Chapter 11

He couldn't break free!

Buyeon's hands and legs were tied to the wooden stake, and even his neck was wrapped with several layers of rope, making it extremely difficult to exert force. Moreover, the hemp rope used to bind him was specifically designed for restraining wild animals, so even though his physical strength was three times that of a normal person, he couldn't break free.

Only by activating the Heart Cloud and Blood Star!

Although his body would glow when he did so, the village defense team members were all on the other side of the wall, facing away from him, and there was no way they could see it. The only ones who could see his unusual condition were the young and strong villagers rushing over from the village, and he didn't think they would dare to do anything to him.

At this critical moment, Buyeon no longer hesitated!

Buyeon focused his mind on the Heart Cloud and Blood Star, let out a low roar, and suddenly activated them!

Almost everyone has had such an experience: in the morning, when you are reluctant to get out of bed, your body and mind seem to be out of your control, feeling particularly heavy. However, once the alarm clock rings or something unexpected happens, you instantly become alert, and the whole process takes less than a second. After regaining alertness, the heavy body and mind naturally come back under control. This change in the body and mind is actually a form of activation, where external stimuli instantly connect the nerves, restoring control.

The Heart Cloud and Blood Star are the same. Since their awakening, they have become real entities, dormant within Buyeon's body. Unlike the heart and lungs, which can only passively change their state (for example, the heart rate increases during intense exercise, and the lungs breathe more heavily), the Heart Cloud and Blood Star can be actively activated.

Buyeon truly felt that the Heart Cloud and Blood Star were like eight motors, one large and seven small, inside his body. Once activated, they would make his body run at full speed!

"Break open!"

For the first time in history, from the outside, a faint light emanated from the area of Buyeon's heart, like the distant, indistinct nebula in the night sky!

The Heart Cloud is the largest but the darkest.

Immediately after, seven clearly brighter green stars lit up in Buyeon's chest and abdomen, each identical to real stars! They were not on the same plane but were arranged in a three-dimensional, staggered pattern within Buyeon's body, four in the lungs and three in the kidneys, forming a small constellation!

As this process unfolded, a faint "creaking" sound came from Buyeon's body, and he seemed to swell slightly!

A mysterious and powerful aura unique to the awakened beings of this world emanated from within him, and Buyeon's presence was clearly different.

The young and strong villagers running from Buyeon to the village gate finally noticed something was wrong. As they ran, they saw the stars lighting up inside Buyeon's body. They all widened their eyes and opened their mouths, almost unable to make a sound, for the scene was truly astonishing...

However, Buyeon had no time to pay attention to them, and they couldn't keep staring at him either, as the more than fifty dragon mammoths had already rushed within a hundred meters of the village gate!

"Ooh... Ooh..."

"Yah..."

The dragon mammoths did not stop but continued to charge forward! Their bodies resembled ordinary horses but were much more robust, all uniformly dark brown, and from the side, they looked like bison!

Apart from the three leaders of the village defense team, the best archers were the Xia brothers, Chen and Guang. At this moment, the two brothers finally released their arrows simultaneously!

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

The sharp whistling sound grew louder and then softer, and the black arrows with iron tips flew like lightning, heading straight for the leading Mangshan bandits!

A hundred meters is a distance that requires pre-judgment to hit accurately, but it also gave the Mangshan bandits time to react. Although the Xia brothers' arrows were fast, one of the Mangshan bandits on the dragon mammoth swung his knife and deflected the arrow with a "clang," while another, more terrifyingly, reached out and caught the arrow in mid-air! The second person who caught the arrow was definitely a Heart Cloud Awakened!

Hong Zhongwei judged that the Mangshan bandits were definitely going to crash through the village gate and roared, "Village defense team, form up!!!"

The village defense team consisted of twenty people, but one, Yang Yuanda, was dead, and another, Buyeon, was tied up. At this moment, only eighteen remained. Among the eighteen, a lame old man had not yet arrived, and two were left on the arrow tower, leaving only fifteen to form up.

The fifteen people crouched, one hand holding a shield and the other raising a spear, looking very well-trained. Hong Zhongwei and Liang Xiong were also among them, adding to their imposing presence. However, compared to the more than fifty Mangshan bandits charging forward with a "rumbling" sound, even with the village gate as a barrier, they still seemed somewhat thin.

The only thing that could slightly bolster the village defense team's morale was the male laborers in the village. Although they were all trembling with fear, they did not retreat and stood behind the village defense team.

Buyeon looked forward, and his bound arms exerted force to the sides. After activating the Heart Cloud and Blood Star, his strength was more than five times that of a normal person, approaching six times, and saying he had a thousand pounds of strength would be an understatement. This six times was based on the strength of the well-trained, healthy, and robust Buyeon in this world!

"Creeping!"

The hemp rope made an unpleasant sound, but it was drowned out by the sound of the dragon mammoths' hooves. The skin on Buyeon's wrists had been rubbed raw, and blood was seeping out, but he couldn't afford to care.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

"Ah..."

The Mangshan bandits had already charged to within fifty meters of the village gate. The Xia brothers on the arrow tower released their arrows again, this time deliberately avoiding the Heart Cloud Awakened in front, and finally hit a target.

The Mangshan bandit hit by the arrow fell off the dragon mammoth and was about to be trampled to death by the ones behind, but unexpectedly, the dragon mammoths deftly moved to the sides, maintaining their speed.

The Xia brothers didn't have time to shoot a third round of arrows. The five leading Mangshan bandits simultaneously reached back and pulled out hand axes, throwing them at the arrow tower with the momentum of their charge!

"Whoosh! Whistling..."

The hand axes spun through the air, making a more震撼ing sound than the arrows. One of the axes was clearly much faster than the other four, heading straight for Xia Chen on the left side of the arrow tower, almost reaching him as the sound did.

Xia Chen tried to dodge, but there was no way he could. With a "thud," Xia Chen didn't even make a sound as the hand axe struck him just below the neck and the force of the blow sent him backward. The arrow tower was small, and Xia Chen's back hit the railing, causing him to fall straight down, clearly dead.

"Brother!!!"

Xia Guang roared in grief and anger but, at this critical moment, did not act foolishly. He almost immediately jumped down from the arrow tower.

The four hand axes behind all struck the arrow tower, one of which even severed a pillar, causing the roof to collapse.

"Snap!"

Xia Guang's feet landed, and he rolled forward to dissipate the momentum, his eyes filled with sorrow as he glanced at Xia Chen's body before rushing toward the village defense team.

"Creeping!"

The angle at which Buyeon's wrists were spread had clearly increased, and the top layer of hemp rope was as hard as iron, its resilience reaching its limit!

With a low roar in his heart, Buyeon exerted more force! This time, he even subtly used the power of the small star in his right forearm that had not yet awakened!

This time, the force was no less than two thousand pounds!

"Snap!!"

The top layer of hemp rope around Buyeon's wrists snapped!

Although only one layer broke, the others loosened, and Buyeon quickly shook off the rope around his wrists, raised his hands, and reached behind his head to untie the rope around his neck.

At this moment, a sudden whistling sound erupted!

"Whoosh! Whistling..."

"Whoosh! Whistling..."

"Bang!!"

"Bang!!"

It turned out that the Mangshan bandits, while charging forward, collectively threw their hand axes, all aimed at the village gate! The village gate, made of round logs, trembled continuously, and splinters flew as the logs broke one by one!

In a moment, the village gate was on the verge of collapse, though it hadn't fallen yet, it had no defensive power left.

At this point, the village gate no longer blocked the view, and the figures of the dragon mammoths and Mangshan bandits outside were clearly visible!

The leader of the Mangshan bandits, with a bare, muscular upper body, face painted with oil, and three long bird feathers in his hair, lifted a black mace at least two meters long from the dragon mammoth, using the momentum of the charge to sweep it toward the village gate!

"Whistling... Bang!!"

"Crash!"

In front of the black mace, the already precarious village gate was like paper, and a large hole was immediately smashed open. The dragon mammoth carrying the leader charged through the hole, and its robust body made the hole even larger.

"Bang!!"

"Crash!"

"Bang!!"

The second and third Mangshan bandits followed, completely smashing the village gate and charging toward the village defense team, which had formed up!

"Throw the spears!!!" Hong Zhongwei roared at this moment.

The sixteen members of the village defense team formed two rows. The front row, holding shields, crouched even lower, and the back row threw their spears first. Eight two-meter-long brown wooden spears were thrown with all the strength of the village defense team, creating a formidable presence! Moreover, the distance between their formation and the leading Mangshan bandits was only twenty meters, making it even harder for the Mangshan bandits to react.

The speed of one spear was so fast that it couldn't be described in words, leaving the other seven behind, and it pierced into the Mangshan bandit ranks like lightning.

"Ah!!"

The spear pierced through the upper body of a Mangshan bandit, but its momentum was still strong, and it continued to fly backward, carrying blood droplets with it!