Chapter 66: Battle for the Flag
Chapter 66: Battle for the Flag (Part )
Xiao Xia finally found his target, a big tree that could see far away, at least ten feet high. He climbed to the top of the tree, like a big bird preparing to build a nest in the treetops. He found a branch that could bear his weight and sat down comfortably.
Perhaps this is called breaking through obstacles. Things that he had not dared to think about before, he now did it easily. The wind on the top of the tree was very strong, the treetops swayed in the wind, and Xiao Xia's body swayed with the treetops.
He had already seen three wooden platforms at the foot of the mountain in the distance, about five miles apart. He wondered which platform would eventually have the red flag hoisted on it.
There were about three and a half hours left until the final flag-grabbing time. It was the beginning of August and the weather was still very hot. Xiao Xia leaned against the tree branch with his back squinting, enjoying the cool mountain breeze on his face from the treetops. The sound of hurried footsteps in the distance interrupted Xiao Xia's pleasant enjoyment.
It was Wang Shao. Xiao Xia recognized him at the first sight. Before going up the mountain, Xiao Miao introduced three snipers to all the contestants. Xiao Xia knew that this Wang Shao was a guest official of the Xiao family of Jinling.
Wang Shao looked around and raised his head twice to carefully examine the tree, but Wang Shao did not seem to notice him, which made Xiao Xia a little strange. He could hide in the treetop to avoid the search of ordinary warriors, but he could never avoid the super eyesight of the warriors in the barrier-breaking state.
Wang Shao searched for a while and continued running eastward.
A big question mark arose in Xiao Xia's mind. This Wang Shao was a fifth-grade cultivator. How could he not find him?
Could it be that he, like Yu Chuan, is only at the fourth level in martial arts?
Xiao Xia suddenly understood that Wang Shao was indeed a fifth-grade cultivator, but his barrier-breaking period might not be in the morning.
Zhang Jue told him that for people who have entered the barrier-breaking period, each person’s barrier-breaking state is different, the time of barrier-breaking is different, the duration of barrier-breaking is different, and the performance ability is also different.
It is very likely that Wang Shao will reach the barrier-breaking period in the afternoon, so he will definitely participate in the afternoon competition.
By the same logic, if Chen Pan broke through the barrier in the morning, then he would be an ordinary fourth-grade warrior in the afternoon.
Snipers do not take up a place in the fighting competition, so Wang Shao will most likely participate in the afternoon ring match. I wonder if Chen Pan will participate?
..........
"call out--"
Three whistling arrows were fired in succession from the top of the mountain, telling everyone that the race was halfway through.
There were still two and a half hours left. After Xiao Xia finished resting up, he jumped down from a tall tree and began the second half of his journey.
Xiao Xia ran towards the flagpole in the middle. He had two ways to capture the flag. One way was to eliminate all the warriors and take away their belts.
In the end, he was the only one left, so of course the victory belonged to him.
But there were many uncertainties. First of all, he didn't know how many warriors were left in the middle and east routes, how many had their belts stolen, and how many had been shot by the snipers' painted arrows.
Especially now that it is the second half and all the warriors are fighting on their own, he will definitely not get the correct answer. If he is careless, the red flag will be pulled away by an inconspicuous third-level warrior.
Xiao Xia also thought of another way, the cheating mode, using his advantage of being the only sixth-rank warrior to take down the flag by cheating.
Suddenly, Xiao Xia felt something unusual. Something was shooting towards him at a rapid speed. In an instant, he drew his sword and chopped it. "Bang!" An arrow was chopped away.
Damn! The Xiao family in Jiangning still has archers.
He gritted his teeth and ran towards the direction where the arrow came from. He could already see a dark shadow several dozen steps away.
At this moment, he felt something strange on his side. It was too late to chop with his sword. He rolled forward and dodged another arrow. There were actually two archers ambushing him.
He pulled out his throwing knife and swung it without thinking. "Ah!" With a scream, an archer fell heavily from the tree. This was the archer from the north, just twenty steps away.
Xiao Xia ignored this man and continued to rush towards the archers in the east, and in an instant he was more than ten steps away from the opponent.
He was so fast that he frightened the archer hiding behind a tree. She screamed and turned around to run away.
Xiao Xia was stunned. Why was it a woman's voice? Could it be the same Xiao Mannu as before?
At this time, a hoarse voice came from the northeast, "Don't run, everyone come together and kill this damn bastard!"
Five dark shadows appeared around Xiao Xia, and he was surrounded.
Xiao Mannu came back again, holding a bow and arrow in her hand, staring at Xiao Xia with anger in her eyes.
Chen Pan also showed up. He was the convener, and there were three others.
There were two first-level warriors and a second-level warrior archer. The archer was shot in the thigh by Xiao Xia's flying knife and fell from the tree. He did not dare to step forward and leaned against the tree with his bow and arrow in hand. Xiao Xia had no experience in one-on-many combat, but he had 1,400 years of cognition.
He shouted loudly and rushed towards the archer who was more than 20 steps away. He knew that he had to kill the archer first.
The archer shot an arrow at him, but was chopped away by Xiao Xia's arrow. He wanted to string the arrow, but it was too late. Xiao Xia rushed in front of him in an instant, swung his short sword, and cut off the longbow with a "crack!", and then pierced his shoulder with a fierce sword, nailing him to the tree.
"Ah——" the archer let out a shrill scream.
Xiao Xia drew his sword and looked coldly at the other four men. The archer fell to the ground softly. Although he was not dead, his martial arts were completely ruined.
Xiao Mannu turned around and ran. She was not stupid. She was finally sure that Xiao Xia had broken through the barrier. She certainly didn't want to wait to die.
The two first-level warriors also wanted to run away, but Chen Pan was their master, and they dared not move until their master ran away.
One of the two key archers was injured and the other ran away. Chen Pan was so angry that he cursed, "Women are so fucking useless!"
He ordered his two disciples, "Go ahead, both of you, kill him!"
The two disciples shouted and rushed towards Xiao Xia from the left and right.
Xiao Xia was guarding against Chen Pan's sneak attack. He suddenly ran westward to distance himself from Chen Pan, then shot a flying knife which hit a warrior's arm.
"Ah!" The warrior screamed and fell to the ground.
To Xiao Xia's surprise, the other warrior also screamed, his sword fell to the ground, and he fell limply to the ground.
Both of them were great actors, and they fell to the ground twitching all over.
Looking at Chen Pan again, he was running faster than a rabbit and disappeared in the distance. Chen Pan's barrier-breaking state only lasted for two hours in the morning and had disappeared at this time.
Xiao Xia walked forward slowly. The two warriors were so scared that they trembled all over. They quickly threw their swords away and raised their hands to beg, "Master Xiao, we dare not go against you. It was Chen Pan who forced us to do it!"
Just now, Xiao Xia used his greatest strength to run to assassinate the archer. He was as fast as a shadow, which scared them. Even Master Chen Pan couldn't reach such speed.
These are already sixth-grade masters, killing them is as easy as killing chickens.
"Give me the belt!"
The two warriors pulled off their belts and handed them to Xiao Xia.
Xiao Xia snatched the belt, pulled out the throwing knife, turned and walked towards the archer.
The archer was so scared that he started crying, "Brother, please spare me!"
Xiao Xia snatched his belt off and took the flying knife from his leg.
He asked coldly: "How many people are there in the Xiao family of Jiangning?"
"Wang Shao eliminated a level three warrior and a level two warrior, and there are two level three warriors left who are missing?"
"Where is the Xiao family in Jiangdu?"
"It's all the same. There are only two people left in each of the three families, except for the eldest brother!"
A total of thirty people went up the mountain, and now there are only seven valid players left. It's really cruel.
"Heal yourselves and get down the mountain quickly. Don't let me meet you again."
Xiao Xia turned and ran towards the flagpole.
Watching Xiao Xia's back as he walked away, a warrior said tremblingly: "Did you guys see that? He's actually a sixth-rank warrior!"
(End of this chapter)