Chapter 66: The Shadow of the Battle
Diao Dou is more common in the border barracks where there is constant war all the year round, and is usually used to cook rice in the camp, because it is made of metal, and it is also hung in the flagpole after the meal to order the whole battalion. Once something happens, the sergeant on duty will knock on it to notify the whole battalion! However, the fight in this royal exercise ground is painted with gold and dragons, purely as a decorative thing, and it has not been taken down since it was hung on the flagpole, of course, this also gives Ling Xiao great convenience!
The May sun is not too poisonous, but under the long-term scorching, Ling Xiao is also sweaty and embarrassed, but Ling Xiao, who is tenacious by nature, is still sitting quietly in this fight, waiting for the arrival of that anxious moment!
The body is calm but not quiet, but Ling Xiao's heart at this moment is constantly churning with Mr. Jian's solemn words to remind him, "Brother Xiao, I see that you train hard and are talented, but unfortunately there are still some slight deficiencies, which will seriously affect your future ascension in the long run!"
At that time, Ling Xiao was still full of a sense of pride that he was able to successfully transform into spiritual power in a short period of time, and he was still a little dissatisfied when he heard Mr. Jian's words, so he just politely asked, "I hope Mr. will teach me!"
"The path of cultivation is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and you should not be half-hearted, and the most taboo is not to have the heart of a strong man!" Mr. Jian was extremely serious at that time!
"The heart of the strong!" Ling Xiao was vague about this concept, and he began to become a little interested, "Then what is the heart of the strong?"
"The so-called heart of the strong is not the heart of fighting to win, but the heart of overcoming oneself. Everyone will have their own goals, it may be Heling, it may be the 'Shi Realm', but, Ling Xiao, let me ask you, if a person is only satisfied with the strength of the 'King Realm', then how high can his achievements be? Can he break through to the 'Zun Realm'?" Speaking of this, Mr. Jian was already full of beard, and his voice was full of power!
And Mr. Jian's rhetorical question was just like a lightning bolt splitting Ling Xiao's thoughts! Yes, he has only spent eighteen years in vain, and he has only broken through to the strength of the 'King Realm', which is already a lot of slackness, with the current training situation, it is simply impossible to think about breaking through to a higher realm!
Cold sweat poured down sharply, and Mr. Jian's words were like a slap in the face, which made Ling Xiao sober up from that complacency! In fact, for a long time, Ling Xiao had not oppressed himself in any way regarding his cultivation, and this breakthrough through the "King Realm" was mainly due to the desire to avenge that poor Xiaoru kept squeezing himself.
Thinking of his dream of carrying forward the art of bows and arrows in this continent, and thinking of his determination to protect his family and protect the Li Empire, Ling Xiao realized, and for the first time, he began to realize that strength is the foundation of all hopes!
What surprised Ling Xiao even more was the "Law of Desperateness" that Mr. Jian told him: "Those who mess with my cultivators, fight to kill them, those who disturb my progress, fight to kill them, and those who confuse me to be true, fight to kill them!"
Maybe Mr. Sword just wanted to stimulate Ling Xiao's morale before the battle, maybe Mr. Sword couldn't bear to see Ling Xiao do nothing, maybe Mr. Sword had more other considerations, but Ling Xiao was grateful to Mr. Sword for waking him up, or pointing out the way forward for himself!
After instructing Ling Xiao, Mr. Sword set the steps of action, Ling Xiao assassinated the three princes who were about to ascend the throne, Feng Yingyue would definitely come to the rescue for the sake of the big plan, and Mr. Jian led the thirty-eight archers to raid Feng Yingyue! If Feng Yingyue could be successfully assassinated, Ling Xiao would detonate the "Battle Pill" sent by Zhang Ruhai hidden in the flagpole, blow down the flagpole more than 20 meters high, and open a way to escape in the enemy's siege!
And as long as they can escape temporarily, the old emperor and the crown prince who have come to their senses will definitely be able to protect Mr. Jian and Ling Xiao!
And what everyone else, including Mr. Jian, didn't know was that Ling Xiao still had two hole cards. One is a dark arrow hidden behind the transformation arrow, when you kill the wind shadow moon, your own dark arrow will be the first shot, although until now, I don't know the power of this dark arrow, but Ling Xiao believes that he will be able to help Mr. Sword when the time comes!
Another hole card is the eldest son of the crown prince, if the third prince dies, and Feng Yingyue is not killed, he will definitely continue to organize the ceremony, so that the old emperor will pass the throne to the eldest son of the crown prince, Li Jin!
Therefore, for the overall situation, the three princes are the key, as long as the three princes die, whether the wind shadow moon dies or not, Ling Xiao and they can be regarded as winning! But for Ling Xiao, this wind shadow moon is the key, Mr. Jian told Ling Xiao that it is this wind shadow moon who is responsible for managing and driving those illusions to death! That is to say, this wind shadow moon is the direct murderer who killed Xiao Ru!
Suppressing the killing intent in his heart, Ling Xiao was silently breathing himself, trying his best to stay at the peak, in order to be able to kill with one blow when there was an opportunity!
As the sun rises higher and higher, there are more and more people in this royal martial arts arena! Most of them are all kinds of officials on duty, including the 38 archers and the reckless man Zhang Trap who Ling Xiao secretly contacted! And more of them are the official eunuchs and important ministers who were invited to participate in the ceremony, and even some of the rich and noble families and local representatives in Kyoto City, under the hustle and bustle, I am afraid that there will be nearly 100,000 people!
The corner of Diao Dou had already been drilled out by Ling Xiao to observe the movement in the field. Zhang saw it, and the thirty-eight archers also saw it, and they were all in the best position to attack the spectator seat. But Mr. Sword's whereabouts have not been discovered for a long time!
If you think about it, if you can easily find out Mr. Sword's whereabouts, it can only mean one thing, that is, the enemy can easily find out!
But I guess Mr. Jian is hiding somewhere not far from the viewing ceremony! It's just that so far in that place, a group of so-called important officials of the imperial court have gathered together to chat about something, and no idle people are allowed to approach at all!
Don't think about it, Mr. Jian can be regarded as an old Jianghu, there must be an ingenious way to approach the viewing seat, so let's take care of my own side!
Calculating that the time was almost up, Ling Xiao began to prepare in earnest, holding the dragon-shaped bow in his hand, ten wind feather arrows were inserted side by side in front of him, this arrow was silent, and the body of the arrow was pitch black, it was the best weapon to assassinate the three princes!
All other bits and pieces are put into the storage belt, and strive to wrap tightly around the body up and down, without half a trace of bandage!
Now that you're all set, just wait for your goal to appear!
The auspicious time for the Qintian Supervisor to observe the sky has arrived, and nine salutes have been fired, and a group of characters destined to be recorded in history have entered the viewing table!
Through the small hole on Diao Dou, Ling Xiao carefully identified the target! At the front was the old emperor who obviously looked much haggard, followed by the figure of the crown prince! Next was the target of the action, the triumphant third prince, presumably this person was dreaming of ascending the throne, and his handsome face was full of smiles!
And just beside the third prince, a figure dressed as a palace guard attracted Ling Xiao's attention! You must know that Lu Dao, since the mutation of his visual power, in Ling Xiao's eyes, it is clear whether he is a master at a glance, just from the four-colored spiritual power that surrounds his body, it is not difficult to see that this person's skill is extremely high, although his face is unfamiliar, but it is almost certain that this person is the successor of the snowy dance, Feng Yingyue!
The reason why he is so sure is because the old emperor and the crown prince are empty, but the third prince is so abruptly accompanied by a guard at any time! Moreover, behind the third prince is the eldest son of the prince, Li Jin, and this wind shadow and moon are clearly focused on protecting these two "own people" in his eyes!
Seeing that the hour had come, the old emperor walked a few steps quickly, and was about to stand in front of the stage to speak, but at this moment, a ray of black light suddenly appeared in the air, heading straight for the throat of the three princes!
In the viewing banquet, the fake guard Feng Yingyue's skill was high and reacted in time, and his figure flickered, and the afterimage appeared, already standing in front of the third prince, slashing towards the flying black light!
Although the speed of the black light was fast, the knife of the Wind Shadow Moon was not slow, and it was already slashed at the black light in an instant! After a loud bang, the black light was intercepted and shattered, but the knife in the hand of the Wind Shadow Moon could not withstand the impact of that huge force at the same time, scattering and shattering!
Under the sunlight, the blades scattered for a moment flickered and flew away! At this moment, the Zhang Trap who was standing under the viewing table let out a tiger's roar, and rushed to the stage in a few steps, and slaughtered towards the wind and shadow moon!
At the same time, the thirty-eight archers scattered everywhere also stretched out their bows and arrows, and in a single breath, more than one hundred and fifty arrows were already shrouded towards the Wind Shadow Moon!
At the moment when Ling Xiao made a move, the viewing platform was already in chaos, and the little yellow door shouted one after another, "Escort!" Those imperial concubines and palace ladies were sitting on the ground, and as for the important ministers who were still talking about it just now, they couldn't get any better, and they were wandering around one by one, trying to find a place to hide!
In the meantime, there was even an old man who had inconvenient legs and feet, so he tripped himself and fell to the ground, and he couldn't get up again, he could only hum and hum, but there was no one to help him!
At this time, there was chaos on the viewing platform, but in Ling Xiao's gaze, he couldn't see Mr. Sword for a long time!
Without thinking about it, seeing his brother desperately in front of the formation, Ling Xiao picked up four Wind Feather Arrows again and shot them out! One arrow shot at the Three Princes, and three arrows shot at Wind Shadow Moon!
At this time, Zhang Trap had already rushed to the high platform of the viewing seat, brandishing the silver spear obtained from Dugu Chuxuan, desperately stabbing at Fengying Yue. And those more than 150 arrows were shot in front of Wind Shadow Moon at the same time!
Wind Shadow Moon deserves to be the successor of the snowy dance, and with a push of one hand, he pushed the three princes away from the attack range of Zhang Trap's formation, and then with a long hiss, the four-colored spiritual power shield appeared, whether it was Zhang Trap's silver spear or that piece of arrows, all of them fell in vain!
It's just that this Wind Shadow Moon is still invincible with two fists and four hands after all, and the three princes who have been pushed outside the battle circle can no longer take care of it! Although these three princes have also stretched out their spiritual power shields, it is a pity that he encountered a weak attack arrow shot by Ling Xiao with super mutated vision!
A ray of black light easily passed through the weak point of the body protection spiritual power cover, and after hitting the third prince, it turned into a ball of flames!
However, the death of the third prince stimulated Wind Shadow Moon, a rare illusion in the cultivation world, and in the midst of the smoke, the nearest Zhang Trap was the first to be hit, but all the attacks between his confused expressions were all hit where no one was!