Chapter 165: Shining Sun (Part 6)

Facing the luminous longsword flying over with a whistle, Xiao Aokesi only felt that his life was ending right there.

But fortunately, years of martial arts training saved him; two axes with lengthened handles crossed to block in front of him, colliding fiercely with the spinning luminous longsword.

Clang—

Sparks flew everywhere, and the metal material of the insufficiently sturdy axes scattered in fragments; at the same time, the immense force caused Xiao Aokesi's arms to snap backward, breaking both of his arms in an instant.

But luckily, Jier's sword was also knocked high into the air by the same impact force, and after spinning in the air for a circle, it returned into Jier's hand.

Xiao Aokesi vomited blood, unable to hold onto the two weapons in his hands, and after letting them drop, he turned abruptly to bite the Jiansheng with his mouth, pulling to adjust his direction while his legs kicked the horse's belly fiercely.

His boots had metal spikes on the heels, and the fierce kicking stung the prairie horse beneath him, making it gallop with all its might, which managed to shake off Jier who was chasing behind him.

Jier chased for a while, and seeing that the man was fleeing with broken arms, he stopped pursuing. He turned his head to look toward the caravan, discovering that some Dwarf warriors and his own soldiers who had been chasing the fleeing Bandits had returned; although not all of them, nearly half had gathered.

So Jier shouted loudly across several hundred meters toward the caravan: "Send some people to help, there are still enemies over here!"

The old Dwarf immediately ordered his Dwarf warriors to go assist Jier, while Jier's armored soldiers turned to look at Xueya Site; everyone knew that Xueya Site was a close companion of Jier, and whenever Jier was not with the squad, the squad was under his command.

Xueya Site took out the telescope captured previously, unfolded it, and looked toward Jier's side, discovering that Jier was continuously driving a group of over a hundred unidentified enemies, neither letting them escape nor getting too close to them.

And the counterattacks from those people were also fierce, and at a further distance, there was another group of about a hundred people gradually approaching.

Xueya Site was not worried about Jier's combat strength; after all, no matter how one looked at it, Jier had not used his true skills to fight the enemy at this time. He was only worried that because of the hot weather, Jier had been running back and forth and fighting continuously from the start, and his body might be too stiflingly hot due to the intense activity, which was a very dangerous thing in battle.

As a seasoned Caravan guard, he had heard that in some fierce battle in the Western Province, some outstanding warriors had simply died because of the high body heat after the battle.

Even if they were saved on the spot, their body organs were mostly damaged, requiring long-term quiet recuperation or finding a church to use high-Tier healing methods.

And as for them now, if Jier fell into the same result, there was neither time for quiet recuperation nor a Priest accompanying the team to cast Divine Art for treatment.

"Hurry and support Jier! We cannot let him fight alone for such a long time; in such hot weather, long-term fighting will ruin the body! Everyone move quickly, drive the surrendering Bandits off the carriages, we will take the carriages to go assist in the battle!"

After speaking, Xueya Site did not care about Jier's carriage, letting the Herbalist Mr. Zuojigela nearby look after it for the time being; Xueya Site, along with Weier Aoni and others, jumped onto the empty carriage, loaded up several armored soldiers who had returned, and charged straight toward Jier's side.

The Dwarf warriors had left earlier under the old Dwarf's command, but because they were on foot, they were quickly overtaken by Xueya Site and the others in the carriages.

The distance of two or three hundred meters was only a short while for the carriages, and they arrived.

"Jier! We are here to help you!"

"Lord Jier, sorry for being late!"

"Knight Jier, we aren't late, are we?"

On the carriage, everyone asked in unison; Jier lifted his faceplate and laughed: "Not late, not late! Let us fight side by side!"

The carriages stopped quickly in front of the enemy group of seventy-some people, and then the soldiers on the carriages jumped down quickly; they did not form a battle formation but gathered into a cluster, relying on the confidence of everyone being clad in Metal Armor Plate, and strode toward the enemy. Although there were fewer than ten of them and the enemies were nearly ten times that number, both their morale and their weapons and equipment were completely different.

Aoni raised his shield and took the lead, his tall body striding directly into the enemies in front who were also holding shields among the Bandit group.

Aoni only paused for a moment, while the enemy who collided with him fell backward directly, knocking down several others along with him.

The others took the opportunity to kill their way up; Weier moved nimbly and quickly, reaching in front of Aoni a step ahead of the others, his steel sword waving continuously to precisely slit the necks of the several fallen enemies, then he spun and retreated behind Aoni.

Bawei roared, jumped up for a heavy cleave, and directly split an Inn Shop Assistant who had rushed out from head to crotch; Sipulu said nothing, his Changdao unfolded, forcing back other enemies who wanted to get close.

Immediately, Xueya Site pulled the trigger of his heavy crossbow, and a steel heavy crossbow bolt that was too fast to see shot out, directly piercing through at least four people from the front. The first person was fine, only missing a piece of his chest, but the people behind were much more miserable, because the metal heavy crossbow bolt lost balance and spun, causing the subsequent people to be hit by the flying heavy crossbow bolt, directly shattering large parts of their bodies, or breaking them into two pieces—it was as miserable as it could be.

This weapon terrified many enemies who were already afraid, and they all cried for their mothers, wanting to escape.

But Jier rode his horse in a circle and forced them back again.

Two other Shield Warrior swordsmen also stepped forward to stand with Aoni; the three formed a small defensive line, allowing the others to rely on this line to fight gradually. With the three armored Shield Warriors as the main body of the battle, Weier could move flexibly to kill enemies, Bawei could seize the timing to rush out a step and take away an enemy with one heavy cleave, while Sipulu did not kill too many enemies, because the killing efficiency was already not low at this time, and the most important thing was to maintain the battle formation so it wouldn't be surrounded and broken, so he often used his Changdao to perform a horizontal slash, utilizing the fact that the enemies lacked sufficient protective means to force back the enemies approaching one by one.

As for Xueya Site, he nimbly reloaded his heavy crossbow and added heavy crossbow bolts.

Every time he finished loading and raised the heavy crossbow with both hands, every enemy in front who was aimed at would subconsciously lie down or dive to the side; no one wanted to be broken into two pieces by this terrifying thing.

But the enemies were still numerous, and soon they surrounded them; these enemies were also looking for a way to survive in despair. Running was impossible; Jier riding his horse simply would not let them escape, and those who fled separately would soon be caught up by the arrows shot by Jier from behind and killed directly.

And their attempt to move as a whole toward the group led by Da Aokesi was forced back by Jier waving his long spear and releasing invisible Divine Power Impact, forcing them to lean toward the direction of the caravan.

Just as Aoni and the others were surrounded, the Dwarf warriors finally arrived.

They were panting, the weather was hot, and they had been fighting, chasing, returning, and then rushing over without a moment's rest; if it weren't for the fact that Dwarves' physical strength far exceeded that of Humans, it is estimated that not many people could have worn the heavy armor of Dwarf warriors and both killed enemies and moved quickly for so long.

"Ha! We arrived just in time!"

The person leading the team was the former Dwarf Soldier Captain Rata-Baofiesi-Copperfinger, and he and several other Dwarf soldiers had lost their full sets of soldier armor, so they were wearing old armor they had forged for themselves, charging up holding shields and Single-handed Weapons.

Behind him were the other four Dwarf soldiers; the five of them had guarded the Dwarf Treasure Mine for many years, and their physical condition was different from ordinary Dwarves and was kept very well, so they could be the first batch to arrive while fighting and running all the way.

The former Soldier Captain, known as 'Pebble', held a shield and a One-handed Hammer, strode up, and hit an enemy who was swinging a sword to cleave Xueya Site with one hammer.

With a bang, it hit the enemy's waist heavily, directly causing the enemy's eyes to bulge and him to fall to the ground, curling up while vomiting blood. That blow just now had shattered the kidney on one side of the enemy; it might be possible to save him with emergency Divine Art on the spot, but just leaving him alone like this, the person would definitely die.

The other four Dwarf soldiers also rushed up, one hit each, knocking down four enemies with tricky methods; every move was a fatal killing blow, and their hundred-plus years of soldier life allowed them to easily find the fatal weaknesses of enemies in battle.

Many mountain forest Monsters they saw for the first time, they could also see through the weaknesses of the Monsters based on experience, and then find ways to eliminate them.

Dwarves were not only powerful in their methods, but the thick armor on their bodies was even more terrifying; several Bandits or Inn Shop Assistants surrounded the Dwarves and beat them, but apart from making a clanging sound, the Dwarf warriors did not have a single bit of injury.

Moreover, the Dwarves had amazing strength, were short in stature, and had a stable center of gravity, making it almost impossible to flip them over unless one could be even stronger than them in terms of power.

Soon, other Dwarf warriors also arrived and joined the battle in one fell swoop. Now, with the support of more than ten Dwarf warriors, Aoni and the others chiseled through the entire crowd of enemies step by step.

When they broke through the crowd of enemies, these Bandits and Inn Shop Assistants knelt down to surrender one after another.

In fact, they had wanted to surrender long ago, but in the previous battle, many people's friends and brothers had died in the battle, and they still wanted to take revenge or give it a try; after all, Jier's side really didn't have many people.

But when the number of armored soldiers and Dwarves who arrived increased and the number of Bandits and Inn Shop Assistants decreased, and the two reached a ratio of one to two, the Bandit and Inn Shop Assistant teams knelt down to surrender one after another.

Jier stopped at this time, panting, his Tianxuecao tired and hot from running for a long time; after jumping down, he patted his reliable animal partner and let it rest for a while. Then, holding the Knight Curved Shield and Hunting Sword, he walked on foot to his own people.

He had an excited smile on his face and said to the sweating Aoni and the others: "Everyone, are you interested in killing those enemies with me?"

Jier raised his sword, pointing at the last group of enemies who were gradually retreating more than two hundred meters away.

Weier was also hot and tired, but he was the first to stand out: "I am interested; this kind of extreme battle makes me feel that my martial arts have improved amazingly."

Aoni looked at Weier suspiciously, then looked at the sword in his own hand; he didn't feel that his martial arts had improved after the battle just now? He only felt that his whole body was about to die of heat, and his left arm holding the shield was both hot and sore. But since Weier said there was no problem, he certainly couldn't say no.

"I am also interested, Lord, count me in."

After Aoni finished speaking, he also used the sword in his right hand to hit the Soldier Shield in his left hand; many new chopping marks were left on the shield, among which the chopping marks of the enemy's axes were the most dangerous, and the marks left were also the largest.

Bawei and Sipulu looked at each other, and Sipulu flicked his Changdao downward, shaking off the blood on the blade: "I am interested; today I must kill no fewer than ten enemies; this is the plan I set for myself."

Jier smiled slightly: "Then you must work hard. The enemy will not fight to the end; when they feel they cannot win, they will surrender. And I have no intention of refusing their surrender."

Sipulu stopped speaking and simply began to breathe deeply, using the method Jier had taught him to adjust his stamina and physical state.

On this point, the others were far less gifted than Sipulu; fighting until now, almost all the Warriors had forgotten to maintain their breathing rhythm and physical state adjustment during combat, and even Weier, who appeared to be in good condition, was not nearly as well-off as he looked.

"Everyone is interested, so I'm in too!" Bawei held his axe high, his face full of excitement. He had previously obtained quite a few rare Magic Materials, and now he only needed to save money; once he reached a large town, he could find a famous weapon Craftsman to help him forge a rather powerful Magic Material Axe, and as he used this Magic Material Axe to fight and kill enemies, it should quickly turn his Magic Material Axe into a Spirit weapon.

Among the group, only Xueya Siter gave a bitter smile: "I'll pass. Jier, take the Heavy Crossbow; I will go back to maintain the situation at the caravan. There are too many captives and too few Warriors there, and I am afraid something might happen."

Jier nodded: "You are the reliable one, so we shall do as you say. Lads, follow me. Oh, my dear Mr. 'Pebble', are you interested in a contest to see which side kills more enemies in the coming fight? Before the enemies surrender?"

The former Dwarf Soldier Captain 'Pebble' Rata-Baoerfeisi-Comrade pointed at Jier: "If you are one team, I and my lads are one team, and your subordinates are one team—if the three of us compete, I am interested."

Jier ignored the terrifying scene of severed limbs and blood covering the ground, held his sword upward with his right hand, tapped his chest, and performed a Warrior's salute: "Then it's a deal. Shall we start now?"

Aoni and the others exchanged glances and all took a deep breath: "Start now?"

Several Dwarf Soldiers looked at each other and said hesitantly: "Start now?"

'Pebble' quickly shouted: "Jier, you are not allowed to ride your horse to get there! Then start————"

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately led several Dwarf Soldiers and ran with long strides toward the enemy group that was gradually retreating to the south. The Dwarves did not care at all about the few Bandits and inn Shop Assistants still kneeling and surrendering nearby, directly knocking several people over as they ran toward the enemies in the south.

Aoni and the others let out a strange cry; they did not run south, but instead ran north, calling for the carriage they had arrived in, having the driver carry them to overtake the others, just as they had done when they first came.

Jier shrugged and did not set off immediately. He loudly told the Tianxuecao not to come over, but instead to return to the caravan to rest, and then ordered the surrounding ordinary Dwarf Warriors to guard the surrendered captives and clean up the battlefield.

After giving his instructions, he chuckled, jumped up from where he stood, leaping several meters high and over ten meters away, jumping out of the battlefield littered with severed limbs. After landing, he ran with long strides, then exerted force to jump again; this time he jumped over ten meters high and thirty meters away, instantly overtaking Aoni and the others who were clinging to the carriage, flying over their heads. He then ran a few more long strides and jumped again, once more overtaking the Dwarf Soldiers and the others by the same distance.

Amidst the shouting of the people below, Jier leaped over two hundred meters in a few bounds and caught up with the Da Aokesi group, which was retreating while maintaining their formation.

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