Chapter 117: The Assassins

Zhao Zheng only felt a strong wind blowing in his face, and he also saw a little cold light in the afterglow, and his heart was not good, so he hurriedly pointed to the ground and turned over to dodge.

"Poof!"

With a muffled thud, a third bolt shot into the air, slamming diagonally into the ground.

Zhao Zheng pointed high and longitudinal, rose and fell several times, and quickly rushed towards the black-clothed man holding a crossbow arrow.

The man in black stood on a tree branch, aimed the crossbow at Zhao Zheng in mid-air, snapped his fingers fiercely, and fired the fourth crossbow arrow. He didn't look at whether the crossbow arrow hit or not, as soon as he let go of his hand, he threw the empty machine crossbow under the tree, and then jumped into it, and met Zhao Zheng without showing weakness.

Zhao Zheng swung his sword in mid-air, slashing the tip of the crossbow arrow with one sword, and bounced it away.

The man in black pointed his feet into the air and slid forward for a distance with the help of his strength, just looking at this hand, he knew that it was not an ordinary person. He put his hands into the dart pouches hanging on both sides of his waist, took out three darts from each of them, shook his hand at Zhao Zheng, and shot out a pair of darts.

The dart carried a strong internal force and emitted a circle of white light, which greatly increased the striking range of the originally small dart, and became the size of a palm.

"The darts he shot have such a strong internal force, it seems that he is at least a five-fold heavenly martial artist, I have to be careful, don't get into trouble." Zhao Zheng's eyes were glazed, and he hurriedly made a thousand catties of kung fu to reverse the buoyancy in his body, so that the internal force that floated up became the internal force that pressed down. He sank swiftly with this force, like a large rock, and fell heavily to the ground, his feet sinking deep into the earth.

The man in black took advantage of the situation to pursue, his hands trembled, and he shot out the remaining four darts in his hand, each of which was aimed at the vital point on Zhao Zheng's body, which was extremely accurate. Zhao Zheng got up to dodge. Transform your body. Dodged four of them. Some of the four darts penetrated into the ground. Some cut off the branches, making them extremely sharp and unmatched.

The two of them dart one and the other dodged, high and high, rushing forward and backward, fighting in one place in the woods under the night.

Zhao Zheng has always had some scruples about enemies who are good at darts, and today he met an expert in darts. The man in black could shake out a dart when he got up and down. And it is full of strength, as long as it is hit, it will be life-threatening. He relied on the keen five senses of the fivefold heavenly martial artist, and he was barely able to dodge the darts of the man in black, but people have missed their hands and horses, and there are always times when they are not paying attention after a long time.

If you want to break the situation now, you can only find a way to get close to the black, otherwise you can only be beaten passively.

Having made up his mind, Zhao Zheng used all his buoyancy and tried his best to use his fast body technique, turning into a swift shadow. A puff of smoke rushed towards the man in black.

Seeing Zhao Zheng approaching, the man in black hurriedly stepped up the offensive in his hand. Frequently hit darts, and in just a few breaths, he shook his hand and threw out more than a dozen darts. These darts were like meteor showers, "whooshing" and flying towards Zhao Zheng who was diagonally below.

The closer the two sides were, the more difficult it was to dodge, and Zhao Zheng waved the Tiger Roar Sword in his hand to protect Zhou's body. I saw that the sword qi was swirling, and the golden light was huo, blocking several darts in a row. He kept shortening the distance between himself and the black-clothed world, from five zhang to three zhang, and from three zhang to one zhang, shooting down more than 20 darts along the way.

At this distance, the man in black finally got scared, jumped up from the branch, stepped on the branch behind him without looking back, and kept retreating. In the process of retreating, he shook his arms, shot two hidden arrows from the two sleeves, and shot at Zhao Zheng's face and choked throat with two "whoosh".

Zhao Zheng calculated the position of the hidden arrows, erected the tiger roaring sword to resist, and heard the two crisp sounds of "bells", and the two hidden arrows were blocked. These two Hidden Arrows were full of strength, and they actually hit the sword body alive with two scratches.

It seems that no matter what kind of blade it is, as long as it falls into the hands of Zhao Zheng, it will inevitably suffer the fate of wear and tear.

"The thief is here!" Zhao Zheng jumped up in the air, made a move "a sword to the west", stabbed the tiger roaring sword in his hand, and drew an arc in mid-air. The sword qi came out of the sword and flew diagonally towards the man in black, and in an instant, it cut through the shoulder of the man in black.

The man in black screamed in pain, a ball of blood appeared on his shoulder, he knew how powerful Zhao Zheng was, he didn't dare to hold it up anymore, turned around, and ran with all his might.

Zhao Zheng used a sword to stab, and the flying body was stabbed out with a sword, using the simple but very sharp "one sword from the west". It's a pity that the sword didn't hit and was pounced.

The man in black lowered his body and ran quickly against the ground, this way of running was faster than going high and high. He has a sturdy posture and agility, and he looks like a black panther.

Zhao Zheng used Luo Yanbu's light skills, but he could only barely keep up with the speed of the man in black, and he couldn't catch up further. Fortunately, the current distance was close enough, and he tightened his wrist, preparing to stab forward with sword qi continuously, stabbing the man in black into a sieve.

At this critical juncture, the man in black suddenly made a powerful killing move. He grabbed a dart from the dart bag, the whole person fell back, aimed at Zhao Zheng with cold eyes, and shot all the darts in his hand at once. This move, called "Iron Plate Bridge Scattered with Stars", is a move to win in defeat, aiming to feign defeat first, and then take the enemy by surprise.

Several darts flew out together, as if the sky was full of stars, covering a considerable area, and it was difficult to dodge.

Zhao Zheng was shocked, and danced his sword into a flowery dance, protecting Zhou's body up and down, and at the same time leaping to the side to dodge. Thanks to the secret luck internal force in his hand just now, the sword qi of the Tiger Roaring Sword was greatly flourishing, forming an ironclad defense like a copper wall, blocking all the darts.

He secretly said that it was dangerous, and with a roll of his eyes, he was obviously not injured, but he deliberately screamed miserably to deceive the man in black.

The man in black really hit the trick, thinking that Zhao Zheng was injured, turned his body and turned over a harrier, stood firmly on the ground, reached out and grabbed a dart from the dart bag, and wanted to scatter a starry sky.

Zhao Zheng seized the opportunity, rushed forward with an arrow step, and came first, casting the killing hegemon Chang Tu, swinging a semicircular golden light sword qi.

This sword qi slashed at the arms of the man in black who tried to dart, cutting off these flesh and blood arms.

The arm holding a dart fell to the ground, spurting out a large flower of blood from the fracture, and the palm of the hand was still clenched, and none of the darts fell.

"Ahh The man in black screamed. Shaking a pair of broken arms.

Zhao Zheng planned to stay alive. Take a few steps with your sword. When they were two meters apart, they stepped on the needles in the boots on the soles of their shoes, and the other two needles were nailed to the knees of the man in black.

The man in black was hit by a needle in his knee and knelt on one leg.

Zhao Zheng swung his sword, pointed the tip of his sword at the man in black, and asked, "How many of you are there, and are there any other assassins around here?" ”

The man in black screamed and didn't answer.

"Say it! If you don't say it, don't blame me for being ruthless. Punish you! Zhao Zheng threatened.

The man in black glared at Zhao Zheng viciously, gritted his teeth, and didn't know what was in his mouth, making a "rattling" sound.

At first, Zhao Zheng thought it was some kind of hidden weapon hidden in his mouth, so he hurriedly dodged sideways, and at the same time swiped the tiger roaring sword in his hand, cutting the neck of the man in black.

The man in black died, falling to the ground, bleeding from multiple wounds all over his body, staining the ground red.

Zhao Zheng had no choice but to kill just now. I was more or less disappointed to lose this last tongue for questioning.

He walked over to the body of the man in black. Picking open the mask with the tip of his sword, he found an unfamiliar face underneath, rather vicious, with a wide chin, a catfish mouth, and a face full of black stubble.

A stream of black water suddenly flowed from the corner of the black-clothed man's mouth, falling to the ground along his cheek, and the blood had a strong fishy smell.

Zhao Zhengyi frowned, opened the mouth of the man in black with the tip of his sword, and found that there was a broken wax pill inside, and the black water flowed out of the wax pill.

This black water is obviously venom, it seems that the man in black didn't want to spit out the hidden weapon with his mouth just now, but wanted to bite the wax pill and take poison to commit suicide!

If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, and this man in black assassin is a ruthless person.

In the midst of these rivers and lakes, there is only one organization of assassins who can do this, and that is the infamous Night Moon Gate!

Dressed in black, well-planned, and committing suicide by taking poison when the mission fails, these are the characteristics of the Yeyuemen assassins, and they are not far from ten.

"Why are the assassins of the Night Moon Gate targeting me, and who are they responsible for?" Zhao Zheng was very puzzled, maintained a high degree of vigilance, and used his sword to pull away the clothes of the man in black, looking for clues. He found a stack of portraits in the arms of the man in black, and the portraits were all of the fighters, not only him, but also Mo Yunzi, Jiang Ming, Chu Tian, Kong Yunjie and others.

It seems that this group of black-clothed men from the Night Moon Gate are planning to cast their nets to catch fish, and find a large number of fighters who can attack them, and kill them in exchange for a high bounty.

This chase order was actually issued by one of the many fighters, intending to eliminate some of the opponents in advance before the fight.

Zhao Zheng was almost killed by an arrow in the chest just now, and he became strongly hostile to the Night Moon Gate and the beaters who issued the bounty. He glanced at his portrait and saw that a black line had been drawn on his bounty, and he erased the original bounty of 12,000 taels of silver, and then wrote a new bounty of 18,000 taels.

Probably some rumors have raised his bounty by a large margin, but it's not very high.

He looked at other people's bounties and found that the bounties of Kong Yunjie and Zheng Wuji were both in gold, all of which were above 10,000 taels of gold, which was a bit ridiculously high.

After all this time, there was still no wind and grass around, and it seemed that the assassins were the only two people, and even if there were others, they must have fled.

Zhao Zheng checked again, and found two hidden arrows tied to his wrists from the man in black, some silver taels, a sharp dagger, a few bottles of poison for harm, two bags of heavy darts, and a set of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone may have been used to draw the half-moon mark, which further proves that the two men in black were assassins of the Night Moon Gate.

Zhao Zheng left the man in black alone, walked to the body of another man in black, and rummaged through this person for a while, but only found a bunch of useless things, as well as another set of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and nothing else.

"These people really have a soft spot for drawing the moon." Zhao Zheng kicked the pile of rags that turned out, followed the direction in his memory, walked to a tree, picked up the crossbow used by the man in black, his eyes lit up, and he found that this thing seemed to be good.

The crossbow is half a meter long, heavy in the hand, painted with red clouds on both sides, a bowstring is tight, and it takes a lot of force to pull it, and on the bow head there is a wooden crosshair for aiming. The inside of the crossbow arrow slot was empty, and the crossbow arrows inside had been shot out by the man in black, no wonder they were thrown under the tree just now.

Zhao Zheng played with it for a while. I clicked on the system in my head. Check out the information on this crossbow. It was found that it was called the "Fire Cloud Crossbow", which was a medium-grade hidden weapon, with acceptable power and a large range.

Turning off the system introduction, he suddenly remembered something.

"Maybe this machine crossbow is also from Tong Wanhua's hand, and it may have been stolen along with the plum blossom arrow. The next time I see someone from Wudang, tell them about it. Zhao Zheng muttered a few words in his heart and opened the system warehouse. Put the Fire Cloud Crossbow in and keep it as a backup.

He returned to the place where the battle was fighting, picked up a few scattered crossbow arrows, and retrieved a few more crossbow arrows from the man in black, and put them in the system's warehouse. Only then did he take the time to look at the wound on his left heart, and found that the wound was not deep, so he rubbed some medicine and bandaged it briefly.

After a storm, I had to continue the next day.

Once bitten by a snake for ten years afraid of the well rope, Zhao Zheng was attacked. I became much more vigilant on the road, not just when I was sleeping. Even when you encounter pedestrians passing by on the road, you will be refreshed and beware of sneak attacks. However, on the way over, he never encountered another Assassin attack. It is not known if all the Assassins had already been killed by him, or if the rest of the Assassins had given up on his idea.

A few days later, he finally arrived at the Forged Sword Villa!

This mountain villa is built in the mountains of the Wolong Mountains, which looks majestic and imposing. Some of the buildings in the villa are built on flat land, and some are built along the mountain, and there are more than 500 houses scattered throughout the mountains. In the mountains, there are many ore-rich caves, and many of the blades in Sword Forge Villa are forged from these ores.

There are several special locations in the Sword Forge Villa, namely the "Giant Sword Gate" at the entrance, the "Sword Trial Square" in the Villa, the huge "Vientiane Furnace", the "Sword Forging Stone" that has been tempered for thousands of years, and the "Sword Shrine" used to bury the sword in the back mountain. These special locations are as famous as Sword Forge itself.

Zhao Zheng walked along a zigzag upward fork to the entrance of the Sword Casting Villa, turned over and dismounted, and led the horse forward instead. He stopped to take in the buildings in the Sword Forge Villa, as well as the majestic mountains around him. After seeing enough, he walked again and continued to walk.

Not far from the front, there are two huge sword-shaped stone carvings, as high as three zhang, with the thickness of a grinding plate. The giant sword is carved from large bluestone, and there are some stone rings on the top of the sword, and the rings are covered with chains. Several chains stretched diagonally into the ground, sinking into the ground.

This pair of giant sword stone carvings is the famous "giant sword gate", although it is a stone carving, but it is also the same as the high-grade sword boarding the sword spirit, with its own spirituality. An invisible pressure is released from the Greatsword Gate to block anyone who tries to enter the gate. If anyone can't withstand this pressure, their hearts will beat wildly, their breathing will speed up, and they will even have to worry about their lives, so they can only go backwards.

There is a rule in the Sword Forging Villa, if anyone can't resist the pressure released by the Giant Sword Gate, they are not eligible to enter the Villa. This rule applies to both the people in the lodge and the guests who come from outside.

Now there is a group of people blocked by the Giant Sword Gate in front of the villa, one of them is sitting on the ground panting, dressed as a rich man, wearing a hat, two streamers hanging down behind his head, wearing green hanging soap, a jade belt wrapped around his bloated waist, and cloud head boots under his feet.

A group of people gathered around the rich man, including servants and bodyguards, and the closest to the rich man was a young man with a slightly fat physique, who looked very similar to the rich man, and was also wearing a brocade robe, and a sword with gems and a dragon and phoenix carved around his waist.

Even if they are outsiders, they can see from their appearance and demeanor that they are father and son.

Among the bodyguards gathered around the two rich men, there were several people with Huo Huo's eyes, long breathing, and heavy and silent footsteps, at first glance, they were extremely powerful martial artists, not to mention the five heavens martial artists, and even the seven or eight heavens martial artists.

Zhao Zheng recognized the identities of the two rich men at a glance, and felt a little surprised, and also felt a little coincidence.

These two rich landlords, the old one is called Qian Wanguan, and the younger one is called Qian Wanjin, and their family is a wealthy family with a rich family, which is a famous rich family in Nangan Province.

Qian Wanjin has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has martial arts, because his family is too rich, he has earned the nickname of "little rich man". He relied on his family wealth, invited famous teachers to study in various places, and often ate some great supplements, so that he made rapid progress, and reached the realm of the five heavens in his early twenties.

This time to compete for Zi Chujian, there is also a share of money. His strength is not low, and he can be regarded as the midstream level of many fighters.

Because of his love for his son, Qian Wanguan secretly spent a lot of money to hire assassins to assassinate other fighters. In other words, those bounty orders were all sent out by Qian Wanguan, and the culprit was this person!

Zhao Zheng didn't fight when he saw the father and son, if he hadn't died a few days ago, he relied on the heart guard to block the crossbow arrows, and now he is likely to have become a rotting corpse.

Martial arts competitions should pay attention to fairness and justice, what kind of heroes are it to hurt people with hidden arrows, and buying murder itself is also a kind of evil act of sin.

Zhao Zheng had a very bad impression of the rich father and son, although it did not reach the level of hating Ye Zhiqiu's master and apprentice, it was not much worse.

Qian Wanguan sat on the ground, hummed for a while, struggled to stand up, looked up at the giant sword gate in front of him, and sighed. He tried to pass through the Giant Sword Gate just now, but because his physique was too poor and his courage was small, he was forced to fall to the ground by the pressure on the Giant Sword Gate. He wanted to enter the villa to help his son, but he was really unwilling to give up, and hugged his fists at the gatekeeper and said: "This friend, I am old and sick, and I really can't pass through this giant sword door, I hope you can make it convenient, let me bypass this door and enter the villa from somewhere else." If you can appreciate this face and make it convenient, I am willing to offer a thousand taels of gold as a thank you gift, thank you, thank you. (To be continued......)