Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 98 Braised Prawns
Almost all the military crossbows of the noble families were made in Bailianfang. They are of excellent quality and outstanding power. When equipped with special arrows such as the Annihilation Arrow, a warrior of about two stars can cause considerable damage to a three-star warrior.
Therefore, even Xu Qingyan, who was at the middle level of three stars, and Ban Yiluo, who was at the peak level of three stars, did not dare to be careless at all. They concentrated their attention and waited for the crossbow arrows to hit their bodies so that they could quickly make effective defenses.
"Puchi, puchi..." Soon, three crossbow arrows penetrated the carriage from three different directions and shot directly in.
"Fortunately it wasn't a Star-Annihilation Arrow." Xu Qingyan and Ban Yiluo couldn't help but feel relieved when they first saw the arrow that had just pierced the carriage.
However, they soon discovered something was amiss. The crossbow arrow, which clearly carried the special sharp whistle of a military crossbow, could only barely penetrate the wall of the carriage. By the time it hit them, it was already limp and powerless.
A crossbow of this power would cause the two three-star warriors who were defending with all their might to suffer, not to mention the star power spreading throughout their bodies. Even if the two of them let go of their star power to defend, relying solely on the physical bodies of the three-star warriors to withstand it, they would probably only suffer minor scratches.
Strange, very strange!
At this moment, there was a sudden rattling sound on the top of the carriage, as if a heavy rain suddenly fell outside.
Immediately afterwards, three more sharp whistles were heard, and three more crossbow arrows penetrated the wall of the carriage and shot into the interior.
However, this time, the power of the crossbow arrow still did not increase much, it was like scratching an itch through a shoe.
Ban Yiluo and Xu Qingyan looked at each other and saw a hint of doubt in each other's eyes. Just as they were about to react, they heard a "bang" sound on the roof of the carriage, and soon the three people in the carriage felt a huge heat wave rising suddenly.
"Oh no, what was poured on the roof just now was kerosene! The other party wants to burn us to death in the carriage!" Ban Yiluo screamed in surprise, and looked out from the hole pierced by the crossbow arrow. He found that the outside of the hole was a sea of red fire, and the whole carriage was surrounded by raging flames in an instant.
Fire oil is an extremely flammable substance that can ignite a fierce fire with the slightest spark, and is extremely difficult to extinguish.
Ban Yiluo and Xu Qingyan finally figured out why the crossbow arrow had such little power. It turned out that the opponent was not trying to hurt them with the crossbow arrow, but wanted to use the sparks and heat generated by the friction between the crossbow arrow and the carriage to ignite the flaming oil poured on the carriage.
The physical fitness of a three-star warrior is not yet to the point where he is invulnerable to water and fire.
It is already very dangerous in this carriage where the temperature is rising and the oxygen is decreasing.
"Destroy the carriage and break out!" Xu Qingyan said decisively. His sword glowed with stars and his martial arts were ready to go. He was about to cut the carriage apart from above and break out.
"Stop, we can't leave the carriage!" Just when Xu Qingyan and Ban Yiluo were about to display their martial arts, Tang Zheng, who had been hiding in the corner, shouted loudly.
Although Xu Qingyan and Ban Yiluo were puzzled, out of trust in Tang Zheng, they subconsciously stopped performing their martial arts and kept their moves to themselves.
"What tricks do you have? Use them now. If you delay any longer, we will be turned from heroes into braised shrimps!" Ban Yilou turned around and yelled at Tang Zheng.
Facing the raging fire, Tang Zheng sneered: "Using fire to attack is exactly what I want!"
After saying that, he pulled out Han Jiang Xue with his right hand with a "swish" sound. A puff of ice-blue mist instantly spread in the carriage, instantly lowering the temperature inside the carriage a little.
"This little bit of cold is just a drop in the bucket, right? I think we should break through..." Ban Yiluo looked at Han Jiangxue in Tang Zheng's hand and said uncertainly.
Tang Zheng smiled and shook the middle finger of his left hand, and suddenly inserted Han Jiangxue directly into the floor of the carriage. The purple-gold constellation behind him lit up, and a steady stream of star power flowed along Tang Zheng's star veins and was input into Han Jiangxue.
The translucent Hanjiang Snow, which was originally like a piece of solid ice, became a layer of frosty white mist as Tang Zheng continuously input the star power that had been cleansed by the lunar star. The mist became thicker and thicker, and gradually spread along the blade to the floor of the carriage.
"Crack, crack—" On the floor of the carriage, with Han Jiangxue as the center, a layer of frosty white ice gradually radiated outward. As the ice layer grew larger, the temperature inside the carriage became lower and lower, until the ice layer spread from the floor to the doors and roof, and finally the entire interior of the carriage turned into a frosty white world flashing with crystal light.
The "Bi Bo--" sound of burning wooden boards that had been heard outside the car also completely disappeared. The flames that came through the holes where the crossbow arrows were shot also seemed to have encountered a natural enemy and gradually became smaller until they disappeared completely.
"The fire is out?" Ban Yiluo asked uncertainly. As he said this, a large cloud of white mist came out of his breath, as if winter had suddenly arrived.
"Hiss, it's so cold--" Ban Yiluo shivered suddenly, hugged his arms and stared blankly at the frosty white in the carriage.
At this moment, it was still early autumn with the sun shining brightly outside the car . Everyone was dressed coolly in light clothes and short jackets, and Ban Yiluo was no exception. However, the temperature inside the car was now as cold as winter.
"It turns out that ice can extinguish fire?" Ban Yiluo seemed to have made a new discovery.
"Nonsense, when the temperature drops below the ignition point, the flame will of course go out. If you learn math, physics and chemistry well, you won't be afraid of traveling through other worlds. The ancients were right..." Tang Zheng pulled Han Jiangxue out from under the car and gave Ban Yiluo a disdainful look.
"Tsk - you're doing all these fancy things just to show off that you have a top-grade dagger. We would have cut through the carriage long ago, so we'd be fine!" Ban Yilou shot back, not wanting to be outdone: "Oh, no, the fire is out, why did the other side suddenly stop shooting?"
"Small shooting brings joy, heavy shooting harms the body, and forceful shooting will turn one into ashes... You don't understand this!" As Tang Zheng's Han Jiangxue was sheathed, the frost in the carriage gradually melted away, and soon disappeared completely, as if the dreamlike moment just now had never appeared. Tang Zheng did not continue to shrink back into the corner at this time, but sat back in the carriage carefree.
"You can get off the car now. The city guards have arrived. The enemy didn't dare to stay for long and has just retreated ." Xu Qingyan said suddenly.
Ban Yiluo listened carefully and indeed heard the sound of horse hooves of the Jade Stone City Guards. Before he could say anything, Tang Zheng suddenly kicked the carriage door with a "bang". The door, which had already been ravaged by fire and ice once, was kicked into pieces.
"Boy, this is a special official carriage made for Jubao Pavilion. You will have to pay for it if you break it!" Ban Yiluo said with a frown.
Tang Zheng shook his head: "Just because I saved your life just now, I still owe you after compensating you for your carriage."
After saying that, Tang Zheng pointed to a spot of ground outside the car and winked at Ban Yiluo.
Ban Yilou looked in the direction he pointed and his face suddenly turned pale.
