The Devil Sword Swordsman
Ch. 23 - Arrival of the Thousand Foot Troop
Xin Fai was hiding under the roots of a fairly large tree, she was leaning face down towards the incoming enemy. The murderous Eve that was so thick made him believe that they were members of the Blood Devil Man.
And it was true that forties of muscular men were walking towards him. In the darkness of the night their swords seemed to shine. The sword has its own characteristics so it is easily recognizable with a glowing red gem accompanied by a reddish slash that makes it unique.
The aura released by the sword was filled with death, the aura would grow stronger if the victim he swallowed more and more depended on his own user.
The more the sword kills the sharper it becomes, which is what makes the Devil Bloodman organization so feared in the martial world because of its mysterious power. They have a book with power above all strength. One of them is the Demon God Seal which is the secret skill of the book.
In using that sword, only people who have a red scorpion tattoo can use it. While ordinary warriors who use it will be sucked up in energy along with the energy of his life.
After all the sword was made by the most famous sword forger in the Shang Empire who joined the Demon Blood Man organization, after all, the sword forger was a higher-up in their organization given his strength which was on par with the Imperial Pillar.
Xin Fai's heart was pounding. While adjusting his breathing, he lowered his head even deeper until his chin came into contact with the ground.
"He must be hiding! Find him bye!"
"That boy really is! He killed up to twenty of our men! It was inexcusable, quickly find and chop off his head!" the other Maki, the group of warriors released an unusual killer air to make Xin Fai instantly limp. His legs were trembling, he would not take a breath while they were still there.
Fortunately Xin Fai had once learned breathing techniques during training at the waterfall. In fact, his hard work is very useful in situations between life and death like this. He can hold his breath for two minutes, in one breath using the technique he can draw more air into the lungs.
From their little chatter Xin Fai guessed the death of the twenty swordsmen due to the poison had shocked the Demonic Blood Man, a hint of satisfaction he felt when he realized that. Xin Fai managed to eliminate the people who killed his family.
After surrounding the slaughter village that Xin Fai was able to roughly count their members, this Demonic Blood Man was carrying 150 people. At least Xin Fai had already killed 24 of them, and that too in his ingenious manner.
Unaware of the pair of legs closing in on the large tree where Xin Fai was hiding, the boy held his breath in an attempt to not move.
"She should still be around here."
The man's heavy voice held a threat of its own, Xin Fai widened his eyes when he saw the man about to crouch. She had absolutely no life expectancy if the man found her. Xin Fai twisted her brain when the man's head was about to touch the ground, she was about to open her mouth to call Lang before the man's friend called her.
"Hey! Take a look at this!"
Xin Fai let out a cautious breath as the man clucked in annoyance as he walked over to his friend.
They discussed for a while while looking at the fallen tree that was hit by a stray attack by Xin Fai's previous enemies.
After making plans, they finally scattered in all directions, and some even jumped among the tree trunks, but none of them took the initiative to reach Xin Fai's hideout. That certainly made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Xin Fai decided to stay for a while, from his hearing there were still many people around. They did not leave the place, for a moment Xin Fai cursed himself for his decision.
Waiting until it is safe is not the right choice, the evidence now has been heard the clattering of feet that much more. There were many sounds of horse-footed footprints as well as fully armed troops.
Xin Fai concluded that the army was more than two hundred people, plus the horse troops he was carrying. He just wishes they hadn't found him.
Hundreds of cavalry stopped at the spot with faces of confusion, they were carefully examining the surroundings.
The esteemed swordsman whose strength was highest above them all spoke while stroking his beard. "Did you hear it from here? It should be the signal sender standing here."
"Sorry to cut Senior's words, maybe the sender of the signal is dead. I see a great battle here."
Chuan Gui, an honorable swordsman in the front row, stared at the fallen trees around him, clearly from that alone he could see an unequal fight.
On the other hand Xin Fai held her breath when she saw a snake was hissing beside her.
"Hey guys, we're at peace. Why do you peg a weak human like me?" xin Fai muttered slowly, it turned out that the more he spoke the snake was getting violent. The black snake crept up making Xin Fai rush out from under the tree roots.
While trying to stand it turns out that his legs tripped over a fairly large root, the child fell in a down position. Xin Fai hurriedly got up to cut off the snake.
After killing the snake Xini turned his attention awkwardly to the armed forces before him.
"Who are you?!" One of them drew a sword. Chuan Gui was still stroking his beard, suddenly his eyes opened wide when he saw a clam hanging on his waist.
"You-you?"
"Huh? Why?"
"You're the one who sent us that signal?"
"You mean this one?" Xin Fai raised the white clam, Chuan Gui nodded slowly. He got off the horse while squatting.
"I'm sorry Sir for failing to recognize you. We're a Thousand Foot Troop ready to help."
Xin Fai opened his mouth wide, yet to get any explanation he was startled by the presence of the Demonic Blood Humans behind him.