Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 99: Mission, Ambush 16

Yang Hu was forced back several steps.

Only after exchanging blows did he realize that Ba Daokui’s sword skill was indeed well-deserved.

Gritting his teeth, he attacked again, but after only a dozen moves, Yang Hu was sent flying, crashing through a door, and falling to the ground, spitting blood uncontrollably.

Leng Er, who had been watching, hesitated no more and attacked from behind Ba Daokui. Dou Kui, who wanted to finish off Yang Hu with one strike, had to turn back to fend off the attack, enraged at being unable to kill Yang Hu immediately.

Meanwhile, Cheng Xiaoxiao turned a street corner and came upon a group of allied forces escorting captives in retreat. As the large crowd drew nearer, the cries of children, screams of women, and shouts of men created utter chaos.

People kept falling down and getting up, while others fell and were trampled over, screaming in agony, yet no one helped. Everyone was desperately trying to escape, but the chaotic crowd, lacking order, moved with difficulty, pushing and shoving, significantly slowing the advance of the entire group.

The allied forces at the perimeter escorting them were under tremendous pressure as bandits swarmed continuously. Their full focus was on fending off the bandits, leaving the captives to retreat on their own while the brothers clung to the front line to buy more time for the captives’ escape.

The situation was dire, with swords clashing and killing everywhere, and people were continuously falling. Seeing our allied forces being overwhelmed and the bandits about to break through the line, Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t afford to think much further and shouted loudly, "Those over 50 and children under 10 move to the front, women stay in the middle, men bring up the rear or run alongside, don’t crowd, advance in sequence, anyone running or shouting chaotically... will be executed without mercy!"

Cheng Xiaoxiao gave Qing Shi a look, and Qing Shi understood. He drew his sword and advanced, taking down the man who had knocked over an old man at the front. Seeing the shocking scene, the other men at the front moved aside automatically, not daring to act rashly.

The crowd behind, witnessing someone brandishing a sword more terrifying than the bandits, grew panicked, fearing they would be the next.

Cheng Xiaoxiao shouted repeatedly, and after Qing Shi forcefully killed a few more who refused to listen, the group finally behaved.

"Everyone, don’t be afraid; as long as you follow my instructions, there won’t be any danger to your lives. Anyone who acts selfishly, disregards their companions’ safety, and doesn’t move in sequence will be left behind to feed the bandits."

With that, she led and started running again, "Everyone, advance as I just instructed, and follow my steps!"

This batch of captives seemed to be the largest and was the farthest from the North Gate.

After running a short distance, more than twenty bandits emerged from a nearby alley, startling Cheng Xiaoxiao. Seeing the large blade coming at her, she instinctively used her sword to block, unexpectedly managing to do so.

Meanwhile, some bandits had broken through the line at the rear, but Qing Shi was clearing them, killing one after another, handling double the number that came.

When Qing Shi saw the bandits rushing out of the nearby alley, swinging their blades at Cheng Xiaoxiao, he was terrified to his core, ignoring the bandits behind him, moving faster than thought, flying over the captives’ heads, and hurrying forward.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was delighted to have blocked a bandit’s strike. Had her strength increased? Could she handle things alone now? In a moment of bewilderment, she forgot how precarious the situation was.

Seeing his partner’s strike blocked by a mere girl, another bandit, full of disdain, stepped forward with a knife, aiming to kill the audacious person in front. Qing Shi, thoroughly frightened, arrived just in time, his sword slicing through the neck of the backup bandit. The bandit’s knife was still raised, unable to react before losing his life.

Qing Shi, emotionally charged and angered, vented his fury on the bandits. Using excessive force, the bandit’s head nearly came off, causing a gripping, eerie scene. As the body fell, the head rolled aside, this restricted scene, left Cheng Xiaoxiao’s heart stopping, her pupils dilating, her stomach churning, almost making her vomit on the spot.

The... the headless, spurting blood scene was too shocking. She wanted to scream, but her voice was stuck in her throat, inexplicably feeling a chill around her neck.

Seeing his subordinate beheaded, the furious bandit leader commanded furiously, "Kill them all, as the Gang Leader ordered, leave no one alive."

Qing Shi, who had beheaded others, remained unfazed, not even raising an eyebrow, standing in front of Cheng Xiaoxiao, facing one against ten, trapping over 20 bandits in the alley.

Cheng Xiaoxiao had no time to focus on her nausea and discomfort, recalling the dangerous scene just now, and angrily said, "77, where were you..."

Joy aside, accountability still needed to be pursued. With bandits already at the doorstep, the system hadn’t even given a warning. She had placed so much trust in it, thinking after the last lesson, such mistakes wouldn’t happen again, yet...

"Host, I was wrong. I was just watching Leng Er and Ba Daokui fight. Then Yang Hu came and killed that Young Master, whoever that is, and then he was seriously injured by Ba Daokui too.

Then two bandit reinforcements came, called the Third and Fourth Leaders, entangling Leng Er, and Ba Daokui rushed to inspect the secret chamber.

Unexpectedly encountering Qing Yi, stopping him, they started fighting again. I wanted to see what was behind the secret chamber. The enclosed space required a lot of energy to see through, so I... neglected the host here. I truly was wrong.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was frustrațed to death, even though she had blocked the bandit’s knife, the bandit underestimated her for being weak. The bandit behind only aimed to strike because the front one didn’t manage a killing blow; if two or three bandits came at once, how would she survive?

"Are you bored with my life being too long, or is your life too long?"

The system, knowing it made a grave mistake, humbly accepted the host’s criticism, too afraid to utter a word.

Cheng Xiaoxiao’s reprimand of the system took place in just a few breaths. At this point, three or four dozen more bandits rushed out of the alley across from them.

That’s it!

"Run quickly, run forward!"

Cheng Xiaoxiao’s heart sank. Would her target head be lost today?

Just as Cheng Xiaoxiao was extremely anxious, the system exclaimed with joy, "Host, host, Leng Qi is here! Leng Qi is here!"

"How much farther?"

"One thousand meters!"

A few seconds later, "Nine hundred and fifty meters!"

Cheng Xiaoxiao helped up a fallen old woman beside her, running while thinking of a plan.

System: "So fast, only nine hundred meters left now!"

At the latest, she had to delay 5 minutes. The number of captives was several times the bandits’. There were over a thousand strong young men alone; could they not handle a few dozen bandits?

Most of them were farmers, with the strength to wield hoes, but having been abused for several days, they grew fearful and, coupled with not having enough to eat, appeared weak and listless. She needed to think of a way to encourage this group to save themselves.