Chapter 78: Who is Crazier

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An Feifei laughed wildly and squeezed her legs against the horse’s belly. The fire-red armored warhorse let out a neigh, raised its hooves, and stomped towards Lei Qing’s chest.

If such a power ful warhorse were to stomp on him squarely, even someone with Lei Qing’s strength would have his chest bones shattered and suffer severe injuries. He hurriedly performed a lazy donkey roll and rolled to the side.

With a dull thud, the iron hoof stomped on the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Lei Qing rose with the momentum and thrust his sword straight at An Feifei, as fast as lightning. But An Feifei swung a club diagonally again, striking the Treasure Sword Lian Zhan. The tremendous force of the shock made Lei Qing’s wrist go numb for a moment.

They said An Feifei possessed divine strength; beneath her gentle appearance, it seemed the soul of a peerless ferocious beast was hidden. A heavy iron whip weighing no less than fifty or sixty catties was wielded in her hands as easily and freely as waving a wooden stick.

An Feifei did not take the opportunity to attack but rode her horse forward in a small circle. After accelerating, she circled to Lei Qing’s side. She feinted an attack, causing Lei Qing to tense up, but she still swerved away several zhang away. Her horsemanship skills were extraordinary.

Not far away, the Iron-Armored Personal Guards of the Li Clan who were watching the battle and enjoying the show, although their strength was not bad, when it came to horsemanship, very few could compare to An Feifei. One by one, their attitude quickly shifted from watching a show to observing and learning.

After this happened several times, Lei Qing was also made somewhat mentally exhausted by her, but he had to force himself to stay alert to fight. The reputation of the Red Tyrannosaurus An Feifei was not earned for nothing.

Suddenly, just when Lei Qing thought An Feifei was playing another trick with a feint and was slightly unprepared. An Feifei, however, did not turn her horse’s head this time but charged straight towards Lei Qing’s left side.

Fighting on horseback had always been like this; one needed to pay attention to left, right, front, and back. An Feifei seized the left side because her right arm held the whip, which not only increased the reach by an arm’s length but also increased the swing arc, allowing her to unleash huge killing power with the help of the horse’s strength.

But for Lei Qing, although fighting on foot was flexible, he was at a disadvantage fighting one against two. Only by seizing an unfavorable angle against An Feifei could he win the fight.

He used the Thunder Flash movement technique, his figure swayed, and he streaked out layers of afterimages trying to bypass the horse’s head to catch An Feifei at a disadvantage. However, he did not know that he had underestimated the speed of the warhorse An Feifei named Flame Lion.

Suddenly, An Feifei channeled her Flame Fighting Qi into the warhorse’s body, causing it to ignite. This drove the warhorse’s speed to increase by another thirty or forty percent. With a bang, it directly crashed into Lei Qing.

Lei Qing felt as if he had been slapped by a giant beast. He flew two or three zhang away before landing with a roll. Feeling dizzy, he felt his left arm had been broken. His throat tasted sweet, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. His face looked somewhat pale. Obviously, he had suffered internal injuries.

It was a good thing Lei Qing was already a strong cultivator at the Bronze Peak; his physique was very tough. Otherwise, an ordinary person hit by the Flame Lion with such fierce impact would have died on the spot or certainly been unable to stand up.

Fighting on foot against an opponent of comparable strength, who also had a good horse and excellent riding skills, was really too much of a disadvantage. Putting other things aside, just having a warhorse charge and trample towards you at extremely high speed would make anyone afraid.

“Haha, Lei Jiu, why don’t you surrender?” An Feifei laughed wildly with a crazy look on her face. “With the Flame Lion here, even if you want to escape, you can’t.”

Lei Qing spat out a mouthful of blood with a ‘peh’, stood up with a calm face. His left arm was fractured, but holding the sword in his right hand was no problem at all. His gaze was firm and cold as he assumed a fighting stance.

In the distance, Yu Shanshan’s expression changed slightly. She had originally thought Lei Qing was just an incompetent and dissolute scoundrel, good for nothing except his decent looks. But now, her opinion of him seemed to have changed. Not only had his strength increased through tempering, but his temperament was also completely different from when they first met seven or eight months ago.

However, if the fight continued, Lei Qing might die under An Feifei’s iron whip.

“Good, very good. I, An Feifei, like tough men like you the most.” An Feifei laughed crazily, just as she was about to continue urging her horse to ram Lei Qing.

A sound of a bowstring rang out from the distance, and a sharp arrow arced through the air, shooting precisely towards An Feifei’s head.

An Feifei was also a rare expert, observing everything around her. With a wave of her iron whip, she knocked the arrow away. She looked sideways and shouted angrily, “Who is sneaking around and launching a sneak attack?”

After shouting twice, a cute teenage girl appeared from behind a pile of rocks, leading a magnificent black horse. In her other hand, she held a short bow.

There was a difference between a bow and a crossbow. On the surface, a crossbow seemed powerful. But in reality, true masters of mounted archery did not use crossbows. Bows were flexible and had a fast firing rate. If an expert used a strong bow, they could shoot arrows with power far exceeding the Thousand-Mechanism Crossbow. Therefore, unless it was absolutely necessary, Zuo Qianqian usually preferred to use a bow, considering it laying a foundation for her future growth path.

No one expected that the person who shot that powerful arrow would be such a cute little girl. No one attacked her, allowing her to lead the somewhat restless black horse to Lei Qing’s side.

She looked at Lei Qing with watery, heart-aching eyes, patted the black horse, and said crisply, “Wuzhui, oh Wuzhui, that woman riding the red horse is bullying your Master for not having a horse. You must help Brother Lei defeat that bad woman later.”

Neigh~ Wuzhui seemed to understand human nature and let out an excited neigh. It lowered its head and nudged Lei Qing. Then, it glanced at the Flame Lion provocatively.

Lei Qing reached out with pity and stroked its cheek, then frowned at Zuo Qianqian and said, “Girl, I told you to wait in ambush behind for me, why did you run over here?”

“I saw that woman bullying you from far away.” Zuo Qianqian felt a little wronged, and her big eyes became teary.

“Alright, alright, stop pretending to be pitiful.” Lei Qing chuckled and gestured with his mouth, “Go stand aside and watch how I deal with that arrogant woman.”

“Haha.” Once An Feifei entered a fighting state, she was completely different from her usual self. Hearing this, she laughed instead of getting angry, her laughter shaking the sky, “Lei Jiu, I, An Feifei, am waiting for you to deal with me. If you defeat me with one hand, I’ll let you ride me like a horse. You can ride me however you want!”

The group of Iron-Armored Personal Guards watched in dumbfounded silence, secretly wondering if the women from the Tianlan Empire were all this fierce. However, they also admired An Feifei’s strength very much. Except for Ghost’s Sorrow, almost everyone felt that if they went up to duel her, the odds of losing were extremely high. This woman was too crazy. Contrary to her appearance, she looked like the gentle, graceful, and charming type.

“Heh.” Lei Qing smiled and mounted the horse with a single hand. Although he and Wuzhui had only been together for a month, the bond between man and horse had gradually been established.

“Wuzhui, oh Wuzhui, let’s win together.” Lei Qing also spoke loudly to himself, “If we win, I’ll ride that fierce woman, and you ride that red mare.” Logically speaking, most warhorses had to be castrated before going on the battlefield, otherwise, it was hard to control them when they were in heat. But Wuzhui was too precious, so keeping him for breeding purposes was top-tier.

“Neigh.” As if tempted by Lei Qing’s words, Wuzhui neighed, raised his hooves, and charged towards the Flame Lion.

“Well done.” An Feifei also shouted excitedly, not circling around anymore and charging directly on her horse.

The two horses refused to give way to each other and crashed straight into each other. After a dull impact sound, both horses neighed in pain repeatedly.

However, the two people on the horses could not care less about the feelings of the warhorses beneath them. One swung an iron whip, and the other waved Lian Zhan. Clang, clang, clang, they exchanged seven or eight rounds. Only then did the warhorses separate from their tangled state.

After trotting a short distance in opposite directions, they turned back and charged at each other again. The style was tough, and neither was willing to back down half a step. At this time, Lei Qing also realized the way to fight An Feifei. She was a madman. To defeat her, unless he was much stronger than her, he had to be crazier than her.

The heads of the two horses crashed hard into each other again. The impact force made Lei Qing’s chest feel stifled. Facing An Feifei’s crazy demeanor as she smashed an iron whip down on his head, Lei Qing did not dodge or evade. With a grim smile on his lips, he used the One-Character Lightning Sword, aiming straight for her throat.

If neither of them stopped to block, one would likely have a cracked head, and the other would have their throat pierced.

Lei Qing was terrified in his heart, but he knew he had to pass this test. Only by being crazier than An Feifei could he win.

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