She stopped running, and the next moment, she decisively changed direction, went around a small path, and ran into a camphor tree forest.
She retrieved the crossbow she had buried by following the marks she had deliberately left behind. This crossbow was the one Qiu had given her for her mission.
She slung her quiver over her shoulder, picked up her crossbow, and returned to the original path, continuing her journey toward the beacon tower.
But this time, she had weapons to fight back, and naturally felt more confident.
She cheered herself up.
This time, she wanted to do everything she could to protect these artisans.
Yuwen Sheng entrusted the construction and the people to her, so she was no longer just an ordinary craftswoman; she had this responsibility and obligation.
Even if those reasons weren't taken into account, most of these people had spent a lot of time with her and would greet her warmly as "Sang Gong" whenever they met. She didn't want to see familiar people die tragically in front of her again.
Halfway up the mountain path, she was already drenched in sweat and panting heavily. She looked up and saw that the beacon tower was about to be reached, but before the joy in her eyes could even show, she heard a whoosh of wind rushing towards her.
She turned her head and caught a glimpse of a blurry figure almost in front of her. She quickly rolled away and narrowly avoided it.
kick!
A short wooden gun passed her by and plunged deep into the ground.
Zheng Quchi's pupils constricted.
Her recent diligent practice of "flexible bone techniques" finally played a crucial role in the crisis, unknowingly improving her agility considerably.
Otherwise, even if she caught a glimpse of the gunshot, she probably wouldn't have been able to dodge it.
This short gun wouldn't have appeared here for no reason, and it almost took her life. Zheng Quchi looked around and saw that four nomadic barbarians were already guarding the beacon tower.
When they saw Zheng Quchi, they made no attempt to hide the contempt and mockery in their eyes, and they rattled off a bunch of things.
Although Zheng Quchi did not understand these slang terms, he understood what they meant.
She slowly took out an arrow, nocked it on the crossbow, and braced herself, ready to fire: "How exactly did you barbarians get in here?"
The previous massacre served as a warning to the entire Fuxian County and the important border town, making it impossible for them to remain inactive.
But now these nomadic barbarians are swaggering in again, without any sign of fighting or combat, and their scale far exceeds the previous probing. It seems as if they are confident about this battle, so she can't help but be suspicious.
“Ula Gugu Dabuli”.
A nomadic barbarian spoke to her at length.
Zheng Quchi didn't know if he understood what she was saying, but after carefully studying his pronunciation and vocabulary, she found them completely unfamiliar.
Since we can't communicate with each other, let's not waste our breath.
Recalling the shot that had just been thrown, Zheng Quchi's light brown eyes burned like flames as he raised his crossbow and aimed at the man's forehead: "Shut up, you birdman."
Whoosh—a blur of light streaked through the air. Before the four nomadic barbarians even saw her take any aiming stance, she sprang into action, pulled the trigger, and fired—all in a second. The arrow had already struck one of their foreheads.
Bang!
The person who fell to the ground was one of the nomadic barbarians who had been spewing vulgarities at Zheng Quchi.
His eyes were wide open before he died, and he still had that expression after death, his face covered in blood.
"Ah ah—Hula, quack quack quack!"
Seeing their companion fall dead, the remaining three nomadic barbarians turned pale at first, but were then enraged by the bloody scene. They drew their curved swords and charged at her.
Zheng Quchi took several steps back.
The three men were positioned too far apart and were moving around. Perhaps knowing that her archery skills were not simple, they held their scimitars in front of them and quickly swung them to protect their vital parts as they approached her.
Zheng Quchi analyzed that she could not kill three people at the same time, but if she only killed one person, the other two would be able to seize the opportunity to capture her.
The only option now is to retreat temporarily and wait for another opportunity to shoot.
She put away her bow and crossbow, turned around and ran back. She was quick and fast, and the three nomadic barbarians, who were always on guard against her shooting arrows, were cautious in their footing. The distance between them increased, and they couldn't catch her for a while.
“Guruda baka”.
Behind him, another nomadic barbarian roared in fury. At that moment, Zheng Quchi suddenly stopped, turned around, and fired an arrow at the nomadic barbarian without warning.
The three nomadic barbarians were terrified by her antics, their faces turning deathly pale. They didn't know which one of them had been hit by her arrow, but in any case, they didn't feel any pain in any part of their bodies.
Then, after their dazed minds finally calmed down, they realized that the arrow had only passed by them and had not hit any of them.
Immediately, they all revealed smug smiles.
They believed that the short man was just bluffing and trying to scare people.
But in a second, blood rained down and splattered into the eyes of the two people next to them.
Everything before their eyes was like a slowed-down black and white screen; in the middle, a nomadic barbarian was shot through the forehead, blood spurting from the wound, and he fell heavily to the ground.
Its death was exactly the same as the previous one.
Ahead, Zheng Quchi's gaze was cold and calm, without the slightest ripple, as she nocked another arrow...
It turns out that the previous blind shot was just preparation for her next fatal arrow.
She timed it perfectly.
In addition, he possessed extraordinary archery skills.
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