Chapter 51: Fighting

The arrow, with a sharp whistle, shot directly towards Li Qi!

The sharp arrow carried a chilling Killing Intent; the officer, without a word, immediately tried to kill Li Qi!

Fortunately, Li Qi was already fully focused. The moment the opponent raised his hand to pull out the crossbow, he had already adopted the Crouching Tiger posture, directly lying flat on the ground. He saw the arrow shoot past where he had been standing, shattering the stone behind him and deeply embedding itself within the rock!

Li Qi's scalp tingled!

Damn it, too lazy to even say two words, he went straight for the kill!

These people are truly like soldier-bandits!

Li Qi stopped talking. Lying on the ground, a myriad of plans flashed through his mind instantly. He tightly clutched the stone in his hand and threw it forcefully towards the mountain!

This mountain was short, only a few dozen zhang.

On top was the altar Li Qi had built earlier.

The stone, thrown with great force, directly struck the altar on the uppermost cliff.

Meanwhile, Li Qi had already swelled with power within his body, his figure expanding by a foot as he activated the Ox Strength Technique!

Seeing this, the officer's eyes widened. He bellowed, "Ox Strength Technique! Be careful, this fellow is a Invoker from Shaman God Mountain!"

The other nine immediately sprang into action!

This was mountainous terrain; horses couldn't charge. They would need to jump or avoid obstacles halfway, so upon hearing the command, they dismounted directly, pulled out their hand crossbows, and fired with a series of thuds.

Li Qi, disregarding his Face, rolled on the ground to dodge, using the cover of night and the stones on the ground to evade these arrows.

The arrows stuck deep into the ground, suggesting that if they had struck flesh, even Li Qi's thick skin would have been directly pierced, certainly causing severe injury instantly.

The arrows missed, and stringing them took time. Several soldiers simply abandoned their crossbows, drew their long knives, and attempted to surround and cut Li Qi into pieces!

But at this moment, a rumbling sound suddenly came from above.

Several soldiers looked up.

And then, they discovered countless falling rocks on the cliff!

The already precarious altar, which Li Qi had built by calculating the force distribution, became unstable immediately after being struck. Tens of thousands of catties of stones began to fall, rolling down!

Tens of thousands of catties of stones falling from a cliff dozens of zhang high meant the pressure was far more than just tens of thousands of catties.

At this moment, the impact force of the stones could increase by dozens of times!

The soldiers retreated, wanting to escape!

But Li Qi, focused on the progress bar, immediately seized the opportunity, ignoring the falling rocks from above, and charged straight forward!

He directly crashed into a soldier, gripping him firmly, and then lifted him up!

Under the enhancement of Ox Strength Technique, with six thousand eight hundred catties of immense strength, even these soldiers could not contend with Li Qi in terms of power!

But if it were normal times, with only brute strength, he would definitely not be their opponent. However, at this moment, these people were startled by the falling rocks and frantically wanted to retreat, but Li Qi, using the progress bar, directly seized the opportunity and their openings, interrupting their original movements and lifting them up!

Li Qi lifted one, threw him forcefully into a shadowed area on the ground, then protected his head with his hands, scrambling and rolling into the mountain gully amidst the rain of falling rocks.

He charged into the rockfall rain as if his life depended on it, actually holding up a soldier's steps!

Although he was also hit by some碎石, causing some injuries, these wounds were gradually healing under the effect of Great Forest Wood Qi.

The soldier whom Li Qi had thrown to the ground, armored, struggled to get up quickly. He was hit by a falling rock and let out a wail, but was not yet dead.

The other soldiers tried to rescue him, but less than half a second later, the smaller pebbles had finished falling, and the remaining large stones plunged down one by one, directly burying the soldier Li Qi had thrown to the ground.

At first, faint wails could still be heard, but after that, only the sound of stones hitting the ground remained.

There weren't many stones from the altar; this rain of falling rocks only lasted less than five seconds, but it had already killed one soldier.

"Kill that bastard!" The officer roared furiously, waving his long saber and pointing at Li Qi!

"Hmph!" The other soldiers also shouted, preparing to cross the pile of stones and charge at Li Qi.

But Li Qi didn't wait for them; while the soldiers were blocked by the falling rocks, he had already run for his life.

By the time the soldiers started chasing, he had already reached the pool.

This was an ordinary mountain stream pool, about dozens of meters deep, formed by a waterfall where several small streams converged. The pool flowed downstream, forming a river that led to other places.

Li Qi didn't hesitate and jumped directly into the pool.

"To the river mouth! Cut him off!" The officer immediately ordered.

This officer instantly grasped the situation.

This bastard, jumping into the pool, probably thought they, being armored, wouldn't dare to enter the water, and was preparing to seize the opportunity to escape.

And this was true; armor was too heavy and restricted movement, making it extremely easy to drown when wearing it in water.

So, after scanning the surrounding terrain, he decisively chose to intercept this person. Between the pool and the river mouth, there would definitely be an impact beach!

This was a place that would inevitably form when water flow carried dust and sand. The impact beach would certainly be high in terrain, with shallow water!

With four or five soldiers blocking this area, this bastard would be trapped in this small pool!

If he dared to surface, they would shoot him with crossbows.

If he didn't surface, then he would drown in the water.

He hadn't expected to encounter a Invoker from Shaman God Mountain here.

Killing this person would be another first-class meritorious deed!

The Invoker of Shaman God Mountain had caused them immense damage on the Song Tang battlefield.

"Five men block him, the rest go back and get the crossbows. If he dares to show his head, shoot him dead!" the officer shouted loudly.

The soldiers also moved extremely quickly. Five men swiftly occupied the impact beach. The water here was only waist-deep, far from enough to drown someone. They stood on the impact beach, their hands ready with long knives. If Li Qi dared to try to rush out from the river mouth, he would be directly hacked to death by a flurry of blades.

The remaining three swiftly returned, grabbed their bows and crossbows, quickly strung them, attached arrows, surrounded the small pool, and aimed at the water's surface.

As soon as Li Qi dared to surface, they would immediately fire.

Dodging was difficult in the water; a hit meant instant death!

Meanwhile, the officer had taken off his armor during this time.

"Beware of his techniques. The spirits served by Invoker are different, and their techniques also vary. This person has Ox Strength Technique, so he's definitely not a village shaman but a legitimate Invoker of Shaman God Mountain. He must have some tricks; we can't let him move slowly below. I'll go down and drive him out."

"Xiao Qi, be careful, this person is incredibly strong!" a soldier said.

"That's the Ox Strength Technique, the power of the Di Qi Qiong Cow. This shows that this person is definitely from the Di Qi lineage. The Di Qi lineage excels at using mountains and water. The falling rocks just now already demonstrated this person's capability. We can't let him prepare slowly; we must take the initiative to attack," the officer immediately replied.

His reasoning was clear and sufficient, and the others had no words to refute, so they could only follow orders.

"Don't worry, I see that the Qi of the Four Seasons within him is not yet separated, clearly he's unranked. As a Military School of Thought Ninth-Grade, am I to be afraid of him?" The officer finished speaking, having already removed his armor.

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