Seeing that the soil in the deep pit was constantly rising, Dan Zuo's handsome brows couldn't help but frown.
"One, two, three, four, five... seventeen." Dan Zuo, hiding behind a big tree, counted the number of masked men in black. There were seventeen people in total.
The children in the pit would soon be buried alive, and it was too late to call for help. Dan Zuo touched the quiver on his back. It held twelve arrows, but even if he hit every target, there were still five people left. He carefully considered whether his fighting power could withstand them...
"Click"!
Dan Zuo, who was lost in thought, accidentally stepped on a dead branch, and the sudden noise attracted the attention of the masked man in black in front.
"Boss, there's someone!"
A masked man in black immediately reported to the small leader in charge of guarding.
"I have ears!" said the little leader called "Boss" unhappily.
After his whereabouts were exposed, Shan Zuo immediately took down the bow that was made for him and hung it on his horse. Then, Shan Zuo hung his belongings on the horse's back and patted the horse, telling it to find a place to hide first.
Those items representing the five elements were something he had painstakingly found from various sources. They were crucial to whether he could complete his mission and leave the Dark Guard Camp, so he absolutely couldn't let them be damaged...
"Boss, another kid is here, and he has a bow and arrow in his hand!" The subordinate of the man in black who was beaten by Feng Qiyan looked at Shan Zuo, who was wearing black tights and holding a bow, and said with lingering fear.
The guard slapped his subordinate on the head again in anger and shouted, "You're really regressing. You're even afraid of a child playing with a toy bow and arrow!"
"Boss, let's learn from the past..." the masked man in black said timidly.
"What a promise! Do you think everyone is the legitimate daughter of the general's mansion?" The leader called "Boss" snorted disdainfully.
If the soldiers outside hadn't been searching everywhere, and a boy had just arrived, he wouldn't have had to bother looking for him. It was all because of this daughter of the general's mansion that they had gotten into trouble with these troublesome soldiers!
"Go and get that kid!"
The small leader in charge of guarding gave his subordinates an order, then he personally picked up a shovel and shoveled the dirt onto the head of the general's daughter who, he said, had caused them trouble.
"You evil villain, why do you have to come here to cause trouble when you can go anywhere else!" The little leader cursed while shoveling dirt to bury the person.
"Yes, Boss!"
After hearing the order, the sixteen masked men in black immediately walked towards Shan Zuo, who was standing by a big tree not far away, holding knives, swords, or shovels in their hands.
The legitimate daughter of the general's mansion?
Upon hearing this, Dan Zuo's bright eyes suddenly widened, and then he looked into the deep pit in disbelief.
Although the girl in the blue Imperial College uniform in the deep pit had her hands and feet tied, her mouth stuffed with rags, her hair disheveled, and her face covered in dirt, Dan Zuo could still recognize from her figure that she was indeed Feng Qiyan, the legitimate daughter of the General's Mansion.
"Hehehe~"
"You little bastard, there's a road to heaven but you don't take it, there's no door to hell but you insist on breaking in! What a pity! He's so handsome. If he could survive, he would surely win the hearts of countless women when he grows up."
"What a pity, what a pity..." The masked man in black who was leading the group said to Shan Zuo in a hypocritical manner.
"It's hard to say whose death anniversary it is today!"
Although only nine years old, Shan Zuo exudes an aura of majesty beyond his age.
He pursed his lips slightly as he stared at the black-clad, masked figure gradually approaching him. His gaze was sharp, like a wolf cub poised to attack its prey. Though small, it had sharp teeth and claws, ready to bite a piece of flesh off its opponent at any moment...
“Swoosh~”
Shan Zuo suddenly pulled out a sharp arrow from behind, but he narrowed his eyes and looked at the little leader in front of him who was filling soil on Feng Qiyan's body. He put the arrow on, pulled the string, pre-pulled the bow, opened the bow, aimed, and released the string, all in one go. With a "bang", the arrow shot directly into the leader's heart from behind.
"Bang"!
With a loud bang, the small leader in charge of the guard collapsed to the ground. He had never imagined that he would die from what he considered a "toy bow and arrow".
"Boss!"
The masked man in black, who was originally careless, suddenly saw Shan Zuo actually shoot the small leader to death with an arrow. In panic, he began to wave the sword or shovel in his hand and approached Shan Zuo.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh~”
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Dan Zuo shot the arrow for the second time, shooting three arrows at once, and then hit the hearts of the three men in black.
“Wow… so awesome!”
Some of the men in black are already feeling timid.
Seeing the masked men in black getting closer and closer, Shan Zuo quickly shot six more arrows in two bursts. Soon, six more men in black fell.
"Grandpa, damn it!"
When Dan Zuo shot the last two arrows, they were blocked by the masked man in black waving a shovel.
In about a quarter of an hour, ten of the seventeen masked men in black were shot dead by Shan Zuo, and the remaining seven directly surrounded Shan Zuo.
"I thought it was a little lamb, but it turned out to be a wolf cub!" A masked man in black said viciously with a sinister look.
"clang"!
When the masked man in black attacked Shan Zuo with a sword or shovel, he immediately drew the sword hanging at his waist to block it.
When everyone attacked Shan Zuo again, Shan Zuo had already climbed up a big tree with agility.
"Woo woo woo~"
Feng Qiyan, who was covered in dust in the deep pit, saw Shan Zuo dealing with the masked man in black, and then nodded to him.
Shan Zuo climbed up the tree and looked in the direction of the sound, and soon found the black iron dagger at the edge of the deep pit.
When the masked man in black used his lightness skills to fly up the tree, Shan Zuo had also flown down from the tree and jumped to the edge of the deep pit. He picked up Feng Qiyan's short sword and started fighting with the man in black who followed him.
“Clang! Clang! Clang!”
As the sounds of weapons clashing were heard, there was also the sound of swords breaking with a "crackling" sound.
Shan Zuo, holding a black iron dagger in his left hand, fought against seven men who were much taller than him. After severing their weapons, Shan Zuo continued to use the fighting skills he had learned from the training in the Dark Guard Camp. With swift, accurate and ruthless moves, he quickly defeated all the masked men in black!
At 3:00 p.m., Shan Zuo, whose clothes were not stained with blood, had shot to death ten masked men in black with arrows, and beheaded the remaining seven.
After dealing with the man in black, Shan Zuo jumped into the deep pit, untied the ropes that bound Feng Qiyan's hands and feet, and removed the rag stuffed in her mouth.
"Feng Qiyan, are you okay?"
Shan Zuo pushed Feng Qiyan's messy hair aside and wiped the dust off her face with his sleeve. Although it wasn't completely wiped clean, at least a bit of her original appearance could be seen.
"Ayou, it's great to see you here! Are Sister Qingcheng and the others nearby?"
Sitting on the ground, her arms and legs free, Feng Qiyan hugged Shan Zuo's waist with lingering fear. She had nearly been buried alive earlier, and seeing this familiar face was like seeing a family member...
Shan Zuo: ...
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