The night was dark, and Xu Fu also went to rest.

Li Xiuyuan passed through the traps he had set before and came to the official road. Dressed in black, he hid in the night wind and took a gentle breath to feel the danger from the darkness.

If his Delirium Eye was not imprisoned, he would only need to look at it to know if there were any bandits moving here several miles ahead.

At the moment, he either releases his spiritual consciousness, or like an old hunter, he feels the familiar breath in the slightly hot night wind.

That's the aura exclusive to killers and bandits.

After standing quietly for a quarter of an hour, Li Xiuyuan turned around and walked towards the camp.

Normally, there should be no fog in summer nights, but because it was close to the river, a thin layer of night fog rose up, covering the entire camp like a dream.

Even Li Xiuyuan, who was walking back from the official road, could hardly see clearly.

Back at the camp, the fire had gradually extinguished. Li Xiuyuan simply lay down on the grass, took out the bow, arrows and bronze sword, and put them aside.

He couldn't remember how long it had been since he'd been lying on the grass like this. It was a very familiar feeling, yet so distant and unfamiliar.

Because, even on the Shura battlefield, he didn't seem to be out there like this.

Because at that time, most people found a cave and crawled in. If that didn't work, they had to set up a tent.

It was nearly midnight, and the night fog was getting thicker, but the sound of the roaring river could not cover up the danger coming from the official road.

After a few quiet nights, these guys finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Li Xiuyuan got up and woke up Zhao Meng from his dream. Zhao Meng opened his tiger-like eyes and asked softly: "Come again?"

"Shh!" Li Xiuyuan said softly: "Let everyone stop making noise and carry out the original plan."

After saying that, he held the bow and arrow and walked silently to the intersection of the camp.

Tonight's camp was still surrounded by horse-drawn carriages, and the horses were led to the edge of the woods on the slope and tied up.

The guards tied all the iron shields to the carriages, fearing that the bandits would attack with arrows.

Li Xiuyuan didn't care, but he was afraid that these guards would be injured. After all, random arrows had no eyesight and they would hurt someone at any moment.

I don’t know what kind of power or determination allowed a certain adult in the imperial city to send out killers again and again at all costs.

Li Xiuyuan even wondered, where could there be so many bandits around the imperial city?

Tonight, a dark cloud floated in the sky, blocking the few stars that were not very bright. As a result, the night became darker, so dark that Li Xiuyuan could not even see clearly Zhao Meng and others who were five feet away from him.

Tonight, all the guards were awakened by Zhao Meng, because the tents they camped were far away and they were not afraid of the bows and arrows of the bandits.

He wanted to fight quickly and prevent the bandits from getting closer.

Just like what he said to Murong Zhilan at the foot of Jade Dragon Mountain, when you encounter bandits and killers, be more ruthless than them.

The same goes for Zhao Meng tonight. He squinted his eyes and looked very excited as he had just started practicing the art of drawing swords.

In his opinion, after all, I am also a monk at the third level of Qi Gathering. How can I be afraid of the bandits in front of me?

In the night, the grass somewhere under the hillside trembled slightly in the wind.

Li Xiuyuan sighed, thinking that traveling with Xu Fu this time was really the right decision.

He turned to look at Zhao Meng who was not far away, and made a gentle gesture, meaning to take it easy and let them come up.

No matter what, you have to wait until those traps are triggered before taking action.

Suddenly! Someone stepped on the trap in the night fog. The moment his body stumbled, an iron arrow flew out and stabbed into someone's body with a whoosh!

Then, more traps were triggered, and a whooshing sound sounded for a while.

Zhao Meng and others in the night fog remained unmoved, watching every move in front of them with vigilance, and slowly drew the bowstring to full length, waiting for the best opportunity.

Because Li Xiuyuan hasn't moved yet, he doesn't need to move either.

Li Xiuyuan just quietly watched everything that happened in the dark night, watching the fallen leaves dancing wildly in the grass, and listening to the muffled groans of the man in black who had been hit by the arrow.

Then he raised the iron bow from the bandits in his hand and aimed at the opponent.

He was waiting for more bandits to rush up, and Li Xiuyuan prepared two traps for them.

In the night fog, there was suddenly a rush of footsteps. Although there was no shouting, the guards in the camp felt that there were a lot of enemies tonight.

Taking a breath, Li Xiuyuan released the bow string that looked like a full moon in his hand. The bow string buzzed, and the iron arrows on the string flew out like lightning!

Whoosh whoosh! There was a buzzing of bow strings and a whistling of iron arrows, and a shower of arrows shot out like lightning, penetrating through the thick night fog and heading straight towards the charging enemy!

The lightning-like rain of arrows pierced the dark night, tore through the night fog, and flew towards the man in black amidst cheers!

The guards tonight are all wearing armor to prevent being injured by bandits.

Li Xiuyuan's eyes lit up, and the kerosene on his bow and arrow was lit.

Without saying a word, an arrow flew out and instantly ignited the fire oil that was only twenty feet away from the camp. He wanted to use this wall of fire to keep the enemy away from the camp.

There was a bang, and the thick night fog was instantly ignited by the fire, illuminating the slope beside the river.

While illuminating the people in the night, it also illuminated the carriages forming a circle hidden in the dark night.

The river breeze at night fueled the fire, adding dry grass, dead branches and kerosene, and instantly formed a wall of fire about three feet long and wide in front of the man in black who rushed up.

The man in black who rushed up seemed to be panicked for only a moment. Hearing a shout in the night, he returned to normal in an instant.

They would not allow themselves to be blocked by the wall of fire in front of them, so hundreds of men in black raised their cold bows and arrows.

They believed that with a distance of no more than thirty feet, the iron arrows fired by their side could completely wipe out the guards hiding in the night.

However, before the men in black could gather up and complete the first round of volley...

Whoosh whoosh! A burst of faster and stronger iron arrows had passed through the wall of fire and flew to their chests in an instant.

Puff puff! There was a muffled sound, and countless iron arrows pierced into the chest of the man in black. The arrows were spinning at a high speed tonight, many times faster than before.

Because most of the guards tonight have gathered their energy and embarked on the path of cultivation.

In the past few days, they had been practicing the qi movement technique provided by Zhao Meng, and their power was more than twice as strong as before.

The sharp iron arrows instantly tore the clothes of the men in black and penetrated into the gaps in their armor!

Listening to the clanging sound of iron arrows and armor, Li Xiuyuan's expression suddenly changed, and he thought that these were no longer ordinary bandits, but well-trained forbidden troops.

So, he put away the iron bow and took out the wooden bow.

Since I have to go through iron armor, I naturally need to change my bow.

"Be careful, we are not bandits tonight!" Li Xiuyuan greeted Zhao Meng: "No one is allowed to rush out of the camp."

This wall of fire can stop the enemy for at least half an hour, and he only needs this half hour.

Zhao Meng nodded and shouted: "Listen up, everyone, shoot all the iron arrows on your body, and no one is allowed to rush out."

After saying that, his frown gradually became clear, because this wall of fire really blocked the enemy.

At this moment, a roar suddenly came from the official road not far away. It was the cry of a horse.

There was a burst of horseshoes, the neighing of war horses, and there was no clang of armor or swords, but people felt a terrifying aura coming towards them.

In the deathly silent night, the man in black, blocked by a wall of fire, drove his horse towards the camp on the slope.

Li Xiuyuan suddenly turned his head and looked at the horses rushing up the grassy slope. His eyes narrowed and he looked at Zhao Meng and said, "They actually moved out."

The expression on Zhao Meng's face was extremely solemn, and he nodded without making any sound.

Li Xiuyuan chuckled, replaced an iron arrow wrapped in a rag with kerosene, and lit it instantly.

Looking at the man in black riding a horse not far away, he said coldly: "I wish you good luck!" With a buzz, a rocket pierced the night and headed towards the charging cavalry.

Zhao Meng looked at him and chuckled: "With the shopkeeper here, I finally feel more at ease."

Li Xiuyuan sighed: "Master Xu Fu should really be shown our enemies tonight."

I saw another bang in the night, and the man in black in front of the first wall of fire was still fighting against the arrow rain from Zhao Meng and his gang.

Suddenly, in front of the cavalry that rushed up from behind, a blazing flame shot into the sky.

In just an instant, the horses that were rushing up were frightened, and they raised their front hooves and roared.

The men in black on horseback did not expect that the opponent had a second line of defense. They were caught off guard and fell off their horses one after another.

The second wall of fire was wider, covered with more hay, dead trees and kerosene, and was up to five feet wide. Even the charging horses did not dare to cross the wall of fire.

For a moment, smoke and dust were everywhere, and the sound of hoofbeats was like rain. Some of the frightened horses rushed into the wall of fire, and some turned around and ran wildly in all directions.

Both Li Xiuyuan and Zhao Meng guessed that there would be a large number of bandits tonight, but they did not expect that they would launch a frontal attack with such openness and overwhelming momentum!

Zhao Meng, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, took a breath of air and wondered how many bandits there were tonight.

He actually dared to divide his troops into two groups and mount a war horse in an upright manner. He and others were bound to be wiped out in the darkness!

In an instant, the slope beside the river was filled with beacon smoke.

Even so, the bandits did not expect that the guards in the camp were already on guard.

For a moment, the smoke and dust on the grassy slope were blown away in all directions by the charge of these war horses. Then Li Xiuyuan changed his wooden bow, and three arrows flew out.

The man in black, who had not recovered from his fall from his horse, was immediately struck by Li Xiuyuan's life-threatening arrow.

The iron arrows blessed by Qilin ignored the vast night fog and even ignored the armor of the men in black. They instantly penetrated the black armor and pierced into their flesh and blood.
To be continued...