Chapter 16: Sacrificing oneself to save others
Unknowingly, it was approaching midnight, and the four of them were chatting and laughing.
Qingshi learned that it turned out that the Shen siblings also went to the Tianlong Dynasty to take the Tianlong Academy entrance exam, and Duan Xiaoyu was already a student of the Tianlong Dynasty.
In addition to Xiaoyu, there are four or five students from the Tianlong Dynasty on board this spaceship, and Li Dong is also one of them. As for the people who went to take the entrance exam, there were probably a few other people besides the Shen family siblings.
Qingshi wanted to ask Duan Xiaoyu more about the entrance exam, but this girl's brain circuit was different from ordinary people's and always answered wrong questions without making any sense. But he was also eloquent and eloquent, causing the Shen siblings to sometimes want to add something to Qingshi, but they were often interrupted and confused.
A few people were chatting happily when they suddenly heard a loud shout: "Be careful! Young Master and Miss, be careful!"
At the same time, a cold and sharp sword light several feet long struck down from mid-air and hit four people. All four of them were monks. When the sword light hit, they had already instinctively noticed it, but the sword light came very quickly. , it was impossible for the four of them to avoid it in time.
Seeing that the sword light was about to strike, a sword energy flew out from the diagonal stab and struck the sword light. With a crisp sound, the sword light and sword energy collided and exploded, creating a circle of energy waves that spread in all directions.
Being blocked by this, the power of the sword light was greatly reduced, and the castration was slowed down. Duan Xiaoyu moved to face the sword light, with his hands clenched and crossed in front of him, and a shield shape of condensed energy appeared in front of his arms.
With a muffled sound, the sword light struck the air shield. The sword light dispersed and the air shield shattered. Xiaoyu's body flew backwards and fell near the port side. She spit out a mouthful of blood and lay down on the deck with her hands on the ground, unable to stand up. .
At this time, the man who sent out the sword energy had arrived. He held the sword in his right hand and rolled up his sleeve in his left hand. The Shen brothers and sisters were protected behind him. Then his clothes moved, and the blue stone was pushed out two feet by an invisible true energy.
The man holding the sword was about sixty years old, tall and clumsy in appearance. He was not with the Shen family when he boarded the ship. He was obviously secretly protecting the Shen family siblings. At this time, he calmly raised his head and faced the air, and shouted coldly: "Wu Laosan!"
"Hahahaha..." Less than twenty feet away from the spaceship in mid-air, a middle-aged man in black stood on a small black airship and laughed wildly, "Old Turtle Shen Beichen's grandson and Minions and lackeys, you are all going to die today! Hahaha... Look at my thunder!" As he spoke, the black boat suddenly rushed towards the spacecraft.
The man in black waved his hands, and a black ball the size of a watermelon flew over. The expression of the old man holding the sword changed greatly, and he shouted: "Protect the young master and young lady!" His body shook, and a round ball of light appeared, wrapping himself and the Shen family siblings behind him.
At this time, four or five people from the Shen family had come out, and they all rushed over to protect the Shen siblings. Shen Binghong cried and called Sister Xiaoyu, and a middle-aged woman ran towards Duan Xiaoyu.
Seeing Wu Laosan throwing the black ball over, the other Shen family members also shouted loudly, each using their martial arts skills to prepare for the impact, and at the same time, they fired a flying blade of hidden weapon towards the black ball.
It was too late, but soon, the black ball the size of a watermelon had already flown over. It was about ten feet away from the defense circle of the Shen family when it hit the diamond cone issued by an old woman of the Shen family, and exploded with a loud bang. Suddenly, debris flew everywhere and the smoke filled the air.
The old man holding the sword used all his energy to resist the impact of the explosion, but felt that the impact was very small. He was slightly surprised. After a breath, he realized that he had been fooled: How could this be a thunderous thunder, and how could it be such a big thunder!
Bangtianlei is a war weapon of the royal army and is extremely difficult for ordinary people to obtain.
It turned out that Wu Laosan, the man in black, carefully prepared a plan to sneak attack on the Shen siblings. He struck out with all his strength but was intercepted by the old man holding the sword. Even if he was intercepted, the residual power of the sword was enough to kill at least one of the Shen siblings, but unexpectedly another attack occurred. He was blocked by Duan Xiaoyu.
Wu Laosan was surprised and angry at the same time. He was surprised that this little girl could actually block the residual power of that blow. You must know that it was a full blow that he had prepared for a long time after taking the critical strike pill. Even though he was struck by the sword Even if she intercepts it, it shouldn't be something that a fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old girl can resist. This shows that her talent is extremely high.
But because of her blocking, this plan to attack the Shen siblings had no chance of success. Therefore, Wu Laosan was extremely angry, and out of anger, he also turned the target of the attack to Duan Xiaoyu.
He had done some research beforehand and knew Duan Xiaoyu's identity. He secretly thought that this girl was Old Shen Wugui's great-niece. Her talent was so amazing that it would be heartbreaking for Old Wugui if I killed her.
Wu Laosan was well prepared and reacted very quickly. He immediately changed the target when he missed a hit. He bluffed and drove the small boat towards the Shen family, sending out the so-called "Thunder", but he was killed the moment before the "Thunder" exploded. Skim off the boat.
Everyone in the Shen family was busy dealing with the explosion, and Wu Laosan had already pounced on Duan Xiaoyu.
The elderly woman from the Shen family who was running toward Duan Xiaoyu was already close to Duan Xiaoyu. At this moment, she saw Wu Laosan coming towards him. She hurriedly stopped and turned around to face him with her sword drawn. The two swiping swords turned out to be very sharp.
As soon as Wu Laosan saw this swordsmanship, he knew that he would be able to kill her with one or two moves. He was ruthless and made an instant decision. He leaned away and received a sword blow with his left arm. He waved his right hand and struck a blow. The sword energy burst out and hit Duan Xiaoyu directly.
Although this sword was far inferior to the one just now, Duan Xiaoyu was seriously injured at this time and could not move, so there was no way he could stop it, and no one in the Shen family could rush to rescue him.
At this moment, a blue figure flew from the side and stood in front of Duan Xiaoyu. He held a sword in both hands and roared in a low voice, slashing down with the sword energy. It was Qingshi.
With a muffled bang, Qingshi's hands were torn apart, his chest felt like a hammer blow, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and his body flew backwards and hit the side of the ship.
The side of the ship was only waist-high. After the bluestone hit it, his legs were blocked by the side of the ship, and his upper body tilted back uncontrollably. He flipped upside down out of the hull and disappeared.
Everyone in the Shen family screamed and screamed, and the old man holding the sword roared like thunder, but there was nothing they could do but watch the bluestone fall off the boat.
The bluestone fell out of the spaceship and fell downwards. Although he was seriously injured, his mind was still clear. He tried hard to adjust his body, but his energy was blocked and he was unable to do so. He wanted to stay calm, but he could not suppress the pounding in his heart.
Am I going to die like this? No, never! A strong will to survive arose, Qingshi took a sharp breath, and the inner energy of the Great Huang Gong was flowing smoothly.
Qingshi's body shook, and his back was in a free fall position. He was now face down, with his body spread out and his limbs spread out. A thin cloud layer rushed towards his face, and then it shot through the clouds in an instant.
The clouds were thin, and under the bright moonlight, Qingshi could see clearly. Below him was a stretch of rolling mountains that could not be seen to the edge, densely forested, mysterious and gloomy.
Qingshi's mind was racing and thinking nervously, and he took three self-rescue measures in just a few breaths.
He first took a deep breath, and the wind-attribute energy in his body circulated crazily to the extreme. Sure enough, Qingshi's body suddenly became lighter, the resistance of the air seemed to increase, and the falling speed seemed to slow down.
Then, Qingshi thought, and a robe appeared out of thin air. This was the uniform issued by the Alchemist Guild. The material was very flexible.
Qingshi controlled the shape of the robe when he took it out from the storage jade pendant. He stretched out his hands and held the two sleeves of the robe together with his left hand. His right hand tied the hem of the robe together and held it tightly, so that the robe was roughly It became a little parachute that could go for a ride.
Qingshi's falling speed slowed down significantly. Of course, he would still fall to his death at such a falling speed. At this time, Qingshi started the third measure, launching the martial arts Liuyun Step and controlling his body to glide forward to the left.
He had just discovered a shimmering water surface in the dark forest to the left. He knew or hoped that at such a speed, if he fell into the water with the correct posture, there might be a chance of survival.
After a few breaths, the bluestone was already close to the surface of the water. It was an almost perfect circular lake in the forest. The diameter of the lake was about three hundred feet. The surface of the lake rippled slightly when the wind blew, reflecting the sparkling light under the moonlight. .
Qingshi found a few black spots moving on the lake. After a few breaths, Qingshi, who was flying closer, could see clearly that the moving black spots were not floating on the lake at all, but hovering in the air. That's right. They were several second-level spiritual birds, white-necked nighthawks, hovering hundreds of feet above the lake.
Without thinking, Qingshi flew towards the nearest white-necked nighthawk. Seeing how close it was, he put his hands on his robe and flew away with open arms. With a muffled bang, the end of it hit the hawk's back.
This unlucky white-necked nighthawk was struck by a calamity from the sky. As a flying spiritual bird, it never dreamed that one day it would be attacked by someone falling from the sky. At this moment, it was hit by a bluestone. The nighthawk suddenly suffered broken bones, broken muscles, and broken internal organs. What it saw was Not alive anymore.
Qingshi was definitely not in pain. Even though he was prepared, the strong impact still broke several ribs, his internal organs were injured again, and blood spurted out of his mouth.
The eagle was almost unconscious, relying entirely on his subconscious efforts to stretch his wings to maintain balance. Qingshi's consciousness was also confused at this time, and he instinctively grabbed the edge of the eagle's wings to avoid falling off the eagle's back.
The White-necked Nightjar is huge, with its wings spread out to more than two feet, so the falling speed of one person and one eagle is not very fast. It sways and rolls and falls diagonally towards the lake.
After a few more breaths, the nighthawk finally couldn't support it anymore, and its huge body dragged the bluestone straight towards the lake. There was a loud thud, Qingshi only felt a violent impact and then knew nothing.
There are sparse white clouds floating in the sky, and the bright and quiet moonlight shines through the clouds on the tops of the stretching Yunmang Mountains, on the tall black pine forests on the Black Wind Ridge, and on the full-moon-shaped trees below the ridge. On Mirror Moon Lake.
The waves caused by the fall of a man and an eagle on the lake gradually subsided and turned into ripples that spread gently. Several huge white-necked nighthawks hovered in the sky for a long time and refused to leave. Occasionally, a sad eagle call echoed in the empty mountain forest.
It was late at night, and the wind in the forest had stopped. The lake surface gradually became calm, and finally there was no more ripples. It was like a huge mirror embedded in the forest, with the bright moon moving through the mirror and the flying clouds.
Everything was so quiet, as if nothing happened.
