again, "If we don't leave, none of us will be able to leave tonight!"
At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise in the sky.
Gu Yu, who originally fled from the Chinese army camp, fell from the sky and smashed heavily on the greedy war bear's body, impartially. The huge impact made the eyes of the people around him unable to open their eyes. Qiu Ning, who has always been astute, immediately seized this sudden turn of events and successfully took the Mu family sisters to take advantage of the chaos to leave.
When the hustle and bustle settled, the soldiers of the Thousand Thunder Kingdom who heard the rush surrounded here, and Lei Che was not harmed again because he was protected by the Wei Chi brothers and Nangong Jinyan. It's just that looking at the greedy war bear who was unconscious at this time and Gu Yu who was covered with wounds, Lei Che gradually fell into deep thought.
He began to think seriously about how the Assassins knew where he was stationed and when they had infiltrated his army. In contemplation, Lei Che's gaze turned to the snow. After seeing the unconscious greedy war bear and the seriously injured Gu Yu, everyone's eyes turned to Lei Che, as if waiting for Lei Che to give an order.
However, Lei Che did not speak, but chose to remain silent.