Chapter 696: The perfect match, Ye-Xi 2 (2/2)

With that, Long Feiye put away his whip to wrap both arms around Han Yunxi and push off the ground.

“Long Feiye, are you running away?” Lady Leng Yue was surprised. With his sword abandoned and his whip stored away, what else could he be planning?

“His Highness Duke of Qin has no need to move against a crowd of women like you. This wangfei will take care of you lot!” Han Yunxi answered loudly.

As Long Feiye hugged her and abruptly dove into the crowd of assassins. Stunned by their actions, the group reeled but held firm. They were trained killers, so they wouldn’t back away. All of them faced off Long Feiye and Han Yunxi head on with swords drawn. Unfortunately, the man easily evaded their blows to flash too quickly by their sides. Han Yunxi didn’t even have to use her Pear Blossom Teardrop Rain needles with Long Feiye’s skills. He quickly and steadily weaved amongst the swords, giving her the best chances to spread her poison with time to spare.

Han Yunxi ended up using the various poison needles hidden in her mouth, fingertips, feet, arms, and hair bun instead. Long Feiye led her close to every victim as she attacked. Because he moved at lightning speeds, she had trouble keeping up, but soon she was able to match his moves. As her poisoning speed increased, her movements became smooth and experienced. Soon enough, the dozens of killers were reduced to only ten. The rest were incapacitated on the ground from poison and couldn’t even move. Lady Leng Yue had finally seen her share of the world. Her heart was pounding fast!

She never thought Long Feiye and Han Yunxi would team up! Multiple times, Long Feiye had reached her too, but she’d escaped poisoning by dodging faster than Han Yunxi could attack. Even now, he was merely acting as a protector to the woman, forgoing attacking to guide her amongst their foes. His skills made it impossible for anyone to touch him, much less hurt him. Even Lady Leng Yue would have difficulty without aide from her Double Harmony Swords.

Thus, Han Yunxi could poison as she pleased as long as Long Feiye remained unharmed. In other words, the victor was already decided! Lady Leng Yue knew that the logical choice was to order a retreat. She had already completed the task given to her by Bai Yanqing. And yet, she couldn’t bear to end things like this!

“Long Feiye, you’re too contemptible! What does it count for to have a woman help you?” Lady Leng Yue fumed.

Long Feiye ignored her. Usually, it was Han Yunxi’s role to deal with the viper tongued antagonists. She retorted loudly, “His Highness Duke of Qin disdains to face off against women like you. Naturally, this wangfei will assist in his stead. Would any other women here be willing to help his side?”

Besides Han Yunxi, every female here was allied with Lady Leng Yue! How was she supposed to refute that?

“Sharp tongued and acerbic! This old woman’s going to kill you!” Lady Leng Yue summoned her discarded blade from the earth and combined it with the other to emit a large field of sword qi.

“Leave her for your lordship, but take care of the others first,” Long Feiye murmured. He easily evaded Lady Leng Yue and Leng Shuangshuang’s blades to take Han Yunxi past the latter. Although Leng Shuangshuang had been on guard, she was no match for Long Feiye’s speed. Her legs quickly gave out from under her as she fell victim to poison.

“Shuang’er!” Lady Leng Yue cried in alarm.

“Mother!” Leng Shuangshuang exclaimed before spitting up a mouthful of black blood. It was obvious that Han Yunxi had poisoned her with a different toxin than the rest–something fatal.

“Shuang’er!” Lady Leng Yue ran over to support Leng Shuangshuang. At the same time, all of the other assassins stopped to form a human shield between them and the attacking couple.

“Only I can cure her poison. If you don’t want her to die, you better behave,” Han Yunxi warned.

But Lady Leng Yue simply ignored the warnings. She helped Leng Shuangshuang to her feet before turning back to dive into the maze pathway. Only four assassins remained behind to stand guard at its entrance and buy their master time. They were quite loyal, but Long Feiye and Han Yunxi didn’t antagonize them any further. Their goal wasn’t to chase Lady Leng Yue when the real employer of the kidnappers was still here.

The young woman had witnessed everything. It had taken less than two hours for the equally dazzling woman by Long Feiye’s side to take care of everything beneath the cacophony of flashing blades.

No! She couldn’t believe her eyes. As she turned to flee, Long Feiye quickly moved to block her way with Han Yunxi in tow. The latter let her Pear Blossom Teardrop Rain needles fly, brushing past her face and knocking off its veil…