Chapter 41: The Seven-Colored Shield Breaks Through Ten Thousand Arrows!

Outside Chengtian Gate of the Imperial City.

Three thousand imperial guards stood in formation, their swords and spears like a forest, creating a tense and deadly atmosphere.

All the city gates were closed, and the drawbridges were raised high, creating an atmosphere of heightened vigilance.

Chu Huaijin, clad in a specially made silver armor, stood atop the city wall with his hand on his sword, a smug smile on his face.

He had just received news that Mu Fang's former Xuanjia Army troops were gathering and intended to surround the imperial city.

But he wasn't worried at all.

As long as he controls the emperor and uses him to command the feudal lords, even if Mu Fang has the greatest courage, he wouldn't dare to actually attack the city.

The capital city was already in his grasp.

"Report—!"

A scout rushed up the city wall and knelt on one knee: "Your Highness, Princess Anguo... Princess Anguo... she rode the Tiger King and broke through!"

"What?" Chu Huaijin's smile froze. "She's alone?"

"Yes...yes, it's a person!"

Chu Huaijin was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha! You've got the road to heaven but not the gate to hell! A four-and-a-half-year-old toddler riding a beast thinks he can charge into battle? What a joke!"

The Imperial Advisor Xuanjizi standing beside him, however, flashed a subtle glint in his eyes.

"Your Highness, we must not be careless. This woman possesses extraordinary abilities and cannot be judged by ordinary standards."

"Grand Preceptor, you're overthinking it." Chu Huaijin waved his hand dismissively. "Before absolute power, any anomaly is nothing but a chicken or a dog! Issue my order: archers, prepare! If she dares to come within a hundred paces of the moat, I will immediately turn her and that beast into pincushions!"

"yes!"

Beneath the city gate, at the end of the long street, a tiny figure was slowly approaching.

Mu Yu rode on the tiger king's back, her small body standing straight.

The long spear in her hand was dragged behind her, its tip scraping across the bluestone slab, leaving a long white mark and making a piercing "sizzle" sound.

She saw the densely packed archers on the city wall, and the gleaming arrowheads, all aimed at her.

But there was no fear on her face.

She simply patted the tiger king's neck gently.

"Big kitty, are you scared?"

"Roar!" The Tiger King responded with a low growl.

"Alright, then let's... show them what a 'miracle' really is!"

Mu Yu squeezed the tiger's belly with her legs, and the tiger king's speed immediately increased!

Like an arrow released from a bow, it rushed towards Chengtian Gate!

"Fire!" Chu Huaijin gave the order with a sinister grin from the city wall.

"Buzz—!"

Arrows rained down!

Thousands of sharp arrows, accompanied by a piercing sound, rained down on the man and the tiger!

However, a strange thing happened.

Just as the rain of arrows was about to hit her, a dazzling seven-colored halo suddenly erupted from Mu Yu's body!

The halo formed a hemispherical shield, protecting her and the Tiger King securely within it!

All the arrows, upon hitting the light shield, were deflected as if they had struck the toughest leather, falling helplessly to the ground!

"What?!"

Everyone on the city wall, including Chu Huaijin and Xuanjizi, was stunned!

What...what kind of sorcery is this?!

Mu Yu, protected by the seven-colored shield, braved the rain of arrows unscathed and arrived at the moat.

Without pausing, the tiger king beneath her leaped into the air!

Its enormous body easily crossed the moat, which was dozens of feet wide, and landed heavily on the square in front of the city gate!

"Stop her! Stop her now!" Chu Huaijin screamed, his previous composure gone.

The Imperial Guards in front of the city gate reacted, shouting and surging forward like a tide, brandishing their spears and shields!

Mu Yu looked at the dark mass of soldiers in front of her, her face turning cold.

She raised the spear in her hand.

"Those who block my way..."

She paused, then with all her might, let out a childish yet authoritative roar.

"die!"

She channeled the power of the dragon scales that had just settled within her body and poured it into the tip of the spear!

The tip of the spear suddenly flashed with a dazzling golden light!

She swung her spear forward with a sudden thrust!

A crescent-shaped golden spear beam shot out from his hand, whistling as it slashed towards the front row of Imperial Guards!

"ah--!!!"

A series of piercing screams rang out!

Any soldier struck by the spear's edge would fall to the ground, their shields and weapons sliced ​​open like tofu!

A four-and-a-half-year-old girl, the power of a single shot is terrifying!

All the soldiers stared at the little girl riding on the tiger's back with the same look they had seen a ghost, too terrified to take another step forward.

"A...a demoness! She's a demoness!" Chu Huaijin's legs went weak with fear. Pointing at Mu Yu, he shouted hoarsely, "She's not Princess Anguo! She's a monster! Quick! Use kerosene! Burn her!"

A glint flashed in Xuanjizi's eyes, and he immediately interjected, "Your Highness is right! This woman is an accomplice of the sorcerer Linglan from the previous dynasty! The plague in the southwest was spread by her and Linglan through their evil magic! Now that Linglan has been killed, she has come to the capital to cause trouble, intending to overthrow our Great Chu!"

His voice, amplified by magic, clearly resounded throughout the entire square and reached the ears of the people outside the city who had rushed there upon hearing the news.

What?

Is the young princess a demoness?

Was she the one who caused the plague in the southwest?

The people were in uproar!

They were just as terrified of this "little lucky star" as they had previously worshipped him!

"Nonsense!" Mu Yu's clear voice rang out, drowning out all the noise. "You are the evil sorcerer! The plague in Linglan was quelled by my father leading the troops! Your imprisonment of the Emperor and injury to the Ninth Prince are the real acts of rebellion!"

"Nonsense!" Xuanjizi sneered. "You say you're not a demoness, then how do you explain your demonic magic? How do you explain the ferocious beast you ride? And how do you explain that a four-year-old child like you could possess such unfathomable martial arts skills?"

He pointed at Mu Yu and questioned her sternly, "Let me tell you! Because you are not human at all! The soul of the demonic Daoist Ling Lan resides in your body! Before he died, he used forbidden techniques to seal his soul in the altar of the ancient battlefield in the southwest, and you are the vessel he chose for possession and rebirth!"

These words were presented logically and persuasively, and were highly seductive.

The phrase "possession and rebirth" in particular sent chills down everyone's spines.

Even Mu Yu herself was taken aback.

She never expected that this newly arrived imperial advisor would know about Linglan sealing her soul on the altar.

But she never expected that he would be able to twist the truth and throw this mud at her!

"I didn't!" Mu Yu's face turned red with anxiety. "You're lying! I saw with my own eyes that it was you and the Third Prince who locked up Grandpa Emperor!"

"Hahaha!" Xuanjizi laughed loudly, "Listen to this, everyone! A four or five-year-old child says she 'personally witnessed' palace secrets! Isn't this the best proof that she's possessed by a demon? Linglan's soul can travel a thousand miles a day and spy on the palace, so naturally it can let you, the 'vessel,' see everything!"

"I..." Mu Yu was speechless, utterly stumped by his words.

She realized that she couldn't argue with this old fox at all.

Everything he said perfectly explained all the "abnormalities" about her.

Burn her! Burn that witch!

"She's a monster! No wonder she could tame a tiger!"

"Burn her alive to avenge the soldiers who died in the southwest!"

The people outside the city, stirred up by those with ulterior motives, became agitated and began to shout.

The Imperial Guard soldiers, having recovered from their initial fear, looked at Mu Yu with disgust.

Mu Yu looked at the people who had once smiled at her and given her candy, but now they were cursing her with the most vicious words, wishing her to die.

Her heart grew colder and colder.

Why?

Why don't they believe me?

"Little Yu'er, don't waste your breath on them!"

Just then, a voice came from below the city.

It's Mu Fang!

With the help of Xiao Beichen and others, he actually arrived at the scene!

"Father!" When Mu Yu saw him, her nose tingled and tears almost fell.

"Little Yu'er, listen to your father!" Mu Fang shouted as he looked at his daughter on the city wall, "You are not a witch! You are my pride! You are the lucky star of our Great Chu! Anyone who dares to touch you will have to step over my dead body first!"

He broke free from Xiao Beichen, drew the sword from his waist, and pointed the tip of the sword directly at Chu Huaijin on the city wall.

"Chu Huaijin! You traitorous scoundrel! Open the city gates immediately and release His Majesty! Otherwise, my Xuanjia Army will raze Chengtian Gate to the ground today!"

"Mu Fang! How dare you openly rebel!" Chu Huaijin roared, his voice stern but his voice weak.

"You are the one who has rebelled!" Mu Fang roared. "All troops, listen to my command! Prepare to attack the city!"

The former Xuanjia Army soldiers behind him shouted in unison, their voices shaking the heavens!

A great war is about to break out!

"stop!"

Just as tensions were about to rise, Mu Yu's clear voice suddenly rang out.

She stopped Mu Fang.

Then, looking at Chu Huaijin and Xuanjizi on the city wall, she said, word by word:

"Okay, I'll go with you."

"As long as you release my grandfather the emperor and heal my brother the ninth prince, I... will be at your mercy."