Chapter 953: Just who regrets it? (2/2)

His Highness and the princess had yet to find them. If they died at Bai Yanqing’s hands and he went down the mountain, how was His Highness supposed to trick him back up? Their status as subordinates meant they had to obey orders utterly. That meant throwing away their lives as a sacrifice if the circumstances demanded!

Baili Mingxiang hadn’t forgotten, but she couldn’t shoot Bai Yanqing. If she did, Xu Donglin would die too!

In her second of hesitation, Bai Yanqing had already broken free from Xu Donglin’s clutches! As Xu Donglin rolled to one side, he lost consciousness while blood poured from his orifices. At the same time, Baili Mingxiang’s poison reacted. Sapped of all strength, she collapsed to the ground. She didn’t even have the strength to use the Raging Flame Lotus anymore.

Without a single moment’s delay, Bai Yanqing strode in front of her body. “Baili Mingxiang, I regret to say I didn’t get a chance to see your true skills. How’s the feeling of this poison?!” With a cold smile, he wrapped his hands around his sword and stabbed down.

Clang!

With a bright clatter, Bai Yanqing’s blade broke into pieces, sparing Baili Mingxiang from death. She looked at the broken length of the sword in shock, but Bai Yanqing simply tried to stab her with the remaining fragment instead!

Abruptly, a powerful sword qi blasted in front the sidelines like an arrow loosened from its quiver. Its force was powerful enough to topple mountains and overturn seas! Not only did it knock the sword out of Bai Yanqing’s hands, but it also forced the man back a few steps. Baili Mingxiang turned and saw two figures nearby. Despite this, she couldn’t make them out past a blur. Still, it was clear between the elegance of one and the towering strength of another that they were the princess and His Highness.

They had finally made it!

Bai Yanqing didn’t even bother looking at the newcomers. His first instinct was to reach for Baili Mingxiang, but Long Feiye had his eye on him! His sword qi struck at Bai Yanqing’s arm while Han Yunxi was already rushing to treat Xu Donglin’s poison. Bai Yanqing avoided the blow and tried again, but Long Feiye’s sword qi was far quicker than his hands. This time, it blasted against his entire body. Such massive power forced Bai Yanqing to evade the blow and keep a healthy distance from Baili Mingxiang.

His eyes grew cold as he flew towards Han Yunxi and Xu Donglin next, but Long Feiye’s power went beyond his expectations! The sword qi he blasted this time was multiple times stronger than the last! Although Bai Yanqing managed to evade the blow, he was still injured by its effects. Half of his wide sleeves had been torn clean to tatters.

Finally, Bai Yanqing tossed his sword aside and stood there with both hands behind his back. After making a few strange gestures, a sudden wind started up in the air. Although the breeze wasn’t very strong, it could still buffet their faces. Now he was planning to use poison!

Han Yunxi had just finished treating Xu Donglin’s poison and now returned to Long Feiye’s side without hesitation. At the same time, Bai Yanqing turned tail and dashed for Baili Mingxiang again. Luckily, Long Feiye was watching him. Nor had his sword stopped moving!

“Xu Donglin’s fine now, but Baili Mingxiang can last fifteen minutes max. Fight a quick battle,” Han Yunxi murmured.

Long Feiye circled his hand around her waist and took to the skies with his other wielding his sword. He cut a handsome arc through the air, sending another blast of sword qi towards Bai Yanqing. Pinned down by the blasts, Bai Yanqing found it impossible to touch either Baili Mingxiang or Xu Donglin. Meanwhile, his airborne poisons were completely nullified by Han Yunxi. As long as she existed, he couldn’t use any toxins!

The tag-team efforts of Long Feiye and Han Yunxi made victory impossible for Bai Yanqing. He knew this well, but he wasn’t planning to win in the first place! He’d only chased up here because of Baili Mingxiang. Now he’d changed from offensive to defensive. Avoiding multiple strikes from Long Feiye, he hesitated briefly before fleeing back down the mountain.

“Bai Yanqing, if you want to kill yourself, this crown prince can leave you with an intact corpse!” Long Feiye called out coldly. Simultaneously, an iridescent surge of sword qi hit the ground in front of Bai Yanqing, forcing him to retreat uphill. He landed on his feet but remained quite calm.

“As expected, the Lustbite energy is extraordinary!”

Long Feiye landed with Han Yunxi in his arms. “Speak, just what happened between East and West Qin? Did your Wind Clan do anything? And where is the Black Clan now?”

Bai Yanqing laughed out loud. “Long Feiye, the Baili Army and Cloud Realm Trade Consortium are both at the base of the mountain. It’s quite interesting that you’re asking this old man such questions here!”

Long Feiye and Han Yunxi had already transferred regiments of poison guards and poison mercenaries from the City of Daughters to stand guard around the place. Leaving aside those people down the mountain, even disciples of Hundred Poisons Sect would find it hard-pressed to approach them here. Whatever Bai Yanqing said today would be known to the two of them only!

“You don’t have to say a thing, but this crown prince will definitely make you regret it!” Long Feiye warned.

Bai Yanqing only laughed louder. “Long Feiye, I’ll talk, but don’t you dare regret! Haha!”