Chapter 569: Chapter 245: Cause and Effect, the Bigger Picture, Return to the Beehive
The sudden appearance of fifteen Cold Resistance Level members from Great Xia doomed the attempt to assassinate Xia Hong at Long Mountain, ensuring it would end in failure.
But there was someone who was obviously not willing to give up!
Whoosh......
Xia Hong dashed through the gap, slipping out of the iron gate, as the sound of Iron Arrow slicing through the air reached his ears, a dangerous sensation surged up in his heart once again.
Only this time, surrounded by Xia Chuan and fourteen others, Xia Hong was not as hurried as before.
His gaze sharpened slightly, directly setting up the Divine Arm Bow given by Xia Chuan, pulling out a silver Iron Arrow, raising it to aim and shoot, the whole action was completed smoothly, targeting a giant stone on the cliff wall.
At the same time, he suddenly swung the Divine Arm Bow, hitting the Iron Arrow coming from above, and then, in a flash, he reached out and caught the Iron Arrow directly.
Boom......
The arrow shot by the opponent was caught by him.
And the arrow he shot had already accurately hit a giant stone above the cliff wall, producing a loud bang.
The cliff wall shattered a piece, rocks and stones falling, mixed with a slightly frantic dark shadow, also tumbling from mid-air to the side of Li Xuanling and others.
The Divine Archer hiding at the top of the cliff wall finally revealed his true self.
It was also a middle-aged man in black clothes, with a slightly gaunt face and slender figure, coupled with a pair of sharp eyes, indeed matched the stereotype most people held of a Divine Archer.
"Is that a bowstring?"
However, Xia Hong first noticed the bow in the opponent’s hand without a string and the large bundle of snow-white strings on his back.
"It’s Snow Bamboo Silk, a single strand of Snow Bamboo Silk has strong toughness, if many strands are woven together, they can indeed bear the tension of over fourteen slats for a short period. This person likely changes the bowstring each time he shoots an arrow!"
Qiu Peng, as the Camp Supply Department Director, was very familiar with various materials, and recognized at a glance that the man was carrying Snow Bamboo Silk, immediately analyzing why he could shoot such powerful arrows.
Upon hearing this, Xia Hong was instantly somewhat disappointed; he had experienced the force of the fourteen slats Iron Arrow, expecting some new discovery, only to find it was merely disposable items using Snow Bamboo Silk as strings, which were too costly to be widely used.
Moreover, having to change it every time was too troublesome.
"Farewell, young master!"
Leading Great Xia’s group out of the iron gate, Xia Hong turned back to see the unpleasant-looking Li Xuanling, still finding time to tease him, then taking one last look at Hou Tong and others deep in the valley before finally turning away.
Xia Chuan and fourteen others, although looking towards Longyou with discontented faces, understood that Xia Hong’s decision was the right one, quickly following suit.
After running more than a kilometer, Xia Hong slowed down, turning his head to look at the group behind him, first showing a smile on his face, then his eyes slightly brightened as he asked:
"Have you already taken over the Beehive?"
Xia Chuan nodded heavily, after four months of not seeing Xia Hong, his mood was evidently very excited, first bowing deeply to Xia Hong with great ceremony, and exclaimed joyfully: "Salute the leader!"
"Salute the leader!"
Luo Yuan, Qiu Peng, and the other fourteen all followed him, bowing in unison to Xia Hong, greeting him synchronously.
Seeing Peng Bo, Chen Yingyuan, and the other four also bowing with Xia Chuan and others, Xia Hong’s gaze moved slightly, looking towards Xia Chuan, waiting for his response.
"Leader, not only have we taken over the Beehive, but also Wushuang..."
From receiving Xia Hong’s message to subsequently coincidentally encountering Zhaoyang attacking the Beehive, to annihilating Hou Ming and his group, securing the Beehive, scouting Yang Lu, attacking Wushuang......Xia Chuan detailed everything that happened in this series to Xia Hong.
"Yesterday, I noticed anomalies with Wu Xiong and pursued him to the position of Long Mountain’s army, but Li Xuanling’s group did not believe me, forcibly saved him, and were deceived by him, thinking Great Xia had messed up Long Mountain’s business at Yang Lu, pursuing me all the way.
After returning to Wushuang, I immediately sent someone back to Xia City to get Solidified Fire Oil, later, at night, scouts detected movements in the Long Mountain army, I quickly brought people up, and saw my brother being hunted by Li Xuanling’s group......"
Not only did they seize the Beehive from Zhaoyang, but simultaneously took over Wushuang.
Connecting this series of events Xia Chuan narrated together, Xia Hong instantly realized the reason for the attempt on him today.
From the moment Xia Chuan sent Qiu Peng as an envoy to Long Mountain, Li Xuanling and others not only knew about Great Xia’s existence completely, but also linked Great Xia to his alias Hong Xia.
Li Xuanling must have sent someone to inform Hou Hu, which caused Hou Hu to realize, belatedly, his connection with Great Xia.
It seemed Hou Hu still did not intend to break ties with him, otherwise, he wouldn’t have merely led people back to the Inner Valley from Hanqiong Gourd Valley earlier, instead, he should have cooperated with Li Xuanling’s group to kill him.
This shows Hou Hu knows who his greatest enemy is!
After deducing the cause of his peril, Xia Hong immediately focused his thoughts on the events at Yangluo Base.
Just earlier, using the Eye of Truth, he saw Wu Xiong’s anomaly, which was indeed problematic.
"No, you all look at me!"
Recalling the fiery red substance surrounding Wu Xiong’s body before, along with Xia Chuan’s description of the infection characteristics of white dew, Xia Hong instantly sensed something wrong, wiping the wound on his left eyebrow with his hand, cleaning the bloodstains, indicating everyone to look.