Chapter 31: The One Who Stood Up
"Let's withdraw too......" Zhang Yan slowly retreated.
The place where it was crushed was only about twenty paces away from the Luo Shang group, and if any more torches were lost, they would be the first to be attacked by the charm.
And Luo Sheng didn't react, his eyes were blankly back and forth with Luo Qingqing not far away, obviously at a loss.
Before Zhang Yan could take two steps, he found that he was pressed against something hard behind his neck.
He turned around and found that Xia Fan had already put the wooden sword in his throat.
"Y-What do you mean?"
"Stay where you are, and don't go anywhere, or I'll tear you off the wall." Xia Fan said in a deep voice.
"Brother Yan!" Zhang Shi shouted, picked up a hoe and wanted to pounce, Xia Fan did not retreat, raised his sword and was about to swing down, forcing Zhang Shi to retract his forward steps.
"Xia Fan......" At this time, Luo Sheng had some reaction, she looked at the stalemate of the three, and was a little confused for a while.
"Don't forget what you're here for!" Xia Fan suddenly raised his voice and yelled at her.
Luo Shang shook violently and finally came back to his senses.
"I ...... We must guard our torches. She clenched her fists and said to the Zhang brothers, "If we run away, who will accept those retreating companions? You two don't want to be dark behind you, do you? Take a step back, where can everyone run away? This is a wild night!"
"But you see it...... The substitutes have fled, and the Charm Club is pouring into the city walls!" Zhang Yan argued.
"I'll go fill in the missing torches—"
"No, it's your responsibility to stay here," Xia Fan interrupted her, "let me go." ”
"You?" Luo Sheng said in surprise, "Aren't you not good at long-distance magic?"
In the defense just now, Xia Fan didn't make a move, but acted as a guard for the torches, because he didn't have the means to attack the charm through the city wall.
Of course, all these problems came down to his cheap master, who taught him seven or eight techniques, very few of them could attack, and they were basically used to run away.
"The problem is that you won't either!" Xia Fan glared at Luo Sheng angrily.
The latter was suddenly a little speechless, she had tried to attack the evil spirit with the creature she was good at before, but the effect was minimal.
"Anyway, do as I say! I can't do it at long distance, but it doesn't mean it's not good at close range. He withdrew his wooden sword and said coldly to Zhang Yan, "Don't forget that the invigilator is probably watching this last battle, leaving everyone to flee first, what kind of evaluation do you guess you will get? ”
"Uh......" Zhang Yan gritted her teeth, "I'm not going to go!"
"At least don't get ahead of everyone. Xia Fan turned to Luo Shang, "Help me get a spare torch, quick!"
Luo Sheng glanced at him deeply, then took out a paper crane and said, "Dry art returns to the unitary, endows the soul!"
The crane rose to the sky, rushed headlong into the small square, grabbed the wooden pole torch dropped by the substitute team in its claws, and tried to return to its master.
After dropping the torch, Luo Shang's body couldn't help but shake - obviously flying with heavy objects consumed a lot of qi, and it was difficult for her to do it again in a short time.
"Don't ...... Be careful. She gasped.
"I don't need you to say it, I will. ”
Xia Fan picked up the torch and lit it, put it on his shoulder, and ran towards the breach of the city wall.
He knew it was risky, but it would only be more dangerous to stay put. Renovating the town to fight against the night can certainly gather the strength of all the candidates, but it also ties everyone into the same boat. If there was a flaw in the whole plan, it was that he overestimated the will and ability of the candidates.
Xia Fan originally thought that he had only followed his master to deal with Xiaoyu Xiaomei, and he really couldn't do anything in actual combat, but he didn't expect that most people were inferior to him. From Luo Shang's words, it can be heard that even among the disciples of the family, only the top part of the people have the qualifications for actual combat training. Lack of experience, coupled with psychological immaturity, made the candidates fight with the charm at a distance in the city, and once the contact battle was fought, the situation was completely reversed.
As soon as the west wall collapsed, the substitute team in charge of the west wall fled, which shows that the defense circle of Qingshan Town could collapse at any time. At present, it can still be persistent, all due to the inconvenience of communication and poor vision at night. Although the defenders on the other three walls can see the situation on the west wall, they themselves are less affected, and they do not have the pressure to face the demon at close range, so there will not be too many problems for the time being, but if the torches on the west wall are extinguished one after another, no matter how stupid people are, they will realize that something is wrong. Once they fall into adversity, how much courage they still have to hold on to it, Xia Fan has no bottom in his heart at all.
In other words, if you don't take immediate action to relight the torches and drive the demons out of the breach area, the situation at the Western Wall will get worse and worse. At this time, if someone is the first to escape, I am afraid that it will immediately lead to a rout. Without the walls as a reluctance, the power of the individual will become extremely limited, and who will live and die will be completely resigned to fate.
This must be stopped before the crash happens!
Just as Xia Fan rushed to the edge of the collapse, the demon half-stood up again.
To be bad!
As soon as this thought popped into his mind, the other party's huge body was already pressed against the city wall—
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, he felt the wooden planks under his feet disintegrate in a tremor, and many bricks and stones in front of him were even shaken up!
The only thing Xia Fan could do was to grab the torch and jump up as best he could, so that the burning end of the wooden pole would always keep upward.
......
Oops-
The moment the demon pounced, Luo's heart sank to the bottom.
She was entangled by two charms, and she couldn't stop each other's movements, so she could only watch the wall under her feet fall apart. She had also lost her footing and was about to fall off the wall.
Through the demon who was close at hand, Luo gently saw a fire approaching at the other end of the fracture, perhaps the substitute team finally arrived, but unfortunately the situation took a turn for the worse, and it was difficult to illuminate the expanded gap with this torch alone.
If only she could hold on a little longer......
At this moment, a cyan ripple suddenly spread, enveloping most of the collapsed place!
"Kanshu is the end, flowers in the water!"
Her falling speed slowed down instantly, and not only that, but even the sight of the falling stones became clearly recognizable, as if everything around her was wrapped in invisible water, and her speed slowed down greatly.
The only thing that remains unchanged is the caster-Fang Xiandao.
She was surprised to see Fang Xiandao shuttling between the falling rocks and broken wood with a smooth pace, and at the same time shot a talisman at her. When the rune paper hit her forehead, the effect of the cyan ripples on her suddenly disappeared.
Luo Qing suddenly knew that she swung her sword at the nearest blue brick, adjusted her posture with the help of the force of the collision, and then imitated Fang Xiandao's appearance, jumping back and forth between the floating stones, and finally landed smoothly like the following staircase.
"I didn't expect you to help me. ”
"Hmph, things have priorities, and only fools forget big plans because of small things. Fang Xiandao opened the folding fan with a snap and half-covered it in front of him, "Since the ground defense is a foregone conclusion, there is no need for me to go against the trend." What I am best at is that no matter how the form changes, I can find an optimal solution for myself. ”
"You...... Recalculated?" Luo couldn't help but wonder lightly.
"That's right, and the hexagram is extremely clear, this great wilderness night all depends on our ancestors, as long as we can persist until dawn, our family will definitely be the first of the three!" He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "Look, the situation is being fulfilled now, isn't it?"
As he retracted his fan, the ripples disappeared, and the falling objects returned to their normal speed, smashing in front of the two of them one after another.
"Are you all right? Fei Nian, who had been blocking the charm under the city wall before, also rushed over, "The effect of this technique is really eye-opening!"
"The Fang family is good at more than just fortune telling. Fang Xiandao pointed straight at the demon lying on the broken edge, "Now that the three families have gathered, it's time to kill this monster in one go!"
The two of them didn't move, looking at Fang Xiandao in unison.
"What do you mean?"
"That technique just now...... Won't you use it again?" said Lowe in slight surprise.
"That's right," Fei Nian nodded in agreement, "If we can fix the demon, we will definitely win." ”
"This ......" Fang Xiandao was stunned, "Do you think this technique can be put casually, the materials it asks for are all rare treasures, and even I only brought one!"
"Then you ...... now"
"I can help you suppress the formation. Fang Xian said straightforwardly.
"Be careful!" Fei Nian suddenly warned.
It's a pity that it's too late. I saw a black shadow descending from the sky and smashing on Fang Xiandao's body with a pop!
Since Mei can't fly, and the three of them are not within the collapse range, few people pay attention to the situation in the air. This fall can be said to be unguardable, and Fang Xiandao was knocked to the ground before he had time to react.
Luo was slightly surprised to find that the figure of this uninvited guest was quite familiar.
"Summer ...... Fan?"
Xia Fan coughed twice, and finally stood up with a torch - the fall just now was really not light, if it wasn't for the breath inducer, he would have to break a leg if he fell from a height of seven or eight meters. If you are a white-haired master, it is normal to fall to death.
Fortunately, the torch was not extinguished.
"I've brought torches to help, hopefully it's not too late. ”
Luo couldn't help but be stunned, it turned out that the firelight she had seen before was Xia Fan.
As the walls were breached and the nearby groups fled to where there was still light, he went against the flow of people, trying to fill in the missing light.
She had fought with him, and because of that, she knew that the other party was not the kind of person who was known for his skills.
Even so, he came.
Luo Qingqing's heart couldn't help but have a complicated feeling.
"Why...... Could it be you?"
"The bench team is too busy, so I'll do it for you for the time being. Xia Fan pretended to be relaxed and said, "With this torch alone, can you still fill the gap now?"
"I'm afraid it won't work. Fei Nian shook his head, "It's hard for the light below to reach the city wall, and if you want to put a torch on it, you have to face the attacks of demons and charms." ”
"Well, I guess it'...... too"
"All in all, if we don't defeat the demons, we won't be able to stop the breach. Fei Nian paused, "But this torch has helped us immensely—at least it won't allow Charm to come near us easily." I'll leave the rest to Luo and I. ”
"Just the two of you?" Xia Fan frowned.
"There's another one under you. ”
Xia Fan hurriedly jumped away, and at this time he found that there was still a man from the Fang family lying on the ground, "Uh, I didn't notice——"
"Yes, it was just an accident. Luo interrupted lightly, "There are fewer people, but the number doesn't make a difference here." As long as you stay here, we have a safe way out, and even if we fail, we can get out of the way. ”