Chapter 23: Ambush

  Xiao Yu and Zhao Hu rode horses in front, followed by a long procession behind them. At a glance, it seemed like a long snake.

  Xiao Yu's face was filled with joy at this moment, with a sweet smile, her eyes narrowed, feeling that the world was so beautiful.

  Zhao Hu was trembling with fear beside him, and almost fell off the horse when he started to mount. After being persuaded by Xiao Yu and Zhao Hu, Da Zhai's master Tong Guan led the elite of the village, pouring out in full force, preparing to make a big fortune.

  This kind of thing where one person can't handle the order alone and finds someone to partner with is also very common in the strongman industry. When there's food, everyone eats; when there's money, everyone gets a share. It's beneficial for everyone involved.

  If you want to be a small mountain stronghold, you must gnaw on a hard bone, but in the end, you will suffer too much damage and may even be completely destroyed, which is not worth it.

  So Tong Guan didn't have too many suspicions and followed him out.

  Longya Village and several other small villages were destroyed, but it didn't attract much attention from other villages. These small villages have people coming and going every day, some joining the group and others leaving.

  He absolutely did not expect that someone would have designs on his old nest and want to take him down all at once.

  Because he didn't have any major enemies and there weren't other powerful bandits in the area with such big ambitions to swallow him up, his complacency greatly reduced his vigilance.

  He did not expect that the Lion King would have a lord like Xiao Yu appear, who needed to kill them to gain military merit and make money.

  The team marched on, walking about four or five miles, and in front of them appeared a forest. Xiao Yu saw this and said: "Boss, we left some things in the forest, let's go get them back."

  Tong Guan did not suspect anything else and said: "Good."

  After finishing speaking, Xiao Yu and Zhao Hu went riding horses towards the forest together. In the forest, Xiao Yu indeed left something behind, which was 500 troops.

  Upon arriving at the forest, Xiao Yu waved her hand and instantly all those soldiers rushed out.

  Xiao Yu looked at these elite soldiers, and a heroic spirit arose. He said: "Today is our first time facing off against an army three times larger than us, but I believe we are the most excellent warriors, no one can defeat us. We are invincible in battle."

  Hoo... Hoo...

  The beastman warriors suddenly let out a loud roar, one by one with high morale, and several level 3 beastman soldiers even went into a frenzy.

  "Gromm led the beastman infantry in a frontal assault, while Tyrande led two hundred archers in a long-range attack from behind. If they encountered an enemy counterattack, they could retreat and dodge, employing guerrilla tactics. The elven hunters were divided into two small squads of fifty men each, charging in from both sides to harass."

  Xiao Yu quickly issued an order.

  Although I haven't led troops in battle before, I've played a lot of games and watched many war movies or commentaries online, so I'm not completely unfamiliar with deploying troops.

  Roar...

  As soon as Xiao Yu finished giving the orders, Grom rushed out with the orc infantry in a hurry, and the elf archers and elf hunters also quickly followed from behind.

  Xiao Yu rode a horse, looking at the operation of the troops from behind, and giving orders at any time.

  Tong Guan was daydreaming, thinking of a large sum of money entering his purse, when suddenly, a beast's roar sounded, startling him awake.

  "What's going on? How can such beasts appear here? Judging from the sound, at least hundreds of beasts have come out together, how is this possible?" Tong Guan was shocked and uncertain, but still quickly gave orders to defend their position.

  When they saw clearly what was rushing out of the woods, they were all shocked. The beastman, this strange creature, when it really appeared in front of them, still gave them a huge visual impact and spiritual shock.

  After all, the great name of the beastman has long been spread throughout the continent. Beastmen, half-human and half-beast, are the strongest warriors, which is something that no one would question.

  In everyone's cognition, the beastman had long disappeared in the long river of history, how could so many beastmen suddenly appear here.

  Although these bandits have also been through many battles, they have robbed many villages and passing merchants, but the number of times they have fought against regular armies is still very small.

  Suddenly seeing so many beastmen rushing out, they had more than 1,500 people, but they still messed up their own formation first.

  The beastmen were now individually filled with high morale, hot blood boiling, wearing armor, holding giant wheel axes, only thinking of reaping the opponent's life.

  "Hold steady, hold steady, damn it, where did so many beastmen come from? Hold them off, kill, kill them..." Tong Guan hastily gave orders, his own heart also trembling with fear.

  He has killed countless people, but he has never killed a beastman.

  Roar...

  Accompanied by a deafening roar, a two-and-a-half-meter-tall beastman suddenly leaped into the air, his long knife slashing out an arc-shaped light over two meters long, chopping down towards Tong Guan.

  This is Gromm, riding at their head and cutting them down.

  Tong Guan saw Grom, was shocked at first, immediately also drew out a thick-backed large knife, a red aura burst forth from his body, and he charged towards Grom.

  Rumble...

  The Sword Saint's Invincible Slash and Tong Guan's Fighting Aura Collide, bursting forth a brilliant light, forming a powerful gust of wind that blows the surrounding soldiers to the ground, while the horse Tong Guan was riding was instantly killed by the shock.

  After reaching level 8, Jian Sheng's overall physical attributes have greatly improved. With his Invincible Slash at level 3, Fatal Strike at level 3, and Gale Step at level 2, he can use these three skills in rotation, making him no less powerful than any other fighter, and even more formidable.

  Unless one has reached the level of a second-order warrior, it is difficult to be an opponent worthy of a Sword Saint.

  Jian Sheng had just made contact with Tong Guan, and the other beastman soldiers had already charged forward. Tong Guan's subordinates were two hundred cavalrymen, but at this time they were so intimidated by the beastmen that they didn't even charge, so they couldn't pose a threat.

  The beastman soldiers rushed up, one axe cut down both the man and the horse, cutting them in half. Especially those who reached level 3, the beastman soldiers who could go berserk, were like tigers entering a flock of sheep, charging into the enemy's camp, their large axes chopping wildly back and forth.

  The soldiers were caught off guard by the beastmen and their morale was already low, and with the addition of the elven archers, they couldn't even organize an effective resistance.

  Two hundred elven archers followed behind the orcish infantry, their feathered arrows pouring down on the local camp like rain, with a hit rate of over 70%, and in the blink of an eye, several hundred people died.

  Tairand's multiple arrows, especially dazzling at this time, suddenly seven arrows shot out together. In such a dense and dense confrontation between the two armies, even if you don't need to aim, you can hit them all.

  But Theland is a formidable figure, and even though he shoots seven arrows at once, he can still accurately aim, accompanied by a whistling sound, and surely seven people will fall.

  The other side's despicable magician was already stunned when he saw the beastman, and was directly shot to pieces by Tirande's scorching arrow, without even having a chance to exert any effect.

  The other several fighters of the opponent were now entangled with several beastman soldiers, and Tirandel's arrows kept shooting from behind to help. These fighters were busy and at a disadvantage.

  The law master only had one skill at this time, Frost Arrow, so he rode on his donkey-like horse and shot Frost Arrows one by one.

  Although it looks like this skill is quite monotonous, the power of the mage's Ice Arrow is absolutely not something that ordinary people can withstand.

  Those warriors relied on their martial aura and could still withstand one or two, but these ordinary soldiers were like chopping cabbage, with a single icy arrow knocking down one.

  It only took a short while for Da Fashi to reach level 2. Leveling up on this battlefield was much faster than when Xiao Yu and the Sword Saint were searching for magical beasts in the mountains.

  Reached level 2, Xiao Yu immediately chose a second skill for Da Fa Shi, Ice Thorn Technique.

  Now, Ice Shard is the only area attack, and it's most suitable in this formation.

  As expected, after learning the Ice Cone Technique, Da Fashi immediately shook his whole body and became spirited. He saw Da Fashi raise that root-like staff that looked like a fire poker, muttering incantations.

  Along with this curse, a large piece of ice suddenly condensed in mid-air, covering an area of over ten square meters.

  Hehehe......

  Over a hundred ice cones fell from mid-air, and all the bandits in this area were directly pierced with transparent holes.

  "Awesome, Ice Cone Technique is so cool!" Xiao Yu exclaimed excitedly from the side.

  As they watched, a group of unstoppable beastman soldiers, along with elven archers and the support of mages, caused the bandits to quickly collapse and start fleeing in all directions.

  At this time, the two winged spirit hunters rode on leopards and started a pursuit as light cavalry. As swift as the wind, as quick as lightning, the spirit hunters moved about, their wheel saws effortlessly taking away a cluster of fresh blood.

  It only took two or three minutes for the robbers to retreat completely, but under the pursuit of the elf hunters, one by one became a corpse.

  The ice cone technique of the Da law master harvested the enemy's life faster than Tyland's multi-arrow, and in just an instant, the Da law master had risen to level 3.

  The previous levels required less experience anyway, and with so many enemies waiting to be collected on the battlefield like this, Da Fashi's upgrade was naturally very rapid.

  Reached level 3, Xiao Yu directly gave Da Fashi's Ice Cone Technique another upgrade to level 2.

  The range of the 2nd-level Ice Cone Technique was even wider, reaching around 30-40 square meters. Suddenly, hundreds of them came crashing down, densely packed, with 400-500 roots piercing through the body, leaving no room to dodge.

  Looking at the defeated bandits, Xiao Yu nodded in satisfaction with the performance of these soldiers. This was the first time Xiao Yu had won a frontal battle with fewer troops, not a defensive battle. This also further tested the ability of these soldiers to fight head-on, after all, Xiao Yu would face many battles in the future, and not all of them would be defensive battles.

  That Tong Guan saw Xiao Yu riding a horse beside Da Fa Shi, chatting and laughing, and couldn't help but get angry: "You bastard, you deceived me."

  Xiao Yu feigned surprise and opened her mouth, saying: "You just found out I deceived you? With your IQ, who else would I deceive?"

  At this time, Tong Guan was forced by Grom to be busy and helpless. Xiao Yu gave Tyrande a glance, and Tyrande immediately understood, drew his bow and shot an arrow, which hit Tong Guan's body accurately.

  Tong Guan was entangled by Grom, wanting to dodge but couldn't even react in time. Accompanied by a terrified scream, Tong Guan was directly shot into a pile of minced meat.

  "Tong Guan, just by looking at your name, you should die." Xiao Yu looked at the exploded Tong Guan and let out a heavy snort.