Chapter 41 (2/2)

As for Xue Ying? He did not have any fear with the strength of a Legend rank knight. All he had was a somewhat puzzling curiosity towards the Lu Clan’s castle.

“Fellow experts.”

Xue Ying and the rest of the experts began walking towards the deck. Looking downwards from the flying-ship, they could clearly see a majestic castle. Right now, they were just about 300 metres away from the castle. However, because of the mist shield produced by the Arrays on the flying-ship, people looking up from below couldn’t see the ship at all.

“Fellow experts! I will be using my magic to create a shroud over everyone , in order to make us less visible in a moment. We will then directly jump down and penetrate right into the castle. It would be best if it is possible to assassinate Lu Huai Ru before the guards find out,” Jing Qiu stated.

“Good. Let us all follow what Jing Qiu said,” Bai Rong replied.

“Indeed… It is to our fortune that we have a Silver Moon Mage with us.” Tang Xiong laughed.

Qiang. Instead of replying, Xue Ying started his preparation of fixing the two parts of the Flying Snow God Spear before the battle.

Looking at Xue Ying, Bai Rong scoffed before unsheathing his two-handed great sword.

Everyone was fully prepared, and ready to enter battle at any time.

“Huu~~~” The azure-robed Jing Qiu began casting a spell with the staff in her hands, causing a gust of wind to sweep across everyone.

“Let’s head down now,” she said.

“Let’s.”

Hu… Hu… Hu…

The five experts jumped down simultaneously. With their strength, it was entirely possible to fall 300 meters without being injured. The purpose of the wind cast by Jing Qiu though was solely for the sake of adjusting the landing point and to hide the presence of the experts from any unwanted eyes.

Xue Ying looked towards the ground. Along with the descent, the wind aided in bringing the five experts towards the inner courtyard. The entire inner region of the castle was shaped as if it was a mysterious octagonal creature lying on the ground. At the same time, the gust of wind began sweeping away the dust and leaves in the surroundings, preventing the soldiers of the castle from even opening their eyes.

Sou…Sou…Sou…Sou…Sou…

With the aid of the wind, the five experts landed on the roof of the castle quietly.

“Let’s enter the castle!” Bai Rong wielded his two-handed great sword, ready to take down anything that came his way.

“Omm—-”

Right at this moment, a sudden piercing brightness shone right on the roof of the castle. Xue Ying and the other four experts had nowhere to hide.

“Assassins!” A cold, piercing voice broke out from within the castle, reverberating throughout the entire inner courtyard. “Right there on the roof! Kill them!”

“Assassins!”

“Over there! Let’s kill them!”

Right on the castle walls that separated the inner courtyard from the outer region, there were many soldiers patrolling. Within moments of being alerted, over two hundred Star Breaking Crossbows were pointed at the five experts. Naturally, with the strength of a Meteor Mage who was an expert in refining plus four other Meteor Knights commanding the soldiers, the security of the entire castle was extremely tight.

“We have been discovered,” Tang Xiong announced.

“Humph! So what if we were discovered? No big deal. Just kill all of them!” Bai Rong laughed with condescendence.

“Everyone, our target this time is the Lu Clan. It has nothing to do with you all! But if you decide to go against us, you will die!” Jing Qiu warned the soldiers. That statement was clear and right to the point. Coupled with a clear and beautiful voice, it could hypnotize anyone into becoming subservient to her. However, underneath the surface was a deadly intent. The entire surrounding air became colder and colder, causing frost to appear on the surfaces of the courtyard.

Within the blink of an eye, even the small soil particles on the ground became frozen solid. The entire majestic castle of the Lu Clan was turning into an ice castle. Soldiers all around began shivering from the bite of the icy-cold air.

“Cold… ” Some soldiers began falling onto the ground as they lost the energy to overcome the frigid surroundings.

“Retreat from the area touched by my Frost Domain and you may survive. Otherwise, the only path for you will be death,” Jing Qiu warned those mortal, insignificant soldiers with a tiny bit of kindness. After all, she had no grievances with them.

“Hu…”

Xue Ying looked at the frost around him. He felt amazed towards Jing Qiu’s fine control over the element of ice. Even though he knew that she was an expert in the field of ice element, this was clearly beyond his expectations. Being able to extend her frost domain accurately across the entire castle, and to lower the temperature of the surroundings enough to make the soldiers surrender without death, Jing Qiu was clearly an expert in the field of ice element.

Still, even with such a fine control, over time, the frostbite could kill.

“Let’s quickly leave!” Several soldiers who had stronger physique began pulling those who were weaker than them out of the area of effect. Servants within the castle also took the chance to escape from the battle that was about to begin.

Under the power of Jing Qiu’s Frost Domain, those two to three thousand soldiers had no hopes of prevailing. The only choice they had was to escape as far as possible. After all, was there any hope of winning the battle under such conditions that their entire bodies were numbed to the point that they couldn’t even control their limbs?

“Let’s continue.” Staff in hand, Jing Qiu jumped off the roof with the four other experts.

Since they could not assassinate Lu Huai Ru, the next best choice would be to simply kill him openly.

…

“Humph! A bunch of idiots. What use do they have?” Lu Huai Ru began shaking his head as he looked outside the castle at the soldiers who were trying to escape. “Now the only one I can depend on is myself and the traps that I’ve laid inside the castle. Whoever dares to enter and come after me will surely die a terrible death.” Lu Huai Ru scuttled his way across the corridor, with a single goal in mind – to enter the secret passage within the castle.

Lu Huai Ru was confident.

He was confident that the arrays he set could easily kill three to five Silver Moon Knights. Furthermore, there was still the Demon God’s Emissary living within the castle! All of these factors made him overflow with confidence.