"How...how did he do that?"
"That's incredible. The archers couldn't predict where Jiang Ning will be at all!"
"That's amazing! What a strange technique!"
The elders' eyes widened with incredulity.
They couldn't believe how easily Jiang Ning had made his way into the forest.
They had been stuck here for a very long time but Jiang Ning had broken through Tianlian Sect's defenses as soon as he had arrived. How powerful was this man? Even if he were an incredibly powerful fighter, that didn't explain how he had come to possess such an extraordinary technique. Jiang Ning was simply unbelievable! They had no idea that Brother Gou and his gang of men would have evaded those arrows just as easily.
They had been trained and their reflexes were honed to dodge not only arrows but bullets.
"What do we do now?" asked Elder Ting Feng as he looked at Liu Chuandao.
Jiang Ning had gotten past the archers. But what about them?
"Let's wait."
Liu Chuandao had been similarly stunned.
He had done his best to raise his expectations of what Jiang Ning was capable of but the latter still managed to surprise him everytime. Liu Chuandao was constantly being forced to face the fact that he had repeatedly underestimated Jiang Ning's abilities.
He lacked the experience and wisdom to truly fathom the limits of Jiang Ning's capabilities.
Jiang Ning had breached their defenses, so the archer was going to be in trouble soon.
All they had to do and could do now was wait.
In the forest in front of them was the hidden archer. There was a dark look on his face. He had only a few arrows left in the quiver on his back.
He had released a few shots consecutively and none of his arrows had even managed to touch Jiang Ning's clothes. This was an insult to his skill.
Having witnessed Jiang Ning enter the forest, the archer got to his feet and prepared to move to another spot.
As someone skilled in assassination and ambushes, his first instinct upon realizing that the enemy had found out where he was hidden was to move to another location.
But he had barely taken more than two steps away from his hidden place when a sudden loud rush of air erupted next to him.
SWOOSH!
He twisted to his side instantly. With a twitch of his wrist, a dagger appeared in his hands. He tightened his fingers around the dagger and slashed the air before him, snapping the arrow that shot past his ear into two.
PAK!
The arrow fell onto the ground. It was the arrow that he had released earlier.
"Who are you?" He yelled, but no one replied him.
SWOOSH!
SWOOSH!
SWOOSH!
Three more arrows came flying. With a smirk, the man swung the dagger in his hand deftly and sliced all three arrows into two.
These were his arrows, arrows that he had used to kill someone else, and now, he was the one destroying them.
SWOOSH!
Yet another loud rush of wind erupted as something shot through the air at a speed that surpassed that of the previous few arrows.
The archer leaped lightly on his feet and retreated a few steps back. His eyes were fixed on the incoming arrow, which was headed straight for his skull.
"HA!" He yelled and, with a burst of strength released from his wrist, cut the incoming arrow into halves.
The timing of his counterattack had been extremely precise.
"That's quite impressive." A man's voice erupted in his ears like sudden thunder, sending alarm bells blaring in his head.
Someone was standing next to him.
When had he arrived?
There was no time to think. He raised his dagger instinctively and swung it towards his side. He missed.
"I'm here."
A gush of wind hit him. The archer widened his eyes. The source of that voice had shifted. It seemed to be coming from somewhere behind him.
With a thunderous roar, he whirled around with startling speed.
He was indeed a strong fighter. In fact, one would consider him one of the more powerful fighters in the mountain. Unfortunately, hiso opponent was Jiang Ning.
The dagger in his hand hit air once again.
The man was going crazy. © 2024.
Where?
Where?
Where was he?
He had never encountered someone who
was quicker than he was. He couldn't believe this was possible.
Whoosh!
A fierce wind howled around him. The man retreated a few steps to make sure that he could make an escape if he had to. It was then that a rush of wind sounded in his ear once more, appearing so quickly that he couldn't react to it in time!