Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 356 Military Camp Rescue, Escape from the Front Lines

Upon hearing this, it was not Chu Liuxiang who was shocked, but Wuhua.

He was both angry and furious, thinking to himself, "You bastard Chu Liuxiang, I've already told you everything, and even helped you plot against Shi Guanyin, but you actually have other plans behind your backs and didn't even tell me!"

If Chu Liuxiang could hear his inner thoughts, he would probably sneer and retort, "I have absolutely no trust in you anymore!"

Before revealing his identity and conspiracy, Wu Hua and Chu Liuxiang were good friends.

However, Wu Hua took advantage of this to drag Chu Liuxiang into his conspiracy.

Even when his conspiracy was exposed and he committed suicide out of shame, it was all a pretense, exploiting Chu Liuxiang's pity.

Having betrayed Chu Liuxiang's trust twice, how could Chu Liuxiang possibly trust him even a little bit anymore?

All I can say is that they brought it all on themselves.

Chu Liuxiang chuckled, "The Queen is in the Western Regions and doesn't have a deep understanding of the Central Plains; she's already outdated. Lu Xiaofeng does have many friends, but none of them are good people. Why would anyone come to rescue him?"

Lu Xiaofeng has friends all over the world, which was indeed a good thing a year ago.

But in the past year, for some reason, Lu Xiaofeng has always been dragged into various conspiracies, and these conspiracies are all orchestrated by his good friends.

Most importantly, another good friend helped him write a book, recording all these events and spreading them far and wide.

Therefore, many people jokingly ask if only those with ambitions who engage in scheming and intrigue can become Lu Xiaofeng's friends.
It started as just a joke, but as the jokes went on, they gradually influenced the atmosphere of the entire martial arts world.

However, this had no effect on Lu Xiaofeng.

After all, he's a very easygoing person.

"Oh? If not Lu Xiaofeng's friend, then is he Li Xunhuan's friend?"

"Exactly."

"That guy has been away from the border for ten years, and he still has friends?"

"Your Majesty is mistaken. It is precisely because of the ten years you have been away from the border that you have friends from beyond the border come to help you."

"I see……"

Shi Guanyin smiled and nodded, but then her smile vanished in an instant, her face turning icy cold as she said, "Enough. If you think you can use these words to buy time, you are underestimating me."

Chu Liuxiang's expression also turned serious. He said, "In that case, let's begin the transaction. Since you can see that we are using a diversionary tactic, you must have your own plans. Just say them."

“Alright,” Shi Guanyin laughed again, but this time it was a chilling laugh: “I brought the antidote. If you want it, come here yourself!”

"impossible!"

Chu Liuxiang resolutely refused: "Have you ever seen anyone in this world who would risk their life to save a friend?"

"I've seen more than just one person like that; there are plenty of others like that!"

"But I, Chu Liuxiang, am not that kind of person."

"Stop talking nonsense, either come here, or I'll destroy this antidote!"

While the two sides were arguing, Bai Tianyu and his two companions on the other side did indeed take action.

With Ji Bingyan joining them, the four of them used their lightness skills to directly enter the military camp and find the prison cart.

The troops of Guizi Kingdom were clearly no match for those of the major powers in the Central Plains. Moreover, even the major powers in the Central Plains would need well-trained elite troops to deal with a Grandmaster-level expert.

There are no such elite troops in the country of Kuji.

Their soldiers were simply no match for a Grandmaster-level expert.

They even felt fear.

Let alone ordinary soldiers, even the generals, upon seeing four grandmaster-level martial artists storm into the military camp, dared not order their soldiers to surround and kill them.

When facing such a powerful opponent, the commanders are in greater danger than ordinary soldiers.

The principle of "shoot the horse before the rider" and "capture the king before the thief" is something that every master understands.
If they are eliminated as commanders, the entire army will immediately fall into chaos and become uncontrollable.

Therefore, they are often the primary targets of those hostile Grandmaster-level experts.

Under these circumstances, who would dare to speak up and expose themselves?

Fortunately, the soldiers' loud noise also attracted the attention of experts like Liu Xi.

They were closer to the prison van, so they arrived near it first.

"Liu Xi of the Eastern Depot is here! Who dares to offend him?!"

"We're going to kill your Eastern Depot!"

Bai Tianyu sneered, drew his precious sword, its cold light sharp and its blade menacing.

Liu Xi's heart skipped a beat, and he instantly sensed a deadly threat, so he quickly dodged.

Upon seeing that he was the only Second-Level Grandmaster in the arena, and there were no other ordinary Grandmasters, Bai Tianyu immediately began to chase after Liu Xilai to kill him.

This Bai Family Divine Blade truly lives up to its reputation among martial artists as a miraculous sword technique comparable to the most powerful demonic blade technique of the Demonic Sect. Under its sharp blade, Liu Xi, who was at the same level, was completely suppressed in just two or three moves.

Liu Xi's Absorption Technique allows him to absorb the true energy of others, which sounds incredibly terrifying and powerful.

However, firstly, the cultivation technique he practiced was incomplete, and its efficiency was far inferior to that of the true Absorption Technique.

Secondly, he had not cultivated this technique to its highest level, so he could not absorb power from a distance and could only absorb the power of others at very close range.

When facing an ordinary grandmaster of the same or even slightly lower level, one must reach out and touch the other's body, grasping their acupoints and energy channels in order to absorb their power.

With such a flaw, it's fine to deal with unarmed grandmasters, but it's really difficult to deal with a two-flower grandmaster like Bai Tianyu who wields a sharp weapon.

If he wants to absorb the power, he must first break through Bai Tianyu's blade.

Clearly, he can't do it.

Fortunately, having cultivated the Absorption Technique, he had absorbed the power of countless people, resulting in an incredibly strong and powerful internal energy that he condensed into a protective aura, which could withstand the attack for a period of time.

Meanwhile, Bai Tianyong, Ma Qunkong, and Ji Bingyan easily broke through the obstacles of those innate masters and arrived directly beside the prison cart.

Ji Bingyan held dozens of pebbles in her hand and scattered them like flowers, striking various acupoints and meridians on Li Xunhuan and Lu Xiaofeng in different orders.

This is precisely the method for lifting the seal that Wuhua had told us.

After scattering dozens of pebbles, the two men in the prison cart immediately felt relieved, their internal energy flowing freely without any obstruction.

Ji Bingyan took out the antidote and tossed it in, saying, "This is the antidote we managed to get; each person only has three pills. But we can't do anything about this prison cart made of tempered steel."

"It doesn't matter!"

Lu Xiaofeng put away the antidote, and with a surge of true energy, he took out the Thunderclap Sword from his disguise.

Thunder surged and sword light flashed instantly.

Under the sharp edge of the Thunderclap Sword, even the so-called hundred-times-refined steel was easily sliced ​​open like tofu.

Lu Xiaofeng was instantly freed.

He then broke open Li Xunhuan's prison cart.

"Let's go, we need to leave immediately and go back to support Chu Liuxiang!"

Bai Tianyong killed two Xiantian masters with a single strike and shouted in a low voice.

This was not only a reminder to Lu Xiaofeng, but also a reminder to Bai Tianyu, urging him not to get carried away with the fight and forget the important matter.

The group immediately used their lightness skills to rush out of the military camp.

"Old eunuch, you've escaped with your life!"

Bai Tianyu scoffed, then decisively abandoned Liu Xi and left with the others.

Meanwhile, several miles away on the sand dunes, Shi Guanyin also noticed the commotion in the military camp. Her gaze grew even colder: "Chu Liuxiang, stop talking nonsense. Either come and take it, or I'll destroy this antidote." "...Alright..."

Chu Liuxiang knew that it was already quite remarkable that they had managed to delay the matter to this point, so he did not continue to pester them.

But he obviously wouldn't just walk straight up to Shi Guanyin like that.

He flashed behind Wuhua, using Wuhua as a shield, and walked towards Shi Guanyin.

Therefore, once Shi Guanyin makes a move, she will have to deal with Wuhua first.

"Chu Liuxiang!"

Wu Hua gritted his teeth: "You've become so ruthless and cunning in the time we've been apart!"

"Hehe, compared to you, I'm still far behind!"

The closer Wuhua got to the stone Guanyin, the paler her face became.

He didn't know how much of a place he held in this mother's heart.

If Shi Guanyin suddenly makes a move, he will have absolutely no chance of escaping.

If I had known this would happen, I would never have let myself be captured by Chu Liuxiang.

He thought it was a good way to join forces with others to kill Shi Guanyin, but he never expected that it would lead him into such a predicament.

Faced with a life-or-death crisis, Wuhua couldn't help but feel fear, and his steps slowed down.

"Hurry up!" Shi Guanyin urged.

Chu Liuxiang laughed and said, "It's not that I'm walking slowly on purpose, it's just that your son is walking slower and slower."

"No flowers!"

Shi Guanyin's gaze was icy, and she gave a sharp shout.

Wu Hua felt a chill in her heart, but under the other party's threat, she quickened her pace.

The distance between the two sides closed rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, they reached the boundary of ten zhang.

This is also the last safe distance.

Upon arriving here, Chu Liuxiang hesitated again.

After all, this distance was practically a life-or-death line for him.

Beyond this distance, even with his lightness skill, he wouldn't be able to escape Shi Guanyin's pursuit.

"Look how scared you are! What kind of monster am I?"

Shi Guanyin laughed and said, "How about this? I won't force you to come to me. As long as you come within eight zhang, I'll give this antidote to your friend. How about that?"

"it is good."

Chu Liuxiang nodded solemnly and then stepped into the ten-zhang line between life and death.

Then, nine feet, eight feet five, eight feet two...

The agreed distance was quickly reached, and Chu Liuxiang stopped: "Shi Guanyin, it's time for you to keep your promise."

Shi Guanyin flicked the bottle of antidote to Hu Tiehua, but at the same moment, she used her lightness skill and moved like a ghost to grab Chu Liuxiang.

Chu Liuxiang reacted extremely quickly, kicking Wuhua away almost simultaneously, sending himself flying backward.

Shi Guanyin slapped Wuhua away and quickly gave chase.

Chu Liuxiang fled in the direction of the military camp.

This was also the direction in which Bai Tianyu, Lu Xiaofeng, and the others retreated.

This was clearly something they had planned beforehand, so that if one of them came from here and the other went there, they could meet up in the middle very soon.

Even with Shi Guanyin chasing closely behind, Chu Liuxiang managed to buy himself about half a zhang of distance because there was already an eight-zhang gap between them. He also managed to buy himself a moment's time with Wuhua.

The real difference between the two should be eight and a half feet.

However, this distance also exceeds the safety line between the two sides.

Shi Guanyin unleashed her true energy, transforming it into sharp blades of energy that attacked forward.

Chu Liuxiang seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, his figure flashing repeatedly, easily dodging all the air blade attacks.

However, due to this dodging action, his forward speed inevitably decreased significantly, and the distance between the two sides was instantly compressed to five zhang.

This is why Shi Guanyin can only catch someone if they are within ten zhang of her, and once they are outside that range, Chu Liuxiang can escape from her with absolute certainty.

Because this ten zhang is the attack range of Stone Guanyin... or more accurately, the range where the attack power is high enough.

Beyond ten zhang, it's not that Shi Guanyin can't fight, but rather that her true energy is depleted, resulting in a reduction in the power of her attacks.

As a grandmaster, Chu Liuxiang naturally possesses the ability to condense true qi into a protective aura. By condensing this aura and attaching it to his body as a defense, he can withstand attacks that have been weakened considerably.

Therefore, without dodging, it continued to run wildly.

However, now that the distance between the two sides has been compressed to within five zhang, it is even more dangerous.

The true energy of the Stone Guanyin transformed directly into a giant hand, grabbing at it from a distance.

The giant hand was several meters long, completely covering Chu Liuxiang and the surrounding area within a few meters.

No matter which direction Chu Liuxiang takes in the discussion, he will never escape this trap!
But Chu Liuxiang remained completely calm.

Because his support has arrived!
A throwing knife, moving at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people, traversed the distance in an instant.

The incomparably sharp blade pierced directly at that large hand of true energy.

The quality of true qi is far inferior to that of qi in the form of protective energy.

Moreover, even if it's a protective aura, if it's not thick enough, it will still be pierced by this flying knife.

If even the protective qi is like this, what about the true qi?
In front of this flying knife, the seemingly enormous hand of true energy was as soft as tofu.

With a single slash of the throwing knife, it split the object in two, disrupting its stability and causing it to scatter in all directions.

Chu Liuxiang's crisis was immediately resolved.

Shi Guanyin's expression turned ugly, and she immediately attacked again, gathering her true energy to unleash a series of energy blades.

But at the same time, one throwing knife after another flew in.

Following the flying knife was a thunderous sword aura and a sharp blade.

However, following Li Xunhuan's Flying Dagger, Lu Xiaofeng, wielding the Thunderclap Sword, and Bai Tianyu, wielding the Bai Family Divine Blade, were the first to arrive at the battlefield.

Seeing that things had developed to this point and that she could not catch Chu Liuxiang no matter what, Shi Guanyin calmed down.

She stopped in her tracks, stood still, and said coldly, "Chu Liuxiang, what a cunning scheme. It seems I've lost to you once again."

Last time, it was her plot to conquer the Kingdom of Guizi that was exposed by Chu Liuxiang.

Ultimately, she succeeded in seizing power in the Kingdom of Guizi entirely because of her own formidable strength, as well as the assistance of the Eastern Depot at the time.

This time, however, she was clearly defeated even more thoroughly.

Seeing this, Chu Liuxiang also stopped.

Bai Tianyu, Lu Xiaofeng, and others gathered around him.

On the desert, seven figures stood in front and behind, their eyes fixed on Shi Guanyin, watching her every move with vigilance.

(End of this chapter)