Chapter 35: Killing Intent
When the news came that Gaochang Guotian Castle had been breached in half a day, the morale in the barracks was high. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
But for the scouts, their hearts are full of depression and helplessness. Even if they formed a team of more than five people to go out to investigate, they were repeatedly succeeded by the assassins who attacked them, and the tactics of the other party have changed in recent days, and no longer take people's lives, but all the wounded are seriously injured and cannot recover within a few months, and some of them are disabled. These wounded undoubtedly consumed more resources of the Tang Army, which was also the purpose of the other party.
However, scouts and sentry posts cannot be removed, and once these masters are given a close enough distance to release the rockets, the harassment in the middle of the night will greatly affect the rest of the army, as well as the safety of food and grass.
Xuan Yu was reassigned the task of scouting, and Xue Wanche transferred the people with better martial arts in his own soldiers to spy during the day and guard the surrounding area at night.
On this sunny night, Xuan Yu sat behind a big boulder, meditated and exercised, making others feel tired of being on duty at night, but he was willing to do it.
The environment in the wild was very suitable for cultivating one's internal strength, but at this time he had to pause.
At another sentry post a thousand paces away, the sound of a fight was heard in the wind. Xuanyu rushed in, and those nasty Turkic assassins came again.
Entering the territory of Gaochang, he had already driven away the Turkic masters who had come to harass him three times, and because he didn't want to exchange injuries for injuries with the other party, he couldn't leave one.
General Xue Wanche had already instructed not to confront these Western Turks, if they could be captured, it would be the best, but the primary purpose was to maintain their strength and drive them away.
Approaching a distance of 100 steps, Xuan Yu saw the situation clearly, this time it was different from the previous situation, the other party used a sword, a Han weapon.
Slowing down his running speed and giving himself more time to observe, three of the six Tang Army sentries had already fallen to the ground, and the thick armor on their bodies was already in tatters.
The black-clad assassin was not very tall, and when he saw someone approaching, he ignored it, and stabbed his sword in the throat of a resisting Tang army.
At the same time as Xuanyu sprinted, the Qingxuan sword was unsheathed and picked up at the tip of the assassin's sword, when the two swords struck each other, there was no sound of the exchange of blows, and a strange suction force came from the opponent's long sword, and continued to move forward with the Qingxuan sword, while pressing down to the ground.
Xuan Yu retracted the Qing Xuan Sword, but with it, there was the other party's killing move, the suction on the opponent's long sword disappeared, and at the same time, it turned into a streamer and slashed towards Xuan Yu's neck along the sword body of the Qing Xuan Sword.
Xuan Yu bowed backwards, and with the upward lifting of the Qing Xuan Sword, Kankan let the deadly long sword slide through, and his left hand propped up the ground, turning away from the assassin.
"Huh~"
"Liu Yu, are you okay?"
“… It's okay, you go back to camp first, I'll stop him. ”
The black shadow stood there for a long time, and in addition to sighing, he was still playing with his long sword, and the sword was engraved with some strange strips.
"Are you Han?" Xuan Yu asked.
"You just want to ask that?"
"Forget it, you don't have to answer, I hope you don't."
"Okay, it's rare to meet a good swordsmanship, let's practice."
The long sword engraved with pictures and texts swayed towards Xuanyu in an erratic trajectory, and the two fought together.
This kind of smart sword move is what Xuan Yu is good at, if it is just the subtlety of the sword move, he will not be weaker than the other party, but he is inferior in the confrontation of true qi, and the true qi of the man in black can't help but attack and defend, and he can also attach suction to the sword body. His Qingxuan Sword was almost out of control by the other party many times, and he encountered danger many times.
"It's a little interesting, Taoist martial arts, but if it's just this ability, then I'm afraid you won't see the sun tomorrow." The dark shadow also has idle comments.
Xuanyu collected his mind, changed his strategy, only sought self-preservation, and waited for an opportunity to withdraw. The other party seemed to see his intentions, and the sword light poured out like mercury.
The sword style of the black shadow is very similar to his own, each sword contains not much true qi, and he pursues direct damage to the enemy with change and flexibility, these Xuanyu can still deal with it, but the occasional suction of the opponent's long sword can be very effective in disrupting his sword moves, and take the opportunity to sneak attack.
Once careless, Xuan Yu's left shoulder was slashed by the tip of the opponent's sword. The other party's weird internal strength is not strong, and he did not break through his body's protective true qi, and after concentrating on the Xuangang true qi, the wound that was not deep contracted and only a little blood flowed out.
Seeing the other party's comfortable appearance, Xuan Yu knew that if he continued like this, he would really die here, and he could only use all his strength.
In order to be able to successfully infiltrate the Tang Dynasty military, Master Bi Xuan did not teach himself, those various martial arts, only learned Xuangang True Qi, because this can make people believe that Xuanyu's master is a reclusive master of Taoism.
However, there are indeed two ways to use Xuangang's true qi:
Xuan Jin: Based on the two veins of Ren Du, but from the right hand Shao Yin Heart Sutra to the sword body, it is characterized by lightness. In this way, combined with the Qingxuan sword technique with more variations, this is the most commonly used by himself.
Gang Jin: It is also based on the second pulse of Ren Du, but it is transported to the sword body with the Shaoyang Sanjiao meridian in his left hand, but it is pure and fierce true qi, not seeking change, only hurting the enemy with true qi.
Gangjin is his only hole card, and it is also an opportunity to get out of trouble tonight and fight back against the opponent.
'Don't die here tonight!' This is Xuanyu's only thought.
In order to wait for the best opportunity, I can only endure now.
Xuan Yu fought and retreated, the opponent's sword light always shrouded him, and the number of wounds on his body was increasing.
The man in black seemed to be in high spirits, and obviously had no intention of letting himself go.
Suction came from the opponent's long sword again, and the Qing Xuan Sword was taken away, and the long sword engraved with strange pictures and texts quickly slashed towards Xuan Yu's throat.
Xuan Yu drew his sword and barely blocked it, and pretended to be weak in internal strength, allowing the opponent's true qi to invade his shoulder, showing a huge shock all over his body, and retreating backwards.
"Haha!"
The other party followed him like a shadow, and another sword stabbed directly into Xuan Yu's chest.
Pretending that his right arm was injured, Xuanyu Sword handed over his left hand, and clumsily picked it up, Xuangang's true qi ran with all his strength, and Gang used his strength.
Since the two started the war, the long sword engraved with strange stripes has been nimbly dominating the battle, but after the two swords exchanged swords this time, the Qingxuan Sword had the upper hand for the first time.
The rune long sword was swung away, the figure of the black shadow was stunned, and the Qingxuan sword drew a circle and slashed towards the waist of the black shadow, but the speed was not fast.
The shadow stepped back, but it seemed impossible to dodge.
At this moment, a blood arrow erupted from the mouth of the black shadow, and Xuan Yu could only stretch out his right hand to block in a hurry, and the furious true qi entered his right arm.
Affected by the blood arrow, the speed of Xuan Yu's left-handed sword failed to speed up, and just when the Qing Xuan Sword was about to reach his body, the black shadow's waist and abdomen suddenly contracted, Kankan avoided the Qing Xuan Sword, and the black shadow retreated to a distance of three zhang Xu and then froze still.
At the same time as the blood arrow spewed out, it blew off the mask of the man in black, revealing the face of the Han people, his face turned twice between red and white, his eyes were like electricity, staring at Xuanyu fiercely, revealing full of killing intent.
The qi and blood in Xuan Yu's body are also churning, the opponent's blood arrow contains a high density of true qi, and he hurriedly used his right hand to block, the meridians of his right arm were already injured, and he barely clenched his fists behind him, and the place where the handsome face was splashed with blood was hot and painful, and he continued to hold the sword in his left hand, trying his best to run the true qi and suppress the other party's invading true qi.
Xuanyu only felt disappointed now, he had calculated so much, but he was just exchanging injuries for injuries, and he didn't know who was seriously injured.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and the black-clad assassin spoke.
"I didn't want to kill you, but it's a pity."
At this moment, Xuan Yu knew that he had lost, and he had already run his true qi with all his might, but the true qi of his right arm was stuck in the Jiquan acupoint near his shoulder, and it was no longer possible to make an inch, and the right-handed sword could not be used now, as long as the opponent could still use the smart swordsmanship, his left-handed sword would definitely not be able to parry.
The only hope was that reinforcements would arrive, but there was no sign yet.
The black-clothed assassin was just about to start the battle again, when another black shadow quietly appeared on a large rock near Xuanyu's right side.
"You can't kill him."
“… Why? Find someone else to complete the task. ”
Xuan Yu was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, the big stone was not far from him, but he didn't notice that someone was hiding behind him. If this person had just made a move, he would probably have died.
Xuan Yu looked at the man, he didn't have a mask, but he had a strange mask on his face, revealing most of his face, and one side was blocked by the mask.
"If I'm not mistaken, Liu Yu, we've met in the martial arts mansion, right?"
The black-clothed assassin stopped talking, looking at Xuan Yu, but his momentum did not relax.
Xuan Yu recognized the person, but he couldn't relax, his life was already in the hands of others.
"In any case, we have to verify each other's identities, Demon Sect: Liang Jun."
As he spoke, Liang Jun used his right hand to make a gesture used by the people in the Holy Gate to identify him.
"Then Liu Yu, it's your turn, if you can't respond correctly, I can only send you on the road with that guy."
Xuan Yu looked at Liang Jun, full of helplessness. It feels really bad to be pinched for his life, and even suspects that even if he makes a secret mark, he may not be able to escape the poison, although Liang Jun is dissuading the black-clothed assassin, but he has not diminished his killing intent in the slightest.
His right arm has not yet recovered, and he can't make secret marks to identify him.
'This Liang Jun is deliberately embarrassing himself! ’
Thinking of this, I subconsciously felt that this might be my only chance now.
"I can't move my right arm, I can only use my left hand. True Preacher: Xuanyu. ”
Xuan Yu abandoned his sword and made a mark with his left hand.
Seeing Xuan Yu's appearance, the black-clothed assassin's momentum weakened, and his gaze at Xuan Yu was no longer fierce.
"It turned out to be Xuan Yu, I'm really curious, what kind of strength is contained in your left hand sword, which actually made this guy injured."
"Hmph~ Next time you two fight, I'll watch. And....don't keep being a guy guy, I have a name. ”
Liang Jun smiled slightly,
"Oh, Xuanyu, let me introduce you to this guy..."
When the young man who was introduced heard this, he showed a look of attention, staring at Xuan Yu, as if he was expectant.
Liang Jun also seemed to cooperate with him, slowing down his speech.
“… The ...... of the Evil Extremity Sect Du O..."
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(pitted)