Chapter 90

Xie An did not use his lightness skill; he just walked quickly ahead, and Su Peng and the others could keep up. Before long, they followed him to a forest road.

When they reached this point, Xie An stopped and said, "This is the only way to the Ancient Sword Manor, the official road from Jiangning County to Suzhou City. It's still twenty-five miles to the Ancient Sword Manor. Those people will definitely pass through here, and we can ambush them nearby."

Su Peng looked around at the terrain. On both sides of the road were woods, not too dense, but still able to hide everyone.

"Then let's stay here... Xie An, you recognize their vehicle, right? Don't attack the wrong people," Su Peng said to Xie An, who nodded and replied, "Even if they turn to ashes, I would still recognize those people from the Ancient Sword Manor."

Ji Ming, Sun Shijia, and the others, hearing Xie An's words, also nodded and found hiding spots in the forest.

After waiting for some time, two carriages passed by, but they were just ordinary merchants, and there was no sign of the Ancient Sword Manor people.

Just as Wei Shan and Huang Yanjun were getting impatient, Xie An suddenly whistled softly, like a bird call. Everyone followed his gaze and saw a convoy coming from the direction of Green Mountain Fort.

Everyone's spirits were lifted, knowing that this was the convoy from the Ancient Sword Manor.

Su Peng, with his keen eyesight, looked at the approaching convoy and saw that it was a group of nearly forty people, similar to a security escort. There were over thirty people in uniform, who seemed to know some martial arts, escorting seven large, four-horse carriages. Six others, riding tall horses, appeared to be leaders.

"They're here!" Su Peng thought, but seeing the number of people, he felt a bit nervous. The number of people exceeded his expectations.

"How are there so many?" Wei Shan, hiding behind a large tree in front of Su Peng, muttered to himself, his hand instinctively touching the nine-ringed broadsword on his back.

"Brother Su, there are so many of them, what should we do?" Sun Shijia, hiding behind a tree not far from Su Peng, asked.

"I, Wei Shan, and Huang Yanjun will charge first, then lure them into the forest to divide and eliminate them," Su Peng said, then looked at Ji Ming, who had already climbed a tree, and whispered, "Ji Ming, it will depend on your archery skills."

Ji Ming nodded, indicating he had heard, and the others also prepared.

The nearly forty-person convoy soon arrived on the official road. At the front was a man riding a tall horse, followed by two ordinary members of the Ancient Sword Manor, clearing the way. The rest of the members escorted the carriages, with more following behind.

"Let the people in front pass, and start attacking when the carriages are in the middle," Su Peng whispered, and Sun Shijia nodded, signaling to the others.

The convoy gradually approached the ambush point. As soon as the people in front passed, Su Peng suddenly shouted, "Attack!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

Before Su Peng's words had even finished, Ji Ming, standing on the tree, shot his arrows. His archery skills were inherited from the centurion Bao Ze, and he used the same technique Bao Ze used to shoot Xie An, a three-arrow rapid-fire technique, though with a slightly longer interval, he still shot three arrows in quick succession!

"Ah!"

"Thud!"

"Ah!"

In the convoy, three ordinary members screamed and fell to the ground.

For a moment, the Ancient Sword Manor convoy was in chaos. The people did not react quickly, and Su Peng, Wei Shan with his nine-ringed broadsword, and Huang Yanjun with his bamboo sword, charged out.

"Attack!" Su Peng shouted, and the three of them rushed into the convoy. Wei Shan roared and cut down a member with one strike. Huang Yanjun, skilled with his bamboo sword, inflicted a critical hit of -146 on a member, taking him down. Su Peng used a half-form sword technique, but its offensive power was not high, only dealing -45 damage to a member without taking him down.

"Enemy attack! Don't panic! Surround them!"

At this moment, the Ancient Sword Manor people seemed to have reacted. A leader on horseback shouted loudly, urging his horse towards Su Peng and the others. The other leaders and the members escorting the carriages also surrounded Su Peng and the others.

"Go!" Su Peng shouted, dealing -43 damage to a member in front of him. Wei Shan roared and swung his broadsword, using an area-of-effect attack to knock down two or three members. Huang Yanjun followed up with two strikes and then charged into the forest with Su Peng.

"Do you think you can run?" At this moment, Su Peng suddenly heard a loud shout from behind. He felt a whistling sound, and quickly used a defensive sword stance with his Unsharpened Sword to block the attack from behind.

"Bang!"

Su Peng felt his grip on the Unsharpened Sword almost slip. The attacker was using a long-handled saber, a weapon commonly used in cavalry battles, and Su Peng barely managed to block the attack.

The attacker was one of the leaders in the convoy.

"Split the Mountain!" At this moment, Wei Shan suddenly shouted, leaping up with his nine-ringed broadsword glowing, and slashed at the leader on horseback!

"Good!" The leader shouted, suddenly turning his saber and striking Wei Shan's nine-ringed broadsword. The force of the blow, combined with the momentum of the horse, was immense, and he used a clever technique to deflect the attack. Wei Shan's skill attack was deflected, and he was thrown into the crowd of members.

The members, now fully alert, drew their weapons and attacked Wei Shan, who had been thrown off by their leader.

"Wei Shan!" Huang Yanjun shouted, leaping up over two meters, and in mid-air, his bamboo sword glowed, and he shouted, "Xiao Xiang Night Rain!"

Su Peng saw that the members within a two-meter radius around Huang Yanjun were covered in sword wounds, and some of them had their faces nearly cut in half.

"So powerful? Is this a level ten martial arts ultimate attack?" Su Peng thought.

Meanwhile, Wei Shan, who had fallen to the ground, regained his composure and shouted, "Dragon Whirl!" He held his nine-ringed broadsword with both hands and spun like a tornado, cutting down four or five members around him.

Su Peng was amazed. Wei Shan's move was definitely a killing blow, and the total damage dealt was likely around eight or nine hundred, possibly even over a thousand!

"Where are you looking?" At this moment, Su Peng felt a heavy pressure on his head. He saw the long-handled saber coming down again.

But this time, Su Peng was prepared. He used the half-form sword technique, and the Unsharpened Sword spun in the air, blocking the saber's tip. With a clever move, he deflected the saber upward.

At the same time, Su Peng felt a surge of inspiration and had already prepared a pseudo-ultimate attack. He swung his sword, and the strike went out.

... (To be continued. Please search for Piaotian Literature for better and faster updates!)

PS: I've been suffering from severe toothache these past two days, making it hard to focus on writing. I might need to get a tooth pulled. Once my tooth is treated, I will definitely have a burst of productivity.