TCN: Mei Gongqing

Chapter 180: He's Here

Chapter 180: He's Here

"Separate!" the black-robed man hastily yelled at this time.

Forthwith, he carried Chen Rong and jumped down the hill.

The Hu began to holler and charge forth with abandon. But as they did, they faced a rain of arrows from the riders.

They were forced to cover their heads and dodge. As they were about to charge again, another rain of arrows flew at them. By the time they raised their own bows and arrows, the riders were already scattered at the sound of a whistle. They rode fast through the woods, yet they seemed to be extremely familiar with the terrain around here. The Hu's arrows all fell into empty air.

The Hu ignored the fleeing riders and instead hurried to the hillside. By the time they got there, they saw the black-robed man leaping away – now 50 to 60 paces from them.

They watched the billowing smoke in front of them. After a moment of hesitation, one yelled, "Let's also jump down. He can't run far."

"Aye."

After less than ten steps, they quickly discovered that although the Jin were inferior riders, in this flat terrain, they were losing to a Jin man who was running with a woman in his arms.

They shouted and hollered, but the man got farther and farther away.

"Shoot that woman, kill her!" the Hu cried after the chase went on for some time.

At the same time, a stern shout also thundered from the hillside: "Ready, fire."

He was one of the captains who had come with Murong Ke. At his words, one of them drew his bow like a full moon.

The arrow was directly aimed at the red figure being held by the black-robed man.

The Yan captain stared at his target. When the bowstring was pulled back as far as it could go, "woosh –" the arrow shot out like a flash of light.

In the blink of an eye, it had gotten to the man in black. He shuddered, then threw Chen Rong forward and leaned to the left.

A "plop" sounded as the arrowhead pierced his flesh. It drove into his left flank and through his chest.

Chen Rong turned her head to see that the man in black was bleeding profusely, his body trembling.

When he saw her running to him, he opened his mouth and shouted after a cough of blood: "Run!" He pointed to the front then forthwith sagged to the ground.

Chen Rong glanced at him, gritted her teeth, turned her head and broke into a run.

She had barely taken three steps by the time another burst of wind followed her. However, it was weaker than the one before.

Chen Rong could not care about what was going on behind her, she could only grit her teeth and run as fast as she could.

A "rip" sounded. An arrow shot through her sleeve and fell to the ground.

The third arrow landed five paces from her.

Sweat beaded on Chen Rong's forehead and rolled down her eyes.

But all she could do was hike her skirt and run like mad.

More and more Hu men joined the chase behind her. Chen Rong had a good physique and she was running on level ground, thus she wasn't slower than the Hu. With dozens of Hu men chasing her for a while, the distance between them was still 80 to 90 steps.