Chapter 55: Don’t be afraid, Princess. I will protect you!
Xiao Ning, looking heroic in a sky blue riding suit, reined in his horse with one hand and held the bow with the other, his brows gloomy and his thin lips tightly pursed into a line.
The forest was dark, without a single ray of light, and Xiao Ning was completely trapped in the shadows.
But at this moment, in Shang Xi's eyes, her whole body seemed to be glowing.
"Quick, kill Princess Duanhui first!"
"You guys go stop him!"
Several assassins rushed towards Xiao Ning with swords drawn, and the rest rushed towards Shang Xi.
Xiao Ning jumped up, tapped his toes lightly, stood on his horse, held the bow in his left hand, and quickly took out the arrow from the basket behind him with his right hand, drew the bow and shot the arrow.
In the blink of an eye, three people were shot and killed.
Several people who came to stop Xiao Ning were shot off their horses and rolled to the ground.
Xiao Ning continued to draw his bow and shoot arrows, aiming at the person who was slashing at Shang Xi with a knife.
The arrows were limited and soon ran out. Xiao Ning pursed his lips, rode his horse straight towards Shang Xi, and picked up the long sword from the person he had shot before.
The clashing of swords and knives caused a constant buzzing sound.
Shang Xi's ears were buzzing.
When the swords and knives were coming at him, he barely blocked a few of the blows by holding onto the corpse.
Shang Xi's arm was cut by the sword several times, and it was very painful, but he also knew that now was not the time for him to be pretentious, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it.
"Princess!"
"Hurry up and get on the horse!"
Xiao Ning leaned down from his horse and stretched out his hand to him.
Shang Xi pushed the corpse away with force, leaned forward, and reached out to Xiao Ning's hand.
Xiao Ning exerted force, pulled Shang Xi onto the horse, and held him in his arms.
The horse galloped forward.
"Chase after them!"
“Kill them!”
There was the clatter of horse hooves behind me, they were chasing closely.
There was the sound of an arrow breaking through the air.
"careful……"
Shang Xi turned his head worriedly.
But Xiao Ning leaned sideways, with one hand passing through his waist, holding the reins and controlling the horse, and the other hand holding a long sword. The sword's afterimages made ping-pong sounds, blocking the densely flying arrows.
Before they knew it, the group had chased each other and arrived at the area where wild animals were active.
A tiger roar was heard, and the horses' legs and feet became limp, and they became unresponsive and stopped moving forward.
There was a large group of people chasing after him.
Xiao Ning had no choice but to abandon his horse and rush forward with Shang Xi.
The assassins also abandoned their horses and gave chase.
The last time Xiao Ning shot a tiger, he also took advantage of the terrain and shot it from a distance.
But this time...
Xiao Ning crouched down and looked at the tiger so close to him. He swallowed his saliva and clenched the sword in his hand.
Behind him is the assassin chasing...
The tiger does not distinguish between friend and foe, it only knows that the people in front of it are invaders who have broken into its territory.
With a long roar, he launched an attack.
Xiao Ning pulled Shang Xi and dodged, and the tiger pounced over and killed the assassin in front of him with one claw, who was caught off guard.
Man and tiger got into a melee.
While Xiao Ning was protecting Shang Xi and fighting with the assassin, he also had to be on guard against the tiger that might pounce on him at any time.
The tiger pounced again, and she only had time to push Shang Xi away.
The tiger threw Xiao Ning to the ground, growled, and opened its mouth to bite him!
Xiao Ning thrust the sword into the tiger's mouth.
With the other hand, he placed the tail of the sword and pushed it back with force.
Veins popped out on his forehead and beads of sweat fell down.
The tiger became even more violent because of the pain, and its growl made Xiao Ning's eardrum hurt and his ears tinnitus.
When he turned his head, he saw the assassin rushing towards Shang Xi with sword raised.
Xiao Ning gritted his teeth, shouted, and pushed the sword back hard.
The long sword broke, and Xiao Ning grasped the tip of the sword and stabbed it into the tiger's throat.
In the apocalypse, there are not only people and zombies, but also all kinds of mutated animals.
When guns and ammunition are used up, we can only resort to cold weapons.
Countless throat stabbings made her hit the target every time.
The tiger let out a whine and let go of Xiao Ning.
Xiao Ning didn't have the heart to attack again, so she quickly stood up and threw the broken sword tail in her hand towards that side.
The tip of the sword pierced the neck of one of the assassins.
Blood spurted out, attracting the tiger.
This made the tiger, which was already wailing in pain, even more violent.
It roared and pounced over there. Xiao Ning was one step ahead of the tiger and pulled Shang Xi into the grass nearby.
The tiger pounced on the two assassins.
The two fought against the injured tiger, while the others continued to chase Xiao Ning and Shang Xi.
Xiao Ning protected Shang Xi all the way and fought with the assassins with a broken sword.
Both sides were exhausted.
Shang Xi, who had always lived a life of luxury, had long since run out of strength and was almost following Xiao Ning using his consciousness.
Finally, the two groups stopped in front of a cliff.
Xiao Ning panted, protecting Shang Xi behind him, pointing the broken sword at the assassin in front of him.
Sweat and blood mixed together, soaking her hair, which stuck to her face. Her sky blue riding suit had been stained with blood, and her original color could not be seen.
Shang Xi broke free from her hand.
The voice was soft: "Xiao Yanqing, don't worry about me. You are so skilled. Without me, maybe you still have a chance to survive..."
Xiao Ning didn't look back, but forcefully grabbed his hand that had just broken free.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"I came here to save you. Anyone who wants to kill you must step over my dead body first!"
Whoever wants to kill you must first step over my dead body...
Shang Xi stared at Xiao Ning in amazement.
No one had ever said that to him...
His growing-up experience taught him that there is no true love between people, only eternal interests.
But today, there are people who are willing to risk their lives to protect him.
Shang Xi only felt that his eye sockets were very swollen.
"Then...how sure are you?"
Xiao Ning pursed his lips and stared at the assassins opposite him.
After continuous fighting, half of the assassins were killed or injured, but the remaining ones were enough to give her a hard time.
"100%!"
Xiao Ning shouted.
Regardless of whether you can win or not, you must have enough momentum.
After saying that, he tilted his head slightly and whispered, "Don't be afraid, Princess. I will protect you!"
Shang Xi gritted his teeth and jumped off the cliff resolutely when the assassin rushed over and Xiao Ning tried his best to kill him with the broken sword in hand.
He is not a good person.
He is accustomed to weighing the pros and cons.
But in today's assassination, he saw no hope of victory.
When Xiao Yanqing was resisting the tiger, the sword blade cut the flesh of his left hand, deep enough to see the bone. He couldn't help but tremble slightly when he pulled him.
Because of protecting him, his right arm was stabbed by the sword three times. The blood flowed down the arm to the sword, and then dripped onto the ground along the broken cut of the sword.
If Xiao Yanqing protected him, he would not have any chance of winning.
But without him as a burden, there might still be a glimmer of hope.
And if he... fell off a cliff and died, the secret of his life would be buried underground with him, so as not to implicate others.
It was a blessing that she could come to save him and prevent him from dying in humiliation.
He shouldn't... shouldn't have dragged such a sincere and kind person to die together under the swords.
The moment Shang Xi fell, he saw Xiao Ning looking back with panicked and stunned eyes.
He smiled at her, his lips moving as he silently said, "Thank you, Xiao Yanqing..."
What an absurd and ridiculous life he lived.
This is the end of it...
Shang Xi closed his eyes, tears rolling down from the corners of his eyes.
I don't know who took advantage of this autumn hunt to do this to him, leaving him dead without a burial place...
Being able to persuade Princess Huaxun and get the noble ladies to cooperate...
I'm afraid it's someone from the imperial city.
Who is it...
The prince?
Or the Emperor...
Forget it, he is a dying man, why should he think about these things?
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