nashuaworldcup Chapter 363: Pursuit
Chapter 363: Pursuit
"My lord, how many people have come?"
Dian Wei realized something was wrong. Logically, after killing one or two hundred people, he should have killed most of them. Why were people still popping out?
Chen Futu hurriedly asked the system what was going on.
[The host has been trapped in the array.]
"Array?"
Yes, it's similar to Zhuge Liang's Eight Trigrams Formation.
"I don't understand formations, how can I break them?"
Attacking from the outside can destroy the core of the formation.
"It seems we can only wait for Ma Chao and Long Luo to arrive."
Chen Futu and Dian Wei quickly called to the surviving villagers, and finally gathered them all in a house that had not caught fire.
Nannan was also sent inside by Chen Futu, and then she and Dian Wei continued to fight in front of the door.
More and more villagers fled over, and for a time, cries and shouts filled the air.
Chen Futu and Dian Wei were so numb from fighting that their arms became so heavy that they could barely lift their weapons.
The enemies are still numerous, seemingly endless, and it's impossible to distinguish which are illusions and which are real.
"Big brother, be careful!"
Suddenly a shout came from behind. Chen Futu subconsciously turned around and saw that Nannan had somehow appeared right under his nose. He gave her a shove, and a dark arrowhead flew past Chen Futu's face.
It was the Scythe Woman. She wasn't dead yet, but she had injured one eye and half her face was covered in blood. She was panting heavily as she stood on a rooftop a dozen meters away, holding a large black bow, and she looked extremely insane.
Chen Futu frowned. "Where is Lü Bu? Did she kill him?"
Just as he was wondering, the woman with the scythe drew her bow again. This time, Chen Futu was on guard and would not be hit by her arrow.
As the arrowheads hurtled towards him, Chen Futu instinctively dodged, but just as the arrowheads grazed his ear, he suddenly realized, "Oh no!"
Before they knew it, it was all over. A muffled groan came from behind, followed by screams from the crowd.
The little girl was shot through the body, and she fell into a pool of blood, the bed sheets and cloak stained red with blood.
It turns out that the woman with the scythe was not trying to kill the King of the Northern Frontier, but rather she herself.
Seeing her arrow strike, the scythe-wielding woman dropped her bow and arrow, laughing wildly, "Zhou Xuan, do you see this? This is the ending you chose! I told you, if you didn't hand over the item, I would take her life! Are you satisfied now—"
"Big brother……"
The little girl stretched out her tiny hand, her eyes wide open.
Chen Futu abandoned Long Que and suddenly hugged her. Looking at her blood-stained, deathly pale face, he felt a mix of emotions.
"Big brother, where's my sister? Does she not want me anymore?"
"Your sister is coming soon, please wait a little longer."
"It hurts so much, big brother, I miss my sister..."
Nannan's voice grew softer and softer. Chen Futu clutched her wound, pierced by an arrow, and turned to look at the crazed scythe-wielding woman, his eyes already bloodshot. "You deserve to die! I will never forgive you!"
"Chen Futu, Lü Bu is very powerful, but unfortunately he's brainless. Once trapped by the array, he had no chance to kill me. Now I'm leaving, and what can you, as a ruler, do? You'll only leave with regrets. What can you do to me?"
The woman with the scythe wiped the blood from her face, turned and walked away with a mocking laugh.
Chen Futu's anger had reached a breaking point; his rage nearly destroyed his remaining reason. "Unforgivable!"
"Chen Futu, until we meet again. When we meet next time, I will surely cut off your head."
The woman with the scythe turned and plunged into the sea of fire.
Ding!
[Host's rage level has been detected to be extremely high. Please make a choice.]
"You didn't come when you were supposed to. Now almost everyone at the Red Dust Ferry is dead. Now that you've come, get the hell out of here! I'm not choosing you!"
[Given that the host is swayed by emotions, the system makes an automatic choice.]
[Random selection complete. Hunt down the scythe-wielding woman. Kill or capture her at all costs. Reward: Nine-Turn Great Rejuvenation Pill]
The Nine-Turn Great Rejuvenation Pill can revive a person as long as they have a breath left.
Chen Futu was overjoyed upon hearing about the reward, and then a pill landed in his hand, radiating a powerful life force.
Without a second thought, Chen Futu steeled his heart and pulled out the arrowhead. The little girl struggled in pain, and then the medicine was stuffed into her mouth. After a few breaths, the pain on her face gradually disappeared, and her breathing slowly became steady.
"Nah!"
Two swift horses arrived in a flash; it was Long Luo and Ma Chao.
As the two appeared, Lu Bu's furious roar rang out from afar, "Damn woman, you can't escape!"
With the array at the Red Dust Ferry broken, Lü Bu was able to escape and began to hunt down the Scythe Woman.
"You're my sister?" Nannan stared at Long Luo with her bloodshot eyes, she hadn't expected her sister to be so beautiful.
Long Luo had already heard Ma Chao explain the whole story, so he hugged her tightly and gently comforted her.
With Long Luo around, safety here is no longer an issue.
Chen Futu immediately ordered Ma Chao and Dian Wei to clean up the mess, and then went south alone to pursue them.
They saw the woman with the scythe leading her remaining subordinates onto a boat, fleeing towards the other side of the Xuan River, while Lu Bu, carrying his halberd, was on a boat, using his inner energy to propel himself across the Xuan River.
He was furious. To be trapped by the array with his strength was an utter disgrace.
Chen Futu didn't waste any time either, boarding a boat left behind by the ancient temple and starting the chase.
If the ancient palace is allowed to escape, how can the royal court explain this to the people?
On the ferry ahead, the woman with the sickle noticed that Lu Bu and Chen Futu were in hot pursuit. She sneered, "You think you can kill me? It's not that easy. Once you cross the river, someone will come to meet you. You two have delivered yourselves to my doorstep, so I'll gladly accept you."
More than ten minutes later, the ferry docked.
The scythe-wielding woman ordered the dozens of powerful warriors who remained on the shore to fire arrows together.
Lu Bu didn't even bother to dodge. He unleashed his violent aura, deflecting countless arrows. When the distance was about right, he leaped forward and swung his halberd like Mount Tai crashing down. With one strike, he split the river embankment, instantly killing more than ten people.
"What a monster, he's only at the early stage of Grandmaster level."
The woman with the sickle decided to retreat, so she arranged for someone to block Lü Bu and escaped alone.
After reaching the shore, Chen Futu ignored Lü Bu, who was fighting like a wild beast, and chased after the scythe-wielding woman with his sword.
This chase lasted all night.
By mid-morning of the following day, the scythe woman stopped running; she was too exhausted to continue her journey.
Chen Futu was in a similar situation. He had fought fiercely in the array earlier, killing enemies that were both real and fake, and had consumed most of his true energy by swinging his sword countless times.
Enemies meeting are bound to be furious, and without exchanging a single word, the two immediately launched into a fierce attack.
Both of them exerted all their strength, and with each clash of their weapons, Chen Futu clearly felt intense pain in his internal organs. This was because his true energy was exhausted and his eight extraordinary meridians were being squeezed.
"Chen Futu, do you really intend to fight to the death?"
"I swear I will not return until I have killed you!"
"Your Majesty, with your invaluable life, why go to such lengths for a bunch of lowly people?"
"Shut up, you filthy thing! Die!"
Chen Futu's swordplay was particularly violent, completely disregarding the depletion of his inner strength, and he fought with a reckless abandon. The scythe-wielding woman, sensing the killing intent, also began to fight desperately.