Chapter 79: Turning Danger into Safety; A Brother’s Revenge, Little Xie to the Rescue part 1
Beneath the hidden chamber of the Anren Medicine Hall, the floor tiles flew upward.
Ying Dang propped his arms against the ground, gritting his teeth as he crawled out of the pool of blood!
Prince Yong’s phoenix eyes were bloodshot, and his face was deathly pale. His hand tightened around the short blade.
The sight of the old man’s corpse entered his pupils, causing his heart and lungs to tremble uncontrollably. His lower lip shook violently, his face a mess of bloodstains mixed with sweat.
He propped himself down and kowtowed three times to the old man.
As his head struck the ground amidst the pool of blood, it made a splashing sound. Two tears fell into the crimson puddle, blooming into two light-red circles.
Ying Dang’s fingers dug ruthlessly into the floorboards. When he rose, his muscles were coiled tight like a hunting leopard.
Holding his short blade with the tip pointed upward, he kicked open the door of the medicine hall!
Prince Yong raced toward the West City. He ran headlong into several rebel soldiers.
The two sides engaged in close-quarters combat. Prince Yong’s blade glinted like snow; the pigeon-blood ruby on his saber made his strikes look like a soul-reaping red ribbon. One by one, the rebels fell beneath his blade.
At this moment, the effects of the anesthetic were beginning to fade, and every movement tugged at the wounds covering Prince Yong’s body!
His clothes were soaked through with blood from the inside out. He stumbled and swayed, struggling to remain standing.
Less than two hundred soldiers remained to guard the West City.
These two hundred-odd men were scattered across the city walls, arrow slits, and lookout posts. Although the gates were locked, the defensive equipment had already been diverted to the East Gate.
The two hundred men watched as thousands of soldiers below the wall set up cloud ladders and stormed the battlements.
Dozens of ladders were deployed simultaneously, forming a wide front along the West City walls.
Seeing the dense mass of people below, panic spread through the garrison above. Countless rebels shrieked, “The West Gate is in peril! Report to the Prefect! Quickly, report to the Prefect!”
But where could the wall find extra hands?
Just moments ago, Prefect Jia had issued an order for everyone to head to the east of the city.
The West City was currently stretched to its limit; if a single arrow slit was abandoned, it would surely provide an opening for the besieging army.
The West City defenders were caught in a dilemma.
More soldiers from the Jiangbei Imperial Army climbed up!
The army crested the battlements and seized the arrow slits. The rebel defenders were thrown off the walls. One by one, the war banners bearing the character ‘Jia’ were cut down. As the rebel flags fell, the Dragon Banners were hoisted in their place.
Ying Xi paused his footsteps on the street.
Gazing at the flags in the distance, he knew the battle was about to be decided.
[Sweet System: Your Majesty is amazing!]
The Dating System had been with Ying Xi for a long time. Aside from obsessively shipping Ying Xi’s interactions with others, it had gained some understanding of Ying Xi’s behavioral logic. Under Ying Xi’s long-term guidance, even though their values were mismatched, they were able to maintain a win-win cooperation.
[Sweet System: I can already sense it. After this battle, Your Majesty will surely win the hearts of countless soldiers and civilians.]
[Sweet System: Once this battle is over, we’ll unlock more little fanboys. Your Majesty promised that I could issue missions as I please~]
[~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~]
The Sweet System dragged out its tone, the end of its sentence trailing off into countless squiggles.
The Sweet System had helped him a great deal. The “Wild Goose Message” had been delivered without fail, and the Dating System deserved credit.
Therefore, Ying Xi did not dampen its spirits. “The words of the Emperor are final. I shall not deceive you.”
[Sweet System: Long live Your Maj—]
“The West Gate is locked tight for a desperate defense! No one is allowed out!”
“The Jiangbei Emperor is in the city! Killing Ying Xi will settle the great matter!!!”
Ying Xi turned his head, suddenly meeting a feathered arrow that grazed his cheek.
It was lucky he had turned; otherwise, the arrow would have surely pierced the back of his head. Many people had appeared on the long street behind him.
The neighing of horses was incessant, and the thundering of hooves merged into a single line.
Those rebels had not reached the East City before hurrying back toward the west. In an instant, the arrows fell as thick as driving rain!
The West City had become half an empty city, making Ying Xi’s target extremely obvious.
The rebels approached him with indescribable speed.
Ying Xi bolted toward the west, but his knees suddenly gave way; he had injured his leg when he fell earlier.
Ying Xi ducked, his entire body sprawling onto the street.
Fortunately, this movement allowed him to dodge a volley of flying arrows. Seeing him fall, the rebels behind him showed looks of joy and surrounded him.
Ying Xi hurriedly rolled over.
“Kill the Emperor and live! Let him escape and die!”
Jia Ruzhen pressed down on his saddle, his body already leaping into the air.
The Fishgut Sword was right before his eyes. A cold light flowed along the blade, the tip shimmering like a sharp, frigid star.
This was also the rebels’ only chance to turn defeat into victory. Countless weapons lunged toward Ying Xi at the same time.
In that moment, between Ying Xi and the Shadow, the Bond Skill fully lit up.
A purple glow spread out from Ying Xi. Ying Dang, who had originally been trailing at the very back of the rebel ranks, actually appeared in front of him in an incredible manner.
His short blade blocked the Shadow’s dagger!
The light and shadows scattered across the long street burst outward.
Prince Yong excelled in movement techniques. His blade cut through the air, his speed a hundred times faster than before.
That single strike sliced from the Shadow’s abdomen up to his shoulder. Jia Ruzhen let out a blood-curdling scream on the spot!
The Shadow tried to strike back but couldn’t parry in time. He could only watch as his own flesh and blood flew. Jia Ruzhen was seized by overwhelming agony, as if experiencing a thousand cuts. Those black-bean-like pupils constricted.
Prince Yong’s eyes were bloodshot with madness; he swung his blade almost without consciousness!
Prince Yong stood in front of Ying Xi.
He repeated the mechanical hacking and slashing, his voice completely broken:
“Give me back my Father’s life!”
“Give me back my Mother’s life!”
“The hundred-plus innocent souls of my Yongning Prince Mansion… my brother’s ten years of restless days and nights…”
“I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!!!”
The encirclement was thrown into total chaos by Prince Yong’s appearance.
The rebels wavered between rescuing the Prefect and killing the Emperor. In that briefest of moments, Ying Xi stood up and sprinted out of the combat zone.
The Emperor was now the core of the struggle for victory between the two armies.
As expected, seeing him run toward the city gate, the rebels gave up their struggle with Ying Dang and immediately moved to follow!
Ying Xi was trailed by an unknown number of pursuers, like he was dragging a massive tail.
The injury on his left leg grew increasingly sharp and painful; he thought the leg was about to be ruined.
He fell five or six times and scrambled back up, brushing past death time and again.
Suddenly, his right leg was hit by a locust stone!
His calf throbbed as if it had suddenly exploded.
Ying Xi collapsed beneath the West City gate.
The tall, locked gate looked like the gaping maw of a beast.
Both of his legs were immobile; he could no longer get up.
Ying Xi slammed his fist against the ground!
Behind him, the Shadow—who had been carved into a bloody mess by chaotic blades—was covered in gore, his wounds deep enough to see bone.
Yet the Shadow was still stumbling toward him. Their opposition, their struggle between life and death, seemed to have become an obsession ingrained in their very marrow…
Jia Ruzhen’s voice was hoarse as he hissed:
“If I die, you must die too.”
“If I cannot have wealth and rank, you shall not sit peacefully on the throne either!!!”
Ying Xi was the painful turning point in the Shadow’s career, while the Shadow was the ghost that had haunted Ying Xi for ten long years!
[Sweet System: Your Majesty, I don’t have the strength to help… Your Majesty? Your Majesty!!!]
It watched as the Emperor pulled back his fist, intending to actively clash with the heavily injured, bloody man.
The Sweet System had never seen its host personally fight for his life against someone.
The Sweet System didn’t know that Ying Xi’s state of mind was currently perfectly aligned with that of the young boy in the Fangzhi Palace ten years ago—the boy who had suppressed and restrained himself to the absolute limit.
But now, he did not wish to endure any longer!
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