However—
SWOOSH, SWOOSH!
Two arrows, imbued with the Martial Stance of Dusk Crows, arrived with blinding speed, seeming to darken the very daylight!
And yet...
A flash of disdain crossed their eyes:
"A bow drawn with Bone Tempering strength? That's only ten stones of force—a mere thousand pounds of power. It can't even pierce flesh and bone forged to be impervious, let alone our Jade Skin realm, born of shedding skin to birth jade!?"
"Insolent pup!"
At once, one man's palm rose like a mountain peak, moving unhesitatingly to snap the great arrow.
The other snorted, drawing his Eighth Grade Ten Forged Steel Refining Blade to instantly slash at the arrow's shaft.
Neither man took the arrows seriously. Their sole focus was on getting to Ji Xiu, intending to use him as a hostage to force the County Soldiers to lay down their arms.
But as the two Divine Strategy Armor-Piercing Arrows crossed the distance, just as they were about to meet the man's hand and the other's blade—
