Zhao Zhilan took a closer look and saw that the three of them were all on foot, covered in mud and dust.
She recognized the man who had offered to warm her up; he was short, about fifty years old, with a large mouth, a pointed nose, sparse brown hair, and faded clothes patched all over.
He had a ring of throwing knives around his waist and a sharp axe hanging from his back.
The man standing next to him was a foot taller than him, bald, with a wide chin, and looked very aggressive; you could tell at a glance he wasn't a good person.
The man had a longsword and a dagger hanging from his leather sword belt, his shirt was sewn with rows of overlapping iron rings, and he wore a conical black iron half-helmet.
His teeth were yellow, and he had a thick beard. Most striking of all was his bright yellow hooded cloak. It was thick and heavy, stained with grass and blood, and its hem was worn thin.
The last of the three was an archer, lean and with a cold gaze.
One of them lazily brushed his hair aside. “Girl,” he said, “put down your sword. This isn’t a woman’s toy. Besides, we could shoot you three times before you charged at us.”
"Heh heh, I wouldn't mind fucking her corpse!" the oldest man sneered.
"No way! It's the resistance that makes it interesting!"
Zhao Zhilan's eyes turned cold. "Do you think I'm easy to bully?" She gripped her longsword tightly and began to plan the next battle.
If they go all out, I will definitely be no match for them.
But I am a woman, a beautiful woman, and they are old lechers—that's my advantage!
These people will definitely underestimate us!
"Put down your weapon, or I won't be so polite!" the man with the bow threatened.
"Absolutely not!" Zhao Zhilan roared, immediately raising her sword forward.
"Hey, this woman's got a strong personality! But I like it!"
"Don't underestimate her!" the man with the bow warned. "She couldn't have come here alone without some skill! Let me cripple her with one arrow!"
As he spoke, he reached for his quiver, intending to nock an arrow.
Just then, the bearded man quickly reached out to stop the man with the bow. "No, such a beautiful woman, I want to fuck her a few more times, I can't let you kill her!"
So the two started arguing.
"Right now!"
Zhao Zhilan had been waiting for just such an opportunity.
She strode forward and swung her longsword with all her might.
"Be careful!" the oldest man quickly warned upon seeing this.
However, everything was too slow.
The longsword sliced through the archer's belly and passed over his shoulder blade.
The archer dropped his longbow, letting out a soft sound that was somewhere between a gasp and a sigh.
His left hand gripped the sword. "Oh, God," he groaned. His shirt began to bleed red. "You..."
As Zhao Zhilan took a step back and gripped her longsword tightly, the archer was already dead.
She stood beside the corpse, facing death, calm yet fearful.
The archer fell to the ground, blood gushing from his mouth; now more blood gushed from his abdominal wound, pooling beneath his body. His hand, which had been gripping the sword, was also cut.
"My God!" the elderly man exclaimed. "You killed him?"
“Yes, I killed him!” Zhao Zhilan’s face darkened. “At the same time, I will also kill you all!” she announced.
The two drew their longswords at the same time, their gazes fixed intently on Zhao Zhilan.
At this moment, they were no longer as nonchalant as before; instead, they displayed a ruthless, predatory nature.
When the elderly man rushed over, Zhao Zhilan noticed that he moved very quickly.
Her longsword met the cold iron sword from below, leaving a long trail of colorful halo.
The steel clashed, producing a resounding clang.
As soon as her first move was blocked, the elderly man immediately swung his sword a second time. This time, Zhao Zhilan dodged it, but the bearded man's sword was already at her feet.
Therefore, Zhao Zhilan had no choice but to hastily evade.
The bearded man's attacks were ferocious and swift, sometimes up, sometimes down, sometimes left, sometimes right.
Zhao Zhilan's attempt to dodge turned into a rout, as the longsword grazed her chest just inches away.
But in that instant, as his bearded face turned around, he suddenly revealed a flaw.
Zhao Zhilan thrust out her sword, then flicked it with her other hand.
The bearded man stepped aside, seemingly unaffected by the attack, but then a series of bright, vivid crimson tears welled up in his throat. Finally, blood gushed out, and the bearded man collapsed.
"Huh!" Zhao Zhilan found it strange. How could he have inexplicably revealed a flaw?
The elderly man was also shocked, but the immediate crisis left him no time to think.
"You brat, you're asking for it!"
No sooner said than done, the old man's sword was already upon them.
The longsword in Zhao Zhilan's hand bounced reflexively upwards, and the force of the impact almost knocked it out of her hand.
She staggered backward.
Then, Zhao Zhilan gripped the long-handled sword with both hands and launched a swift counterattack, only to have it angrily swept away by her opponent.
The two exchanged blows, their figures intertwined, the girl using her speed and agility to counter the old man's ferocious strength.
In an instant, the old man's sword was everywhere, moving left and right like a rain of flying arrows, the sword moving with his will, elegant and free.
Zhao Zhilan felt her arm gradually going numb.
"He is stronger than me, and his martial arts are more refined!" she thought bitterly. "If they hadn't underestimated me, I wouldn't have been able to defeat either of them, even in a one-on-one fight!"
And now, this person will definitely not let his guard down!
He cornered her again and yelled, "Die!"
Zhao Zhilan accidentally stepped on a stone. When she realized she was slipping, she thrust forward. The tip of the sword pierced through her trousers and sank slightly into her upper leg, whereupon a red flower suddenly bloomed.
She only had time to appreciate it for a moment before her head hit the stone wall, causing her to feel dizzy and in pain.
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