At this moment, in the tunnel beneath the city gate.
Lu Cijian felt a sudden tightness in his chest, and his hand holding the longsword trembled.
It was as if something important was slipping away from him.
The Xiliang people seized the opportunity when he was distracted, and their curved swords slashed at him.
Upon seeing this, Tu Wen only had time to cry out in alarm, "Be careful!"
Lu Cijian snapped back to his senses and hurriedly tried to dodge the curved blades that were slashing at him.
However, it was too late. He only managed to dodge the vital points, letting the curved blade slash towards his back.
He only let out a muffled groan before collapsing to the ground.
Fortunately, Tuwen had already led several Xia people to rush over and hold off the attacks of the Xiliang people, giving Lu Cijian a chance to catch his breath.
Lu Cijian gripped his longsword tightly, braced himself against the wall, and stood up again. The panic in his heart not only did not disappear, but intensified.
He needs to find Mianmian and ascertain her current safety.
With that in mind, he swung his longsword again, seemingly oblivious to the pain, and began fighting with the Xiliang people.
Seeing this, Tu Wen quickly assisted the Xia people from the side, and finally wiped out all the Xiliang people in the tunnel before all the Xia people completely lost their strength.
Tuwen let out a heavy sigh of relief and collapsed back onto the ground.
The other Xia people weren't much better off; some collapsed to the ground from exhaustion, while others had lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss.
Lu Cijian glanced at the tunnel behind him, which was still blocked by broken stones, and said, "It's safe here for now. You can rest here."
I'm going out to take a look.
If you notice anything unusual in the passageway, remember to leave immediately.
Tuwen simply nodded. They had fought with the Xiliang people too many times before the tunnel was sealed off, and their bodies were already at their limit.
I just want to leave as soon as possible; I don't even have the strength.
Lu Cijian picked up his sword and left the tunnel.
As soon as they stepped out of the tunnel, the shouts and sounds of clashing swords from the city wall became even clearer.
A loud "thud" was heard, followed by cries of terror: "The city gate has been breached!"
"Xiliang has lost."
Lu Cijian glanced at the city wall and saw that it had been occupied by the soldiers of Tuyuhun and Dajin. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and ran directly towards the training ground not far away.
He led out a horse, quickly mounted it, and headed towards the city lord's mansion.
At this moment, inside Junzixuan.
Because of the explosion, most of the people near the artificial hill either lost their lives or were unconscious.
Xie Yang lay in the corridor, feeling as if his whole body was falling apart, and his ears were constantly ringing.
He only moved his fingers a little, and it took him a while to feel his muddled mind clear up a bit.
If he hadn't realized something was wrong and run a few steps toward the corridor, he would probably be crushed to death by the rubble from that artificial hill by now.
Despite the excruciating pain that felt like his body was falling apart, he managed to get up from the rubble.
He was swaying unsteadily, his head covered in blood, as if he might collapse to the ground again at any moment.
The buzzing in his ears finally subsided, replaced by a loud "thud." The next second, several terrified voices and screams echoed faintly in his ears.
It seemed to come from the city gate tower. Had they ultimately lost?
His gaze fell on a person not far away, covered in blood and lifeless. He simply grinned and laughed.
"Jiang Yimian, you, you've finally met your end! You ruined so many of my plans, you, you'll die a horrible death!"
The thought that all his plans had been destroyed by the person in front of him made him tremble with rage.
His previously swaying body seemed to have gained some strength. He took only a few steps forward and kicked the person on the ground hard.
Jiang Yimian kept her eyes closed. Apart from a dark footprint, her blood-covered body was unchanged, no different from the other people around her who were completely dead.
Xie Yang became even more excited as he watched, and his shrill laughter rang out in the messy courtyard, "Dead? Weren't you so capable?"
What, you died already? Poisoning must be unpleasant, hahaha.
Fine, it's enough to kill you. Didn't Lu Cijian care about you a lot? Now that you're dead, does he not want to live either?
"If I completely destroy your body, wouldn't Lu Cijian be even more devastated?"
Thinking of this, he squatted down, grabbed a sharp stone from the ground, and hurled it at Jiang Yimian.
However, before he could even touch her, he was kicked away.
With a loud thud, he crashed heavily onto the shattered artificial mountain, blood gushing from his mouth. All the strength he had just mustered vanished in an instant.
Lu Cijian looked at the person on the ground, covered in blood, with eyes tightly closed and no feeling, and his body swayed slightly.
He rushed forward in a panic, pulled her into his arms, and kept wiping the blood from the girl's face. His voice trembled as he said, "Mianmian, it's alright, it's alright. I, I'll go find a doctor right away."
You, you'll be alright. Don't leave me, okay, Mianmian?
The person in his arms remained motionless, unusually quiet, as if they had truly fallen asleep, and even their body temperature seemed lower than usual.
Lu Cijian felt a chill run through his body, picked up the person in his arms, and started to run towards the outside of the courtyard.
Xie Yang stared at the night sky above and burst into laughter, "Hahahaha, Lu, Lu Cijian, no, it's useless."
She's beyond saving. If you kill yourself now, you might at least keep her company on your journey to the afterlife.
No one can cure the poison she's afflicted with, hahaha.
I lost, but you all lost too.
So what if he did so much for Xie Jingxuan and ruined so many of my plans? He still ended up with a terrible death, hahaha.
Lu Cijian paused, looked at the person in his arms, and clenched his fist tightly. "Give me the antidote, and you can do whatever you want to me."
Xie Yang, however, laughed violently as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. He only stopped when he spat out another mouthful of blood. He slowly propped himself up from the ground and stared at the people outside the courtyard as if he were looking at some kind of fool.
"You must know what 'no one can understand' means, cough cough cough."
Zhao Cheng used to be a medicine boy in the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons. He had tried too many medicines and had Gu worms in his body, which were themselves a kind of poison.
I smeared his blood on the arrowhead and shot Jiang Yimian. Do you think she can still live? Hahaha, Lu Cijian, how come I never knew you could be so naive?
You should really consider my suggestion. After all, if you can't be husband and wife with Jiang Yimian while alive, being a pair of ghost lovers in death isn't so bad, is it? Hahaha.”
He wouldn't lose out if he could die alongside these two.
As Wang San approached, he heard these words and his brows furrowed immediately. When he saw that the person in Lu Cijian's arms was covered in blood, he was so angry that he drew his long sword and was about to stab Xie Yang.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
