"Master, you run up the mountain, we'll carry them here for now!"

An Yi drew his long sword from his waist and fought with the Imperial Guards while loudly reminding Lei Tingjun.

Taking advantage of the gap created by An Yi's longsword, Lei Tingjun stepped onto the horse and used his lightness skill to quickly fly away from the Imperial Guards' encirclement, speeding up the mountain.

"Chase him! We can't let the Fifth Prince leave here alive!" Cheng Junnian shouted coldly.

He had initially only made a guess, but seeing the Fifth Prince go up the mountain without looking back, he felt that his guess had been completely confirmed.

Therefore, we absolutely cannot afford to fail this time!

And so, Cheng Junnian led the Imperial Guards in pursuit of Lei Tingjun, while An Yi and the others followed closely behind, doing their best to protect Lei Tingjun.

The group of people, chasing each other, soon arrived at the place where Xu Jinhuan had set up a trap.

Why is it foggy here?

"Lord Cheng, have we encountered the legendary 'ghost wall'?"

"Sir, we just passed through here!"

Lei Tingjun looked at the thick fog around him with a gloomy expression. As he listened to the approaching footsteps, he unconsciously gripped the hilt of his sword even tighter.

Sure enough, as the sound drew closer, the Imperial Guards led by Cheng Junnian revealed themselves.

The two sides were clearly divided, their positions were at each other's throats, and the atmosphere was so tense that it seemed a chaotic battle could break out at any moment.

"Lord Cheng, a thick fog has rolled in, and no one can get out. Why don't we find a way out together, and then fight to the death once we're out of here? What do you think?"

After a moment's thought, Lei Tingjun took the initiative to propose cooperation.

But Cheng Junnian wasn't buying it at all.

"Fifth Prince, you've really got a clever plan. Although we're currently facing a thick fog, we still have the advantage in numbers."

Once we've dealt with you, we can find a way out later!

After Cheng Junnian finished speaking, he swung his long sword and slashed at Lei Tingjun, who was not far away.

The battle was about to erupt.

An Yi swiftly blocked Cheng Junnian's long sword and launched a counterattack.

Looking at the indistinguishable fog just two feet away, An Yi shouted, "Master, you go first, I'll hold them off. Survival is the priority!"

Lei Tingjun gave An Yi a deep look, then ran into the white mist without looking back.

As the fog thickened, they could no longer see each other clearly even within a meter, which greatly hampered Cheng Junnian and his team's pursuit.

Therefore, the two groups endured several hours in the white fog, but neither could kill the other.

"Phew, Master, we've passed this point too." An Yi carried the injured Lei Tingjun on his back, struggling to discern the surrounding directions.

Lei Tingjun stared at the white mist, his face pale. Was he really going to die here?

No, he hasn't rescued Youyou yet, he can't die!

Perhaps Lei Tingjun's indomitable will "moved" the heavens, for a sudden roar came from the mountaintop.

Immediately afterwards, the earth shook violently.

The people trapped in the formation thought it was an earthquake, so they all squatted on the ground, not daring to move.

"God, I haven't even gotten married yet! Please stop the earthquake!"

"The Imperial Observatory didn't even report to the higher authorities that there would be an earthquake soon. If I had known, I would have given my secret stash of money to my wife."

"Sigh, I hope Buddha will bless us. If it stops soon, I'll donate more money to the temple's donation box!"

But the earth's tremors did not stop because of the people's prayers; in fact, they became more frequent.

"Whoosh..."

"Whoosh..."

The people squatting on the ground looked at the white mist in the distance with confusion.

What was that sound?

"It sounds like water to me."

"No, I think it's the sound of something moving. Could it be a wild animal?"

Just as everyone was discussing it, the voice grew louder and louder as it approached from afar.

"Lord Cheng, I feel something is amiss with this matter..."

One of the imperial guards wanted to discuss something with Cheng Junnian, but Cheng Junnian, seeing the fog gradually dissipating beside him, no longer cared about such matters.

He had only one goal in mind: to capture the Fifth Prince, Lei Tingjun!

Ignoring the changes in his surroundings, Cheng Junnian searched frantically and actually found Lei Tingjun and An Yi's hiding place.

"Fifth Prince, prepare to die!"

Just as Cheng Junnian drew his long sword and swung it at Lei Tingjun, the strange sound also reached the vicinity of the trapped formation.

"What's this?"

"Help."

"Has this mountain been hit by a landslide?"

Most of the Imperial Guards were swept away by the sand and gravel. After a long time, the surging sand and gravel finally stopped, and those men were no longer alive.

Those who survived by sheer luck were buried under the rubble, and without rescue, they would all perish.

The only exceptions present were the three people who had fainted not far from the trap.

They are Lei Tingjun, An Yi, and Cheng Junnian, who is closest to them...

After sensing the disturbance, Xu Jinhuan left her room. Once the distant mountain stopped sliding, she asked Xie Datou to calm the exiled people down, and then went to the trapping formation alone.

So when she arrived, what she saw was three people entangled together, their clothes torn.

If they weren't in a disaster-stricken area, people might mistakenly think that these three had done something uncivilized.

Xu Jinhuan looked up at the sky, shrugged somewhat irresponsibly, as if to tell the heavens.

Hey, look, I didn't knock this out, so you can't get revenge on me, hehe~

Then, with a bright smile, she walked to Lei Tingjun's side, took out a giant hammer as tall as a person from her spatial storage, raised the hammer, and forcefully struck Lei Tingjun's calf.

"Bang!"

After the hammer blow, Lei Tingjun's calf was instantly stained red with blood.

Xu Jinhuan didn't stop and continued swinging the hammer in his hand.

"Bang bang bang"

After several blows, Lei Tingjun's calf was covered in blood, with white bone fragments protruding from the flesh.

[Host, how did you do that? The male lead is so badly injured, yet Heaven hasn't punished him?!]

"System Xiao Wang asked excitedly."

Xu Jinhuan smiled mysteriously and explained in his heart: "I discovered this when I was punished by the Heavenly Dao last time. Although the Heavenly Dao is supreme, it is also limited."

From my observation, it only inflicts punishment when the male and female protagonists are injured and unconscious, or when their lives are threatened; otherwise, it can only act as a bystander.

System Xiao Wang exclaimed with admiration.

[So that's how it is! Host, with your meticulous planning, even the Heavenly Dao has become a tool to help you complete your mission. That's truly amazing!]

Xu Jinhuan silently accepted the system's flattery, then turned his attention back to the three people on the ground.

"Judging from this person's clothes, he doesn't seem to be one of Lei Tingjun's bodyguards, and Lei Tingjun also has knife wounds of varying degrees on his body..."

Xu Jinhuan muttered to herself, analyzing the relationship between the three people present. Soon, she made a new move.