allonlinenovel Chapter 135 Do you want to try it?
Chapter 135 Do you want to try it?
Even in such a critical situation, Xiao still had a calm expression. He looked up at the arrow pointing at him, and then looked at Meng Liyun who was a little scared.
"What do you want to do?" Xiao asked loudly, looking at the generals and women on the city wall.
"I just said that I would let you surrender." The general looked at the princess beside him, and after getting permission, he continued, "We have investigated you. When you were young, you teamed up with the so-called mountain god to kill hundreds of people in Yaoer Village, including your mother and sister. A year later, you and a man assassinated our Anguogong's youngest son at the intersection of Huacheng Street in front of everyone... You disappeared for more than ten years and reappeared. Although I don't know what kind of magic you used, today we have set up a net here to make it impossible for you to escape!"
The general raised his hands, and hundreds of crossbows were aimed at Xiao. The atmosphere was so tense that it was suffocating.
"You have two choices now." The general spoke again, staring at him closely, "One is to surrender to us, serve our country, and atone for your sins. The other is to die here."
"I can give you one incense stick of time to think about it. If you still don't have an answer after one incense stick of time -"
"No need." Xiao was silent for a moment, finally opened his mouth and answered.
The general's face froze as he watched him pull out a long black sword from somewhere behind his neck. For some reason, looking at the long blade, he had the illusion that there were a few strands of cold and evil spirits wrapped around the blade. Just looking at it, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart and a vague sense of uneasiness.
"Shoot!" the general made a prompt decision.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao disappeared from the spot.
Then, he appeared under the city wall, touched the ground with his feet, jumped up, and rushed towards the general.
The general was startled and suddenly released his bow. The arrow flew away like a meteor, but was easily cut off by him. In an instant, his toes touched the wall again and it was in front of him in the blink of an eye.
Xiao turned the hilt of his knife around and slashed at the general with the back of the knife. At this time, the general had already drawn a dagger from his waist and blocked his attack.
It seemed that Xiao didn't want to bother with him any longer. They just fought briefly and then disappeared in a flash.
Meng Liyun was looking around when she suddenly felt a tightness on the back of her neck. Her collar was pulled up, her breathing stagnated, and she fell into an arm.
Xiao picked her up with one hand and used the other hand to block the woman's attack.
Seeing that her first stab failed, the woman quickly retreated and waved her hand for the soldiers around her to meet the attack.
Xiao didn't seem to want to fight with them. He looked at the soldiers rushing up, jumped down, landed under the wall again, and spun his blade, trying to rush out of the sea of people.
Meng Liyun was protected in his arms, with swords and sabers flashing past her eyes so fast that she was overwhelmed. There were also cold arrows piercing her from time to time.
For some reason, Meng Liyun always felt that Xiao seemed to be holding back when she looked at his actions.
When he faced those soldiers, he did not kill them. Instead, he either used his strength to push them away or cut off their arms or legs. This caused many soldiers to fall down and be unable to stand up. But even though it looked so bloody and cruel, Meng Liyun still felt something was wrong.
He seemed to be avoiding their heads.
This is the most important point.
Meng Liyun vaguely remembered the way he chopped off the heads of the bandits when they first met.
In her vague memory, if Xiao killed someone, he would aim at the head.
But now he did not attack the heads of the surrounding soldiers, leaving smooth cuts on their necks, but instead split their armor one by one, cut off their arms, and made them lose their combat capability.
Meng Liyun was about to break through the encirclement, when suddenly, a soldier of huge stature, who was deliberately hiding behind the people around him, rushed over without any warning and knocked them away.
Meng Liyun fell heavily to the ground. Regardless of the pain, she immediately got up and looked around for the figure of Xiao.
She soon saw him, but then came the surging soldiers around her. The armored soldiers rushed towards Xiao without even looking at her, but let her crash hard into their iron plates.
Meng Liyun was accidentally knocked down, stars appeared in her eyes, and huge footsteps kept coming to her ears. Instinctively, she hugged her head and curled up on the ground, enduring the crowd that kept stepping on her.
Finally, she crawled out from the crowd of swordsmen and turned back to check on Xiao's condition, but she couldn't see anything from those people.
Hearing the noise coming from the surroundings, Meng Liyun felt very uneasy and wanted to find a place to hide, but she was discovered by others and wanted to arrest her.
Meng Liyun had no choice but to run away with her head in her hands. She seemed to be too panicked, her steps were weak and her whole body was shaking. She could only watch the person behind her getting closer and closer, reaching out his hand to her.
Meng Liyun was suddenly tripped and fell to the ground. The man rushed over due to inertia and luckily escaped.
Meng Liyun stood up and just turned around to run, she turned her head and saw the princess who had affectionately called her little sister a few days ago on the city wall, saying something to the general next to her. The general drew his bow and aimed it at her.
This feeling is amazing. You look at the gleaming arrow, the arrow coming towards you, and the arc drawn by the tail of the arrow...
You clearly want to dodge, but your feet seem to be stuck to the ground and you can't lift them. Your whole body is moving non-stop with fear, and the whole world seems to slow down, but you still can't find a way to escape.
Meng Liyun could only watch the arrow flying at her at high speed. Her feet felt like they were filled with lead. She was completely stunned and had no time to dodge.
Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed by and stood in front of her.
The arrow only went through the shadow's back and pierced straight through his chest.
The tip of the arrow pierced through his body, stained with blood, which slowly flowed out of his chest and dripped down the arrow shaft.
Blood dripped onto Meng Liyun's face. Her pupils, which had been shrinking due to the stimulation, were still trembling. Her eyes were fixed on the man's face, which was slightly distorted due to pain.
Meng Liyun's mind went blank as she stared blankly at Xiao who was standing in front of her. At that moment, she couldn't even understand why he did that.
She was in a daze, but Xiao was not. He reached out and pulled her into his arms, his panting sound echoing in her ears.
His breathing was heavy and he seemed very tired. Meng Liyun looked at him and found that his face and neck were all sweaty, and his arms were not as strong as before. She hugged him tightly and opened her mouth to say something.
She wanted to tell him she was sorry, to tell him she was sorry, that she—
"They only want to kill me, they won't touch you." Xiao's throat was hoarse as if it was pierced, his breathing was rapid, and he tried his best to say something, "Run away, I will help you buy time."
What do you mean?
Meng Liyun suddenly couldn't understand what he said.
What do you mean by buying time? Aren't we supposed to go together?
As if he understood her look, Xiao twitched the corners of his mouth, blood flowed out, and he shook his head without explaining.
The soldiers had already arrived around them. Looking at the spears coming towards Xiao, Meng Liyun was about to remind him when Xiao had already stood up and rushed towards them.
With one strike he severed the spear, and with another he cut off the man's arm.
Xiao let her go before he stood up and pushed her, as if to urge her to leave quickly. But Meng Liyun stared at him closely and refused to leave.
What if he died because she left?
Meng Liyun's whole heart was trembling. She kept shaking and didn't know what to do. Although she knew that if she stayed here, she might just be a burden to him, but if she left, what would she do after he died?
He saved her life, and if he died, she might as well die with him.
Anyway, there is nothing left for me to miss in this world.
Meng Liyun thought about it with sad eyes, but her thoughts were extremely firm.
Looking at Xiao who was being beaten by everyone, she could see that his movements were getting slower and slower, as if the arrow he had just blocked for her was constantly draining his strength, making him weaker and weaker.
Finally, while swinging the knife, he suddenly lost his grip, as if all his strength was drained away, and he fell headfirst to the ground.
Meng Liyun's pupils suddenly shrank, and just when she was about to step forward, she was suddenly frozen in place.
She saw that "Owl" stood up again.
Facing the blade coming towards him, "Owl" did not counterattack as quickly as before. Instead, he stretched out his finger and flicked the blade as if in slow motion.
In an instant, the surrounding soldiers seemed to have been hit by a huge impact. They all flew backwards and fell to the ground, leaving a large space around him.
Meng Liyun did not feel any joy when she saw this, but instead trembled helplessly.
wrong……
this person--
Not an owl.
Meng Liyun stared at the man in front of her. They looked exactly the same, with no difference at all. Why -
Before Meng Liyun could think about it, that unknown thing looked over and used the owl's body.
When she met those eyes that were as bright as the golden sun, Meng Liyun was stunned for a moment.
The man in front of her exuded a frightening aura. He clearly did nothing but glance at her, which made her lose her balance and her legs went weak. Finally, she couldn't help but collapse to the ground, shaking all over.
"Xiao" glanced at her indifferently, seemed to sense something, lowered his head to look at the arrow stuck in his chest, frowned, and pulled it out casually.
Blood gushed out violently, but the guy didn't know what he did, and the bleeding stopped in the blink of an eye, and the bloodstains on his face that were accidentally left also healed in an instant.
Looking at the soldiers around him who were still trying to get up, "Owl" nodded and propped up his chin, as if thinking about something.
"Xiao" did not pause for too long, only thought for a few seconds, then raised his head, looked at the people around him, frowned slightly, and showed a look of disgust.
"……Humanity."
Hearing the tone full of annoyance, Meng Liyun swallowed, not knowing what he wanted to do.
The man just waved his hand gently, without looking at the general standing high on the city wall, nor at the soldiers around him who were advancing one after another, he just waved his hand gently.
The next second, everything was quiet.
All the people in his field of vision, except himself, seemed to be squeezed by something invisible. Their heads tilted and their bodies went limp. Blood spurted out of their necks. They fell down instantly and died.
Meng Liyun was stunned.
Meng Liyun stared blankly at the hundreds of corpses that suddenly appeared in front of her for a long time, until she felt that someone was looking at her, then she reacted.
Those golden pupils made it almost impossible to look directly at them. Those eyes that should have been as warm as the sun were now icy cold. He glanced at her emotionlessly, and the look in his pupils made her feel as if he was looking at an insect.
He said nothing, except for the disgusted "human". The gold gradually faded, and the familiar black returned.
The owl's body swayed, it steadied its steps, bent down uncomfortably, and covered one eye, seemingly in some pain.
"...Xiao?" Meng Liyun called him tentatively. She looked into his eyes and felt relieved only after confirming that it was him.
But Xiao suddenly panicked and hurriedly took out a necklace from his inner clothes. The teardrop-shaped jade hanging on the necklace was emitting an icy blue light and looked very strange.
Xiao stared at the glowing jade block, his eyes emitting a light he had never seen before, his expression filled with uneasiness and nervousness, and he opened his mouth to say something.
"I--"
Unfortunately, just after he said one word, before he could even lip shape the following words, the jade block dimmed at the fastest speed, the light disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye, and the color returned to its previous state.
Xiao was stunned for a moment, and the light in his eyes quickly dissipated and dimmed.
The owl lowered his eyes, revealing a heartbreaking loss and sadness, as well as a little bit of imperceptible grievance.
Finally, he raised his hands to hide his expression, lowered his head, and did not speak for a long time.
Meng Liyun walked in slowly and looked at him worriedly. Although she didn't understand, her intuition told her that it should be related to the man with golden eyes.
Thinking about that dangerous aura, Meng Liyun lowered her eyes, pursed her lips, and mustered up the courage to ask him softly: "Are you... okay?"
Xiao didn't say anything. He paused for a long time, as if he finally heard her words. He raised his head and looked at her, his expression slightly tired: "...Nothing, we should go."
Meng Liyun looked at him and noticed his sadness, but she didn't know what to say. She could only look at him quietly and took his hand, wanting to give him some comfort.
Xiao obviously felt it, smiled at her gently, and was about to say something when the locked city gate suddenly opened a crack, and an old woman came out.
The old woman was holding a basket of vegetables, not knowing what she was going to do. She walked to the place where the soldiers were supposed to be standing. She wanted to say something, but she did not see the soldiers as before. The strong smell of blood wafted into her nose, and she finally realized something and slowly looked towards the direction outside the city.
When he suddenly saw so many bloody corpses - especially the arms and thighs that Xiao had cut off earlier - and then saw the man standing in the distance, he immediately understood something.
The old woman's whole body began to tremble. She lost her balance and fell to the ground, looking at him tremblingly.
Xiao's eyes became indifferent, with no expression on his face. He slightly tightened his fingers and pulled Meng Liyun to leave.
"Monster, monster!"
The old woman suddenly screamed, her voice shrill and piercing with fear.
Meng Liyun looked back and saw that the old man was trembling continuously. He tried to retreat using his hands and feet, but failed due to the great shock. Finally, he fell backward with his eyes rolled back due to excessive fright.
As if they heard the old man's scream, many people emerged from the city gate one after another. Seeing the hellish scene outside the city, most of them couldn't help but scream.
Most of these soldiers were from the local area. When they saw their neighbors' children, students they had taught, their cousins' brothers... these familiar people lying in a pool of blood, most of them could not help but burst into tears.
Seeing more and more people walking out of the door, staggering towards the corpses, and tremblingly looking to see if there were any of their own or familiar children, Meng Liyun couldn't help but tremble.
She didn't know why, she seemed a little scared, but also a little guilty. Looking at the people crying and calling out the names of their relatives, her heart suddenly became bitter.
But they are also innocent...
Meng Liyun pursed her lips, looked at the grieving crowd, and suddenly seemed to understand why Xiao had not killed them before.
She couldn't help but look at Xiao. Xiao was looking at the crowd, and from her angle she couldn't see his eyes clearly, she only saw his lips pursed slightly, as if he was thinking about something.
In an instant, Xiao turned back, pulled her hand, and wanted to leave with her.
At this time, the old woman who had fainted woke up, saw them at a glance, pointed at them - to be precise, the owl - and wailed.
"It's you! You killed them!!"
The old woman spoke with a thick accent and full of hatred, gritting her teeth.
The people around heard the old woman's cry and looked towards them.
Looking at those pairs of resentful and cold eyes, Meng Liyun felt a little scared.
Sensing her uneasiness, Xiao gently pinched her fingers, said nothing, looked back at those people, and walked up to leave.
"Why do not you speak?"
Suddenly, in the dead silence, someone asked.
"Is what Grandma said true?"
"You killed my child?"
"You killed my husband?"
"is it you?"
"Did you kill them?"
"Yes." Unexpectedly, Xiao did not dodge. Instead, he turned around and faced them. He stretched out his fingers slightly, and the knife that fell to the ground flew back into his hand.
"Do you want to try it?"
Xiao stared at the resentful crowd in front of him, his eyes were calm, even cold.
"Want to try and avenge them?"
The hand suddenly exerted force, the blade flashed with black light, and was wrapped with a faint white mist. The murderous aura suddenly appeared, and the cold and sharp breath appeared around everyone without warning, lingering in everyone's heart like the suffocation of a python.
At this moment, Xiao was full of murderous aura. Anyone who saw his murderous look and felt the cold aura emanating from him would believe without hesitation that the hundreds of corpses in front of them were all killed by him alone.