misfortune

The moment their eyes met, the man leaped up, drew his knife, and charged straight at the group.

"Watch out!" The three immediately went into battle mode. Ji Yinglei was the first to draw his Tingyuan Sword and block the man's attack. He took a few steps back, and then the others could see that the man had a lotus-shaped tattoo on his face.

Before Jiang Yingyue could get a closer look, the man turned and ran away, and it was inconvenient for the three of them to chase after him.

"The pursuers arrived so quickly?" Ye Qingzhu was still recovering from the emotions she had just experienced.

Ji Yinglei didn't dare to sheathe his sword just like that: "I don't think that person is from the Heavenly Dao Alliance, his face..."

“There’s a tattoo.” Jiang Yingyue immediately chimed in, “I saw it too, it’s a lotus flower. No matter what, it doesn’t fit the image of the Heavenly Dao Alliance.”

Ji Yinglei nodded, while Ye Qingzhu sighed, "Hey, it hasn't been that long, and we've already been targeted by a new force."

“So we have to set off tonight, without delay.” Ji Yinglei said as she sheathed her sword. The other two agreed, and they immediately left Jiangzhou.

......

Inside the Heavenly Dao Alliance, Bai Yu was holding a secret letter when another disciple walked in.

"Did the message get delivered?"

"Yes, Alliance Leader, they said they would handle them properly."

Bai Yu seemed quite satisfied with the answer, staring at the secret letter in his hand and sneering: "You will regret setting foot on Jiangzhou's soil."

......

The three of them continued their journey, but Jiang Yingyue always felt that someone was secretly following them. After whispering some instructions to the other two, she remained vigilant about her surroundings. Ji Yinglei could also hear very faint noises in the woods, which must be someone secretly following them from the trees, but unfortunately, every time he looked up, the person had disappeared.

The three of them continued forward into the night without daring to stop. Finally, Jiang Yingyue couldn't take it anymore: "If you have the guts, come out! What kind of skill is it to sneak around like this!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a gust of wind blew up, and a person appeared directly behind Jiang Yingyue. The group of people couldn't help but widen their eyes, as they couldn't even see how the person moved.

Just as Jiang Yingyue was about to turn around and fight back, the man struck her hard on the back of the neck with the hilt of his sword, causing her to stagger and fall to the ground. When she tried to get up, she found that she couldn't muster any strength in her body.

"Moon!" "Jiang Yingyue!"

Seeing this, the man quickly changed his target, wielding two short swords and charging towards Ji Yinglei. Fortunately, she had time to react and immediately drew her Tingyuan Sword to parry. The sound of the sword seemed to tear through the entire forest, forcing the man back several steps.

Ye Qingzhu was about to swing her silver whip to subdue the man, but when she waved her hand, she found that she had no strength at all. Seeing that the man had discovered her weakness, he quickly blew a whistle, and four more people rushed out of the surrounding woods and surrounded them.

Seemingly knowing that Ye Qingzhu was powerless to resist, the five of them rushed towards Ji Yinglei in unison. However, she was not so easily subdued. Even when facing the attack of the five, she was able to handle it with ease.

Jiang Yingyue and Ye Qingzhu were anxious. Ye Qingzhu was still able to move, and just as she was trying her best to raise her hand to help Ji Yinglei, a hand covered her mouth from behind.

"Come with me."

Before she could react, Ye Qingzhu disappeared into the woods.

Facing the attack of the five, Ji Yinglei was not at a disadvantage. Just as her attention was focused on what was in front of her, an arrow flew from behind and stuck straight into the ground. In that moment of distraction, a needle followed and pierced her neck. Her limbs then seemed to be frozen, and she lost the ability to resist and fell to the ground.

"Finally done..." The first person to jump out breathed a sigh of relief, then clasped his hands in thanks to General Qi, who was standing not far away.

Sure enough, on the tree over there, as the person put away their crossbow and nimbly leaped down, their neat ponytail and the moonlight illuminating their silver-black armor revealed them to be a woman: "What is she up to this time?"

"this......"

"Fine, I'll go ask her myself." With that, she left on her own.