277 The Man Behind the Stele
The momentary weightlessness made Shen Yan'er's tired body feel as if she was unconscious. ~
The hoarse voice came out as she felt her body fall heavily to the ground, and the strong rancid smell that came to her nose made Shen Yan'er dizzy. She couldn't think of anything else, as a myriad of decaying arms quickly enveloped her from above.
She didn't fall directly to the ground, but into the crowd of walking corpses. The walking corpse's rotting ** became her back. At the same time, he felt a familiar warmth behind him hugging him tightly, but he didn't even have time to look back at him to confirm.
The dense walking corpses rushed up frantically, opening their bloody mouths and biting Shen Yan'er, frightening her "Ah-" to the ground, letting out a terrible roar from the depths of her throat, and subconsciously raising her arms to block her head. At this moment, her body suddenly floated upwards - pulled up by the black shadow that had been protecting her behind her.
"Don't be afraid." A quick and low voice suddenly came from her ears, and Shen Yan'er almost burst into tears. Although she had guessed the identity of the black shadow before, after hearing these two words, she could finally clearly determine a fact - it was indeed Xiao Hei, and Xiao Hei risked his life to save her.
With Xiao Hei's martial arts, it was clear that a single leg sweep could sweep away the walking corpses surrounding him, but he didn't do it. Instead, he quickly lifted a bloodstained linen cloth draped over his shoulders, covered Shen Yan'er's head, and pressed down slightly with his hand, signaling Shen Yan'er to lower her body. Just now, he was wrapped in this thing and hid in the group of walking corpses, taking advantage of Sulehada's unpreparedness to sneak up to the city tower from the outer wall, and then dragged Shen Yan'er down with a thin wire.
The indescribable rancid smell under the linen cloth stimulated Shen Yan'er to almost vomit. She let out a painful retching and covered her mouth tightly with her hand, but still vomited a little gastric juice. Fortunately, the circle of walking corpses closest to them was controlled by Xiao Hei, and instead of attacking them, they fought fiercely with the other walking corpses in the slightly outer layer.
"Follow me." Xiao Hei under the linen cloth hugged Shen Yan'er's shoulder tightly with one hand. Holding a short knife with blood on the edge of his other hand, he half-bent over and took Shen Yan'er with him, squeezing out with great difficulty between the walking corpses and the walking corpses. When you really can't squeeze it out, you can directly use a knife to cut off the walking corpse that is blocked.
"Don't let them escape!" From the direction of the tower, Sul Hada's resounding shouting order was heard. Like a thunderbolt exploding overhead, Shen Yan'er shrank up involuntarily.
"Don't be afraid." But Xiao Hei only used two words. It made her relax.
Overhead, there was the terrifying sound of arrows and wipers. Although the sight cut off by the linen cloth was no longer useful, with her sense of smell, hearing, and intuition, Shen Yan'er could imagine the spectacular picture of the corpse falling headlong under the dense rain of arrows that covered the sky.
No wonder Xiao Hei didn't dare to straighten his body, he was afraid that Sulehada would order an arrow attack. The linen cloth, stained with blood and internal organs, became their best disguise and protection. Not only did the archers on the towers of the castle not be able to see their location. And you can prevent the enemy walking corpse from being aggressive, which is really a double win.
After struggling to shuttle through the group of walking corpses for a quarter of an hour, Shen Yan'er finally got out of the group of corpses under the protection of Xiao Hei and escaped beyond the range of the flying arrows.
When Xiao Hei lifted the sackcloth, he had already held his breath to the limit, and Shen Yan'er, who was about to coma due to lack of oxygen, took a deep breath. Although the pungent putrid stench still permeated the battlefield of the walking corpses, it was far less intense than in the small space under the linen.
Xiao Hei helped Shen Yan'er, who was almost unstable, to continue to flee south. To the south is the direction of Geeyang. The city tower of Peicheng has been flooded with walking corpses, and almost all the walking corpses in the city are concentrated here. Even Sulkhada couldn't chase it out.
Seeing the two hostages flee, Sulhada was so angry that he clenched his right fist and slammed it on the stone fence.
Tuoya stepped forward and asked, "Lord Wang, do you still want to chase?" ”
Although the army will inevitably suffer heavy losses if it wants to rush out, a few elites can break through the corpse group and pursue it with their extraordinary skills.
But after a sigh, Sulehada waved his hand lightly, and replied indifferently: "No need to chase ......" As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Hei, who was about to disappear behind a small hill with Shen Yan'er in the distance. He said in a low voice, "He can't escape...... I'll catch him sooner or later......"
If you are not more than 90% sure, you will never be able to say such a tone. Toya, who was familiar with Sulhada's temperament, turned her head to look at the curves of his lips that slowly softened, and saw a half-meaningful smile. His heart tightened suddenly, and he subconsciously looked at Shen Yan'er's last figure after disappearing into the hills. frowned uneasily.
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The weeds in the vast deserted garden outside Peicheng have long since withered and yellowed, and they have been frozen tightly to the ground by the bitter cold weather. The frozen ground is as hard as iron, and it doesn't feel like you're walking in the wild. The roar of the walking corpse was long gone, but Shen Yan'er still had a hazy auditory hallucination in her ears. I don't know if I was scared by Sulhada, but I always felt that he would appear at any time, and every ten or so steps, I sensitively looked back and back.
There were no pursuers. There was no abnormality, but it made Shen Yan'er feel even more uneasy.
"It's safe to flee here." Suddenly, Xiao Hei, who was holding Shen Yan'er's shoulder, stopped. Suddenly came back to his senses and found that there was a stone tablet standing on the side of the road, which profoundly inscribed the word Peicheng in Anli script - it turned out that he had come to the junction.
What surprised Shen Yan'er even more was that there was another person sitting behind the stele.
"Miao Pu?" His eyes widened in astonishment, staring at her in disbelief.
Miao Pu was injured and looked a little weak, and after hearing Shen Yan'er call her, she just raised her head slightly and glanced at her without any expression. Her arms and waist were wrapped in fabric torn from her clothes, and blood could be seen from the depths.
"I didn't expect you to really save her." Miao Pu moved his eyes to Xiao Hei, and said with a sneer that he didn't know whether to mock or surprised, and then raised his hand to hold the stone tablet, and lifted his lower body hard, slowly and laboriously trying to get up from the ground.
Seeing this, Shen Yan'er hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and asked with concern, "How are you?" Is the injury serious? ”
"Don't worry, you were wounded by a sword, not bitten."
Shen Yan'er's kindness was misunderstood, and her heart was naturally a little sour, but her face didn't show it, but she didn't know what to say and closed her mouth gently. (To be continued.) )