Just thinking about these people is exciting.
Meanwhile, the hidden soldiers kept focusing their fire on the spots where Xie Lanzhi was peeking out. Just as the umpteenth wave of attacks was about to be launched, Xie Xiaojiang was about to give the order to move to a higher position to kill Xie Lanzhi.
A soft, floating voice suddenly sounded behind him, as if a ghost had appeared out of nowhere.
"Is this how you plotted against your brother-in-law?"
"Ridiculous...and shameless." The person was nowhere to be seen, yet he kept stabbing Xie Xiaojiang's body with a knife.
Blood flowed like water all over the ground. Xie Xiaojiang stared wide-eyed in disbelief. The next moment, his mouth was covered by the person behind him, and then he was stabbed more than ten times.
It turned someone into a hornet's nest.
The same thing happened to the other sentries. Suddenly, a force of dozens of people appeared and wiped out the sentries.
Xie Lanzhi, hiding behind, suddenly heard a scream of "Ah!" It vanished without a trace, but she was certain she heard it coming from the sentry's position.
Was it raided? Who raided it?
She had no time to think; Xie Yan's longsword was already slashing towards her helmet. She looked down, and the feathers on her helmet were also cut off.
"Xie Ying, you have no chance to turn things around!" Xie Yan shouted confidently, and swung his shield at Xie Lanzhi with his right hand.
Xie Lanzhi, wielding a long halberd, thrust it at the shield, using it like a pole to push Xie Yan outwards with brute force.
The next moment, another arrow was fired from the shadows, heading straight for the two of them. Xie Yan smiled coldly and said, "Die!"
Xie Lanzhi raised an eyebrow, and suddenly the long arrow pierced through Xie Yan's arm, shooting through the hand holding the Mo Dao.
"Who will die?" Xie Lanzhi mocked.
"Who?! Has something gone wrong?" Xie Yan slammed his shield into Xie Lanzhi, knocking her back several steps. He immediately turned and went back into the building, clutching his injured hand.
Xie Lanzhi observed the hidden sentries, but they were no longer moving.
She began to feel at ease and chased Xie Yan into the building. Xie Yan kept running away, and she kept chasing. The two of them swayed from side to side, running until they were panting heavily.
Meanwhile, on the periphery, Xie Yan's troops, who had previously served Xie Zhu, were still locked in a fierce battle with Xie Feng.
The cavalry had a slight advantage.
Xie Yan's troops, who were guarding the rear, were all worried and said, "Those two should have decided who is the victor by now."
"I can hardly imagine how earth-shattering the battle was between Seventh Uncle and Master Xie. I suppose no one could have witnessed this scene of the two highly skilled martial artists of the clan facing off."
"If I could witness two such valiant generals clash in this lifetime, I would die without regret!"
Xie, the centurion, also said with a solemn expression, "Seventh Uncle's external skills are profound; he can kill an ox with a single blow. Yet he has been locked in combat with Lord Xie for half an hour now. It seems that the rumors of Lord Xie losing his martial arts are not true."
The soldier said anxiously, "Commander, what should we do? Aren't we on a pirate ship now?"
"Damn it, what kind of pirate ship is this? Just because Seventh Uncle says we can win doesn't mean we can win."
After a fierce battle, Xie Feng was almost ready to invade the backyard of Fengxi Town and start killing people.
But there was still no news from Lord Xie, and Xie Feng couldn't help but worry, "Has Lord Xie not killed that scoundrel yet?"
Soon, a guardian general from the Flame Vein attacked: "Who said Master Xie would win! Seventh Uncle is still vigorous despite his age, he will definitely defeat Master Xie!!"
The two sides then continued their fierce battle.
The Seventh Uncle they were talking about, and Master Xie, were now chasing each other. Finally, Xie Lanzhi was too tired to chase anymore, so she stopped to catch her breath. Xie Yan was on the roof, and then he jumped up and down the house and the building, which exhausted him. In addition, he had lost blood, so he could only find some medicine to apply to his wounds. Then he cursed inwardly: "Xie Ying is despicable and shameless. He only says that I don't follow the Xie rules, but aren't you the same?!"
"This time, we will compete fairly and squarely."
"Stop using your flintlock pistol, and I'll stop using my long-handled sword. Let's settle this with our bare hands."
Xie Lanzhi did not put away the flintlock pistol. She cautiously took a step with the long halberd when suddenly her right leg went numb. She looked down and saw a blackened dart had hit her leg.
Xie Yan reappeared, this time with a shield, no longer wielding his long-handled sword. The shield, along with the other figure, crashed down from the sky, striking Xie Lanzhi directly. Xie Lanzhi couldn't move an inch; her eyes widened in shock, and then she was sent flying.
The familiar pain in my heart instantly sent waves through my entire body.
She was in so much pain that her mouth was watering.
Xie Yan walked towards her step by step, his tone resolute: "Xie Ying, things have come to this point, and I'm not going to pretend anymore. Today it's a fight to the death."
"You were no match for me to begin with, yet you still arranged for sentries to injure me. So it's only fair that I return the poisoned dart to you."
Xie Lanzhi listened and then laughed: "Ha..."
Who is so despicable? It is a great irony that such words come from the mouth of such a despicable person.
She was about to speak when Xie Yan approached her step by step. She was paralyzed and unable to move, and her brute strength seemed to have been blown away by the wind.
"This time..." Xie Lanzhi used her last bit of strength to pull out the throwing knife from her waist and plunge it into her thigh. The pain instantly overwhelmed the numbness, and she was able to move again.
Finally, she raised the flintlock pistol tremblingly and thrust it toward Xie Yan, who was approaching. Xie Yan was startled, and just as the trigger was pulled...
Xie Yan raised his shield, his face serious as he wondered if he could block it.
Before the sound of the flint was even heard, Xie Lanzhi's left arm suddenly felt heavy, as if it had been clamped and was beginning to slip out of her control.
"Hiss." A sudden burning pain shot through my abdomen, like a volcano erupting in an instant.
Xie Lanzhi trembled at first, then her whole body shuddered; her will to survive seemed to have triggered her body's instincts.
Each time she felt pain, she felt her cells throbbing with excitement, and the smell of blood acted like an aphrodisiac, making her whole body feel as if it were filled with boundless explosive power.
She pulled the dart out of the box and tossed it away casually, like a leaf.
The dart, however, struck the floor tile like a deadly weapon.
Xie Yan sensed something was wrong and quickly distanced himself from Xie Lanzhi. A sense of familiarity washed over him, and a long-lost feeling of trembling made him wonder.
"Is it internal energy?" No, this internal energy is very strange.
Xie Zhu's current aura is somewhat similar to that of five years ago, when he personally witnessed Xie Ying kill his father and relatives, not even sparing the infant.
At that time, he felt a sense of fear towards Xie Ying. It was fear of Xie Ying's fearless, even daring, fighting spirit. At that time, she had no weaknesses.
Alone and isolated, I have no weaknesses left.
But with the appearance of the princess of the fallen kingdom, Xie Ying regained his weakness. His fear subsided, and he began to think that Xie Ying was nothing special after all.
However, she experienced all of these: being hit by a dart, awkwardly dodging hidden weapons, and escaping, each displaying their own ugly side.
That's ridiculous.
It was because of Xie Ying that he dared to rebel against her, and even wanted to kill her.
"It seems you're finally going to use your inner strength." Xie Yan also lowered his shield.
Xie Lanzhi covered her face with her hands, her whole body trembling with excitement. Pain and itchiness intertwined in her body, creating an indescribable sense of pleasure, as if... as if something that had been suppressed was about to burst out.
That energy almost affected her emotions, making her, who was usually calm, become somewhat unrestrained.
Xie Lanzhi couldn't suppress the surging energy; it was like...that thing.
It invaded every nerve in her body again and again.
She felt a surge of heat build up in her chest and couldn't help but open her mouth and say, "Phew."
White mist billowed around her, and her body seemed to evaporate like an evaporator. Xie Lanzhi sensed that this must be internal energy. She was excited and laughed out loud, like a whimpering lamb. It sounded harmless, but it could pull you into an endless abyss and plunge you into a hell of no return without you noticing.
"Haha..." She just chuckled strangely, like moonlight shining into the dense forest and casting eerie, human-shaped shadows, and the sinister ghostly cries came from there.
Xie Lanzhi gripped the long halberd with trembling hands, the veins on her arms bulging like vines. Visually, it wasn't the raw, powerful strength of muscles bursting open, but rather the evenly defined muscles burning with inner power. This power would erupt throughout her body, quickly mobilized, and fully utilize all her advantages, rather than just brute force.
She took a deep breath, suppressing her trembling: "Yes, just letting go like this doesn't seem so bad. This feeling is like, like I have to drink your blood before I can stop."
"You're a demon! Stop pretending! Finally, your true colors are about to be revealed!"
"Bring it on, let this old man see what you're made of!" Xie Yan's expression suddenly turned solemn. He leaped upstairs again, found a black-bladed longsword, and this time the longsword was clearly of superior quality. The blade was brand new, and its sharp edge gleamed coldly in the sunlight.
"This time, there's no need to hide; let's fight fair and square!"
"Where are your sentries? I don't need them anymore." Xie Lanzhi turned her back to him and fearlessly walked into the sentry's firing range. Xie Yan saw an opening behind her, and with his right arm tucked under his longsword, he thrust it at Xie Lanzhi.
"You mock me for winning unfairly? Then where is your flintlock pistol?" Xie Yan shouted.
"No need." Xie Lanzhi tucked the flintlock pistol behind her waist without even turning her head. She thrust the halberd backward, the handle slamming into a floor tile, shattering it instantly. With a slight turn, she easily blocked the sneak attack.
As she turned her head, the bloodshot in her eyes and her emotions were aggressive and suppressed madness. It was as if every move Xie Yan made was slowed down ten times in front of her. She only had one thought: to punch that shameless old thief's face hard!
Before the thought even crossed her mind, her fist had already landed on Xie Yan's nose.
"Actually, I respect the elderly quite a bit, but unfortunately, even villains get old." With that, a punch landed, twisting Xie Yan's face in agony. Xie Yan landed face-first on the ground, kicking up dust and stones; the dull thud of bones shattering was enough to make one's teeth ache.
Xie Yan barely had time to react. The next moment, a ghostly face, staring with bloodthirsty eyes, suddenly loomed in front of him. He was startled, and the intense pain in his face was astonishing. Before he could react, he was kicked again, and dust and smoke splattered out a human-shaped path. His armor was rusted and no longer gleaming in battle.
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Chapter 42 The Xie Yan Lineage Uprooted
Xie Yan was lying on the ground.
"Pfft!" He had just come to his senses when a mouthful of blood gushed from his mouth. His chest felt as if it were being burned by a fire chestnut, the pain and heat constantly pushing the blood out of his mouth, and then spreading throughout his entire body.
Xie Yan's body began to convulse in pain.
But he didn't have a chance to feel the pain. Xie Lanzhi, carrying her long halberd, leaped up in three steps, using the wall as leverage to fly three meters high, and then used the tip of the halberd to thrust from the air, crashing down.
Xie Yan exerted all his strength to dodge the attack, but the floor tiles he had been lying on were instantly shattered. The halberd even lifted the tiles, sending them flying row after row. Xie Lanzhi got off the ground, and the fallen tiles were like dust in front of her. She waved her hand lightly, as if sweeping away a breeze, but the tiles curved in her hand, turning into deadly weapons, and were thrown directly at the sentry she had just been holding.
With a loud "boom," a second-floor window and main beam of a hidden sentry post were instantly pierced.
A hole in the main building caused the entire second floor to collapse due to the loss of the main beam's balance.
Si Xinian, who was in the building opposite, was shocked by the sound. He was incredulous and felt that the power was ridiculously domineering.
His expression quickly turned serious: "We need to retreat!"
Xie Yan, hiding to the side, witnessed the building collapse and found it utterly outrageous.
Could it be that Xie Ying's internal strength has increased again? In the past, her internal strength and fighting style were brutal, relying entirely on brute force to defeat all opponents in the Southern Region.
But now, his inner strength seems to have reached a new level.