Chapter 281: Retreat

Not long after Song Qingyu rushed out, Song Changxiong and others who were struggling to hold on in the east of the market immediately discovered the bandits outside attacking the formation. Suddenly, there were fewer people, which also relieved the pressure they faced.

"Everyone, someone has come to support the market. As long as you hold on for a while, these people outside will retreat immediately."

Song Changxiong said this just to encourage people. Previously, Song Qingwan had handed over all the valuable spiritual objects in the Song family store to Song Qingyu. He also discussed with Song Qingyu to let her take some of the spiritual objects and escape directly. Now seeing the other side's two foundation-building cultivators leave, Song Changxiong knew in his heart that these people should be chasing Song Qingyu.

Whether they escape with spiritual objects or stay and hold on, everyone's fate is unknown. Now they are facing the attack from outside and can only secretly wish that Song Qingyu can get away smoothly.

Speaking of reinforcements, the battle in Qinghefang had just started not long ago, and the noise had already alarmed several small families near the market, and the fastest ones had already rushed to the vicinity.

On the west side of Qinghefang, more than a dozen monks watched the battle in the market from afar, each with a look of astonishment on their faces.

"Clan leader, there are really people attacking Qinghefang. It looks like bandits coming from the north. Should we rush over to support them?"

The head of the Liu family, dressed in black, stared at the battlefield in front of him, frowned, and said softly: "There are so many people coming from the other side. I'm afraid the situation is a little bad. We can't help much if we rush over rashly. Let's wait and see the situation first."

"But! Clan leader, our Liu family is so close to Qinghefang. If we don't go to support, after these bandits retreat, the master will blame us for this matter. How should we explain it?"

"I said to wait and see the situation first. Didn't you understand? Our Liu family didn't come to support us. It's just that they didn't get here in time and came a little late." The head of the Liu family glared at the elder who was speaking, and sighed heavily.

At this moment, he was also very entangled in his heart. On the one hand, he was afraid that the other side had so many people and he had so few people rushing over to hit the stone with an egg, and there would be no return. On the other hand, he was afraid that if he didn't come out to rescue in time, he would be blamed for finding out the clues in the future.

For a small Qi-refining family like the Liu family, it is really difficult to make a decision in the face of such a big change. If they take a wrong step, it is very likely to bring disaster to the entire family. Unfortunately, their Lingshan is too close to Qinghefang and they can't stay out of it.

Song Changxiong temporarily breathed a sigh of relief, but the situation on Song Qingyu's side was getting worse and worse.

After only fighting for an incense stick of time, she had been hit by several attacks from the opponent. Fortunately, the injuries on her body were not very serious. In addition, the water-attributed skills she practiced would have a slight self-healing effect, so this injury would not affect her combat effectiveness for the time being, but she also knew in her heart that she couldn't hold on for too long.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, we are attacking the market town, so the enemy's reinforcements must be on the way. I think you should stop hiding your secrets and make a quick decision. Then go and help Brother Yi Long break the formation. Otherwise, if this woman drags you down for a long time and something happens, it will be difficult for me to explain to Brother Yi Long." Seeing that Song Qingyu could not be taken down in a short time, Wu Xiang began to get anxious and secretly sent a message to Chen Zicong.

In the previous battle, he had been the main attacker, and Chen Zicong had been supporting from the side. He had not used his full strength at all, which made Wu Xiang feel a little unhappy.

Chen Zicong saw that Wu Xiang's tone was a little unhappy, and he knew that if he dragged it on, it would definitely be more and more disadvantageous to him. He gritted his teeth and took out his biggest trump card.

Taking advantage of the gap between Wu Xiang's magic attack and Song Qingyu's full defense, Chen Zicong also took this opportunity to quietly walk to Song Qingyu's side.

Before Song Qingyu could react and turn his attention to him, Chen Zicong raised his hand and waved, and two black spiritual lights shot directly at Song Qingyu.

These two black lights were the second-level magic weapon Black Python Needle in Chen Zicong's hand. This flying needle magic weapon was very concealed to use, and was best at taking advantage of the opponent's carelessness to secretly attack the opponent. The only thing that needed to be paid attention to was that this magic weapon needed to be warmed up with mana for a period of time after each launch before it could be used again. Chen Zicong would definitely not use it easily until the critical moment, which was why he did not take it out directly at the beginning.

After all, Song Qingyu did not have much experience in direct combat. When she found the black python needle shooting at her, she was already unable to dodge. The temporary release of the defense shield could only help her barely avoid the fatal blow. The two flying needles still shot at her shoulders as expected.

A lot of second-level monster black python snake venom was refined into the black python needle, which was very toxic. Even if a foundation-building cultivator with deep mana was poisoned by this poison, his subsequent combat effectiveness would definitely be greatly affected.

Soon Song Qingyu felt a numbness in her left shoulder where she had been poisoned by the needle. She quickly took out a few detoxification pills with her right hand and swallowed them, which temporarily suppressed the spread of the toxins in her body.

Now she needed to use part of her magic power to resist the snake venom in her body. She no longer had the ability to continue fighting, so she could only choose to escape immediately.

"Haha! You still want to escape? Let's see where you can run!"

Seeing Song Qingyu trying to escape, Wu Xiang and Chen Zicong exchanged glances, then immediately chased after him with a knowing smile. Three sword lights of different colors appeared in the dark night sky.

The battle in the air had already been decided. Seeing that the foundation-building cultivators above had all left, the Qi-refining cultivators who were still fighting below also quickly made their own decisions.

The one-stick-of-incense time that Song Qingyu required before the battle had long passed. The reason why Hu Maocai and his men could fight until now was because Song Qingyu had led the way.

Song Qingyu had already fled, and they were slowly falling into a disadvantage. More than half of the twenty people who had rushed out together had already been lost. With the captain Hu Maocai leading the way to escape from the battlefield, some people chose to withdraw to the market formation, and the rest of them all began to flee with Hu Maocai.

However, if they escape like this, their fate is actually very uncertain. Most people will find it difficult to escape the pursuit of so many people. Moreover, once Wu Xiang and Chen Zicong get rid of Song Qingyu and return to the battlefield, facing the pursuit of two foundation-building cultivators, the probability of them escaping is almost zero. In comparison, they may survive longer if they retreat to the market town.