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Liu Guanfeng instructed the Copper Bull brothers to place their father on their bed. Liu Guanfeng carefully pushed aside the clothing covering the wounds, noting that in some areas the blood had already congealed. He could only gently lift the fabric with his sword. Using clean water, he wiped around Liu Yongmin's wounds, then took out the wound medicine he had prepared in his room to treat Liu Yongmin, and found some medical white cloth to bandage his father's injuries.
After seeing that Liu Guanfeng had bandaged all the wounds, the Copper Bull brothers used the towel in Liu Guanfeng's hand to wipe their father's blood. Soon, they had cleaned him up and covered him with a blanket before coming to Liu Guanfeng's side.
Copper Bull looked at Liu Guanfeng and said, "Third Brother, I'm sorry."
Liu Guanfeng was taken aback. "Why do you say sorry?"
"It was our recklessness earlier. We should have stayed with you in the house as our father instructed, but we still let you take risks. If anything happens to you because of us, we would never be able to make up for it, even if we died."
Liu Guanfeng smiled and patted Copper Bull's shoulder. "Even if it weren't for you two, I would still go to save him; after all, he is your father. I understand very well the position a father holds in a child's heart." Liu Guanfeng raised his head and remembered his past life; a child's longing for their father cannot be fully expressed in words.
At that moment, the two brothers were kneeling before Liu Guanfeng with tears streaming down their faces. Liu Guanfeng hurriedly stepped forward to help them up. Copper Bull shook his head.
"Third Brother, you must accept this bow. I want to thank you on behalf of our father today. Ever since we became your followers, not only have we been unable to help you, but we've also received so many benefits from you—like the training in the Spirit Gathering Array and Iron Skin Soup. You haven't even given these things to your own family but have given them to us. Yet we still keep causing you trouble. Third Brother, I, Copper Bull, promise here today that I will no longer cause you any trouble, and from now on I will follow every word you say. Even if you tell me to die, I won't hesitate." After saying this, both of them bowed deeply three times to Liu Guanfeng.
After bowing, the two young men stood up and looked seriously at Liu Guanfeng, checking if there were any tear stains left on their cheeks. Liu Guanfeng nodded at his followers and then turned his gaze toward the courtyard across from them.
At that moment, several people entered the courtyard, each covered in blood, with blood dripping from their weapons. It was unclear how many guards these individuals had killed.
They separated from the crowd and walked over to Ma Weiwu's side. Seeing Ma Weiwu's miserable state made them burst into loud laughter. One burly man wielding dual axes looked at Ma Weiwu and said, "What's wrong, General Ma? Who made you look so disheveled? Do you need me to help you take revenge? Haha!"
Ma Weiwu shot a fierce glare at the speaker. "There's no need for your concern; I just accidentally let a few little rats bite me."
"Oh? Really? What kind of rat has such boldness to bite even a general of the Starfall Kingdom? I should raise a few of those rats myself someday."
Ma Weiwu looked like he was about to explode with anger, and he seemed to be too afraid to show any disrespect to the newcomer. At this point, Liu Guanfeng was also wondering who the visitor was, as even someone like Ma Weiwu, who held absolute power in the Starfall Kingdom, could be at a loss.
Ma Weiwu dared not confront the newcomer directly; instead, he shot a fierce glare at Liu Guanfeng inside the room and turned to the people behind him, saying, "Are you all blind or stupid? What are you standing around for? Get in there and drag that little brat out!"
Upon hearing Ma Weiwu's words, the crowd behind him seemed to finally react, hastily picking up their dropped weapons and rushing forward. A few confused knights crashed into the Spirit Gathering Array's protective shield and were bounced back, knocking down five or six other knights who were following closely behind before they finally came to a stop.
Liu Guanfeng watched from inside the room and couldn't help but chuckle, "Why are they charging in so fast? Did their brakes fail?"
Bao Rui and a few others were puzzled by Liu Guanfeng's comment. Iron Bull asked, "Third Brother, what do you mean by 'brakes failed'?"
"Cough cough! It's nothing; it just means they couldn't stop."
Seeing a group of junior and intermediate knights rushing in, Bao Rui frowned tightly. "Third Brother, can they break in?"
Liu Guanfeng shook his head. "I'm not really sure either. All I know is that my master told me this Spirit Gathering Array can withstand attacks from Advanced Knights; I don't know if that's true or not."
At this moment, the low-level and intermediate knights outside realized that something seemed off in Liu Guanfeng's room. They began raising their weapons to strike at the room, leaving ripples on the light blue protective shield; however, the shield showed no signs of reacting at all.
Frustrated by their inability to breach the shield, the knights vented all their anger on the outer building. Dozens of knights hacked away with swords and axes, instantly reducing Liu Guanfeng's small room to rubble. At this point, Liu Guanfeng and his companions were directly facing their formidable foes outside, with only a shimmering shield separating them.
Liu Guanfeng shook his head as he looked at his shattered room, thinking: This is much more impressive than a demolition team; just a few hits and my room is gone. If I could take these people back to form a demolition crew, I bet we could get a lot of business.
Without the protection of the room, all the knights began smashing their weapons against the shield. Instantly, layers of ripples appeared on its surface. Seeing the situation outside, several young boys clenched their fists tightly, their palms sweating profusely.
After all, these boys were still very young; none of them had yet turned ten. Dai quietly tugged at Liu Guanfeng's sleeve and asked, "Third Brother, can they break through the shield?"
Liu Guanfeng touched his head with his hand and asked, "What's wrong? Are you scared?"
Dai shook his head and replied, "No, I'm not scared."
Liu Guanfeng then turned his gaze towards Bao Rui and the others, saying, "I have put everyone in danger. I'm sorry; it seems we might die together here today."
Copper Bull interjected, "What are you talking about, Third Brother? Since becoming your follower, our lives belong to you. Besides, didn't you just risk your life to save my father? For that reason alone, we would have no complaints about dying with you. Especially since you've never treated us as mere followers, right? Please don't say such things again, Third Brother."
The others nodded in agreement.
Liu Guanfeng smiled slightly and said, "Having you brothers in this lifetime is worth it." He then turned his head back to look at the knights in front of him, anxiously thinking: Master, please hurry up. If you come any later, I might not be here anymore.
Seeing that the knights had been trying to break through the shield for a long time without success, Ma Weiwu's expression grew increasingly grim. Coupled with the mocking remarks from the leader nearby, Ma Weiwu finally exploded:
"You useless bunch, step back!"
The knights who were happily engaged in their task suddenly stopped upon hearing Ma Weiwu's voice and turned to look at him. At that moment, Ma Weiwu strode directly in front of Liu Guanfeng. Swinging the large stick in his hand, he brought down the iron rod glowing with a golden hue onto the shield.
The surrounding knights quickly retreated to avoid injury as they realized Ma Weiwu's strength was indeed intimidating.
With a whoosh, Ma Weiwu's iron rod struck the shield. However, contrary to what everyone expected, there were no sparks flying; instead, it seemed as if he had hit a sponge. A massive ripple spread outwards, and when Ma Weiwu lifted his weapon, the ripple vanished as if the shield had never been attacked.
Seeing this, Ma Weiwu was momentarily stunned before a frenzied laughter erupted from behind him: "Ha ha! General Ma, is this your strength? You can't even break such a small Shield? How can you call yourself an Advanced Knight with such low ability? Or are you just unwilling to exert yourself?"
Ma Weiwu had been holding back a lot of anger. The entire plan had been going smoothly until this minor setback. He had just been ambushed and now had holes in his clothes and missing eyebrows; his head was scorched and still dripping water. At this moment, he wished he could eat Liu Guanfeng alive. Turning around to glare at the person who spoke:
"Don't just talk nonsense; if you have the ability, come and try."
The person gestured to someone nearby: "You go try that Shield." After saying this, a man holding a Greatsword stepped out from beside him and quickly walked to the spot where Ma Weiwu had been standing. Gripping the Greatsword tightly with both hands, he jumped up forcefully, and the Greatsword, glowing with a yellow light, swung down towards the shield. The expected effect did not occur; just like with Ma Weiwu, the shield rippled and then returned to calm.
The people who had been mocking Ma Weiwu suddenly fell silent: "How... how is this possible?"
Ma Weiwu returned to stand beside the person: "There's nothing impossible about it. I sensed something strange here earlier; I've never seen anything like this before. I don't know what it is, but it can withstand attacks from two Advanced Knights."
The person who had mocked Ma Weiwu earlier brandished his double axes: "I'll go see how tough that little Shield really is."
Ma Weiwu watched with interest, hands clasped together, and said to him: "Brother Jia Yun, you should be careful; that Shield is very tough."
The man named Jia Yun glanced back at Ma Weiwu and strode confidently to the shield. Gathering his strength, he raised his double axes high above his head and brought them down with force. The two fiery red axes struck the shield, which seemed to react this time, and the blue light dimmed slightly.
Liu Guanfeng thought to himself: This is bad; if this person keeps attacking, the shield will collapse in no time. Seeing that his attack had an effect, Jia Yun immediately went into a frenzy of strikes, and the outer shield continued to fade, becoming almost transparent. Inside, Liu Guanfeng clenched his weapon tightly, ready to fight at any moment.
At that critical moment, a flash of green light appeared. Jia Yun let out a muffled grunt and retreated. He looked back in panic at where he had been standing, trying to figure out what had just happened.
At that moment, where Jia Yun had just stood was now occupied by another person. This individual wore a long green robe and appeared to be around seventy or eighty years old but looked as vigorous as someone in their forties.
Seeing this person's back inside the shield, Liu Guanfeng joyfully shouted: "Master, you finally came!"
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