Yan Liqiang was running, rushing towards Baicao Lake. In the eyes of the pursuers in the distance, Yan Liqiang was running with all his strength and at a very fast speed. But in fact, Yan Liqiang's speed at this moment was less than one third of his previous speed.
The army of the Wumu tribe in the distance was already in a panic. The sound of hooves behind him was like thunder. Two teams, with thousands of people, rushed out from the vanguard and the main army of the Wumu tribe. They were coming towards him from the left and right. Even though they were thousands of meters apart, Yan Liqiang could feel the bloodshot eyes of countless Wumu cavalrymen staring at him. If their gazes and murderous intent could have temperature, Yan Liqiang would probably have turned into ashes by now.
To be fair, the reaction speed of these cavalrymen of the Wumu tribe was quite fast, but in Yan Liqiang's eyes at this moment, those cavalrymen chasing him were just the final props of his "performance" this time...
While running, after rushing out more than 200 meters, Yan Liqiang suddenly turned around, drew the bow again, put on a black rune arrow, and shot at the pursuing cavalry.
As the arrows flew, four or five of the pursuing cavalrymen who were in a straight line at the front of the team fell down at once, causing the pursuing team to fall to the ground. The remaining cavalrymen still persevered and rushed forward without any hesitation.
Yan Liqiang turned around and shot two arrows, then turned around and continued to run. When he had run a few hundred meters away, an arrow shot out with a whoosh, and at the moment when Yan Liqiang turned his head, the arrow almost brushed past Yan Liqiang's ear.
Among the cavalry of the Wumu tribe that was chasing after them, there was a general of the Wumu tribe who was also a master of archery. He shot an arrow from a thousand meters away with great power. If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely have been injured by this arrow.
Yan Liqiang, who dodged an arrow, turned around again and shot another arrow. With just one arrow, it pierced through the chest and knocked the general of the Ebony tribe who had almost hit him just now off his horse.
When the Wumu tribe's cavalry chased Yan Liqiang to 500 meters behind him and more and more arrows were about to hit Yan Liqiang, Yan Liqiang had already run to the edge of Baicao Lake and plunged into the lake...
The arrows shot into the water, were blocked by the water, and became light and powerless.
By the time the cavalrymen of the Wumu tribe rushed to the edge of Baicao Lake, there was no trace of Yan Liqiang except the rippling lake water.
Many cavalrymen of the Ebony Tribe jumped off their horses with roars, took off their armor with red eyes, bit their scimitars with their mouths, and plunged into the Baicao Lake one after another with waves like a group of ducks going into the water. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people jumped into the Baicao Lake to find Yan Liqiang.
More than 20 minutes later, many of the Wumu tribe soldiers who had just gone into the water returned helplessly. Yan Liqiang and his men were naturally not found. There were only eight people missing. Those few people had also gone into the water, but they had never come up since then...
It must be the Uli tribe!
All the warriors of the Ebony Tribe were enraged...
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"Why, why doesn't this spiritual energy array talisman on my father that can resist arrow attacks work? Why?" Ge Dan's eyes were red, as if he wanted to eat someone. He held a spiritual energy array talisman in his hand and roared at the people around him.
The spiritual energy array talisman in Ge Dan's hand was the size of a palm, shining with a bronze luster, like a bronze mirror. It was exactly the same as the spiritual energy array talisman that Yan Liqiang had taken from the priest of the Flame God Cult who was killed by him. However, at this moment, the exotic beast core crystal inlaid in the middle of the spiritual energy array talisman was still intact and shining.
Ugusa's body was lying on the ground, covered with two flags of the Ebony tribe. A group of nobles and generals from the Ebony tribe stood around with grief-stricken and angry expressions, and many of them looked panic-stricken.
"Because the arrow that assassinated the tribe leader was not an ordinary arrow, but something made by the array master..." The old priest of the Ebony tribe squeezed through the crowd and came to Ge Dan with a sad face. He handed the remaining half of the black arrow to Ge Dan, "This is what I just found!"
"What...what is this?"
"This is an array talisman arrow. Once such an arrow hits the target, it will shatter after the power of the array talisman on the arrow dissipates. The patriarch was stabbed by such an arrow just now. The spiritual array talisman carried by the patriarch can only defend against arrows shot from ordinary bows, and has no defense against this kind of array talisman arrow which is also made by the array talisman master!" said the old priest of the Ebony tribe with a gloomy expression.
"Do you know who made this?" Ge Dan asked murderously, holding the arrow tightly in his hand.
"This kind of arrow is called a black feather arrow, which is..." The old priest of the Ebony Tribe hesitated for a moment, but under the gazes of the people around him, he continued, "The only ones who can use this kind of black feather arrow are a few large tribes in the Shatu Alliance!"
Ge Dan stood there for a while, then his face was grim and he gnashed his teeth, "I understand, I understand, so that's how it is. The Shatu Alliance has been colluding with the Wuli tribe for a long time. On the one hand, they invited my father to come for peace talks, and on the other hand, they arranged assassins on the way. This spiritual energy array talisman was also given to my father by the Shatu Alliance. They knew that my father was carrying this spiritual energy array talisman, so they used the black feather arrow to assassinate him today..."
The Uli and Wumu tribes had already been enemies and were incompatible on the Gulang grassland. At this moment, when Ugusa of the Wumu tribe was on his way to attend the peace talks, such a thing happened. With the evidence in front of them, anyone with a brain would think that this was a joint effort of the Shatu Alliance and the Uli tribe, and the so-called peace talks were just a cover and a conspiracy.
"Avenge the patriarch, avenge the patriarch..." The generals and nobles of the Wumu tribe nearby roared in anger. The patriarch of the Wumu tribe actually died in the trap set by the Uli tribe and the Shatu alliance. This was no longer a simple vendetta, but a naked humiliation and contempt for the entire Wumu tribe. Any man from the Wumu tribe would never swallow this.
"Revenge, of course we have to take revenge. From today on, our Wumu tribe will fight to the death with the Wuli tribe!" Ge Dan roared, "Bring that lackey of the Shatu Alliance to me..."
The special envoy of the Shatu Alliance had been captured and tied up by the warriors of the Wumu Tribe as early as when Ugusa got into trouble. The reason why that man was in the team was to use his identity as the special envoy of the Shatu Alliance as a hostage so that the Wumu Tribe could feel at ease to participate in the peace talks. As long as Ugusa got into trouble, he would be the first to be in trouble.
"Impossible... Impossible... The Alliance and the Wuli tribe could not have arranged assassins..." The envoy of the Shatu Alliance, who was already bruised and battered, struggled and screamed. He was brought to Gedan by several Wumu tribe warriors. He was kicked hard on the foot and knelt on the ground. "Sir Gedan, this must be a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding... As long as you let me go back, I will definitely be able to figure it out..."
Ge Dan said nothing, but thrust the half-broken black arrow in his hand into the eye socket of the Shatu Alliance envoy, piercing his eyeball. Amid the screams of the Shatu Alliance envoy, he said three words, "Kill him..."
The people around him couldn't hold back any longer. As soon as Ge Dan finished speaking, dozens of knives chopped at the Shatu Alliance envoy, directly chopping the envoy into a pile of meat paste, still not satisfied...
"Since the Uli tribe and the Shatu alliance have plotted against the patriarch here, there must be traps waiting for us ahead. So now, the most urgent thing is to bring the team back and deal with the patriarch's funeral, so as not to fall into their trap again!" The old priest of the Ebony tribe spoke.
Gedan and the generals and nobles in the army looked at each other and felt that what the old priest said made sense. Just like that, a group of people, filled with grief and indignation, and with deep hatred for the alliance between the Wuli tribe and the Shatu tribe, turned their horses around at the edge of Baicao Lake, carrying Ugusa's body and returned to the Wumu tribe...
The chance of peace talks between the Wuli and Wumu tribes became a mirage...
(End of this chapter)