The night was pitch like ink, and the rolling dark clouds obscured the stars, and only the occasional faint rays of moonlight from the gaps in the clouds brought some light to the dim land. The wind and rain are like obscurity, and the cold night wind shuttles through the forest and circles around the trees, shaking the branches and leaves on the trees with a rustling sound, like a dead man's finger bones knocking, and the heart is hairy when it enters the ears. Although the drizzle in the bleak wind was sparse and silent, it was like a net, unconsciously wetting the clothes of the fugitives, slowly diffusing the cold chill and piercing into the bone marrow.

From far to near, the sound of horses' hooves splashed a series of mud spots on the rain-soaked muddy ground, which alarmed the old owls in the forest to flapp their wings and let out a piercing ominous cry, adding a touch of depression to the bleak scene.

"Uncle Wei, I'm so cold!"

The sudden sound of the horse's hooves in the silent night could not hide the rough breathing on the horse's back, and a young child's voice trembled.

This is a fat and strong green horse, even if the four-legged run like flying, the sound of hooves is fast and not chaotic, and there is no crampedness. On its back, a sturdy middle-aged man in armor escorted a man and a woman in his arms, and the two children in his arms rode a horse and galloped steadily.

The two children in his arms, the girl, nay, the girl was about eleven or twelve years old, and was already half an adult in this age, and although she was equally uncomfortable in this bleak wind and rain, she pursed her lips firmly and did not make a sound; The boy, on the other hand, was no more than five or six years old, and despite his thick cotton jacket, his face was pale from the cold, his lips were blue, and he sobbed.

"Brother, bear with me for a while, just wait until you get to a resting place, and my sister will cook you a pot of warm hot soup to drink." The girl was a little older, and knew that she was in danger now, so she endured the discomfort and comforted her younger brother softly.

"Oh." Although the boy was ignorant, he also knew that it was not the time to be coquettish, but he just obediently shrunk his body tighter.

The middle-aged man was half distressed and half relieved, secretly thinking that although the master's family had suffered a catastrophe, at least he had rescued the master's blood at the last moment, and the young master was still so sensible, which could be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

He was about to open his mouth to encourage him, when suddenly his face tightened, his ears flapped rapidly, and he heard a few equally rapid horses' hooves in the distance behind him, and his expression could not help but change suddenly.

"Uncle Wei, what's wrong?" The girl caught the change in the middle-aged man's expression, and couldn't help but feel a tightening in her heart.

"These damn doglegs, they're coming so fast!" The middle-aged man scolded in a low voice, lowered his head to the girl and said, "Miss, I'm afraid that there are chasing soldiers coming up from behind, if you start to do it later, you have to take care of the young master!" ”

Although the girl was a little frightened, she nodded vigorously after hearing this, and her arms holding her brother tightened a little: "I will definitely protect my brother!" ”

In just a few moments, the sound of the hooves of the large group of horses behind had become clearer and clearer, and it was obvious that the distance between them and them had narrowed a lot. The middle-aged man's heart sank, knowing that although he was a good horse under his crotch, he was already running out of horsepower during this period of time, and he was afraid that he would not be able to shake off the group of pursuers who were biting on him like an appendage.

After a cursory look, the middle-aged man turned the reins, rushed towards a mountain wall in front of him, took up a favorable position, placed the two children on the horse under the cliff, turned around and dismounted to guard the mountain road.

The sound of the hoofs of the chasing horses was close at hand, and a group of black shadows were faintly visible on the road behind them, shining with fire.

After just more than ten breaths, the pursuers have arrived, all riding horses on their hips, wearing fresh clothes, wearing big coats on their backs, wearing goose hats, their expressions are flying and domineering, holding the reins in one hand and holding the torch in the other, and a few whistles have scattered and surrounded the middle-aged man's group, completely blocking the way.

"It is worthy of being one of the best players in the army, in the past, the famous Soul Breaking Sword Zhan Zhan was able to take a pair of sons and daughters of Wen University to break through the three encirclements and escape here, but unfortunately, it is difficult for you to fly with wings today, and the Soul Breaking Sword can only be broken with hatred."

A man in his thirties led by the pursuers calmly stroked his palms and laughed, seemingly careless, but the eyes of the yin owl were like poisonous snakes staring at the three people in front of him.

"Hmph, don't talk nonsense, the master is kind to me, even if I risk my life today, I will protect his blood and bones to fight out of the encirclement!" The middle-aged man was as majestic as a mountain, and he was ready to attack with the hilt of his sword in his hand.

"Good and righteous people, then send your master and servant back to heaven together!"

The leader made a gesture, and immediately several pursuers rushed up, and the sword light rolled into a whirlwind in the sonorous sound, sealing the retreat, tacitly complementing each other, obviously a set of combined attack pulsation techniques, and at the same time, more pursuers were eyeing not far away, ready to fill the gap at any time.

Zhan Wei took a deep breath, and the sharp sword came out of its sheath in the crisp sword chant, igniting a brilliant silver light that could not be splashed into the water, and the blade of the coming attack was perfectly guarded, bursting out in the night with continuous sparks. In the crackling symphony, suddenly the sword light flashed, like a golden snake twisting and turning cold rays suddenly blooming, and the cold edge instantly crossed the throats of the three pursuers, blooming three blood flowers.

"Hahaha, dog thief, don't you have the courage to take action yourself, just send these wastes up to send them to death?" Zhan Wei laughed and stimulated the enemy, the sword in his hand was strong, and he advanced and retreated in a measured manner, and there was no chaos under the flanking attack.

The leader snorted coldly, and the two subordinates who had been silent around him suddenly rose from the horse, and the embroidered spring knife in one of his arms suddenly came out of the sheath, and slashed straight down towards Zhanwei in the air. The other person threw a hook claw towards the back of Zhan Wei, and with a flick of his wrist, the hook claw of the shuttle like lightning suddenly refracted and reversed, like a poisonous snake walking on the grass and dragon soaring waves, shooting towards the empty goal on Zhan Wei's back at an unpredictable angle.

Master!

Zhan Wei was shocked in his heart, knowing that the real difficulty was coming, but he was fearless, the sword light in his hand suddenly rose and forced the surrounding pawns to retreat, and then his body was short to avoid the cold wind coming from behind, and at the same time, a fierce and incomparable Bai Lian broke through the sword light from the bottom up, and at the same time brought out a soul-snatching and terrible sword howl, like impermanence to take life, killing and breaking the soul, suddenly the wind and rain shattered, the sword light burst out, and the blood splashed in the muffled snort.

"What a move to break the soul sword light."

The leader's gaze froze, and his body sitting firmly on his horse suddenly moved flatly, like a big bird, flying forward, but the target was not the place of battle, but prepared to leap over Zhanwei and pounce on the boy and girl under the mountain wall.

Zhan Wei felt a sigh in his heart when he saw this, he had just forced back the sword master who had the upper hand, and he had to draw his sword and retreat sharply, and the sword turned sharply to stop the leader of the pursuing soldiers.

"Hey, hey!"

In the midst of the laughter, the leader's swift palm was extremely accurate, and he slapped the inch-wide sword body halfway through, and the whole person retreated with the help of his strength, and floated back to the horse's back like a fallen leaf. But Zhanwei was distracted, and his left arm was violently grazed by the hook claw that whistled and folded again, tearing off a piece of skin and flesh.

"I've told you a long time ago, you have to use your brain when you do it!" The leader displeased his subordinates: "Turning a blind eye to such an obvious weakness, do you still think that you are not succeeding in a martial arts competition?" ”

The two masters suddenly realized that they immediately changed their tactics. The whisker in the hand of the warrior who wielded the hook claw weapon danced back and forth, and the hook claw circled in the air with agility, no longer aimed at Zhanwei, but from time to time he tried to go through the gap and grab at the pair of children who were guarding behind him; And with the sword warrior also changed the knife style to half attack and half defend, the lingering and sympathetic knife light is like a boundless rain of silk intertwined around the enemy, forming a trapping spider web, mainly to contain, only when Zhan Wei's backhand hit the hook claw suddenly flashed viciously, like a wild wolf falling on the prey, biting off a piece of meat.

A moment later, Zhan Wei already had a few fresh wounds on his body, although they were not fatal, but if he continued like this, just bleeding could slowly put him down.

"Despicable!"

Zhan Wei was so hateful that his teeth were about to be crushed, but although he knew the enemy's tactics, he had no choice but to protect the two helpless children was his biggest flaw, which could not be repaired. The two children at the foot of the mountain wall also knew that the situation was not good, and the older sensible girl had a desperate look in her eyes, but all she could do was stretch out her thin arms and hug her younger brother tightly into her arms, while constantly muttering the blessings of the gods and Buddhas she had worshiped at home in the past.

"Great mercy and compassion Guanyin Bodhisattva bless, bless Uncle Wei to defeat the bad guys, bless us to get out of danger, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva to save suffering, bless..."

It can't go on like this!

Zhan Wei made a sudden decision, his eyes instantly turned cold, and he was determined to split a way of life to send the pair of sisters and brothers out even if they died together. Although it is difficult for a defenseless child in such troubled times to survive without his protection, and it may be difficult to even leave this mountain forest, there is always a glimmer of hope.

Just as Zhan Wei was about to fight to the death, a strange scene suddenly appeared in the dim woods in front of him, a blazing blue lightning slashed through the ground from the dreary night sky at a rapid speed, and did not disappear after landing, but exploded into a cloud of blue light, until a figure stepped out and then scattered and disappeared.

The whole process was fleeting but silent, and only Zhan Wei, who was facing this direction, could clearly take this scene into his eyes.

And the leader with his back to the direction of the woods, although he was in charge of the overall situation calmly, he had secretly raised his vigilance, because he knew that although Zhan Wei in front of him seemed to be inferior, he would never stop there. The rabbit is anxious and bites, not to mention that it was a master nicknamed the "Soul Breaking Sword" on the rivers and lakes, so the leader looks peaceful, but in fact he is already on the verge of attacking, ready to shoot at any time to dispel the opponent's deathly counterattack.

As soon as the other party's eyes changed, the leader secretly said in his heart, and the true luck palm was ready to make a move, but who knew that what he was waiting for in the next second was not the fierce death blow of the Soul Breaking Sword, but he saw that the other party looked sluggish, and even the sword light in his hand was a little unstable.

Surprised by this change, the leader's first reaction was that there was some conspiracy, and the move in his hand couldn't help but slow down.

Is this guy crazy?

No, his gaze was on my back?!!

At this moment, the leader only heard a soft cough from behind him, which should have been empty, although the voice was weak, but it fell into his ears and was not affected by a rolling thunder, and the cold hairs on his back immediately stood on end.