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Chapter 664 You're Lucky

With a loud bang, Xiao Zhongren was thrown back like a ball.

After landing, he stumbled back several steps, barely managing to steady himself on the stake, but the look in his eyes as he faced the other side had changed.

Standing opposite him was that person, who slowly drew his knife from its sheath. In the previous attack, his opponent hadn't even drawn his knife.

Peak of the Ninth Rank of Profound Origin!
In an instant, Xiao Zhongren realized that this was a trap specifically set for him.

The opponent had hidden a ninth-rank expert within their team, just to wait for them.

There was a faint taste of blood in my mouth, and my heart was filled with bitterness.

Masters of the ninth rank are not as rare as cabbages. Although they are not as rare as innate masters, they are still few in number.

In the area of ​​Dongdu and Nanyang, the top-level ninth-rank experts are all well-known. If they disturb their territory, news will spread. Only a large clan like the Cui family could keep such experts unknown to the outside world for their entire lives, only to bring them out at the most critical moment, where they could deliver a fatal blow.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at his other companions who were also engaged in fierce fighting. Their opponents were nothing special, and the two sides were evenly matched, with his side having a slight advantage.

But the problem is that I have a big problem myself.

Once the opposing team defeats them, they can easily crush their subordinates.

If we were to perish here, the entire Moshan tribe would be utterly wiped out.

"General Xiao, are you going to surrender yourself, or do you want me to do it?" Cui Haogu looked at the other party with a smile.

Xiao Zhongren chuckled dryly a few times: "Is Garrison Commander Cui still interested in me? Actually, I think it's not like we can't discuss it!"

Cui Haogu laughed loudly: "General Xiao is now a bird in a cage. Whether Garrison Commander Cui is interested in you or not, he will take you down first. At this time and place, General Xiao has no bargaining power!"

"That's not necessarily true!" Xiao Zhongren brandished his knife and charged forward.

So what if you're at the peak of the ninth rank?
It's not congenital.
If we give it a try, there might still be a chance.

The two flew away the moment they touched. Cui Haogu was unharmed, but Xiao Zhongren had a long bloody scratch on his body.

Cui Haogu held a tiny, exquisitely crafted hidden dart between two fingers, looking at Xiao Zhongren with a cold smile: "You can't beat me with these petty tricks!"

Xiao Zhongren gritted his teeth and said, "Even petty tricks can be deadly. You surnamed Cui, my martial arts cultivation is indeed inferior to yours, but I have many such petty tricks. Let's see if you can be this lucky every time!"

Cui Haogu's two arched eyebrows stood up: "Originally, Garrison Commander Cui thought you were a talented person and wanted to spare your life, but since you are so ungrateful, I have no choice but to send you on your way as soon as possible!"

Just now, it seemed that Cui Haogu won easily, but in fact, life and death were just a matter of a moment. Xiao Zhongren risked being cut open and gave Cui Haogu a hidden arrow.

Xiao Zhongren was betting that his opponent wouldn't trade lives with him, so he had planned this arrow carefully. As long as the opponent retreated, he could at least injure the opponent, while whether he himself would be injured or not depended on a hair's breadth and luck.

However, the difference in martial arts cultivation between the eighth rank of Xuan Yuan and the peak of the ninth rank was too great. Cui Haogu was indeed flustered, but he still managed to injure Xiao Zhongren and escape unscathed.

He was just a little disheveled.

Having missed his first attack, Xiao Zhongren decided to flee.

This place is at most ten miles from their camp. If they can escape there, they can rely on their superior numbers to turn the tide. "Die!" Xiao Zhongren roared and lunged forward. Halfway there, he raised his hand, and Cui Haogu's eyes were filled with a white mist—it was quicklime.

Cui Haogu was both angry and furious. How could Xiao Zhongren, a general in the army, resort to such despicable tricks as some江湖人 (jianghu people)? Hearing the hissing sound of metal cutting through the white mist, Cui Haogu, his blade flashing like snow, charged straight into the white mist without dodging or yielding.

The desperate attack by Xiao Zhongren that he had anticipated did not materialize in the white mist.

Passing through the white mist, they saw that Xiao Zhongren had actually taken off running.

"Can you run?"

Cui Haogu ignored the group of people still fighting at the scene. These people were insignificant. As long as Xiao Zhongren was caught, the matter of Moshan would be over.

He leaped into the air and quickly chased after Xiao Zhongren.

We can't let the big fish we finally caught get away.

With just a glance at Cui Haogu's speed behind him, Xiao Zhongren knew he couldn't escape.

The opponent was much faster and had far greater internal strength than him.

I'm afraid I'm going to die here today. With a flick of his wrist, a whistling arrow flew straight into the sky with a sharp whistle. I just hope that the soldiers in the camp can catch up with me in time.

He slipped into the woods and ran wildly.

Cui Haogu leaped up the tree, actually standing on the treetop. Like an extremely agile monkey, he stepped down, causing the treetop to rise and fall, and he bounced high into the air, crossing several meters, and landed on the canopy of another tree.

In just a few breaths, Cui Haogu had caught up with Xiao Zhongren. Looking at Xiao Zhongren under the tree, Cui Haogu laughed loudly, held the knife in both hands, and cleaved Mount Hua in two. In the flash of the knife, the branches and leaves were cut in two.

Xiao Zhongren looked up and could only see a flash of blades. With a furious roar of unwillingness, he recklessly thrust his knife straight into the dazzling blade light.

Before the blade even touched the flashing light, he suddenly felt a tightness in the back of his neck, and then he was thrown out like a whirlwind. Half of his body was numb and weak. He fell to the ground with a thud, but he saw a figure in a green robe standing where he had been standing. The person reached out and grabbed at the flashing light.

Before Xiao Zhongren's astonished eyes, the blade's light vanished abruptly. Cui Haogu's treasured sword, capable of cutting through metal and iron, was actually grabbed by the newcomer, and then with a few cracking sounds, the sword shattered into pieces.

Cui Haogu's laughter stopped abruptly, like a quacking duck being choked. Xiao Zhongren could even see the fear in his eyes and the look of horror on his face.

Then, Cui Haogu, who had left Xiao Zhongren utterly defenseless, was grabbed by the throat by the man in blue like a duck, and then thrown to the ground like a dead dog. Cui Haogu let out a muffled groan and fell silent.

The man in blue turned around, looked at Xiao Zhongren, and said with a smile, "General Xiao, it seems that every time we meet, you are in a sorry state!"

is not that right?

The first time we met, I was a prisoner.

This time, he was chased away by Cui Haogu like a dog.

Xiao Zhongren struggled to his feet, both surprised and delighted, and said, "Protector, if you had arrived even a moment later, this humble general would have been cut in two by that bastard!"

Li Dachui laughed loudly: "You're lucky! You're a blessed general!"

(End of this chapter)