Chapter 56: Siege and Interception
Tang Ying looked at the constantly distorting flames in front of him, and a sense of foreboding suddenly rose in his heart. Soon a gust of wind with a rancid smell filled her side, and she felt as if she had been buried in the place where the butcher had put down the water.
Stinky is only one aspect, what really makes her feel frightened is the "dead air" that permeates the surroundings, she has also had a lot of experience in subduing demons and eliminating demons, but she has never acted alone, and most of the time she is accompanied by Li Chunfeng.
In other words, even if it is a monster of the same level, without Li Chunfeng by her side, she will still feel lacking in confidence.
The flames burned more and more, and in an instant, they exploded, as high as hers. Her horse also became restless, and she dragged her hands so hard that she could barely hold on to it, so she had to roll over and get on the horse. It's a little safer that way. Xiao'er soared into the air without saying a word, and after circling around, she suddenly flew back to Tang Ying's side, screaming as if urging her to get on her way.
Tang Ying had always believed in Xiao'er's intuition, she immediately clamped her legs, and the frightened horse's front hooves were raised, and she rushed forward like crazy.
As soon as Tang Ying sat down, he looked back. Reaching out, several humanoid standing shadows had just trampled out the campfire. The dark shadows watched her go away, their eyes glowing with a red, bloodthirsty light. In previous years, when she was in the Midyear Festival, she had seen a lot of low-level ghouls, and those things had such dangerous eyes.
She counted the days, and sure enough, it was approaching the Midyear Festival, and the deadline for the emperor's life was around that day. There have been so many things lately that she has almost forgotten. She knew that these ghouls were moving quickly, and hurriedly hurried forward with their horses and whips. There was a terrifying roar behind him, even more terrifying than the dubbing of a modern horror movie.
She did not dare to look back, so she pressed her head to the horse's neck and rushed forward. Behind them, the sound of the ghouls running on all fours and their hungry cries followed the horses. She could already feel from the horse's hoarse breathing that if it went on like this, even if the horse ran to death, it would not be able to escape the pursuit of the ghouls, and she must do something!
The road in front of me suddenly became narrower and narrower. She found that ahead of her was a narrow path between two mountain streams, probably as wide as three horses. So, with a movement in her heart, she took out a few charms from her sleeve that never left her body, and shot them into the road in advance. As she led her steed over the spell, she quickly turned around and lit the spell with white fire. In an instant, a fire power as high as a zhang was made.
The first ghouls that followed crashed into the wall of white fire, their howls of pain burned to ashes before they could fully utter their howls.
Tang Ying saw that the effect was immediate, and her heart relaxed a little, she stopped the horse, and could almost feel the horse's legs tremble a little. She was completely relieved when she inserted a second barrier about two people in front of the first wall of fire. The ghouls were trapped by the wall of fire and could not move forward, nor did they dare to ram again. They were all blocked between the narrow mountain walls, waiting for the spell to burn out and the walls of fire to be extinguished.
After about half an hour, the spell couldn't hold anymore and made a crackling burning sound. Tang Ying's spirit tightened again, and he hurriedly lit the second one with white fire. There was a black shadow that looked like a monkey, taking advantage of the first wall of fire to go down, and the second gap that was not completely angry, was blistered by the youkai behind it. Tang Ying subconsciously dodged its outstretched claws, but the mount under him was not spared, and a large piece of flesh was scratched off the side of its neck, so painful that it raised its front hooves again, almost throwing Tang Ying down!
The owl screamed and rushed towards the newly landed ghoul, its sharp beak and claws glistening coldly in the moonlight. After many years of watching Li Chunfeng subdue demons and eliminate demons, it is not covered. It was just clung to the ghoul's neck, and with a claw on both sides, the emaciated ghoul was instantly split in half from its neck. When it was thrown to the ground again, the scarlet light in its eyes faded away.
Tang Ying was frightened, and hurriedly continued to ride his horse and gallop. I don't know if the second wall of fire can withstand another half an hour, all she can do is continue to run.
The horse was already overworked, and its neck was injured, although Tang Ying used the ashes of the spell to help it stop the bleeding, and its speed gradually slowed down. She didn't dare to push hard, if Ma Lei died here, it would mean that the rest of the way would have to be left to her own.
Fortunately, there is no sign of ghouls catching up for the time being. She clutched her stomach, which was almost bumping out, and lay on her back for a short rest.
The two owls that followed her took turns resting behind the saddle. When it was Xiao Meng's turn to warn and judge in the air, it suddenly seemed to be frightened, and it chirped in a different tone. Tang Ying hurriedly stood up and looked back, only to see a large black and opaque cloud floating in the night sky in the distance. She wiped her eyes and continued to watch. Mom, what kind of dark clouds are these? It's hundreds, if not thousands, of big crows!
These crows don't know if it's Yuan Tiangang's crows. When she was fighting Fuji and people at night in Chang'an, she saw with her own eyes how the crows attacked Fuji and people. Could it be that these crows are here to save her?
She couldn't believe that she was actually sure that she was dressed up. Otherwise, why didn't the crow kill the ghouls later? Then they flew in droves with only one goal, and that was herself.
She no longer has illusions, since Yuan Tiangang can kill the fox queen, he will definitely be able to kill her. Perhaps all the factors that allowed Li Chunfeng to leave the organization must be wiped out. That's all she can understand.
The hatred for Yuan Tiangang instantly made her have a fighting spirit. She ran a white fire around her, and also took out the dozens of remaining charms from her body, ready to fight to the death with this group of crows and avenge the fox queen.
The crows fly much faster than the ghouls. In the blink of an eye, they had already flown in front of Tang Ying.
These crows all have an incalculable IQ, and they are divided into several squads and attack Tang Ying's mount. Tang Ying defended her head with her arms, but soon realized that the crows were blindly attacking her mount instead of her, so she stretched out her body in relief. Soon, the horse's head had been pecked so hard that the bones could be seen, but out of inertia its limbs were still running mechanically, and the scene was almost like riding a ghost horse.
Tang Ying was reluctant to do a somersault and got off the horse. Seeing that it ran for more than ten meters, it finally fell on the road and died.
Instead of swarming to eat the horses clean, the crows fell like well-trained warriors and landed on the surrounding rocky branches. Surrounded her and the two owls. As long as Tang Ying doesn't move, they don't move. If Tang Ying made a move to run in a certain direction ahead, then the birds would immediately chirp non-stop, as if they were issuing some kind of threat.
Tang Ying and the crow were in a stalemate, constantly thinking in their hearts. Does Yuan Tiangang want to put her to death, or do you want to keep her for other purposes?