Chapter 120: Swearing Is Also a Learned Skill

With the previous arrow, Helian Bo had blown up Wu Xing’s head. However, Lei Qing was no Wu Xing; he was an Early-stage Silver expert whose strength was not much different from Helian Bo’s.

After settling down and cultivating, Lei Qing had not only completely stabilized his Fighting Qi cultivation at the Early-stage Silver level, but his Fighting Secret Art and martial skills had also made a qualitative leap.

This long spear was not the one belonging to the Little Spear Saint, Qin Wei. Since they had a conflict and were on bad terms, Lei Qing would not accept his gift.

It was a spear from Xiahou Huan’s collection. Although not a treasure, it was a famous weapon worth a thousand gold, named “Silver Snake.” The spear was entirely silver and bright, forged from precious White Cloud Iron.

Because the spearhead was curved like a snake, sharp and capable of inflicting greater damage, and there was no mercy knot below the tip, it was named the Silver Snake. Due to the long spearhead, the total length of this silver spear was about fourteen feet.

As the saying goes, an inch longer, an inch stronger. A fourteen-foot silver spear was indeed powerful, but it demanded much more from its user. In mounted combat, a longer spear meant a longer reach; you could stab others while they couldn’t reach you, which was naturally powerful. However, the longer the spear, the harder it was to wield on horseback.

Yet Lei Qing used it very comfortably. After getting used to it a little, he grew to like this silver spear very much, especially since the tip was bright and dazzling. When he displayed his family’s ultimate technique, it looked even more magnificent and blinding, like curved lightning snakes dancing constantly in the air.

With a clang, Lei Qing felt a powerful recoil as the arrow was knocked away. While secretly shocked by Helian Bo’s vigorous Fighting Qi and superb archery, he laughed boldly and wildly: “Helian Bo, did you use too much strength on your Master’s wife last night? Today your hands are soft and your feet are messy, do you even have any strength left in your arrows?”

When it came to Lei Qing, this guy could really anger people to death when he opened his mouth to mock and draw aggro. He seized on the opponent’s inability to refute and attacked constantly. Moreover, this guy Lei Qing had a thick skin; what words couldn’t he say?

Swearing at the enemy was originally a common tactic in battles between two armies. If sworn well and cleverly, it could demoralize the other side. It could also cause the enemy general to fall into madness and thus make wrong decisions.

The Lei Family had been in the army for generations for over a thousand years, so they naturally had deep research into swearing at the enemy.

Zuo Qianqian listened with her mouth agape and her pretty face blushing. She held Lei Qing’s waist and clicked her tongue repeatedly: “Brother Lei, is this Helian Bo really that shameless? Even, even his Master’s wife, that…”

“I was just talking nonsense to slander him.” Lei Qing looked back and winked, smiling with a treacherous look.

“Uh…” Zuo Qianqian was speechless.

“But seeing how he is unable to refute, I probably guessed eight or nine times out of ten.” Lei Qing chuckled lewdly twice: “If he loses his mind and goes crazy, then I guess this blind cat really bumped into a dead rat.”

“Roar~” The Vulture Helian Bo roared like a wild beast: “Lei Qing, you bastard, how dare you slander my reputation like this? I will kill you.” He already knew Lei Qing’s background from Lei Qing announcing his own name earlier.

He also had intelligence. The new regiment leader who came to relieve the garrison at Yehe Town seemed to be named Lei Qing, and he had a cocky nickname, Young General. Helian Bo had never taken that pretty boy shown in the intelligence seriously. But he didn’t expect that at the critical moment, this guy would actually come out and mess things up.

Seeing that his strong bow could not do anything to Lei Qing, Helian Bo immediately slammed his legs hard against his horse’s belly. Under the pain, his impressive Green Cong Horse galloped wildly towards Lei Qing. He roared incessantly, clearly hating Lei Qing to the bone.

“Hehe, this guy actually really has an Oedipus complex. I hit his weak spot, otherwise he wouldn’t be this agitated.” Lei Qing was well-informed and grew up in the decadent Imperial Capital; what strange and bizarre things hadn’t he heard or seen?

“What a disgusting person.” Zuo Qianqian trusted Lei Qing deeply, so naturally she believed whatever he said. Immediately, she couldn’t help but spit and curse at Helian Bo.

“Haha, this Helian Bo has gone mad, exactly as I wished.” Lei Qing decided to add fuel to the fire. He raised his voice and projected it out: “Helian Bo, I’ve exposed your true colors. I’ve exposed the reason why your respected Master and family kicked you out, and now you want to kill me to silence me? You childish guy, there are hundreds or thousands of people here, how many can you kill? Before long, everyone on the grassland will know that you were kicked out of your sect for peeping at your Master’s wife bathing. Someone like you is only fit to be a stray wild dog. Go to hell early, what’s the point of living in this world?”

Helian Bo was so angry his chest felt like it was exploding, and his mind was in chaos. Having this matter exposed so mercilessly by Lei Qing, he didn’t care about his own notorious reputation. However, his respected Master and Master’s wife would be implicated. As for his mother, that was purely a fabrication; being driven out of the family was because he lost his Master’s favor and was plotted against by others seizing power. But at this moment, it was impossible for him to defend himself even with a hundred mouths.

It was all his fault for being too young and ignorant back then…

Right now, he didn’t want to care about anything else. His only wish was to kill Lei Qing, that despicable, vicious guy. He even wanted to kill everyone. He couldn’t let the reputation of his Master and Master’s wife be ruined.

Kill, kill, kill.

His mind was filled with madness, only thinking of killing people.

“Brothers, this bastard dares to slander our leader. Surround him, kill him!” Some quick-witted Horse Bandits immediately rallied the morale.

This raised their spirits somewhat. The two or three hundred Horse Bandits besieging the village began to follow blindly. Shouting and hollering, they charged towards Lei Qing to kill him.

Even if Lei Qing had three heads and six arms, it would be impossible for him to defeat these two or three hundred Horse Bandits. Once surrounded, even if he could kill dozens of people, it would still be a dead end.

The Wuzhui beneath him was no ordinary creature. Following Lei Qing’s command, it neighed and started running towards the grassland. It narrowly brushed past a wave of Horse Bandits, attracting a swarm of arrowheads like locusts.

Men who grew up on the grassland were all experts in horsemanship and archery. But Lei Qing’s horse was extremely fast, and he used the unity of man and horse. In just a few breaths’ time, he had already run out twenty or thirty yards.

Zuo Qianqian habitually clamped her legs around Lei Qing’s waist and asked curiously in a low voice: “Brother Lei, why are we running towards the grassland? Cheng Xiao and their ambush…”

“This is called making the false seem real, and the real seem false.” Lei Qing looked back and whispered: “If we led them directly towards the Canyon, some smart people among the Horse Bandits would think, ‘This guy cursed and ran, does he want to lead us into an ambush?’ We run towards the grassland, where the world is vast and everything is in plain sight. There can’t be an ambush, and even if we encounter a large enemy force, we can turn around and retreat at any time.”

“Brother Lei, you are so amazing.” Zuo Qianqian stuck out her tongue, then turned around and started shooting arrows. Her strength now was not what it used to be. She was at the peak of the Black Iron-rank and could break through to Bronze at any time. Her Nether Fighting Qi was already quite thick.

Such results were credited to the cultivation techniques in the “Assassin’s Heart Sutra”, as well as the use of Early-stage and Mid-stage Nether Crystal Cores. Of course, Zuo Qianqian’s own aptitude was not bad, and she was willing to work hard. Several fierce battles had also stimulated her growth. That was why she made breakthroughs repeatedly and advanced very quickly.

Life often only bursts forth with potential and dazzling brilliance under pressure.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, Zuo Qianqian shot arrows calmly. Because Lei Qing’s warhorse was in front and they were chasing from behind, the speed of their forward movement added to the speed of the arrows made the arrows seem very fast and hard to dodge.

The distance between the two sides was about thirty yards or so. At such a distance, Zuo Qianqian’s archery was good, but she could only shoot randomly. Although she shot randomly, she still relied on her feeling. But the direction she shot was mostly slanted into the mid-air.

Hitting someone this way was thirty percent skill and seventy percent luck. Fortunately, the other side had a large group of men and horses, so the target was obvious, and it was easy for a blind cat to bump into a dead rat.

After calmly shooting a dozen arrows in a row, three arrows actually hit Horse Bandits, and four arrows hit horses. The results were impressive. This was the benefit of the two cooperating; one focused on shooting, the other focused on riding.

But it was difficult for the bandits to counterattack. They were chasing Lei Qing, and the distance was intentionally or unintentionally kept at over thirty yards by Lei Qing. A single horse looked very small at such a distance.

Moreover, Lei Qing kept urging his horse forward, relatively increasing the difficulty of hitting him and invisibly lengthening the distance. What’s more, Lei Qing relied on Wuzhui being a Demonic Beast with fast speed and abundant stamina, playing tricks of going left and right, fast and slow. His positioning was tricky and erratic.

Although arrows fell like locusts, constantly shooting towards Lei Qing, not many actually landed within several yards of Wuzhui. If a blind cat did bump into a dead rat, Lei Qing, listening to the wind to identify positions, would use his shield or Silver Snake to block.

The smart bandits, including Helian Bo whose chest was about to explode with anger, had already guessed that Lei Qing was likely using a tactic to lure the enemy. They began to gradually slow down to avoid falling into the enemy’s trap.

Helian Bo was indeed furious just now, but after riding wildly for a while and letting the cold wind blow, his head cooled down a little. He didn’t rashly charge up alone relying on his outstanding horse, but honestly followed the large group of cavalry to chase.

But even though it was clearly an enemy-luring tactic, Helian Bo didn’t want to let Lei Qing go. According to his intelligence, Lei Qing’s new regiment was just a motley crew. He would make Lei Qing know what regret and pain meant.

However, very soon, he was wrong.

In the distance, on the flat horizon, a torrent of cavalry appeared. A hundred and fifty warhorses were lined up in a row, each spaced four or five yards apart, stretching for two or three miles. Iron hooves trampled the earth, erupting with a rumbling sound.

At first, Helian Bo didn’t take that bluffing cavalry seriously, but after a few dozen breaths, his sharp eyes saw it clearly. He sucked in a breath of cold air. Iron armor, all of them were iron-armored cavalry. Even the warhorses were covered in thick iron scale armor. Every iron-armored cavalryman was like a mobile killing fortress.

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