I saw a child about seven or eight years old being grabbed by Gu Yanran by the collar, hanging on the edge of the cliff, with his feet dangling in the air and a bottomless abyss below him.

"Don't come over here!"

Gu Yanran's voice was extremely hoarse due to hunger, "If you take another step forward, I will jump down with him!"

The soldiers who had rushed over stopped immediately, and the archers all drew their bows to full strength, but did not dare to act rashly.

"Witch! Let him go!" Li Linyuan shouted loudly, the bow in his hand was fully drawn, and the arrow was pointing directly at Gu Yanran's eyebrows.

Gu Yanran smiled and slowly raised the child in front of her. Her laughter sounded particularly mournful in the wind on the cliff.

"Let him go? Why? If you don't let me live, then we'll all die together!"

She held the child tightly, and the child cried in pain, but he gritted his teeth and dared not cry or scream.

Li Linyuan gritted his teeth and said, "What do you want? As long as you release the child, I can give you a chance to live."

However, Gu Yanran suddenly burst into laughter as if she had heard a joke.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Survival?"

There was a hint of madness in her eyes. "Li Linyuan, you stabbed me and seriously injured me. Now, I want you to stab yourself as well. Then, I can consider letting this child go."

Li Linyuan tightened his grip on the bow and arrow, "Don't go too far! If you have anything to do, come at me. Why take it out on a child?"

"Okay!" Gu Yanran sneered, "I'm coming towards you now, what? You don't dare to attack yourself?

Or do you think a child's life is less valuable than your own body?"

As she spoke, she loosened her grip on the child's hand slightly, and the child's body immediately fell down a distance, scaring him so much that he let out a short scream.

"stop!"

Li Linyuan almost shouted.

He gritted his teeth, pulled out a dagger from his waist, and pointed the tip of the knife at his chest.

"You must not do that, General. You must not be fooled by this witch!"

The soldiers under him shouted in panic.

Li Linyuan ignored his soldiers and stared at Gu Yanran with a firm look in his eyes: "I can promise you, but you must put the child down first."

"no!"

Gu Yanran refused without hesitation: "When I see blood, I will naturally consider letting her go."

That's impossible!

She had been hungry for three whole days and finally found such a delicious child, who also had a pure yang body. How could she let him go?

The reason she did this was simply to vent her anger.

"I'll count to three. If you don't do it, I'll throw him down!"

Gu Yanran drew out her words, the corners of her bloodstained mouth curled up in a cruel arc.

"one!"

The toes of the child's shoes were hanging in the air, and the wind from the cliff was blowing on his thin body, making him shaky.

"two!"

Li Linyuan slowly clenched the dagger, and the blue veins on the back of his hand bulged.

Seeing this, Gu Yanran's eyes flashed with a crazy and bloodthirsty light, and her lips slightly opened.

But at this moment.

“Sizzle!”

The sound of cloth tearing was heard, and the boy's collar could no longer bear the weight and a tear appeared.

Gu Yanran obviously did not expect this situation to happen, and quickly reached out to grab the child's arm.

But at this critical moment——

“Whoosh!”

A sharp arrow flew through the air and brushed past Gu Yanran's temple, leaving a bloody mark on her pale face.

Gu Yanran subconsciously turned her head to avoid it, and her fingers loosened. The child fell straight into the abyss like a kite with a broken string.

"No!"

"My child!"

Not far away, the child’s parents who happened to arrive witnessed this heart-wrenching scene and cried out in unbearable pain.

At this moment, a dark figure flew out from the rear like an eagle.

It’s Qin Yuan.

He jumped off the cliff without hesitation and grabbed the child's belt amid everyone's exclamations.

“Sizzle!”

The sharp rock instantly cut his sleeve, and blood dripped down his arm onto the child's pale face.

Seeing this, Gu Yanran above subconsciously wanted to push Qin Yuan to the bottom of the cliff.

She formed her five fingers into claws and was about to attack Qin Yuan.

At this time, Li Linyuan behind him also suddenly jumped up.

"Witch!"

He shouted loudly, and the dagger in his hand flew out instantly, turning into a silver light and going straight to Gu Yanran's heart!

“Puff!”

The dagger deviated by an inch and hit Gu Yanran's left shoulder.

She staggered back a few steps, the gravel under her feet rolling down.

"You, you guys——"

She pointed at Li Linyuan and the people behind her, a crazy smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and suddenly she jumped back.

"Remember all of them!"

In the blink of an eye, her red dress turned blood red and she fell backwards into the abyss!

“Your Highness!”

Li Linyuan rushed to the edge of the cliff and saw Qin Yuan holding the child in one hand and grabbing a shaky vine with the other.

The clouds and mist below were swirling, and the depth was unfathomable.

“Catch it!”

Qin Yuan suddenly threw the child to the top of the cliff, but he himself slid down several feet due to the force.

“Your Highness!”

Li Linyuan hurriedly caught the child and handed him to the person behind him.

At this time, the child's parents, the local prefect and others also rushed over with their people.

Everyone held their breath as they witnessed this thrilling scene.

"Quick! Catch it!"

Li Linyuan hurriedly directed everyone to throw a rope down, which just reached Qin Yuan.

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