Chapter 292: Crushing, stalling for time, great victory at Ningyuan Hill [Ten thousand words]

"Arrogant!"

Seeing that the main army had already walked a mile away, even if they turned back now, it would not pose any threat to him, Hou Hu finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Before the roar had completely dissipated, his silver coiled-dragon-pattern long staff had already pierced through dozens of meters of distance, heading straight for Xia Hong's face.

Unlike knives, spears, swords, and halberds, the long staff has no edge. Such a straight attack should theoretically have extremely limited lethality, but the fact is the exact opposite.

Under the blessing of Hou Hu's immense arm strength, the long staff stirred the airflow along the way, first forming a silver air column. The intense pressure caused the surrounding cold air to rush madly toward the air column in a short period of time.

The cold air gathered too quickly, actually forming a fan-shaped cold air shockwave with the tip of the staff as the core, with a radius of more than ten meters.

Ssh…………

Who said the long staff has no edge?

Under the blessing of Hou Hu's terrifying strength, the sharpness revealed by the tip of the staff instantly shocked everyone watching around.

Hou Hu held the staff with both hands, his eyes full of coldness. The unstoppable tip of the staff arrived in front of Xia Hong in an instant, less than an inch from his chest.

"Li Tiancheng still doesn't dare to be so arrogant. Just by relying on you, you're courting death!"

Hou Hu's personality is domineering and unruly; he only respects Li Tianhua in his life. Even when Li Tiancheng's strength was stronger than his, he was not afraid at all. Being so despised by the unknown Xia Hong, one can imagine the anger in his heart.

But even so, he was not blinded by anger.

Xia Hong saved him once from Li Tianhua's hands; at Gourd Valley, Li Ying Xuan Ling led the Longyou army and so many Cold-Resisting Realm experts, but still couldn't kill him. These two things both indicate that Xia Hong's strength is highly likely to be above his own.

Therefore, as soon as he made a move, he used all his strength.

It can be seen from his posture of holding the staff with both hands that this strike almost condensed all his strength. Because of the extreme explosion of speed and power, it had such great momentum and power.

From the moment Xia Hong didn't choose to make a move at the first time, Hou Hu understood that no matter what, he couldn't avoid this strike of his.

Bang...

Everything was just as he expected; the tip of the staff hit Xia Hong's chest.

But that was as far as it went!

The subsequent development was completely different from what he had envisioned.

He clearly felt that his staff tip had at most penetrated a portion of Xia Hong's skin membrane, and it stopped before even touching the flesh and blood.

It was like hitting an indestructible wall; his long staff couldn't advance even a fraction, and he himself was still in a state of horizontal suspension in the air.

Crack...

The moment the tiger's mouths of his hands cracked, Hou Hu's expression changed suddenly, and a trace of horror quickly emerged in his pupils. He immediately tried to withdraw the staff and pull away.

It's a pity that he could no longer withdraw his long staff.

"Twenty-three manes, in less than three months, you've improved by seven manes..."

Xia Hong grabbed the long staff with his left hand, a strange look first appeared on his face, then his left hand exerted force suddenly, pulling Hou Hu to his front along with the staff.

Then, the right hand holding the Long Que Dao flashed suddenly.

Swish...

An arc of cold light cut through the night sky, heading straight for Hou Hu's neck.

Too fast!

Xia Hong's action of swinging the knife was really too fast.

Not to mention Hou Hu, even the crowd watching around didn't see it clearly.

It seemed as if he just lifted his hand lightly, and in the blink of an eye, the slender Long Que Dao had already made a stroke toward Hou Hu's neck.

"Leader!"

At the critical moment, Hou Hu let go directly, dropped his long staff, kicked the ground hard with both legs, and retreated wildly toward the rear.

His own strength is not on the same level as Xia Hong's at all.

Not only Hou Hu, but Hou Tong and the other seven also reacted at this moment. They were not timid either; they drew their weapons directly and rushed over, blocking between Xia Hong and Hou Hu.

Hou Hu, who had retreated to the safe area in the rear, was still a bit shaken. He raised his hand to touch the tiny knife mark on his neck, his heart full of lingering fear.

If he hadn't let go just now, he would probably have been beheaded by now.

"How is it possible? I used all my strength, yet I couldn't even completely break through his skin membrane. This Xia Hong, what kind of streng..."

Before Hou Hu's exclamation ended, danger struck again.

Xia Hong, who had originally been besieged by Hou Tong and the other seven, suddenly gripped his Long Que Dao horizontally, broke through the encirclement in one go, and dashed toward his direction.

Clang... Clang...

Xia Hong didn't even deliberately use the knife to attack Hou Tong and the others. Just the blade light pulled out by the Long Que Dao when he rushed forward cut off the weapons of three of them. The other four dodged in time; although their weapons were not cut off, they were also affected by the power of his forward rush, their bodies retreated to both sides, and their hands shook wildly.

"I let the eight of you come together, you didn't believe it, now there's no chance!"

Xia Hong had already stood in front of Hou Hu. After a faint smile, he raised the Long Que Dao with his right hand and slashed diagonally toward Hou Hu's right shoulder suddenly.

Just when Hou Hu let go, he had already kicked the silver coiled-dragon-pattern long staff to the side of Xia Chuan and the three in the rear, so at this moment, the Hou Hu in front of him had no weapons in his hands.

"Leader Xia, mis..."

Hou Hu probably smelled the breath of death; his eyes were full of horror. He first retreated in a panic to avoid it, but as Xia Hong's blade continued to extend, he realized that he couldn't avoid this knife, so he immediately opened his mouth to concede.

Hearing Hou Hu's concession, Xia Hong was not surprised.

At the Longshan alliance in April, when Hou Hu sneaked into Longshan to probe the reality and was later forced into a desperate situation by Li Tiancheng and almost died, he also shouted "Uncle Tiancheng" to concede and beg for mercy from Longshan.

From this point, it can be seen that although Hou Hu's personality is domineering and unruly, he can also put down his status at critical moments. Being able to bend and stretch like this, it's no wonder he could develop Zhaoyang so strongly under Longshan's nose.

To some extent, Xia Hong somewhat appreciates Hou Hu.

Of course, appreciation is appreciation.

Xia Hong has no intention of being soft-hearted at this moment!

So he didn't give Hou Hu a chance to finish his words. He pressed his body forward, held the Long Que Dao in reverse, and slashed a huge wound nearly seventy centimeters long and an inch deep from his right shoulder diagonally toward his left lower abdomen.

Psh…………

The splashing of blood from the wound was secondary. The huge force produced by the diagonal slash of the Long Que Dao was fully received by Hou Hu. His body flew backward for dozens of meters instantly, and when he finally hit the ground after crashing into the snow, he even made a loud noise.

Bang!

"Leader!"

"Leader..."

Hou Tong and the seven had probably never seen Hou Hu like this. They stayed in place for a full three or four breaths. After reacting, worried that Xia Hong would take the opportunity to kill Hou Hu, the seven gritted their teeth and immediately rushed up, starting a second round of siege regardless of their lives.

"Still quite loyal, what a pity!"

Xia Hong could naturally see the intention of the seven.

He sneered, a thick killing intent emerged in his eyes, and his gaze first chose the strongest among the seven, Hou Tong.

Even if the knife just now didn't kill Hou Hu, it took half his life; it certainly won't threaten him in a short time.

Since that's the case, let's solve the others first.

"Eleven manes, the improvement of the others is also between 2 and 3 manes!"

Just now, Xia Hong's attention was all on Hou Hu. After observing Hou Tong and the seven carefully at this moment, he realized that the strength improvement of these people was also very large.

Simply, it's ridiculously large!

Hou Tong was an eight-mane expert before. In less than two months, he improved by three manes. Xia Hong knows very well that even if Yang Yuan Pills are supplied without limit, it is basically impossible to do this, not to mention that the Zhaoyang camp cannot refine Yang Yuan Pills, and Cold-Resisting Realm experts can only rely on Jade Bone Great Medicine for cultivation.

Besides, Zhaoyang cannot produce so much Cold Apple Jade Dew to refine Jade Bone Great Medicine and supply these people without limit.

So, how did these people improve?

This confusion flashed through Xia Hong's mind. His mind stirred slightly. He first blocked the attacks of the other six with the Long Que Dao, then his body rushed forward suddenly, approached Hou Tong directly, exerted force suddenly, and stabbed a knife directly into his chest.

Psh…………

The Long Que Dao is a thousand-forged weapon. Under the blessing of Xia Hong's strength, it is enough to break through the skin membrane and flesh of a Cold-Resisting Realm expert, so this knife had no suspense and directly pierced through Hou Tong's chest.

The moment the blade broke through the flesh, a faint light flashed in Xia Hong's left eye, focusing on the wound position of Hou Tong.

Although it was only for an instant, Xia Hong's expression still changed.

"Sure enough!"

The wound area broken by the blade had an extremely rich fire-red substance.

The reason why Hou Hu and his group improved so fast is all because of that Bai Lu Ghost.

Helping people improve their strength significantly, but not controlling the other party.

What does this Bai Lu Ghost want to do?

Moreover, is it only Hou Hu and these Cold-Resisting Realm experts who have it, or does everyone in the entire Zhaoyang camp have it in their bodies?

No, no, this kind of strength improvement is small-scale, or can it be indiscriminate? If it can improve everyone's strength and still hide behind the scenes without being exposed, then Zhaoyang's strength in the future...

Zhaoyang is like this, what about Longshan?

Why did the two families, which were fire and water before, suddenly form an alliance?

The confusion in Xia Hong's mind before suddenly had an answer at this moment.

Immediately after, a terrifying guess instantly surfaced in Xia Hong's mind...

Driving the wolf to swallow the tiger!

These four big characters popped up in Xia Hong's mind at this moment, and his pupils constricted suddenly.

Ssh…………

He pulled out the Long Que Dao directly, kicked Hou Tong's body away, turned around immediately, found an opportunity, and pierced through Hou Quan's chest again. Then he followed the same pattern and used the Long Que Dao to pierce through the bodies of two more Cold-Resisting Realm experts one after another.

Sure enough, they all have it. Hou Quan and the two Cold-Resisting Realm experts behind him all have extremely rich fire-red substances in their bodies, which is exactly the sign of the Dew Plague.

Just as Xia Hong had the answer in his heart, he found that Hou Tong and the seven had already started looking for opportunities to approach Hou Hu's side, clearly wanting to escape.

Naturally, he couldn't give them a chance. His body rushed forward suddenly, caught up with Hou Tong first, pierced through his shoulder blade with a knife, and then kicked him to the side of Xia Chuan and the three.

Hou Tong, Hou Quan, and the two unnamed Cold-Resisting Realm experts behind were already in a state of serious injury. With Xia Hong's targeted attack, they had no chance to escape at all and were all sent to Xia Chuan's side one by one.

Xia Chuan and the three naturally understood Xia Hong's meaning and quickly controlled the four seriously injured people.

The remaining three Cold-Resisting Realm experts who were not injured had already rushed to Hou Hu's position. Xia Hong turned around and was about to chase in the direction of the three, but after turning around, his expression was stunned immediately.

Hou Hu actually stood up from the snow…………

The seven or eighty-centimeter-long knife wound on his chest was still gushing blood, and in some deeper positions of the abdomen, one could even see internal organs and some intestines that had flowed out.

The vitality of a Cold-Resisting Realm expert is indeed tenacious, but not to the point of being injured like this and still being able to stand up by himself.

Moreover, Hou Hu not only stood up, but he was also galloping toward the north under the support of the other three Cold-Resisting Realm experts.

"The means of this Bai Lu Ghost is really too strong. If this continues, I'm afraid it will cause a great disaster!"

This thought flashed through Xia Hong's mind, and he quickly got up to chase Hou Hu and the four.

It is naturally impossible for three Cold-Resisting Realm experts with strength of only five or six manes to escape from his hands while carrying a seriously injured Hou Hu.

To what extent the Bai Lu Ghost can improve the strength of a Cold-Resisting Realm expert is not yet clear, but judging from the improvement of these Zhaoyang Cold-Resisting Realm experts over the past two months, the efficiency is also quite amazing.

Once this kind of improvement forms a large scale, Great Xia will be in big trouble.

Therefore, kill one by one!

In less than ten breaths, Xia Hong had already caught up with the four.

Xia Hong's eyes were full of killing intent. Without any hesitation, the Long Que Dao drew a cold edge, heading straight for the seriously injured Hou Hu.

Swish…………

However, just as the blade was about to cut Hou Hu's back neck.

A swift sound of an iron arrow breaking through the air suddenly came to Xia Hong's ears.

"Clang…………"

Xia Hong didn't pay attention to the iron arrow at all. Just from the intensity of the wind, he could judge who shot the iron arrow.

It was the divine archer named Yang Fengping from Gourd Valley.

This also shows that the people from Longshan have arrived.

If it were two months ago, he might not have dared to resist this arrow.

But now…………

Xia Hong resisted the iron arrow directly and raised his knife to continue slashing toward Hou Hu.

Clang…………

However, what surprised Xia Hong a little was that the target of the iron arrow was not himself, but the Long Que Dao in his hand.

The power of the iron arrow is indeed not too strong, only about sixteen manes.

But this power is enough to change the direction of the Long Que Dao and cause his slash to deviate.

Hou Hu's body stumbled forward, and having escaped death, he no longer cared about his image. Supported by the three Cold-Resisting Realm experts, he hid directly behind the crowd rushing toward the north side.

"Leader Xia, your Great Xia invaded Longyou first, occupying nearly one-third of the land of the three families of Beehive, Hanqiong, and Wu Shuang; now you have looted my supplies and slaughtered my allies. It seems you are determined to start a war in Longyou!"

There are quite a few people from Longshan, thirteen in total.

The leader is Li Ying Xuan Ling, followed by Li Xuantian and Li Xuandu. Xia Hong has an impression of the remaining nine people; they are all relatively strong Cold-Resisting Realm experts in Longshan.

All thirteen people came from the southwest. Unsurprisingly, they should have departed from Longshan, passed through Songyuan territory, and then arrived here; and they were all slightly panting, clearly rushing over in a hurry.

Being preempted by Li Ying Xuan Ling, Xia Hong didn't react, just looked at the Longshan crowd with interest and scanned them, focusing on Li Xuantian, then looked directly at Li Ying Xuan Ling and chuckled and asked: "Longshan sent 800 sets of hundred-forged weapons and armor to Zhaoyang, surely not just to help them improve their hunting ability, right?"

Li Ying Xuan Ling's expression froze when asked.

The meaning of Xia Hong's words is very obvious. Longshan and Zhaoyang both stood on one side, isn't it just to deal with Great Xia?

Then what is the difference between Great Xia declaring war or not?

By the way, since Great Xia dared to loot this batch of weapons and armor, it means they must have already known the news of the alliance between Longshan and Zhaoyang. Her preemptive strike just now was indeed a bit superfluous.

Longshan has definitely had a traitor, right among the nine hundred-plus Earth-Digging Realm experts that Great Xia released last time at Gourd Valley.

Great Xia released so many Earth-Digging Realm experts as soon as they said so; sure enough, there is a problem!

Similarly, Zhaoyang was also released with more than seven hundred Earth-Digging Realm experts at that time; there must also be Great Xia spies among that batch of people.

Li Ying Xuan Ling's expression was very gloomy at this moment. When Great Xia released those nine hundred-plus Earth-Digging Realm experts at the end of April, she already had a premonition that there was a problem with this batch of people.

The key is that night at Gourd Valley, she took the initiative to abandon this batch of Earth-Digging Realm experts.

At that time, after realizing that she couldn't solve Wu Xiong controlled by the Bai Lu Ghost, she led a group of Cold-Resisting Realm experts to cover the escape of the Longyou army soldiers and then ran away directly. The remaining Earth-Digging Realm experts were considered abandoned by her.

Who could have thought that this batch of people were all saved by Great Xia and finally returned to Longshan.

Li Ying Xuan Ling and a group of Cold-Resisting Realm experts felt guilty toward this batch of people, so even if they knew that some of them might have defected, they only dared to investigate secretly.

But after two months, no problems were found, so Longshan put this matter aside for the time being. Unexpectedly, the traitor was hidden so deeply!

Being able to set an ambush at Changbai Gully and loot the 800 sets of weapons and armor halfway shows that Great Xia not only knew about this batch of supplies long ago but also knew clearly that they were to be sent to the Bai Yuan camp.

"From the construction of the warehouse to the transportation, this batch of weapons and armor was kept extremely confidential throughout the whole process. Only people in the military camp knew about it, so the traitor is highly likely to be in the new army. But in the battle of Changbai Gully, the new army was completely wiped out, and only sixty or so people escaped back. Will this Xia Hong still hide the traitor among this batch of people and return them to Longshan?"

Li Ying Xuan Ling looked at Xia Hong at this moment. Although her face was as cold as frost and no emotional fluctuations could be seen, her right hand pressing on the hilt of the sword trembled slightly twice.

"Xia Hong, since you already know about the alliance between Zhaoyang and Longshan, you should clearly know that Great Xia no longer has a place to stand in Longyou from now on. As long as you honestly return these 800 sets of weapons and armor to us, release Zhou Yuan, Li Yuanqing, and Cheng He, as well as the group of Longshan captives, and then lead Great Xia to withdraw from Longyou, from now on, Longyou and Red Wood Ridge will be bounded by the Arrow Bamboo Forest. How about we two families never interfere with each other from now on?"

Xia Hong looked up at Li Ying Xuan Ling, a trace of surprise appearing on his face.

Although Li Ying Xuan Ling's trembling right hand just now was small, it still couldn't escape his eyes, so he knew very well that Li Ying Xuan Ling should be angry to the extreme at this moment.

Traitors, 800 sets of weapons and armor, the seriously injured Hou Hu, of course, the most important thing is that new army of Longshan that was established for only one month and is now completely wiped out.

The damage Great Xia brought to Longshan this time must have hurt the foundation.

Even so, Li Ying Xuan Ling was still able to hold back her emotions.

This woman really has some means!

It's a pity that she used it on the wrong object.

Xia Hong smiled and revealed a look of disdain in his eyes: "Whether Great Xia can finally stand in Longyou depends on strength, not on what you Longshan say. Just now Hou Hu also wanted to rely on his lips to make me hand over this batch of weapons and armor, and he has already failed. Does Leader Li also want to try once?"

"Arrogant!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling finally couldn't hold back and scolded Xia Hong directly.

When she came over just now, she had already seen Hou Hu's miserable state. The meaning of Xia Hong's words was clearly warning her not to follow in Hou Hu's footsteps. How could she not hear it?

Li Xuandu noticed that Great Xia's team had walked very far, almost only able to see the outline, and immediately stepped forward to whisper a reminder to Li Ying Xuan Ling:

"Leader, the army is almost two kilometers away from the four of them. It's too late to turn back to help now. Let's just do it with more people?"

"Taking down this madman and forcing the Xia army to come back to save people is also fine!"

Xia Hong's side only has four people. Not counting the seriously injured Hou Hu, they have a full sixteen people here. If they don't make a move now, when will they?

Li Ying Xuan Ling didn't think about being able to take down Xia Hong directly either. As long as she could force the Great Xia army to turn back to save people, it would be considered a success.

"The Longyou army has already set out and it will take about four hours to get here. No matter what, we must stall the Xia army; otherwise, if they return to Wu Shuang, it will be troublesome to deal with them later."

The seriously injured Hou Hu in the rear also reminded the Longshan crowd at this time.

"Alliance Leader, my Zhaoyang Blood Guard Army has already set out and is at most an hour away from here. As long as we stall the Xia army for a moment, it will be enough!"

Hearing this, Li Ying Xuan Ling's eyes flashed, and with no more worries, she led fifteen Cold-Resisting Realm experts and rushed toward Xia Hong.

The silver long sword drew a straight sword edge in mid-air. After all, she is the strongest person in Longshan. Li Ying Xuan Ling was the first to rush to Xia Hong's front, and the clean and neat sword edge headed straight for his neck.

Swish…………

The sound made by the sword edge rubbing against the air rapidly caused Xia Hong's expression to change slightly. He quickly raised the long knife and retreated to avoid it.

He remembered that when he first saw Li Ying Xuan Ling in April, she clearly only had the basic strength of twelve manes, but at this moment, this sound was clearly not something that could be made by twelve manes.

Clang…………

Xia Hong's avoidance only lasted less than two breaths before he was forced to stop by Li Xuantian, Li Xuandu, and the rest of the Cold-Resisting Realm experts.

Li Ying Xuan Ling didn't rush up alone. Realizing that he couldn't avoid this sword, Xia Hong raised the Long Que Dao and retreated another three or four meters the moment he came into contact with Li Ying Xuan Ling's long sword.

"Knowing that your weapon is not as good as mine, you want to unload the force? Dream on!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling saw Xia Hong's intention to retreat at a glance. After a sneer, her body pressed forward suddenly, her right-hand strength did not weaken at all, and she continued to slash at the front end of the Long Que Dao from top to bottom.

At the same time, Li Xuantian and the others saw her intention and suppressed Xia Hong from three directions—the two sides and the rear—never giving him any room to retreat again, which can be described as having perfect tacit understanding.

Restricted by so many people, Xia Hong had no room to retreat and could only raise the Long Que Dao in his right hand to block Li Ying Xuan Ling's long sword.

Of course, his left hand was not idle either.

Xia Hong's eyes flashed slightly. In the blink of an eye, he stretched out his left hand, grabbed a snake spear that was stabbing at him from the left, pulled it toward his front, and then threw a straight punch, hitting the owner of the snake spear directly in the abdomen.

The owner of that snake spear happened to be Li Xuantian.

Bang!

Li Xuantian's abdomen collapsed by twenty or thirty centimeters, a burst of blood exploded, and it splashed out directly from his back. The whole person flew backward for twenty or thirty meters, and his pupils even became a bit unfocused.

"Second Brother!"

Fortunately, Li Xuandu reacted in time, ran to the rear to catch him, and retreated another twenty or thirty meters with him, unloading a portion of the force; otherwise, Li Xuantian would have died if he had resisted this punch.

The left hand successfully killed Li Xuantian, but the right hand side was not very optimistic!

Clang…………

Just as Li Ying Xuan Ling said just now, Xia Hong chose to avoid it the first time just to unload the force. He knew very well that the thousand-forged Long Que Dao in his hand was not as good as the silver long sword in Li Ying Xuan Ling's hand. The two weapons collided directly, and even if he had an advantage in strength, he would inevitably not get any good.

The Long Que Dao was slashed by Li Ying Xuan Ling's long sword. Without suspense, one-third of the blade was cut off directly;

But after cutting off the Long Que Dao, Li Ying Xuan Ling's expression instantly became extremely solemn, and she drew her sword and retreated, pulling back violently.

The reason is very simple. The moment the Long Que Dao was cut off, Xia Hong directly held the remaining two-thirds of the blade and slashed a terrifying blade edge toward her with a backhand lift.

Swish…………

Li Ying Xuan Ling retreated for a full five or six meters, but even so, the airflow stirred by the blade edge still cut off several strands of her temples from the air.

"No wonder he could beat Hou Hu into serious injury. This Xia Hong's basic strength is probably higher than Second Uncle's now, at least thirty manes or more. It's only been such a short time, how could his improvement be so big!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling looked at the few strands of black hair falling from her temples, her eyes full of horror.

She has an impression of Xia Hong's strength.

At the Longshan alliance in mid-April, when Xia Hong made a move to save Hou Hu, Second Uncle Li Guo, his basic strength should be around eighteen manes;

Later at Hanqiong Gourd Valley, Li Ying Xuan Ling led the Longyou army to hunt down Xia Hong. Although she couldn't accurately judge Xia Hong's basic strength, she could roughly infer that it was just over twenty manes.

It's only been two months, thirty manes or more…………

"No matter what, I can only continue to believe in Second Brother. If Great Xia is allowed to continue to develop like this, Longyou will really change hands. Absolutely not!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling suppressed the horror in her heart, glanced at Li Xuantian, and after a struggle flashed in her eyes, she gritted her teeth and rushed toward Xia Hong again.

Clang…………

Xia Hong's strength is indeed too strong.

The Long Que Dao with only two-thirds of the blade left became even more flexible in his hands. The other fifteen people seemed to surround him in the middle, but in the case of not having an advantage in weapons, they couldn't pose any threat to him at all.

Whether it was Li Xuantian's long spear, Li Xuandu's large knife, or other people's weapons, even if they could bypass Xia Hong's Long Que Dao and successfully hit his body, they could at most break through a portion of his skin membrane and could not hurt his flesh and blood. Such attacks were completely meaningless to a Cold-Resisting Realm expert.

On the contrary, the blade edge slashed by Xia Hong was extremely terrifying. Not only was the power great, but it could also stir the surrounding airflow to expand the slashing surface, and at the same time, the speed was fast. Every breath could slash three or four cold edges, almost covering all directions in front, behind, left, and right of the body.

In a one-on-one head-on collision, no one dared to take Xia Hong's knife. Fortunately, this group of Longshan people had perfect tacit understanding, and with mutual cooperation, they could entangle Xia Hong, making him unable to find a breakthrough. If this were replaced by another batch of Cold-Resisting Realm experts, it would be impossible to fight for so long.

Swish…………

That's why Li Ying Xuan Ling was in such a hurry to rush up. In the whole field, only her silver long sword could pose a threat to Xia Hong. If she didn't go up, looking at the situation, let alone escaping, if Xia Chuan and the three also made a move, it might not be impossible for Xia Hong to win in the end.

…………

That's right, so far, the battle has been going on for nearly two hours.

Xia Chuan and the three haven't even made a move yet.

Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo are staring at Xia Hong without blinking, their faces full of horror and shock.

"Gulp…………"

"The leader's strength is actually this strong!"

"One against ten? Li Ying Xuan Ling also took advantage of the weapon. If there was a suitable weapon, could the leader keep all sixteen of these people here?"

"Definitely can. Big Brother's current strength is unmatched in Longyou!"

Hearing Peng Bo's guess, Xia Chuan replied firmly.

Unlike Chen and Peng, there was only worship and fanaticism in his eyes when looking at Xia Hong, without any surprise or shock, as if this scene in front of him was a matter of course in his eyes.

"Then the three of us might as well ignore these four and make a move directly to help the leader take down these sixteen people, wouldn't that be better?"

Hearing Peng Bo's words, Xia Chuan shook his head immediately.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yingyuan also shook his head lightly.

The basic strength of the three of them is around eight to nine manes.

But among the sixteen people besieging Xia Hong at this moment, the lowest strength is also nine manes.

Therefore, even if the three of them made a move, the help to Xia Hong would be extremely limited.

It is even possible that because they made a move, they would attract the attention of Longshan and the others, and then Xia Hong would have to be distracted to take care of them.

So the three of them won't move; just watch Hou Tong and the four.

If Xia Hong really needs help, he will naturally call them.

"Besides, our goal is not these Cold-Resisting Realm experts..."

Xia Chuan's eyes flashed slightly, and he subconsciously looked toward the north side.

………………

"Something is wrong, something is wrong. Why doesn't he let those three make a move?"

The long sword slashed across. Although it successfully left another wound on Xia Hong's neck, there was no joy on Li Ying Xuan Ling's face; instead, her brows became more and more furrowed.

From the moment she realized that Xia Chuan and the three had never made a move, she felt something was wrong in her heart. The strength of the three was indeed not very good, but Xia Hong was currently one against sixteen. No matter if he wanted to break out and escape or decide the outcome with her group here, he shouldn't have let the three stand on the side and watch without moving.

"Leader, something is wrong. He could have broken out several times but didn't run. This Xia Hong is deliberately being surrounded by us, right?"

"It is a bit wrong. If he wants to run, we shouldn't be able to keep him."

"It's deliberate. He is deliberately dragging us here."

…………

Not only her, but the other Cold-Resisting Realm experts also noticed the problem.

"Fourth, there is indeed a problem!"

After Li Xuandu finished speaking, he retreated a few steps, his brows tightly locked. Suddenly he looked up at the sky, thought of something, his expression changed suddenly, and he turned to ask Hou Hu in the rear, asking in shock: "Hou Hu, didn't you just say that the Blood Guard Army would arrive in just over an hour? How long has it been? Where are the people?"

Hearing this question, everyone subconsciously looked up at the sky and realized that two hours had passed. Everyone's expression froze.

Hou Hu, who was sitting cross-legged in the rear to heal his wounds, was stunned when he heard this, as if he had suddenly realized something. Looking at Xia Hong, he said in horror: "The main army that passed by behind you just now, wasn't it the main army from Changbai Gully?"

The sixteen people besieging had all dispersed. Xia Hong was no longer bound. After retreating more than ten meters, he first smoothed his scattered clothes lightly, looked down at the dozen wounds on his body, took a blood-sore pill, and then slowly raised his head to look at Hou Hu, revealing a creepy smile:

"Smart, but unfortunately it's a bit late."

It's over!

Hou Hu only felt his eyes go dark. His emotions were too excited, and the injuries he had finally suppressed actually showed signs of recurrence.

"Hou Ning, Wang Peng, Lu Yan, come with me quickly, something happened to the Blood Guard Army!"

He no longer dared to hesitate at all, stood up directly and galloped toward the north side, not forgetting to call the three Cold-Resisting Realm experts from Zhaoyang who were present.

Hou Ning and the three who were besieging Xia Hong with the Longshan crowd just now immediately followed behind him and swept toward the north together.

"The main army we saw just now is fake. It was deliberately used by Great Xia to confuse us. The main army that set an ambush at Changbai Gully didn't come over at all. They ambushed the Blood Guard Army halfway."

"This Xia Hong is deliberately staying here to drag us, making us think he is covering the main army's escape. Something must have happened to the Blood Guard Army."

"The Blood Guard Army thought the Xia army was fleeing south and must have been chasing with all their might. If they were ambushed along the way, then…………"

The Longshan crowd also realized what was going on at this moment.

They all turned to stare at Xia Hong, their eyes full of anger.

That main army fleeing south just now was not that they didn't turn back to deal with them, but that they didn't have the strength to deal with them at all. It was a pity that they deliberately chose to make a move on Xia Hong when that main army was very far away.

Not only Hou Hu, but even this batch of Longshan people were played by Great Xia.

"What a Xia Hong, what a Great Xia, Great Xia…………"

Li Ying Xuan Ling's pretty brows stood up, clearly angry to the extreme.

She has always prided herself on being the number one genius in Longyou. Whether it is strength or mental means, she has never looked down on others. Even if Xia Hong's strength is far beyond her at this stage, she also believes that as long as there is time, she will catch up with him sooner or later.

However, at this moment, reality gave her a hard slap.

Judging from this series of encounters tonight, in terms of both strength and mentality, the Xia Hong in front of her seems to have completely crushed her.

"The new army is gone, and the Blood Guard Army must have suffered heavy losses by now. Overnight, Great Xia actually broke two Longyou armies. We can't continue like this. The master of Longyou can only be Longshan. We must solve this heart-trouble!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling's gaze turned to Second Brother Li Xuantian again, as if she had made some decision, and a trace of determination flashed in her eyes.

Soon, a miserable voice came from the north side, making her expression become even more determined.

"Alliance Leader, the Xia army is coming, run quickly!"

That miserable voice was made by Hou Hu.

On the north side, Hou Hu, Hou Ning, and the four who had just escaped actually fled back toward this side in a panic. Hou Hu's body was still a bit abnormal, almost being carried by Hou Ning and the three.

The four looked flustered, their faces full of horror. They didn't run toward the south, which is the Longshan crowd's side, but fled toward the southwest, not forgetting to shout loudly along the way, signaling the Longshan crowd to run quickly.

Swish swish swish swish…………

Even across two or three kilometers, the sound of iron arrows breaking through the air from the north was exceptionally clear, and the expressions of the Longshan crowd changed instantly.

No wonder Hou Hu and the four ran so miserably. At the end of the northern field of vision, the rain of arrows was pouring down on them crazily.

Across such a distance, the sound of iron arrows breaking through the air was so clear. Any Cold-Resisting Realm expert with a little experience could immediately distinguish that the impact of these iron arrows was at least more than thirty thousand jin, enough to threaten their physical bodies.

"Run!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling no longer dared to have any delay. She looked back at Xia Hong, called all the Longshan Cold-Resisting Realm experts, and fled toward the southwest.

Just looking at the scale of the arrow rain, the number of Xia army people is at least seven or eight hundred, which proves that their casualties in ambushing the Blood Guard Army just now were not large. If the thirteen Cold-Resisting Realm experts continue to stay here, once surrounded by the main army, and with a Xia Hong with such terrifying strength on the side, escaping will be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

"Leader, great victory at Ningyuan Hill, Cloud Dragon Army killed 642 enemies, captured 142, including two Cold-Resisting Realm experts. Zhaoyang Blood Guard Army is already in name only, hahaha!"

Before Li Ying Xuan Ling and the others had run far, Liu Yuan's hearty laughter was clearly transmitted to their ears.

Blood Guard Army, gone!

The faces of Hou Hu and the four in front turned pale instantly;

The pupils of the Longshan crowd constricted, and their expressions instantly became as gloomy as blood.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 293 =====