With a wild roar, the stout man headed straight towards the narrow sharp corner blocked by a stone pillar three feet away.
He finally came back to his senses. The Nanmanzi in tattered robes was fighting against Brother Ying. There was a scabbard hanging on his waist. The scabbard embedded with gems on the ground was clearly a little thing designed to attract his attention and distract him for a moment. trap.
The display was so impressive that only a corner of the bow pouch and quiver were exposed to dispel his wariness. Because a stunning arrow on the river shot down a falcon, it was impossible for him not to be wary of the bow and arrow.
It's just that the other guy was lurking in such a small cave. How could he hide it from his perception?
There was another "boom" sound from the bowstring, and a sharp arrow shot upward from the darkness.
The stout man was nervous and instinctively dodged to the right, but he still couldn't completely avoid it.
The distance was too short, and the arrow hit his left arm, piercing the bone. The tip of the arrow slid to the side, causing severe pain in the skin tearing and the backward force, causing the stout man to slow down and stop. In the local area, the knife in my hand was still eight feet away and could no longer be cut, and I couldn't help but scream in pain.
"Well done!"
An Xuelun laughed and jumped forward to stab his injured opponent from behind.
Hei Wa's archery skills are sharp and precise, and he is really hard to defend against in such a small cave.
In particular, his grasp of timing and keen combat awareness work perfectly with his attacks.
The stout man was attacked from the front and back, and was confused. He turned around and blocked the stabbing sword first.
There was another bowstring sound, and he was so startled that he ignored the attack in front and jumped to the left. An Xuelun's sword hit his right rib and opened a long gash. Blood gushed out, but no arrow was seen.
The strong man knew that he had been fooled. He was so angry that he yelled and rushed towards An Xuelun regardless. He slashed and slashed with a knife in his hand. It was a desperate attack that would kill both of them. He chose to escape.
An Xuelun was forced to retreat. In such a good situation, An Xuelun was unwilling to fight desperately.
The sound of the bowstring sounded again, and the stout man could no longer escape from the attack from the front and back. His body trembled as if struck by electricity, his eyes protruded, and he couldn't help but take two steps forward.
An Xuelun rushed in from the side, raised his sword and knocked down the opponent who had lost the ability to resist, then drew his sword and retreated.
The stout man fell forward on the rocky ground with a thud. A trembling bamboo arrow was stuck in the middle of his back, but he failed to penetrate it.
Chang Siguo walked out from behind the stone pillar while holding a bow and sword with an expressionless expression.
With An Xuelun cooperating and restraining him, killing two strong cultivators was like killing two chickens, it was too easy.
He walked forward, put down his bow and arrow, and then mended his sword on the corpse. He skillfully searched the strong man's arms, sleeve pockets, belt, etc., which made An Xuelun's eyelids jump.
It was so murderous, the narrow cave was filled with the smell of blood, and the young man didn't even frown.
Judging from his proficiency in touching corpses, he was obviously a seasoned murderer.
Is this still the simple young man with a innocent and harmless smile?
An Xuelun saw Heiwa put a porcelain vase, a roll of soft sheep belly skin, some banknotes and other scattered items into his arms, not even a bag of dry food, so he quickly went to search for the other one. Trophies on corpses.
With the young man's appearance, it is obvious that whoever touches the spoils belongs to whom, so there is no need for him to be pretentious and save face.
Chang Siguo took off the black scabbard and picked up the long knife that fell on the ground. It was about five feet long. The blade was slightly wider than the palm of a hand. The shape was simple and straight. The front end of the knife was curved and tilted at a sharper angle than before. The heavy knife I used felt better in my hand and was more than twice as heavy.
Chang Siguo was very satisfied after slashing twice in the air.
He took off the scabbard from his waist and threw it on the ground. He inserted the long sword into the crack in the stone in the corner. He had enough use of this straight knife in his hand.
"That sword is good, you don't want it anymore?"
An Xuelun received a small bag of eight bright and translucent jade stones, a small porcelain bottle and a narrow knife. He tore off the waistband from the corpse. When he saw Hei Wa throw away the sword and pull out the arrow from the corpse, the corner of his mouth After moving, the long sword was much more valuable than the broken knife held in the boy's hand like a treasure, so he couldn't help but remind him.
Chang Siguo grinned: "Leave it here for now, it will be a burden on the road. I will pick it up again when I have the opportunity."
Bows and arrows can increase his combat power, and he will carry them no matter how burdensome they are.
An Xuelun thought for a while and threw away the narrow knife in his hand. He reminded Heiwa to take off the enemy's waistband. He pulled out the arrow that had been shot on the enemy's body and washed the arrow in the puddle. Throwing it back to Hei Wa, he said:
"I'll go into the water first. There may be Beirong cultivators guarding the exit outside. After twenty breaths, you can carefully sneak out and go downstream. If you can escape, let's... forget it, escape first. Let’s talk about it later.”
He didn't have much confidence in whether he could escape this time, so he could only do his best and leave everything to fate.
Chang Siguo blinked and saw An Xuelun tidying up the torn robe on his body and getting ready to go into the water, and said:
"Wait, we can try to take another secret passage."
He walked to the narrow part of the cave on the right, groped for a while in the dark, and uncovered a piece of cliff stone that he had blocked with sand to cover up the gap, revealing an irregular hole about two feet in size.
Even if there is a narrow place in the cliff passage that cannot be passed by people, he and An Xuelun can break it open and escape with their swords.
He also didn't expect that this passage would come in handy one day.
Fortunately, the smallest cave was originally used as a latrine, otherwise it would have been disgusting.
An Xuelun watched helplessly as an underwater passage appeared out of thin air. He was dumbfounded and shook his head with a smile: "You kid has hidden deep enough. There are three burrows for cunning rabbits. Haha, there is no perfect path. I will explore it. You And guard the entrance. We move quickly, otherwise if time passes, the nearby Beirong cultivators will gather here, making it inconvenient for us to escape."
The joy of surviving a desperate situation made An Xuelun's words somewhat confusing.
Who would be willing to be trapped and die in the Canghe River without any bones left if they could escape alive?
Chang thought about it and did not shirk away. He pulled off a handful of wool from the collar of the coat worn by the corpse on the ground, and dexterously tied the string with his hands to tie up the arrows. Even if three arrows hit the cultivator, they would become ordinary iron arrows. The deformation was serious, so he had to make do with it for now and reused it. He couldn't throw it away and walked to the puddle to be careful.
An Xuelun rubbed his hands excitedly, but in the end he still couldn't bear it. He used his long sword to do rough work such as chopping cliffs and cutting rocks. He jumped over there again, reached out to take a shot of the narrow knife on the ground, jumped over again, and made a few chirps. To go down, cut the two-foot-sized cliff stone cave entrance wide so that you can go up and down smoothly.
The probe went deep under the mouth of the cave, observed for a moment, then slid vertically into the cave, took a deep breath and dived into the water.
Chang Siguo silently calculated in his heart that they could only delay one word at most here.
He was willing to believe An Xuelun because of An Xuelun's two actions.
The first time, the two men were willing to fight as bait to create a sneak attack opportunity for him. The second time, they offered to go into the water first to distract the enemy. He admired their willingness to take risks.
Time passed slowly, and there was no expression on the young man's dark face, but he was a little anxious. Seeing that the time limit in his heart was approaching, he began to wonder whether he should dive to find the way, otherwise it would be too late.
As he was walking back and forth, a trace of heavenly vision left at the entrance of the cave suddenly sensed the abnormal surge of water waves. A trace of joy flashed across Chang Siguo's face, but he still approached cautiously.
After a few more breaths, a narrow knife was poked out of the water, and then An Xuelun's wet head appeared. He exhaled a breath, wiped the water droplets from his eyes, raised his head and smiled: "Come down quickly. I just opened up a few narrow holes." Yashi, it took some time, let’s go.”
"Okay!" Chang Siguo stopped again and said, "Wait a minute, I'll stuff the two corpses into the puddle over there to make them suspicious. They won't dare to pursue them here for a while. It's better to buy more time."
He quickly kicked the body into the puddle, left it half floating and half sinking, and drifted slowly out of the secret passage with the current.
An Xuelun praised, "You are the only one who has many evil ideas."
After sheathing the knife, he was still reluctant to throw away the captured knife and dived underwater first.
