Chapter 10: The Night of the Killing
The knives smiled contemptuously, cut off the head hanging in the air, and threw it on the ground, it turned out that the figure that suddenly appeared was nothing more than a scarecrow hanging from a tree, no wonder it appeared behind the assassins unconsciously. But then there will be an ambush in the tree.
When he looked up, he saw a figure suddenly leap up from the tree and disappear between the eaves.
"Since you are resolute in killing, then I can do it."
This figure is Ji Zheng, he lurked on the branches, put down the scarecrow, in order to test the murderous intent of these assassins, now it seems that a fight is inevitable, in this case, it is better to strike first.
"Shoot the arrows!"
At the behest of Ji Zheng, more than a dozen torches were thrown from the rooftops, illuminating the narrow streets, and the assassins wore night clothes, but they had nowhere to hide. Immediately afterward, the Orions leaned out of the roof and aimed their bows and arrows at the Assassins, but these arrows deliberately avoided the Assassins' vital parts.
Several of the Assassins were shot in the legs and arms and fell to the ground and struggled, while the others quickly took cover from their wounded companions and hid behind them.
After all, the Orions had never killed anyone, so how could they compare with these hard-hearted Assassins, watching the Assassins who were used as cover screams in pain, the Orions softened, and their bow-drawn arms relaxed, not knowing what to do for a while.
But in the moment when the hunters hesitated, these well-trained assassins took out their crossbows and shot at the hunters on the roof, and even the wounded assassins held back the pain and shot crossbow arrows at the hunters. They were so fierce that each arrow was aimed at the heads of the hunters, and several of them fell to the ground, and the other hunters saw this, and hid behind the wall, not daring to show their heads.
After a round of mutual shooting, the killing field temporarily subsided, Ji Zheng secretly complained to himself, he couldn't imagine that these assassins were so professional, they were not only highly skilled, but also well-equipped, it seemed that these people were by no means ordinary, and tonight's battle might be even more difficult than he imagined.
"Brother Ji Zheng!" Winter Tooth grabbed Ji Zheng's sleeve with a trembling hand, "What do we do now, their hand crossbows are too accurate!" ”
The hunters nodded one after another, focusing on Ji Zheng, but a female hunter next to Ji Zheng didn't look at Ji Zheng, she just lowered her head, holding her husband who had just died, her eyes full of tears.
"Don't worry! Don't panic just yet......"
Before Ji Zheng finished speaking, he saw that the female hunter suddenly stood up and pulled out the hunting bow.
Seeing this, Ji Zheng hurriedly rushed over, trying to pull her back, but it was too late, and a crossbow arrow whistled and hit her in the face. Blood and brains spurted out, and a living person twitched a few times in Ji Zheng's arms, turning into a corpse in an instant.
Ji Zheng hated it, but he could only shake his head helplessly and send her body into her husband's arms.
The scene in front of them brought great fear to the hunters, and many of them lowered their hunting bows, their eyes full of despair.
"Brother Ji Zheng, are we going to die?" Winter Ya asked.
"Nope! We won't die! We have to kill them, and they die so we can live! ”
"But, I, I don't dare to kill!"
"That's going to kill too! Otherwise you will die, I will die, and everyone in the village will die! There is no way back! ”
Ji Zheng looked around at the crowd, trying to bring them courage and faith, but the Orions were still dead-faced.
At this moment, I only heard Zhang Xun shouting under the eaves: "Ji Zheng! Cover! ”
Ji Zheng leaned over and looked down, it turned out that the "Nine Cadres Array" had been killed from the position, and Zhang Xun was holding a sword beside him, guiding the "Nine Cadres Array" to rush forward and kill.
Seeing this, Zhang Xun hurriedly commanded the "Nine Cadres Array" to change the formation, and hid behind the formation, and the three large shields stood out at the same time, blocking all the oncoming arrows.
But the continuous shooting stopped the advance of the formation, so Zhang Xun and the strong men were afraid that there would be more than lucky, Ji Zheng could not hesitate any longer, he picked up a hunting bow, pulled the bowstring and shot towards the assassins.
"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Ji Zheng shouted.
At this time, Winter Fang also leaned out, gritted his teeth, aimed at an assassin, and fired his bow, only to see the assassin fall to the ground.
Wintertooth's eyes were red, and he opened his bow again and again, screaming frantically in his mouth: "Ah! Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
The other hunters also came to their senses and fired their bows and arrows at the Assassins, this time regardless of whether the Assassins were wounded or maimed, dead or alive, and a flurry of arrows came in, leaving several corpses on the ground.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the assassins began to retreat, but as soon as they withdrew from the firing range, the "Nine Cadres Array" had already been killed, and the Assassins put away their crossbows, drew their swords, and mingled with the "Nine Cadres Array". Zhang Xun held the back of the relatively weak formation, and fought with an assassin who rushed over.
So, Ji Zheng also drew his blazing sword, flew off the roof, pointed directly at the double-knife assassin, and fought with him.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gong Wanran hurriedly organized the villagers to carry the injured hunters out from behind the eaves and did their best to treat the wounded.
The "Nine Cadres Array" showed great power at this time, the strong men used the protective shield to block the attack from the front, and the spear with a hook stabbed as long as it was pierced out will cause damage, an assassin just attacked the front of the formation, but was killed by a random knife.
In a short time, four assassins died under the unpredictable blades of the "Nine Cadres Array", while the strong men in the formation were unscathed.
On the other side, Ji Zheng fought with the double knife to the fullest, Ji Zheng's martial arts came from a famous and decent family, as upright as a gentleman, as strong and fierce as a flame; And the martial arts of the double knife are obviously born to kill, there are no gorgeous skills, and they will never drag mud and water. The two went back and forth, fighting for dozens of rounds, and although Ji Zheng couldn't kill him, he always had the upper hand.
The "Nine Cadres Array" pressed forward step by step, forcing the assassins under a high wall, seeing that there was no way to retreat, at this time, only to hear the whistle of the double knife, and the last three uninjured assassins followed him close to the high wall, confronting Ji Zheng and the others a few steps apart.
The killing field suddenly quieted down, and only the moans of the wounded were left in the night sky, but this silence only lasted for a few seconds, only to see the double knife and the three assassins made a look, and the three assassins flew to the "Nine Dry Array" and slashed, these three attacked the upper plate, one attacked the middle plate, and one attacked the lower plate, and this attack did not work, the strong men held the protective shield to form a copper wall and iron wall, perfectly blocking the three attacks, and then, a formation changed, the spear and short knife pierced out from the top, middle and bottom three angles at the same time, and the assassin who attacked was killed in an instant.
And at this moment, the double knives had already swooped in, he stepped on the corpses of the three assassins, suddenly jumped up, jumped into the formation in a blink of an eye, and before the strong men could withdraw their weapons, they saw the double knives spin and jump, two short blades with the body rotation and slash, a whirlwind slash to behead nine people instantly.
The nine warriors fell almost simultaneously, and at this moment, the twin knives stood like sculptures in a pile of corpses.
Ji Zheng didn't have time to react quickly, but he was dumbfounded, this slash was smooth, and the speed was shocking, but what was even more powerful was that he was able to do such a precise knife, slashing all nine people in the neck while spinning and jumping. Ji Zheng suddenly felt a little worried about whether he could defeat him alone.
After arranging for the wounded, Gong Hui also rushed with a sword, and he was shocked and distressed to see the corpses everywhere.
"Two junior brothers, we must capture him today, otherwise how can we be worthy of these brothers!"
"I'll go first, and you'll be behind." Ji Zheng roared angrily.
"Let's go together!" After Zhang Xun finished speaking, he stabbed with a sword.
The three brothers went into battle together, fighting with Shuangdao for more than ten rounds, and Shuangdao found that among the three, Ji Zheng's martial arts were the strongest, and he should be slightly higher than himself, Zhang Xun's martial arts were the worst, and Gonghui was between the two, so he tried to stay away from Ji Zheng and focused his attack on Zhang Xun.
Gong Hui saw the strategy of the double knives, so he did his best to help Zhang Xun block the attack of the double knives, so that he had no chance to take advantage of it. Soon, the double blade was difficult to parry, and he was almost defeated.
And at this moment, a seriously injured assassin suddenly raised his crossbow to aim at the three of them, saying that it was too late, then quickly, Ji Zheng lifted the blazing sword and threw it at him, and just before the blazing sword stabbed this person, the arrow had already left the crossbow string and flew towards Zhang Xun's chest.