Twenty black-clad ninjas, like a black tide, bypassed the main battlefield and charged straight for the rear of the Beacon Fire Town formation!

Their target was the blue-robed healer who had just cast another Healing Spell!

Su Yurou!

"Disperse!" the lead ninja barked, his hands rapidly forming seals!

【Ninjutsu: Clone Technique】!

Note: Each ninja can create a maximum of four clones. Each clone consumes 10% of the user's maximum HP. Clones have no attack power and serve only to confuse the enemy.

Twenty ninjas cast it simultaneously! Figures split from their bodies, and in an instant, twenty people became a hundred!

Dense black figures lunged from all directions, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake!

"Arrow Eye! Wang Wu!" Zhao Hu's roar came from the front of the battlefield. "Suppress them!"

Zhao Hu immediately abandoned the front line and retreated to provide support at his fastest speed!

Wang Wu and Arrow Eye drew their bows simultaneously, the strings thrumming! Two feathered arrows whistled out, tearing through the air!

Pfft! Pfft!

Two clones were hit and instantly vanished into smoke! But more clones continued to lunge forward, wave after wave like a black tide!

Shadow Snake moved.

Her figure darted frantically through the shadows. Every time the deep blue fang flashed, a clone would dissipate!

Her speed was extreme, leaving countless afterimages on the battlefield like a true ghost!

But there were too many clones! With a hundred figures and the real ones mixed in, it was impossible to tell them apart!

Fifteen meters!

Ten meters!

Five meters!

The three leading figures had already reached Su Yurou! Three Kunai thrust out simultaneously, their cold light flashing!

"Don't even think about it!"

A Wang and Scarface Liu shouted in unison, raising their shields to meet the attack!

Clang!

A blade struck a shield, sending sparks flying!

Only one was real! The other two were clones!

But more figures bypassed them!

Five figures lunged from the side! Seven flanked from behind! Ten leaped down from above!

Black-clad ninjas were everywhere!

Su Yurou's pupils constricted as she gripped her short staff, but she did not retreat!

Just then!

Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!

A hundred crossbow bolts shot in from the flank!

Great Qin Garrison Soldiers (Crossbowmen)!

They abandoned their duel with the Archer Ashigaru, and a hundred crossbows turned simultaneously to aim at the group of ambushing ninjas!

The arrows were like a swarm of locusts, blotting out the sky!

Pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft!

Over forty clones were hit and instantly vanished into smoke!

Nine real ones were also hit, falling to the ground with screams! Blood splattered, staining the withered grass red!

But there were still eleven real ones left!

They became even more frenzied and desperate! Dispersing, they lunged at Su Yurou from every angle!

Shadow Snake gritted her teeth, a cold killing intent flashing in her eyes!

【Shadow Step: Active】!

Her figure vanished instantly, and in the next second, she appeared behind one of the real ninjas!

The deep blue fang, carrying the terrifying bonus of a Stealth Strike, stabbed fiercely into the ninja's nape!

Pfft!!!

-200! (Backstab + Stealth Strike! Fatal damage!)

The ninja didn't even have time to scream; his pupils dilated instantly, and his body slumped to the ground!

But almost at the same moment, three Kunai were thrown at Su Yurou from three different directions!

Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!

A Wang and Scarface Liu blocked desperately, their shields swinging!

Clang! Clang!

Two Kunai were knocked away!

But the third one—Pfft!

It hit Su Yurou's left shoulder squarely! The Kunai pierced through her robe and lodged deep into her flesh! -100!

Su Yurou groaned and stumbled back, her left shoulder dripping with blood! Her health bar instantly dropped!

But she gritted her teeth and didn't fall! She didn't even let out a scream!

Raising her short staff, she cast a Healing Spell on herself! +120!

Her health bar rose!

"Yu Rou!!!" Arrow Eye roared, his eyes bloodshot, as he pulled the wind-chasing hunting bow to a full moon!

Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!

Four feathered arrows left the string almost simultaneously! Rapid-fire Arrows! Each arrow accurately targeted a figure!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

One real body fell!

Wang Wu's arrows arrived as well! Also a four-arrow volley, equally precise and lethal! Another ninja went down!

But there were still eight ninjas left!

They became even more frenzied, even ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) more reckless!

"Kill! Kill that healer!" the lead ninja screamed at the top of his lungs!

All eight lunged together, Kunai, Shuriken, and short swords coming at Su Yurou from every angle!

It was at this moment that Zhao Hu arrived.

Behind him, Tie Dun followed closely!

The two burly figures, like two mobile fortresses, forced their way into the ninjas' encirclement!

Zhao Hu led the charge, slamming his troll tusk shield into a ninja! Boom! -100!

The ninja was sent flying, coughing up blood, with three broken ribs!

But he didn't stop!

As a Level 20 Rockstone Warlord, he unleashed true terror at this moment!

He was like a human-shaped beast, bashing with his shield and sweeping with his greatsword!

Three ninjas lunged at him at once, their Kunai striking his shield and leaving only faint white marks!

A fierce light flashed in Zhao Hu's eyes as he suddenly shoved his shield forward!

The shield smashed hard into a ninja's chest. His chest collapsed, and he was sent flying, dead before he even hit the ground!

-100!

The remaining two ninjas retreated in terror, but Zhao Hu had already seen red!

His greatsword swept across! Two heads flew!

In less than ten breaths, three ninjas were wiped out!

Tie Dun was equally fierce! Although his troll bone shield didn't have damage reflection, its defense was even higher!

Two ninjas attacked him frantically, their Kunai clanging against the shield without leaving a single crack!

"Get lost!" Tie Dun bellowed, shoving his shield forward and sending one flying!

But the remaining ninjas still didn't retreat!

A crazed light flashed in their eyes as they pulled black ceramic jars from their robes and hurled them at Su Yurou with all their might!

Explosive Potions!

A Wang and Scarface Liu glanced at each other and made a decision simultaneously!

"Oath of Protection!"

A Wang activated his skill! An invisible chain connected him and Su Yurou!

60% of the damage would be transferred to him!

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

Three plumes of fire exploded around Su Yurou! The shockwaves swept through, and flames soared into the sky!

A Wang and Scarface Liu were blown back, coughing up blood! -80! -120!

A Wang's health bar plummeted instantly, with less than a third remaining!

But A Wang gritted his teeth and didn't fall!

Oath of Protection had successfully transferred most of the damage to him!

Su Yurou was knocked to the ground by the shockwave, suffering several burn wounds, but she was still alive!

As she struggled to get up, her short staff raised—just then, a blood-soaked ninja charged out from the flank!

He had an arrow in his left shoulder and a sword wound on his right leg, but his eyes held only madness!

He pulled a purple ceramic jar from his robe and, with the last of his strength, hurled it fiercely at Su Yurou!

The jar traced an arc through the air and struck Su Yurou accurately!

Bang!

There was no explosion.

Only a thick cloud of purple smoke instantly enveloped Su Yurou!

【Silence Potion (Purple)】 — Unable to use any skills for 60 seconds!