The guards were thrown into disarray by the ferocious Bloodhawk members, and some instinctively turned their crossbows to point at the closer threat.
Xin Jiuwei felt a slight relief, but she knew it was only temporary! Zhao Mingwei's target was her! More crossbow bolts and guards were surging frantically towards the earthen wall where she was hiding!
The earthen wall teetered precariously under the rain of arrows and blades! Gravel and dirt rained down! Xin Jiuwei leaned against the cold earthen wall, a short blade held horizontally across her chest, her eyes sharp as a hawk's, searching for an opportunity to break through. The wind and snow, carrying the black smoke of torches and the stench of blood, choked her nose and mouth. She glimpsed the Blood Hawk member struggling like a trapped beast among the guards, several wounds already inflicted, yet his ferocity remained undiminished.
We can't be trapped here! We must break through!
Xin Jiuwei took a deep breath and, seizing the moment when a guard was about to swing his sword at the earthen wall, his strength exhausted and his new strength yet to be generated, she suddenly leaped out from behind the wall! Her body slid along the ground, and the short blade in her hand transformed into a streak of black light, precisely slicing towards the guard's ankle!
"Ah!" The guard screamed and fell to the ground!
Without pausing, Xin Jiuwei leaped forward like an arrow, rushing towards a relatively weak gap in the encirclement! There, two guards were raising their crossbows!
"Stop her!" Zhao Mingwei screamed!
A crossbow bolt pierced the air! Xin Jiuwei twisted her body unpredictably, narrowly avoiding one, while another grazed her left arm, drawing a trail of blood! A searing pain shot through her! She groaned, but her movements didn't falter. The short blade in her hand flew out, shooting towards the throat of the guard on her left as if it had eyes! At the same time, her right hand, fingers joined like a sword, channeled her inner strength and thrust it fiercely into the vital point under the ribs of the guard on her right!
Pfft! Uh!
Both guards were killed at the same time! A gap was torn in the encirclement!
Without even glancing at her, Xin Jiuwei grabbed the short blade and dashed towards the dark wilderness outside the post station with lightning speed!
"Fire the arrows! Fire them now! Don't let her get away!" Zhao Mingwei roared in exasperation.
The remaining archers hurriedly changed direction, but Xin Jiuwei was too fast, her figure elusive amidst the wind, snow, and ruins, making it difficult to aim! Sparse arrows landed behind her, splashing up a cloud of snow mud!
Xin Jiuwei was about to rush out of the post station area!
"Trying to leave? Not so easy!" A fierce glint flashed in Zhao Mingwei's eyes as she abruptly drew a finely crafted crossbow from her waist! The crossbow bolts gleamed with a chilling blue light, clearly coated with deadly poison! Without hesitation, she aimed at Xin Jiuwei's back and pulled the trigger fiercely!
Whoosh!
The poisoned crossbow bolt tore through the snow with astonishing speed, aiming straight for Xin Jiuwei's back! The angle was cunning, and the timing was ruthless!
Although Xin Jiuwei was running, she maintained a sliver of clarity in her mind! A sudden, deadly chill rose from behind, making her scalp tingle! Almost instinctively, she lunged to her right!
*Sizzle!*
The poisoned crossbow bolt grazed her left shoulder blade, tearing away a piece of clothing and flesh! A sharp pain, accompanied by a strange numbness, instantly spread from her left shoulder!
"Ugh!" Xin Jiuwei fell heavily onto the cold snow, rolling several times before stopping. The wound on her left shoulder burned with pain, but even more terrifying was the rapidly spreading numbness that made half of her body weak! Deadly poison!
"Take her down!" Zhao Mingwei screamed excitedly upon seeing that she had succeeded in her attack!
The guards, like hyenas that have smelled blood, roared and pounced!
Xin Jiuwei gritted her teeth, struggling to get up, but the numbness made her movements sluggish. Looking at the grinning guard rushing towards her, a chilling despair surged into her heart for the first time with such clarity. Was she... really going to die here?
At this critical moment!
From the dark wilderness outside the post station, a sharp, piercing cry of an eagle suddenly rang out, tearing through the night sky!
Immediately following was the sound of thunderous, rolling hooves, dense and heavy, approaching from afar! The earth seemed to tremble!
"kill--!!!"
A furious roar, filled with the aura of iron-blooded ruthlessness, exploded like thunder! Instantly drowning out all the noise in the post station!
A black torrent of steel, like an army of demons emerging from hell, tore through the wind and snow, charging forward with an unstoppable and invincible momentum! At the forefront was a man clad in heavy black armor, wielding a twelve-foot-long black gold lance, his magnificent black warhorse burning like black flames! His face was covered with a hideous demon mask, revealing only a pair of eyes that, illuminated by the firelight, burned with boundless rage and endless chill!
They were the Prince's personal guards! And the most elite Xuanjia Iron Cavalry under Xiao Xun's command! The masked general at the head was none other than the Prince's guard commander!
The thunderous hooves instantly shattered the sparse security around the post station! The few black-clad guards who stood in their way didn't even have time to scream before being trampled into a bloody pulp by the heavy iron hooves, or torn apart by the sharp spears! Blood and flesh flew everywhere!
"Black-armored Iron Cavalry! It's the Sixth Prince's men!" The guards inside the post station were instantly thrown into chaos! Terrified screams replaced shouts of battle! Faced with this steel torrent that seemed to descend from the heavens like divine soldiers, these so-called elite guards instantly became lambs to the slaughter!
Standing on the corridor, Zhao Mingwei's smugness and cruelty froze instantly, transforming into disbelief, horror, and fear! She stared at the unstoppable torrent of iron cavalry, at the blood-dripping lance in the masked general's hand, and her body trembled uncontrollably! It's over!
Without the slightest hesitation, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry sliced through the chaotic guards of the post station like red-hot daggers cutting into butter! Their target was the besieged Xin Jiuwei and the Blood Hawk members who were still putting up a last-ditch resistance!
"Protect Miss Xin!" The Ghost-Faced Commander's voice, transmitted through his ferocious mask, carried a chilling killing intent like metal scraping against metal.
Several armored knights broke free from the surging tide, forming an impenetrable wall around Xin Jiuwei, their long spears sweeping across the area, clearing away the approaching guards like weeds! Another squad of iron cavalry charged towards the Blood Hawk members like a meat grinder, instantly engulfing them!
Inside the post station, it instantly turned into a one-sided massacre! Screams, the sound of bones shattering, and weapons piercing flesh filled the air! Firelight flickered, illuminating the splattered blood and terrified, contorted faces!
Supported by two armored knights, Xin Jiuwei struggled to her feet. The numbness in her left shoulder intensified, and the blood flowing from the wound had turned a dark purple. Looking at the hellish scene before her, at the unstoppable armored cavalry, she felt no joy at surviving, only a cold bewilderment and…a profound cloud of doubt!
How did the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry end up here? And so timely at that?!
She suddenly looked up, her gaze passing over the chaotic fighting and the leaping flames, fixed on the dilapidated entrance of the post station.
The wind and snow raged fiercely.
A tall and imposing figure slowly walked into this hellish scene, stepping over the mess and pools of blood that had not yet congealed.
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