Azure Heaven Saber-Chapter 165 - 125 A Plan Three Years in the Making Added
Chapter 165: Chapter 125: A Plan Three Years in the Making [Added 4 out of 5 for Silver League Gold Rank reader 8868]_4
Chapter 165 -125: A Plan Three Years in the Making [Added 4 out of 5 for Silver League Gold Rank reader 8868]_4
Screams echoed sporadically, congealing into a single chorus of horror.
Fortunately, the Black Feathers were already clutching their shields, raising them instinctively to protect themselves. The first volley of arrows didn’t result in too many casualties, but the situation was dire for the others. Hundreds were instantly transformed into living pincushions, collapsing to the ground as blood flowed freely.
The clamour persisted…
This was the sound of countless arrows striking against the shields, the relentless impact causing every member of the Black Feathers to blanch.
These were anything but ordinary military-grade arrows!
With this sustained rain of death, how long could they hold out with just their shields?
And yet, things continued to worsen for the Black Feathers—
A powerful bellow echoed from above.
“Fall!”
Immediately after, bucket after bucket of flammable oil was dumped from the clifftops above the valley.
Even further, archers applied oil-soaked flax to their arrows. Another ignited them…
Followed by the whistling sound of arrows sandwiched with fire, blasting into the confines of the valley.
There was a thunderous boom and the entire valley swiftly erupted into flames.
The Black Feathers screamed as they were engulfed, amid surging flames and rolling smoke, many of them set ablaze.
Of the group that had come from Yuezhou with Qian Wanjin, a good seven or eight out of ten were gone. At this critical juncture, the Black Feathers could hardly look after themselves. How could they spare the effort to help the others?
Qian Wanjin himself, a rather rotund man, had over two hundred arrows sticking out of him. He looked something like a gigantic porcupine and his eyes, rolling upwards, stared blankly at the sky. The poor life had been snuffed out of him.
One could hardly imagine that this man, who had successfully conspired against the entire Yuezhou City, could meet such a tragic end at the height of his victory.
The number of arrows in his body was horrifying to behold.
But it wasn’t as if the archers had singled him out, Qian Wanjin’s large body presented a target too lucrative to pass, even more than shooting a wild boar!
Hence, many archers, almost instinctively, targeted him first.
Although Qian Wanjin’s cultivation base was not low, faced against hundreds of archers with specially designed crossbows, plus many bonus factors… No matter how formidable, he was bound to die!
The valley was now a nondescript hodgepodge of flames, the glittering shine of metal, and all kinds of hidden weapons being thrown about like spare change.
He Bibiqu’s voice rose loudly, “Don’t rush down! Keep the high ground! As soon as anyone tries to break out, kill them on sight; don’t rush in and risk a chaotic battle. Giving them no chance to create chaos is our best strategy at the moment!”
“Yes sir!”
Oil continued to be dumped by the barrel into the valley; the location of this valley was just too covert.
Even if someone passed by outside, they could hardly notice its existence.
Yet such secluded places, once occupied and transformed into natural ambush spots, always speak to one truth—escaping is practically impossible!
Amid the flames.
Bai Yixiu had an arrow lodged in her shoulder and her pretty face was as pale as snow. She and her hundreds of men were hiding in the cavern, all chests of treasure had already been thrown out to block the entrance of the cave to shield against the flames. They would wait for the chests to burn before shoving them out and replacing them with new ones.
Burn and push, repeat.
By sustaining this repetition, they eked out precious air to breathe, barely surviving.
The few water flasks they had, along with barrels of wine, were placed in the safest spots. Each man used a damp cloth to cover their nose and mouth, some even resorting to soaking the clothes of the dead to use as masks.
“Over here… I recognized the terrain when I came in. This section of the cave is closest to the exterior. Dig here, it’s our only chance for escape!”
As soon as Bai Yixiu entered the cave, she issued orders, “Don’t dig all the way through, stop when there’s only a thin layer left. We must catch them by surprise, an unexpected escape is the only way to maximize our survival chances…”
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[Power cut off last night, electricity got back around eleven, had me working till half past three, so frustrating.]
