Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!

Chapter 246: Slaughter on the Verge

The leader, broad-shouldered and strong, had thick eyebrows and tiger-like eyes, with a face full of rough lines, sitting grandly on a tall horse, disdainfully looking at the group gathered around the campfire.

A cruel smile emerged on his face, as if these people were already his possessions, his meal.

The men of varying heights were holding various weapons, warily watching them, just a rabble, yet they dared to resist.

The leader turned his head to look at a tall, thin man beside him, who immediately understood the leader’s intention at a glance.

He then stepped forward aggressively with a broadsword, and shouted at the crowd surrounding them.

"Listen up, our leader is merciful. As long as you hand over your grain and valuable items, and give up 20 beautiful young ladies, we won’t harm the rest. If you try to resist, don’t blame us for being ruthless."

The tall thin man said, waving the broadsword in his hand, trying to intimidate the group, but unfortunately, everyone here treated his words as nonsense.

Ridiculously flailing about like a monkey show!

They had encountered too many things along the way, facing bandits and robbers was not new; trusting his words was less reliable than trusting ghosts.

Unfortunately, the bandits were numerous and had them surrounded, and their Guard Team was still too few in number; if a fight broke out, casualties would be inevitable.

So Cheng Beiniu issued several urgent orders.

In case a fight breaks out, have the younger members of the Guard Team take the elderly and children to hide in the woods on the side, running as far as they can.

If these people refuse the toast and insist on drinking a forfeit, they can’t blame him for being ruthless.

The leader’s cold and ruthless eyes sinisterly stared at the group in front, with a chilling smile, "Brothers, kill them for me."

The bandit underlings, eager for action, charged like arrows from a bow towards the beautiful maidens they had their eyes on.

Unfortunately, they were wrong; these were not beautiful maidens, but roses with thorns.

One jab, one misfortune.

Soon there were bandit underlings clutching their groins, covering their eyes, or with severed tendons in hands and feet, lying on the ground wailing in misery.

The leader and his dozen or so fierce brothers did not join the fray, assuming it would be a one-sided slaughter, only to find a dozen of his men killed in no time.

Moreover, all dozen were slain by women, which was unbelievable to him.

The outermost group, armed with weapons, could actually withstand an attack by two people without being at a disadvantage, and a powerful master was slaying his underlings one by one with a single sword stroke.

The leader was no longer calm, shouting, "All attack!"

He then dashed to Cheng Beiniu’s side, saving his underling who was about to have his guts spilled.

The underling, shaken, recovered and quickly withdrew from this terrifying battlefield, spotting a small, thin boy, he joyfully rushed up, eager to regain his ground.

Cheng Sicheng turned and saw the urgently charging bandit, curling his wicked lips to meet the oncomer.

When the underling spotted the small, thin boy with the wicked smile, he felt a bad premonition; indeed, after several rounds, he was panting and ended up at a disadvantage.

This was a half-grown child, how could he have such explosive power, raising a knife to block the incoming sword, yet couldn’t dodge the kicking foot. The bandit underling straightly fell back, while his opponent wasn’t done with him yet, following up with a sword to his throat, the entire action smooth and unremarkable, soon joining the nearby battle, a sneak attack piercing through another’s chest with a sword.

The underling fell to the ground, eyes not closing in death, never understanding why he fell at the hands of such a slender kid.

"Beautiful! No wonder you’re the little face-changing brat." The system exclaimed in heartfelt admiration!

"Stop focusing on Cheng Sicheng, what about the others?" Cheng Xiaoxiao was anxious.

"Not great, the leader’s skills should be above Cheng Beiniu, and the dozen or so behind him are likely martial masters, turning the tide immediately upon joining the fight."

While the fight broke out, Cheng Dawei led a few to protect the elderly and children, breaking through towards the woods.

Taking advantage of the night’s cover, they quickly neared the mountainside, seemingly near success, only for two powerful bandits to join in, ruining their plans.

Li Qiuchan clutched Yibai, heart pounding, seeing more and more enemies, with many team members injured and bleeding, she held the child even tighter, suddenly, Yibai cried out in a loud wail.

Li Qiuchan quickly apologized, "Sorry, sorry, it’s mama holding too tight, Yibai, be good, don’t cry, or bad people will come for us."

Luckily, Li Qiuchan still had the milk candy Cheng Xiaoxiao had given her, stuffing half into Yibai’s mouth, calming him down until he gradually stopped crying.

Cheng Xiaoxiao, arriving soon, also heard Yibai’s crying, her heart tightening, then saw Cheng Xiaozhen and a few girls like Cheng Xiaozhu, whose combat power was weaker, being tied hands and feet by a group of bandits.

"You beasts, if you’ve got the guts, just kill me, kill me! Pah!" Cheng Xiaozhen struggled, spitting at the bandits tying them up.

The sisters followed suit.

The bandits were furious, "You little brat, tempting trouble, believe it or not, I’ll deal with you right now."

Saying so, a big slap was about to fall.

Cheng Xiaozhen turned her head, shut her eyes tightly, waiting for the burning slap to land.

Yet a long moment passed, not feeling any pain, she opened her eyes, and what greeted her was fresh blood splashing on her face.

"Xiaoxiao is back, Xiaoxiao is back."

Before she could recover, she heard the loud, joyful shout of a sister beside her.

Blinking away the blood on her eyelashes, seeing clearly it was indeed Xiaoxiao who saved them, she broke into a big smile.

That silly blood-covered smile made Cheng Xiaoxiao’s teeth ache.

"That smile’s too ugly, don’t smile anymore." Then she turned to help others.

Cheng Xiaozhen’s smile stiffened, what did Xiaoxiao say? Her smile was too ugly, ah! How infuriating.

She vented all her anger on the bandits, her combat power increased significantly.

She wasn’t the only one with increased combat power; it was the entire 132th Regiment.

After that cry of Xiaoxiao’s return, the whole team seemed invigorated.

Wailing as they charged the bandits, unheeding of injured, bleeding wounds, turning passive into active, forcing the bandits into retreat after retreat.

Fang Zheng and others arriving were also shocked.

Never thought Sister Xiao was telling the truth, her family indeed encountered bandits and were in dire straits.

But what surprised him most was Sister Xiao’s skills, her agile movements, her ruthless chopping technique revealing she was undoubtedly a master of internal martial arts.

How did he have the nerve to try a hero rescue?

Afraid even if he hadn’t stepped in, those few would have had it bad indeed.