Chapter 63: Battle for the Flag

Chapter 63: Battle for the Flag

Chapter 63: Battle for the Flag (I)

"I'm back!"

Xiao Xia stood up and said, "Don't look for me if you don't have anything to do at night. I want to practice martial arts and can't be disturbed!"

Xiao Zhurong nodded, took out a leather bag from his box and threw it to him, "This is for you!"

Xiao Xia caught it, opened the leather bag, and his eyes lit up, "Flying knife!"

Men all like flying knives, flying needles are women's stuff. Xiao Xia only uses flying needles to practice his skills. Once he becomes proficient in flying needles, he can use flying knives with ease.

He had a flying knife left by Liu Erhu, which he had already used to great effect.

Xiao Xia has always wanted to buy a few throwing knives, but couldn't find a suitable opportunity.

"There are six throwing knives in total. They are my spare ones. I think they take up too much space, so I'll give them to you!"

Xiao Xia was overjoyed, it was really a timely help!
The next night was also the night before the competition.

Everyone sat in the lobby and listened to Xiao Hu's final deployment. The deployment was a secret of each family and was not disclosed to the public. To prevent leaks, it would only be announced at the last moment of the competition.

"Ten people captured the flag, here's the list!"

Xiao Hu posted a list, and the leader was Yu Chuan. The head of the family gave the two brothers a generous bonus. If they could win in the end, each of them would receive a reward of 3,000 strings of cash.

If you fail, you will only be given a symbolic consolation prize of a few hundred strings of cash.

"Nine people are divided into three groups, corresponding to three flagpole. Because I don't know which flagpole the flag will appear on in the end, I require everyone to stick to the end."

Xiao Xia saw his name at the end of the third group, which meant he was the last contestant arranged. The leader of his group was Li Zhen.

Li Zhen participated in the previous flag-grabbing competition and is quite experienced.

At this time, Yu Chuan raised his hand and said, "I'll go with the second group in the middle! I can take care of the other two groups at the same time."

At this point, he glanced at Xiao Xia intentionally or unintentionally. Xiao Xia sneered in his heart, thinking that he mainly wanted to take care of himself alone!
Then, Xiao Hu announced the list of people fighting in the water. Yu Hai was the leader. There were eighteen people in total, divided into six groups. Xiao Zhurong was the leader of the third group. He was now a third-rank warrior.

There is another relatively powerful member of the Xiao family, Xiao Hongye, the second son of the family head Xiao Cong. He is in his early twenties. He is currently at the fourth level of martial arts and is working hard to break through the barriers.

He was participating in the ring match against the Jinling Xiao family. Another person participating in the ring match was Li Zhen, who was in the third match against the Jiangning Xiao family.

A guest official can only participate in one event, but a warrior can participate in two events. However, Xiao Xin was restricted in advance. Although he was a member of the Xiao family, he could only participate in one event.

Although the Jinling Xiao family was not convinced, the other two families insisted, so the Jinling Xiao family had no choice but to compromise. It was good enough to let Xiao Xin participate in the martial arts competition, and it was impossible to let the Jinling Xiao family take advantage.

Xiao Gui stood up and said to everyone with a smile: "Everyone, go to bed early tonight. The martial arts competition will officially begin at 3:30 tomorrow morning!"

The next day, before dawn, the Xiao family began to get busy.

Everyone packed up their equipment, ate and drank their fill and prepared to go on stage.

Xiao Xia was also ready, and as soon as she went out, she met Xiao Zhurong.

"A little nervous?" Xiao Zhurong asked with a smile.

"I'm not nervous, I'm looking forward to the prize!"

"I'm not trying to discourage you, but if the red flag appears at the first flagpole, your third team will have no chance."

"Then I will kill my way through and see who dares to snatch it from me?"

They both laughed.

After breakfast, everyone went their separate ways. Xiao Gui took the water fighting team to the Yangtze River, while Xiao Hu took the flag-grabbing team to Zhongshan by car.

On the ox cart, Yu Shan looked at Xiao Xia from the corner of his eye with a sneer on his face, but Xiao Xia closed his eyes and ignored him.

There was no conversation along the way. Soon the two ox carts arrived at the meeting point, and the other two families also arrived.

All thirty warriors were wearing black warrior uniforms. The only difference between the three families was the color of their belts. Xiao Xia's belt was red, Jiangning Xiao's was green, and Jinling Xiao's was yellow.

The representatives of the three families discussed for a moment and then began to deploy. All the warriors arrived at the starting point. Before the signal arrow was fired, they were not allowed to attack each other. Only after the signal arrow appeared did the battle officially begin.

At this time, Li Zhen suddenly whispered to Xiao Xia: "We made a mistake in our deployment!"

"Why?" Xiao Xia was puzzled.

"There are three snipers. The Jiangning Xiao family sent Chen Pan, and the Jinling Xiao family sent Wang Shao. They are all guests, but we sent Yang Qu, who is only a first-level warrior. We should let the Second Master be the sniper and the Fourth Master be the family representative." Snipers are not contestants. They are essentially just props. Therefore, even if a guest is a sniper, it will not affect his participation in the competition.

The sniper's task is to ambush players from other families. Those who are hit will be covered with white paint and will be eliminated.

Li Zhen obviously realized that their sniper was too weak and would not be very effective in blocking the other two families.

But Xiao Xia knew very well that Xiao Hu had never intended to win from the very beginning.

However, Xiao Xia was more concerned about another thing at this time. The Jiangning Xiao family sent Chen Pan.

"Everyone, get ready!" someone shouted in the distance.

The twenty-seven warriors and three team leaders were all on edge.

"start!"

Thirty people rushed out of the red line and rushed into the vast mountains and forests like an arrow.

In front of a large rock, the warriors of Jiangdu Xiao family were waiting for a signal, and the warriors of the other two families were also waiting for a signal somewhere.

At this moment, three whistling arrows flew into the sky in succession, making a sharp "whoosh" sound.

The fight officially began, and Yu Chuan immediately ordered: "Team one, go five miles east up the mountain, team three, go five miles west up the mountain, team two, follow me!"

Yu Chuan looked at Xiao Xia deeply and led the second team up the mountain.

He didn't know that as he walked away, Xiao Xia was also staring at his back with a hunter's eyes.

In addition to Li Zhen and Xiao Xia, the third team also has a second-level warrior named He Zhanmiao.

There is no road up the mountain, and it rained last night, so the hillside is very muddy and difficult to walk on.

Li Zhen led the way, climbing up the branches with difficulty, while turning back to pass on his experience to the two men behind him.

“It’s OK here, it’s safe, mainly at the top and down the mountain.”

Before he could finish his words, an arrow came flying and hit Li Zhen in the waist. Li Zhen screamed and rolled down the hillside.

Xiao Xia and He Zhanmiao were shocked and held down the tumbling Li Zhen. He Zhanmiao's eyes suddenly widened and he cried out, "How could it be a real arrow?"

He thought it was a white lacquer arrow that eliminated Li Zhen, but he saw an arrow deeply inserted into Li Zhen's waist, and blood soaked the warrior's uniform red.

Xiao Xia said in a deep voice: "It's another family!"

"These bastards don't follow the rules!" He Zhanmiao cursed angrily.

According to the rules, warriors were only allowed to use swords and hidden weapons. Except for the snipers' white lacquered headless arrows, no one was allowed to use bows and crossbows.

But in order to win, some families will do whatever it takes, such as the Xiao family in Jiangning. They will take advantage of the convenience of the organizer and hide bows and arrows in the mountains in advance, and then throw away the bows and arrows at the last moment, leaving no evidence.

"He's bleeding too much, give me medicine quickly!" Xiao Xia said anxiously.

He Zhanmiao's face changed, "The medicine is with Yu Chuan, he didn't give it to us!"

"Damn it!"

Xiao Xia cursed angrily, but when he saw Li Zhen breathing rapidly, he couldn't care less, saving people was the most important thing.

He immediately took out two pills from the pill bag and stuffed the Spring Rain Pill into Li Zhen's mouth. "This is life-saving medicine, swallow it quickly!"

Li Zhen swallowed the Chunyu Pill with great effort. Xiao Xia hesitated about the topical Vajra Pill because he had no wine on hand.

"Do you have any wine?"

He Zhanmiao looked confused. How could there be wine?

Xiao Xia simply stuffed the diamond pill into his hand and said, "Carry him down the mountain. Remember, use a little wine to dissolve the pill, then put the gold wound medicine powder into the wine, stir it into a paste and apply it to his wound. It will work wonders!"

He Zhanmiao nodded repeatedly and carefully carried Li Zhen on his back. He was afraid that the other party was not following the rules, so he took the opportunity to go down the mountain.

At this time, the Spring Rain Pill took effect, and Li Zhen regained consciousness a little. He said with difficulty: "Xiao Qilang, it's too dangerous, let's go down the mountain together!"

Xiao Xia shook his head, turned around and ran up the mountain. His voice echoed from afar, "Someone wants to lose the game, but he can't represent me!"

(End of this chapter)