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Chapter 71: Chapter 71 The Angry Crow King
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The crow was circling, searching for fish in the puddle, with no defense against an attack from its kind.
Pfftt!
Huang Wen’s feathered arrow pierced the crow’s belly, penetrating a few centimeters deep.
Caw!
The crow shrieked, hurriedly turned around, and glanced back.
Huang Wen, Qin Yu, and Deng Xiao each fired another feathered arrow, the three arrows swiftly flying towards it.
The crow’s massive wings flapped vigorously, its body rapidly dodging, but it only managed to avoid two arrows, while the third pierced the crow’s thigh, a few centimeters deep.
Though not fatal, it was extremely painful.
The gigantic crow screamed once more, and five or six other enormous crows immediately swooped over from nearby.
The crow was calling its companions to assist in battle.
Qin Yu shouted:
"Everyone, quickly retreat, the crow has called for reinforcements."
Qin Yu, Huang Wen, and Deng Xiao’s combat power was relatively weak; they might not even be able to defeat a crow one-on-one, let alone face five crows, and there were likely more crow comrades around.
The three hurriedly flew towards Yang Xiao and the others.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
The sound of arrows breaking through the air echoed above them, as five or six black feathered arrows shot towards Huang Wen, Qin Yu, and Deng Xiao.
Having anticipated this, the three flew erratically, alternating between high and low, left and right, constantly changing positions, so the five or six arrows missed their mark.
However, this caused their escape speed to slow down, and the pursuing crows continually fired feathered arrows at them, putting the three in great danger.
Yang Xiao saw Huang Wen, Qin Yu, and Deng Xiao flying over, gripped the sparrow bow, notched an arrow, drew the bow, aiming at one of the crows.
The sparrow bow’s range was only thirty meters, so he had to wait for the crow to fly closer.
Dai Yun, Chen Fei, and the others were very tense; this was their first time facing the attack of enormous mutated birds. Chen Fei and the others’ ranged attack range had increased to about 10 meters, while Feifei’s magic had reached 15 meters. Such a distance was still insufficient for dealing with flying birds.
Huang Wen, Qin Yu, and Deng Xiao were even more nervous, desperately flying towards Yang Xiao, not knowing what preparations Yang Xiao had made.
The atmosphere was extremely tense; Chen Fei and the others felt their hearts pounding, their palms sweaty.
In an instant, five enormous crows flew close to Yang Xiao.
The crows continuously shot feathered arrows at Huang Wen, Qin Yu, and Deng Xiao, who were already somewhat panicked, as the feathered arrows narrowly missed them several times.
40 meters, 35 meters, 30 meters, 25 meters...
Yang Xiao notched an arrow and drew his bow.
The bow was drawn like a full moon, the arrow flew like a meteor!
Everyone only heard the sound of "whoosh" as an arrow shadow broke through the air. When it reached the crow, the arrow shadow suddenly split into two.
Pfftt!
The two arrow shadows deeply penetrated the crow’s body.
Caw!
The crow let out a miserable scream and plummeted from the sky.
The crowd hadn’t even responded, yet Yang Xiao’s second arrow had already been released.
Pfftt! Another crow was hit, letting out a cry, and fell from the sky.
Immediately, three crows were shot and fell.
The remaining two crows, sensing danger, spread their wings and quickly turned to fly away.
At this point, the crows were about 20 meters from Yang Xiao. Naturally, Yang Xiao wouldn’t let them go, and immediately notched an arrow and fired. The fourth arrow hit one of the crows again.
However, by the time he aimed at the fifth crow, it had already flown out of the 30-meter range.
After a moment of bewilderment, Huang Wen, Qin Yu, Chen Fei, Feifei, and the others reacted and all looked at Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao flipped his hair and modestly said:
"Don’t idolize me, it’s just luck, just lucky!"
Feifei loudly said:
"Boss, I love you to death!"
"Boss, I love you too, you’re so handsome!"
...
"Stop fooling around, stay alert. Huang Wen, you three shrink the combat distance, come closer to us. Those escaped crows won’t let it go, they’ll likely call other companions for revenge."
Before Yang Xiao even finished speaking, they heard dozens of crow calls from above the pond, with about twenty crows flying towards Yang Xiao and the others, led by an even larger crow.
It was the Crow King.
This time, although everyone was nervous, they felt a bit more confident and reliant after seeing Yang Xiao’s earlier performance with the feather arrow skill, readying themselves for battle.
"Huang Wen, Qin Yu, Deng Xiao, once the crows enter your range, start fighting. Just hover above us, don’t fly out."
Yang Xiao worried that once Huang Wen and the others flew out, they’d get surrounded, with no chance of rescue.
Momentarily, a group of crows with intense killing aura swooped down.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Dozens of feathered arrows broke through the air towards Yang Xiao and the group.
"Beware of defense, Feifei, it’s your turn. Everyone, attack the enemy’s feathered arrows, trying to destroy some before they reach us."
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
The feathered arrows approached the crowd.
Feifei took the lead, and a head of black magic hair instantly shot out, like steel wire, extending over ten meters, entangling the first dozen feathered arrows.
Feifei’s magic hair twirled in the air, and with a release, a dozen arrows reversed and shot towards the crows in the sky.
However, Feifei’s counterattack looked impressive but lacked range and combat power. The reverse arrows lost momentum after flying 7 or 8 meters, dropping down automatically.
Dai Yun transformed into a Werewolf, dodging left and right, knocking down three arrows.
Chen Fei and others with long-range attacks launched fireballs, ice balls, lightning, and wind blades, dissolving the force of these feathered arrows or deflecting their aims, disrupting their flight path.
The crows’ first round of long-range attacks was mostly dissolved by Feifei and the others, with only three arrows hitting the group, causing non-fatal injuries to three people.
Immediately, the crows flew closer to 20 meters and fired another round of feathered arrows.
At this time, Huang Wen, Qin Yu, and Deng Xiao had already started their counterattack.
Although their arrows couldn’t yet achieve one-hit kills, they had the potential to drive off a few crows.
Yang Xiao maintained his composure, his eyes glued to the largest one in the crow group—the Crow King.
Aim for the rider before the horse, capture the leader to catch the thieves!
Yang Xiao drew his bow and notched an arrow.
With a whoosh, an arrow shadow broke through the air.
Yang Xiao’s arrow shadow, moving against the crows’ feather arrows, suddenly burst through, speeding toward the Crow King.
The Crow King hadn’t expected such a powerful arrow among Yang Xiao’s group; it had only been focusing on Huang Wen and the others’ arrows.
The Crow King hastily dodged, but its massive body was inevitably a bit sluggish in mid-air.
Pfftt!
Yang Xiao’s feathered arrow struck the Crow King’s body.
Caw!
The Crow King let out a piercing scream.
However, as the Crow King had much higher defense than a regular crow, Yang Xiao’s arrow only penetrated a few centimeters, not proving fatal.
Enraged, the Crow King flapped its massive wings, flying directly toward Yang Xiao and the others.
A flash of light appeared,
With a boom,
The Crow King instantly unleashed hundreds of feathered arrows, raining down on Yang Xiao and the others like a storm.
