Chapter 661

As for actual combat, it was still personally trained by Zhao Chi.

Zhao Chi didn't shy away from this aspect.

But bringing it up in the village school would be somewhat inappropriate.

After all, the other female villagers were destined never to need these things.

It was more practical to learn things they could actually use.

The four female soldiers, hearing Zhao Chi's words, stopped trying to persuade him.

One of the female soldiers pointed at another and suggested, "My lord, let the two of us climb the trees ahead to scout, and the other two stay close to guard you. If enemies come, we'll spot them sooner."

Zhao Chi agreed, "Mm, good suggestion. You two be careful."

"Don't worry, my lord. We'll cut our blinking down to the bare minimum."

The two female soldiers dashed into the woods.

The other two guarded in front of Zhao Chi, fully alert.

Tang Ruan was also fully alert.

Tang Ruan was not Qi Yue; Tang Ruan was extremely confident in her own survival ability, daring to charge alone into the depths of the woods.

She kept searching for the enemy.

Tang Ruan feared not being able to find the enemy, and feared the enemy not attacking her, but she did not fear being surrounded.

Just as she searched in confusion, a sharp female voice suddenly rang out.

"Quick, take her out—she's the enemy's hero!"

The one shouting was another of Jiang Die's heroes, Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi stood on a treetop diagonally ahead, her longbow already drawn to the full.

Immediately after, the creaking of bowstrings came from all directions.

Tang Ruan looked in surprise at the surrounding trees.

At some unknown moment, female elves had appeared in the trees ahead and on both sides.

No fewer than ten-plus.

She had searched very carefully—there was no way she could have missed them.

And she could confirm that around her were only trees, and on the trees only branches—there were no female elves at all.

Where had they popped out from?

But there was no time to think.

All those female elves had cold, stern faces; their bow-drawing speed was extremely fast, and within half a second they had already drawn their bowstrings to the full.

Without any hesitation, they immediately released and loosed their arrows.

Swish-swish-swish-swish-swish-swish-swish-swish-swish!

More than ten arrows shot over rapidly

The distance was too close.

The arrows were too fast.

Tang Ruan truly couldn't react in time.

She couldn't dodge at all—she could only take them head-on.

Her shield had already been shot to pieces back on the central meadow.

Now she could only lower her head and use her helmet to shield her face.

Use her spear to shield her body.

Such a defense was very inefficient.

But she simply didn't care.

She had originally intended to use her body as bait, wanting to draw the elves over with the Provoke Technique.

Now that the elves had revealed themselves on their own, it perfectly fit her goal.

Tang Ruan was even smiling.

"Hehe~ Elves spotted! Twelve in total! Including one hero!!!"

The excited voice carried far, weaving through the woods.

The next moment, arrows came rushing in.

Bang-bang-bang-bang!

Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!

Swish-swish-swish!

The female elves' hit rate was very high.

At this distance, there was no way they could miss.

But still three arrows shot into the ground.

"Damn it, that woman's evasion is too high—it's not that I missed!"

One female elf said, somewhat annoyed.

Xia Zhi comforted her, "It's fine, don't feel guilty. We could feel it the moment we shot just now—this bunch of female soldiers has very high defense and evasion. After all, it's the semifinals; the enemy being strong is normal."

"Thank you for the comfort, my lord Xia Zhi."

The three elves whose arrows had hit the ground expressed their thanks.

Xia Zhi shook her head, "No need to thank me. Use Nature's Shelter immediately! That woman called for reinforcements before she died—perfect, it'll lead them right into our encirclement. We don't need to move; we'll just stand here and wait for their reinforcements to come, and shoot them all dead!"

"Understood!"

A dark-green light emanated from the female elves' bodies.

Those rays of light seemed to be leaves, covering their entire bodies.

Immediately after, those tall female elves all became part of the great tree.

Some became tree trunks, some became branches, and others became a mass of leaves.

They looked exactly like trees, with not a single trace of elves remaining.

On the ground, only Tang Ruan remained, collapsed and unable to rise.

And blood that kept flowing out.

Tang Ruan didn't move at all.

The iron armor had been blasted apart by four arrows, and the soft body had been pierced by five arrows.

Tang Ruan's body possessed the Soft Body gene, granting a 20% damage reduction against hammers, clubs, falls, and crushing blows.

But against piercing damage like arrows, there was no defense whatsoever.

Sharp arrows pierced her soft body and pinned her to the ground.

One of them had pierced through her heart, blood bubbling up endlessly, already pooling across the ground, and still not stopping now.

One long leg had folded at an eerie angle onto her belly.

Her body was also unnaturally folded backward, the back of her head already touching the hollow of her knee.

A woman's waist would be relatively soft, but it couldn't possibly be this soft.

So there was only one possibility.

That was, Tang Ruan was already dead.

Xia Zhi and the female elves no longer paid attention to Tang Ruan's corpse, but stared ahead.

Soon, the sound of footsteps came.

The footsteps were light and swift.

Female soldiers appeared.

Xia Zhi stood on the tree without moving, coldly watching those female soldiers.

A total of twenty-two people had come over.

Sixteen female spearmen and six female archers.

Their shields had already been shot to pieces during the charge, and now they relied solely on iron armor with low durability for defense.

But those iron armors could hold out for at most two more arrows.

Therefore, the third arrow would be their death!

And most of those female soldiers were melee fighters; to rush to the tree would certainly require several seconds.

Time was enough!

Xia Zhi did not rush to give the order.