HLnovel Chapter 282: Battle against Li Ji (2)
Chapter 282: Battle against Li Ji (2)
Li Ji's right claw was holding Chu Xiaomu, so he could only use his left claw to block the arrow. However, the wound on his left shoulder that ran diagonally down to his right waist suddenly hurt again, and he didn't even raise his left claw, so the arrow hit his left shoulder with a thud.
Li Ji was furious and tried to grab Chu Xiaomu to death with his claws. Suddenly, his feet were empty and his body fell to one side. It turned out that the Qinglu horse under his feet was frightened by the extra person on its back, so it rushed and squeezed, and accidentally stepped into a deep pit, and the horse almost fell down. Li Ji on the horse's back naturally couldn't stand steadily, and fell down as well.
But Li Ji was, after all, the main general who led the army to attack Bicheng, or at least one of the main generals. He had almost mastered the sixth stage of the weapon cultivation technique. He reacted instantly, turned sideways and used his paws to reach a wild horse next to him. The tall and strong body was stabilized immediately and did not fall to the ground.
The wild horse was pierced by the sharp claws of the sharp thorns, and it neighed and ran away, pushing the other wild horses around it to run around. However, it couldn't run fast in the shallow water beside the river.
Chu Xiaomu quickly pulled out the iron sword from his waist and slashed at Li Ji. He guessed that his pair of black claws must be extremely powerful and could not be hurt by swords and knives, so he only slashed at his legs and waist. After slashing twice, he felt his hand tighten, and the blade of the iron sword had been grabbed by Li Ji. Chu Xiaomu tried to grab it with all his strength, but the iron sword seemed to be stuck in Li Ji's heart and could not be taken away at all.
Li Ji had his feet on the back of the Qinglu horse that Chu Xiaomu was riding, and one of his claws was grabbing the back of the other horse. He was in a horizontal position in mid-air, and it was not easy for him to snatch the opponent's iron sword. Moreover, the wound on his chest was so painful from being pulled that it was unbearable for a while.
Chu Xiaomu was already quite strong, and the sword was the only thing he could rely on, so he held on to the hilt tightly and refused to let go. After a while of struggling, his palm suddenly felt like it was holding a piece of extremely hot charcoal, which almost burned and melted his entire palm.
Chu Xiaomu screamed in pain and had to let go of the iron sword. He looked at Li Ji's left claw that had taken the sword and saw that it had turned dark red, just like the iron rod burned by the fire. The blazing heat on the hilt was really coming from his claw. He didn't know how the Claw Clan of Chisha Country could have such a strange ability. It seemed that the weapon cultivation technique of Chisha Country was indeed extraordinary, and it could forge a flesh and blood body into a magical weapon that was far beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
And where did this burning heat come from? Could it be spiritual power? Chu Xiaomu was secretly shocked.
After Li Ji snatched the iron sword, he threw it away casually, used his right claw to gain leverage on the wild horse, turned over again, and grabbed Chu Xiaomu with his left claw. His movements were continuous, cruel and vicious.
Chu Xiaomu had no choice but to rely on his superb horsemanship to slip under the horse's belly. Suddenly, Qinglu leaned forward again, and it turned out that he followed the horses into the deep water area of the river beach. There happened to be a steep slope here, and the water depth was several feet different from the upper and lower sides. The horses could not tell the difference, and they just followed the leader forward and stepped into the deep water area.
Chu Xiaomu grew up by the sea and was an excellent swimmer. Now that he had fallen into the water, he simply took advantage of the situation and sank to the bottom of the water. He slid among the horses like a fish and in an instant he had escaped several feet away from Li Ji.
Li Ji had never expected that there was such a deep water area in this river. When he was about to poke Chu Xiaomu with his paw, he suddenly felt empty under his feet. His feet had already entered the water along with the horse's body. He was shocked and jumped onto the backs of other horses. However, the horses nearby had all jumped into the water. The horses' backs were wet and slippery, and his feet were hard, so it was difficult for him to stand steadily. After jumping twice, he finally couldn't stand and fell into the water with a plop. When his left paw entered the water, a large amount of white smoke came out with a hiss.
Chu Xiaomu surfaced to breathe and saw Li Ji struggling in the water, sometimes sinking to the bottom, sometimes sticking his head out and screaming, and then gulping down a few gulps of water and sinking again. He was overjoyed: "It turns out this guy can't swim!"
At this time, the river channel was much wider, and the horses no longer had to walk so crowdedly. They all avoided the sharp thorns and separated to both sides.
Li Ci had nothing to grab onto, and after struggling for a while, he finally sank into the water and became motionless.
After a moment's thought, Chu Xiaomu dived into the water, fished Li Ji out, and dragged him to the shore. Lin Zhen, Zhang Hou, and others were already waiting there.
When the horses had all swam across the river, there was no sign of the Claw Clan's assassins. Chu Xiaomu gathered everyone together and looked at the injuries of Lin Zhen, Zhou Weide, and Zhou Weiyi. Although none of them were light, they were not fatal. Only Zhou Weide was slightly more seriously injured. His left arm bone was broken and his entire hand could not move. There were beads of sweat on his forehead like a shower of rain. But he pretended to be very tough and gritted his teeth and said, "I'm fine. I'll help Xiao Yier first."
Everyone could only give the three people simple treatment.
Wangang said: "Fortunately, Shunzi's arrows were accurate, killing or injuring seven or eight people. The Qizhua people chased them to the water's edge and dared not pursue them any further. It seems these people are afraid of water."
Lin Zhen said with pain: "The Chisha Kingdom has always been short of water, so it is normal for the Claw Tribe to be afraid of water."
Chu Xiaomu asked, "Where is Qisheng, and the nine little zebras?" His anxiety was evident on his face.
Wangang said: "I didn't notice it either. Could it be that he was captured by the Claw Tribe?"
Lingweidou said, "Probably not. The Claw people were frightened by Shun'er's archery skills and didn't dare to stop to catch the horses. I saw that they didn't take anything with them when they fled."
Chu Xiaomu felt relieved, so he called out with the whistle that was specially used to call Qisheng. Soon, several small figures suddenly jumped out of the water. They were Qisheng and several zebras. After a careful count, there were exactly ten of them, including Qisheng. Everyone was very happy and touched and hugged the ponies.
Zhou Weide was furious when he saw Chu Xiaomu dragging out Li Ji's body. He didn't care about the pain in his broken left arm, and walked to the leader of the assassins panting. He kicked him hard on the head several times, and still not satisfied, he stomped on his stomach several times.
But Li Ji suddenly vomited a large mouthful of fishy and smelly yellow and green water, and he was not drowned.
Everyone was shocked. Zhou Weide said angrily: "Bring the spear, let me kill this monster from the Sand Country and avenge everyone!" Ling Weidou handed him the spear.
Zhou Weide pointed the tip of his spear at Li Ji's heart, pretending to stab him. Chu Xiaomu hurriedly shouted, "Don't kill him yet!"
Everyone was confused and asked him the reason.
Chu Xiaomu told everyone what he had overheard in the Nanding Army camp about the Claw Clan's assassins' weapon-raising techniques and secret letters, and everyone was shocked.