Messed up love

Chapter 37- Last Battle

   "Starboy, we're leaving!" Xue Yang called out to his lover. Xingchen walked over with his sword in hand and smiled softly, he gave Xue Yang a quick kiss on the cheek.
    "Let's go," Xingchen said, dragging a half dazed Xue Yang away.
     They ran to the group and Wei Ying greeted them, "Uncle, are you ready?"
    "I'm ready, let's go before the group gets ahead," Xingchen said and walked away with Xue Yang next to him.
    They walked at a fast pace before running into the trees. They were running through a path before arriving at a fork where they met Xichen's group.
     "Xichen," Wangji bowed.
     "Zewu Jun," the rest said bowing.
     "Young Master Jiang, Young Master Wei, Master Xue, Master Xiao," Xichen greeted with a bow, then turned to his brother, "Wangji, when we were back in the city, we came across Wen Ruohan's puppets. Now they may have flanked our rears, and they are close to us."
   "So is our rear," Wangji replied.
     "Now there are pursuing forces after two armies," Xichen said, "it seems now, there is only one way to go." He turned to his left.
     Everyone looked, "Nightless City?" Wangji asked, earning a nod from his brother.
    "I am afraid that those queues of puppets don't want to kill us," Wei Ying said, "but corner us in Nightless City."
    "Wen Ruohan tempted us to go deliberately," Xichen said, "and Mingjue disappeared without a trace."
     "Now the appointed time hasn't come yet," Jiang Cheng said, "attacking Qishan recklessly like this may destroy Clan Leader Nie's plan."
     "Now we are in a dilemma" Xue Yang said, "I'm afraid we have been in a trap this whole time. Going to Nightless City is not up to us."
    "So we have a rest here for a while," Jiang Cheng added, "and attack Nightless City." He walked away and Wei Ying started to follow him but stopped.
     "Zewu Jun, who on earth gave you the Formation Map of Qishan?" He asked.
     The man smiled, "An old friend did."
     Wei Ying slowly nodded, "Oh," he walked away with Xue Yang and Xingchen.
     "Who do you think it is?" Xue Yang asked once they were out of earshot.
     "I don't know, but if Zewu Jun trusts him, then so should we," Xingchen said.
     "I guess," Wei Ying shrugged.
     "Let's go!" Jiang Cheng called out. The group walked to him and followed him and Zewu Jun to Nightless City.
    They were met by people from the Wen Clan once they arrived. Xue Yang drew his sword and got close to Wei Ying, while Xingchen drew his own and got near Jiang Cheng.
    The Wen disciples all screamed and ran towards the group. The group ran forward and began attacking.
    Xue Yang ran in a circle around Wei Ying, moving his sword swiftly and skillfully. He stopped and stood back to back with his friend, "You can fight now."
   "Thanks," Wei Ying said before using flute as a sword and blocking the hits. Xue Yang let the man block while he attacked and killed the disciples.
    They fought together while Xingchen fought with Jiang Cheng.
    Jiang Cheng was getting better at fighting, Xingchen noticed. He had been teaching his nephew more of what Baoshan Sanren had taught him and it seemed to be helping. Not his anger management though, that was simply a part of him.
    They fought and in the end won, with few people left. "Master Wei, Master Xue, what do we do now?" A man asked, "Do we barge in and attack Wen Ruohan?"
    Wei Ying and Xue Yang looked at each other, then turned around, "Shh," Xue Yang shushed the people. Everyone stood in silence and heard groans coming from behind them, they turned around and someone yelled.
    "It's the puppets!"
Xingchen clenched his jaw, "These guys again?" He whispered.
Wei Ying and Xue Yang stuck together and Xingchen got close to Jiang Cheng. They watched the puppets get closer and got their swords up and ready, "Let's do this," Xue Yang whispered.
The puppets attacked and so did they. The puppets were strong but not experienced and skilled enough.
Xingchen spun in a circle, back to back with Jiang Cheng, and fought off the puppets. Xue Yang stayed next to Wei Ying and kept the puppets away from the man, his swiftness letting him kill almost all of them. If he missed a few, Wei Ying would take care of them.
"I'm going over there," Wei Ying said as he fought. Xue Yang nodded and followed the man up to the pillar, he stood next to him and put his sword away.
Wei Ying brought the flute to his lips and let the music flow through the air. Everybody watched as the puppets began fighting among themselves.
Xingchen stopped fighting and grabbed Jiang Cheng's arm, "Wait." Jiang Cheng stopped and looked around, his eyes widened at the sight. The puppets all dropped to the floor one by one until only a couple were left.
Wei Ying stopped playing the flute and lowered it to his side. Wen Ruohan suddenly came barging through the door, "Who is controlling them?" Xue Yang scoffed, this was heard by Ruohan, "Xue Yang!"
"Yes?" Xue Yang drawled, "Do you need anything?"
"It was you!" Ruohan brought a hand up but stopped when a sword was impaled through his chest from behind. It was Meng Yao.
Xue Yang chuckled, serves him right. He and his friend went down to the floor and stood next to their friends.
"What was that?" Jiang Cheng hissed.
"A little show for you guys," Xue Yang whispered back with a smirk.
Meng Yao pulled the sword out and watched the man fall to the ground with a thud. He looked back up and saw Xichen, he smiled.
Xichen ran up the stairs and stood next to him, they shared a couple of words before walking inside the mansion.
Xingchen turned to Xue Yang, "Is it over?"
"Yes, it is," Xue Yang replied with a smile. He heard a thud behind him and turned around, "Wei Ying!"