Chapter 522: Chapter 232: Rescue, Deception, and Xia City in Turmoil
From start to finish, his goal was not to kill, but to create an opportunity for Li Xuantiang, or more accurately, for his three descendants to escape.
Relief flashed in Peng Bo’s eyes, and he closed his eyes, ready to face death.
Clang......
However, in the next second, a loud noise erupted from in front of him.
"Who goes there!"
Hearing Han Jiuli’s angry and startled voice, Peng Bo quickly opened his eyes and was shocked to see a double-edged giant axe in front of him. Looking up along the axe handle, he realized it was a robust, black-clad, masked man who had saved him.
"He’s definitely someone from Long Mountain, don’t waste words with him, kill Peng Bo!"
Wu Xiong wielded a long staff and approached fiercely, without a word wasted, directly swinging down at Peng Bo.
Han Jiuli reacted quickly as well. If Peng Bo didn’t die today, the Hanqiong and Wushuang families would probably never sleep peacefully again, so he also stopped questioning the identity of the black-clad man and drew his sword to continue attacking Peng Bo.
"Heh heh, I’m here, and you still want to kill!"
The voice of the black-clad man was unexpectedly young. Seeing the two continue to press forward, he drew the giant axe, spinning it horizontally at high speed, carving out a circular ring of axe blades around himself.
Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh......
The circular axe blades almost solidified, impervious to wind or water, whipping up a fierce wind that raised the snow on the ground several meters high, creating an overwhelmingly terrifying momentum.
Despite this, Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli still charged straight ahead.
Clang... Clang......
The staff and sword clashed with the axe blades simultaneously, producing two showers of sparks. Although they managed to momentarily halt the circular motion, Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli’s faces turned significantly more serious.
"Power approaching five manes!"
"Which one from Long Mountain is he? It’s getting difficult to kill Peng Bo now..."
Both of them had the power of seven manes, so handling someone of the Cold Resistance Level at five manes was normally no issue, but the key was that this black-clad man was here to rescue Peng Bo.
"I’m risking my life to save you, why are you standing there dazed?"
Hearing the black-clad man’s voice, Peng Bo quickly came to his senses, pulling out the arrows stuck in him, and raised his Ghost Head Great Saber, standing beside him.
"Thank you, brother, for saving my life!"
Whoosh......
"The leader was indeed right. The giant axe is heavy, has a wide attack range, and huge inertia. Its advantage is fighting against multiple opponents, but one-on-one is not ideal."
Yuan Cheng stopped his giant axe, steadied his numb hands. Having collided with a master of seven manes for the first time, his face behind the mask showed no fear, but rather excitement.
"Just save Peng Bo, don’t reveal your identity, don’t say anything no matter what others ask, save Peng Bo, and directly bring him to the Beehive!"
Recalling the orders Xia Chuan had just given, Yuan Cheng gripped the giant axe, moved a bit closer to Peng Bo, and stared straight at Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli ahead, suppressing the growing battle intent in his eyes.
Bang......
As the four of them remained locked in a standoff, another loud noise erupted from the periphery.
Aside from Yuan Cheng, the other three couldn’t help but glance over.
Li Xuantiang and his group, who had just escaped the outer buildings, were suddenly forced back.
The loud noise was caused by He Tu among the three, kicked back by someone, crashing through a house.
Li Xuantiang was forced back by an Iron Arrow shot at him.
He initially intended to catch it with his bare hands, but as it approached his face, he realized the arrow had a powerful air current behind it, sensing its astonishing power, he immediately dodged to the side.
"Who is it!"
From the south, three people walked in slowly, the one in the middle clad in black, appearing young, carrying a giant broad sword on his back, and holding a sturdy longbow, clearly the one who had just shot the arrow to force back Li Xuantiang.
They didn’t recognize the young man in black, but the two people following him were shockingly familiar, Chen Yingba and Wu Tianxing.
Seeing the two Cold Resistance Level members from their side arriving, and Chen Yingyuan holding a baby in his arms, he couldn’t help but show a hint of joy, but immediately thought of something, and his expression turned solemn.
"Brother, the Beehive has been taken by Zhaoyang, our people have all been controlled, and Long Mountain is about to fall, you shouldn’t stick with Li Xuantiang and the others."
Chen Yingba stepped forward two steps, speaking endearingly yet bitterly to Chen Yingyuan.
Hearing this, Chen Yingyuan’s expression instantly darkened.
This was about what he had guessed.
Leaving aside Chen Yingyuan’s reaction, Li Xuantiang, He Tu, and Peng Bo, who had just been saved by Yuan Cheng, upon hearing Chen Yingba’s words, their expressions changed greatly, and their eyes began to flicker.
"Hahahaha, may I ask which brother from Zhaoyang has arrived?"
Han Jiuli and Wu Xiong’s reactions were completely opposite, bursting into excited laughter, bowing towards the leader from the south as they spoke.
"Zhaoyang’s Lin Ye, Lord Hou Ming was worried that Long Mountain would attack Yang Lu, and specifically ordered me to bring Chen and Wu to assist Leader Wu and Leader Han."
Yuwen Dao laughed heartily, returning the bow to Wu Han with a subtle cold gleam flickering in his eyes, unnoticed by anyone.
"Among the four Cold Resistance Levels attacking the Beehive, Hou Ming, Hou Bing, Hou Ying, Wu Xiong, and Han Jiuli have seen them all. Only Lin Ye has not, and your power is similar to Lin Ye’s, so just disguise as Lin Ye, and with Chen Yingba and Wu Tianxing, pretend to assist them, with Chen Yingba first persuading Chen Yingyuan, then controlling those three children. Also, remember to kill..."
Recalling Xia Chuan’s instructions, Yuwen Dao turned his head to look at Li Xuantiang’s group, forced back by him, focusing intently on He Tu in the middle, whose power was just that of the Three-maned level.