Chapter 885: Assassination
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When they arrived in Dongping City, the local people did not show such a strong rejection as the people of Jincheng, not that the people of Dongping City welcomed Shangguanxiu, but that they arrived too late, and not many people knew that Shangguanxiu would stay in Dongping City tonight.
There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Shangguan Xiu and the others continued to hurry. The scenery in the area of Xiaoshan is indeed very beautiful, the mountains and rivers are magnificent, but it is a pity that soon after entering the mountainous area, it has been raining heavily, the rain and fog are shrouded, the visibility is very low, and the wait and see is not too far.
By noon, the pace of the team slowed down. Curious, the saint lifted the curtain and looked out. Now the team is walking on a mountain path, which is not very wide, and can barely walk three horses side by side.
On the right side of the mountain road is the slope, which is not steep, and on the left side of the mountain road is the canyon that goes straight up and down, and under the cliff, there is the Xiao River, which is turbulent.
When the holy woman was looking at her with great interest, Shangguan Xiu came to her side and said: "This is a dangerous place, if there are soldiers guarding the mountain, even if there are not many troops and attack from a high position, even if there is a large group of people under the mountain, it will not be able to pass at all. ”
Hearing his analysis, the holy woman couldn't help but roll her eyes and asked, "You only think about fighting all day long, aren't you tired? It's rare to be able to go to Ningnan to play, why don't you relax your mood." ”
Shangguan Xiu smiled and said: "Don't forget, this is not the Wind Country, but Ningnan, every step is dangerous, every place may hide killing intentions, if you are not careful, I am afraid that there will be no chance to return to the Wind Country." ”
The saint shook her head helplessly and said, "I think you are too nervous and too careful. ”
"Really?" Shangguan Xiu squinted and smiled, and suddenly held the holy woman's hand.
The saint didn't shake him off immediately, but just looked at him puzzled and asked, "What are you doing?"
Shangguan Xiu said faintly: "If you are also disgusted and hated by countless people, and you are facing the desperate assassination of many dead soldiers every moment, you will also be as cautious as me and walk on thin ice!"
Hmph! The holy woman glanced at her mouth disapprovingly, and just as she was about to speak, Shangguan Xiu's eyes flashed, and she said in a deep voice: "For example, now!" As he spoke, he held the holy woman's hand tighter and said, "Go!"
He pulled the saint by his hand, and when he heard a crisp click, the two of them slammed into the roof of the carriage and flew into the air.
Before the saint could react to this, she heard a rumbling sound in her ear chakra. She subconsciously looked for prestige, only to see a round boulder more than a person high tumbling down from the hillside.
Because of the rain in the mountains, the rain and fog shrouded people's vision, and the sound of the rain covered the sound of the boulder rolling, and when people saw the boulder and heard the sound of the boulder rolling, the boulder had already rolled to the front of Shangguanxiu riding in the carriage.
Click!
The boulder that rolled down the hillside slammed into the wall of the carriage, and with a loud bang, the carriage and the carriage toppled on its side.
The outside of the carriage is a cliff, and the whole carriage was hit by a boulder and fell off the cliff, and with a pop, it fell into the Xiao River below the canyon.
Crash!
Shangguan Xiu's body was covered with spirit armor, and the spirit armor behind him turned into wings. The holy woman who was held in his arms was also shocked into a cold sweat at this time, fortunately, Shangguan Xiu sensed that something was wrong, if he hadn't pulled her out of the carriage in time just now, the powerful impact force just now was enough to stun her in the carriage, and finally she would fall into the river with the carriage.
She was just about to cover her spirit armor, Shangguan Xiu's arm that hugged her subconsciously tightened, and whispered in her ear: "If you don't want to reveal your identity, it's best not to use spirit martial arts." His reminder immediately dispelled the idea of covering up the spirit armor.
Shangguan Xiu hugged the holy woman, and the wings behind her flapped back and forth, suspended in the air. The officers and soldiers below were already in a mess, and people were shouting and neighing. "There are assassins! There are assassins on the mountain! Protect Your Highness!
Looking down at the chaotic crowd below, Shangguan Xiu smiled lightly and said, "Now, you can understand why I'm so careful, right?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, three spirit arrows suddenly flew out of the rain and mist halfway up the mountainside.
The speed of the three spirit arrows was extremely fast, and they shot in front of Shangguan Xiu in an instant. He was deflected and flew out sideways, but the three spirit arrows seemed to have eyes, and they all changed the trajectory of their flight and chased after him.
Shangguan Xiu's arm was raised outward, the spirit knife was in his hand, and three knives were slashed in a row.
Dang, dang, dang! With three crisp sounds, the three spirit arrows were bounced away by the spirit knife. Shangguan Xiu snorted coldly, took a deep breath, and disappeared in the air with the figure of the saint in his arms, and when he reappeared, the person had fallen halfway up the mountain.
There are five cultivators hiding here, three of whom are armed with spirit bows. Seeing Shangguan Xiu, who suddenly appeared in front of him, the five spirit cultivators threw away their spirit bows, drew their swords, and shouted in unison: "Wind Dog, die!"
The five of them came from five directions and besieged Shangguanxiu. Shangguan Xiu stomped on the ground with one foot, poked forward with his toes, and the broken stones flew forward.
The three cultivators were affected by the stones, and the gravel hit the spirit armor on their bodies, crackling, and the three cultivators raised their hands to hide their faces and retreated. The other two spirit cultivators rushed behind Shangguan Xiu's back, and the two spirit swords took the back of his neck and the back of his heart.
Shangguan Xiu's body twisted, and the knife in his hand slashed backwards, dangchang, dangchang, and the two stabbing spirit swords were bounced away. Without waiting for the other party to collect his sword, Shangguan Xiu immediately swept another sword.
One of the cultivators couldn't dodge and was slashed in the stomach with his incredibly fast slash.
The man screamed, and Bai Huahua's intestines flowed out and fell to the ground. The other person hurriedly withdrew and retreated, narrowly avoiding Shangguan Xiu's knife. It's a pity that before he could stabilize his body in a hurry, Shangguan Xiu's spirit knife flew out of his hand and hit him in the chest.
Burst!
This knife stabbed the cultivator to the core, and the tip of the knife poked out from his back. The three spirit cultivators who were repelled by the gravel just now rushed back, but when they looked closely, they saw that the two companions had become ghosts under Shangguan Xiu's sword in such a short period of time.
The three of them were anxious, angry and hateful, screaming and screaming to kill Shangguan Xiu with their swords.
Shangguan Xiu no longer had a spirit knife in his hand, and he was still holding the holy woman in one arm, so he could only fight with one empty hand.
Facing the three oncoming spirit swords, he was not in a hurry, and while retreating, he raised his hand and popped out his fingers. Ding, ding, ding! The stabbing spirit sword was flicked open by his fingertips from time to time.
It seemed that he didn't seem to use much strength, but the three cultivators who rushed to attack were secretly complaining, and his sword-holding wrist was shocked and numb. Dodging a few more swords from the other party, Shangguan Xiu suddenly accelerated, cast a wind shadow duel, and shot at the three opponents.
His speed was too fast, so fast that the three of them didn't have time to react, Shangguan Xiu had already reached in front of them, he reached out with his palm, grabbed the face door of one of the spirit cultivators, and pushed him out more than ten meters away, and with a bang, the man fell on his back halfway up the mountainside, shattering several stones below.
Shangguan Xiu's palm did not leave the opponent's face, and while pressing the opponent to the ground, he used the Spirit Devouring Heart Method to quickly absorb the spiritual energy in the opponent's body, and in the blink of an eye, the spirit armor on the spirit cultivator's body gradually dissipated. Shangguan Xiu grabbed the other party's hand and didn't let go, and suddenly pressed down.
Syllable!
The cultivator's head was crushed by him, and his brain splattered out. The Holy Maiden subconsciously grabbed Shangguan Xiu's arm, and the latter understood that she was asking her to stop killing herself, so he straightened up and looked at the remaining two cultivators.
The two came back to their senses, both yelled, and pounced on Shangguan Xiu again. This time, Shangguan Xiu did not move, holding the waist of the saint with one hand and putting the other hand behind his back.
When the two cultivators were about to rush to Shangguan Xiu's approach, they heard a banging sound behind him.
The bodies of the two cultivators instantly released a cloud of blood mist, and the figures that rushed forward turned into staggering back, and the two of them opened their eyes in disbelief, only to see that in the rain and fog behind Shangguan Xiu, countless wind troops with fire guns came out, and people were advancing forward while firing and shooting.
The projectiles continued to hit the two cultivators, beating their bodies to the ground full of bloody holes. The two of them could no longer stand, and sat on their knees on the ground, supporting their bodies with spirit swords to keep themselves from falling.
Their blood-red eyes glared at Shangguan Xiu angrily, gritted their teeth and said, "Kill the Wind Dog! Kill the Wind Dog—"
Shangguan Xiu sneered, put the holy woman in his arms on the ground, and then, he took the hand of the holy woman, and went down the mountain without looking back.
The nearby gendarmes, armed with firearms, walked up to the two cultivators with expressionless faces, and circled them both around, aiming their guns at their heads.
Immediately afterwards, all the gendarmes pulled the trigger in unison, bang, bang, bang, a series of gunshots rang out, and then look at the two spiritual cultivators, their heads were about to be smashed, and they both fell into a pool of blood. Blood melted into the rain and flowed down the mountainside.
"Search, see if there are any assassins on the mountain!" the general led by the gendarme waved his hand.
Shangguan Xiu pulled the saintess and walked to the foot of the mountain, Zhang Jiuwei and Chun Yufeng stepped forward quickly, looked at Shangguan Xiu carefully from one to the next, and saw that he was not injured, and their hearts finally fell back into their stomachs.
Zhang Jiuwei said with a smile on his face: "Your Highness's spiritual martial arts are strong, it really opened the eyes of the old minister!"
Shangguan Xiu didn't give him a chance to get away with it, he said indifferently: "No matter how strong my Lingwu is, it can't be a reason for the two of you to be derelict in their duties. ”
Hearing this, Zhang Jiuwei and Chun Yufeng's old faces were both red. 100,000 elite soldiers escorted, but they were still caught by the assassins, and even the carriage that Shangguan Xiu was riding was smashed off the cliff and fell into the canyon, which was indeed their dereliction of duty.
Today is only the second day for Shangguan Xiu to enter Ningnan, and Zhang Jiuwei and Chun Yufeng didn't expect that someone would be ambushed on the road so soon, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Shangguan Xiu.
Zhang Jiuwei's face sank, and he turned his head to Chun Yufeng and said dissatisfiedly: "General Chunyu, your mistake this time is too great, fortunately, His Royal Highness is magnanimous and unwilling to investigate deeply, otherwise, when you return to the capital, how will you explain to Your Majesty?"
His words sounded like he was reprimanding Chun Yufeng, but in fact, they blocked Shangguan Xiu's mouth and made it impossible for him to hold Chun Yufeng accountable. Zhang Jiuwei's careful thinking, where did he deceive Shangguanxiu, he didn't bother to delve into the matter, he said: "This time, I can treat it as an accident, if there is a next time, the two of you will go back to Tianjing by yourself, and the cooperation between you and me will be terminated." ”