Chapter 118: A Showdown of Spirit Weapon Against Spirit Weapon (1/2)
Seeing his own princess leave without a care for her life and hearing her speak of dying together with another man caused Prince Mu Xingde to feel furious and anxious at the same time.
”You come back here for this prince, Qing Yun. You are this prince's woman. If you want to die, you will die with me, and I will not die! Ptooey!” Mu Xingde howled with fury as he looked at Qing Yun's back, far off in the distance. He then snarled to his subordinates, ”You pieces of trash. The heck are you all doing just standing here frozen? Go grab Laozi's princess back.”
”Your Highness, this…” Li San was a bit hesitant. The current situation clearly shows that the chance to grab Qing Yun back was long gone.
”What is this? You dare defy orders?” Mu Xingde whipped out the sword he carried. He looked sinister.
”Your Highness, this subordinate does not dare. This subordinate will go grab your princess back at once.” Li San nearly fell off from his horse from fright.
”Forget it. There's no need to go anymore.” The voice of the old woman rang out from within the carriage. Her voice sounded old and raspy, and it was hard on the ears. But to Li San's ears, her voice sounded like music. How excellent! He didn't have to go anymore. Mu Xingde might not listen to other people, but the old woman's words carried a lot of weight.
Sure enough, the sinister expression on Mu Xingde's face faded away, and it was replaced by depression and anxiety. ”Grandmother. She is none other than this king's princess. How can I just let her go? I…”
”Your Highness. You may be able to keep her body, but you cannot keep her heart. Right now, time is of the essence. Qiongxi is in danger. We need to inform the capital post-haste. You must not wrong the nation for the sake of a mere woman.” The old woman spoke with sincerity and honesty as she urged, ”Let us go then. We will be too late if we dally any longer.”
“Sigh!” Mu Xingde let out a deep, hateful sigh. Then, he helplessly said, ”All right then. Let's go back. Move out!”
After the order was given, the troops, who came here in a hurry, turned back onto the road they came from and hurriedly made their way back to the capital.
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At Luosang City, a few city guards listlessly leaned against the city gates. Their heads tilted up to the skies as they yawned. They looked like they hadn't slept on the previous night.
Trot trot… A horse-rider quickly rushed here at this time, setting off clouds of dust that filled the air. The hooves of the horse caused the ground to thump.
The sound shocked the muddled and sleepy city guards awake. They forcefully roused their energy and stood up straight. They opened their eyes and gazed off into the distance, only to see a young fairy-like woman riding a horse that destroyed the ground as it approached.
”Wow, what a beautiful girl.” A slurping sound came from the mouth of one of the guards. Drool came flowing out in a long stream.
”Hurry up and close the city gates. Enemy forces have come to attack!” The young lady quickly rode through the city gates at lightning speed. She left behind those words, before instantly making her way past the gates.
The city guards only returned to their senses after Qing Yun's beautiful image completely faded from their lines of sight.
”Uh, did she just say that enemy forces have come to attack?” A city guard asked another guard next to him.
”I think so,” The other guard answered. ”She's even told us to close the city gates.”
”Ha. What kind of joke is this? Why the hell would enemy forces attack this place? This is Luosang City. Not even birds want to shit here. Nobody wants this place, even if it's for free. Only those who have nothing better to do would spend resources to attack us.”
”Something's not right. I think I hear something.”
These soldiers were very weak in strength. It was only now that they heard the sounds of an enormous army galloping over.
The gate guards grew silent as they strained their ears to listen.
”There isn't anything. You've gone stupid. Where do you hear the sound coming from?” A guard spoke.
A different guard threw himself down and plastered his ear to the ground. He listened for a while before his complexion suddenly changed. He leaped back up at lightning speed and loudly yelled, ”Hurry up the watchtower!” As soon as he finished speaking, he ran toward the city gate tower.
The other people didn't understand what the heck this fellow was doing, but they immediately followed him due to their curiosity.
They climbed up the watchtower, and their line of sight was broadened substantially. It was at this instant that they saw the rolling clouds of dust about to assault them.
”Is that a dust storm?” Someone stupidly asked.
”Storm your f*cking head! Quickly close the gates! It's an enemy attack!” The leader of the guards finally discovered what was wrong. He used the energy of cursing to let out the loudest of shouts.
The city gates turned chaotic after he shouted.
”Messengers, hurry and inform the City Lord. It's an enemy attack! The rest of you should go ring the alarm bell.”
”Yes.”
The city guards followed the commands of the leader of the guards and began to bustle about.
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At the Qin Family, Qin Yu engaged against six opponents by himself. He had annihilated the seven-star formation after going through a period of chaotic close combat fighting, and the remaining six people were no exception; they were all blasted away soon.
Qin Yu had the might of the Blood Devouring Demonic Blade. How could a mere seven-star formation that was teetering on the edge of destruction withstand him?