Chapter 53 - Peach Blossom Sword Intent (1/2)

Bai Mou’s shocked and surprised voice could be heard coming from outside the palanquin. It seemed like she was fighting the enemy and was shocked by their strength. “Who are you? Don’t think I can’t find out who you are when you have hidden your martial technique! No matter how powerful your background is, death is the only consequence you have to face for assassinating the prince!”

Suddenly, she shouted anxiously, “Your Highness, look out!”

An extremely strong force fell from the sky, smashing onto the palanquin like a meteorite. In the blink of an eye, rings of light burst out of the palanquin, and countless complicated array lines flashed one by one across its surface—they were all defensive arrays with the ability of reflection.

Bam!

Although Qin Yue’s palanquin was tough, it was still blown apart by that force. It was completely shattered, and the fragments shot away in all directions. Meanwhile, the force did not reduce at all as it continued to smash down after shattering the palanquin!

Bam!

Four figures flew out of the palanquin to both sides. As a result, the attack missed the target and only left a large crater in the place where the palanquin was originally located.

In the distance, Bai Mou breathed a sigh of relief as she forced her opponent back with a palm strike, then ran toward Qin Yue.

She examined Qin Yue, and after finding that he had received no injury other than a footprint on his chest, she turned to Yunxiao and shouted, “Li Yunxiao, how could you kick His Highness away to save the two maids?”

Holding a beauty in each hand, Yunxiao landed in the distance and put down the two maids who were completely horror-struck, before saying with a smile, “I only have two hands, and I can only pick up the beauties instinctively when the situation is urgent. Isn’t Prince Qin Yue unhurt?”

“You!” Bai Mou was fuming with anger. She was about to scold further when Qin Yue grabbed her.

“Young Master Yun is a kind man, so it’s only right for him to save the girls first when facing danger. Now, we better think about how to escape.”

All the guards Qin Yue brought with him had been killed, many of whom were Martial Masters. Although the enemies also suffered many casualties, two men with unfathomable strength were unscathed. They were now staring coldly at Qin Yue, approaching step by step.

A trace of anger flashed in Bai Mou’s eyes as she shouted, “Don’t think that I don’t know who you are. You deliberately hide your body shape, use the bone-shrinking skill to alter your appearances, and also use agile and light martial techniques. In this way, although you can’t defeat me, you can hide your true identity, and your task is just to hold me back.”

She gradually calmed down. “But, the most important part of your mission is to let Ji Meng kill His Highness. Am I right, Gao Feng!”

After listening to what she said, the masked man tore off the mask covering his face, revealing a cold face with a towering murderous look in the eyes. His aura was released in an instant, causing his black coat to split into countless cloth strips and scatter all over the ground. At the same time, his short and thin body began to swell, growing more than a foot taller and muscular in the blink of an eye.

The other man also tore off his mask and stood coldly beside Gao Feng.

Bai Mou’s heart went cold. Of the two men, one was a Martial Lord of the Four Quadrants realm and the other was a Great Martial Master of the Three Powers realm. It seemed that they were in grave danger today. She said angrily, “Gao Feng, as the First Unit’s commander of the State Guardians, how could you support Prince Qin Yang? Have you ever thought about what His Majesty and Commander Xiao will do to you when they find about this?”

Expressionless, Gao Feng said coldly, “Didn’t you also choose to support Prince Qin Yue, Commander Bai? It seems that you are more involved in the struggle for the throne between two princes.”

“I was ordered by His Majesty to protect Prince Qin Yue. What about you? Does His Majesty know about your mission today? Does Commander Xiao know?”

“It’s no use talking about it. Since I’ve already struck, I’m going to complete the mission! All of you will die today!” He turned to Ji Meng and said, “Go kill Prince Qin Yue! And kill that little boy from the Li Family and the two maids as well! Make it quick, and then come and help me kill Bai Mou!”

Bai Mou and him were both Martial Lords. Although his strength was better than hers, it was not easy for him to kill her in a short while.

A cold gleam flashed through Ji Meng’s eyes as he nodded, “Yes!”

He then leaped out and threw a palm toward Qin Yue’s forehead. Although the prince was also a warrior, he could not be Ji Meng’s match. Bai Mou was startled, and was about to rescue Qin Yue when she felt a mountain-like force coming toward her and aiming at her vital parts!

Qin Yue’s face flickered. Although he was a little frightened, he took out a small flag unhurriedly and poured his Primordial Qi into it.

A bright blue light and a strong aura burst out of the small flag at the same time. He casually threw it out, and the flag immediately grew larger as its butt thrust into the ground. In the blink of an eye, a half-man-high blue flag stood beside the prince, and then a complicated array emerged under his feet.

Just then, the palm strike which Ji Meng had thrown out with one hundred percent of his strength as a Great Martial Master came crashing down. However, it was blocked and repelled by the blue light emitted from the array!

Ji Meng’s pupils constricted as a huge counterforce rushed up through his arm and into his body. Greatly shocked, he quickly suppressed the force, but his internal organs had already shaken by it, causing him to cough up a mouthful of blood. He rolled several times in the air before landing, and then took a few steps back to steady himself.

Yunxiao’s eyes lit up in the distance as he murmured in surprise, “Sanskrit Sea and Cloud Flag…”

Bai Mou was greatly relieved when she saw Qin Yue take out the flag. “Gao Feng, you should recognize this flag, shouldn’t you?” she cried out in a deep voice. “Without the strength of a Martial King, it cannot be broken at all! So, get the hell out of here now!”