Soul of Searing Steel

Chapter 18: How can power be an inconvenience?

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After stepping through the door, the riding boots made of Warcraft leather stepped on the wooden floor, and the clear sound of footsteps echoed in the closed reception hall.

Joshua looked at the surrounding decorations and his eyes moved slightly.

The entire hall is dozens of meters in diameter and is square in shape. The floor is covered with beige carpets. The four walls are covered with portraits of past family heads. There are slightly withered potted plants in the corners. In the middle of the hall is a gorgeously decorated weapons rack. It was filled with all kinds of weapons, and everything looked so familiar.

The Lord's Mansion is the place where he was born and grew up, and carries his past. Just like the big hole in the carpet not far away, it was made when he was playing with fire when he was a child. For this, he was severely taught by the Earl. After a meal, thanks to the old housekeeper's intercession, he was not beaten until he could no longer take care of himself.

Looking up and looking around, for Joshua, there is no place here that is not a memory, but now, except for himself, all the people who once lived here have disappeared... His father passed away, and the old housekeeper disappeared. The maids and deacons were all dispersed, and there was no one he knew well in the huge mansion.

Not only that, but now there is even a group of shameless people entrenched here, trying to occupy it.

Firefly raised her head and glanced at her master. She could feel Joshua's mood, but as a new divine machine, her somewhat simple mental logic could not understand such complex feelings for the time being.

"I'm home."

He didn't suppress his voice or deliberately raise his voice. Joshua just said hello to the empty hall as usual.

But just as Joshua finished speaking, a cold light suddenly flickered at the corner of the stairs more than ten meters away!

"call out-"

An arrow wrapped in shimmering light silently shot toward Joshua's neck at a speed close to the speed of sound! The moment your ears hear the slight sound of the air being shaken, that's when the arrow hits.

laugh.

He raised his two fingers gently and clamped the incoming object firmly. In the blink of an eye, all the strength contained in it was resolved. Joshua held the arrow and turned to look at the end of the corner, saying with disdain. : "Elemental Archer... If I were you, I wouldn't use silent arrows."

"For a man who has experienced hundreds of battles and survived on the battlefield where thousands of arrows were fired, this arrow has no power or concealment. Apart from having some magical effect, it is simply ridiculous."

"...You can only talk about it."

The sneak attack failed, and the location was discovered again. The ranger holding a short crossbow, a short knife on his waist, and a large bow on his back simply walked out of the darkness. His face was covered by a hood, leaving only a pair of eyes. After a gloomy response, this The ranger took out his pocket and took out seven or eight iron crossbow arrows of different types with magical runes painted on them. He sneered: "I heard the rumors and thought it was some great guy, but I didn't expect it to be someone like you. Idiot, you don’t wear armor when facing archers, and you don’t even bring weapons. It seems that the boss is right, those mercenaries are useless, and they were defeated by someone like you."

While talking, the ranger quickly loaded the arrows on the short crossbow in his hand, and began to press the trigger one after another. There was almost no interval, just the time to close his eyes and blink, and eight magic crossbow arrows with different rays of light were fired. Just coming from different directions.

At the same time, Joshua just shook his head. His hand holding the arrow suddenly shook, making a clicking sound, and the steel twisted in his hand.

"weak."

With a wave of his hand, there was a vibrating sound in the air.

The crumpled iron ball turned into a stream of black light, shooting straight ahead. The wind and waves swept across, deflecting all the arrows fired from the short crossbow. In an instant, it was in front of the ranger, and the ranger had just finished the round. Shoot, he looked confused and didn't react at all.

The power contained in this iron ball is so heavy. If it is hit, even a silver-level body cannot withstand the blow. The skull will be crushed and the death will be impossible. However, just when the streamer is about to hit the ranger At that moment, a figure suddenly flashed out from behind him.

boom!

A warrior wearing chainmail held a diamond-shaped middle shield and blocked the iron ball at the critical moment. The iron ball that had been forcibly merged suddenly shattered into countless iron pieces under the strong impact and splashed around.

"… Thanks."

"Nothing, it should be."

The ranger was shocked, but he quickly reacted. He quickly took off the big bow on his back, and no longer dared to look down upon the enemy in front of him - the opponent's physical fitness was higher than he expected, and this strength was already He was almost as strong as a golden man. It was simply not something that a ranger specializing in shooting could take on. He swallowed and became nervous: "Be careful, he is very strong. I was mistaken. This is the peak of Yaoling!" "

"Didn't the information say that only Silver Intermediate level is available?!"

He didn't need to remind him, but the warrior was also secretly frightened. The iron ball before was like an exploding bomb from a heavy crossbow, blasting a large hole in his iron-wood shield. Now his hands were still a little bit tingling.

A few seconds later, three more soldiers came to the hall. Chaotic footsteps could be heard vaguely behind, as large troops were gathering.

"Humph." Joshua had no expression on his face. He turned his head, took off his leather jacket, and threw it on the ground. He glanced at the five silver-level enemies with cold eyes: "Insects."

"Arrogant!"

A new soldier couldn't help but rebuke: "There are five of us, and you don't even have a weapon. How can you have the confidence to fight with us?! If you surrender, you might still be able to leave your whole body behind."

But Joshua ignored him. The warrior just stepped forward, stretched out his right hand, then clenched it into a fist, and assumed a posture. His whole body was undulating slightly, and every muscle was trembling.

Small rays of light emerged from the depths of the body, and then converged on the surface of the body, slowly turning a layer of red on the surface of Joshua's skin.

Feeling that a huge threat was emerging, the ranger did not intend to continue this confrontation. He drew the bow with his hand full, and loaded the arrows with ice demon runes. His eyes focused, and accompanied by a trembling sound from the bowstring, A stream of light that could not be measured with the eyes broke through the sound and flew towards Joshua. Wherever it passed, magic overflowed and frost spread.

He once used this arrow to kill several two-headed flying dragons and freeze overfire elemental elites. As one of the strongest digital mercenaries in the North, the ranger has long maximized the ability of the elemental archer profession, even for goblins. Artillery, even in comprehensive comparison, cannot compare to his Frost Arrow!

The other four warriors didn't talk nonsense. Just as the ranger started the fight, they raised their weapons at the same time and charged forward. Their heavy armored footsteps stepped on the ground, smashing the boards into pieces and sending up countless debris.

These five people seemed to be a small team, and they cooperated with each other in advance and retreat without any stagnation.

But Joshua didn't have any fear.

"when… "

Trapped in a tight siege, facing the charge of four warriors who cooperated with each other tacitly, Joshua raised the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were steely and indifferent, as if looking at prey: "Do you even dare to charge me? "

boom!

There was a shock under his feet, like a muffled thunder explosion. The powerful explosive force immediately crushed the carpet, wooden boards, and even the soil and solid rocks underneath. Joshua's figure disappeared from the sight of the five people. The next moment , the frost demon arrow hit his original location, the ice demon runes flashed, and the boiling sawdust, dust and gravel were immediately solidified in place, completely frozen, and everything within a radius of more than ten meters became Cold ice.

At this time, Joshua had come to the side of a warrior wearing leather armor holding a straight sword in his hand. He reached out with his right hand and grabbed a corner of the leather armor in the soldier's incredible eyes, showing a disdainful expression. smile.

"Without weapons, you can't kill people?"

Muscles agitated and his five fingers exerting force, he instantly poked five deep holes in the leather armor made of monster leather, and a powerful force pulled the warrior's body, using his body as a shield to protect Joshua. Blocked the attacks of several other warriors.

"Hahaha—how can power be so inconvenient!"

Smelling the smell of blood, Joshua laughed out loud. This was the first time he laughed so heartily since time travel. There was a faint red light in his eyes. He said word by word: "Watch it." , you weak scum!"

With a sudden force, he tore the leather armor worn by the straight-sword warrior with one hand. The flexible leather was as fragile as tissue paper in his hands.

"clothing!"

With a shake of his hand, the originally stretched leather suddenly stood up. Under Joshua's swing, this bunch of leather armor seemed as powerful as a stick. With one blow, it hit the head of the straight sword warrior who fell on the ground, bang. With a muffled sound, a piece of his skull collapsed, blood flowed from his mouth and nose, and he died on the spot.

"Sandstone!"

Without any pause, with his feet on the ground and his waist turning vigorously, Joshua slammed the leather stick made of leather armor fragments into the floor. Suddenly, the board cracked, and countless flying gravel and gravel flew out like bullets, forcing others to Several soldiers stopped their offensive to protect their vital points. The ranger wanted to retreat temporarily to avoid this wave of attacks, but he never expected that a shadow seemed to be aimed at him and quickly hit him on the right side. The jaw and head rotated under the strong force, and the cervical vertebrae were violently severed.

It was half a piece of damaged leather armor, and when Joshua threw it, it was comparable to a real punch.

"And—your own attacks!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he dodged and rushed in front of a warrior holding a flail in his right hand and a large shield in his left hand. Faced with Joshua's fast actions, the warrior's reaction was not slow at all, and he immediately struck with a fierce wave of his hand. The murderous weapon was smashed downwards, but Joshua had already seen through this. Taking advantage of the opponent's attack and the moment the shield contracted, he popped out his left hand, pressed it on the inside of the warrior's right elbow, and then violently Fa Jin.

This is a push that relies on twisting the whole body to gather strength, and then issuing a push with the palm of the hand. Although it is not powerful, it is heavier. The flail warrior suddenly feels that his body is no longer under his control, and his center of gravity is completely shifted, and he is about to move towards Fall on the right side.

How could Joshua let go of this opportunity? When the opponent's center of gravity was unstable and the door was wide open, he tied up his left hand and struck directly at the throat that was not protected by armor. He only heard a crisp sound, which was the sound of the throat bones being crushed.

In six seconds, three of the five were killed. Joshua was still not satisfied. Facing a spearman with a spear and the previous warrior with a shield, he saw the right moment, charged again, and slammed into the long sword. The spearman was in the arms of the spearman, and then before the other party had time to lift him up, he put one hand on his waist and the other on his shoulder, exerting force suddenly, and the spearman was suddenly thrown towards the warrior holding the shield.

The warrior holding the shield also knew that Joshua wanted to use his teammate's body to cover his sight and use it as a springboard for attack, so he quickly jumped back in an attempt to distance himself, but how could he have thought that after dodging After colliding with his teammate's body, an 'iron ball' that he was very familiar with and made him feel infinite despair appeared in front of him.

Snapped.

The sound of flesh and blood crumbling sounded, along with the crisp sound of bone cracking. The warrior's nasal cavity was completely shattered by the flying iron ball, and his consciousness disappeared.

At this time, Joshua also stepped on the chest of the fallen spearman. He vomited blood, broke his ribs, and died in pain.

"If I am willing, even the ground beneath my feet can be my weapon."

Standing in the messy hall, Joshua glanced at the five corpses on the ground and smiled disdainfully: "Do you think my muscles and martial arts are just for show?"

Behind him, at the entrance of the hall, Yingying, whose long silver hair was fluttering, was about to show off her skills, looking blankly at the battlefield that had ended. The light in her green eyes kept flickering, and her expression was extremely complicated. She was disappointed. He muttered in a low voice: "As promised..."

Joshua seemed to have discovered this, so he turned around and said with an apologetic smile: "Oh, Ying, I don't seem to be using you this time, I will definitely do it next time!"