bookcurios Chapter 1336 Knife Falls
Chapter 1336 Knife Falls
The soldier screamed and knelt on one knee. The man in black raised his knife to take his life, but at the critical moment, another soldier's spear pierced through and plunged into the man in black's back.
The man in black groaned, blood gushing down the tip of his spear. He turned and glared at the soldier, his eyes filled with venom. With his last ounce of strength, he plunged his longsword into the kneeling soldier's chest, and the two fell together into a pool of blood.
Lin Yiwan stood not far away, her eyes sharp. Min De's Heavenly Mandate Palace was indeed terrifying. Fortunately, he was already dead. Otherwise, if he had been allowed to continue developing like this, one day he would have become the biggest trouble for the Kingdom of Li.
She held a silver needle in her hand, its silver light flashing in the sunlight, and shot it accurately at the few men in black who were charging at the front.
The first silver needle pierced the wrist of a man in black, instantly numbing his hand that was holding the knife, causing the long knife to slip from his grasp.
The second bullet hit another man in black in the knee, causing his legs to buckle and him to stumble and fall to the ground.
The third bullet struck a man in black directly in the shoulder. The man paused, and a nearby soldier seized the opportunity, slashing down with his long sword, instantly separating his head from his body.
"Annoying woman!" The leader of the men in black caught a glimpse of Lin Yiwan's methods, his eyes filled with murderous intent. After shaking off the two soldiers beside him, he turned and charged towards Lin Yiwan.
The long sword, carrying a chilling aura, slashed straight at her face. The move was swift and ruthless, clearly intended to kill her instantly.
Lin Yiwan moved lightly, nimbly dodging the attack, while simultaneously shooting out a silver needle from her fingertip, aiming directly at the black-clad man's eye.
The man in black's pupils contracted sharply, and he hurriedly turned his head to dodge. The silver needle grazed his cheek, leaving a shallow bloodstain.
He was both shocked and furious. He hadn't expected this seemingly frail woman to be so skilled, especially in the art of concealed weapons. He dared not underestimate her any longer. He adjusted his stance and launched another fierce attack on Lin Yiwan. His longsword flashed so fast that it formed a sharp net of blades, completely enveloping Lin Yiwan within it.
Lin Yiwan remained calm and used her unpredictable movements to weave through the net of blades, narrowly avoiding fatal attacks each time.
She knew that she was no match for these men in black in terms of physical strength, and could only rely on her skills and silver needles to wear them down.
Taking advantage of the moment when the man in black swung his knife, she shot out two more silver needles, aiming at his elbow and ankle respectively.
The man in black was so focused on attacking that he couldn't dodge completely. His ankle was hit by a silver needle, which slowed his movements by half a beat.
Seizing the opportunity, Lin Yiwan flashed around to the man in black, a short dagger appearing in her hand, and stabbed it towards his back.
The leader of the men in black sensed the danger behind him and whirled around, parrying with his long sword. The short dagger clashed against the long sword, producing a crisp sound. Lin Yiwan used the momentum to step back, landing steadily on the ground, her eyes coldly fixed on him: "Your death is near."
Just then, a soldier suddenly lunged at the leader of the men in black and grabbed his legs tightly.
The man in black roared and swung his knife to strike the soldier, but Lin Yiwan reacted quickly, shooting out a silver needle from her fingertip and accurately piercing an acupoint on his right arm.
The man in black felt a numbness in his right arm, and he could no longer hold his long sword, which fell to the ground. He struggled to push away the soldier on top of him, but found his body becoming increasingly stiff, clearly the effects of the medicine from the silver needles were beginning to take hold.
Upon seeing this, Xie Jianshu immediately led his men forward. Several soldiers stepped forward and firmly pressed down on the arms and shoulders of the leader of the men in black, pinning him to the ground and rendering him unable to move.
"Still dare to resist!" Xie Jianshu sneered, stepping on his back. The man in black was pressed down, unable to breathe. His cheek was pressed against the blood-soaked mud, his eyes filled with resentment and hatred, but he was powerless to struggle anymore.
However, the fighting did not end there. Seeing their leader captured, the remaining men in black did not retreat; instead, they became even more frenzied, as if they had lost their minds, launching suicidal attacks on the soldiers.
A man in black, already stabbed multiple times and his clothes soaked in blood, still gripped his long sword and stabbed at a soldier's chest. The soldier couldn't dodge in time and was stabbed squarely. The two men rolled to the ground, wrestling and eventually dying.
Another man in black tried to break through and charged towards the village entrance, where several soldiers immediately gave chase.
As the man in black ran, he turned back and brandished his long sword to stop the soldiers from approaching. One soldier quickened his pace, leaped, and tackled the man in black from behind, causing both of them to fall to the ground.
The soldier held the man in black down tightly, punching him repeatedly in the face. The man in black retaliated by striking the soldier's ribs with his elbow. The soldier groaned but still refused to let go until other soldiers arrived and subdued the man in black.
Two more men in black stood back to back, wielding their long swords with ferocious speed. Several soldiers attacked them for a long time but failed to subdue them. Instead, two soldiers were wounded and fell to the ground groaning in pain.
Seeing this, Lin Yiwan struck again, shooting out two silver needles that struck the wrists of both men.
The two men's wrists went numb, and the force of their longswords weakened instantly. The soldiers seized the opportunity and swarmed forward. Longswords and spears fell all at once, and the two men in black were instantly slashed by the chaotic blades. They had no strength left to resist and collapsed to the ground. Blood kept gushing from their wounds, quickly staining a patch of land red.
More and more corpses lay on the ground, some soldiers, some men in black, lying there haphazardly, a truly gruesome sight.
Blood flowed in streams, following the contours of the land, and the stench of blood in the air grew stronger and stronger, making people nauseous.
The surviving soldiers were also bloodthirsty, their faces and bodies covered in blood, their eyes filled with exhaustion, yet they still gripped their weapons tightly, vigilantly watching their surroundings to prevent any escapees.
A soldier staggered to the body of a man in black, poked him with his long sword to confirm that he was dead, then breathed a sigh of relief and slowly sat down on the ground, panting heavily.
He had a deep wound on his arm, from which blood was still seeping out, but he was completely unaware of it. He just stared blankly at the mountain of corpses and sea of blood before him, his eyes filled with bewilderment and lingering fear.
Xie Jianshu surveyed the battlefield, his eyes filled with sorrow as he looked at the dead soldiers on the ground.
These soldiers were his brothers who had risked their lives alongside him, and now they lay dead here, causing him immense pain. He clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his palms, and said in an icy tone, "Clean up the battlefield, treat the wounded immediately, and give the fallen brothers a proper burial."
The soldiers immediately sprang into action, beginning to clear the battlefield. Some helped their wounded comrades aside and provided simple first aid.
Some separated the bodies of the dead soldiers and the men in black and piled them up separately, while others searched around to see if there were any hidden men in black.