Chapter 48

The tension ahead was palpable, with a major battle about to break out at any moment.

In this tense moment, Li Wuching was instructing his subordinates, saying, "There will surely be a battle ahead. Everyone must seize the opportunity and complete the mission. Once this scene is over, we will return to the main god space, so time is of the essence."

"Understood."

"Got it."

"Big Brother Leng, rest assured, we will."

...

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Failing to complete the mission would result in a deduction of 1,000 main god points, which was a significant pressure for all the trainees, especially Fang Junjie and Guo Siyu.

On this side, Zhang Zhaoyong felt ashamed, grateful for his cautiousness, or he would have become a ghost in the Yellow River by now. He steadied himself and shouted loudly, "You have been killing government soldiers all along, committing heinous crimes. You have come just in time. Who are you in the Red Flower Society?"

Chen Jialuo laughed and said, "You don't need to ask my name. If you recognize this weapon, you will know who I am." He turned and said, "Xinyan, bring it over."

Xinyan opened the package and placed two weapons in Chen Jialuo's hands.

One of Chen Jialuo's two unique weapons had been destroyed by Li Wuching, but he had already replaced it in the past few days.

Since the leader had taken the lead, Wuchen and the others did not compete with him.

Zhang Zhaoyong leaped off his horse, drew his sword, and approached a few steps. Just as he was about to focus, someone rushed up from behind and said, "Sir Zhang, let me deal with him."

Zhang Zhaoyong saw it was the imperial guard Zhu Zuyin. He thought it would be good to let him test the enemy and gauge the situation, so he stepped back two steps and said, "Brother Zhu, be careful."

Zhu Zuyin rushed forward and shouted, "Bold rascal, how dare you offend the imperial envoy! Take this!" He raised his saber and slashed at Chen Jialuo's leg.

Although Zhu Zuyin was an imperial guard and had considerable skills, he was no match for Chen Jialuo's top-notch abilities.

Chen Jialuo blocked Zhu Zuyin's saber with his shield and raised his right hand, sending five ropes with steel balls at the end flying towards him.

Zhu Zuyin was greatly alarmed, knowing the danger. He leaped up, but the ropes caught him from behind, and he felt a numbness in his back. He realized it was bad, and his feet were already entangled by the ropes.

Chen Jialuo pulled him up, holding him upside down, and then released him. Zhu Zuyin flew out and was about to crash into a rock, which would have split his head open.

Zhang Zhaoyong, seeing the enemy's agility, knew Zhu Zuyin was no match. He stepped in front of the rock, extended his left hand, grabbed Zhu Zuyin's braid, and lifted him, patting his chest and dantian to release the pressure points. He said, "Brother Zhu, go rest for a while."

Zhu Zuyin was terrified and could not speak.

Zhang Zhaoyong held his green jade sword and leaped to Chen Jialuo's side, saying, "You are young, yet you have such skills. Who is your master?"

Xinyan called out from the side, "Don't act like an old man. Who is your master?"

Zhang Zhaoyong angrily said, "Ignorant brat, talking nonsense."

Xinyan said, "You don't recognize our young master's weapon. If you kowtow to me three times, I'll teach you."

Zhang Zhaoyong ignored him and thrust his sword at Chen Jialuo's right shoulder. Chen Jialuo flipped his rope over the sword, wrapped it around, and pushed his shield forward, striking Zhang Zhaoyong in the face.

Zhang Zhaoyong wielded the green jade sword with the Soft Cloud Sword Technique, using continuous, fluid movements to defend and attack, engaging Chen Jialuo's unique weapons in a fierce battle.

At this moment, Luo Bing and Jiang Sigen had already landed and approached the Qing soldiers. The soldiers shot arrows like a swarm of locusts, but both of them deflected them.

Jiang Sigen wielded his iron paddle and charged into the soldiers, smashing the brains of the first two. The others scattered.

Luo Bing followed closely behind, rushing to a large cart. Cheng Huang, holding a staff, rushed over to block her, engaging Jiang Sigen in battle.

Luo Bing ran to a large cart, lifted the curtain, and called out, "Big Brother, are you here?"

In this cart was the severely injured Yu Yutong. In his daze, he suddenly heard Luo Bing's voice, thinking he was in a dream or that he had died and met her in the afterlife. He said joyfully, "You're here too!"

Luo Bing, in a hurry, realized it wasn't her husband's voice, though the voice was very familiar. She didn't have time to think and ran to the second cart.

Just as she was about to lift the curtain, a saw-toothed saber slashed from the right. She blocked it with her right saber and struck the enemy's right shoulder and right leg with her left saber.

Under the moonlight, Luo Bing recognized the attacker as one of the eight guards who had captured her husband in Suzhou. She was filled with hatred, and her saber movements became even more intense.

Rui Dalin, having seen her flying saber skills, wielded his saw-toothed saber faster and faster, preventing her from finding an opportunity to use her flying saber.

After a short while, two more guards joined the battle, and the soldiers surrounded Jiang Sigen and Luo Bing.

Suddenly, a whistle was heard, and four horsemen charged from the northeast. The lead rider was the Nine Lives Leopard Wei Chunhua, followed by Zhang Jin, Yang Chengxie, and Zhou Qi.

Wei Chunhua wielded his twin hooks, protecting his face, and galloped forward. Under the moonlight, his black horse looked like a wisp of black smoke, charging into the Qing soldiers.

Arrows rained down, and the black horse was hit in the neck but, in pain, galloped even faster, kicking a Qing soldier in the chest with its front hoof.

Wei Chunhua leaped off his horse, and with a cry of "Ah!" two Qing soldiers were impaled by his twin hooks, which then struck Rui Dalin in the back.

Rui Dalin left Luo Bing and turned to face the new enemy. Zhang Jin and the others also charged in, and the soldiers could not stop them, scattering in all directions.

In a moment, the scene became chaotic, with blood flowing in the melee. Li Wuching felt the time was right and shouted, "If we don't fight now, when will we?"

As he spoke, several horsemen charged out from behind Li Wuching, using the momentum of their horses to attack the fleeing soldiers.

Seeing the intensifying battle, Guo Siyu felt timid and hesitant to advance. However, under the urging of Fan Qi and Liu Juan, she finally gritted her teeth and charged forward.

Even Guo Siyu had charged in, and no matter what, Fang Junjie, being a man, had to follow. Pushed to the limit, he could not help but charge forward.

Seeing all ten of them enter the battle, Li Wuching nodded in approval and followed on horseback, but he rarely intervened, mainly to watch over them.

The mission Li Wuching had taken on was worth 500 main god points per person, but if anyone died, 1,000 points would be deducted. Therefore, he had to keep an eye on them.

In the chaos of battle, anything could happen, especially with the Qing soldiers' bows and arrows, which posed the greatest threat to the trainees with weaker skills. One misstep could result in an arrow wound.

Riding his horse, Li Wuching moved through the battlefield as if walking in the rain, where the rain was arrows. He deflected the arrows with ease.