Chapter 556: A Master Who Fights Four Against One |
The Pill Spirit finally shifted his attention forward.
Li Xiangrou was already facing off against the two men before her.
"Princess, it'll be easier if you just come quietly."
"Why bother struggling?"
The man from earlier looked at her coldly, a smirk playing on his lips.
The other man beside him also slowly walked forward.
He didn't say anything, just looked at her with a mocking gaze.
The two of them clearly didn't take her seriously.
"Well then, let's see if you actually have the skill to back that up."
Their strength was formidable, even slightly superior to hers.
But for the sake of the guards behind her, she had no choice but to fight them.
"Princess, be careful!"
Commander Li reminded her from behind.
At the same time, the other guards all rushed forward.
"Halt!"
However, they were once again sternly stopped by Li Xiangrou.
The clanging of armor sounded from behind, followed by everyone coming to a stop.
They had no choice but to obey the princess's command.
Under normal circumstances, they might have had different reasons.
But now they were on the battlefield, and disobeying orders was a major taboo.
"Quite loyal to your people."
One of the men couldn't help but chuckle upon seeing this, speaking with amusement, "Too bad it's useless."
"That's right, prepare to die!"
The other man chimed in as well.
"Whoosh!"
In the next moment, they both attacked simultaneously.
They charged towards Li Xiangrou before them.
The two showed no intention of holding back, both striking with their full power.
Seeing both men charging at her at once, Li Xiangrou didn't dare to be overconfident.
Swinging the Profound Sword in her hand, she suddenly counterattacked.
Empowered by her Immortal Power, the Profound Sword unleashed a fierce sword aura.
It tore through the void, abruptly shooting towards the two men.
"What a powerful sword aura!"
One of the men exclaimed in astonishment, hurriedly raising his heavy saber horizontally in front of him to block her attack.
"Whoosh!"
And at this critical moment.
Ning Qi also made his move.
With just a wave of his hand, a stream of energy coalesced.
It then shot towards Li Xiangrou's sword aura.
In the blink of an eye, it augmented her sword aura.
No one present was able to detect any of this.
"Clang!"
As a result, the sword aura accelerated and collided with that man's heavy saber.
"Hmph, mere child's play!"
The man snorted coldly, laughing loudly as he said, "Die!"
"Thud!"
However, his prized heavy saber suddenly shattered.
Immediately after, his entire body was bisected at the waist by the sword aura.
A massive amount of blood sprayed out.
The smell of blood instantly filled the air.
The man stared in shock at his lower half, which was already plummeting towards the ground below.
"Second Brother!"
The man beside him cried out in alarm upon seeing his companion killed.
"My Soul is also being corroded..."
The man had originally intended to let his Soul leave his body, planning to find a chance to escape.
But to his astonishment, his Soul was also trapped within his own body.
Watching helplessly as it was about to be extinguished along with him.
"I'll kill you!"
The other man, seeing his sworn brother on the verge of complete annihilation, body and soul.
Instantly flew into an uncontrollable rage.
He charged forward desperately.
The longsword in his hand erupted with a fierce sword aura.
It slashed directly down towards Li Xiangrou.
This strike actually cleaved a visible scar through the void itself.
Li Xiangrou still didn't know what had just happened.
She was very clear that her own attack just now absolutely could not have bisected that man with a single sword strike.
However, after snapping back to reality, she saw the other man also charging at her.
"Swish!"
Unfazed, she swung her sword in counterattack once more.
"Hum!"
Yet, before her, a visible curtain of light abruptly materialized.
The moment the light curtain appeared, it securely enveloped and protected her.
And that was just the beginning. After the light curtain appeared, the attacking man's strike seemed to be forcibly severed by an unseen force.
Before it could fully descend, it abruptly ground to a halt.
"Argh!"
The man roared in fury, mustering all his strength once more, trying to kill Li Xiangrou before him.
But no matter what, he couldn't advance another inch.
"Thud!"
In the next moment, Li Xiangrou's attack landed once more.
Directly cleaving that man in two.
Similarly, a wretched death. To his dying breath, he didn't know how he had died.
"Princess!"
"Victorious!"
...
The guards behind her began to cheer loudly.
They understood clearly that the strength of the two men just now was definitely not something they could have resisted.
Yet when Li Xiangrou made her move, it took only two strikes to annihilate the men before them.
This greatly boosted their morale.
Everyone, who had already given up hope, felt hope reignite.
"Princess, I never expected you to have actually found a True Immortal expert to help you!"
Before everyone could celebrate for long, someone emerged from the shadows of the forest.
"Zhao Tianling."
Li Xiangrou recognized this person at a glance.
Her eyes fixed on the man before her.
Clearly, they were acquainted.
"Princess, your eyesight is truly sharp, you haven't forgotten this old man."
Zhao Tianling smiled, glancing behind her, "Come out, no need to hide anymore."
Only after hearing his words did Li Xiangrou suddenly realize.
She understood what was going on.
So, it wasn't that her own strength was formidable just now, but that Ning Qi was helping her!
She instantly felt relieved.
Glancing back, she saw Ning Qi also stepping out from the carriage.
His face wore a slight smile.
He looked completely harmless.
He gazed mockingly at Zhao Tianling before him.
"Indeed an expert, peak True Immortal strength."
Zhao Tianling observed Ning Qi briefly and concluded his strength.
His aura was significantly stronger than his own.
However, he wasn't afraid. After speaking, he also glanced behind himself.
"Whoosh!"
"Rustle rustle!"
Immediately after, three more people walked out.
Judging by their auras, their strength was not weak either.
Clearly, they were all experts at the True Immortal level.
What grade, however, was unknown.
Looking at it this way, they had four True Immortal-level experts.
Li Xiangrou couldn't help but feel worried.
She knew Ning Qi was at the Celestial Immortal level.
But these few men were also no pushovers.
If a fight broke out, Ning Qi might not necessarily gain the upper hand.
"Ning Qi, you should leave first."
Reacting quickly, Li Xiangrou hurriedly warned him.
"Don't worry."
Ning Qi just smiled, and had already stepped to stand beside her.
"What does peak True Immortal strength matter? The four of us joining forces, killing you will be as easy as child's play."
Zhao Tianling looked at Ning Qi and Li Xiangrou, then continued, "No wonder the people sent to ambush you last time all failed. So you had an expert helping you."
"Princess, we truly underestimated you."
"Zhao Tianling, how dare you lay hands on the princess of our Yue Kingdom! Do you want your entire clan exterminated?"
Commander Li rode forward on his horse, staring coldly at the group before him.
Clearly, they all knew each other.
"Hmph, if we kill all of you, won't no one know then?"
Zhao Tianling snorted disdainfully, his eyes full of mockery.
He looked at the few people before him like this, not taking them seriously at all.
"Sir, no need to waste words with them, let's attack together."
"Right, to prevent them from pulling any tricks!"
...
The other three who had arrived all watched Ning Qi warily.
In their view, only by dealing with Ning Qi could they achieve a permanent solution.
Then killing Li Xiangrou would be as easy as turning over a hand.
"Good, attack!"
Zhao Tianling agreed and abruptly made his move.
His target was none other than Ning Qi.
"Be careful."
Li Xiangrou showed no intention of fleeing. Instead, she stepped forward.
Attempting to protect Ning Qi.
"Whoosh!"
However, to her surprise, Ning Qi vanished from his spot with a flash.
When he reappeared, he had transformed into a ball of fire.
Clearly, he had already activated the Crimson Fire Immortal Technique.
"Sizzle sizzle!"
In the next moment, with just one hand, he directly pierced through one man's chest.
That man was instantly engulfed by raging flames.
Reduced to ashes.
Even his soul wasn't spared, directly incinerated by Ning Qi.
This single move instantly killed a True Immortal expert.
Shocking everyone present.
They never expected a True Immortal expert to be killed so easily.
Ning Qi shook his hand in disgust, then turned his gaze to another person.
That person wanted to dodge, but it was already impossible.
Watching Ning Qi walk towards him, each step made him feel powerless.
"Swish!"
In the next moment, before he could even move, Ning Qi had already drawn the Immortal-Slaying Sword, directly piercing through his chest.
His speed was too fast, his attack too fierce.
These people simply didn't have time to react before being killed one by one.
They had no chance to resist at all.
In the blink of an eye, he had successfully killed two.
The remaining two already sensed something was wrong.
"You... you're a Celestial Immortal!"
By this point, Zhao Tianling also realized he had misjudged earlier.
He never expected Ning Qi to be a Celestial Immortal expert.
By the time he reacted, two people were already dead.
"Retreat."
The other man also saw the situation was bad and was about to leave with him.
They had no chance of winning left.
"Whoosh!"
However, before he could even react.
Zhao Tianling had already fled a step ahead of him.
Afraid that if he was a step slower and Ning Qi caught up, he would only meet his end here.
"Damn it!"
The man cursed, then hurriedly gave chase.
"Swish!"
But it was already too late.
After Ning Qi arrived, with just a casual, effortless move, he easily bisected that man at the waist.
The body was split in two. Under the surge of sword aura.
The two halves of the corpse shot violently to either side.
This sword aura wasn't just aimed at this one person.
Its main target was actually Zhao Tianling.
"Whoosh!"
At this moment, Zhao Tianling also sensed the ferocity of the sword aura behind him.
Taking a deep breath, he abruptly accelerated.
It was at this moment that he secretly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Within this mouthful of blood was clearly a drop of his Soul Blood.
This small action went unnoticed by Ning Qi.
After this mouthful of blood sprayed out, it abruptly flew away.
Vanishing from sight in the blink of an eye.
It was much faster than his main body.
It escaped after just a single encounter.
"Thud!"
As for Zhao Tianling's body, it had no chance to escape.
It was directly pierced through by Ning Qi.
"Bang!"
Then it exploded apart.
One move, one kill. Three strikes, three True Immortal experts dealt with.
Leaving everyone present utterly stunned.
Especially the guards and Commander Li.
They had seen Ning Qi act before and had always thought he was just an expert who had recently broken through to the True Immortal level.
But they never expected Ning Qi to be this strong.
In the blink of an eye, he had completely annihilated four True Immortal experts.
This was the strength of an absolute expert. Anyone before him was mere child's play.
He hadn't even used much effort to resolve everyone.
"Kill!"
Commander Li was the first to react, shouting the order.
Leading his men into action, they charged into the forest to kill.
Now leaderless, these people were no match for them at all.
"Kill!"
Li Xiangrou wasn't idle either, joining the fight.
In her eyes, there was no such thing as expert demeanor.
Only the conviction to avenge her people.
Soon, the people who had surrounded and ambushed them here were slaughtered to the last man.
Even those who could have escaped were given no chance by Li Xiangrou.
She killed them all one by one.
She gave no one any opportunity to resist.
For a time, the battlefield completely transformed into a slaughterhouse.
"Young Master Ning, thank you!"
After everyone was dealt with, Commander Li finally approached, speaking respectfully to Ning Qi, "If we can return safely and ascend the throne, you will be a founding hero of our kingdom!"
"As long as you return safely, that's all that matters. The rest has little to do with me!"
Ning Qi smiled frankly, then continued, "However, your return shouldn't be a problem."
"Yes, this is all thanks to Young Master Ning's help!"
Commander Li said respectfully once more.
"Ning Qi, thank you for your help!"
"If it weren't for you, we would all have perished here today!"
It was at this moment that Li Xiangrou also returned.
Her eyes were filled with gratitude.
She also hadn't expected Ning Qi to be absurdly strong.
She had been worried at first, but now, seeing his strength, she felt even more reassured.
Just now, she was very clear.
Ning Qi hadn't even used much effort to resolve all these people.
Then, his Celestial Immortal strength was beyond doubt.
With his strength, even if he went to the Myriad Swords Sect, he could probably take on an elder's position.
"Alright, let's move forward a bit, find a cleaner place to rest for a while."
Ning Qi looked at everyone and said with a smile, "No need to thank me, we're friends!"
He already considered these people his friends.
Earlier on the journey, although there had been unpleasantness, it was all for survival.
Throughout this journey, Ning Qi had also come to understand how difficult their path had been.
Just the number of ambushes they had experienced was unknown.
"Move out!"
"Leave one team to handle the bodies!"
"Leave the fast horses for them. After dealing with things here, catch up quickly on horseback!"
Commander Li issued orders one by one, then said to Li Xiangrou, "Princess, let's depart!"
"You all go ahead first. I'll stay with everyone to clean up the battlefield."
However, Li Xiangrou directly refused.
She planned to stay with everyone to collect the bodies of the guards.
"Princess, please let us handle this!"
Several guards, seeing this, stepped forward and said.