Chapter 44: Hurricanes and Sand Pirates

The wind arose, and it was a terrible wind. And, as time passed, it grew bigger and bigger, gradually bringing sand and dust into the air, and the sky began to become dark, and the originally bright and dazzling sun now became only a faint white light. The ears were full of sounds: the whistling sound of the wind, the "crackling" sand and dust hitting the camel and the impact of the person on the person, but the sound of Lao Zhang yelling and shouting next to him was not heard at all.

The camel caravan hid behind the dunes, and the camels were driven to their knees, the reins all joined together, while the men hid on the side of the camels, clinging to the saddles of the camels to prevent themselves from being blown away by the wind. People were tired, buried their heads in their chests, and waited for the wind to pass.

Li Changfeng mobilized the vitality of the sea of qi to circulate, allowing the vitality to form a thin layer of shield on the surface of his body. This method was a new result that he handed over to the system after seeing Zheng Shaocheng's shield. At this moment, it is displayed, and sure enough, the effect of resisting the wind and sand is good.

He sighed lightly, finally able to open his eyes and see. When I looked around, I saw that both people and sand camels arched from time to time to prevent them from being submerged in the sand. The hurricane shows no signs of stopping, and it seems to be getting stronger and stronger.

Suddenly, a bowl of sandstone whistled and danced wildly in the air, and after making an arc, it smashed towards Zhang Cheng on the side, and under such a strong wind, the kinetic energy generated by the rock was enough to smash him flat. The pupils in Li Changfeng's eyes shrank sharply, and he didn't have time to think about it, jumped over, grabbed the collar behind Zhang Cheng's neck, and took him away from the place.

Zhang Cheng was suddenly driven, I don't know what happened, I hurriedly opened my eyes to look, I couldn't help but be surprised, only to see a rock like a meteor smashed into the place where he stayed, smashing out a big hole.

Before he could say anything, the wind had blown his body away from the ground, but it was too late to crouch. Frightened, he reached out and grabbed around, hoping to catch something to stabilize his body. At this moment, a hand reached over and he grabbed it.

Li Changfeng was also surprised at this time, although the vitality shield could resist the erosion of wind and sand, it could not increase the weight of his body to nail him to the ground, as if he was about to be blown away by the wind, he only had time to grab Zhang Cheng's arm, and in the howling wind, the two were blown into the air in an instant, and disappeared after a while.

An hour later.

The hurricane finally began to weaken and slowly faded away. Lao Zhang, who was half-buried, arched vigorously, pulled his body out of the yellow sand, patted the sand and dust on his body, looked up at the clear sky that had been restored like a wash, and exhaled a long breath, his heart was full of joy to survive the catastrophe.

"The squads sorted out the caravan, cleaned up the damage, and checked to see if anyone was missing. ”

Steward Huang shouted loudly and ran around. The squad leaders began to busily sort out and check.

Lao Zhang is the captain of a team, and at this moment, when he looked around, Qian Duo and Zhang Cheng were missing, and his heart couldn't help but sink. After carefully looking around the surroundings, he still couldn't find it, and he finally couldn't hold his breath and asked loudly:

"Who saw Qian Duo and Zhang Cheng?"

Lao Gong, Meng Yu, and the people next to them looked at each other, and then shook their heads one after another. Lao Gong said in a deep voice:

"Oops, I'm afraid it was swept away by the wind!"

Lao Zhang was gloomy and silent. After a while, he suddenly threw the reins in his hand and strode forward to the yellow steward.

"Oh, two are missing? Fortunately, there are not many people lost this time, and there are only four people here with you. ”

Steward Huang listened to Lao Zhang's words and said to himself.

Lao Zhang was so angry that his face was flushed, endured it, and said:

"Steward Huang, someone must be sent to find them, maybe they were blown away by the wind not far away, just around here. If they don't care, they're dead. ”

Hearing this, Steward Huang squinted at him and said:

"It's around here, is it possible? Lao Zhang, a desert merchant, life and death have their own destiny, you are an old guard, you won't understand this, right? If you also look for that, you can only save it, and in the end you can only drag everyone to death. ”

Lao Zhang didn't understand these rules, earned it, and made the last effort weakly, saying:

"Can't you make an exception? That Zhang Cheng is still a child! Why don't you give me a day and I'll take someone to find a circle by myself?"

Steward Huang shook his head. Seeing Lao Zhang's sad and sad appearance, he sighed lightly, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and walked away slowly.

Seeing Lao Zhang walking back dejectedly, Lao Gong and Meng Yu, who had known that there would be such a result, shook their heads relatively wordlessly, and could only sigh and prepare for the next trip.

A day later.

It was time to rest again at noon, and everyone was busy setting up their tents, and the food was water and dry food. No one spoke, and the scorching sunlight seemed to bake out the person's speech. Lao Zhang sat on the side, staring blankly into the distance and not knowing what to think. Old Gong glanced at him worriedly, and was about to go over to talk to him.

"Enemy attack! It's a sand thief!"

The terrible warning suddenly sounded, and everyone bounced up from the ground like a spring when they heard the words, and there was a commotion in the camp.

"Hurry up, surround the sand camels in a circle, the caravan is in a circle, and the guards are outside to defend against the enemy!"

The yellow steward was hoarse, his arms fluttering, and the horror was palpable.

"What's the panic! The soldiers are coming to block, and everyone can work together to find a way out. ”

Wang Chen, the eldest son of the Wang family, the leader of the team, stood up at this moment, although the hand in the sleeve trembled slightly, he still calmed down to calm people's hearts. Not to mention, it still worked, and the panicked crowd quieted down a bit.

Gritting his teeth, Wang Chen tried his best to make himself look confident, and arranged loudly:

"Those who know how to shoot bows and arrows immediately pick up their bows and arrows and prepare them, wait for my signal, remember, no arrows are allowed without a signal. The rest of the guards, whether they are guards or caravans, and those who can handle weapons will copy the guys for me, this time, it seems that they are going to fight hard!"

In the end, I can't help but show a trace of pessimism and despair.

The sand thieves came quickly, and there was a cloud of dust in the distance, and soon a faint group of shadows could be seen moving in this direction. In the blink of an eye, the shouts and screams of the sand thieves were endless, getting closer and closer.

"They're on horses!"

Steward Huang screamed in despair, almost slumping to the ground. Horses don't last long in the desert, but riding means high speed and impact, and when used to charge, it's almost invincible. The cry of the yellow steward made everyone's hearts sink.

Wang Chen stood there with a sword in his hand and a gloomy face, seeing that the sand thief was close in front of him, he stepped forward and shouted:

"I don't know which side of the hero, everyone has something to discuss, you are just asking for money, I have a gift here, please ......"

The sand thieves didn't stop, no one paid attention to him, just a vigorous rush of horses, faster and faster. It seems that he didn't even bother to say anything, and he was about to rush into battle and kill.

"It's a blood wolf!"

Someone in the crowd finally recognized the blood-red wolf head symbol on the yellow flag fluttering in the wind in the hands of the sand thieves.

There is not only one group of sand pirates, the biggest and most famous is of course the "Blood Hurricane" sand pirate group led by the "Desert King" Xiong Jin. However, the sand thief group of "blood wolf" Guan Wei is known for its ferocity and blood, killing people and seizing wealth wherever they pass, leaving no chickens and dogs, and even the bones and slag have to be swallowed. When you meet them, you can only resist desperately and go one way.

Wang Chen finally died of the heart of negotiation, and shouted with a miserable expression:

"Shoot these bastards!"

"Boom, Boom......"

The arrows galloped towards the sand thieves, but the effect was not satisfactory, and the sand thieves were skilled in riding, controlling the reins with one hand and waving their blades to block the arrows with the other. More than 20 people shot arrows, only one arrow was lucky to hit a sand thief in the eye socket, screaming and falling off the horse, most of the rest were flying, even if there was a shot, it was soft and had no strength, the sand thieves were slightly shaken by the arrow on the horse, and then sat up and continued to charge, but there was no.

Only two rounds of arrows were fired, and the sand thief had already rushed forward, his blood-red eyes and smiling ground holes were clearly visible, and he raised his big sword in his hand and swung it towards the reins connecting the sand camels. They were reluctant to cut down the sand camels, because from now on, it was their property.

The duty of the guards is to wave their weapons desperately to block the attacks of the sand pirates. Lao Zhang held a spear in his hand and stabbed at the chest of a sand thief with a scar on his head, the sand thief avoided sideways on the horse, let go of the spear tip, and waved the big sword in his hand, wanting to cut off the spear, Lao Zhang withdrew his hand, but stabbed the horse's head the second time, and the sand thief hurriedly waved his sword to block it......

The old bow was as his name suggested, and the arrow that began to hit the sand thief's eye socket was his masterpiece. At this moment, the sand thieves were close, and he shot one arrow at a time, and the arrows were not missed, and in the blink of an eye, the three sand thieves were shot off the horse.

The sand thieves had a long tacit understanding, and seeing that his bow and arrows were at stake, they suddenly divided into three horses and charged straight at him, and at the same time hurled at him with short throwing spears hanging from the side of the saddle. The old archer had only a bow and arrows, and the power of the short spear flew so hard that he couldn't block it, and in desperation, he rolled to one side to dodge, and in his busy schedule, he didn't forget to shoot an arrow, which hit a sand thief in the ribs.

The sand thief roared in pain, and his body shook his horse for a while, but finally he sat down again. The horse was fast, the old bow avoided the delay of the short spear, and the three sand thieves had already rushed to him, the old bow was pale, and he knew that he had no luck, so he roared wildly, and threw the bow and arrow in his hand at a sand thief, and the man also jumped up and wanted to pounce on the sand thief. The sand thief had a cruel smile on his face, and stabbed him with his sword, piercing him in the chest, and the two sand thieves who arrived behind rushed by, and cut the old bow into three with one man and one sword.

"Ah......h

The familiar voice screamed, Lao Zhang glanced out of the corner of his eyes, and saw Meng Yu being hooked by a sand thief with an iron hook on his shoulder and collarbone, and between the sand thief galloping on his horse, he lay on his back and fell to the ground, just hooked and galloped into the distance, and after a while, the screams stopped abruptly.

Lao Zhang didn't even have time to rise in grief and indignation, and a group of sand thieves had already ridden past him, and everyone who passed by waved their weapons at him. He blocked the second blow, and when the third slash came, he was no longer able to block it, and saw the great sword pass by his chest, almost cutting through half of his body, and the fourth one followed, and a sword slashed his head, and the head swirled in the air and flew far away, and blood gushed out from the neck of the headless body.

The sand camels in a circle were driven open by the sand thieves, and the sand thieves rushed into the gap, and in an instant the cries shook the sky and the blood flowed like a river......