Chapter 76 A Matter of Life and Death, What Amazing Archery!
Lin Luoxi didn't hide anything from the clever Xie Hanchuan.
"What? We've been targeted?" Lin Wenqian trembled at the thought of bandits who burned, killed, and looted without blinking an eye.
"Big brother, it's alright, I'm here, you don't need to be afraid." Lin Wenqian's voice was trembling with fear, so Lin Luoxi could only gently comfort him.
"Big brother, if things get weird, find a safe place to hide right away." Lin Luoxi instructed Lin Wenqian, thinking that there might be a tough battle ahead.
"Second sister, it shouldn't be that serious, right? Besides, how could I possibly abandon you?" As Lin Wenqian said this, he thought of the last time he faced a tiger and escaped alone, and he was too embarrassed to look Lin Luoxi in the eye.
"Brother, it's not that staying together shows true friendship in times of trouble. Sometimes, after you successfully escape, helping to get reinforcements is also a form of help..." Lin Luoxi was genuinely afraid that Lin Wenqian would be stubborn and refuse to leave during the fight, which would be disastrous.
"Oh! Okay." Lin Wenqian was so scared that he could only see Lin Luoxi's mouth opening and closing, and couldn't hear what Lin Luoxi was saying at all.
"It seems like the people in the woods are about to rush out." The three of them had already reached the foot of the mountain. Xie Hanchuan also heard a lot of chaotic footsteps rushing out of the woods. His expression was very serious, and he gripped his bow and arrow tightly.
"Brother, hurry up and go to the yamen to call for reinforcements." Judging from the footsteps, there were quite a few of them, so Lin Luoxi made the arrangements carefully.
In order to buy more time, before the bandits rushed out of the woods, they didn't care whether Lin Wenqian would fall or not, and hurriedly pushed Lin Wenqian toward the path leading to the county.
Lin Wenqian, who was pushed out, fell to the ground. After finally regaining his balance, he saw Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan looking at him with serious expressions, as well as those fierce-looking men who rushed out of the mountains.
Startled, he gritted his teeth, stamped his foot, and obeyed Lin Luoxi's instructions, running towards the county town via a side road.
Seeing Lin Wenqian turn and leave, Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the twenty-odd burly bandits who had rushed out.
"Brother Hanchuan, why don't you run away?" Lin Luoxi asked, frowning as she looked at Xie Hanchuan, who was still standing there.
She could handle these twenty people without any problem, but if Xie Hanchuan was also there, she would have to spare some attention to protect him, which would be troublesome.
"Luo Xi, don't underestimate me. I've been fighting wild animals in the mountains since I was a child. I can handle it and won't hold you back," Xie Hanchuan quickly assured her when he saw Lin Luo Xi's furrowed brows.
"You can't back out now." Just as Xie Hanchuan was about to tell Lin Luoxi how powerful he was, the bandits opposite them raised their broadswords and slashed at them.
Lin Luoxi quickly pushed Xie Hanchuan aside, then took an arrow from the quiver on Xie Hanchuan's back and charged forward.
"Thud~" The arrow pierced the flesh with a dull sound.
Xie Hanchuan, who had been pushed aside, also heard the muffled sound. Thinking that Lin Luoxi was injured, he quickly turned around in fright.
But what he saw shocked and stunned him, and he stared wide-eyed in Lin Luoxi's direction.
"Get out of the way!" Lin Luoxi swiftly pulled the arrow out of the bandit's shoulder and saw some bandits rushing towards Xie Hanchuan.
Turning her head, she saw Xie Hanchuan still standing there in a daze. Furious, Lin Luoxi shouted and ran towards Xie Hanchuan.
"Oh..." Xie Hanchuan was startled awake by Lin Luoxi's voice. When he came to his senses, he saw a bandit holding a knife, which was about to cut him in the face. He quickly picked up his bow and arrow to block the fatal blow.
"Clang!" The broadsword struck the black iron, making a piercing sound.
"Thud~" The sound of a sharp blade piercing muscle.
"If all you do is stand there in a daze, I advise you to find a safe place to hide." After injuring the bandits in front of Xie Hanchuan to the point of incapacitation, Lin Luoxi charged towards the bandit group again.
"Brothers, tear this slut to pieces and avenge us!"
A man with a hideous scar running from his left eyebrow to his right chin was so enraged when he saw Lin Luoxi take down two of his brothers in one fell swoop that he immediately ordered his bandits to kill Lin Luoxi.
They initially thought this would be the easiest robbery, but to their surprise, their men were taken down by the fierce woman right from the start. No wonder the scarred man was furious.
Hearing their leader speak, the bandits raised their weapons and charged towards Lin Luoxi.
Seeing all twenty-three men rushing towards her, Lin Luoxi's expression finally turned serious. Gripping an arrow tightly in her hand, she also charged into the bandit group, beginning a one-sided battle.
"call out."
"call out!"
Just as Lin Luoxi was engaged in a fierce battle with the bandits, she heard the sound of arrows slicing through the air.
The bandits surrounding him were either shot in the thigh or the back, rendering them incapable of fighting.
Even the scarred man who had just been shouting that he would kill Lin Luoxi was shot in the groin of his right thigh by Xie Hanchuan's arrow, narrowly avoiding his genitals.
He knelt on one knee, clutching his injured leg, grimacing, to give Lin Luoxi a moment to catch her breath.
"What amazing archery skills." If Xie Hanchuan hits any of her opponents, Lin Luoxi can handle it much more easily and even find time to praise Xie Hanchuan's accuracy.
"That's right, now you should know how amazing I am." Xie Hanchuan's confidence soared after receiving Lin Luoxi's praise, and he even proudly raised his chin.
Having witnessed Xie Hanchuan's archery skills and knowing that he was capable of protecting himself, Lin Luoxi finally felt relieved and focused on the bandits around her.
These bandits must be desperate criminals, ruthless and vicious. If Lin Luoxi hadn't been so skilled in martial arts, she would have died at their hands long ago.
While Lin Luoxi was dealing with the bandits, Xie Hanchuan was not lagging behind. He went over and pulled his arrows from the wounded bandits, continuing to look for opportunities to strike.
"Damn it, you dare to hurt us? You'll pay with your lives!" The scarred man watched as his brothers fell one by one, thanks to the coordinated efforts of Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan.
He could no longer care about the wound on his right thigh. He chopped off the arrow's tail with a single stroke, stood up, raised his weapon, and charged at Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan once again.
The scarred man was naturally skilled in martial arts to become the leader of these bandits, so it was truly an accident that Xie Hanchuan managed to ambush him.
Despite his injured right thigh, his fighting prowess remained unaffected, and he launched a fierce attack on Lin Luoxi, each move potentially fatal.
Lin Luoxi did not immediately launch an attack, but only focused on defense.
About half an hour later, Lin Luoxi noticed that the scarred man's stamina was starting to wane, so she began to fight back.
"ah!"
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