Chapter Fifty: Charging into the Dense Forest

  "Siege crossbow! Bastard!" The old man shouted in a shrill voice, and the next moment a faint flame appeared on his hand, and he punched out fiercely.

  Control firepower!

  With a loud crash, the tip of the massive black shadow, like a giant black dragon, burst open, spewing out sparks and shooting out flames!

  But this arrow still maintained its momentum, unstoppable, continuing to charge forward!

  The old man let out a loud roar after this punch, and then continuously threw out eighteen punches! Each punch contained this strange flame-controlling power, each one heavily striking the tip of the siege crossbow!

  He was like a hammer, constantly striking the tip of this giant arrow. Or... this arrow was a hammer, constantly striking the old man's fist!

  With a burst of energy, it shoots out in all directions! The night sky is like thousands and tens of thousands of fireworks exploding at the same time, shining brightly!

  Splintered wooden chips flew everywhere, Old Gao punched once and let out a loud roar. Eighteen punches and eighteen loud roars later, the three-zhang-long siege crossbow was left with only one zhang's length. Old Gao's back shook violently as he retreated several steps in succession, his back heavily colliding against the horse carriage at this moment.

  But the siege crossbow in front of him finally ran out of momentum and fell to the ground, sticking to his chest.

  The air was filled with a pungent and choking smell of flames burning.

  The old man's chest heaved rapidly, his eyes fixed intently on the dense forest. The next moment, his head jerked to one side, and a mouthful of bright red blood spurted out with a loud "plop". As the blood was spat out, a faint dark red hue flashed across his face before disappearing, and his breathing suddenly calmed down.

  He never expected that the other party would actually install a trebuchet in such a place! Caught off guard, with his knife skills, under the powerful impact of the trebuchet, he was also internally injured!

  Battering ram, a special military equipment, is used to break open city gates. It's usually over 3 zhang (about 10 meters) long, made from a single black iron wood tree trunk, with a huge sharp iron sheet covering the tip. Normally it's soaked in an oil pool filled with black oil, only taken out when attacking the city.

  It takes at least a hundred strong men with great strength to simultaneously pull the giant bow and shoot this decisive arrow!

  The power of the trebuchet is enormous, and nothing can withstand it. Once the trebuchet is used to attack a city, the city will be broken without a doubt!

  After a moment of silence, a crisp applause came from the direction of the dense forest. A voice said: "As expected of the Blazing Blade Sect, you're indeed impressive. One strike from the city-breaking ballista and the gate can still be broken, yet you single-handedly blocked it. I'm impressed, I'm impressed."

  With this sound, eight people quietly appeared at the same time from different positions. Wearing black clothes and masks, with cold and sharp eyes, they walked out step by step, walking towards Old Man Gao.

  The old man's pupils contracted and he said in a low voice: "What kind of people are you?"

  One of them snorted coldly and said, "Rumor has it that Lian Huo Dao Zong's Gao Wei Cheng had already retired from the Jianghu, but I didn't expect it to be false. The prestigious Dao Zong actually became someone else's bodyguard, living a life as carefree as a dog. It's truly enviable. Gao Wei Cheng, where is your knife?"

  The old man's body shook, and he suddenly straightened his back. His originally hunched figure suddenly stood up straight, and a sharp light shot out from his eyes like the edge of a knife. He coldly said: "Since you know my name is Gao Wei Cheng, you must not be an unknown person. Take off your mask!"

  The last sentence "Take off your mask" was a thunderous roar!

  That person was not moved at all, standing tall and unmoving, calmly saying: "Gao Wei Cheng, you are now taking Du Shi Qing to walk back and forth, we will absolutely not pursue! Otherwise, today is the day of death for this Lihuo Knife Sect!"

  The old man looked up at the sky and laughed loudly, saying: "What a big tone, Gao Mou will see today how you can keep Lao Fu here."

  Another man in black sneered, "Lihuo Daozong? So what's the big deal?" Suddenly he shouted loudly: "Everyone, go together! Six people surround Gao Weicheng, and the other two, immediately kill Du Shiqing!"

  Eight people shouted in unison, and suddenly their swords were drawn simultaneously, charging forward together.

  The old man had already seen that the kung fu of these few people was not necessarily very high, but it was extremely even. They should all be martial artists who have cultivated to a certain level; still a big step away from himself. But this sudden simultaneous charge, actually brought out a tragic and brutal atmosphere of thousands of troops charging together!

  "Are you from the Iron Cloud Military?" The opponent's aura was majestic and awe-inspiring, ordinary warriors, even if their skills were higher, would find it hard to bring out such an aura. Old Gao suddenly had an epiphany and loudly asked. The opponent didn't answer at all, instantly closing in, six knives simultaneously swooping down with a whooshing sound.

  "Protect the carriage!" The old man shouted loudly, his wrist flipped, and a dark red knife suddenly appeared. In an instant, it swung out a vast expanse of knife light like a rainstorm, but within this storm, there were flames dancing about, drifting everywhere!

  Dang dang dang......

  The sound of clashing weapons rang out incessantly, and the seven people instantly became entangled in a fierce battle. The other two, however, didn't care about this side's situation at all, holding long swords and charging towards the horse carriage like mad tigers.

  If there was no restriction, the old man had the confidence to kill all eight people one by one in a tour of fighting. But if he wanted to kill them all at once, it would be impossible.

  Moreover, under the blow of the siege crossbow, he had already suffered serious internal injuries and was unable to muster his strength!

  At this moment, six people surrounded him, and the other two of the eight guards could not stop them. He couldn't help but feel a great sense of urgency in his heart!

  When the siege crossbow opened its way, Chu Yang had already quietly slipped into the mountain forest.

  Like a lone wolf, he plunged into the grassland wilderness and returned to his territory.

  After stabbing out that sword, he immediately rolled back, borrowing a mouthful of blood to spurt out the internal shock caused by extreme overloading, and then kicked both feet, stirring up a cloud of dust on the ground. Borrowing the dust to cover himself, his body quickly slithered like a large snake on the ground, and had already returned to the back of the big tree where he had just stabbed out the sword. Then, with a strange movement, from under the tree to behind another tree, then stretching his body, he had already reached the waist of the tree. Borrowing the branches and leaves to cover himself, he flashed past more than ten large trees in succession, deep into the dense forest!

  The whole process was as smooth as the wind passing through the treetops, and it seemed to be a natural phenomenon! As his body moved back and forth, even the leaves on the branches beside him didn't flutter in the slightest!

  Even if it were a top-notch assassin, if they saw Chu Yang's actions at this moment, their eyeballs would definitely fall to the ground!

  This is the path that Chu Yang had chosen long ago! He made his choice even before the surprise attack. His habit was to always choose a retreat route and an attack route, no matter where he rested. And his own position would be right in between these two lines.

  Advance with attack, retreat with defense!

  Such an ambush must be on a large scale. Just look at the previous wave of arrows, and you'll know that passive defense is not the way to go. The enemy can exhaust them to death even if they are exhausted!

  Only by taking action and striking can we resolve the crisis.

  Du Shiqiang cannot die!

  Du Shiqing is here, with the old man guarding, at least for a short time, nothing will happen. Chu Yang was not worried at all. So after stabbing out that crucial sword, he immediately decided on his next action!

  Charge into the dense forest!

  Deep in the dense forest is where this ambush originated!