Chapter 57: Timing

On the shore of the lake.

Xie Ziyuan, Shi Wenqi, Duan Heng, and Mrs. Meng ran forward desperately, the Meng brothers covered on both sides, and Shanrou was behind the last hall of the team, and the three of them followed the evacuation, while vigilantly looking back from time to time.

Meng Yu and the others next to Shen Chi had already disappeared from sight, the wide river in front of them was already in sight, the terrain began to get lower, and everyone on the downhill section increased their speed.

"Sister Shan, three people have caught up, what should I do?"

All three of them saw Seven, Eight, and Nine, who were rapidly closing the distance from behind, and Meng Wu asked worriedly.

Shanrou immediately decided: "I'll stop them, you don't care, keep running!"

Meng Tian asked, "Is it okay for you to beat the three of them alone?"

Shanrou smiled confidently: "I'm a personal disciple of the Jixia Sword Saint, don't underestimate me, the opposite side must be a light enemy so I only sent three people over, I'll go, be careful yourself, this place is the closest to Jixia, it's safe to run to Jixia, you will find someone to inform Cao Gong when you get to Jixia, and then quickly borrow a horse to Linzi to move the rescuers!"

Shi Wenqi had never run so hard so many roads, and at this time he had already run with a red face and a thick neck, and while panting, Wen Yan said loudly: "Good...... Senior Sister Shan, you have to be careful!"

Duan Heng gritted his teeth and said, "You are all like this for me...... Shanrou, if you can't beat it, you can run!"

Shanrou smiled: "Don't worry!"

With that, he stopped and turned and ran in the direction of the three assassins.

Xie Ziyuan was sad in his heart, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say, and when he turned back again, Shanrou had already run away and had no chance to say anything......

"Why didn't I learn a little swordsmanship from Cao Gong at that time...... Even if it's a little bit......"

Tears swirled in Xie Ziyuan's eyes, and the guilt was like a flood, overwhelming him......

Shanrou broke away from the group, the sword in her hand pointed diagonally downward, and she ran towards the three assassins at a moment's speed, her pretty face solemn.

The three Assassins on the opposite side were swooping down, and when they saw that Shanrou was the only one who met them, their faces showing contempt.

No. 7 commanded: "No. 9 stays to get this woman, and No. 8 follows me to continue chasing!"

Shanrou in the distance saw that the three of them were scattered, and only one of them came to meet her, and her heart was not angry but happy--

"They're really underestimating me, that's good, before they catch up, solve one first!"

Shanrou sped up and faced him.

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Lu Yunzhou got into the bamboo forest, and while running, he was thinking about it--

"The light in the bamboo forest is dim, and their defense against the Flying Star Sword will be much smaller, so as long as they find a good angle and ambush it, the first one is the most likely to kill the enemy!"

Thinking of this, Lu Yunzhou quickly bent down and picked up a fist-sized stone, dodged behind a giant bamboo, threw the stone forward, and then turned over and hid behind a clump of long grass at the edge of the bamboo forest.

Coincidentally, this clump of long grass was the place where the crossbowman hid his shot when the black-clothed people were ambushing in the bamboo forest before.

The stone broke through the air with a whistling sound, made a "rustling" sound through the bamboo leaves, and landed in the grass in the distance.

The seven black-clothed people only arrived at the bamboo forest at this time, and the vision in the bamboo forest was dim, and one of the black-clothed people pointed to the direction where the stone landed and said: "Listen to the sound is going in that direction, this bamboo forest is too big, let's chase it, don't let Qi Yu run!"

The other six men in black followed one after another and burrowed into the bamboo forest.

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Shen Pond side.

Zhongsun Xuanhua and Ma Chengjia were back to back, and there were one black-clothed man on the left, right, and back, surrounding them, and Meng Fu and Min Jianzhang also surrounded five black-clothed people.

The four black-clothed men who surrounded Zhongsun Xuanhua and the two of them stabbed at the same time with their swords--

Zhongsun Xuanhua dodged a sword with a short body, and split the blade of another person's sword with a backhand, lightly hit Ma Chengjia with his back, and whispered a word - "right"!

Ma Chengjia resisted the attacks on the left and right, and also lightly bumped Zhongsun Xuanhua on his back, indicating that he understood.

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Number Nine swooped down the slope against the wind--

He imagined himself to be a falcon with wings spread, soaring above the nine heavens, with sharp eagle eyes locked on a poor antelope on the ground that he had targeted, and suddenly--he swooped down with great sharp claws, and plunged into the throat of the poor antelope, dragging it over the edge of the cliff, and the antelope let out a terrible wail, as if lamenting his sad fate as prey--

Nine's eyes flashed with excitement, looking at Shanrou who was slowly and struggling to climb the hill in his eyes, as if it were the poor antelope!

"I just need to follow the momentum of this downward rush, and swing my sword quickly, and she will definitely not have time to react, I have already cleanly harvested her head, and then continue to chase forward without stopping a step and without looking back, and the beautiful head will spray blood, and rise up from my back, rolling to the ground, and my eyes will open wide, staring at my departing back incredibly...... Hmph, when I catch up with No. 7 and No. 8, I don't even need a blink of an eye, and then No. 7 and No. 8 will look at me with surprise, shock, jealousy, and inevitably a hint of adoration, as if to say - such a simple task is simply overkill to give such a reliable and powerful teammate as No. 9!"

The corners of Nine's mouth couldn't help but hook up a proud sneer, looking at Shanrou who was only one step away in front of him, he suddenly raised the long sword in his hand, and in the moment of staggering, he swung the sword and slashed down-

"Die!"

The moment Nine swung his sword out, he suddenly noticed that Shanrou in front of him deftly lowered his body, as if he was about to burrow into his arms, and then he found that he had struck the air--

"It's a shame that she was allowed to escape!"

As soon as such a thought arose in Nine's heart, he felt a sudden heart-piercing pain under the knee of his right leg, and his body suddenly lost its center of gravity, and fell sideways to the lower left, and the long sword in his hand was also thrown in a panic and did not know where to throw it--

"Ahhhhhh

Shanrou stood firm, indifferently looking down at the nine who kept rolling down like a gourd rolling on the ground below, crossed her waist with one hand, and shook the long sword in her hand with the other, and a splash of blood on the blade was thrown down to the grass by her, seeping into the dirt.

No. 7 and No. 8, who were already running in front, couldn't help but frown when they heard the screams coming from behind them.

"What a waste!" No. 7 glanced behind him, took a sip, and said to No. 8: "I'll pay attention to that woman, you don't care about the others, just catch up and kill the third child of the Duan family!"

Eight sneered, "Don't worry, I'm not as useless as Nine, yo, those two little boys are here, I'll leave it to you!"

Not far away, the Meng brothers had already broken away from the team, holding small daggers, one left and one right, and were running towards them.

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Shen Pond side.

Zhongsun Xuanhua and Ma Chengjia had a tacit understanding to move to the right while fighting, and when Zhongsun Xuanhua parried, he deliberately left three points of strength, pretending to be left and right.

And Ma Chengjia, who was behind him, used his unprecedented swordsmanship in his life, and he barely breathed under the siege of the two, but there were already three or more colors on his body.

The two moved to a position, Zhongsun Xuanhua's eyes flashed with joy, and he gently bumped Ma Chengjia with his back, and Ma Chengjia bumped back, indicating that he would understand!

Both of them stopped at the same time!

"Ding!" "Ding!"

Zhongsun Xuanhua didn't leave any more hands, and the long sword in his hand struck out like lightning, almost in no particular order, slashing at the long sword stabbed by the two black-clothed men on the left and right, making two clear sounds that were connected back and forth!

Zhongsun Xuanhua's sudden acceleration and sudden increase in strength caught the two black-clothed men off guard, and the hand holding the sword could barely hold it.

Taking advantage of this gap, Zhongsun Xuanhua quickly bent down, pulled out an arrow with a faint blue light from the soil, pounced, and crashed into the arms of the man in black on the left, cutting the dark blue arrow under his ribs.

Jet-black blood flowed from under the ribs of the man in black on the left, and the man in black only felt paralyzed all over his body, and his body suddenly became stiff, convulsed twice, and fell to the ground with a "bang", foaming at the mouth!

It turned out to be the poisonous arrow that was shot at the Duan family's third child just now!

Enlightenment rose in the hearts of the black-clothed men who fell to the ground, but they had already understood too late, and their consciousness fell into boundless darkness......

Zhongsun Xuanhua had already backhanded the long sword stabbed by the man in black before the man in black fell to the ground, leaned back, dodged the sword that the man in black followed, and quickly threw out the arrow in his left hand and pierced into the eye socket of the man in black.

"Ahh

The man in black screamed and fell to the ground.

Before the man in black fell, Zhongsun Xuanhua kicked the ground quickly, pounced forward with his strength, and pulled out the arrow in the eye socket of the man in black!

Accompanied by the blue arrows, there is also a bloody eyeball stuck to it!

"Ahh

The screams seemed to pierce the sky, coming from the mouth of the black-clothed man who fell to the ground!

Zhongsun Xuanhua was unmoved, there was no expression on his long and narrow face, a trace of murderous intent overflowed from his eyes, he held the long sword in his right hand and the arrow in his left hand, and rushed towards the two black-clothed men on Ma Chengjia's side.

"The time has come for a counteroffensive!"

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On the shore of the lake.

The Meng brothers flexibly drilled under Seven's armpits, crotch, and behind them, and the small dagger in their hands slashed at Seven's body from time to time, making Seven's thunderous but helpless.

"Bastards, two little mice, don't hide if you have the ability!ah!"

No. 7 angrily grabbed Meng Wu under him, but Meng Tian immediately stabbed a dagger into his thigh, allowing Meng Wu to dodge smoothly, No. 7 stabbed at Meng Tian with another sword, but Meng Tian deftly turned over to the other side of No. 7's body, and No. 7 barely retracted his strength to not pierce the sword into his thigh.

Not far away, Nine was sore and struggling to get up with his bleeding knees, but Shanrou stepped forward indifferently and cut off Nine's head with a sword.

And No. 8 had already caught up with the front team with a sword at this time, and the last one running at the end of the team was the little fat man Duan Heng, who was out of breath and had no physical strength!