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Chapter 257: Jungle Cavalry, Zhuge Crossbow

Chapter 257: Chapter 257: Jungle Cavalry, Zhuge Crossbow

"What kind of monsters are these people..."

The people of Sky Net are too terrifying.

One can imagine that if the battle were to continue, the likelihood of victory for these Cavalry was minuscule. The best result would be a Pyrrhic victory.

Screech!

Suddenly, just at this moment, a sharp cry rang out from deep within the dense forest, its sound carrying very far.

This must be the signal to retreat. Upon hearing this sound, the Cavalry who were engaged in a fierce battle with the elites of Sky Net, quickly began to retreat.

"The Sect Leader has ordered, do not fall in love with a fight to the death, we must withdraw first."

In the Cavalry ranks, someone shouted immediately.

Very soon, this group of Cavalry, driven by fear, retreated swiftly, dashing towards the depths of the dense forest.

The horses were fast, Long Qie and the others, even if they wanted to give chase, were unable to do so. They could only watch with surging anger as these people made their escape.

Before long, everything calmed down; the night, like a tide, quickly engulfed the area, with only the faint glow of fire illuminating the place.

Long Qie looked at the situation around him, his heart filled with bitter grief.

Brutal!

The charge of the Cavalry was too sudden this time, with at least seven or eight Sky Net members meeting a terrible death and many others injured.

"Hozon! You killed my brothers, I swear you’ll not die a good death!"

Long Qie’s heart ached as if cut with knives, filled with hatred and anger.

Although he was not a core member of Sky Net, he was part of one of its branches.

And now, he realized that dealing with Hozon was not going to be easy; he had likely fallen into a trap!

At this time, the members of Sky Net gathered together, each with an expression of anger and sorrow, and said, "Boss Long, what do we do now?"

Long Qie looked around at everyone, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down. This was absolutely not the time to be impulsive or act out of pride.

"We’ll withdraw first."

After a moment’s thought, Long Qie decisively said.

"Withdraw? But Boss Long, the enemy has killed so many of our brothers! Shouldn’t we seek revenge? How can we just retreat?"

Someone in the ranks angrily spoke out. The men of Sky Net were all virile and courageous, naturally unable to accept Long Qie’s orders. They all wanted revenge.

"Listen to me,"

Long Qie’s voice was low as he said, "I was wrong before. We might have already fallen into Hozon’s trap! If we stay in this forest, who knows what schemes the enemy might use.

We’ve already lost so many brothers; I can’t let you suffer more casualties!"

"Hozon can’t run away from here; killing him is not something we need to rush. We can wait until later when the main forces of Sky Net arrive, then slowly take him down."

Mr. Xiao once appraised Long Qie, saying that his wisdom, to a certain extent, was no less than his own; it’s just that he didn’t like to use his brain.

And after suffering such a defeat, Long Qie came to his senses and began to think, suddenly making a very rational decision to withdraw temporarily!

It’s not that Long Qie lacked wisdom, but that he had underestimated Hozon. Even a lion must exert full strength when hunting a rabbit, yet he had looked down on Hozon too much.

Arrogance, inborn arrogance, was a characteristic of Long Qie, as well as a flaw.

The only person in the world who could make him submit was Mr. Xiao.

If Hozon dared to engage in direct combat, Long Qie could teach him a lesson in no time.

"Boss Long is actually right, even if we charge into Hozon’s stronghold with all our might, what then? Perhaps what awaits us is an army of thousands! Even if we could inflict heavy losses on the enemy, we would deplete our own strength, and that would not be worth it!"

At that moment, the second in command of the Ten Killings, TW-2, also spoke up in a low voice, "Don’t forget, we are Mr. Xiao’s soldiers! Acting impulsively and losing ourselves, would that be fair to Mr. Xiao?"

After hearing these words, everyone cooled down from their anger. Fighting was not child’s play; being impulsive would only lead to more deaths and weaken the power of Sky Net!

"Then we’ll do as Boss Long says and retreat,"

At that moment, everyone agreed, but their spirits were low.

Seeing this, Long Qie raised his voice and said, "Don’t hang your heads in defeat. Look at the bodies on the ground, they’re all dead! We must avenge them! There will come a time when we will return here and sweep away the legend!"

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions became resolute.

Indeed!

How could they hang their heads in defeat?

They still had to avenge their brothers!

Instantly, everyone’s eyes shone with a fierce light.

"Retreat."

With Long Qie’s order, everyone immediately began to slowly walk out, carrying the bodies of the deceased Sky Net members.

Long Qie had brought only members on this occasion. Even though they had been through such a bloody battle, they all could still walk.

It was extremely difficult, but Long Qie knew that if they didn’t leave the dense forest quickly, Hozon’s men might attack again!

However, after walking for a while, everyone’s expressions changed.

They were lost!

The terrain in the dense forest was too complicated, with all sorts of ancient trees shooting up into the sky. Although they had made marks before coming, those marks had been destroyed unbeknownst to them, and some fake ones that were indistinguishable from the real had been added!

Under this series of factors, they lost their way.

Everyone’s expressions began to show a touch of panic...

In the midst of this dense forest, where darkness enveloped everything and the stars and moon were of no help, and having lost their way with a fearsome enemy on their trail, even the strongest will would be affected.

Long Qie was also anxious, but at this time, his anxiety was useless. He could only remain calm and think of a solution. After pondering for a moment, Long Qie decisively said, "Everyone, stop!"

Immediately, everyone halted.

"It’s nighttime now. Blindly wandering will not only exhaust us, but we also won’t find our way. Let’s just rest and recuperate here, recover our strength, and retreat when it gets light."

Long Qie spoke calmly, "During this process, Hozon’s men are likely to attack again. We must be prepared and stay alert. Do you all understand?"

"Understood!"

Everyone rested on the spot right away.

This place was not as comfortable as the clearing they were in before, but everyone had experienced hardships and didn’t mind.

However, when laying down the bodies of their deceased brothers, everyone was once again filled with sorrow, each of them harboring a bone-deep hatred for Hozon and grinding their teeth in fury!

Gradually, dawn approached.

Crash!

Suddenly, a sharp sound tore through the tranquility of the early morning, echoing throughout the area. Long Qie, who had been on guard, reacted instantly, not even thinking before he hoisted his battle axe.

Clang!

A thunderous noise rang out as a long arrow shaft collided with Long Qie’s massive axe, sending sparks flying!

Long Qie’s face changed.

The arrow had such great power!

But that was not all; right after the black arrow shaft tore through the air with a roar, almost at the same time, five other arrow shafts whistled towards them.

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!!!

Long Qie’s battle axe moved swiftly in his hands, a cold light flashing as he parried each of the incoming arrow shafts.

However, his expression was anything but relaxed, instead becoming even more grave as he stared into the dense forest ahead and slowly uttered a few words:

"Zhuge Crossbow!"