Chapter 170
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Chapter 170: Taking the Bait
On the gravel beach by the downstream lake, accompanied by a relatively dense whistling sound, sharp arrows suddenly flew out from the opposite bushes, shooting towards Zhou Yue and the others who were preparing to walk through the water!
Luo Ji had long since warned them that there were many archers on the other side.
So, from the moment they emerged from the bushes, Zhou Yue and the others had been listening intently for the sound of arrows being released.
As veteran soldiers in the army, their hearing was incredibly sensitive to such sounds.
Almost the instant the sound rang out, they instinctively used their round leather shields to protect their vital spots, the heart and head.
And at the same time, Cao Peng’s action of having his archers fire arrows completely exposed their position!
Without hesitation, and not even a single unnecessary word, the 5 archers Luo Ji brought with him had already locked onto the approximate position of the enemy archers the moment they saw the arrows shoot out.
With bows drawn and arrows fired, they immediately launched two volleys in pursuit!
Instantly, a shrill scream echoed from the bushes on the opposite side of the lake.
They hadn’t aimed with their eyes, their only guide was their experience, yet they were surprisingly accurate.
After all, the 5 archers Luo Ji brought this time were truly the top elites of his archer unit!
At the same time, suddenly attacked by archers from another direction, an arrow that nearly grazed his nose finally pierced the waist and abdomen of an archer beside him.
The scream that rang in his ears made Cao Peng’s legs uncontrollably tremble.
His body, which had been half-crouching, using the bushes for cover, plopped down onto the ground.
The area between his legs became wet.
He had been scared until he peed his pants on the spot, and his entire face instantly lost all color
His mind went blank, completely frozen.
Having narrowly escaped death, he was utterly terrified, but on Luo Ji’s side, the 5 veteran archers led by He Yan certainly wouldn’t be lenient with the enemy.
Volley after volley continuously rained down on the bushes across the lake, looking as if they intended to shoot the enemy dead with a barrage of arrows in one go.
Naturally, harboring the thought of completely eliminating the opponent, Luo Ji clearly couldn’t leave the entire subsequent battle to He Yan’s 5 men’s blind shots.
With a wave of his hand, Liu Zheng, who had long been ready, decisively charged forward with 5 Shield-axe soldiers.
On the other side, as bait to lure the enemy archers into firing, Zhou Yue also bravely led the other 9 Shield-axe soldiers to charge towards the bushes on the opposite side!
Repeated shouts of battle and the incessant screams in his ears completely startled the terrified Cao Peng awake.
He was lucky as perhaps due to his position and angle, He Yan’s 5 men’s continuous arrow fire failed to hit him even once.
In contrast, his subordinates, especially the archers, weren’t as fortunate.
Several of them had been hit by multiple arrows, practically shot into porcupines, and they were clearly beyond saving.
Having awakened, Cao Peng at this moment couldn’t care about anything else.
While shouting repeatedly, he scrambled on all fours, rolling and crawling, fleeing towards the depths of the mountain forest behind him.
“Retreat! Retreat quickly!!”
These two shouts of retreat completely broke his voice, sounding incredibly pathetic.
However, Luo Ji had no intention of showing mercy and decisively issued the command to pursue.
Whether it was this current game or the ordinary strategy war games he had played before, he had always held no sympathy for those scoundrels who liked to bully newcomers.
The plan proceeded quite smoothly.
Guys who liked to target newcomers generally had a personality of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, typical opportunists.
This time, Luo Ji had clearly targeted the opponent’s opportunistic nature, casually throwing out some bait, making the opponent think there was profit to be made, and then, without any suspense, he really took the bait.
To be honest, the plan went so smoothly that Luo Ji himself couldn’t even conjure up any more thoughts about it.
They pursued, and the opponent fled.
The muddy ground in this mountain forest area after the heavy rain was a challenge for both sides.
However, unlike Cao Peng and his group, who fled in disarray, falling down and simply rolling and sliding, using every means to escape further, Luo Ji’s group, as the pursuers, were clearly more careful about the ground beneath their feet.
But precisely because of this, they were temporarily unable to catch up.
Moreover, this area was full of trees, preventing the 5 archers from fully utilizing their advantages.
Facing this situation, just as Luo Ji was wondering if he should do something, a message from Ye Qingxuan suddenly arrived.
Luo Ji hadn’t even opened it yet, but his instinct already sensed an ominous premonition.
“Luo Ji, the enemy’s reinforcements have invaded! The name is Yan Sheng!”
“Yan Sheng?”
Upon seeing this name, Luo Ji frowned.
After becoming a player, he naturally had to pay a little attention to which strong players were in his own rank.
To put it simply, he had checked the points leaderboard for his rank.
Players ranked lower on the points leaderboard weren’t necessarily weak since he himself was the best example.
But those ranked in the top few were definitely very strong!
However, the name Yan Sheng was very unfamiliar to him, and he hadn’t seen it at all.
But he couldn’t be careless.
After all, these were reinforcements, and they could be from other ranks!
Before, Luo Ji had only thought about invasion battles where high-rank big shots couldn’t attack him, so he hadn’t looked at the rankings of other ranks at all.
As a result, he had forgotten about the ‘support battle’ tactic!
It couldn’t be called a miscalculation, he simply hadn’t experienced it before, so he didn’t know.
So, he quickly sent a message back, and asked.
“Senior Sister, is there any other information? Other than a name?”
“No, just a name!”
Even with prior mental preparation, when this moment truly arrived, he still couldn’t help but feel a headache.
“Senior Sister, be careful yourself.”
“The one who came in might be a high-rank player.”
Luo Ji had obviously explained the rank issue to Ye Qingxuan before.
Now, upon seeing this message, she was instantly startled.
“Then what do we do now?”
“Don’t worry, the opponent is probably Bronze rank. I should be able to handle it.”
“How so?”
Luo Ji quickly reassured her, concerned that Ye Qingxuan might panic.
However, Ye Qingxuan herself was a talented woman with high intelligence and education.
Although she hadn’t fully adapted to such battles yet, it was impossible to fool her with a single sentence.
“A player only has one invitation opportunity.”
“If they were truly high-rank big shots, they wouldn’t waste this precious slot on an idiot who can only bully newcomers and take small advantages.”
“That would be too worthless for them…”
“So, the player who invited him is most likely not strong either, Bronze rank at most.”
“And generally, only an inviter who is a common interest party would form a war alliance treaty with such an incapable idiot.”
Of course, there were some other unexpected special circumstances that Luo Ji didn’t mention, as his current purpose was to calm Ye Qingxuan’s emotions, and there was no need to cause more trouble for himself.
