Chapter 77 - One Man Army
Chapter 77: One Man Army
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Finally, they heard the sound of galloping horses in the distance.
The noises sounded chaotic.
“Get ready”
Xu Ning noticed the sounds. He then immediately gave out an order.
“The sound of horse steps is chaotic, so everyone be careful.”
Xu Ning reminded everyone.
Instantly, everyone was ready to fight.
They immediately mounted on their horses, with their reins and weapons in hand, as they stared into the distance..
Soon, a team of people appeared.
There were more than a dozen people in this team, and the leader of the team happened to be Xu Ning’s former rival, Tan Fengying from the Tan Village.
Behind Tan Fengying were Black Armored Guards and city guards.
In the middle of the guards, there were several people in silk clothing, also riding on horses.
The group of people and horses looked dirty, their faces full of dust.
However, there was no blood on their weapons and clothing, and no one was injured either. It looked unlikely for a battle to have happened.
While galloping on their horses, Tan Fengying looked back, as if to determine whether someone was chasing him.
“Tan Fengying?”
Xu Ning was a little surprised to see that the leader was Tan Fengying.
But he didn’t stop, he instead rode his horse to greet him.
“Xu Ning?”
After seeing Xu Ning, Tan Fengying also recognized him instantly.
“We’re safe now!”
The moment he saw Xu Ning, Tan Fengying breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he lost to Xu Ning in the past and was demoted to a cyan plate, Tan Fengying did not hold much hatred for Xu Ning. In fact, he recognized Xu Ning’s strength from the bottom of his heart.
“Lieutenant Xu!”
Tan Fengying pulled his reins and said anxiously, “There are soldiers pursuing behind us, more than 20 of them. They stopped chasing in order to search for our lost carriage, but now, they are catching up.”
“Thank you, you should escort the people back to the county city first. We will follow the team to cover for you.”
Xu Ning said without hesitation.
When Tan Fengying heard this, he nodded. “Thank you so much!”
Tan Fengying pulled the reins and led the team forward.
The Maple Lane Guard Station team followed behind the escort team.
“Look at how cumbersome this is.”
Xu Ning noticed that those people who were escorted were all dressed in long robes, making it inconvenient for them to ride on horseback.
Obviously, they came here by carriage, but they had encountered enemies on the road. As the carriages were too slow, they had to get on the guard horses and flee quickly.
‘After they ditched their carriage, they probably lost a lot of their belongings. If they don’t have any money on them, I’m afraid that once they reach Kangyun County safely, their life will still be in danger…’
Xu Ning guessed what would happen to the wealthy businessman and their families once they reached Kangyun County.
“What?”
Xu Ning suddenly heard the sound of horses galloping from behind him.
The pursuing soldiers were here.
“After chasing them for so long, they are still not giving up?”
Xu Ning held the reins and said to Tao Qingping, Song Weiyi and the others, “Continue to follow the escort team, I will stay behind.”
“Master!”
Song Weiyi responded immediately, “I’ll be with you.”
“Me too.”
Tao Qingping responded quickly.
“You will just be a liability if you stay behind.”
Xu Ning said nonchalantly.
In fact, Xu Ning alone was enough.
Since he was in the pneumatic realm, as long as he didn’t encounter any higher-realm opponents, basically no one could defeat him. Even if there were more than twenty enemies, Xu Ning would be fine.
“Um…”
Tao Qingping and Song Weiyi looked at each other, but they still listened to their orders helplessly.
“Be careful.”
Tao Qingping and Song Weiyi turned around and caught up with the escort team.
Xu Ning was riding a war horse, blocking the middle of the road, waiting for the arrival of the pursuing soldiers.
Soon after, another group of people appeared in Xu Ning’s field of vision.
Like Tan Fengying said, there were more than 20 soldiers.
The soldiers were also in black armor, but there were three blood scratches on their chests.
“Someone is blocking the way!”
The leader of the rebel soldiers noticed Xu Ning.
“A Black Armored Guards Lieutenant!”
The leader of the pursuing soldiers was also a member of the Black Armored Guards. Xu Ning recognized his uniform.
“What should we do, Boss? Are we stopping?”
A soldier next to him also noticed that there was a Black Armored Guards Lieutenant blocking the way, so he asked quickly.
A Black Armored Guards Lieutenant was at least a man in the mortal realm fourth stage.
No one in the rebel soldiers team was strong enough to contend against such a person.
The leader weighed his options, before finally he made a decision. “Retreat!”
In fact, the leader was not certain whether Xu Ning, who was blocking the way, was a real lieutenant, or just someone wearing the uniform of a lieutenant.
After all, Xu Ning looked too young.
But because they had been pursuing the escort team for so long, they were afraid that Kangyun County would send backup. If that were to happen, they would be in a dangerous situation.
“Retreat!”
The leader shouted again.
He was a little disappointed.
After all, he began to retreat after seeing just one opponent. He felt like he was being overly cautious.
“They are retreating?”
Xu Ning didn’t expect the other party to be so decisive.
But Xu Ning had decided not to let them go.
Kangyun County was in a state of war preparation, so killing enemy rebels would be considered military merit.
“Go!”
Xu Ning chased after them on his horse.
“Boss, that lieutenant is chasing after us!”
One of the rebel soldiers panicked.
Since he was ready to confront more than 20 people with just him alone, he must be a real lieutenant.
“We’re in trouble!”
The rebel soldier leader was annoyed. He looked back at Xu Ning and clenched his jaw. “Stop running, we’ll turn around and fight him!”
The leader was not being completely reckless in making such a decision.
There were more than twenty of them on their side. Moreover, they had three martial artists in the muscle bone realm.
If this was a one-on-one fight, they definitely would have no chance of winning, but at the moment, although their strength was relatively lower, they had a numbers advantage.
Although there was a big difference in strength between them, even if the opponent was a mortal realm ninth stage, there was a limited amount of people they could fight at once.
Moreover, the leader and others in the group had undergone special combat training. If they were in the right formation, they would definitely be able to kill a qi realm warrior.
Since Xu Ning was so young, they thought that he must have only recently advanced to the qi realm.
“Set up in formation! Get ready to fight!”
The leader shouted.
“Fighting back?”
Xu Ning saw the enemies turning around and began to rush towards him with killing intent.
Xu Ning did not panic. He just picked up his longbow and grabbed a few arrows from his quiver, before pulling on the bow string.
He hadn’t used his archery technique in a long time, but he planned to pull it out again.
Whoosh!
He shot an arrow.
The arrow directly pierced through one of the soldier’s throats, and the soldier instantly fell off their horse.
Although his Light Feather Bow Technique was only in the elementary realm, Xu Nind had now been promoted to the pneumatic realm. At this point, his strength and accuracy had been greatly increased. Moreover, since he reached the perfection realm in the Gale Knife Technique, Xu Ning was extremely sensitive to the airflow around him.
With that, even Xu Ning’s elementary realm Light Feather Bow Technique was lethal.
Woosh!
Woosh!
In the blink of an eye, more arrows flew out in the air.
The soldiers continued to fall down one by one.
The formation of soldiers had now completely collapsed.
“Boss, let’s run away in separate directions!”
Finally, someone broke down.
Even though they were brave, more than half of their teammates had been killed before they could fight back.
Once their formation was broken, they would definitely be killed by this young lieutenant.
The leader was full of anger, his jaw clenched. “Retreat!”
After receiving the order, the formation scattered and they quickly fled.
Everyone chose to flee in a different direction. Their movements were very skillful. They obviously had practiced fleeing away before.
Seeing this, Xu Ning immediately pursued.
The remaining soldiers were clearly leaders of the rebel team.
Woosh! Woosh! Woosh!
Although Xu Ning was on horseback, he could still shoot arrows with accuracy.
Xu Ning was getting close to the soldier leader.
He drew his bowstring again.
Whoosh!
He shot out another arrow.