Chapter 269: Tiger Stripes

Suddenly, new spots grew, like flattened ribs, tearing apart flesh and fascia, squeezing out space, the pain piercing his soul. The price of these growing spots was that Chen Ji's body, which had been like a bright furnace, extinguished once again. Molten flow converged from his limbs and bones towards the spots, even his hair withered.

At this moment, a knife chopped down from the right. Chen Ji frantically retreated within the core of the Meihua Dao Array. His body strength fluctuating wildly made it difficult to adapt for a time, and his legs bent uncontrollably.

Behind Chen Ji, another person swung a knife and chopped. He could only roll on the ground to avoid it, like a drunkard staggering like a hooligan!

The staff members of Yuan Cao Tang couldn't help but be startled, all surprised and doubtful: How could this boy, in one moment, ascend to Chonglou and shed his mortal body and exchange his bones, then return to the peak realm in the next, and now roll around on the ground without any expert demeanor?

What was real in the end, a disguise to show weakness, or was he truly so embarrassed?

Someone shouted in a low voice, "He must be truly in the process of crossing the tribulation and ascending to Chonglou now, quickly kill him."

But taking advantage of this moment, Chen Ji, covered in dust and grime from head to toe, had already escaped through the gap that had just been kicked out!

After rolling out of the Meihua Array, Chen Ji used both his hands and feet to get up, staggering towards the small mountain of grain!

When the Yuan Cao Tang staff came to kill him, he circled the grain to avoid the pursuit!

When the Yuan Cao Tang staff attacked from both sides of the grain mountain, he again used both hands and feet to climb up the piled grain sacks!

Chen Ji stood on the summit of the "grain mountain," kicking the sacks one by one towards the attacking Yuan Cao Tang staff, while urgently shouting, "Wu Yun, eat again."

Wu Yun responded with a meow, "None left."

Chen Ji was slightly startled, had so many ginsengs all been eaten?

While speaking, the Yuan Cao Tang staff again lifted their knives and came killing towards the summit of the grain mountain. Chen Ji, while avoiding, slipped his foot and rolled down the grain mountain like a ball, landing on his back on a stone slab!

"Chase." The Yuan Cao Tang staff who had been chasing jumped from the top of the grain mountain, held a plain knife high above their heads with both hands, and chopped down towards Chen Ji with a whistling sound.

Force pressed down like Mount Hua.

Chen Ji propped himself up from the ground to sit, but it was already too late to avoid!

This heavy, sinking knife strike, he feared, could split him in two!

But just at this moment, a black shadow flashed past!

The staff member in mid-air hurriedly looked for that black shadow. When he finally saw clearly, he discovered that it was a black cat that had come to Chen Ji's side and touched Chen Ji's body with its claw!

In an instant, it was as if a scorching hot, boiling flood surged within Chen Ji's body!

It was as if coming near anything would cause its hair to be burned dry and curl from this heat wave!

The Yuan Cao Tang staff member's knife finally chopped down, fiercely striking the top of Chen Ji's head!

Silence!

The air in the courtyard seemed to solidify for an instant, there was no chopping sound, and no fresh blood splattered!

The plain knife, carrying the force of a thousand jin, was clamped between Chen Ji's hands and stopped dead!

The Yuan Cao Tang staff member came back to his senses and looked towards Chen Ji, only to see Chen Ji's calm eyes after his ten palms were put together!

The Yuan Cao Tang staff member was extremely surprised: "You..."

A surge of immense force transmitted through, forcing the Yuan Cao Tang staff member to loosen his grip on the knife handle!

He staggered back, but the knife in Chen Ji's hand had already turned its blade and chopped down from his shoulder, cutting open his chest and abdomen!

The staff member lowered his head in disbelief to look at the knife wound, then searched for the trace of the black cat that had just been there!

Turning his head, he unexpectedly saw the black cat jumping nimbly through the crowd!

He only saw Wu Yun rush to the edge of the wall, lightly leap, then step on the windowsill, turn around, and pounce. Between claw waves, a pounding knife light suddenly appeared from within the claw, like a wheeling crescent moon!

The knife light passed through the bodies of four Yuan Cao Tang staff members, unexpectedly splitting them in two.

The Yuan Cao Tang staff member in front of Chen Ji slowly knelt on the ground. His eyes returned to Chen Ji's body with unwillingness and disbelief. He had never seen such a strange thing!

A moment later, the courtyard quieted down again. Chen Ji stood holding the knife, and Wu Yun squatted to the side, silently licking his claws!

A courtyard filled with corpses!

Chen Ji lifted his clothes to reveal the three spots on his waist and abdomen, and then felt the over five hundred furnace fires inside his body...

Until this moment, he was still unsure what these spots were, and why his master had never mentioned them?

Although Old Head Yao was harsh, he wouldn't joke about important matters. Since the other side didn't mention this, there must be a reason for not mentioning it. Why didn't he mention it?

Could it be that only he would grow these spots, and even his master had never seen them?

Wait, the sword seed was still wandering freely inside the first spot, as if it was originally part of the spot!

Chen Ji's heart moved. The sword seed flew out from within the spot. The sword seed, as thin as a cicada's wing, carved a "white" on the ground!

"Eh?"

Chen Ji was startled. Originally, he could only control the sword seed to fly straight out and back, and collide horizontally. Now, writing characters was no longer difficult!

He summoned the sword seed back, it jumped and rotated lightly in his fingers, but it didn't cut his fingers even once!

Strange!

The Mountain Lord path and the sword seed path were originally distinct and unrelated to each other. Why could the Mountain Lord path help him learn and grasp the sword seed path?

Moreover, at this time, the sunlight sprinkled down. The sunlight that should all be used to nurture the sword seed, yet some was divided and stayed inside the other two spots...

What did this mean? Could it be that he could still nurture new sword seeds?

This matter could probably only be asked of Xuanyuan!

While thinking, distant shouts and the sound of horse hooves gradually approached!

Chen Ji woke up. He turned his head to look at the grain in the courtyard, turned around and hugged Wu Yun, exerted force and leaped, like pulling green onions from the ground, leaping onto the roof without needing to cling to the roof eave for leverage!

He stood on the roof overlooking the south, only to see the Tian Ce Army's iron cavalry had already rushed into the city, wantonly burning, killing, and plundering, the fire light reaching the sky!

The common people of Gu Yuan were being herded towards the north to escape. At the city gate, there were still continuous black iron cavalry killing in, endless!

Just at this moment, a sharp whistle sounded. Chen Ji's cheek slightly turned to the side, a whistling arrow rushed straight towards his face, shooting past the corner of his hair, its momentum not stopping!

Chen Ji suddenly turned his head to look towards the place where the arrow came from. There was a black-armored iron cavalry member sitting steadily on his horse, looking from a distance of over a hundred steps!

Jing Dynasty Divine Archer.

Along with the whistling arrow, the black iron cavalry seemed to receive guidance and immediately divided out ten people, urging their horses to follow the sound and surround and kill Chen Ji here!

Chen Ji turned around to run, but the Jing Dynasty Divine Archer was like a persistent ghost, continuously drawing his bow and setting arrows, tirelessly guiding the direction for the Tian Ce Army iron cavalry!

Chen Ji avoided the whistling arrows while turning his head to gauge the pursuing soldiers behind him!

He jumped into an alley to avoid the other side's line of sight, but the other side's divine archer unexpectedly abandoned his horse, climbed onto a high platform overlooking the flat houses, and continued to guide the direction for others!

Chen Ji turned around and around in the labyrinthine dirt road alleys. When he turned a road junction, he suddenly stopped!

A silent iron embryo arrow narrowly shot past in front of him, piercing the dirt wall!

If he hadn't stopped in time, it would have pierced him!

This divine archer could unexpectedly predict that he would appear at this place. He hadn't even arrived yet, but the arrow had already been shot!

Seeing that one arrow didn't hit, the other side set another whistling arrow and shot it, using the sound of the arrow's whistle to guide the direction for the iron cavalry. Divine archers were the soul of the Jing Dynasty's Tian Ce Army, they were the direction of this battlefield!

At this moment, Wu Yun in Chen Ji's embrace said, "I'll go kill him."

Chen Ji took a deep breath, "No need!"

Gradually, ten Tian Ce Army cavalry urged their horses to weave into a net, following the divine archer's guidance, suddenly tightening towards Chen Ji, locking down all of Chen Ji's escape routes!

But Chen Ji did not dodge or avoid, and rushed towards an iron cavalry!

As they met, the heavily armored iron cavalry, carrying the momentum of wind and thunder, stabbed with a spear.

In an instant, the faces of the Tian Ce Army cavalry changed. They only saw Chen Ji steadily grasping the tip of his spear: "Get down."

The cavalry on the horse was unexpectedly grabbed by Chen Ji and swept off his horse with the tail of the grabbed spear!

Chen Ji turned around again, and the grabbed spear in his hand shot out, hard-handedly bringing down the chasing cavalry behind him, nailing him to the dirt wall not far away!

Chen Ji calmly turned his head and looked towards the divine archer on the distant roof!

This person was very formidable, always able to accurately find him!

But, being able to find him did not mean being able to keep him!