Chapter 19: Assassination
Whoosh!
The sharp arrow flew 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 arrow, which glowed with 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 number of figures appeared in rapid succession at the feet of the castle and began to shoot up the side of the castle.
This kind of castle wall was basically useless against Origin Qi Scholars. Scaling the wall was 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 with majestic momentum, carrying with it a strong killing intent.
At this moment, Zhu Xianyao had already begun to react. She slammed her palm into the ground, sending herself shooting into the air to dodge that strike.
At the same time, two more people charged forwards, their swords glinting 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 from her mouth. She was obviously calling out for reinforcements.
However, the other opponents also knew that their window to kill her was growing slimmer. A wave of massive energy surged forward, blocking off Zhu Xianyao’s front, back, left, and right, making it so that she had no way of maneuvering at all.
At the same time, the first three assailants simultaneously raised their blades and swung 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 moment.
"Idiots! Wake up!" A low growl 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 emanate from her hands, slamming into one of the assailants and knocking him flying. She immediately turned around and jabbed her finger at another assailant. That person responded with a sword strike, forcefully blocking the finger jab from advancing. At the same time, the third person’s sword rushed over. Zhu Xianyao wanted to activate her charm skill again, 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 sword was 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 moment, a fat body figure suddenly flashed in front of her, slamming heavily into the assailant.
"DON’T HURT MY YAOYAO!" Following this deep growl, two entwined figures tumbled over the wall of the castle.
"Tianyang!" Zhu Xianyao yelled.
Whoosh!
Another arrow flew through the air.
Zhu Xianyao already flew into the air. A ray of golden light began to shine 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 motion. Zhao Jingwen was the first one to charge out. His eyes turned red from rage when he saw this and charged forwards, his long spear surging forward.