Chapter 355: Chapter 355: Saving Lan Xin (Third Update)
Yang Xiao rode the Flame Horse to an open area; how could the mutated boar catch up with the Flame Horse?
In the blink of an eye, the boar ran hundreds of meters away, following the Flame Horse, with several guards from the Shenming Mountain Sect closely pursuing from behind.
Suddenly, Yang Xiao pulled on the reins, turned around, and charged toward the boar. He intended to use the Sweeping Void skill on the boar, but the junior female disciples from Shenming Mountain Sect were following too closely. It would be troublesome if he accidentally hurt them.
Yang Xiao took out the Golden Eagle Bow, bent the bow and nocked an arrow, aiming straight for the boar’s eyes, then without bothering to see if the arrow hit, he quickly released another arrow, firing them in quick succession.
While the Flame Horse began to encircle the boar, regardless of how the boar attacked Yang Xiao, the Flame Horse relied on its speed advantage to maintain a certain distance from the boar.
The boar’s Defensive Light Shield had long since disappeared. Without its invincible defense mode, Yang Xiao’s arrows were too numerous, and each arrow would split into ten. Furthermore, Yang Xiao kept changing the elemental attacks, using Fire Element Arrows, Ice Element Arrows, and Electric Arrows interchangeably. Eventually, the boar struggled to keep up and was gradually shot with dozens of arrows, with Yang Xiao specifically targeting the boar’s head.
Half an hour later, the boar’s head was full of arrows. Although the arrows penetrated only about ten centimeters deep and were not fatal to the boar’s massive body, the sheer quantity was overwhelming!
Yang Xiao’s archery left the junior female disciples from Shenming Mountain Sect utterly dumbfounded.
At the beginning, the junior sisters went forward to help Yang Xiao and slashed at the boar with over a dozen arrows. Later, when they saw senior sister Lan Xin sitting on the horse, clutching Yang Xiao tightly in a look of enjoyment, the junior sisters simply stopped attacking and stepped aside to watch the excitement.
Yang Xiao couldn’t afford to be distracted; he could only continue shooting while thinking, are these girls out of their minds? Are they all standing by just to watch my performance?
Pfft!
When the boar was switching its Defensive Light Screen, it was caught off-guard, and an arrow struck its eye, causing it to roar in pain.
The boar could activate Defensive Light Shields, but when it used it to block its head, Yang Xiao would shoot at the neck; when it defended the neck, he’d aim for the head, leaving the boar unable to cope.
After an arrow hit the boar’s eye, the tide of the battle changed dramatically, and Yang Xiao landed several more shots in quick succession.
Pfft!
Yang Xiao shot an arrow into the boar’s other eye, and immediately, the boar became blind and started running around wildly.
Yang Xiao followed the boar on the Flame Horse, shooting one arrow after another, this time specifically targeting the boar’s knees and legs.
A short while later, the boar’s legs were also full of arrows.
Finally, the boar grew tired and could no longer support itself, collapsing to the ground with a thud. Lying there, it bubbled blood from its mouth and cried out.
Yang Xiao stopped shooting; he had fired at least four hundred arrows, and it was only now that he felt his arms ache from the effort.
Then, he felt a tender body pressed against his back, and with a laugh said:
"Is it comfortable hugging me? Don’t want to let go?"
Lan Xin was actually quite enjoying herself hugging Yang Xiao.
Lan Xin entered Shenming Mountain Sect at a young age to learn martial arts. Shenming Mountain Sect was divided into the Southern Sect and the Northern Sect, and she belonged to the Southern Sect, which was exclusively female. She had limited contact with boys from a young age, as she completed her martial arts training on the mountain.
In the rapidly developing modern society before the apocalypse, Lan Xin had grown up in a classical environment. Although Shenming Mountain Sect had internet and computers, and they often went online to learn about the outside world, fundamentally speaking, she was a very traditional girl.
She was quite conservative regarding the opposite sex and male-female relationships, which was one of the reasons for her aloofness towards outsiders.
Yesterday, Yang Xiao’s bravery in rescuing Zhi Ruo, and charging into the orange light defense circle, only to knock her down, stirred a peculiar feeling inside her.
Yang Xiao’s courage, wit, impressive combat power, generosity in sharing the spoils, and relatively handsome appearance all left a good impression on her.
In a moment of urgency, Yang Xiao saved her, and as she sat on the galloping Flame Horse, she couldn’t help but hold Yang Xiao tightly.
All these experiences gave Lan Xin a special feeling, and her fondness for Yang Xiao increased substantially.
Yang Xiao had fired more than four hundred arrows, which impressed her immensely.
Lan Xin and her fellow disciples from Tian Shang Sect were watching Yang Xiao’s archery performance, their admiration for him flowing like an endless river.
Especially Lan Xin, she was holding the hero of her dreams.
Caught off guard by Yang Xiao’s words, Lan Xin quickly let go of her embrace, her face flushed with embarrassment as she pouted:
"Weren’t you the one who asked me to hold onto you just now?"
Yang Xiao smiled, dismounted the horse, and then extended his hand to Lan Xin on the horseback.
Lan Xin didn’t know why, but she obediently extended her hand to Yang Xiao. Though her heart wanted to pull her hand back, it was caught by Yang Xiao. Feeling no need for pretense, she jumped down from the horse.
Yang Xiao caught Lan Xin in his arms.
Their eyes met, causing a trembling in both of their hearts.
Yang Xiao set her down, then took out a porcelain bottle containing Small Blood Pills from his Space Ring, poured out a pill, and handed it to Lan Xin. Lan Xin thanked him and put the pill into her mouth.
The nearby disciples from Shenming Mountain Sect felt like thunderstruck, staring blankly at their senior sister Lan Xin.
"Has Senior Sister been bewitched?"
"I feel she’s not acting normal."
"Yeah, last time Zhang Hai accidentally touched her waist, and she almost unsheathed her sword to chop off his hand."
"This time is different, first hugging Young Master Yang, then being held by him, and she’s showing such a tender and gentle demeanor. When have you ever seen Senior Sister so gentle with any other man?"
"Never, the senior brothers from the Northern Sect have been trying to win her favor and please her all day long, and Senior Sister has only replied with polite courtesy, it’s even hard to get a smile from her."
"The master once said, Senior Sister Lan Xin has an extremely high talent and is the only person in a hundred years possibly capable of comprehending the last three moves of the Divine Mountain Sword Skill, even the great uncle from the Northern Sect thinks so."
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These girls have grown up playing with Lan Xin since they were young, with a deep affection towards each other, close as sisters.
They were all speculating like that, but actually, with Yang Xiao’s sensitivity, he had already heard them, and even Lan Xin had heard.
Yang Xiao looked at Lan Xin and teased:
"You’ve grown so big and beautiful, don’t tell me you still don’t have a boyfriend?"
Lan Xin rolled her eyes at Yang Xiao, then turned her head fiercely towards those disciples:
"Have you all gone stupid? Seeing Senior Sister injured and not even caring to ask?"
One disciple immediately laughed and said:
"Well, Young Master Yang is here to take care of you, hehe!"
Yang Xiao smiled and took out the Longquan Spear, walking towards the huge boar lying on the ground in the distance.
"Young, Young Master Yang!"
Lan Xin suddenly called out with concern.
Yang Xiao paused, turned back and asked:
"What is it?"
"Ah, nothing, just, be careful, the wild boar might not be completely dead, watch out for it biting back at you."
"Mhm, thanks!"