Chu Youzhao drew her sword: "Your Highness is so unreasonable and do you think we have no one to rely on?"
With her taking the lead, the guards around her also drew their swords. In a sense, these were the Chu family's private soldiers, who listened more to the family than to the imperial court.
Of course, everyone was still a little apprehensive about facing a prince head-on.
In the blink of an eye, the guards of the Prince's mansion pounced like wolves, but they were quickly blocked by a blue light shield and bounced back, falling to the ground in all directions.
Seeing this scene, Elder Shen, who was beside the Prince of Jin, was somewhat surprised: "A small marquis's mansion actually has a defensive formation of this scale."
The Prince of Jin sneered, "This is clearly a sign of disloyalty. Perfect, it adds another charge to our list. Men, break down this great formation!"
"yes!"
The guards who remained by his side gladly accepted the order, and one by one they used all their skills, with various elemental lights bombarding the array's light barrier.
As Zhao Hao's most beloved prince, Prince Jin had many skilled subordinates, with outstanding talents in each elemental category. For a time, the attacks were colorful and lively.
The formation rippled like water, and Chu Youzhao's heart was in her throat. But when she saw that the light shield remained unscathed under the opponent's dense attacks, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. Her brother-in-law was really capable; the formation he had created was so sturdy.
Seeing that his men couldn't break through the formation after a long time, Prince Jin's expression darkened: "What are you doing? Haven't you eaten?"
The guards were all embarrassed, having lost so much face in front of the prince. So they spontaneously formed a battle formation. Although it was just the simplest military formation, it could combine everyone's strength to attack together, and its power was many times greater than before.
Sure enough, the entire defensive formation of the Marquis's residence soon began to crack and creak, with faint cracks appearing on it.
Chu Youzhao's expression changed, and she hurriedly commanded, "Everyone, follow me and help reduce the pressure on the formation!"
As a scion of a prominent family, and having received the best education in the capital since childhood, he was quite clear about basic things like military formations.
She arranged the guards in the manor in a well-organized manner, and they soon joined forces to help defend against the attacks from the Prince of Jin's manor.
Seeing that the situation on the field had reached a stalemate, Prince Jin said coldly, "Elder Shen, I'll trouble you to take action."
This is, after all, the capital city, surrounded by powerful and influential people. If the commotion gets too big and lasts too long, attracting interference from others, it will be difficult to arrest Murong Qinghe and to convict Zu An.
The old man beside him nodded slightly, then flew directly into the air, cupped his hands in a circle, and a fireball suddenly rose up in the middle. As he slowly rubbed his hands together, the fireball grew larger and larger at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing the dazzling light in the sky, Chu Youzhao's heart skipped a beat. Even from this distance, she could feel the terrifying pressure emanating from it.
The opponent gave her no chance to react at all. With a push of both hands, the huge fireball crashed into the defensive formation like a meteor.
boom!
A dazzling flash of fire was accompanied by a loud bang, and the entire Marquis's mansion shook.
The originally blue defensive shield instantly developed many cracks, and the next second, the entire shield collapsed with a crash.
Those who were struggling to maintain the formation, including Chu Youzhao, were struck as if by lightning, vomiting blood and collapsing to the ground, looking utterly dejected.
"It's broken!"
The soldiers of the Prince of Jin's mansion cheered, and the rest of them brandished their swords and rushed in, all wanting to capture Murong Qinghe and Chu Youzhao as soon as possible and seize the credit.
Many of the Marquis's guards tried to stop them, but they were no match for the fierce soldiers of the Prince's Palace, and were directly cut down with a single blow.
Chu Youzhao's eyes widened in fury as she watched. She raised her sword, wanting to rush forward to help, but unfortunately, her cultivation level was not high to begin with, and she had been seriously injured by the shock just now, so she had no fighting power left.
The sword in her hand was quickly knocked away, and another person slashed at her knee, aiming to incapacitate her immediately.
In the eyes of the soldiers of the Prince of Jin's mansion, what was the heir of a duke from another region? Moreover, they were now wanted criminals.
Chu Youzhao was horrified, but there was no way to escape.
Just then, a crisp clang rang out, and a long spear came from the side, deflecting the knife and then, like a flash of cold light, piercing the opponent's throat.
"Brother Chu, are you alright?" Murong Qinghe shielded Chu Youzhao behind him.
She was born into a military family and had been harboring resentment for this injustice. When she saw how viciously the other party had harmed Brother Chu and the people in the manor, she could no longer hold back and killed them.
"I'm fine!" Chu Youzhao's eyes reddened when she saw the heavy losses suffered by the Chu family's retainers around her.
On the other side, Prince Jin laughed: "Murong Qinghe, you really are here. Men, seize them!"
The soldiers of the Prince's Palace all rushed towards Murong Qinghe.
Murong Qinghe's expression was solemn, and he was already prepared to die. He wielded his long spear with extremely fierce battlefield killing intent, repelling the besieging soldiers of the Prince's Palace one by one.
Looking at the slender figure in the arena, so heroic and spirited, Old Shen couldn't help but nod slightly: "As expected of a daughter of a military family, if it weren't for this incident, she would most likely have become a fierce general on the battlefield. What a pity."
Seeing that his men couldn't handle the young girl for a while, Prince Jin's face turned extremely ugly. Hearing this, he snorted and said, "Old Shen, thank you for your trouble."
Old Shen frowned slightly, feeling it was beneath his dignity to deal with a junior.
However, the prince's orders could not be ignored, and the commotion here had obviously alerted the other families on the street. They had just noticed several groups secretly observing from a distance, and if the situation dragged on, things could easily change.
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