Chapter 6: Bloodbath Scare
"Wait." Chen Nan hurriedly stepped back and said, "Your Highness you are too heartless, right, during the daytime when I clearly knew that your camp was in a weak position, I still threw myself in without a second thought, how can you treat me like this."
"Hey hey, you stinking thief is really slippery, you have already seen that the third prince will definitely silence you after the move, otherwise you were willing to risk your life to make a deal with me."
"Cough this so you can't kill me even more, your guards have been seriously injured, I at least still have the power to fight," she said.
The little princess pondered for a while, looked at him and smiled, said: "Good, in that case, I will let you go for now, here, put this on your back."
Looking at the box containing Houyi Bow handed over by the Little Princess, Cinnan screamed, "Don't, kill me." He understood that the Little Princess had made a decisive decision, she endured the pain and threw down the Houyi Bow to divert the crowd's target while looking for a chance to escape.
"Good, I'll kill you." The little princess pulled her sword out.
"No, don't, I'll carry it."
On this quiet night, the forest was secretly hiding killing opportunities. The Third Prince's tent is in the shadow of a sword, and he's having a quiet discussion with his men.
Yang Chong, the commander of the guards under the Third Prince, said, "Zhuge Zhanfeng, that old man, is definitely not around, we were all fooled during the day. Your Highness make your move, so as to avoid a long night's sleep.''
The Third Prince pondered slightly for a while and said, ''Don't be in a hurry first, anyway, we have them surrounded, monitor them closely and don't act rashly. Let them be nervous for a night first, when they are slack at dawn, then we will make our move."
Yang Chong said: ''There is no need to attach such importance to them, almost every one of them is seriously injured, even if that little witch is more powerful, can she still be stronger than your highness''
The Third Prince lightly said: "Yang Chong you are not sophisticated enough, you are so reckless, how can I rest assured that you will be able to take the lead?" Yes, it is true that they are all seriously injured, but even a sick tiger can be powerful, never belittle your enemy. Since one night can break down their fighting spirit and weaken their strength, why don't we take advantage of it? The way to overcome the enemy is to create favorable conditions for yourself by all means, you still have to learn it well ah.''
Yang Chong's head had already seen sweat, he was respectful and fearful of this His Highness the Third Prince, in the Third Prince he could always feel a domineering aura if nothing else, giving a heavy sense of oppression.
"Yes, subordinate knows the mistake."
The third prince paced a few steps in the tent with his hand behind his back, said: "Once we have won, you take the Houyi bow and immediately return to the Bay Moon, there shall be no delay on the way, do you understand".
"Your Highness, are you not leaving?"
"I can't leave yet, I haven't gone to the Falling Wind Mountain Range to see the Qilin yet." The Third Prince laughed.
Yang Chong said, "Your Highness, this is too dangerous."
"It will be more dangerous for me to rush back to Bay Moon right away. In that case, anyone can see that I did it. Hehehe, if I stay here, without evidence, who can say I did it."
"Your Highness is brilliant."
"Alright, you go and set it up, tell them that when they strike at dawn they must do it cleanly and not leave a single survivor." The Third Prince's face was ice-cold.
"Yes, I understand." Even though Yang Chong had already experienced countless life and death tests, he couldn't help but shiver at this moment.
Little Princess Chu Yu had gathered all her men together, she had changed her image from her usual playful and smiling image, at this moment, she looked solemn and unparalleled, resembling a calm and steady general.
"That scum Chen Nan has already told you what is going to happen, right, no crime, the crime of the bosom, the third prince of the Bay Moon country is ambitious, want to play my Chu country heirloom Houyi bow idea. Both sides of the strength difference, even if I now Houyi bow to them, they will never be merciful, will still kill to silence. But there are two ways to die, one is to surrender without a fight and die a humiliating death, the other is to die a heroic death, which one do you want to choose?
Inside the tent, the guards lowered their voices and roared, "Heroic death."
"Yes, although we have been pushed into a desperate situation, we must not give in, we must fight to the end and make them pay the heaviest price, are you willing to defend the dignity of Chu with your blood?"
"Yes."
"We are willing to fight for the Princess."
"We are willing to shed our last drop of blood for Chu."
Chen Nan sighed in admiration of the little princess's skill, obviously she wanted to escape with the help of all the people, but she also had to speak in such an impassioned manner.
"Good, now let's start setting up"
The Little Princess designated a place for each of the guards, explaining that they would quietly ambush there in a while while the night was still young.
And then the little princess said to Chen Nan: "Scum, considering your low martial arts skill, I won't ask you to kill the enemy, you just need to take care of the Hou Yi bow."
Cinnan: "
"Do you have anything to add?"
A female guard stood up and said: ''Princess, why don't we take advantage of the night to break out''
The little princess shook her head and sighed, ''All of you come here.''
She lifted up a corner of the tent, picked up a small stone from the ground and bounced it out, and not far away came the soft sound of the small stone falling on the grass. At the same time, there was a soft sound of bowstrings in the air, and dozens of flying feather arrows were shot towards that grass.
"You all saw it, right? They had set up an ambush for us a long time ago. Hehehe, since that's the case, we'll wait here and wait for them to fall back into our ambush circle."
The guards could not help but show admiration for the Little Princess.
The Little Princess added, ''I guess if they don't launch an attack within an hour, then there is a possibility that it will be delayed until dawn, you guys must be careful and never let up. Alright, you guys go get ready."
Chen Nan secretly sighed: I didn't expect the Imp to be so thoughtful, it's a pity that there are no usable soldiers in her hands, if the power in her hands is on par with the Third Prince, it's really not certain who will die, this little girl is really scary ah!
When the crowd was about to leave, one of the guards suddenly fell to his knees and swore, "I will do my best to escort the princess to escape from this place."
Seeing this, the other guards also knelt down.
"I will defend the Princess to the death."
"I will spare the last drop of blood for the Princess."
Everyone present swore in a low voice that they would use their lives to protect the little princess.
Of course there was one exception, the "scum" and "stinking thief" Chen Nan in the eyes of the little princess. He secretly said: just kidding, escorting this little devil she herself has long been prepared to escape. Darn guy, even asked me to carry Houyi Bow to my death. Alas, if Hou Yi Bow had not been sealed by someone, who can stop me now!
These guards exited the tent and immediately ambushed the neighborhood.
Chen Nan just wanted to walk towards the nearby tent, when a female swordsman suddenly drew her longsword and put it on his neck, saying, "You have to stay behind to protect the princess as well, stay here honestly."
Chen Nan felt that he was even more wronged than the sinus in the ancient myths and legends, inexplicably swept into this vortex and in a perilous situation.
Death was not painful, it was only instantaneous, and there was nothing more painful than waiting for death. Every minute is torment, heart strings with the time a little bit is pulled taut, until can not withstand that great force and break, collapse.
The guards under the young princess, despite their excellent kung fu, could not help but break out in a cold sweat during this long waiting process. On the contrary, the 'unknown' character in their eyes, Chen Nan, was more relaxed, Chen Nan had been surveying the escape route as he kept revising his escape strategy.
"Hmm, the first step is to first throw the Hou Yi bow at that unlucky guy, the second step should be to run to that place, then in hmm, the nth step is whether to pretend to be dead under that tree or not I'll think about it again hmm, and finally take advantage of the time when they're most confused to escape."
If the gang knew what was in Chen Nan's mind, they would definitely kill him immediately.
There was only a dazzling star of enlightenment left in the eastern sky, Chen Nan knew that the moment of life and death was coming, he took the dark Hou Yi bow out of the box and gently rubbed it with his hand. He whispered in the continental language of ten thousand years ago, "Old friend do you still remember me I am Chen Nan ah, I can't believe that after ten thousand years I can still be reunited with you."
A guard next to him pushed him and said, "What are you muttering."
"Oh, nothing."
At this moment, two dozen figures came in a circular formation. The guards under the Little Princess let out a long breath, the end of the agonizing wait was relief, no matter whether they could survive or not, they were unwilling to endure this kind of torment anymore.
At the end of the long night, the forest was filled with a murderous aura, and the twenty-odd people rushed up like tigers and wolves. At the same time, the guards under the Little Princess had already aimed their bows and arrows at the intruders.
"Whoosh"
"Whoosh."
Flying feather arrows were fired in unison, resounding with screams of misery, six people were killed by arrows on the spot and fell to the ground.
Yang Chong, the commander of the guards under the Third Prince, cursed in a low voice, "Damn, this Devil Princess is still on the defensive even when it's already dawn."
When the ninth person was shot to the ground by the flying feather arrows, the guards under the Third Prince had already rushed to Cinnan and the others, and the bows and arrows had lost their effect.
The guards under the Little Princess had gripped their own weapons to meet them, only two of them did not move in place, one of them was Cinnan, the other was the trainee magician who had survived the Giant Snake Battle. While Chen Nan was looking for an opportunity to prepare to escape, the trainee magician was chanting incantations and preparing to cast a spell.
A fluctuation of magical elements came from the air, and a huge ice cone formed quickly, the ice cone turned into a white light and rushed into the enemy group, piercing through the chests and abdomens of two people in the blink of an eye, and finally piercing a third person to death before shattering apart.
Trainee magician sneak attack after a burst of surprise, when he wanted to cast magic again but found that the body has long been no magic power, he was originally a seriously injured body, able to cast a magic is already very rare. However, not being able to cast magic again meant death, a steel sword was thrown over, accurately stabbing into the trainee magician's heart, the trainee magician slowly closed his eyes with an unwilling look.
Chen Nan still did not move, he was lying in the grass waiting for the best time to escape.
The two sides that were fighting each other had casualties, the Little Princess's guards were still struggling to hold on despite their injuries, it was a complete fight for their lives.
Suddenly, the little princess rushed out from the tent as fast as lightning, and broke into the enemy group, holding a thin sword in her hand, wherever she passed, someone would be killed, leaving a series of blood flowers in the air.
Chen Nan froze, he originally thought that the little princess would take advantage of the chaos to escape, but he didn't expect her to actually kill the enemy group, but he thought that she had temporarily changed her decision after a painful struggle, otherwise she wouldn't have forced the Hou Yi Bow to him before.
"I can't imagine that the imp has not yet evolved to the real realm of the devil, alas, after all, it is a little girl ah, the heart is not too hard, can't bear to abandon his subordinates to escape alone, if a few more years, it's not certain."
When the enemy group was in chaos, Chen Nan stood up with his dark Houyi bow in both hands, instantly he became the center of attention, a dozen of murderous auras surged towards him.
When the little princess saw that Chen Nan had successfully attracted the attention of his enemies, a trace of intolerance flashed in her eyes, but she turned furious next.
Chen Nan shouted at the guards under the Third Prince, "Brothers, I have no intention to make an enemy of you, don't you want this Houyi Bow, then" He threw the Houyi Bow out, but he purposely made the direction deviate, and the Houyi Bow landed beside the Little Princess.
"The guards under the Third Prince swarmed forward, and the guards under the Little Princess were eager to protect their master, so they also rushed forward. The encirclement immediately disintegrated, and everyone rushed towards the Little Princess or Houyi Bow, and the two sides mixed together.
The Little Princess stared viciously at Chen Nan, her eyes were on the verge of spewing out fire, if her gaze could kill, Chen Nan would have already been burned to ashes. Extremely unwillingly, she shifted her gaze to the enemies rushing towards her and met them with her sword.
Chen Nan laughed coldly, ''Don't blame me, people don't offend me, I don't offend them. It was you who first forced me to carry Houyi Bow to my death, I'm just trying to protect myself.''
He bent down and picked up a long sword from the ground and pinned it to his body, he turned around and was just about to run towards the depths of the woods when suddenly baring a sound, Hou Yi Bow fell from the sky and landed at his feet.
"No way, it's back so soon" Chen Nan looked back, the little princess was sneering at him in the midst of the enemy group, at the same time, a few of the guards under the Third Prince had already rushed towards him.
"Little girl you are ruthless." He no longer had time to throw Hou Yi back, he turned around and ran deeper into the woods, but just after running a dozen or so steps, he came to a violent stop, his body was cold.
The Third Prince led four guards out from the depths of the woods, a faint smile on his face as he said, ''Interesting, interesting, wonderful, wonderful. I didn't think that Princess Yu would have miscalculated, and was actually drilled by you, I really underestimated you, I never thought that you would still have such a quick wit. I was originally waiting here for Her Highness Princess Yu, I didn't expect you to be the first to escape."
"This Your Highness the Third Prince, I have never thought of making an enemy of Your Highness. I didn't come out of the palace with them, much less some eunuch. That little devil, oh, that Princess Yu, the reason why she is pestering me is because I know a heavenly secret that she has been trying to get out of me, but she has not been able to do so."
"You called her an imp haha you guy is really funny." The Third Prince laughed out loud, but his face sank next as he said, "You are at best a slippery person in front of me, don't play any tricks in front of me, and don't presume to beg me to let you go with some heavenly secret."
Chen Nan's heart sank, a layer of cold sweat had broken out on his body, he said, "It's true, I inadvertently found a map in an ancient cave, although I'm not very proficient in ancient cultures, I still recognize the words, there are three ancient characters on it, Xuanwu Armor."
「What」 the third prince exclaimed, but in an instant his face was covered with frost again, and he said in a cold voice: 「How dare you, how dare you talk nonsense in front of me」"
"Your Highness, I'm telling the truth, it's true, otherwise I wouldn't have been chased by that little devil for thousands of miles," he said.
The Third Prince's eyes let out two chilling lights, coldly staring at Chen Nan, and only after a while did he say, "Where is the map?"
"This has been hidden in a secret place by me."
"Hmph" the third prince coldly hummed: "You go and pick up the Houyi bow."
The guards who had been chasing after Cinnan for the Houyi Bow had retreated when they saw the Third Prince, and the Houyi Bow was not far away in the bushes.
The Immortal Treasure Xuanwu Armor, which had never been obtained by anyone before, really had a great attraction, and although the Third Prince did not believe in Cinnan's words, he still left his life behind, leaving it to be verified later.
"Whew," Cinnan let out a long breath. He held the Houyi Bow in both hands and handed it to the Third Prince, who had a look of excitement on his face, rubbing his hand over the dark back of the bow.
"The Continental Immortal Treasure Hou Yi Bow has finally come into my hands, haha," his eyes radiated with a hot light.
At this time the light of day has been bright, the forest floated a layer of light mist, a pungent blood in the forest filled, the depths of the forest fell a body.
The little princess's white dress had blossomed into a dozen blood flowers, her eyes contained fury, her sword saw blood, the guards under the third prince were killed by her for the most part. But her own guards also almost all lost, only one or two people lying on the ground intermittently issued a few weak moans.
''Stop,'' the Third Prince exclaimed, ''Her Highness Princess Yu is truly outstanding, the guards under my command are all good at holding off ten men at a time, but I can't imagine that there are still so many dead and wounded.''
The commander of the guards, Yang Chong, and the other three guards who were attacking the Little Princess retreated backward in unison.
The Little Princess leaned her sword on the ground, panting heavily, her long black hair already soaked in sweat, lock by lock sticking together. She had long been exhausted, but the tragic deaths of her guards had deeply pierced her heart, and she had supported herself until now with that anger in her heart.
The young princess looked angrily at the third prince and reprimanded him directly by name, saying, "Ren Jian aren't you afraid of provoking a war between the Chu Kingdom and the Moon Worshipping Kingdom when you do this"
"Hehehe, Princess Yu you should know clearly in your heart, today's matter will always be a strange case, no one will know that the little princess of Chu has had an untimely death here."
"There is no impermeable wall. Sooner or later, this incident will spread all over the continent."
"There's no wall here, and there's no one who listens to the wind."
The little princess pointed at Chen Nan and said, "Isn't he."
"Haha, I feel funny just thinking about it, the little princess of the Chu Kingdom, the famous Little Witch was actually put on the spot by such a small character."
The little princess stared viciously at Chen Nan, if she could still move, she would have already charged over with her sword. Cinnan was secretly furious that the little devil still wanted to frame him at this time.
The Third Prince coldly glanced at Cinnan, and then looked at the Little Princess, saying: ''Princess Yu, what do you think I should do with you? A stunning beauty like you, I really can't bear to kill, but by keeping you by my side, I have to always be on guard against you assassinating me. Ai, really a headache ah, think about it, also only will you quietly give away, I think some of the other country's prince will be very willing to accept you this gift.''
The little princess looked like she had made some kind of difficult decision, a trace of pain appeared on her face.
The third prince coldly said, ''You should not presume to use the power of those royals to take revenge or make them soften their hearts to let you go, you will be given away in the persona of a personal favorite, you are just a gift for me to form an alliance with others. Hehehe, I know you won't kill yourself, you won't let go of any chance of survival, only by surviving will you have a chance to take revenge."
The little princess sat down powerlessly on the ground.
Not far away, Cinnan's heart was chilled, this person, the Third Prince, was too terrifying, this was definitely a lord.
Suddenly the little princess lifted her head and gave Cinnan a fierce look before turning her head to the Third Prince, ''Ren Jian why didn't you kill him.''
The Third Prince laughed, ''Oh, I forgot to tell you, this guy decided to give me the treasure map about the Xuanwu Armor.'' Although he didn't really believe that Chen Nan knew the secret of the Xuanwu Armor, he thought that the feud between Chen Nan and the Little Princess led to the treasure map, and he wanted to use this opportunity to strike the Little Princess.
"Hahaha," the little princess suddenly laughed in a very indecent manner, tears streaming out of her eyes.
「Ren Jian you big idiot, haha really laughed me to death. You actually believe that guy has the Xuan Wu Armor, it's really funny ahaha"
Third Prince Ren Jian's face turned blue as he coldly looked towards Chen Nan.
Chen Nan's heart immediately sank as he suddenly snapped, his palm imprinted on the chest of one of the guards beside him, and in the process snatched the Houyi Bow from that guard's hand. Cinnan learnt from the Little Princess's master Zhuge Xifeng, using Houyi Bow as a club, and swung it hard at the other guard next to him, things happened too suddenly, before that guard could understand what was going on, his chest had already been caved in by the blow, and he died in an instant.
"Hahaha, funny, good for the scum," the little princess gloated.
"Kill him for me," roared Ren Jian.
The other two guards slashed at Chen Nan with steel swords in their hands, he had no choice but to raise his Houyi Bow to meet the enemy, although at the beginning he relied on his Houyi Bow to smash the steel sword in the hands of one of the guards, in the end he still didn't last past the twenty or so strokes before one of the guards slammed his palm on his back, he spat out blood and collapsed on the ground in an instant.
When Chen Nan's blood spilled on Hou Yi Bow, a warm current surged from the back of the bow towards his hands, and the dark Hou Yi Bow began to emit a faint golden light, and the bowstring trembled lightly.
"This Hou Yi bow was not like this ten thousand years ago, whenever I hold it, it will be happy and light, emitting a burst of golden light, could it be that its seal has been unlocked".
All this happened in an instant, at this time a guard had raised his sword to slash at Chen Nan who had fallen to the ground.
Chen Nan quickly grabbed a withered branch from the ground and put it on the bowstring, the bowstring was pulled open a little bit by his force, the golden light surged towards the withered branch like a mist, a light golden light seemed like lightning and went away from the string, the forest was wildly windy, the wind and thunder resounded.
Golden light hit the steel knife, in the air burst a rain of light, steel knife instantly turned into a smash, from the air sprinkled down. In the rain of light, a withered branch such as the spear of the god of death, instantly broke through the guard's chest, blood such as a fountain from the blood hole wildly sprayed out, the guard died without resting in peace.
