The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 332

In fact, Cao Ping also knew that his offensive would not last long, but he was betting on another possibility.

Ergou is a young man who is not yet in his teens, and he seems to be quite greedy for beauty in recent years. He has several wives and a lot of illegitimate children, so his physical strength must be very problematic.

Although Cao Ping is over fifty years old, he has been training his body and muscles day after day, year after year, and lives a simple life, rarely drinking or having sex. Even though his current physical strength is slightly less than that of his peak period. There is a decline, but it is still quite advantageous compared to others.

Moreover, Ergou was in reverse position at this time, and it would take more energy to resist Cao Ping's offensive.

Cao Ping was betting that Ergou would run out of energy before he did.

He wanted to take Er Gou's head away in one wave. This was Cao Ping's best chance to kill Er Gou. Otherwise, if he missed today, he would never find a better opportunity to kill Er Gou.

The war horses galloped for ten miles and circled three times around the rebel camp. The fighting between Ergou and Cao Ping had not stopped, but the situation of the battle had become clear. At least Cao Ping had understood that his gamble with his life had failed.

There was no way, Cao Ping's physical strength had reached its limit. During this ten-mile galloping battle, he fought hard and slashed thousands of times with all his strength. It should be noted that this was not a back-and-forth fight, but he was constantly attacking.

Such output regardless of consumption caused his physical strength to be rapidly depleted and almost exhausted.

The Azure Dragon Sword that was usually as light as a lantern when wielded was now as heavy as a mountain. Even if he tried hard enough to hold it tightly with both hands, he could hardly hold it on.

His whole body was sweating profusely, his chest was beating like a drum, his breathing was like a demented old cow, and his eyes were filled with stars.

What made Cao Ping jealous and desperate the most was that he discovered that although Ergou was also sweating profusely and breathing a little faster, his heartbeat was still steady and his arms were waving the war gun in full force.

At this time, Cao Ping even hated his sharp, god-like senses.

How sharp are Cao Ping's senses?

His ear can distinguish the fluttering of the wings of mosquitoes and flies flying twenty paces away; his eyesight can see hanging lice like wheels in the day, and incense heads like bonfires at night; his sense of smell can distinguish passion flowers.

Among Cao Ping's five senses, only touch and taste are like ordinary people.

It is precisely because of his excellent sensory abilities that Cao Ping has developed an almost invincible marksmanship.

It is also this ability that is ahead of Gao Gongji's marksman that prevents him from completely losing his confidence and mental collapse when he was suppressed by Gao Gongji.

Now these three innate abilities that once made others envious reminded Cao Ping all the time that Ergou's physical strength was still the same as before, and his abnormal physical strength was simply beyond the limits of human beings.

As for Cao Ping's shooting ability.

Unfortunately, according to the investigation report Cao Ping received from the Imperial City Department, Ergou's shooting skills were also at an inhuman level, even more elusive than Cao Ping's.

Have you ever seen someone shoot randomly into the sky, and then when the arrows fall, they all hit the target exactly?

Even if you have calculated the arrow's trajectory in advance, how can you avoid those unpredictable winds in the sky?

Cao Ping even suspected that Ergou had mastered the highest level of the legendary divine shooting technique - [Shoot without Shooting] and awakened the ability of [Mind's Eye].

How scary is [Shoot without Shooting]?

It is said that the person who created this magical skill was the legendary sun-shooting sage Dayi.

According to the ancient book [Huainanzi], when it came to the time of Yao, the ten days came out together... Yao sent Yi to shoot for ten days, and then went down to kill the 茰貐...

What kind of arrow can hit the sun?

Material arrows certainly won’t work.

Regardless of whether they are arrows from vegetation or arrows from metal and stone, not to mention whether Dayi's bow can provide enough power to allow them to gain the kinetic energy to fly to the sun. The extremely high temperature on the surface of the sun alone is enough to incinerate all tangible objects.

In fact, what Yi shot was an invisible arrow, an arrow of faith! Arrow of will! Spiritual arrow! Psychic arrows!

The arrow is invisible, so it can reach the middle of the sun in an instant without fear of the distance or the burning sun.

That arrow was not so explosive that it could tear the sun apart, but it used a force of four or two to fundamentally change the burning method inside the sun, causing fusion to stagnate and become extinguished.

What's inside is simply horrifying.

However, since Dayi, although the "Shooting without Shooting" has not been completely lost, no one can practice the "Shooting without Shooting" to the point of shooting the sun.

For example, Gan Ying, a marksman in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, whose ancestor Gan Lin was the descendant of Peng Meng, a disciple of Hou Yi, could shoot birds and beasts with invisible arrows, and he could use his (empty) bow to make the beasts fall on them.

Gan Ying passed down his skills to Fei Wei, who was even better at shooting than his master.

Later, Ji Chang learned archery from Fei Wei, who taught Ji Chang the skills of visible arrows without any reservation.

Ji Chang studied archery hard for five years and thought he had mastered Fei Wei's archery skills. He thought that the only person in the world who could rival him was Fei Wei.

Then Ji Chang became murderous and wanted to get rid of Fei Wei. From then on, he became the best marksman in the world.

Ji Chang knew Fei Wei's habits, so he laid an ambush wherever Fei Wei passed by. When Fei Wei appeared, he would show up and challenge Fei Wei in an archery duel, which would involve life and death.

Feiwei usually carries two pots of feathered arrows when traveling, and he is very particular and likes fair duels, so Ji Chang also brought two pots of arrows on the surface, so that Feiwei would not refuse to compete with his apprentices.

Needless to say, the process of the fight between the two was just like what was written in many novels, with arrows colliding with each other and breaking.

After doing this twenty times, Fei Wei shot all the arrows in his two pots, but Ji Chang left one more arrow. This was the trap he prepared for Fei Wei. One pot of arrows contained an extra feather arrow.

Ji Chang fired a fatal arrow, but Fei Wei could only turn thorns on the roadside into arrows to block Ji Chang's fatal arrow.

But the really terrifying thing is that when Fei Wei shot the thorn arrow, he had already shot out the thought of killing the master in Ji Chang's heart with [shot without shooting].

So the two sons wept and abandoned their bows, and worshiped Tu as father and son. Feiwei vowed not to pass on his archery skills to anyone else, lest anyone surpass Ji Chang in archery skills.

Do you think things ended successfully here? !

Of course it's not that simple.

What is frightening is that Ji Chang, who was hit by Fei Wei's [Shoot without Shooting], learned [Shoot without Shooting], but he gradually moved away from the bow and arrow. When Ji Chang was old, people from Wei came to ask Ji Chang to learn archery. Ji Chang no longer even knew what a bow and arrow was.

Of course, even if he won, he did not return empty-handed. By observing every move in the life of the old Ji Chang, combined with the memories of Ji Chang from his neighbors, he also learned archery skills from hearsay, and even gained insights into [not A little bit of the skin of "shoot the shot".

This little bit of "Shooting Without Shooting" is the inside story of "The Frightened Bird" that we are all familiar with.

Geng Ying was the last marksman recorded in the Demon Suppressor's secret file who was related to the magical skill of "No-Shoot", but the legend about "No-Shoot" did not end there.

In fact, [Shoot without Shooting] is a divine shooting skill that was cursed by the evil god.

The reason for being cursed is simple, this magical skill is too powerful.

As for the content of the curse, it is: "Any archer who learns [shooting without shooting] will definitely die under the arrows of his apprentice if he does not kill his master!" Han Chu killed Hou Yi, Ji Chang wanted to kill Fei Wei, etc. were all caused by this curse.

By the way, Fei Wei is the only one among the marksmen who have ever learned [Shoot without Shooting] to overcome the curse. This is due to Fei Wei's unique personality.

In the past, Gan Ying learned shooting from Gan's father, but he never killed his master and his father, so Gan Ying was destined to die at the hands of his apprentice.

Shi Feiwei asked Gan Ying for archery. Gan Ying was afraid of the curse of the evil god and did not want to accept a disciple. He only cherished Fei Wei's talent. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore and taught him the art of archery.

After Fei Wei had perfected his archery skills, the two faced a fateful duel. Gan Ying lost his balance in the fight until the end, missed an arrow, and was shot in the heart by Fei Wei's arrow, but he did not die.

Gan Ying picked up the last arrow and discovered that Fei Wei's feather arrow had no arrowhead, so naturally it could not kill him.

Gan Ying was greatly impressed by Fei Wei's character, and finally passed on his magical skills, making Fei Wei better than his master in shooting.

Ergou had also read the secret records about [Shoot without Shooting], so he was fascinated by this magical shooting skill, but he never expected that Cao Ping would think that he had also mastered [Shoot without Shooting]. .

Of course, Ergou has never practiced it. It should be said that this magical skill and secret method has been lost long ago. Even if he wanted to practice it, he could not find a way. In the past, his miraculous shooting skills relied on the talent of [Shilai Tiandi]. To put it bluntly, It is a super blessing of luck.

But Cao Ping didn't know the secret behind [Shoot without Shooting].

Little did he know that Ergou's archery skills had now returned to the level of mortals, and were much worse than the arrows of ordinary country hunters.

There was no way, Ergou had just lost the [Shi Lai Tian Di] bloodline talent not long ago, and if he wanted to practice archery, he would not be able to do it until he had to work hard for a few years.

However, Ergou has no time to think about this now. The only thing he needs to do now is to deal with Cao Ping, who is attacking like a mad dog.

This is the craziest opponent Ergou has ever encountered since his debut. The key is that his strength is terrifying and his temperament is vicious, making him even more dangerous than the original Gao Gongji.

This is not to say that Cao Ping's force is higher than Gao Gongji's, but that his acting style is more unscrupulous than Gao Gongji's.

Although Gao Gongji's martial arts skills are stronger, he has more of a master's bearing, and has a tolerance for the weak that only belongs to the strong.

For example, Ergou and Xiaoshi were treated with tolerance by Gao Gongji more than once.

But if it were Cao Ping, I'm afraid the thorns on Ergou's grave would have grown into a large area.

If the time and place were different, Ergou would definitely stab Cao Ping to death with one shot.

After all, guys like this who don't respect martial ethics are too dangerous, and keeping them would be a disaster.

However, Cao Ping's identity determines that he cannot be killed by the rebel army currently represented by Ergou, otherwise the expedition to the ghost side will only become an unreachable dream.

This is also the reason why Ergou, even though he actually had a chance to kill his opponent in the end, still suppressed his anxiety and deliberately guided Cao Ping to continue his fierce attack.

As the saying goes, capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be spared.

Ergou wanted Cao Ping to reap the consequences and destroy all his abilities.

When a warrior faces a desperate situation and fights to the death, he will sometimes encounter two physical limits of physical strength: exhaustion and exhaustion.

The so-called destraining refers to the excessive physical exertion of the human body during strenuous exercise. The muscle groups produce a large amount of lactic acid during the metabolic process. The lactic acid stimulates the human body to produce physiological discomfort - soreness, which reminds the owner that the human body has reached its normal limit. , need to stop and rest.

The phenomenon of force loss is a self-protection mechanism of the human body. By overcoming the discomfort of the phenomenon of force loss, people's physical strength can obtain some more positive feedback.

Exhaustion is a general term for a series of problems caused by excessive consumption after the human body first breaks the protective mechanism of exhaustion.

One of the inevitable consequences of exhaustion is myolysis, or rhabdomyolysis syndrome.

Common symptoms include fever (inflammation), general fatigue, hematuria, acute renal failure, metabolic disorders, etc.

If a young man encounters a state of exhaustion, although he will be seriously injured, it is rarely directly fatal.

But if an older warrior encounters exhaustion, his ending will be very bad.

It can range from severe disability to death.

The ending that Ergou planned for Cao Ping was to die from exhaustion after a fierce battle and a serious disability.

This would be more punitive than killing Cao Ping directly.

As a veteran in his fifties, once Cao Ping encounters a state of exhaustion, it will be impossible for him to recover his physical strength like a young man. His body will be damaged, his strength will be half-disabled, and he will eventually die.

So at this time, even though Cao Ping wanted to stop the attack, Ergou deliberately used his gun to poke the Qinglong Sword, leading Cao Ping to continue chopping.

In the end, Cao Ping could no longer hold the sword, and lost his weapon. His face turned blue, and he stared at the two dogs with dull eyes. In fact, the pupils inside had long lost focus, and he only shook his head twice. He fell off his galloping horse and fell into the smoke.

In fact, if Ergou hadn't taken care of him secretly, this guy might have broken his neck directly.

Of course, Cao Ping didn't end up well. He broke a leg and his knee hit a piece of gravel on the ground, and the bones were almost shattered.

But Cao Ping didn't have time to cry out, he just grunted twice and passed out.

At this time, Ergou showed a little bit of the victor's demeanor. He called Cao Ping's personal guards to come forward and take away their unconscious general, and provided them with some more pertinent suggestions, such as getting a stretcher or Door panels and other things are used to lift Cao Ping.

Of course, Ergou took the weapons and mounts abandoned by Cao Ping as trophies.

The Azure Dragon Slashing Sword was just returned. Although it was a rare and exquisitely crafted weapon, it was still a private creation of the Cao family, so there was no point in discarding it.

The key is the hissing dragon horse. This is a horse given by the official family, but the Cao family cannot throw it away, otherwise it will be disrespectful to the emperor.

Therefore, not long after the fight came to an end, Cao Yu, another leader of the Cao family, entered the camp in person to ask for the war horse.

Naturally, Ergou didn't care about a mere neighing dragon colt, but it was impossible for him to hand it over for free.

(End of this chapter)