Chapter 379 Mei Chengan vs Yan Xiaoyi (two in one)
After looking around and confirming that Haitang had disappeared again, Mei Cheng'an wondered whether he should use silver needles to suddenly attack the dying Uesugi Tiger and end his life completely.
But after careful consideration, he gave up. It was not because of Haitang. Although she must be hiding in the dark and watching this side, she could stop him, but she might not be able to stop his hidden weapons.
The main reason is that Yan Xiaoyi brought a large group of cavalry, and he was counting on the cavalry from Northern Qi to help him. These two groups of people are not good guys, so it would be better to let them fight against each other.
Thinking of this, Mei Cheng'an calmly moved to the side and rear of the Northern Qi cavalry, and then stretched out his hand to signal Fan Xian Gaoda and others to do the same.
At the critical moment, Fan Xian and Mei Cheng'an had a great understanding of each other. They understood what he meant in an instant and quickly ordered Gaoda and others to escort Sean to the rear of the Northern Qi cavalry!
It took a long time, but it happened in a short time. Yan Xiaoyi and his cavalry arrived in front of everyone in an instant and stopped a few feet ahead of the Northern Qi cavalry.
Yan Xiaoyi frowned. For a moment he did not understand the current situation on the other side. He did not understand why the people of Northern Qi wanted to stand in front of Fan Xian, Li Feiyu and others.
After a quick glance around, he couldn't see Uesugi Tora. He noticed something strange below him with the corner of his eye. He looked closely and immediately found Uesugi Tora, whose shoulders and neck were wrapped in gauze and whose life or death was unknown.
After being stunned for a moment, his eyes flashed and he quickly figured out what was happening in front of him. He glanced around and looked coldly at the figure behind the Northern Qi cavalry. When he saw the familiar clothes, his eyes froze instantly.
"Are you Li Feiyu?"
Mei Chengan shrugged.
"Exactly!"
Looking at that overly young face, Yan Xiaoyi felt like he had seen it somewhere before, but after searching his mind, he couldn't remember when he had met this person before, and this person...
"Is it because of you that Uesugi Tora is like this?"
Mei Cheng'an grinned and said the same two words.
"Exactly."
Yan Xiaoyi's eyes flashed with solemnity when he heard this. How could this person be so powerful? He injured Shangshan Tiger so badly, but he was still unscathed?
Shang Shanhu was a ninth-rank warrior. Although he was not afraid, he could not say how much advantage he could gain if he really fought against him. Who was this Li? How could he be so young and yet so powerful?
Could he be a grandmaster? No, impossible! It's impossible for him to be that young. Hiss~ Then how did he do it? With such strength, he shouldn't be an unknown person even if he is low-key.
Why have I never heard of it before?
It's irrational, too irrational, but Uesugi Tora's injuries couldn't be faked. Although the wounds were bandaged, his armor was stained red. With so much blood flowing, how could the injuries be minor? Didn't you see that he was dying?
This…
Don't act rashly, try to negotiate first. He comes here just to kill Fan Xian, there is no need to provoke extra powerful enemies and create more trouble!
To be frank, the little grudge between him and me was actually nothing big.
Thinking about this, Yan Xiaoyi spoke.
"I came here only to kill Fan Xian, without any intention..."
"So much nonsense!"
Seeing that the Northern Qi cavalry was about to lift Shangshan Hu onto the horse and prepare to evacuate, Mei Cheng'an hurriedly shouted to interrupt Yan Xiaoyi's nonsense and threw a silver needle at him.
There was a flash of silver light, and Yan Xiaoyi's pupils shrank as he was speaking, caught off guard. Even though he dodged quickly, the silver needle still flew past his ear and stuck to his scalp. The tearing energy attached to the needle scraped a line of blood on his temple, and a few wisps of hair fell off.
Yan Xiaoyi touched it and looked at the blood on his palm, anger instantly surged in his heart. He was already arrogant and his temper suddenly flared up. It didn't matter who was a master, as long as they were not grandmasters, he would not be afraid of anyone!
Looking sinisterly at the man who hurt him for the second time, Yan Xiaoyi gritted his teeth and said coldly.
"If you don't want to give me face, then I'll let you die here too!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and roared.
"Kill, leave no one behind!"
What he said naturally also included the team from Northern Qi. If Uesugi Tora was still able to fight, he might have been a little afraid of them. But without Uesugi Tora, he didn't take the remaining cavalry seriously at all, let alone the question of whether it was necessary.
Following his order, many cavalrymen behind him immediately drove their horses and rushed towards the Northern Qi cavalry at high speed. The Northern Qi cavalry were also wronged. They had no intention of taking action. They only wanted to take the general on horseback and they could retreat. However, at this moment, the situation suddenly collapsed and took a sharp turn for the worse. They could not leave. A personal soldier tied Uesugi Tora behind him, turned his horse around, left a word, and drove away quickly.
"You stay behind to cover the general's retreat!"
"Yes!"
The remaining dozen cavalrymen responded in unison. Even though they knew that if they stayed, they would most likely never set foot on the Northern Qi territory just a line away from here, they still looked resolute and ready to die. Were they angry? Of course they were! However, they were not rushing towards Shangshanhu or the deputy general who asked them to stay, but the group of Nanqing cavalrymen who suddenly attacked them. The national hatred had not been avenged, and new hatred had been made. With the new hatred and old hatred superimposed, the Northern Qi cavalrymen wanted to tear them to pieces. They all clenched their weapons and rode their horses to kill them.
In an instant, the two teams collided suddenly with murderous intent. The sounds of hacking, roaring, horses neighing, swords clashing, and heavy objects falling to the ground were intertwined in an instant, making it a mess. The strange thing was that there were all kinds of sounds in the chaos except for screams. There was no coward on both sides, only murderous intent.
It just seems that the people on the Northern Qi side are more murderous and have stronger combat power. It's not that the Qing cavalry cannot compare to the Northern Qi cavalry, but mainly because this group of people from the Northern Qi have been resisting the northern barbarians with Uesugi Tora for many years and have won every battle. Those who can survive are carefully selected by the northern barbarians. They are more ferocious and fight like wild beasts until death. In addition, the anger of having to stay and face death, which could have easily led to their unstoppable momentum.
As for the Qing Kingdom, although the frontier troops are extremely brave and fierce, and their capabilities are not inferior to those of the Northern Qi, they were secretly taken out of the camp by Yan Xiaoyi after all, and they may be charged with a serious crime at any time. Although Yan Xiaoyi verbally assured them that they would be fine, who knows if he can do it. Therefore, he has more worries in his heart. The most important thing is that they still haven't figured out what they are fighting for!
As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, the gap gradually widened.
At the critical moment, Zhao Da and his group appeared. Although they had no mounts and their weapons were laughably crude, they were all brave and courageous, shouting "Kill Qi dogs" as they jumped up and down on the battlefield and specifically killed the Northern Qi cavalry. They reversed the gradually declining momentum of the Southern Qing cavalry in an instant, and the situation became increasingly tense.
On both sides of the battlefield, Yan Xiaoyi and Mei Chengan, one sitting quietly on his horse and the other standing with his hands behind his back, neither of them made any rash moves.
Both sides were observing the battlefield in front of them, while at the same time paying close attention to each other's actions, guarding against sudden attacks from the other side.
As time passed second by second, the fighting on the battlefield became fierce. People were dying every moment, and the ways of death were varied and varied. The strange thing was that, perhaps because Zhao Da and his companions were dressed as farmers and wielding farm tools and looked harmless, or perhaps because they simply did not take them seriously, even though they killed a lot of Northern Qi cavalry, their hatred and hunting targets never shifted to them. They only focused on killing the Qing cavalry, and became more and more ferocious.
So as time passed, an unreasonable picture appeared on the battlefield. The number of Northern Qi people was constantly decreasing, and the cavalry of Southern Qing was also greatly reduced. Only Zhao Da and his group were safe and sound, and seemed to be unharmed.
Seeing that the number of people in his own team was getting smaller and smaller, Yan Xiaoyi finally couldn't sit still and decided to intervene in the battlefield. He touched his shoulder and a feather arrow appeared in his hand. He drew the bow and pulled the string, and the feather arrow flew out, shooting a Northern Qi cavalryman who was about to kill him into the air for more than ten feet before barely dropping him to the ground. Of course, while shooting the arrow, he did not forget to use his peripheral vision to pay attention to the movements of the man surnamed Li opposite him. Seeing that he had no intention of stopping him from intervening in the battlefield, Yan Xiaoyi no longer held back and shot feather arrows continuously. With one arrow, he took away a Northern Qi cavalryman. After a while, there was no Northern Qi soldier left on the battlefield. All the survivors stopped, and at this time, there were only four cavalrymen left under Yan Xiaoyi's command.
They stopped, but Yan Xiaoyi did not stop shooting arrows, and his target turned to Zhao Da and his group. This time, Mei Chengan acted decisively and knocked the arrow that Yan Xiaoyi had just shot at Zhao Da off target by an inch.
"What? Waiting to die?"
This sentence directly woke up Zhao Da, who was on the battlefield and was stunned after seeing Yan Xiaoyi's arrow. After coming to his senses, Zhao Da immediately shouted.
"Quickly find cover! Beware of Yan Xiaoyi!"
……
Fan Xian, who was watching the battle from behind, suddenly hissed.
"What's the matter, my Lord?"
Gundam asked at the right time.
Fan Xian frowned slightly and pointed at Zhao Da and others in front of him.
"When they first showed up, I thought they were hidden men sent by Yan Xiaoyi in advance, but now it seems that they are obviously not. If they were, Yan Xiaoyi would not have attacked them. Seeing that they only attacked the Northern Qi cavalry, and their words and actions showed hatred, they must be from our Qing country. In addition, their skilled killing skills and tacit cooperation on the battlefield make them look like veterans who have retired from the front line of our Qing country. So the question is, if they are neither Yan Xiaoyi's people nor Northern Qi's people, then whose people are they?"
After a pause, Fan Xian crossed his arms and touched his chin.
"And why do I feel like... Lao Mei seems to know them? Whether it's what she said to them or her actions to save them, it doesn't seem like they are strangers. What do you think, Lao Gao?"
Gundam thought for a moment and then spoke.
"I also think that Lady Xiaomei should know them, and I noticed when they first appeared. The location where they appeared was the same place where Lady Xiaomei appeared at that time."
Fan Xian was a little surprised when he heard this. He lay down directly after calling his fellow villager, and he didn't really notice where he appeared from.
"is it?"
Gundam nodded solemnly.
"I was keeping a close eye on the adults at that time. Although Xiaomei was very fast, she showed her body for a moment before she swooped down. I saw it clearly. She was in the same place as the other group of people. There was no mistake about it."
After hearing this, Fan Xian thought for a moment, and the doubts in his eyes disappeared. He shrugged and looked back at the battlefield. "If that's the case, then we are right. It seems that even if these people are not our own, they are definitely not enemies. As for where these people come from, we will know after we finish this...by asking him."
……
Yan Xiaoyi frowned, but did not pay any attention to the person who was against him at the first time. Instead, he yelled.
"I said! Don't leave any one behind!"
The remaining four cavalrymen were extremely conflicted, but finally chose to obey the orders of their superiors. They each found a mount nearby, jumped on it, and rushed towards Zhao Da and his group who were lying or crouching behind various shelters, swinging their swords.
Mei Cheng'an did not attack the cavalrymen. He had already seen the skills of Zhao Da and others. It did not matter much to them whether they had mounts or not. Six people had the advantage over four, so there was nothing to worry about. He only had to guard against Yan Xiaoyi's sudden attack. And the most important thing was... he didn't have many silver needles left.
The battle started again, with six people fighting against four in the middle, while Mei Chengan was using silver needles to fight against Yan Xiaoyi's feather arrows.
In a short while, the new round of battle was over. Zhao Da and his six men killed the four cavalrymen on the spot at the cost of only two people being slightly injured. At the same time, Mei Cheng'an shot his last arrow and successfully shot down Yan Xiaoyi's Nth arrow. Yan Xiaoyi, full of hatred, took out his arrows and shot again, and his target was still Zhao Da. The reason why he didn't shoot Li Feiyu was because in Yan Xiaoyi's opinion, the threat posed by that man's silver needles to him was far greater than others, so he wanted to consume as many as possible. Anyway, he still had a lot of arrows in the tube.
Mei Cheng'an moved with a long sword in hand, and in a few flashes he leapt over Zhao Da and his group. He swung his sword to cut down Yan Xiaoyi's flying arrow and shouted in a low voice.
"Hurry up and leave!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Da and his companions turned around and ran away. They didn't run before because it was useless. No matter how fast they ran, they could not be faster than the arrows of the Ninth Rank Archery God. Now that someone was protecting their backs, they could run without worry.
Yan Xiaoyi finally stopped. He didn't care whether Zhao Da and others escaped or not. Those people were just baits for him to catch silver needles. Now that his goal had been achieved, he was in a very good mood and naturally would not let a few ants escape. In his opinion, those lives were not as valuable as the feather arrows in his hand.
Looking coldly at the man standing in the middle of the battlefield with a knife in his hand, Yan Xiaoyi curled the corners of his mouth with a rather sarcastic tone.
"You're out of needles?"
Mei Cheng'an sighed and walked slowly forward with the knife in hand.
"I used it too much without restraint before, and wasted a lot. If I had known earlier that I would have to use silver needles to fight against Commander Yan in the Imperial City, I would have used it sparingly. Oh, what a failure!"
Yan Xiaoyi slowly raised his hand to draw the arrow and sneered.
"Being able to block several of my arrows with just a silver needle is the most glorious moment in your life. I will take your life!"
Mei Cheng was happy.
"Commander Yan, you may have said too little. I not only blocked your arrow, but also caused you two injuries. By the way, has the bleeding on your ear stopped? If not, I will..."
"Noisy!"
After being poked in the sore spot, Yan Xiaoyi's face turned pale, his eyes were sinister, and he roared in hatred. At the same time, his hands moved suddenly faster and he shot out an arrow in the blink of an eye.
The feather arrow infused with true energy not only had an extremely fast shooting speed, but also had great power. The air at the arrow head was compressed into an arc, continuously emitting sound waves that broke through the air. The tail of the arrow was vibrating and buzzing constantly, and suddenly it was in front of Mei Chengan. Unexpectedly, Mei Chengan did not dodge, which caused the onlookers to exclaim.
"Fuck, why don't you just hide..."
The voice stopped abruptly, and the expression instantly turned into surprise, and even horror, as if he had seen a ghost.
Because the arrow had completely pierced Mei Cheng'an's head in an instant, but there was no sound, and no body fell. Mei Cheng'an's figure suddenly disappeared, and it turned out to be an afterimage.
Yan Xiaoyi's smug smile froze as soon as it appeared on his face. His pupils shrank and alarm bells rang in his heart. He forced himself to suppress the shock in his heart and quickly calmed himself down. While holding his breath and concentrating, he used his extraordinary eyesight to scan the front, listened carefully, and his perception continued to extend.
After a moment, Yan Xiaoyi suddenly narrowed his eyes while looking somewhere in the air and said in a cold voice.
"Got you!"
Before he finished speaking, an arrow was shot out.
Although Mei Cheng'an easily dodged the extremely fast arrow, his figure appeared from the air. Swish, swish, swish. Yan Xiaoyi shot three arrows in succession in an instant. The three arrows were shot in different directions. It seemed scattered and irregular, but in fact, Mei Cheng'an's body was blocked. No matter where he moved, he would be hit by an arrow.
Mei Cheng'an in the air was not panicked at all, since he couldn't hide, he just didn't hide. He got strength from somewhere and suddenly spun in the air and accelerated, rushing straight into the center of the three feather arrows, passing by them.
"Brilliant!"
Fan Xian, who was watching the battle from a distance, with his heart in his throat, couldn't help but shout out loud when he saw this extremely exciting scene. However, the people around him seemed to hear nothing and still stared at that place intently, because the duel was not over yet.
After dodging the three arrows of the highest level, before Mei Cheng'an could even breathe a sigh of relief, another arrow came flying at him. Although there was only one arrow this time, the terrifying pressure it brought with it frightened Mei Cheng'an. He suddenly had the illusion that he could not dodge this arrow no matter what.
At the critical moment, Mei Cheng'an, whose mind was racing, suddenly closed his eyes, then reversed the true energy in his body, gathered his right hand, and used a move that he usually only used as a trick to show off, the Dragon Catching Skill, and attacked the feather arrow shot by Yan Xiaoyi from the side. A powerful suction force came out from his right palm, rushing straight towards the feather arrow that was in front of him in an instant.
This arrow condensed all of Yan Xiaoyi's true energy. It was the ultimate arrow he shot when he had adjusted his spirit to the peak. Naturally, it was impossible for him to easily call it away with such a small trick. However, the amount of true energy that Mei Cheng'an reversed this time was far greater than before, and the suction force was even more astonishing. Although the feather arrow did not completely turn, it deviated by less than an inch, and this was enough for Mei Cheng'an. He raised his head, nodded, retracted his chest, tightened his abdomen, and wriggled in the air like a caterpillar. Finally, with a forward roll, he actually dodged the arrogant arrow and landed on the ground.
"it is good!!!"
Fan Xian and Gaoda, who were watching, were so excited that they almost collapsed. The other Tiger Guards couldn't help but cheer in unison. Even Sean opened his mouth in a daze for a moment before uttering one word: Wonderful!
"Fuck you!"
"You can dodge this, sir. You are really amazing. If it were me, I would not even think of dodging the arrow, let alone dodging it. I would just wait for death on the spot."
"Tsk, you really know how to flatter yourself. If it were you, you wouldn't even have seen this arrow, you would have been shot into a hornet's nest long ago."
"Hahahaha, yes, yes, compared to you adults, I am naturally a million miles away. I am nothing."
"You have self-awareness!"
"Shh...be quiet, be quiet. The adults are not done yet."
The noisy conversations disappeared in an instant, and everyone quieted down again, looking at the two people in the distance.
……
Yan Xiaoyi's eyes were full of fear and disbelief!
"This is impossible! How did you do it?"
After landing, Mei Cheng'an had been busy regulating his breathing to stabilize his body's true energy. This time was different from the past. He had been forcibly reversing his body's true energy for too long, causing his true energy to show signs of being out of control. If he reversed it for a moment longer, once the true energy was out of control, he was afraid that he would go crazy and become one of the dead souls under Yan Xiaoyi's arrow.
Mei Chengan, who was terrified at heart but didn't show it on his face, curled his lips when he heard Yan Xiaoyi's exclamation and thought, I escaped by almost committing suicide, how could I tell you about this?
"It's just... just tilting and twisting in the air, it's very easy to dodge it, why are you so surprised, Commander Yan?"
"you!!!"
Yan Xiaoyi's face turned dark instantly, his eyes flashed with coldness, and without saying a word, he reached back, put an arrow on it and shot.
"Go to hell!"
Mei Cheng'an, who had not yet finished regulating his breathing, frowned slightly. He did not forcefully use his inner energy to dodge using lightness skills. Instead, he stared closely at the flight trajectory of the feather. At the critical moment, he lightly moved his feet, dodged the arrow by leaning sideways, and secretly sped up his breathing.
Yan Xiaoyi dodged his own arrow so easily without even moving. His face suddenly became darker, as if he had suffered a great humiliation. As a ninth-rank archery god, how could he have suffered such contempt and humiliation? This was simply too much!
He was so angry that he shot arrow after arrow continuously. Mei Cheng'an, who was only a little away from adjusting his breath, did not dare to be careless. He slightly expanded his movement range from half a step to one step. After dodging four arrows in succession, Mei Cheng'an moved, turning into a phantom and rushing straight towards Yan Xiaoyi. The air raid was too passive, and he could not withstand Yan Xiaoyi's second ultimate arrow, so he changed to a ground charge.
Yan Xiaoyi's eyes flashed, and he immediately stopped his meaningless venting. Archers are good at long-range attacks, and they fear the enemy getting close to them the most. However, Yan Xiaoyi is not afraid, because he will never give the enemy a chance to get close to him.
Looking at the figure that was running left and right towards him, Yan Xiaoyi concentrated his mind, slowly pulled out a feather arrow from his back, calmly put the arrow on and aimed, and at a certain moment his hand pulling the bowstring suddenly loosened, and the feather arrow shot out with a whoosh.
The purpose of this arrow is not to kill people, but to block the road.
Seal the way forward for that person.
(End of this chapter)
