Chapter 157: Revenge does not stay overnight
This is bad news, but so is knowing in advance the dangers that may be coming...... There is no way to guard against it, because Lu Xiaoan can't hide in Huai'an City forever and not go out.
Warlike people are in turmoil in their hearts, and fighting can make people stronger, the blade of the sword is sharpened, and no matter how talented a disciple is, if he does not experience the baptism of battle, he may be vulnerable. This is also the reason why the sect will always let disciples go out of the mountain from time to time to practice, even if some disciples are lost because of this, it is better than cultivating a group of waste who can only cultivate.
The strength is not only the depth of mana and the strength of spells, but also the ability to adapt to battle, otherwise Lu Xiaoan would not have been able to turn defeat into victory many times in the face of desperate situations. From this point of view, Lu Xiaoan is indeed a combat genius.
And the battle genius naturally belongs to the battlefield, but no matter how talented he is, he will also encounter danger in this kind of national war where the Qi Sea Realm monks have suffered countless casualties.
Ten days after returning to the Longshan battlefield, Lu Xiaoan encountered the biggest crisis. He always wants to find the Tianjiao of Sabi Country to sharpen himself, and there are people on the Sabi Country side who specialize in hunting geniuses from Guangyue Country.
This is a team composed of nine Tongmai Realm fourteenth-layer cultivators, and they may not be as good as the pride of heaven like Yue Xiong, but they are not weak, and they belong to the strongest among ordinary monks. It is precisely because they are not up or down that they think of uniting to hunt Tianjiao, so that they can not only make meritorious contributions, but also make a name for themselves.
These nine people have been working together for more than a month, and there are already three genius monks of Guangyue Kingdom who have died at their hands. It doesn't seem like much, but there are few proud sons of the sky, and each of them is like a shining star, so this has already attracted the attention of all the monks of Guangyue Kingdom, especially those who think they have good strength, and they are very worried that they will be targeted.
Lu Xiaoan didn't know about these nine people yet, but these nine people had already noticed him.
On this day, Lu Xiaoan had just finished helping Gu Linghua absorb the spiritual liquid, and when he was resting, he was suddenly warned by Xiao Ai that someone was approaching.
At first, Lu Xiaoan thought it was a monk from Guangyue Kingdom, because this was not a war zone, but the rear of Guangyue Kingdom's camp. But soon he realized that something was wrong, because there was movement all around, and he was surrounded.
If it was a monk of Guangyue Kingdom, he would definitely not deliberately surround him, so Lu Xiao'an immediately became vigilant, and the magic knife was also in his hand.
"Woooo
As soon as he took out the magic knife, four sharp arrows shot at Lu Xiaoan from four different directions. This is not an ordinary arrow, but a magic weapon, and with the blessing of the wind spell, the speed is not even Lu Xiao'an has time to dodge.
There was no way, Lu Xiaoan could only swing his knife to block, but he only blocked three arrows, and one arrow was shot at his back.
Seeing that Lu Xiaoan was hit by an arrow, three monks attacked him at the same time. Two men and one woman, both of whom have cultivated at the fourteenth level of the Tongmai Realm. The three of them are very disciplined, one holds a magic knife, while the other two cast a spell to control Lu Xiaoan, this tactic is somewhat similar to Yue Xiong, but their strength is not enough, and they have to cooperate with several people.
Lu Xiao'an was not afraid, and he stepped forward to swing the Soul Breaking Slash to counterattack the three of them, but as soon as he moved, there was a heart-piercing pain in his back.
It turned out that these people's arrows were also tied with silk threads, and the arrows also had dense barbs, and once they pierced into the flesh, they would hook the muscles, and when they were pulled, they would make people feel painful.
Although Lu Xiao'an's perseverance was amazing, such a sharp pain still made him lose his mind for a moment, and then he was controlled by the spells of the two, and the person in front of him slashed at his neck.
This set of moves has been tried and tested repeatedly, no matter how powerful the Tongmai Realm monks are, they can't dodge it, they can only lead the neck and kill them, they even feel that they can use this move to sneak attack the monks of the first level of the Qi Sea Realm.
Several people cooperated tightly, and the timing was just right, Lu Xiaoan had no time to do superfluous movements, so he could only use the Xuanzhong Jar, which he had just learned, to resist this knife.
"Shhhh
The blade slashed into Lu Xiao'an's neck, but only cut through the skin, which made the monk holding the knife widen his eyes in shock.
"Drink!"
Lu Xiaoan let out a loud shout, locked the arrow on his back with deep mana, and then broke free from the spell control of the other two. But just as he was about to slash the man who had slashed his neck, three sharp arrows came again.
Lu Xiaoan tasted the viciousness of this arrow, so he could only give up killing the other party and swing his knife to block the three arrows.
"Good fellows! masked monsters, this is the first time we've missed. β
The monk with the knife stepped back, and he was also a little afraid of Lu Xiaoan in his heart. Before, he thought that Lu Xiaoan was similar to other Tianjiao, but now it seems that Lu Xiaoan is obviously more powerful, and what is even more terrifying is Lu Xiaoan's cultivation at the ninth layer of the Pulse Realm.
"Up!"
The monk with the knife waved his hand, and Lu Xiaoan was about to guard against the spells of the two people behind him, but he noticed movement under the ground.
Lu Xiaoan jumped up, dodged a spike with barbs on his head that was stabbed out of the soil, and was about to slash down with a knife, but found that the wind sounded above.
Lu Xiaoan looked up and found that a giant who was taller than Lu Xiao'an's one and a half people fell from the sky, and an axe bigger than Lu Xiao'an's people in his hand slashed at him with the power of splitting mountains and rivers. Lu Xiaoan was taken aback, this power, even if he had a Heavenly Demon Forging Body, he would be split in half! He could only raise his knife to block it above his head, and then Lu Xiaoan was smashed to the ground like a stone.
"Boom!"
Lu Xiaoan stepped out of a deep pit on the ground, even with the powerful flesh of his Heavenly Demon Forging Body, he felt a little stuffy in his chest.
"This guy is a monster!"
Lu Xiaoan really couldn't help but complain in his heart, and then found that these people didn't give him a chance to breathe at all, and the arrows and spells followed closely again.
"No, the soul hasn't recovered yet, and if it continues like this, it will be consumed by them sooner or later. β
For the first time, Lu Xiaoan had the idea of running away when facing the Tongmai Realm cultivator, and at the same time, he also learned a lesson, he should not underestimate the heroes of the world.
Blocking the arrow, Lu Xiaoan sent another spell to hit, but he could still bear it, and then cast the frozen thousands of miles with all his might.
These people froze at the same time, but Lu Xiaoan did not take the opportunity to kill, but swung his knife to cut off the arrows stuck in his back, and then used the wind to escape from the encirclement of several people.
"Wait for me, I'm not in a good state today, I'll meet with you another day. β
After all, running away is a little difficult to get by, so Lu Xiaoan also learned to be ruthless, but he really wanted to find a few people to take revenge.
Lu Xiao'an used to chase the wind and chase the sun, and his speed was faster than that of the Qi Sea Realm cultivator, and it was impossible for the nine people to catch up. And they didn't dare to chase after them, this place was deep behind enemy lines, and they had to leave quickly.
"This man is terrifying!"
Among the nine people, there were two female cultivators, one of whom was an arrow, she looked at Lu Xiaoan's back and said, "When he reaches the fourteenth layer of the Tongmai Realm, we estimate that he is really not his opponent." β
The monk with the knife was the leader, and said, "Let's go, when he reaches the fourteenth layer of the Tongmai Realm, we will already be in the Qi Sea Realm, how can we be afraid of him?"
The giant with an axe liked to carry an axe larger than a man on his shoulder, and he did not like to put it in a storage bag, and he was loud and loud, so he said, "Yes, next time I meet him, see that I don't split him in half." β
Another female cultivator said: "Tie Shan, don't be careless, I estimate that this masked monster has also cultivated the body quenching technique, and Brother Dao couldn't kill him with a single knife just now." β
As the leader, Brother Dao's strength will not be weak even if it is not the strongest, he turned his head to look at Tie Shan and said, "I don't know the strength, but he is indeed harder than you." β
Tie Shan seemed a little unconvinced, but he didn't have anything to refute, because he really couldn't resist Brother Dao's knife.
After escaping until he was near the camp, Lu Xiaoan breathed a sigh of relief, and then muttered: "It's still careless, I didn't expect that there are enemies behind the camp, next time I help them absorb the spiritual liquid, I must find a hidden place." β
This time, Lu Xiaoan was actually not seriously injured, but he understood that he had little chance of winning if he continued to fight, and he was likely to be killed by those people, because he was very tired and couldn't hold on for too long.
"With the arrow on his back, it looks like he has to go to the camp and find someone to help. β
Lu Xiaoan tried to pull it out by himself just now, and found that it was really painful. However, he was not unbearable, but it was unnecessary, because the trauma would be great if he pulled it out, and now that the external avatar was not around, he didn't want to take too long to heal.
"Look, it's a masked hero!"
Lu Xiaoan also made a name for himself in Panlong Mountain, so as soon as he entered the camp, someone recognized him.
"He's hurt?"
Everyone was shocked, and then found that Lu Xiaoan had a broken arrow stuck in his back.
"Could it be that he also met those nine people?"
Someone immediately remembered the hunted Tianjiao, all of whom had hideous arrow wounds, and some people had speculated before that it was caused by the barbed arrows being pulled out. Now that Lu Xiaoan had a broken arrow stuck in his back but didn't pull it out, his mind turned quickly and immediately remembered those people.
"It's worthy of being a masked hero, and he actually came back alive. β
"What do you mean to come back alive, I think it was the masked hero who killed all nine people. β
Hearing this, Lu Xiaoan couldn't help blushing, and thought that after he recovered, he would immediately go to the nine people to take revenge.
As a camp, it is natural not only to exchange military merits for the monks, but also to heal the wounds of the monks, and the elixirs for healing are free.
"Blindfolded, masked hero!"
Lu Xiaoan walked into the healing tent, and there was an exclamation from inside.
Lu Xiaoan turned his head to look and found that it was a female cultivator who practiced the ninth layer of the Qi Realm, and her age was only in her twenties.
Qi cultivation is not qualified to go to the battlefield, then it is no different from sending them to death, so some qi practitioners who know medical skills will come to the barracks to help treat the wounded monks.
Even if it is a monk, some injuries can not be healed by just taking pills, such as an arrow wound like Lu Xiaoan, you must cut open the wound and take out the arrow.
"Are youβeven you?"
This little female cultivator seemed to admire Lu Xiao'an very much, and even her face turned red when she saw Lu Xiao'an.
Lu Xiaoan said inexplicably: "Naturally, I will also be injured." β
The little nun suddenly became at a loss, and said, "I, I didn't mean that, I mean, I mean...... Why don't I help you!"
I really don't know what to say, this little nun can only shift the topic to healing. Lu Xiaoan didn't care, he just took an arrow, and whoever helped was the same, so he nodded and sat down.
The little nun immediately became excited, first carefully tore the clothes near the arrow for Lu Xiao'an, and then said, "Masked hero, I want to cut your flesh and skin, please bear with me." β
Of course, there are things in this world that can paralyze people, and they are extracted and refined into anesthetic by pharmacists, but anesthetic is generally only effective on ordinary people, and monks who can paralyze are considered spiritual objects, but they are very precious, and they are generally used to refine poison.
However, as a monk, this kind of pain can be endured, and even if you can't bear it, you have to grit your teeth and endure it, otherwise it will be very embarrassing.
Lu Xiaoan was not afraid of this pain at all, but when the little female cultivator was about to cut his flesh, she found that she couldn't cut it.
"This ......"
The little nun was stunned, although the knife in her hand was not a magic weapon, it was no worse sharpness than a first-order magic weapon, but she didn't expect that it would not be able to cut Lu Xiao'an's flesh and skin.
Lu Xiaoan couldn't help it, because physical defense had nothing to do with mana, and he couldn't reduce his defense as he wanted.
Helpless, Lu Xiaoan could only take out his fifth-order magic knife and said, "You can try it with this!"
"Huh?"
The little female cultivator took Lu Xiaoan's magic knife in a daze, only to feel that it was extremely incongruous in her hand. Everyone else also looked over, and it was the first time they had seen such a strange thing. But strange is strange, the fifth-order magic knife naturally easily cut through Lu Xiaoan's flesh and skin.
The strength of the Heavenly Demon Forging Body is also reflected in the recovery ability, it only took half a day, the injury on Lu Xiaoan's back basically had no effect, and his soul also got enough rest.
"Being able to find me shows that some of those people are good at tracking, and those who are good at tracking are also good at eliminating traces, and it is unlikely that they can be traced by the traces they have left. β
As soon as the injury was healed, Lu Xiaoan began to think about revenge.
The combination of the nine people is indeed very powerful, even if Lu Xiao'an's soul returns to normal, it is not so easy to deal with. But the first strike in the battle is also very important, and last time Lu Xiaoan was attacked by these people, so he fell into passivity.
But what if Lu Xiaoan launched the first move? Then it would definitely be different.
With Lu Xiaoan's strength, even if he doesn't use a magic sniper or anything, as long as he sneaks in, he will definitely be able to kill one of the other party, and before the other party starts to encircle, he estimates that he can kill one more person, and he can kill one more person if he uses the action of freezing thousands of miles to block them. In this way, when it is really hard to fight head-on, there are only six people left on the other side.
Thinking of this, Lu Xiaoan suddenly found that these nine people were really powerful, because he probably simulated the battle process, and found that if he didn't sneak attack, it would be really difficult for him to defeat this group of people.
"Well, this kind of battle is interesting, and it always wins without suspense and can't have the effect of honing. β
Lu Xiaoan did not have the idea of retreating because of this, but became excited.
"Xiao Ai, can you analyze where they might be now?"
Since he couldn't find the other party through the traces, Lu Xiaoan planned to change his approach.
After the other party went deep into the camp of Guangyue Kingdom, he attacked and killed him, and he would inevitably retreat as soon as he missed. Judging from the division of the two nearby camps, there are not many routes that the other party can take.
Xiao Ai quickly gave Lu Xiaoan a map, which marked several possible locations on the other side.
Now that a little more than half a day has passed, it is impossible for the other party to be too fast when they retreat, otherwise it will be easy to be discovered by the high-ranking monks of Guangyue Kingdom, so Xiao Ai can deduce where they may be.
"Good!"
Knowing where the other party might be, Lu Xiaoan immediately rushed over as fast as he could, because the other party might have left again if he was late, and at this time those people had already left the danger zone, and the next behavior Xiao Ai could no longer be calculated.
At this time, at the bottom of a cliff, seven of the nine monks who attacked Lu Xiao'an were sitting together. It's night, and according to their experience, on the battlefield, it's best not to run around at night, because the high-ranking monks like to go out at night to find people.
"Brother Dao, did you say he would come to us for revenge?"
"It should be, Tianjiao like this is generally very proud, and he will definitely find a way to get back the field after suffering a loss. β
"I think he's just hard-mouthed, why should he run away if he's so strong?"
"We were sneak attackers, and it's normal for him to be passive. β
"Then why don't we ambush him again?"
"Don't think about it, how are you going to ambush him?
"Yes. β
Then another man came up and said, "I can leave some traces, and if he is good at tracking, he might be able to find us." β
This male cultivator who came over looked a little thin, he was the one who attacked Lu Xiao'an underground, and everyone else called him a gopher.
Brother Dao shook his head and said, "There's no need for this, there are too many variables on the battlefield, you can meet a Qi Sea Realm monk at any time, let's wait for the next opportunity!"
The reason why you can become a leader is that you have a clear mind is also a very important factor.
The relatively ordinary-looking one of the two female cultivators is called Sister Shui, because she is older and good at water spells, she looked at the crescent moon in the sky and said, "It's almost dawn, let's go." β
But at this moment, a sound like a birdsong was heard not far away.
The gopher immediately shouted, "Oh no, someone's coming!"
The crowd immediately dispersed and formed a formation to meet the enemy.
After a while, Lu Xiaoan slowly walked out of the night, and said with some annoyance: "I wanted to repay the other in the other way, but I didn't expect you to be really vigilant, and actually set a small trap to call the police." β
Lu Xiaoan was indeed a little annoyed, he wanted to catch up with these people quickly, so he didn't notice the transparent silk thread. But he can't be blamed, because it's night, and even Xiao Ai hasn't found out, so even if Lu Xiaoan estimates carefully, it will be difficult to find out.
But at the same time, Lu Xiaoan was also very happy, because he found this group of people in the first position he found, and I have to say that he was really lucky.
"It's you!"
Brother Dao was very surprised, and at the same time a little puzzled, and asked, "How did you find us?"
Lu Xiaoan said: "Since you can find me, then what's so strange about me finding you?"
As Lu Xiaoan spoke, several arrows shot at him, and it turned out that Brother Dao deliberately distracted Lu Xiaoan.