Chapter 378: Life is Really Great (Two in One)
Fan Xian had half of his face buried in his arms, his eyes fixed coldly on Uesugi Tiger. He grinned when he heard the words.
"You don't mind me hurting you, but you mind me hurting him. Your filial piety is really touching. To be honest, the injuries I left on him are far more than what you see!"
Uesugi Tora nodded and said calmly.
"You can hurt me, but you can't hurt my adoptive father. No matter what treacherous means you use, if you can hurt me, then you are capable. I won't bear a grudge. But if you dare to hurt my adoptive father, then you will die. This is the reason why I will kill you!"
Fan Xian secretly stuffed a small pill into his mouth, swallowed it forcefully, and said in a cold voice.
"Kill me if you want to. You're talking too much nonsense. Don't you know that villains often die because they talk too much? Since you love to talk nonsense so much, I have a question for you. Is your last name Shang or Shangshan?"
Uesugi Tora smiled, swung his spear and slowly walked towards him, speaking slowly.
"The human body decays, nourishes all things, and death is just a..."
Before he could finish his words, he was rudely interrupted by Fan Xian.
"It's your uncle!"
Before he finished speaking, Fan Xian suddenly raised his left arm and used his dagger to block the spear that Uesugi Hu was swinging from behind. He used the force of turning over to turn his body upside down, split his legs, supported himself with one hand and twisted his body hard. His body immediately spun rapidly like a gyroscope, and after drawing a full circle in the air, he put his feet together and kicked Uesugi Hu hard between the waist and abdomen. The powerful kick caused Uesugi Hu to slide back two meters along the ground until he swung his spear upside down and stopped with the tip of the spear hitting the ground.
Fan Xian, who had now straightened his body and assumed his previous defensive stance again, felt his blood boiling all over his body as his heartbeat quickened. The pain in his chest seemed to have eased a lot.
Uesugi Tora stood up straight, patted the armor in front of him, his eyes filled with more fighting spirit, and he rushed forward again with his spear across his chest.
Fan Xian pointed his toes, flashed, and charged forward at a speed even faster than in his prime.
With a loud bang, the stone pillar blocking the two of them was blown up by Shangshan Hu's gun because Fan Xian jumped into the air. Then the gun shot out like a dragon, aiming straight at Fan Xian's throat. Fan Xian leaned back to avoid it, and Shangshan Hu pulled and stabbed with the second gun.
While Fan Xian dodged sideways, he raised his right arm and used a dagger to deflect the tip of the gun, then he raised his left leg and stepped on the spear, followed by a right hook to hit the wound on Uesugi Hu's neck. Uesugi Hu raised his arm to block, bang bang bang, three punches in succession were blocked. Fan Xian's lower body was not idle either. He stepped on the spear with his left foot and kicked sideways with his right leg. Uesugi Hu raised his leg and swung it sideways to block calmly. He was good at using the spear, and not so good with fists and feet. Although he was hit a few times, he had thick skin and flesh, and he had armor to protect himself, so he was unharmed.
Fan Xian had to change his tactics. He pressed down hard with his left foot which was stepping on the spear, and flew into the air with the recoil force. He suddenly pressed down with a whip kick. At this time, the spear had no suppression, but Uesugi Tiger let go of the spear and instead hugged Fan Xian's right leg with both hands. He twisted his body, bent down and hugged and threw Fan Xian. Caught off guard, Fan Xian's back hit a stone pillar hard. There was another loud bang, and gravel flew everywhere.
Fan Xian fell heavily to the ground and was a little dazed for a moment. He shook his head to wake himself up quickly. At this time, Shangshan Hu had picked up the spear, took a step forward, touched a boulder with his toes, jumped into the air, and stabbed him on the ground with a spear. Fan Xian, who had just come to his senses, had his pupils shrank, twisted his body and rolled to avoid it, supported the ground with one hand, and stood up again with a somersault.
Uesugi Tiger would not give him time to breathe. His spear stabbed, stabbed, swept, and swept towards Fan Xian like a wave. Fan Xian barely resisted a few counterattacks, but was easily broken by Uesugi Tiger one by one. Then he shot Fan Xian in the wrist and knocked his only weapon, the dagger, away, and then stabbed him in the face. Fan Xian's face was red and he gritted his teeth and used all his strength. He held the gun under the tip of the gun with both hands to prevent it from moving forward at all. Uesugi Tiger roared and pushed forward with force, gradually accelerating. After Fan Xian reluctantly retreated a few steps, he finally couldn't stand and fell on his back to the ground. Even so, he didn't dare to release the force at all. He was pushed and slid several feet away on the ground. Feeling that he was about to run out of strength, Fan Xian used up his last bit of strength to lift the gun up an inch, and then kicked Uesugi Tiger's feet hard. Uesugi Tiger couldn't dodge in time and rolled forward in the air. Fan Xian took the opportunity to turn over, and Uesugi Tiger swung his spear and landed steadily, and the two sides distanced themselves again.
"Hi~"
Fan Xian touched his burning back and grimaced. Although there was dry grass on the ground, there were also a lot of gravel. Although his clothes were not torn, there would probably be a lot of bruises and blood on his back. Damn it, Mei Chengan, I’ll fight you… Before he could finish cursing, the spear came again, sweeping across the army. Fan Xian pointed his toes and leaned forward, dodging the attack in the air. As soon as he fell to the ground, another spear came at him. Fan Xian raised his left arm and dodged again by leaning sideways. Shang Shanhu did not put away his spear this time, but poked Fan Xian. Fan Xian raised his body, The spear stuck close to his clothes and passed under his ribs. Shangshan Hu then lifted it up with force, shouted loudly, turned around and drew a semicircle in the air with the spear. Fan Xian, who was unable to resist, was dragged by the spear and drew a semicircle in the air before falling heavily on a low stone platform. With a muffled sound and a groan, Fan Xian rolled out and then lay on the ground in a big character, motionless, his chest heaving violently, gasping for breath, feeling the rapid drain of strength from his whole body, his body becoming more and more exhausted, with a bitter smile in his eyes, the effect of the drug had worn off.
Seeing that he did not stand up this time, Uesugi Tora obviously gave up resistance, so he did not pursue him any further. That was not in line with the temperament of a duel between masters, but the man must be killed. Uesugi Tora walked towards him slowly with a spear in hand, intending to give him a final shot to completely end this battle.
Sensing the approaching Uesugi Tora, Fan Xian supported his upper body with his left elbow and leaned sideways. The two looked at each other, and Uesugi Tora curled up the corners of his mouth in a sneer. Fan Xian suddenly smiled as well, but the smile lasted less than half a second before disappearing abruptly. He raised his little face and shouted at the top of his voice.
"Get out here right now, you bastard! If you don't come out, I'm really going to kill you!"
Uesugi Tora was startled when he heard this, and immediately stopped, looking around vigilantly while holding the spear in his hand.
Sean, who was watching the fight from a distance, opened his mouth and was thinking of calling Shangshan Hu to stop him before he attacked Fan Xian. He was stunned for a moment when he heard Fan Xian's shout, then he closed his mouth again after realizing it. Yes, that brat surnamed Mei hasn't made a move yet. No hurry, let's wait and see. Speaking of which, that brat has disappeared for a long time. Where has he been hiding? Thinking of this, Sean also began to look around.
Hearing Fan Xian's yelling and cursing, Mei Cheng'an, who was hiding in the dark, broke into a sweat. He did not rush out, but first whispered an order to Guo Baokun, Zhao Da and others.
"Keep low and hide well so as not to be discovered."
Upon hearing this, Guo Baokun, Zhao Da and others did not hesitate and quickly crouched down, hiding themselves behind the rocks, covering their mouths and not daring to breathe.
At the same time, after observing for a while and finding nothing unusual, Shangshan Hu looked at Fan Xian with a cold gaze and sneered.
"Little tricks!"
While speaking, he threw the spear with his right hand, then held it from below and raised it high, with the tip of the spear pointing downward. At this moment, he was only ten feet away from Fan Xian. He had no intention of going forward, and would just stab him with the spear and be done with it.
However, before he could exert force with his arm, a silver needle flashing with faint silver light shot towards him at high speed from the front. Uesugi Tora's expression changed, and he immediately put away the gun and held it with both hands. Before the silver needle reached his body, he shot it away accurately. Then, with a muffled sound of "puff", the silver needle penetrated his armor on his chest and entered his chest. Uesugi Tora was stunned, and looked down in disbelief. The silver needle was clearly... A light bulb suddenly flashed in his mind, and Uesugi Tora's face quickly turned ashen. There were not one but two silver needles, one after the other. It's just that the person who shot the needles was extremely precise, and shot the two silver needles on the same line, so he didn't notice that there was another silver needle behind the silver needle. This person was really insidious!
"What are you barking at, dog? Do I need you to remind me?"
The voice came from the poet Nan Qing, but it didn't sound like his voice. Uesugi Hu looked up in confusion, only to see a figure with his back to him appear in front of him quietly without him noticing it at all. Uesugi Hu's pupils shrank and he was shocked.
Mei Cheng'an half-knelt in front of Fan Xian, cursing and laughing, and stretched out his hand.
Fan Xian didn't rush to reach out his hand, but spoke in a speechless state.
"Brother, are you blind? Can't you see the huge Uesugi Tiger behind you? I asked you to come out to meet the enemy, not to die. Please understand this!"
Mei Cheng'an looked back and curled the corners of his mouth.
"He, he can't move for the time being, no, can you get up or not? Hurry up?"
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He glanced at Shangshan Hu and saw that he was indeed motionless, so he grabbed his fellow villager's hand and used the force to stand up.
"What's wrong with him?"
Fan Xian was not the only one who was curious about this question. Everyone who was watching was also curious. What was wrong with Shang Shan Hu? Was he just staring blankly without paying attention to the situation?
In fact, Uesugi Tora was also curious about what happened to him. It was not that he didn't want to move, but the main reason was that whenever he moved, he would feel a sharp pain in his chest, the kind of pain that went deep into his bones. Before he figured out the situation, he didn't dare to move and could only mobilize his true energy to slowly force it towards his chest.
Mei Cheng'an opened his mouth and was about to speak when suddenly Uesugi Tiger's voice came from behind him.
"Who are you?"
Mei Cheng'an swallowed his words when he heard that, and pointed to a low rock next to him, indicating Fan Xian to go and rest first. Fan Xian did not waste any time, and immediately lifted his weak legs and walked over slowly. Mei Cheng'an turned around with his hands behind his back and looked at Shang Shanhu, smiled slightly, nodded, and said softly.
"My name is Mei Cheng'an, and I am honored to be the deputy leader of the delegation. I am honored to meet you, General."
Uesugi Tora glanced at him and frowned. He felt vaguely that he had heard this name somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where. After a moment, he was too lazy to think about it. He didn't care who loved whom.
"You sent the silver needle?"
"Exactly."
"The concealed weapon technique is quite good and insidious. Even I didn't notice it beforehand."
Mei Chengan smiled.
"General, if you have something to say, just speak directly. There's no need to beat around the bush."
Uesugi Tora wanted to nod, but as soon as he moved his head, he felt a sharp pain in his chest again. The pain made him stop and frown.
"So what's wrong with me?" Mei Cheng'an smiled and shook his head lightly without answering. Instead, he turned his head to look at Gundam and waved at him.
"Lao Gao, check where I lost my sword. I didn't have time to get it just now. It should be nearby. If you find it, throw it to me."
After saying that, he turned around and looked at Uesugi Tora and smiled.
"Don't worry, General. I'll tell you later."
Uesugi Tora's brows furrowed even deeper when he heard that, but he really didn't say anything else. He just kept mobilizing his true energy to impact his chest in private.
Upon hearing this, Gundam immediately looked around, and the other tiger guards also helped to look. Soon one of the tiger guards found Mei Chengan's sword and pointed it to Gundam. Gundam took a look and the corner of his mouth twitched. The sword was right under the iron hoof of the Northern Qi cavalry.
Taking the sword by force will inevitably cause conflict. The two team leaders are still fighting over there, so it is better to keep it safe here. Gundam made a quick judgment and pressed his hand. The long sword came out of the sheath with a click, and Gundam threw it towards Mei Chengan, saying loudly at the same time.
"Since you can't find a sword, sir, you can just use a knife first."
The long knife suddenly came, and Mei Cheng'an casually raised his hand to accurately catch the handle of the knife, and then swung the knife in a flower to release the remaining force. His movements were clean, neat and beautiful.
"Thanks, Lao Gao!"
Gundam grinned.
"You're welcome, sir."
Mei Cheng'an nodded and looked at the long sword in his hand. In fact, at his level, it didn't matter much whether he used a knife or a sword.
Although he had never practiced swordsmanship, there were many similarities between the sword and the knife, such as chopping, slashing and picking, which were not unfamiliar to him. His movements might not be as good-looking as those after practicing swordsmanship, but they were good enough for actual combat.
Mei Cheng'an stretched out his fingers and lightly brushed the slender blade, then swung it to the side and looked up at Shangshan Hu. In the blink of an eye, the blade began to tremble slightly and made a buzzing sound, which was caused by the true energy he infused into it.
"In fact, I don't need to tell you. The general will know the answer soon."
After he finished speaking, Mei Chengan pointed his toes and suddenly appeared in mid-air. He gripped the hilt of the knife with both hands and chopped towards Shangshanhu with force.
The slightly trembling blade exuded a cold blade light, and the air around it seemed unable to resist the sharpness. It desperately squeezed outwards, making a whistling sound with the force of thunder.
The dagger pierced his limbs, and as he did so he began to move forward, the blade clenched tightly around his chest, and as the dagger clenched his fists, he clenched his fists, and as the dagger clenched, he began to move, and as the dagger clenched, he began to move, and as the dagger clenched, he began to move, and as the dagger clenched, he began to move, and as the dagger clenched,
In addition to the huge force that continued to press down, there was also a huge and strange true energy that was constantly impacting his hands. Uesugi Tiger's face turned red, and he tried his best to barely resist the force that was like a huge mountain pressing down on him, and blocked it above his shoulders and neck.
Mei Cheng'an exclaimed, he didn't expect that the combination of his sword force that was infused with all his internal energy and his clever use of the momentum of falling into the air could actually be barely blocked by Uesugi Tiger. Hiss, he is worthy of being the God of War of Northern Qi, he has some stuff. Thinking of this, he raised his right leg in the air and pressed it directly on the blade, adding a downward force again and increasing the output of his internal energy at the same time. The compressed internal energy in his body rushed to the long sword and passed downwards as if it were free.
Feeling the huge downward pressure suddenly increase, Uesugi Tora gnashed his teeth and his face became ferocious. Even though he tried his best to accumulate strength, the gun body still dropped an inch, and the sharp blade light had touched the armor on his shoulder. Sparks flew, and his side face was painful, but Uesugi Tora was unaware of it, because he had no time to care about it. The continuously falling gun body made his shoulders overwhelmed. There was a soft "puff" sound in his ears, and he understood that it was the sound of the sharp blade cutting the flesh on his shoulder, and the hot blood gushed out. The blade and the gun body were still splashing sparks, which evaporated the blood in an instant, and the blood mist continued to rise. There was another light "ding" sound, followed by a continuous and sharp "sizzling" friction. That was the sound of the bone touching the blade light. Friends who often break bones know that bone pain is indeed a kind of severe pain that can touch the soul.
The pain in his soul was conducted through his bones, quickly sweeping through Uesugi Tiger's body and heading straight for his brain. It was real pain, but it also gave Uesugi Tiger, who was gradually exhausted, a new stimulation. The more it hurt, the greater the stimulation. Uesugi Tiger howled to the sky, his face red and bleeding, veins bulging on his neck, and a new force that came out of nowhere gathered from his body, becoming more and more turbulent. When this force condensed to a certain critical point, Uesugi Tiger's roar stopped, and with a deafening shout, his arms suddenly exerted force, and the huge force quickly rolled back, knocking Mei Cheng'an flying. At the same time as the blade left his body and blood gushed out, because Uesugi Tiger used too much force, the wound on his neck broke open again, and blood spurted out.
Mei Cheng'an turned in the air and landed on the ground. He swung his sword to shake off the remaining blood on the sword, and looked up at Uesugi Tiger who was slowly getting up with the help of his spear. In just a short moment, the blood gushing out from the wounds on his left shoulder and right neck had dyed his armor red, making him look like a blood gourd.
Uesugi Tora's body and hands were trembling slightly. He was completely exhausted at this moment, without any strength left. The gushing blood made him feel light and fluttery. His brain was dizzy, and he even saw a double vision of the person in front of him. He was lucky to be able to stay standing.
Mei Cheng'an raised his hand and two silver needles shot out, piercing the skulls of two Northern Qi soldiers who came to rescue Shangshan Hu. The two Northern Qi soldiers suddenly broke away from their mounts and flew backwards, rolling to the ground and motionless. However, this did not scare away the rest of the Northern Qi cavalry, who still rode their horses towards Shangshan Hu.
Mei Cheng'an was too lazy to stop them. He rushed towards Shangshan Hu with his long sword in hand. Instead of wasting time on intercepting the Northern Qi cavalry, he might as well just take Shangshan Hu's head directly.
However, accidents always come unexpectedly, and more than one. First, a flying axe spinning at high speed blocked his way. Mei Cheng'an paused and was about to attack again, but another short axe whizzed towards him. Mei Cheng'an took a step back, clicked his tongue, frowned, and looked to the side and up.
"What do you mean?"
Haitang Duoduo's figure floated down from a towering stone pillar, glanced at Uesugi Tiger who was surrounded by Qi soldiers and was receiving emergency treatment, and said to Mei Chengan.
"He can die, but not now, and certainly not here!"
Mei Chengan raised his eyebrows.
"What?"
Haitang walked forward slowly, raised her foot and kicked lightly, kicking the two short axes that were inserted diagonally into the ground into the air, then reached out and thrust them behind her.
"Because it's bad for Northern Qi!"
She spoke as concisely as always.
Mei Cheng'an glanced at Uesugi Tiger, whose wound was being treated and whose bleeding seemed to have gradually stopped, and then said.
"What if I insist on killing him?"
Haitang smiled slightly.
"I will not sit idly by."
Mei Chengan looked at her. Although he had a smile on his face, his bright eyes were full of seriousness and it was obvious that he was not joking.
After thinking about it, Mei Chengan shrugged.
"She is the Saint of Northern Qi after all, okay, then..."
As he spoke, his eyes suddenly focused, and his figure flashed and disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he was already in mid-air. With one hand, he held the knife and chopped down suddenly, cutting off an arrow that was suddenly shot towards Fan Xian in time.
The moment the arrow was cut off, Fan Xian's cry for help also sounded at the same time, and then stopped abruptly.
"save…"
Mei Cheng'an landed gracefully and glanced at him.
"You're so slow even in shouting for help, what else can you do?"
"Huh~ I scared the baby to death."
Fan Xian, who was lying on a low rock, let out a long sigh, patted his chest to comfort himself, and then rolled his eyes at Mei Chengan.
"Can you blame me for being slow? It's good enough that I can shout out in my current state. It's all your fault."
Mei Cheng'an groaned and was about to say something when there was another sound of horse hooves in the distance. Mei Cheng'an paused and slowly turned his head to look over there. He was not surprised. Yan Xiaoyi's arrow had already reached him, so how could he be far away?
After taking a few glances at Yan Xiaoyi and his cavalry who were gradually approaching, Mei Cheng'an retracted his gaze and turned around to remind Fan Xian to hide first. However, when he looked over, Fan Xian's figure on the low rock had disappeared. Mei Cheng'an was stunned for a moment, then turned around again to look at Gaoda and his group behind him. He successfully found Fan Xian's dog head behind Gaoda. The guy even waved at him and smiled.
Hiss~ This dog runs really fast!
Mei Cheng'an rolled his eyes at him and looked away, looking at the group of Northern Qi people. The Northern Qi cavalry moved at this time and lined up in front of Uesugi Tora. Uesugi Tora's wounds had not been treated yet. The wound on his shoulder was still relatively okay, but the wound on his broken neck was very troublesome to treat. The several personal soldiers around him were busy in a panic. Uesugi Tora himself closed his eyes, his face was pale and motionless, but his chest was still rising and falling slightly.
Mei Chengan sighed, he is not dead yet, he is really lucky!
(End of this chapter)
