Chapter 310: Chapter 182: Severely Wounded and Escaped
Translator: 549690339
Upon receiving Lu Yuan’s order, the surrounding personal guards quickly reacted and did not rashly rush forward anymore.
Instead, they lined up according to their normal training, on all four sides, pulling out the powerful bows and crossbows they carried on their backs. They formed several lines of attack, each aiming at Lan Cai’er.
“Fire!”
At the command of the outer personal guard officers, wave after wave of black arrow showers came flying toward Lan Cai’er, reminiscent of a rainstorm.
Lu Yuan’s personal guards were all carefully selected.
The primary requirement during the selection was proficiency in archery. Basically, within a hundred steps, precision was not insisted upon, but hitting the target four or five times out of ten was a minimum requirement.
After being selected as personal guards, Lu Yuan provided them with abundant meat and medicine, teaching them some basic martial arts. As a result, each of them primarily developed some Inner Strength, and each of them knew one or two martial arts skills.
Such an army composed of martial artists may not fare well in close combat against top-tier grandmasters, let alone Inborn Grandmasters.
However, at long ranges, equipped with powerful bows and crossbows and assisted by inner strength-
– even an Inborn Grandmaster would not dare to claim they could come out unscathed against hundreds and thousands of archers.
This was precisely the situation now.
Facing an arrow shower coming from all directions, each projectile whistling through the air with sheer force, even Lan Cai’er’s expression changed slightly.
She gritted her silver teeth and waved her hands, and large swaths of colorful smoke formed a protective circle around her like a ribbon.
This colorful smoke was made of her Innate zhenqi. If she wished, it could harden as formidable as Yan Wanqiu’s sea-shaped defensive aura, forming an unbreakable defense to fend off attacks from all directions.
With the strength of an Inborn Grandmaster’s Zhenqi and the control of Martial Dao True Intent, not just the average warriors without any ranks, even if a top-ranking expert exerted full power, they might not be able to penetrate it.
However, the number of arrows was just too overwhelming.
The personal guard under Lu Yuan was strictly trained daily and had a remarkable mastery of various military formations and arrow formations.
Now, thousands of personal guards had spontaneously formed ten or so lines, each with three or four lines releasing arrows in a single volley. Five or six hundred arrows flew out, swapping and rotating, almost without rest.
A single arrow may have limited power, but when the number increases to five or six hundred, and with a continuous attack, it becomes terrifying.
You could see each arrow carrying inner strength, ricocheting off the zhenqi ribbon with a clattering sound, exploding upon impact, and turning into clouds of dust.
Under such intense and dense collision, the originally floating zhenqi ribbon began to shake and thin rapidly.
This ribbon was maintained by zhenqi and was Lan Cai’er’s outward manifestation.
But now, under the simultaneous attack of hundreds of martial artists, just defending against these required her to expend a considerable amount of zhenqi.
Although the zhenqi of an Inborn Grandmaster, regardless of its quality or quantity, is far superior to that of warriors below the Inborn level- such superiority has its limits.
Being drained by hundreds of martial artists simultaneously, even an Inborn Grandmaster could not bear it.
And at this moment, it is not just hundreds of martial artists.
One wave of arrows falls, followed by the second wave, the third wave, the fifth wave, the tenth wave, even hundreds of waves…
They were relentless and endless.
By the time she had barely withstood the fifth wave of arrows, Lan Cai’er was already in a predicament.
But she didn’t dare to withdraw the protective aura.
Because at this time, all around her, observers were everywhere. If she withdrew her protective aura, then thousands of arrows would aim directly at her body.
Seeing the situation becoming increasingly perilous, Lan Cai’er begrudgingly stared at Lu Yuan, who was still hiding under the protection of Yan Wanqiu, and yelled, “Lu, if you have the guts then come out and fight me one-on-one. Are you, the Pingxi General, afraid of facing a young woman?”
However, Lu Yuan paid no attention to her taunts.
He’s joking.
At this moment, the situation was extremely favorable for him. He would be a fool to venture out and duel with an Inborn Grandmaster.
And a one-on-one duel?
What an outdated and barbaric mindset.
He, the illustrious Pingxi General, commanding countless soldiers, wouldn’t engage in a close combat with a rebel if his soldiers were still alive.
So Lu Yuan didn’t even bother responding to Lan Cai’er. He just focused on transmitting orders with his mental power, loudly instructing, “Li Liang, gather the armored warriors for me, seal all directions, we must not let this woman escape.
Duan Yi, bring more archers here. Aim at this monster woman and shoot her to death for me.
Everyone else, bring the front and rear armies over quickly. This woman is formidable, not an ordinary enemy, we must surround her with a large army.”
As the orders were issued one by one, the disciples and officers under Lu Yuan’s command began to deploy quickly.
And as the