Chapter 1051: Bai Yuqiao senses something amiss (2/2)

But then!

A new team of archers two rows deep and 20 men strong suddenly appeared before them and let their arrows fly! They were now blocked in three directions, but the only way back would just lead them to Tiger’s Prison, where there was no escape!

“Just who are you?!” the head of the archers demanded. The Duke of Kang had tripled the guards both inside and outside Tiger’s Prison, but the three outside factions had suddenly been attacked by a pack of tigers--not domesticated, but wild tigers from the forest. The unexpected ambush had made them suffer heavy losses, yet two white tigers had also attacked the inner guards. They had no idea what was going on and thought the white tigers were running rampant, which was why they didn’t dare to anything except resist for fear of hurting them. Even the Duke of Kang’s favorite, Hao San, didn’t have the guts to injure the beasts, much less wound them.

That was why both guard divisions suffered severe losses, reducing the 300-men strong archers to just 20 or so left. They had even been fleeing this whole time instead of fighting back. It wasn’t until they heard news of the prisoners’ escape that they realized the truth.

Manager Jin wasn’t a talkative man, so he ignored the archers while tightening his grip around Mu Linger’s waist. His hand slapped his tiger, which charged at the left flank of guards. Immediately, the tigers carrying Ning Jing, Bai Yuqiao, and Su Xiaoyu followed. The archers released their arrows while the poison corpses rushed to attack. The tiger who had led them here went to attack the archers while his two brethren dealt with the poison corpses. In a flash, the scene descended into a chaos of fighting.

Manager Jin protected Mu Linger as he fled and fought the guards. Bai Yuqiao shielded Ning Jing, leaving her defenseless to block anything. Behind her, Su Xiaoyu shouted, “Idiot, use poison!”

Bai Yuqiao finally realized she could fight with poisons too! Although she had no weapons on hand, her stock of poisons was ample. She was still Bai Yanqing’s disciple in the end, a girl who had studied poisons since her youth!

Poisons were ineffective against the poison corpse guards, but very useful against the regular men. Shielding Ning Jing’s back and evading sword slashes aiming her way, Bai Yuqiao released two poison needles into the attacking guards’ hands to numb their fingers and make it impossible to wield a sword. Before more guards could attack from the opposite side, the white tiger pounced on top of them and slammed against their chest, causing the victim to spit up blood and die.

“Watch out!” Su Xiaoyu suddenly jumped off her tiger to kick away an arrow flying towards Bai Yuqiao.

“Thanks!” Bai Yuqiao shouted back.

Su Xiaoyu ignored her and kept dodging more arrows.

Manager Jin had already brought Mu Linger far away, but Bai Yuqiao and Su Xiaoyu were stuck between the swordsmen and archers. Meanwhile, a group of poison corpses had broken free of the poison tigers and were heading their way.

“Su Xiaoyu, I’ll shield you, so get out of here!” Bai Yuqiao exclaimed.

Su Xiaoyu gave her an odd look but didn’t question it. “Just look after Ning Jing, I don’t need your protection!”

At this moment, an arrow buried itself in Bai Yuqiao’s shoulder. She pulled it out without hesitation and said coldly, “It’s poisoned!”

Very soon, she discovered this wasn’t a poison she could treat and immediately switched to holding Ning Jing with her other hand. Su Xiaoyu jumped off her tiger once more to land behind Bai Yuqiao and help her deflect arrows. The injured tiger, now free of its rider, began to throw itself madly at the attacking archers. All of them stopped in fear. Bai Yuqiao’s group wanted to seize the chance to flee, but there were too many poison corpses to break through. As the white tigers had to consider their safety, they couldn’t go wild with slaughter. Gradually, the trio found themselves hemmed in between the poison corpses, archers, and guards.

Bai Yuqiao looked left and right before muttering, “What’s Jin Zi’s game? Escaping on his own?”

Indeed, Jin Zi had already ran far away while protecting Mu Linger. By now, the two of them were very safe.

Mu Linger cradled the baby in one hand while pinching Manager Jin with the other. “Go back and save them! Go back and save them already! They’ll die! Ning Jing will die!”

“Let go! If you won’t go, I will! Let go!” Mu Linger was furious and almost drew blood as she pinched Manager Jin’s wrist. He knitted his brows in response, obviously in pain, but refused to speak…

1. At this moment I realized I was using “Tiger’s Den” for the past 30＋ chapters, cursed to myself, and went on a Find and Replacing spree.