“Tap! Ta-ta!!”
The sound of crisp horse hooves rang out in the mountains, and the dust raised by it blurred the appearance of the rider, but the screams of the person being dragged behind the horse were heart-wrenching.
“Ahh…Help…”
Just then.
"Swish~" The sound of an arrow breaking through the air was heard.
The big man who was leading the group reacted very quickly and dodged to the side, and the arrow brushed past his cheek. However, the person behind him did not dodge and was hit in the chest by the arrow.
Bang--
The man had an arrow stuck in his body and was knocked to the ground with a loud noise. This sudden change frightened the group of people and they all tightened the reins of their horses.
“Ouch~”
The leading man had a full beard and rugged features, but his eyes shone with brilliance. He tightened the reins, looked around, and shouted, "Who's attacking us from the dark? If you've got the guts, come out and fight us openly!"
The mountain road was winding, and the green leaves on the thick tree trunks beside the road made a rustling sound when blown by the wind. A few birds were startled by the sound and flew away from the trees.
Apart from them, there was no movement.
Seeing this, several burly men at the back of the team split into two groups. One group dismounted and helped up their accomplice who had just fallen off the horse, while the other group stepped forward and surrounded the leading man, drawing the snow-white long swords from their waists and looking around vigilantly.
This is a team of barbarians with very good coordination.
In the distance, Wang Miaomiao slowly tightened the bow in her hand, and aimed three long arrows at the three horse-riding bandits. At this moment, her expression was extremely calm, and her heartbeat seemed to slow down.
The horse under the crotch of the bandit leader seemed to sense something and moved its hooves uneasily.
At this moment, she decisively loosened her hand.
call out--
Three more sounds of breaking through the air were heard.
The arrow was imbued with the inner strength of the Green Water Technique and shot out with unstoppable force. By the time the bandits reacted, it was already too late. The distance was so close that the leader could only quickly raise his sword to block it.
clang!!
Bang—bang—
As soon as the arrow made contact, the bandit leader was nearly knocked flying by the force of the arrow. After barely blocking it, he looked up at his two companions beside him and saw that they had been shot in the chest and fell off their horses unconscious.
"Second in command, there's... there's an ambush!!" The companion next to him said in a panic, the knife in his hand trembling constantly, and he looked in the direction of the shot with panicked eyes.
The bandit leader spat and scolded, "Shut up! It's just a little mouse hiding in the dark, why are you so scared?"
The bandit who had spoken swallowed nervously upon hearing this, and held the reins tightly, not daring to speak again.
But he would be lying if he said he wasn't panicking at that moment. He watched his companions being shot down by several arrows, and he didn't know where the enemy was hiding. He just wanted to turn around and run away.
Otherwise, who knows if he would be the one shot by an arrow and fall off his horse the next moment.
However, the second in command has always been very powerful, so the bandits could only force themselves to remain calm when they heard him speak. The other bandits reacted similarly.
Just when this group of bandits were getting more and more nervous, a laugh came from the air.
A group of people looked over and saw a Taoist priest swaggering over. In the blink of an eye, he was not far away from them. The bandit leader narrowed his eyes and said, "Old Taoist priest, what are you laughing at?"
The Taoist priest was already very close. Hearing this, he stopped laughing and said, "I am just laughing... Your foreheads are black, as if there is a bloody disaster!"
Before he finished speaking, the Taoist raised the whisk in his hand and waved it, and a cloud of powdery substance scattered towards the bandit on horseback.
"You stinky Taoist priest, you're looking for death!" The bandit leader looked at the limp horse under him, covering his mouth and nose and shouting angrily.
He leaped off his horse and slashed at the Taoist priest with his knife, but the Taoist priest dodged it. He shouted angrily, "Don't run if you have the guts."
The two men, one chasing the other and hacking, exchanged dozens of moves in a short period of time. As time went on, the bandit leader felt that he was slowly losing his strength and his vision became blurred.
"You barbarian, why don't you listen to my kind advice?" The Taoist flicked his whisk and said with a smile as he looked at the leader who had fainted in the field.
“Ah! Ah!!”
"Stop being so arrogant, stinky Taoist priest! Brothers, kill him!" Seeing this, the last few bandits rushed forward and were about to chop at the Taoist priest with their long swords.
The Taoist priest stood there calmly after hearing this.
“Swoosh—swoosh—”
In an instant, several arrows were shot out from behind him, knocking down all the people who were rushing towards him. The group of bandits who had just been coming with such a fierce momentum were now motionless on the ground.
This series of changes, though slow to say, actually took only a moment. The Taoist priest heard footsteps approaching and said, "Young man, your archery skills are quite accurate."
"Thank you for the compliment, Taoist priest!" Wang Miaomiao walked over with a longbow in her hand and said with a faint smile.
She glanced at the bandits lying on the ground. Their facial features were deep and rough, and most of their hair was shaved off, leaving only a tuft tied up in the center. Their dress was indeed different from that of ordinary people.
The Taoist priest beside her saw Wang Miaomiao's half-closed eyes and thought that she was too young to feel comfortable in front of a corpse, so he explained:
"These barbarians are probably nomadic people from some barbarian tribes. Their habits and appearance are different from ours. They came here only to plunder. All this is their own fault."
Wang Miaomiao raised her eyes and said, "Master, don't worry. I understand."
After she finished speaking, she took a few steps, picked up a long knife from the barbarian's side, and cut the ropes on the hands of several people who were dragged behind the horse and were already bloody and unconscious.
Then he squatted down and helped him up to see if Old Man Wang was among them.
Wang Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that Old Man Wang was not among these people. She walked towards the carriage at the end of the team where a group of people were imprisoned.
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