Only Li Yao remained standing in the same spot.
Tie Zhu kindly reminded him, "Brother Li, quickly get out of the way..."
He was speaking when his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
More than a dozen sharp arrows were aimed at Li Yao, and it seemed that he would be riddled with arrows in the next moment.
Although his time with Li Yao was short, he greatly admired Li Yao's kung fu skills.
It's a pity that the highly skilled Li Yao is about to die under a hail of arrows.
But the next moment, he was stunned.
Li Yao reached out and grabbed at the air.
It was as if the void in front of Li Yao was being distorted by Li Yao's grasp.
Without exception, all of the dozen or so arrows were caught in Li Yao's hands.
Then, Li Yao shouted, "Give me back my arrows!"
Immediately, Li Yao tossed it outwards.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
More than a dozen sharp arrows pierced the void and shot outwards.
Then, several screams and the sound of horses falling off their horses could be heard from outside.
Clearly, Li Yao had already killed several of the black-clad cavalrymen outside.
Zhou Huai'an and the others were dumbfounded, hardly believing their eyes.
Suddenly, Li Yao spun rapidly like a spiral, rose from the ground, and broke through the roof of the inn.
At this moment, dawn was breaking, and the black-clad cavalrymen outside spotted Li Yao in the sky.
Shocked, they immediately nocked their arrows and unleashed another volley of fire at Li Yao.
At this moment, a layer of naturally formed protective energy surrounded Li Yao's body.
He suddenly shouted and pushed outwards with both hands.
A tremendous surge of energy, like ripples, spread outwards.
One after another, the arrows turned and shot back at the black-clad cavalrymen. With a series of thuds, hundreds of cavalrymen fell to the ground.
Chapter 131 Why run away? Just fight your way out!
quiet!
A deathly silence!
You could hear a pin drop!
After a long while, Zhou Huai'an and the others emerged from their hiding places.
They rushed out of the inn and were immediately stunned by the scene before them.
Outside the inn, a large group of black-clad cavalrymen lay on the ground.
Without exception, all of these cavalrymen were dead.
The Black-Clad Arrow Team, which the Eastern Depot was so proud of, proved to be utterly vulnerable in front of Li Yao.
Everyone turned their attention to Li Yao, who had already landed, and their expressions varied.
He Hu's eyes widened, and he muttered to himself, "This is unbelievable, this is fucking amazing."
Tie Zhu said with lingering fear, "I originally thought we were going to die here today, but I didn't expect Brother Li to save us again."
Qiu Moyan cupped her hands in thanks to Li Yao and said, "Thank you again this time."
Li Yao waved his hand and said, "No need to thank me, you saved me before too."
Qiu Moyan replied, "That's different. You've saved us all more than once."
Li Yao smiled without saying a word and walked into the inn.
Bai San Niang approached, gave Li Yao a thumbs-up, and said, "Amazing!"
Zhou Huai'an stared at Li Yao's back with a complicated expression, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a moment, he withdrew his gaze and said in a deep voice, "This black-clad archer team is the vanguard of the Eastern Depot's army. The Eastern Depot's army will probably arrive soon. We should find the manager quickly, force him to reveal the secret passage, and leave here as soon as possible."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the entire earth began to tremble.
Clearly, the Eastern Depot's army is about to arrive.
Everyone's expression immediately changed drastically. Judging from the commotion, there were at least a thousand soldiers.
No matter how powerful Li Yao was, he couldn't possibly stop thousands of soldiers.
It seems we should find the secret passage quickly and make a quick getaway.
However, when Zhou Huai'an and the others returned to the inn, they found that the innkeeper and the waiter had been riddled with arrows and were already dead.
Upon seeing this, He Hu was stunned and couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, they're all dead! We can't escape now!"
Li Yao raised an eyebrow and said, "Escape? What's there to escape? Let's just fight our way out."
He Hu thought to himself, "Of course you can fight your way out, but we don't have your abilities. How can we fight our way out?"
Seeing that there was no way out, Qiu Moyan's face suddenly showed a heroic spirit, and he said, "You're right. Only if we fight to the death and fight our way out will we have a chance to survive."
He Hu's courage was spurred on. His fierce face twitched, he drew his long sword, and shouted, "Good! Today I'm going to go on a killing spree and slaughter all these barbarians!"
Tie Zhu and the others also uttered some harsh words.
Only Zhou Huai'an remained silent, his eyes unreadable, leaving no one knowing what he was thinking.
Li Yao laughed and said, "They are just a thousand or so barbarians. There's no need to act like they're going to their deaths."
As he spoke, he said to the two men carrying baskets on their backs, "Wake up Yuying and Yubao."
Yang Yuying and Yang Yubao remained silent throughout the commotion.
Clearly, they had been put to sleep by Zhou Huai'an.
The two men carrying baskets looked at Zhou Huai'an.
Zhou Huai'an made no comment.
Qiu Moyan glanced at Zhou Huai'an, then walked over and released Yang Yuying and her brother from their slumber.
Yang Yuying slowly woke up, and her first words were: "I don't want to go to the Northeast. I want to go to the capital with Brother Li to seek justice for my father."
Clearly, Zhou Huai'an had tried to forcibly take Yang Yuying away, but she refused, so he used acupressure to put her to sleep.
Bai Sanniang, who had been observing coldly from the side, was slightly surprised and asked Li Yao in a low voice, "Are you planning to seek justice for Lord Yang?"
Li Yao nodded.
Rumble...
The ground trembled violently, and yellow sand flew all around, accompanied by the deafening sound of rapid hoofbeats.
"The Eastern Depot army is here!"
Everyone's expression changed drastically.
They knew a bloody battle was about to unfold.
At this moment, Li Yao said to everyone, "Listen up, everyone, immediately tear some strips of cloth from your clothes and stuff them into your ears."
The group looked at each other, wondering why Li Yao wanted them to plug their ears.
Tie Zhu couldn't help but ask, "Brother Li, what do you mean by this?"
Li Yao said, "Just do as I say, and you'll find out soon enough."
Tie Zhu and the others greatly admired Li Yao, so they didn't say anything more and stuffed their ears with strips of cloth.
Yang Yuying admired Li Yao even more, so she and her brother immediately stuffed their ears with strips of cloth.
Bai San Niang, Qiu Mo Yan, and the others did as instructed.
Zhou Huai'an was the only one left who hadn't plugged his ears, and everyone's eyes turned to him.
While he was hesitating, the Eastern Depot's army had already surrounded the Dragon Gate Inn.
Li Yao ignored Zhou Huai'an and suddenly spun around like a spiral, rising from the ground and soaring into the sky.
All that could be seen outside was a dark mass of black-clad cavalry, as numerous as ants.
Among the black-clad cavalry was a carriage, inside which sat a man in his twenties or thirties, with a fair complexion and no beard.
He was Cao Shaoqin, the young chief of the Eastern Depot.
Cao Shaoqin frowned when he saw Li Yao suddenly rise into the sky, and asked in a sarcastic tone, "Who is this?"
The surrounding guards all shook their heads repeatedly.
Cao Shaoqin sneered, "No matter who he is, since he's with a wanted criminal, he deserves to die."
Immediately, two sharp glints shot from his eyes as he pointed at Li Yao and shouted in a shrill voice, "Shoot him to death!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers nocked their arrows.
suddenly……
roar……
A long, loud roar, like that of a lion, suddenly exploded.
Suddenly, the already crumbling Dragon Gate Inn collapsed with a roar, and the entire earth seemed to shake.
Fortunately, the house collapsed outwards, and Qiu Moyan and the others were skilled enough not to be buried in the ruins of the inn.
However, Zhou Huai'an, who didn't plug his ears with cloth strips, was in trouble.
He was so shaken by the terrifying roar that the world spun around him. Before he could even tear strips of cloth to plug his ears, he was struck by a beam, which broke his head and made him see stars.
After protecting the two children, Qiu Moyan noticed that Zhou Huai'an was injured and looked pained. She immediately tore off a strip of cloth and stuffed it into Zhou Huai'an's ears, which brought him back to his senses.