Cypress Boat Floating

Chapter 256 Blocking the Arrow Again

Ding—the short sword and the long sword collided violently, sparks flew everywhere, and the entire night sky was illuminated. Although the short sword was flexible and changeable, it was obviously at a disadvantage in the face of the long sword's fierce momentum. It quickly pulled away at the moment of contact, trying to break out from other directions, but the long sword followed it like a shadow, not giving the short sword any chance to breathe, and pressed it tightly, leaving it with no way to escape.

"Go!" Ye Jianqing roared in a low voice. Blood was oozing from her palms, but she still clenched her teeth and struggled to resist the continuous attack of the long knife. Ye Honghai, who was standing by, covered his chest with his hands, his face was as pale as paper, and he was obviously seriously injured. He had lost 50% of his combat power, and the spear in his hand was trembling slightly. A closer look revealed that it was the calloused hands holding the spear that were shaking constantly.

"Hurry, let's go together!" Lu Ci Qiu supported Ye Honghai while holding his sword tightly to resist the arrows that were constantly shot at them from a distance. The three of them were in a state of embarrassment, and they struggled to move forward amidst the flashes of swords and the rain of arrows.

About a quarter of an hour ago, they were still walking together, but in the blink of an eye, a dozen assassins dressed in black suddenly appeared here. These people were agile and courageous, and obviously had extraordinary martial arts skills. At a glance, it was clear that their target was Ye Honghai.

At this moment, everyone had just experienced a long journey, and their physical strength had not yet fully recovered. Some were even trembling with trembling and could hardly walk. As soon as the group of assassins appeared, they immediately locked onto their target and accurately separated the three of them from the other companions.

At first, they didn't pay much attention to these assassins, thinking that with their martial arts skills, even if they couldn't easily defeat them, it shouldn't be a problem to escape. Unexpectedly, soon after the battle began, Ye Honghai suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, his heart stopped beating, and his combat power dropped by more than half. At this point, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, resulting in the embarrassing situation in front of them.

Pulling the focus back to the present, Ye Jianqing waved the Skylark vigorously to resist the enemy's tidal attack, and at the same time, he ran towards Lu Ciqiu's position. At present, the three of them were deeply surrounded by assassins, and it was really difficult to break through the siege.

The assassins must have done a thorough investigation and research on them. They were not only familiar with the weapons they used, but also knew their weaknesses. The assassin wielding the long sword saw Ye Jianqing avoid the attack range of the long sword, and with a clean and neat movement, he shook off the blood of Ye Jianqing on the long sword, then turned the handle and put the sword behind his back. A dozen people surrounded the three of them, and there were archers in the distance pulling the bowstrings and waiting. Ye Jianqing frowned, turned his right wrist, which began to ache due to excessive force, and asked at the same time: "General Ye, can you still hold on?"

Ye Honghai broke free from Lu Ciqiu's support, stood upright with his spear, and supported the spear with his body. The pain in his chest became more and more intense, and the hair on his forehead was already soaked with sweat, but his strong body still stood proudly, not flinching: "No problem!"

Lu Ci Qiu drew his sword and sheathed it. He stomped his right foot on the ground, shaking up the long sword on the ground. Then he reached out and grabbed the handle steadily. After weighing it for a while, he commented: "This sword is still slightly inferior to the swords of our Flame Army, but it's still okay!"

"You're still picky at this time." Ye Jianqing chuckled.

"It seems that the prince has used the sword of the Flame Army?" Although Ye Honghai was curious, he had no time to think about it at this moment.

Lu Ci Qiu did not answer him directly, but smiled and said: "General, stay alive and find out which little bastard poisoned you."

As soon as the words fell, a cold light flashed.

In an instant, the long swords collided with each other, making a clanging sound; the short swords darted through like poisonous snakes, trying to harvest the enemy's life; the long spears danced, and wherever they passed, the enemies fell to the ground. The three of them had gone through a long journey of a day and a night, and were already exhausted. They had just gone through a fierce fight, especially Ye Honghai, who was poisoned and in a bad state. On the other hand, the enemy was full of energy and spirit. No matter from which aspect, they had no chance of winning this battle.

But who says they have to defeat all their enemies?

As long as one person survives, it will be victory!

puff……

I saw a long knife cut deeply into Ye Jianqing's body, white knife in, red knife out! At this moment, Ye Jianqing was already covered with scars, and this knife made her even worse, especially this knife was located in the abdomen, the injury was extremely serious. I'm afraid she will die here.

At the same time, Lu Ci Qiu and Ye Hong Hai on the other side were also in trouble. They were surrounded by a group of men in black. There were so many of them that although they tried their best to get closer, they were unable to break through the siege.

Ye Jianqing had an ominous premonition in her heart. She felt that she and Lu Ci Qiu might not be able to escape the disaster today and would die in this place. In fact, she was not afraid of her own death, but for some reason, even though she knew that they might be able to be reborn and all this was just a necessary process, she didn't want Lu Ci Qiu to suffer such a painful death.

Over the years, she has been with Lu Ci Qiu, witnessing his gradual growth from a child. She has witnessed Lu Ci Qiu's continuous efforts to learn and improve, and also felt his selfless kindness to her. Although she still doesn't know why Lu Ci Qiu is so kind to her, she really doesn't want Lu Ci Qiu to go through such a painful rebirth process from the bottom of her heart.

He looked down at the Skylark dagger in his hand that had been with him for many years, his eyes filled with endless reluctance and sadness. The tip of the dagger that had been extremely sharp had long been broken and no longer looked its original appearance.

When four or five assassins in black attacked her, she fought hard with the dagger with a broken blade in her hand, and finally killed two of them and seriously injured another, creating a moment of respite for herself. Then, she seized the opportunity and rushed towards Lu Ci Qiu like a gust of wind. When she approached Lu Ci Qiu, she swung the Skylark Dagger vigorously, and each slash contained a deadly threat, which relieved Lu Ci Qiu of great pressure.

The tacit understanding between them was not formed overnight, but was slowly cultivated after countless life-and-death tests in the Flame Army in the previous life. At this moment, when she stretched out her hand, Lu Ci Qiu could understand without words, knew which direction she was going to attack, and responded quickly, closely coordinating with her offensive.

If the two of them were in good health and in excellent condition, then with their tacit understanding, their cooperation would produce twice the result with half the effort, and the power of one plus one would definitely be much greater than two. Unfortunately, reality is always cruel. At this moment, they are both seriously injured and unable to show their true strength. They can only support each other and block wave after wave of attacks for each other at critical moments.

At this moment, Ye Jianqing and Lu Ciqiu were both extremely tired, their bodies were almost at their limit, and their physical strength was completely exhausted. They stood back to back, holding their weapons tightly in both hands, staring at the enemy with sharp eyes. The enemy adopted a wheel tactic and launched continuous attacks, leaving them no time to formulate any strategy. From the beginning to the end, what they pursued was to end the battle quickly.

The pain in Ye Honghai's heart became more and more severe, but he endured the pain and clenched his teeth, just to avoid distracting the two of them.

"It looks like we're going to fail here today." Ye Jianqing chuckled.

"If General Ye hadn't been poisoned, we would most likely have won this battle." Lu Ci Qiu said, staring at the enemy sharply.

Ye Jianqing cursed and said, "If I were to be reborn again, I would first kill the person who poisoned me."

"Try your best to stay alive." Just as Lu Ci Qiu finished his words, a sharp arrow suddenly flew from a distance and shot straight towards him.

"Be careful!" Ye Jianqing happened to turn around and saw the arrow. Without hesitation, he used all his strength to push Lu Ci Qiu away, trying to make him avoid the direction of the arrow.

However, with a "puff" sound, the sharp arrow pierced deeply into his own body.

Ye Jianqing once again blocked a fatal arrow for Lu Ci Qiu.