The Crown Princess's heart sank to the bottom. She knew that these palace guards were all fourth or fifth graders, and their armor and weapons were standard-issue, engraved with runes and formations. Their armor was enough to withstand a full-force attack from a peak sixth grader and could also reduce the attack power of a seventh grader to some extent.
In addition, the waist knives they wield have different elemental attributes. When the group works together, they can gradually break through the elemental shield of any elemental cultivator they face.
With their combined attack formation, capturing a sixth-rank enemy would not be difficult, and they might even be able to put up a fight against a seventh-rank enemy.
Regardless, they're stuck with them for a while and can't escape. Soon other pursuers will arrive, and that will be their end.
The Crown Princess gritted her teeth: "Let me go, and we'll attack together!"
She didn't even care that she wasn't wearing any clothes, and that the guards would see her if she made a move.
If she can't deal with these people in the shortest time, she'll be seen by more people later, so she might as well take a gamble now.
Zuan ignored him, flipped his wrist, and took out a poisoned dagger. Then he used the Sunflower Illusion technique, and his whole body became ghostly. In one move, he turned into countless afterimages. The armor on the guards did not stop him at all and was torn apart as if it were paper.
He didn't target the opponent's exposed hands or neck, as those areas were too small targets, and he wasn't confident he could hit them with a single blow. What he lacked most right now was time.
The guards had too much faith in the protective power of their armor, even considering trading injury for injury. Little did they know that the daggers were poisoned and could cut through iron like mud, even breaking through the energy shield of a master cultivator, let alone their inferior armor.
The guards, feeling that he only had minor wounds, were somewhat dismissive and planned to continue their attack.
Suddenly their bodies stiffened, and then many obscure black runes scattered from their wounds. Their vision went black, and they all collapsed limply to the ground.
In this critical moment, Zu'an dared not hold back in the slightest. Moreover, these guards just happened to appear nearby, which must have been arranged by the one who set up the trap, so he naturally wouldn't be polite.
The Crown Princess stared wide-eyed. Just a second ago, she was ready to risk everything and join forces with him to see if they could quickly deal with these guards, but she didn't expect that the other party would have already taken care of them.
"How did you do that?" she couldn't help but ask, even though she knew this wasn't the time to be concerned with that.
Previously, intelligence reports indicated that his cultivation level was only around the fifth or sixth rank. Although even the eighth-rank Prince Qi's heir had fallen into his hands, after analysis, no one believed that his own strength surpassed that of Prince Qi's heir. Instead, they thought that a mysterious expert had secretly intervened to help him. In addition, Zhao Zhi was always extremely arrogant and conceited, so he probably underestimated his opponent, which led to that outcome.
But now that she has witnessed this scene with her own eyes, the Crown Princess feels she needs to reassess his abilities.
Zuan did not answer, but glanced at the guards, then reached out and sucked their corpses into the space of the Glazed Pearl.
"A storage artifact!" The Crown Princess was a discerning person and immediately realized that ordinary storage artifacts wouldn't have much space and would hardly be able to hold the bodies of four large men. The fact that the other party actually possessed such a divine artifact was astonishing.
She reacted quickly and immediately said, "Why are you hiding them? Hurry up and hide me too!"
All she wants now is to find a safe place to hide, preferably in a storage space, so she won't be discovered.
Zuan said irritably, "You can't hide living things in the storage space. If you want to turn into a corpse, you can try it."
The Crown Princess bit her lip tightly, then continued, "If there's no way to hide, then hide me inside. I'd rather be a corpse than be seen like this!"
It's secondary that she can't be the Crown Princess anymore; the main problem is that she's naked and exposed in public, which is truly shameful. Moreover, it will bring disaster to the Bi family, so she might as well die and be done with it.
Zuan was somewhat surprised. He had roughly guessed what the other party was thinking and couldn't help but sigh inwardly at how strong the sense of family honor was among the women in this world.
Chu Yan chose a good-for-nothing as her son-in-law for the sake of her family; Zheng Dan chose to marry into the Sang family for the sake of her family; and now, the Crown Princess is even willing to sacrifice her life for her family.
He didn't stop, but continued to carry the Crown Princess as he fled into the distance.
"Return to the East Palace!" the Crown Princess said immediately. She knew that since Consort Bai was targeting her, she would not only send this group of people. Someone would also go to the East Palace to prove that she was not inside. The best way to clear her name was to return to the East Palace. That way, as long as she denied it, the other party's framing would be meaningless.
"Alright!" Zu An lightly touched the ground with his toes and swiftly dashed out.
There were many people along the way, but he always managed to avoid them in advance as if he had foreseen it.
At first, the Crown Princess was on tenterhooks, but seeing that he avoided danger each time, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Only then did I have the chance to look up at him, and I realized that he was quite handsome, with a profile as handsome as a marble sculpture and a resolute and calm gaze that gave me a sense of security.
She thought to herself that this guy was much better when he was like this normally, but he had to put on such a shameless, lecherous act, which really affected his image.
She felt her heart pounding wildly, a feeling she had never experienced before. She naturally didn't understand that this was the so-called suspension bridge effect, and could only subconsciously press her whole body closer to the other person's chest.
His embrace felt as warm as that of the Eleventh Prince…
The thought had barely crossed her mind when she quickly dismissed it. How could that be? How could he compare to the Eleventh Lord…
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