The town of Jianyan is located in the heart of a rolling mountain plateau. The people of the town and the nearby mountain villages have always lived a life of peace and quiet, although not wealthy. It's just that people's comfortable lives have been shattered by the rise of the sea and the arrival of the people of Sakurashu.

In the early morning of this day, it was raining lightly, and Yao Ping and his entourage, a total of more than 20 people, rushed to the vicinity of Jianyan Town.

The rain made the already steep and difficult terrace trail even more slippery and difficult to navigate. On a hillside, Yao Ping stretched out his hand to help Li Jun, who was almost slipping beside him, and then said with concern, "Miss Li, the road is slippery on rainy days, be careful of your step." ”

Li Jun reached out and stroked the brim of the hat that covered the rain, smiled at Yao Ping and nodded.

"Bottle, I seem to smell the sea." Qu Shun, who was walking in front of Yao Ping, said.

After hearing Qu Shun's words, Yao Ping and Li Jun looked up together and looked into the distance, but the scattered plateaus of the high ground here in Jianyan blocked most of their sight.

"It's the smell of rain, the sea is still far from here." Yao Ping said.

"Zhan-sama!"

Without waiting for Qu Shun to speak again, a soldier who had followed Zhanye all the way from Linjian suddenly shouted to Zhanye from the back of the team at this time, "Lord Zhan, two suspicious people have been found on the southeast platform. ”

Following the warrior's voice, Zhanye immediately looked sideways at the terrace, and after carefully discerning it, he found that there were indeed two rain-riding people busy on a platform plane that protruded from the ground.

"Watch for secrecy!" Zhan Ye said immediately.

With Zhanye's reminder, everyone immediately lowered their posture and lurked behind the bushes on the side of the road.

"Brother Zhan, what did you find?" Yao Ping looked at the distant platform and asked Zhanye in a low voice.

"Sakurashu people." Zhan Ye looked at the two people on the distant platform through the rain curtain and whispered.

"You're saying those two people are from Sakura?" Yao Ping asked, "How so?" ”

Zhan Ye nodded and said, "Look at the knives on their waists." ”

Yao Ping looked at it carefully for a while, but saw that the two people who were digging for something did have a katana with a curved blade similar to the one like Shadow Kiri's hanging from their waists.

"Great, two lonely Sakuraku." Qu Shun suddenly said to Yao Ping from the side at this time, "Bottle, let's take this opportunity to arrest those two people, right?" It's a rare opportunity. ”

"Don't act rashly." Zhan Ye said.

"They seem to be trying to build something on that mesa." Yoo Eun-jae also spoke at this time, "You go on, I'll go and take a look." ”

"Brother Liu, we are not familiar with the nearby terrain, so you'd better not act alone." Zhan Ye said.

"I'm going to visit and I'll be familiar with it." Yoo Eun-jae said that he was about to get up and go.

Yao Ping hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Liu Enzai, and said, "Enzai, Brother Zhan is right, it will be very dangerous for you to act alone. ”

Yoo Eun-jae looked at Yao Ping, and his eyes revealed an unquestionable firmness.

"I, we're one." Yao Ping looked at Liu Enzai's eyes, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, "If you want to go, we should go together." ”

Liu Enzai's expression was relieved, and he said with a shallow smile, "That's fine." ”

"Brother Zhan.." Yao Ping turned to Zhanye and asked, "We.. Let's just go together, right? ”

Zhanye looked at Yoo Eun-jae and then nodded and said, "Let's go together, everyone be careful." ”

Then the group quietly and stealthily approached the terrace. When he approached more than 100 steps from the platform, Zhanye waved his hand to signal everyone to stop.

"Report to Lord Zhan, no other enemies have been found nearby." A Linjian warrior turned back from the dense forest and whispered to Zhanye.

Zhanye nodded, and then beckoned Yoo Eun-jae to lead the way with him.

When everyone slowly approached the platform, and Yao Ping could even see the two people digging the ground through the cracks in the trees, Zhan Ye quietly mounted the arrow.

"Leave the mouth alive." Yoo Eun-jae said softly and emphatically.

Zhanye nodded, then pointed the arrow at the calf of one of the people in the distance. Several of the archers at the edge of the stream took their bows and pointed their arrows at the other man.

"Ahh With the sound of arrows breaking through the flesh, Yao Ping heard a miserable scream suddenly sounded.

However, this scream did not come from two Yingzhou people not far away, but from the mouth of a Linjian warrior under Zhanye!

Yao Ping's eyes widened in astonishment, and he immediately turned his head to follow the screams, and a Linjian archer not far away was hit by an arrow in the back, and was falling to the ground and groaning in pain.

"Hidden!" Zhanye hurriedly shouted, "There are enemy archers in the distance!" ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yao Ping hurriedly pulled out the barrier knife on his waist and turned to protect Li Jun and Chen Dahua with Qu Shun, who had a round shield in his hand. They looked nervously around as they quickly retreated behind a tree.

Without waiting for Yao Ping to find the place where the surprise arrow came from, he saw that Liu Enzai was drawing his knife at this time, but instead he broke the rain and quickly killed the two people before. Obviously, the shouting just now also alarmed the two Sakura samurai in the distance, who lost their tools at this time, and quickly fled to the edge of the terrace with their knives, and Yoo Eun-jae also chased them there.

"Junko, you take care of the woman here, I'll help Yoo Eun-jae." Yao Ping said to Qu Shun beside him while getting up.

"Dangerous bottle, you come back." Qu Shun grabbed Yao Ping, pulled his arm and said, "It's too dangerous." ”

"Let go of my Shunzi, I have to go to Enzai, he rushed over to catch those two people to help me and Miss Li." Yao Ping broke free of Qu Shun's hand and said.

Just as the two were arguing, "Crack! With a thud, an arrow pierced the side of the trunk in front of Qu Shun and tore part of the bark. The arrow also pierced a part of the weak spot on the side of the trunk, nearly stabbing Qu Shun in the cheek.

"." Qu Shun raised his shield in panic to dodge in the direction of the arrow, and at the same time, Yao Ping also hurriedly escorted Li Jun in front of him.

When Zhan Ye launched an arrow to counterattack the enemy, Yao Ping saw that Yoo Eun Jae had already chased away quickly.

"In that woods!" Qu Shun took the shield and showed one eye to observe the direction of the incoming arrow and said, "There don't seem to be many of them, so they don't dare to come out of the woods." ”

Yao Ping clenched the barrier knife in his hand and said to Qu Shun, "Brother Zhan and his soldiers have already discovered them, just hand them over to the enemy in the woods." We watch out for someone rushing out. ”

After Zhan Ye led his troops to and fro with the enemy for a while, the woods in the distance suddenly became quiet, and no more arrows were fired.

"They fled." Zhan Ye said vigilantly looking at the woods in the distance.

"Lord Zhan, do you want to chase it?" A warrior clenched a bow and arrow in his hand asked.

"Can't chase." Zhan Ye said decisively, "When we first arrived, we didn't know the details of the enemy in this area. Retreat first and rush to Jianyan Town as soon as possible is the top priority. ”

"Wait a minute." Yao Ping said after rushing to Zhanye's side, "Brother Zhan, Liu Enzai, he's going to chase those two Yingzhou people." ”

Zhanye turned his head to look in the direction that Yoo Eun-jae was chasing and said, "I saw it just now." ”

"Then let's go help him." Yao Ping said with a little urgency.

"Nope." Zhan Ye turned to look at Yao Ping and said, "Brother Liu, he can handle it alone." We don't need to chase after Yoo Eun-jae, if there are other enemies in ambush over there, we will all be in danger. ”

"But..."

"Trust him." Zhan Ye said.

"Brother Zhan..."Yao Ping hesitated for a moment and then said, "Liu Enzai, he..."

"I know you want to help him, but trust is also a help." Zhan Ye looked at Yao Ping and continued, "It's like he believes that you are the one who can retreat the sea. ”

"What?" Yao Ping asked in surprise.

Zhan Ye smiled and said, "Brother Liu, he told me that you want to use "Shadow Cut" to destroy the rumored giant tower, thinking that the people of the world will eliminate the scourge of the sea. He said that you would be the savior who saved all the peoples of the world. ”

"En, he..."Yao Ping looked at Zhanye in surprise and asked, "En, he.. Is that really what you say? ”

"Of course." Zhanye nodded and then said, "Yao Pingyishi, I admire Zhan Mou very much for your courage to be the first in the world with all the people in mind. I also believe that Brother Liu, he is not wrong. ”

"I... There is no courage and admiration for you.." Yao Ping grinned and said reluctantly, "I really want the sea water to reced... But..."

"Well, this is not the place to talk. Let's go, the town of Sword Rock is coming. Zhan Ye said as he put the coat back on.

Following Zhanye's gaze ahead, Yao Ping vaguely saw a towering terrace in the mist and rain. And above the terrace, the outline of a huge statue of a god looms.