Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

As the masked men slowly approached, Sun Min immediately preemptively ordered them to fire.

Twenty crossbow bolts shot out with a "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" sound. As soon as the bolts left the aircraft, the twenty Falcon Guards threw their crossbows into the vehicle and charged after the bolts with their swords drawn.

Their synchronized movements gave the enemy no chance to react before they reached them.

Because the crossbow bolts were short and fast, almost like projectiles, they were difficult to deflect with weapons. A volley of fire resulted in more than a dozen masked men being wounded and falling to the ground, immediately throwing their formation into chaos.

At this moment, the archers in the masked bandits also fired their arrows, but their formation had already been thrown into disarray, and they had lost the initiative.

Furthermore, since arrows are at least two feet long and close to three feet long, they are easily spotted by the opponent during flight and can be dodged or blocked by the opponent's weapon during combat.

Therefore, the robbers' shooting had little effect; only two Falcon Guards were hit in the arm and had to withdraw from the battle.

After a round of crossbow duels, the bandits' archers had lost their chance to fire again, and the Falcon Guards had already charged into their ranks.

A fierce melee ensued, with various combat techniques erupting from the crowd. The Falcon Guards, equipped with Xuan Tie swords and high-level defensive inner armor, saw their combat power soar. The bandits, whose Xuan Gong cultivation was at the same level as them, could only parry and had no chance to retaliate.

Although the number of robbers was nearly half that of the Falcon Guards, they were basically outmatched in the melee.

Because most of them were at the fourth or fifth level of the Earth Rank, only a handful of them were at the seventh or eighth level of the Earth Rank among the forty-odd people.

The lowest cultivation level among the twenty Falcon Guard members was Earth Rank 6, and Captain Sun Min had recently broken through to Earth Rank 9.

Furthermore, the Xuan Tie sword, which comes with freezing and lightning damage, further enhances the Falcon Guard's combat capabilities.

After several rounds, nearly half of the robbers had been killed or wounded, while only a few of the Falcon Guards were injured.

Despite being at a clear disadvantage, the frenzied robbers did not back down. Instead, they concentrated their strength to break through the Falcon Guards' encirclement and rush towards the carriage.

But when two of the bandits, whose cultivation had reached the eighth level of the Earth Rank, rushed to the carriage and were about to hack at the carriage canopy with their knives, they suddenly stopped, their faces filled with horror and astonishment, repeatedly shouting, "How could this be... Impossible!..."

Just as the two broke through the Falcon Guards' blockade and reached the carriage, the eight young Falcon Guards inside jumped off, each holding a miniature crossbow, lined up and aimed at their vital chests.

The Falcon Guard who had been wounded by an arrow at the beginning also stood up. He was less than ten feet away from them, and the arrow that had been stuck in his chest was now in his hand. There was no sign of injury on his body at all.

The hood covering his head was removed, revealing the face of an old man with white hair and a youthful appearance.

By this time, the battle on the other side was nearing its end. All forty-odd robbers had been cut down, five were lightly wounded, seven were seriously wounded, and the rest were all dead.

Only five members of the Falcon Guard sustained minor injuries, while three were seriously injured, but none were in life-threatening condition.

"Fell into a trap!"

A masked bandit who appeared to be the leader sighed and said something. After speaking, he tried to raise his knife to commit suicide, but the white-haired old man a dozen feet away waved his hand, and the steel knife flew out of his hand and landed a dozen feet away.

"Do you think it's possible in front of me? Hah!"

The white-haired old man said with a smile.

"You! You are a Celestial Rank..."

Seeing his knife being knocked away by a powerful force, the bandit leader, who was contemplating suicide, looked at the white-haired old man in surprise.

"My name is Xia Yu, and I've just broken through to the third level of the Heavenly Rank."

The white-haired old man nodded. Upon hearing this, the two robbers completely gave up resistance, knowing that with their limited strength, they would find it difficult to even commit suicide in front of a third-level Heavenly Rank expert.

At this moment, Sun Min arrived with two Falcon Guards and said to his subordinates:

"Tie them up and take them away!"

At this moment, the carriage heading towards Wangxiang Town was moving at a leisurely pace toward its destination, having already traveled for more than two hours.

We've covered nearly two-thirds of the road from Luoxia City to Wangxiang Town, and there's been virtually no movement.

Ahead lay a stretch of wasteland, extending for nearly four or five miles, covered with dense thickets of wild grass taller than a person. The official road passed through this thicket, leading to Wangxiang Town.

When the caravan had entered the wasteland for more than a mile, a falcon guard walking behind the carriages signaled to everyone to pay attention to the surrounding bushes and prepare for battle.

This convoy also consisted of twenty Falcon Guards and one carriage, led by Sun Min's deputy. He led the way, ordering everyone to line up in two rows on either side of the carriage.

When the caravan was moving slowly forward for about fifty paces, dozens of arrows suddenly shot out from the bushes on both sides of the road.

Fortunately, the Falcon Guards were prepared. While desperately using their broadswords to deflect the incoming arrows, they also seized the opportunity to fire crossbow bolts at the bandits in the bushes.

After deflecting a volley of arrows, he immediately leaped onto his horse and peered into the bushes on either side.

Although the weeds were dense, they were only about a meter tall. Anyone walking among them would inevitably disturb the weeds and reveal their location.

The Falcon Guard who was originally at the back of the convoy jumped onto the roof of the vehicle. He was actually Zhong Tu, one of the Heavenly Rank elders in disguise.

As long as he stands on the roof of the vehicle, the young guards inside, used to lure the enemy, will be in no danger whatsoever.

The Crimson Cloud Horse was tall, even taller than an average person, and the Falcon Guards could clearly see the bandits hiding in the grass from its back.

The Falcon Guards will lock onto any bandits who make a move in the bushes.

Sure enough, one of the robbers hiding in the bushes suddenly got up and tried to draw his bow and shoot an arrow, but before he could even release his arrow, he was hit by two crossbow bolts that came flying at high speed.

Although it didn't hit a vital spot, the flaming iron in the crossbow bolt caused him excruciating pain, like being scorched by flames. Combined with the excruciating pain from the poisonous dragon stone, like being devoured by thousands of ants, he immediately collapsed, roaring and screaming in the grass, rolling around on the ground.

'Whoosh, whoosh,...' Then another burst of crossbow bolts was fired, and nearly ten more people ran around and shouted in the bushes.

Before long, all thirty-odd robbers hiding in the bushes revealed their whereabouts, and the Falcon Guards immediately pounced on them and killed them.

After a brief melee, the robbers were wiped out. Of the more than thirty robbers, twenty-eight were killed, and only two were captured after being seriously wounded.

The cultivation level of these thirty people was much lower than that of the first group of robbers. The most powerful one was only at the sixth level of the Earth Rank, while the others were only at the third to fifth level.

They were no match for the well-equipped Falcon Guards, whose cultivation levels were generally above level five.

Finally, the enemy was wiped out without a single casualty among the twenty Falcon Guards.