There was a speedboat on the river ahead heading toward the passenger ship where Yu Shiqiu and others were sitting. The distance between the two sides quickly shortened, and people standing on both sides of the boat could soon look at each other.

"Looks like they are accomplices." Yu Shiqi noticed that the people on the other side's boat were also wearing black cloaks and red outfits.

"Are you coming for me too? Why..." Bai Lixuan was a little confused because she couldn't think of any reason why she should be targeted by these guys.

"Is it the enemy of Bailihou Mansion?" Lu Chengshi gave a more likely guess.

Yu Shiqi was silent and thinking. Although Lu Chengshi's conjecture seemed reasonable at first glance, there was one thing that didn't make sense at all.

Judging from the above-average skills of these people and their awareness of death, the forces behind them must not be simple. As for Bailihou Mansion, even Zhong Linqi can turn it upside down by himself. Yu Shiqi doesn't think so.

These people were afraid of Shunyuan Hou Baili Cheng and had not taken action before.

To put it bluntly, in his mind, with the level of defense of Baili Houfu, it would not be difficult for the forces behind these people to break through. If they were really enemies, why wait until Baili Xuan left Jingrong before taking action?

But if they weren't enemies, why did these people target Bai Lixuan as a kidnapping target?

These two conflicting factors troubled Yu Shiqi.

"That ship was supposed to come to meet them. But from the looks of it, even if they have failed here, they don't seem to be planning to give up." Yu Youci noticed that the clipper ship was getting closer and closer, and his expression became nervous.

"How many people are there?" Lu Chengshi came forward to observe.

"About six or seven." After Yu Youci finished speaking, he added: "But it shouldn't be possible for everyone to get on our ship. If they want to retreat smoothly, they need to keep people on their own ship."

"Their boat is going in the opposite direction to us. It's not easy to turn around in the river and catch up again." Yu Shiqi noticed this.

"Yes, so they probably wanted to seize the short opportunity when the two ships crossed each other." Yu Youci raised his eyebrows, "In other words, if we survive that period, we will be temporarily safe."

"It's a pity that the water flow in this section has slowed down." Lu Chengshi felt a little regretful. If the water flow was still as fast as before, this staggered opportunity would be shorter and more difficult to grasp.

Yun Jingchen twitched his nose with his thumb and said with a smile, "Didn't Miss Yu say it? There are only six or seven of them, and even if they all come here, it won't be enough for us to fight."

Before he finished speaking, a figure flew up from the oncoming speedboat, threw a flying rope in the air and hooked the mast here.

"Coming!"

"careful!"

The three Yunzhongjian predicted the landing point of the opponent swinging the rope, and prepared defensive formations on three sides in advance. Yu Shiqi first took Baili Xuan to the back and away from the bow deck that was about to become a battlefield.

"You stay here, don't come close." Yu Shiqi warned, "If the situation changes later, you should run away and find Mr. Zhong."

"Yu Shiqi, I don't want irrelevant people to fight for me." Bai Lixuan held him back, "Although I don't know what those people are planning to do, but if you are defeated, you might as well kill me..."

"They are not irrelevant people." Yu Shiqi interrupted her frustrated words, "They are Yunzhongjian, the justice and conscience of Zhongzhou Jianghu."

"What about you?"

Yu Shiqi hesitated for a moment and explained his reason: "The main reason why you are here now is still because of me. If I leave you alone, I will feel very sorry."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Shiqi suddenly heard an uneasy voice coming from the swordsmen in the cloud. He turned around and was surprised to see that Yu Youci had taken the sword from his hand and was slapped again, staggering back several times.

step.

Lu Chengshi was already kneeling on his side, clutching his chest and coughing up blood, and his sword fell a few steps away.

Yun Jingchen was left alone and unable to survive. In the blink of an eye, he had been stabbed three times with the long sword that he had taken from Yu Youci.

Yu Shiqi took a deep breath, leaving Bai Lixuan who was covering her mouth in shock and rushed forward. At the same time, he felt a little worried about Zhong Linqi in his heart.

It stands to reason that Zhong Linqi should have appeared long ago, unless he found some clues in the cargo hold below or encountered some trouble again, but whether it was the former or the latter, he could not continue to wait for Zhong Linqi to come to the rescue.

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The enemy who relied on the rope to break into the ship alone was not at the same level as the three people they defeated before. This was easily seen from the fact that he broke the siege of three Yunzhongjian in an instant.

Yu Shiqi secretly thought that they were really careless. He had already calculated how difficult it would be for the other party to complete the plan to kidnap Baili Xuan during the short period of time when the two ships crossed each other. However, he did not expect that the other party would dare to carry out such a seemingly seemingly impossible plan.

An impossible action plan just shows that the other party is confident enough in his skills.

"Ah!" Yun Jingchen still tried to fight with the opponent after being hit by three swords in a row. He was hit by the opponent's fierce kick, and was kicked so hard that he hit the fence on the port side and almost fell into the river.

When Yu Shiqi ran past him, he pulled him and took the sword in his hand.

Facing such a powerful enemy, he did not dare to take any chances. He never thought that he could hold on until Zhong Linqi came to help him with his bare hands and two wind kicks. He could only take a gamble that he could withstand the burden of the secret curse.

The moment he grasped the hilt of the sword, his palm felt painful, but he couldn't care less.

The hood of the black cloak of the man opposite had fallen down in the previous fight, revealing a gray-haired face with long diagonal scars at the corners of his eyes. His eyes briefly stayed on Yu Shiqi, and then turned to Bai Bai behind him.

Li Xuan, a smile escaped from the corner of his mouth.

Yu Shiqi stabbed quickly with his sword, using the wind-chasing stab in the style of Fuyao Sword. This martial art does not focus on stabbing the opponent, but is more used to close the distance between the enemy and ourselves. When Yu Shiqi draws his sword

At that time, I had already thought about my next change.

The gray-haired scar-faced man opposite did not wait for Yu Shiqi, but also rushed forward. He still held Yu Youci's sword in his hand, and the blade was slung behind his back.

Yu Shiqi stopped suddenly before they collided with each other. His first goal was to guard this place and prevent the other party from having a chance to contact Baili Xuan. Therefore, he took the initiative to stop and changed his Chasing Wind Sting move into Flowing Wind Continuous Slash, which was not sure of success.

Then force the opponent back by dancing a wide range of sword wheels.

"Hmph, I don't have time to play with you!" The gray-haired scar-faced sword-face was not afraid of the sword wheel created by Yu Qiliu's Liufeng Slash, and he swung his sword at the right moment to force Yu Qiyi to stop his spinning action, and then

Then he shook his wrist and tried to wring Yu Shiqi's sword.

Yu Shiqifang planned to twist the long sword at the same rhythm to neutralize the opponent's intention to seize the sword, but he did not expect that the movement of the opponent's hand was just a feint. What really seized his sword was a dark force transmitted through the contact of the sword blade.

Although they reacted quickly and mobilized the wind and thunder energy to intercept and counterattack, the gap in their internal strength still caused Yu Shiqi to be shaken to the point of letting go of his sword.

The sword that had escaped his hands was thrown to the top of his head. Yu Shiqi subconsciously raised his eyes to track the whereabouts of the sword, but at the same time he also realized that his action was a mistake that should never be made.

"Hey, where are you looking?"

I heard the other party's contemptuous sneer in my ears, and at the same time, my chest was pressed against my chest.

Yu Shiqi's forehead was covered with cold sweat in an instant. With this close distance, the other party was pressing his vital energy on his chest, and he was afraid that his heart would be cut off and he would die in an instant...

Tide-like fear almost swallowed him up, but at the same time, a shouting voice broke through the fear and sounded deep in his heart.

“There’s still a chance to try!”

The true energy of Yunmai is reversed, and the method of cloud dispersion is used.

In this way, you can briefly release all your own Qi out of your body in one go, hoping to counteract and weaken the opponent's Qi to reduce the damage.

But the side effects of this are very serious. For at least half an hour, he will no longer be able to use his true energy for offense and defense...

If there were other options, Yu Shiqi would definitely not choose to use the Cloud Dispelling Technique to evade this attack that could lead to death. Now doing so is just a helpless choice of the lesser of two evils.
Chapter completed!