Chapter 114: Nevermore
Yang Ru placed his spear tip between his body and the raven’s beak. He knew he couldn’t harm it, but the bird was also unlikely to be strong enough to fight through the weapon.
Atop the wall, Xiang Qiao rang the gong.
Good, the village guard was of too low a realm in both Spiritual and Body Cultivation to attack the raven, but the alert would draw others who could contribute to the fight.
Yang Ru just had to survive solo long enough for others to engage.
The bird snapped forward, trying to bite him. Between his dodge, the placement of the spear, and an arrow distracting the creature by hitting it in the eye, he managed to avoid the strike.
Neither the spear tip nor the arrow so much as scratched the raven. Attacks were useless. They could only defend.
Yang Ru just had to keep on holding on. Until Master got back.
He really hoped Master didn’t really take the full time he’d estimated, about four more hours. If he did, the entire village would likely be dead.
Ye Zan heard the gong and sprinted toward the gate. Huang Yimen, Hou Yazhu, and another guard, Kong Zemin, followed.
When they arrived at the plaza, a giant black bird was pecking at Yang Ru, trying to eat him. Though Yang Xiu peppered the creature with arrows and Zou Tian kept darting in stabbing it with daggers, it was unfazed.
“Each take a side,” Ye Zan yelled. “We’ll attack at once on my command.”
The goal wasn’t to win. It was to keep everyone alive until Master returned. Yang Ru started the engagement, but if he fought too long against the bird, the likelihood was that the creature would figure out his patterns and get a strike in.