Chapter 96 - 95: Maniac Gu Zhan
Three feathered arrows shot through the air, like three thin and dim streams of light, seemingly easily blown away by any gust of wind to the nine heavens beyond.
These slices of light, thin as cicada wings, had an unpredictable trajectory, as agile as a ghost. As they turned with a whoosh and flew away, they brushed past the blade of an Innate Martial Artist, grazing his chin and leaving a faint blood mark.
Of the other two feathered arrows, one pierced through an Innate Martial Artist’s back, and the other shot through an Innate Martial Artist’s skull.
Three Innate Martial Artists fell in an instant,
their bodies crashing to the ground.
This scene,
directly stunned Liu Zifang and the members of the noble families fighting against impostors.
In a turn of events, Liu Zifang flew into a rage, cursing, "Gu Zhan, you lunatic, what are you trying to do?"
"Heh!"
In the darkness, Gu Zhan let out a cold laugh,
drawing his bow again,
This arrow transformed into nineteen streams of light,
and at the last moment, it pierced through another Innate Martial Artist’s chest, taking with it the life of another Innate Martial Artist.
"Gu Zhan!"
Liu Zifang roared angrily, cursing, "You madman!! I curse you..."
Before he could finish,
another arrow shot out in the night,
This arrow came directly towards Liu Zifang.
Nineteen streams of light, some real, some fake, difficult to tell apart,
shocked Liu Zifang into a hasty defense,
Narrowly evading them, he was struck in the thigh by a blade from one of Wan Yan’s Innate Personal Guards, while simultaneously, several other experts seized the opportunity to attack.
In this perilous situation, Liu Zifang was furious beyond measure.
However, this time, before he could start cursing,
more feathered arrows appeared in the darkness,
and more Innate Martial Artists from the noble families suffered heavy injuries, attacked by Wan Yan’s Personal Guards at opportune moments, leaving them helpless.
Suddenly,
the situation in the inner courtyard turned sharply.
Originally, the noble families seemed to have the upper hand, their combined strength overwhelming, but now faced a crisis.
Outside the inner courtyard,
Wan Yan, having freed himself, suddenly stopped and watched the scene with great interest, shouting, "Gu Zhan, how about I give you time to settle personal vendettas, I promise not to interfere!"
"Alright, if you stand aside now, I wouldn’t mind letting you watch a good show!"
To Wan Yan’s surprise, Gu Zhan actually agreed.
Wan Yan grinned and indeed stepped back to a distance.
In the next moment,
in the cover of night, a shadow appeared.
Gu Zhan clutching his Cold Iron Bow, seemed like a leopard moving through the night, quickly traversing the rooftop, hiding and showing, each appearance accompanied by the firing of an arrow.
Inside the inner courtyard,
Gu Zhan was like a ghost.
The Innate Experts of the noble families became furious, started cursing one after another.
Liu Zifang, limping, cursed while fighting: "Gu Zhan, you despicable scoundrel, I curse your ancestors for eighteen generations..."
"Then go down and meet them!"
Gu Zhan’s cold voice came from the darkness, accompanied by a feathered arrow tracing a circular arc in the air, lightning fast, first ahead, then behind, its trajectory unpredictable,
"Clang"
The feathered arrow came, Liu Zifang frantically swung his sword to block.
The arrowhead sparked on the blade,
The massive impact made Liu Zifang stagger and almost fall.
And in that instant,
a figure descended from the sky,
Liu Zifang’s eyes widened, hastily attempting to brandish his sword,
but Gu Zhan kicked him in the chest,
"Bang"
Liu Zifang was knocked to the ground by Gu Zhan’s kick, a mouthful of blood spewed out. He cried out in panic: "Gu Zhan, you’re insane. We’re currently doing something that involves annihilating nine tribes, you’re betraying us..."
Gu Zhan said nothing,
with a feathered arrow in hand he suddenly stabbed it into Liu Zifang’s mouth, then quickly pulled it out and stabbed again, repeatedly over ten times in an instant, turning Liu Zifang’s face into a mess of flesh.
Blood sprayed everywhere,
Gu Zhan’s eyes reddened, suddenly stood up, drew his bow again, and shot an arrow into one of the approaching Innate Experts from the noble families.
At that moment,
Gu Zhan stowed the bow on his back, hooked his foot, grasped two blades and charged towards the Innate Experts of the noble families.
"Lord Gu, don’t be reckless!"
Second Master Wu cried out in horror, "Lord Gu, let’s not turn on each other, if this goes on, we’ll all die with no burial place!"
"What does it have to do with me!"
Gu Zhan roared, "It was these fools who plotted against me first, I already said, if you dare to mess with me, I won’t care about the consequences!"
Second Master Wu was so angry he almost ascended to heaven,
he naturally knew the plans of those few families, hoping to settle with Wan Yan, they plotted against Gu Zhan, hoping he fights to the death with Wan Yan, achieving both goals: killing Wan Yan and avenging Gu Zhan.
Their calculation was astute,
Now, everyone is involved in a head-losing deal, even if Gu Zhan miraculously wasn’t killed by Wan Yan, it wouldn’t matter, they’d have to endure silently.
But, none of them expected that Gu Zhan would truly act with total disregard for consequences!
"These fools, why do they keep provoking this madman!"
Second Master Wu wished he could personally hack Liu Zifang and others, he was truly furious, originally a great situation now turned into chaos, seemingly sure of victory, now life and death unpredictable!
Second Master Wu took a deep breath, advising: "Lord Gu..."
Gu Zhan glared menacingly, coldly said: "If you speak anymore nonsense I’ll chop you together!"
Second Master Wu paused slightly.
Gu Zhan charged into the battlefield wielding two blades,
in an instant, the battlefield became chaotic,
Wan Yan’s Personal Guards were unsure whether to attack Gu Zhan, and the noble families’ people were also very panicked.
Outside the inner courtyard,
Wan Yan showed a slight smile, sighing: "In this world, the most despicable enemy besides traitors, is also a kind of person, that is a madman..."
Muttering,
Wan Yan slightly raised his hand, his gaze soft like threads, however these threads carried a terrifying power, tightly wrapping a dagger, emitting a buzzing sound as it spun at high speed,
Buzzing it bounced back, the dagger shot out like electricity, piercing through several falling leaves, straight to penetrate through one’s chest.
Buzz buzz buzz!
The dagger vibrated rapidly, its black shadow darting forward like lightning, piercing leaves, tearing through the night, heading towards the inner courtyard, aimed at Gu Zhan.
And at that instant,
Gu Zhan, seeming maniacally possessed, suddenly tossed aside his blades, took down the Cold Iron Bow, drew and strung his last three feathered arrows.
[Using 10,000 Experience Points]
[Shadow Arrow upgraded to Great Success Realm]
...
At that instant,
the entire inner courtyard seemed to fall into a moment of absolute stillness,
time itself seemed paused,
A feathered arrow appeared abruptly before Wan Yan,
appearing without any warning,
The feathered arrow stood in front of the dagger,
The cold arrowhead collided with the dagger’s tip,
Sparks flew, the buzzing was piercing.
The iron arrow and dagger fell to the ground,
Wan Yan prepared to shoot another dagger, but at that moment, he froze,
Because,
before him suddenly concealed a second feathered arrow,
like a shadow, an unnoticed arrow!