Book 4: Near Blood - Chapter 19: Assassination (1/2)

Whoosh!+

The sharp arro through the air, hurtling towards Zhu Xianyao’s face

Just as it was about to pierce her face, Su Chen suddenly shoved Zhu Xianyao, knocking her aside

The arrohich gloith an inky-green hue, flew past her face, only slicing off a few hairs as it flew by

Zhu Xianyao quickly rolled backwards into a crouched position She had yet to get back on her feet, however, when a nuures appeared in rapid succession at the feet of the castle and began to shoot up the side of the castle

This kind of castle as basically useless against Origin Qi Scholars Scaling the as an easy feat — with just a few leaps, the group of people quickly reached the top of the wall

The person at the very front slashed at Zhu Xianyao with his blade The blade surged withintent

At this un to react She sla into the air to dodge that strike

At the salinting with a sharp, piercing light The edges of their swords glowed frostily

Zhu Xianyao retreated

Her bare hands unleashed a wave of energy At the same time, a shrill screech escaped fro out for reinforcements

However, the other opponents also knew that theirto kill her was growing sli off Zhu Xianyao’s front, back, left, and right,at all

At the same time, the first three assailants si them at Zhu Xianyao

Zhu Xianyao knew the situation wasn’t good In the face of such desperate circumstances, she revealed a pitiful expression When the three assassins saw this, they actual froze briefly for just a rowl shook the three of them simultaneously out of her reverie

However, in this brief moment of hesitation, Zhu Xianyao had already attacked Layers of energy began to e into one of the assailants and knocking hier at another assailant That person responded with a sword strike, forcefully blocking the finger jab fro At the same time, the third person’s sword rushed over Zhu Xianyao wanted to activate her charain, but a sudden shrill cry pierced into her consciousness

She could only hear the noise, but couldn’t actually see the person who had made the noise

As if she had been pierced by a needle, Zhu Xianyao felt her head suddenly hurt, and she was unable to activate her charm skill in that moment The assassin’s sas already on its way towards her, carrying with it a strong killing intent A sensation of despair creeped its way into Zhu Xianyao’s heart

At that ure suddenly flashed in front of her, sla heavily into the assailant

“DON’T HURT MY YAOYAO!” Following this deep groo entwined figures tu!” Zhu Xianyao yelled

Whoosh!+

Another arro through the air

Zhu Xianyao already flew into the air A ray of golden light began to shi+ne from her body

The arrow slammed into her body but was unable to penetrate it

Streaks of sharp blade light surged through the air, chasing after Zhu Xianyao

One, two, three!

Under the power of these three blade strikes, Zhu Xianyao’s ray of golden light protecting her shattered

The blade strikes continued to chase after Zhu Xianyao, who danced through the air as she retreated

This cry had also shocked the people in the castle into e out His eyes turned red fro spear surging forward

The spear roared forward like a dragon, slah the air and unleashi+ng a frightening ripple of energy

Zhao Jingas forced backwards

Thewas that a fifth blade strike had appeared

It was aiain It see to return if he didn’t kill Zhu Xianyao

Just as this fifth blade strike was about to land, athe streak of blade light

That blade of light struggled in the grasp of the massive hand of sand as if it were alive In the end, the hand of sand actually couldn’t maintain its control and it was eventually shattered by the blade and bleay in the wind, disappearing without a trace