When Leng Jun and the other Shadow Moon Guards saw the brocade cloth in Ji Fengming and Hei Xiao's hands, their pupils immediately contracted:

The emblem of the Ninth Prince's Mansion!

Holy crap, they really are from the Ninth Prince's Mansion!

Suddenly, Chen Xiaoyi and Leng Jun's men seemed to be injected with chicken blood, raising their swords and slashing wildly with all their might, until the sky darkened.

Both sides quickly suffered casualties and the fighting escalated.

Seeing that they were really fighting and no one cared about anyone else, Ji Chenhai and his children retreated to the edge of the battle and began to take advantage of the chaos.

Ji Fengyao and Ji Fengming would even occasionally take out a handful of melon seeds and peanuts from their Nashi space and share them with each other;

Then the brother and sister, while snacking, commented and explained:

"Jiao Da's skills are truly impressive. Judging from the looks of it, he has probably trained hard for ten years," Ji Fengyao clapped lightly.

"Scarface is not bad either, he's got brute strength...tsk tsk, the guy who fought him probably had several bones broken." Ji Fengming was also cracking melon seeds, watching with great interest.

As he spoke, he stepped forward and pulled Black Owl, who had just finished dealing with a Shadow Moon Guard, back, and poured a dozen or so small melon seeds into Black Owl's hand.

Black Owl: "..."

Shang Xiye, who was nearby: "..."

The Shadow Moon Guards, who were currently engaged in a fierce exchange with Shang Xiye, were even more so:

"???"

"!!!"

Get serious!

They're fighting right now, the kind that's deadly!

Seeing that both sides had suffered more than half casualties, it was no longer advisable to slack off, so Ji Chenhai, Ji Fengyao, and the others rejoined the battle.

This time, the Shadow Moon Guards finally succumbed to the pressure and were routed.

Leng Jun himself was also stabbed in the back and in the abdomen, and was losing a lot of blood. He felt that he was exhausted.

Only then, extremely unwilling, did he order a retreat and flee.

Chen Xiaoyi and Jiao Da were convinced that Leng Jun and the Shadow Moon Guards were people from the Ninth Prince's Mansion—or that the Ninth Prince was among these people.

They were naturally unwilling to let Leng Jun and the others escape.

But the Shadow Moon Guards' name wasn't given lightly; they came and went like the wind, and their escape was even more like a hurricane.

Jiao Da and the others tried their best but couldn't catch up. They ended up panting heavily and could only watch helplessly as Leng Jun and the others disappeared from their sight.

"Hey! They just got away like that!" Chen Xiaoyi angrily punched the tree next to him, his body and hands covered in blood.

However, this pampered young master didn't actually risk his life;

This was blood that accidentally splattered on him during the fight protected by Jiao Da and others, and blood that he accidentally got on himself while finishing off an enemy.

Ji Fengyao quietly spat out the sunflower seed shells in her mouth, stepped forward, stood on tiptoe, patted Chen Xiaoyi's shoulder, and said, "Young Master Chen, don't be discouraged. Who knows, maybe the Ninth Prince was among those who died. Let's go back and take a look."

“That’s right. Even if we didn’t, we’ve already killed so many of the Ninth Prince’s men. It’s not a loss.” Ji Fengming stepped forward and put his elbow on Chen Xiaoyi’s shoulder to comfort him. “We’ve laid a trap all the way here. The road is still long. If we can’t kill him this time, we’ll come back next time. He definitely won’t be able to escape!”

“Yes, yes, we need to be patient. Ninth Prince will definitely have no chance of escaping.” Black Owl pursed his lips, suppressing the crazy upward curve of his mouth, and turned back to get a look from Shang Xiye: “Brother-in-law, don’t you think so?”

Shang Xiye: "..."

Who am I? Where am I? Why don't I ride my ghost mask to the border instead of playing this game of "assassinating" myself with them here?

The scarred man suddenly looked down: "Huh, where did these sunflower seed shells come from on the ground?"