Chapter 32 Chapter 26 Catti-brie's Surprise

"I thought the lizard you were sitting on was shot." Drizzt tried to put on some confidence on his disappointed face. Bo Yinyong stared fiercely at the impatient ranger with his eyes shining red, and didn't speak back. "That was a beautiful shot," Dendro agreed. "It just hit the lizard. Anyway, you and your poor friends had a lot of fun." Dendro casually reached out and took it from his brother. Death Lance. "Ready to die, Drizzt Do'Urden?" he said, lowering the tip of his gun. Drizzt crouched to his feet, his swords crossed in front of him.Where were Catti-brie and Entreri?He wondered, worried that they'd already been blocked in the back passage—perhaps by Dendro's men?

Catti-brie might be dead.The desperation that came with that thought rushed through him suddenly.But You Xia shook off this thought and reminded himself to trust her and trust her to take good care of him. Dandra's lizard mount leaped forward, dashing sideways along the wall.Drizzt had no idea where the monster would turn toward him.Jump from the ground?Jumping down from the height of the wall?Or would it run straight to the top of the tunnel, leaving its rider hanging directly above him? Dendro knew that Drizzt had lived on the surface world for years, where there was no zenith hanging over his head—had he considered that last option to be the most cunning?

Drizzt started to run towards the opposite wall, but immediately fell to his knees, and at that moment, Dandra's flying mount glued the sole of his foot to the roof of the cave, and the tip of the spear just missed the ranger by a hair. head.As the riders rushed by, Drizzt leaped, gripping his lance. There was a sudden pain in the lower back, and he looked back to see Bo Yinyong straddling his mount calmly, loading the second crossbow bolts into the crossbow. "There is no fair duel here, Drizzt Do'Urden!" Dendra laughed.He turned his mount and ran towards the ground, lowering the tip of his spear again, ready to attack again.

※※※※ Entreri met the dark elf's formidable hand, with a dizzying swing of sword and dagger, and it was clear that the opponent was a seasoned fighter.Behind the elf, the other dark elves were advancing on Entreri, and they felt reassured as their companions caught every cornered blow of the Assassin. "What are you doing?" Entreri snapped, seeing Catti-brie kneeling beside a boulder.She stood up and shot an arrow at the stone.Another arrow was shot, and he fell to his knees. "What are you doing?" Entreri pressed harder. "Shut up and deal with that drow," Catti-brie yelled back, and Entreri looked at her suspiciously, suddenly not knowing what to do with this surprising figure.Almost as an afterthought, Catti-brie brought out the onyx statue and set it on the ground. "Come back, Guenhwyvar." Her voice was so calm. "My heroic companion still needs your help."

An enraged Entreri roared and lunged at his opponent - exactly what Catti-brie had hoped for.Entreri's sword arced to strike, the jeweled dagger to jab at every opportunity. His dark elf counterpart yelled something, and the nearest of his kind plucked up the courage to step forward and join the fray.Entreri cursed, and reluctantly took a step back into the corridor. A silver light flashed past the assassin's eyes, making him dizzy for a while, and when he saw his surroundings clearly again, he was facing only one opponent again.And the other dark elves in the side road had already run away without a trace.

Entreri gave Catti-brie a sarcastic look, but she was still shooting arrows at the rock, too busy talking to the panther who had returned beside her, to pay him any attention. ※※※※ Drizzt could feel the drow's poison burning in his back, but he could also feel the healing potion he had just gulped take effect.He pretended to be dazed like he was about to fall, and then he heard Danjo laughing out loud, taunting him.Drizzt fell to the ground when Boyinyon's crossbow sounded as expected.The smug dart was shot so that the smug martial arts master couldn't help laughing, because the short dart hit the stone surface not far from Danzhuo's head.

Before Drizzt could get to his feet, Dandra's lunge came straight for him.Drizzt bent his knees and dodged backwards, rolling out of the way, the enchanted death lance missing a single blow and passing him by.As he ran past Drizzt, Danzhuo slapped him in the face, and Drizzt's two scimitars were too weak to deal with the spears, so he couldn't return to defense. The martial arts master turned around so quickly that Drizzt had to dodge aside, his powerful spear scratching a deep scratch on the stone.Drizzt immediately turned around, hoping to hit a hit when Danzhuo rushed past again, but Danzhuo acted extremely fast, not only rushed out his long sword to block Drizzt's thrust, but even counterattacked and hit Drizzt who stretched out arm.The longsword was sheathed quickly, faster than Drizzt could keep up.

The lizard turned and scrambled up the passage wall, and Drizzt dodged hastily back the other way. "How long can you last, Drizzt Do'Urden?" The arrogant martial artist knew Drizzt's quick dodge would only wear him out. Drizzt yelled back, but couldn't deny it.But when he stood up and turned to watch the lizard's movements, he saw a glimmer of hope out of the corner of his eye: the face of the black panther appeared around the bend in the outline. Danzhuo was turning his mount to prepare for the fifth sprint. At this moment, the black panther suddenly rushed out.The lizard under the seat turned sharply, throwing Dendro off the saddle.When the two beasts rolled together, the master of martial arts at least loosened the binding straps and fell to the ground. He stood up and faced Drizzt in embarrassment.

"It's fair now," Drizzt said. A crossbow bolt whizzed past Danzhuo, past Drizzt's parried scimitar, and pierced the ranger's shoulder. "It's not easy." Denjo corrected, the smile returning to his face.Before Drizzt could see clearly, Danzhuo had already drawn his swords and rushed over.In the back of his mind, Demon Sword, perhaps more eager for this battle than the martial artist himself, completely agreed with what he said. not easy. ※※※※ "Where are you going?" Entreri yelled, seeing Guenhyvar rush past him, ignoring the opponent he was dealing with.The distraught assassin took his frustrations out on the drow bereft of an ally in front of him, a triple hit that knocked the hapless creature out of step and slashed one of his arms.Entreri could have ended the fight quickly, but he was distracted from Catti-brie.

"I'm just punching holes," she said, as if explaining everything.She quickly unleashed a few arrows, blasting the stubborn stone on a giant stalactite to pieces.An arrow flew, falling through the darkness into the cavern below. "There is battle ahead," Entreri shouted, "and the drow will soon be floating up from the hole in the zenith." "Then you take care of them!" Catti-brie yelled at him. "Let me do my thing!" Entreriton returned the next retort, his lips tightened, determined that if he lived after all this was over, he would make Catti-brie regret what he had just said.

The assassin's enemies jumped at him, thinking that when his mind wandered, it would be a good time to strike and win quickly.But Entreri's sword blocked left and right, and a straight thrust not only dodged his blow, but also added another wound to his bleeding arm. ※※※※ Guan Haifa and the subterranean lizard rolled into a ball, tearing and biting, the fur of the black panther and the scales of the lizard flashed alternately.Because the neck is relatively long, the lizard shook its head and bit Guan Haifa's waist, but Guan Haifa also firmly bit the root of the lizard's neck.What's more deadly is that the panther's claws penetrated the lizard's body, making them roll around, and the panther had a greater advantage.Guenhwyvar clasped his front paws firmly, and his hind legs raked the lizard's chest frantically. The victory was in the hands of the desperately attacking black panther, but Guan Haifa suffered a pain in his back and wounded her with a sword. The panther suddenly retracted its waist and abdomen, and tore off a large piece of flesh from the lizard's shoulder, but the sharp pain from the waist made her eyes go dark.Guan Haifa was already scarred when he ran through the trails below, so he had to give up the fight at this time, turning into a cloud of mist and stepping on the passage back to the astral world. The torn lizard rolled on the stone surface, bleeding from its neck and flanks, its internal organs protruding from its body.It crawled away at its fastest speed, found a hole and got in. Bo Yinyong ignored it.He just sat back on his mount and waited with interest for the upcoming battle.He was about to load another arrow into the crossbow, but changed his mind and just sat down. Just stand and watch, no need to do anything.No matter who wins this confrontation, Bo Yinyong will gain something. Showing his hands, the master of martial arts put his two swords on his shoulders, and approached Drizzt unhurriedly.He was about to say something, Drizzt was thinking when he saw a sword flying.Drizzt raised his sword to fight, and heard a long cry of swords clashing, Danzhuo's other sword was cut out, but suddenly he backhanded the hilt of the first sword. It was difficult for Drizzt to comprehend such quick action.He blocked the second sword with a flash of light in time, and the result was a blow to the face.When Dan Zhuo flew up with the other hand, he received a second palm on the face.Dandra moved so fast that Drizzt couldn't keep up. What kind of magic does this drow possess?Drizzt wondered, he couldn't believe anyone could move so quickly. Dandra's blade began to glow with a distinctive red light, but because the martial arts master shot like lightning, Drizzt saw only a cloud of red in his eyes.Drizzt only had the strength to parry, he gesticulated with the two knives back and forth and heard the sound of metal and iron clanging.All thoughts of fighting back were wiped out, and Drizzt could only hope that Dendra would soon be exhausted. But a smile appeared on Dendra's face, knowing that Drizzt, like the other dark elves, was incapable of fighting back effectively. The flash blocked a slashing sword on Drizzt's left; but Dandra's other sword flashed an arc and swept towards Drizzt's right.Drizzt blocked the knife straight, almost staggering.He almost just blocked the blade with the point of the knife, and it was difficult for Drizzt to completely block the sword at such a dangerous angle.As soon as he was short, the blade brushed against the tip of the knife and passed over his head with a "swish", then turned back and slashed back from the right side.Drizzt twisted back, and the blade cut deep into the stone wall! Drizzt almost cried out at the sharpness of the magic weapon—it sliced ​​through the stone wall so lightly it seemed it was nothing more than a wall made of that choking cheese Bruenor loved to eat! "How long can you hold on?" Dan Zhuo laughed at him, "Your actions are getting slower and slower, Drizzt Do'Urden. I will cut off your head soon." Full of confidence The master of martial arts approached arrogantly, and he was even more proud when he saw that the legendary ranger's performance in battle was nothing more than this. Drizzt froze on the spot, fearing dire consequences if he lost, but he quickly pulled himself together.He forced himself to face reality, forced himself to think seriously, to focus entirely on the opponent in front of him.He couldn't be led away by Dendro's lightning-quick movements, he had to see deep down, see through the patterns of a cunning and sophisticated opponent, see through his tricks the way Dendro first did when he charged at him on the lizard. trend.The reason why Drizzt was able to guess that Danzhuo would attack from the zenith was precisely because he saw the key point from the perspective of a martial arts master. It's the same now, Danzhuo stabs left and right, slashes up and down, and then starts a series of attacks, but Drizzt predicts the direction of the attack in time every time. Before Zhuo Gong came, he had already started defending.The martial arts master's attacking methods are almost the same as Zaknafein's attacking methods when he trained Drizzt.Since Dendro was quicker than any dark elf Drizzt faced, there was no way for Dendro to change his move midway. He caught a sword stabbing from above, flashed a round and smooth arc to push away another sword that was expected to stab straight.Drizzt knew that what he expected was right, Danzhuo's swiftness trapped his opponent, but it also trapped himself. It was another dangerous stab, but Drizzt had already bent his knees and raised his saber to pick up Dandra's sword.The martial arts master's second blow followed the same path of the sword, but the flash immediately cut off the upward movement of the sword, forcing Dan Zhuo to jump back and retreat. With a roar, the martial arts master rushed from the right side, slapping Drizzt's double knives continuously, slowly forcing them upwards.Drizzt parried every movement, held back by this pattern of attack.At first, Drizzt was still thinking about how to find an effective counter move, but he suddenly understood the purpose of Danzhuo's offensive, which was a scene that Drizzt often performed when he fought with his father in the past. Unbeknownst to Dandra -- only Drizzt and Zacknafein knew -- Drizzt had found a way to undo the trick. After forcing the two scimitars upward, Dendro's sword suddenly folded under the two blades and thrust at Drizzt.This is called a double-stage stabbing attack. After forcing the opponent's weapon to be raised, he suddenly turns back and hits the opponent's chest and abdomen directly. Drizzt jumped back, and the two scimitars interlaced and pressed on the double swords that flew forward. This was the only way to counter the double thrust - crossing and pressing.But Drizzt had already started to counterattack at the moment of defense. He put his weight on his front foot, and kicked his back foot suddenly between the two knives, kicking right between Dan Zhuo's surprised wide eyes. Being kicked right in front of the door, Dan Zhuo staggered a few steps back.Drizzt caught up from the right, and his swords rolled towards the martial arts master who was a little dizzy from the kick.Now he is pressing forward, and the continuous slashing does not allow the opponent to fight back, and does not allow Danzhuo to use his speed advantage to counterattack. Now it was Dandra who had to deal with Drizzt's dizzying moves, with waves of knives coming at him from all directions, leaving him at a loss to parry.Drizzt didn't know how long his stormy attack could last, but he knew that he must never let Danzhuo turn his defense into an offensive, and he must never let Danzhuo take the initiative again. Danzhuo, on the other hand, tried his best to keep his balance in response to every ultimate move, and the martial arts master would dodge to one side every time the scimitar stab came.Drizzt noticed that Danzhuo's movement speed was astonishing. Although his dodging and moving figure was dexterous and harmonious, he could be called the master of martial arts in the Banrui family, but apart from his hands, Danzhuo's movements were not Not faster than Drizzt. A flash forward.Danzhuo swung his sword away.Drizzt flipped his wrist slyly, and the blade rolled around the blade and bit into the martial arts master's arm. Danzhuo jumped back, trying to get out of the entanglement of the sword, but Drizzt pressed forward step by step, and the wind of the sword rushed towards him.Drizzt dispelled Danzhuo's fierce counterattack time and time again, and the flowing arc of the knife trapped the thrust of the blade again and again. Could Dendro predict Drizzt's actions, just like the ranger had predicted the actions of the martial arts master?Drizzt thought to himself slightly sarcastically, turning his mocking smile into action.The flash passed forward, but the sword only raised it.Drizzt turned the scimitar back, and Dandra tried to withdraw the blade. But Drizzt suddenly stopped and turned back, too fast for Danzhuo to respond.The scimitar cut deeply into the other arm of the martial arts master, flinging it far away, and then Drizzt swiped the knife horizontally, followed the knife in, and made a solid slash on Danzhuo's abdomen. The master of martial arts retreated from the pain and jumped away from the deadly opponent. "You did a good job," he said frankly.Although he still looked confident on the surface, Drizzt could tell from the quiver in his voice that the blow had hurt him enough. Danzhuo unexpectedly laughed. "Bo Yinyong!" he called out.look aside.When he found that his brother had disappeared, his eyes widened in surprise. "He wants to be a master of martial arts." Drizzt concluded calmly. Danzhuo was furious, he rushed forward with a loud shout, suddenly seized the opportunity, and attacked like a thunderbolt. ※※※※ Flying a sword, the assassin took a step forward, and with a hand of the dagger, his dagger hungrily devoured the opponent's blood.Entreri stabbed twice, then backed away and watched the dead drow fall to the ground. When the assassin was thinking about whether he should jump into the side passage immediately, a few short darts flew out from there and nailed to the wall opposite the corridor, he shook his head helplessly. Entreri turned to look at Catti-brie, who was still kneeling quietly, and asked her again what she was doing. The woman with reddish-brown hair looked innocent, she smiled, took out the last sand-filled hourglass and put it into the small hole blasted by the arrow. The assassin's face paled for a moment, suddenly realizing how Catti-brie had blown up the walkway in the hole below, and suddenly understanding what she was doing. "We should go." Catti-brie straightened up holding the Tamari bow. Entreri was already on the move, and he didn't even look for a second as he sprinted down the trapped corridor. Catti-brie followed, laughing.She also lingered for a while by the large hole in the ground that led to the main cavern, yelling at the dark elves who were floating in the air, laughing that they might not like her hospitality. ※※※※ Stabbing left and right, slashing east and west, Danzhuo's attack can be described as swift and violent, but Drizzt's double-knife parry and hovering are more than capable.The resourceful ranger once again used his third weapon - his leg - to fight back.He raised his leg and kicked it straight to the martial arts master's injured chest and abdomen. Dan Zhuo did not stop because of this, but retreated to the defensive.Desperately parrying Drizzt's relentless attack. Entreri loomed around the corner. "Run!" he yelled.Although the assassin needed Drizzt to lead him through the last journey of escape, he didn't dare to stop and drag the ranger away. Then came Catti-brie, just in time to see Drizzt's twin blades split apart the pair of longswords Dandra defended with a flash of lightning.The two moved at the same time, but Drizzt lifted his knee faster than Danzhuo and punched hard.There was a sudden burst of severe pain, and the severely injured martial arts master knew that it was impossible for him to stop Drizzt. Drizzt's flashing knife thrust back into Danzhuo's ribs, and at this moment the two froze face to face. "Zaknafein will definitely defeat you." The ranger made a firm conclusion, and pierced Danzhuo's heart with the flash knife. Drizzt turned to Catti-brie, trying to see why there was so much fear in her wide-eyed eyes. The movement of her running towards him was very strange, and the ranger was stunned for a while before realizing that she was rushing because of her unsteady footing—the shock wave of the explosion was approaching rapidly.