A Clash of Gods - Chapter 25
Chapter 25 Fight for the Horse
The eyes of the batman were cold and gruesome and the elder in brown robe carried the long package in one hand. The two men were facing each other, but neither of them acted rashly. The wind changed the direction of the rain that poured down, and all of them got soaked in the heavy rain.
Yang Ning knew that he should not stay long in this place, so he moved towards the horses quietly.
Although the batman had killed one more horse, two other horses were still alive and energetic. Yang Ning moved over there lightly, and was determined to take away a horse.
At present, the two escorts beside the escort carriages were also killed, but before they died, they also killed a man in black. The rest of the men in black gathered around, with scimitars in their hands, and stood behind the batman.
“You’re wrong.” The batman finally said, “If we can fulfill the task today, the Flying Cicada clan will not disappear, but will grow stronger and stronger.” He gave a sinister smile, and suddenly twisted his wrist and whipped out a black belt. In the wind and rain, he had already launched an attack.
He squatted down slightly to prop himself up, and then he shot out like a crossbow bolt. In an instant, he had already rushed to the elder in brown robe.
“Go!” The elder in brown robe shouted, and had already grabbed the young man to retreat, several steps away from the man.
If the batman was like a sharp crossbow bolt, then the elder in brown robe was like a light breeze.
Like the crossbow bolt that shot into the air, the batman caved in and paused for a moment. When his body seemed to sink into the land, he shot out again. This time, he attacked more aggressively, more fiercely and more sharply.
This was his unique trick. The pause was for storing up energy. As long as he stored up energy for three times, he didn’t believe that the elder in brown robe would escape his moves even if he was as fast as the lightning.
However, this time the elder in brown robe did not retreat.
He seemed to have known that the batman would be thornier to deal with after he stored up energy for three times. This time he leaned forward and waved the package in his hand straightly, poking towards the batman’s body directly.
The batman’s eerie eyes were cold. He uncoiled the black belt in his hand, but he did not intend to attack, but to retreat. Then he shouted sharply, waving the black belt in his hand.
The black belt turned out to be a sword.
This soft sword was as soft as silk but as hard as steel.
The batman retreated in order to advance. He took a step back so that he could keep a distance where he could make full use of his skills in wielding the soft sword. Then he quickly waved the sword.
The glint of the sword was as black as ink, giving an air of chill and coldness.
At this moment, suddenly there was a neigh of a horse. Several men in black behind the batman all looked up, only to see that a man had already turned the horse around and was about to leave.
The man who rode the horse and planned to leave was exactly Yang Ning.
Yang Ning sneaked to the horse, and cut off the reins that tied the horse to the hitching post with his icy blade. Then he mounted the horse silently, turned the horse around, and patted the horse to trot.
Those men in black had already run toward him like the wind. They waved their hands and dozens of hidden weapons had flown to the horse. Just at this time, the elder in brown robe suddenly stopped leaning forward, and changed his attack into defense instantly. He leaned forward to launch an offensive, so it seemed that his move couldn’t be stopped just like the arrow that had already been shot. Surprisingly, he made a sudden retreat, and his offensive just disappeared in a flash like the arrow that turned into smoke.
But even if he withdrew like the smoke, it seemed that he still could not escape the inky sword glint of the batman.
The elder in brown robe didn’t seem to ward off the soft sword. His long package was waved horizontally and turned into a flash of light and shadow. Then only a crackling sound could be heard. It turned out that he had blocked all the hidden weapons that were flying to the horse and Yang Ning. Then he turned over to grab the young man behind him, and after making a shout, he raised his arm. Unbelievably, the young man flew up lightly, and then was thrown straight to Yang Ning’s horse.
Yang Ning was about to urge the horse to move when he suddenly felt a tremor behind him. He had already felt that someone had fallen on the horseback behind him. Stunned, he held the blade and planned to stab backward, only to hear the elder in brown robe snapping, “Take him away!”
A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, and the inky soft sword had already been cut on the shoulder of the elder in brown robe.
The elder in brown robe wielded the long package, and parried the inky soft sword when it cut deep into his flesh and bone. But at this moment, his face was slightly pale, his shoulder stained by blood and his clothes torn.
He failed to avoid the batman’s soft sword. The soft sword not only tore his clothes, but also cut his shoulder with its blade. Although the cut was not deep into the bone, he was frustrated for the first time tonight.
In order to block those hidden weapons, he would rather be cut by the batman.
Yang Ning turned his head, and out of the corner of his eye he saw that behind him was exactly the young man. At the same time, he heard the elder in brown robe shouting “Take him away”. He didn’t hesitate and urged the horse to run. The horse made a long neigh, and rushed into the night rain at full speed.
Those men in black did not hesitate and chased after the horse. Then they heard a clear sound. The package in the hand of the elder in brown robe instantly splintered into pieces, revealing the black sword sheath inside. The elder in brown robe drew the sword, and then a clear light flashed, faintly with a low and deep sound of a dragon.
A simple but precious sword was wrapped in the package, and now it was drawn from its sheath!
A clear light suddenly flashed, and the sword was unsheathed. The man in black who took the lead had been cut into two pieces by the sword light, so other men in black were all appalled with horror in their eyes. But the batman had already flown up, like a bat in the air, wielding the soft sword in his hand toward the elder in brown robe again.
At this time, several men in black rushed out from the tavern, and like ghosts, they besieged the elder in brown robe.
“Catch up with them!” The batman screamed, and then several men in black rushed into the rain, following the direction where Yang Ning disappeared.
Yang Ning continually flicked the reins, so the speed of the horse was not slow. But he didn’t think it was fast enough. In the wind and rain, the horse was running as if on wings. Yang Ning couldn’t open his eyes for being battered by the wind and rain, so he didn’t know where the horse was going.
The more irritating thing was that the young man behind him was clutching his clothing, apparently in order to stabilize his body when the horse sped by. His clothing was in rags originally. But now they jolted on the horse, so the rip was getting wider. Yang Ning thought to himself that if it continued like this, he would soon travel the world naked.
Not knowing how long the horse had run, he heard the young man behind him shouting, “Stop, stop!”
Yang Ning thought something had gone wrong. He thought to himself that they had ridden quite a distance for some time and even if the gang of men chased after them, they wouldn’t catch them for a while. So he immediately held the reins. The horse made a long neigh, and suddenly stood like a man. Yang Ning’s equestrian skills were really not good. He lost the center of gravity in his back and failed to clamp his legs around the horse, so with a cry of “Ouch” he fell down from the horse together with the young man.
“Why did you shout?” Yang Ning scrambled to his feet. Fortunately, he was not badly hurt. He pointed at the young man who was lying on the ground and scolded, “The speed is so fast. How can we be completely safe and sound after holding the reins?”
He actually knew that the responsibility for falling down from the horse was entirely his. They would not have been so embarrassed if he hadn’t suddenly held the reins.
The young man was sitting on the ground, wet all over. He looked up at Yang Ning, his face stained with mud, and he also said with anger, “Your equitation is so poor, and now you put the blame on me?”
“Yeah, are you not convinced?” Yang Ning was not afraid of the young man now, so he said angrily, “You tell me why you suddenly shouted and let me stop. What do you want?”
“We can’t just leave like this.” The young man got up from the ground and he was getting all muddy. “We need to go back and save him. We can’t leave him alone.”
“Who?” Yang Ning sneered, “That old man? Come on, do you think you can still save him? Haven’t you seen how many people there are? You are lucky enough to escape. How do you expect to save him?”
The young man stubbornly said, “I must go back. Give me the horse. I don’t need you, and I can go back to save him myself.” His eyes were filled with steely determination, and he didn’t seem to allow others to dissuade him.
Although Yang Ning felt that the young man didn’t have any self-knowledge, he still appreciated his loyalty. Besides, the young man had spoken for him in the tavern before, so he did not hate this person. He said gently, shaking his head, “I get this horse by myself. I take you away from the tavern because you have spoken for me. Well, now I have already brought you here, so we are even. I don’t care where you are going. But if you want to take this horse, I advise you to abandon this idea because I need to ride it.”
He needed to catch up with the escort team that took Xiaodie away. Only with this horse, there might be a last glimmer of hope.
The young man said angrily, “No, you must give it to me. This is my horse.” He reached out his hand, “Give it to me!”
Yang Ning smiled and said, “You want to use force? Buddy, you make a wrong decision. I’m afraid of everything but force. If you have the ability, you can just take it from me.”
The young man was fifteen or sixteen years old, similar to the age of Yang Ning. But psychologically, Yang Ning was much older than the other party. He said those words as an elder, and it seemed that the young man was really much younger than him.
The young man clenched his fists, stepping his foot forward, and banged his fist toward Yang Ning. Yang Ning took a step back and was about to reach out his hand to grab the young man’s wrist. To his surprise, the young man turned his fist into a clutch and intended to seize Yang Ning’s hand.
“Ah hah, your kung fu is not bad.” Seeing this, Yang Ning knew that although the young man seemed weak, he actually could play a little kung fu. So he immediately withdrew his hand, sweeping over straight to the young man’s lower part of body with his leg.
The young man lifted one leg, confronting Yang Ning’s leg and intending to kick his knee. His move was slick and fast.
Yang Ning was good at fighting, so he thought that he could knock down this young man in two or three hits. But he didn’t expect that the young man’s kung fu was far more outstanding than he thought. They competed against each other with legs and fists, and in the twinkling of an eye, over ten rounds were fought. Yang Ning was certainly not weak in fighting skills, but his opponent’s holding skills were also very proficient, so they were comparable for a while.
Suddenly, the young man faltered, so Yang Ning swept over his leg toward him this time. The young man couldn’t dodge in time and one of his legs was kicked. He stumbled and then was about to fall down. When Yang Ning was complacent, he felt his leg tightened. The young man had hooked Yang Ning’s femorotibial joint with his leg and jerked violently, so they fell to the ground at the same time.
If Yang Ning had used the skills of Easy Travel, this young man wouldn’t have been his adversary. But in such a situation, Yang Ning felt ashamed to use Easy Travel to win the unequal fight. Well, now both of them fell to the muddy ground at the same time, so they became muddy monkeys, even with mud on their faces.
“You know a little kung fu.” The young man sat up and pointed to Yang Ning, “What is your name?”