In the Mangshan Mountains, the trees are thick and towering.
The forest was shrouded in mist, and colorful snakes lay prone or curled up, their tiny, bean-sized eyes warily scanning everything in the forest.
Jiang Bai had just entered when he was attacked no less than ten times.
Despite the goosebumps running down his spine, he threw the long worm coiled around his arm away. Where the worm landed, a number of strange insects suddenly scattered.
This place is so unfriendly to her!
Jiang Bai's hair stood on end. Her body's aversion to mollusks and insects made her want to turn around and run away, but looking at the map in her hand, she gritted her teeth and continued forward.
The ground was uneven, and there were often deep pits under the dead trees, many of which had long bamboo poles stuck in them, seemingly man-made traps.
Are there people in the mountains?
I tapped the pointed bamboo tube at the bottom of the pit with a stick. The tip of the bamboo tube was dark brown, the color of blood.
As we walked, the closer we got to the place depicted on the map, the more traps we encountered. Strangely, there was no trace of human activity around us.
The traces have been erased.
Jiang Bai guessed that his movements into the mountains had slowed down considerably, and he listened carefully to the sounds around him.
She had been in the mountains for half an hour, but apart from snakes and a group of poisonous insects she didn't recognize, she hadn't seen any other wild animals.
Either there were no wild animals in this forest to begin with, or these wild animals have already been cleared out by people.
She prefers the latter.
As time passed, the fog in the forest gradually thickened, and Jiang Bai's outer garment became wet, with water vapor all around him.
In Nan'an County, people hesitate to even drink a sip of water. The mountains are lush with vegetation, but unfortunately, it's poisonous.
Jiang Bai's eyes narrowed slightly.
Something's coming.
Almost as soon as the thought crossed her mind, a silvery-white light suddenly appeared in the mist, its sharp aura aimed straight at her throat.
Too slow.
Jiang Bai sighed inwardly, but quickly raised his hand and clamped the sword tip from top to bottom. With his other hand, he flicked the sword repeatedly, and the once invincible longsword shattered inch by inch in an instant.
The person who made the move was greatly surprised, as the longsword in his hand was made of refined iron.
The newcomer is unmatched.
He quickly retreated, using the fog to conceal his escape.
Jiang Bai wrapped the shards on the ground with a cloth, closed his eyes and listened carefully. Suddenly, his eyes opened and the corners of his lips curled up.
Ignoring the surrounding fog, she quickly chased after the person who had fled.
Elsewhere, Ming Yu fled ten miles towards Mangshan, and after confirming that the assassins had not followed him in, he had just removed the long snakes from the tree and sat down cross-legged when, like Jiang Bai, he encountered a thick fog.
When the man in the mist made his move, he was repelled and realized that there were others in Mangshan. He then made the same move as Jiang Bai.
The two were each chasing another person, and the distance between them was rapidly closing.
Finally, when the two were less than a hundred meters apart, the two assassins who had made the move vanished into thin air. The thick fog obscured their vision, making it impossible to see the surrounding scenery.
Jiang Bai and Ming Yu stopped at the same time.
The two perceptive individuals discovered that the person they were chasing had disappeared, but a new stranger had appeared opposite them.
Jiang Bai's nose twitched as he smelled a faint scent of blood on the person opposite him.
Ming Yu slowly raised the long sword in his hand, his expression cold and stern. He didn't know who the person opposite him was, but he knew that the person who had lured him here wanted to use him to get rid of the person opposite him.
His internal energy surged, and he couldn't suppress his injuries for long.
We need to get rid of the people on the other side as soon as possible, and then deal with the person who lured him here, so we can find a place to heal our wounds.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his lips without expression, then pushed off with his foot and thrust his long sword toward Jiang Bai.
When he got closer and saw Jiang Bai's appearance clearly, his eyes flickered slightly.
How could there be a woman in Mangshan?
Although she covered her face, her exquisite figure clearly indicated that she was a woman.
Mingyu showed no sign of stopping. Could a woman who could appear in Mangshan be an ordinary person?
As Jiang Bai saw a young man with a face as white as jade and a cold expression approaching with a sword, he raised an eyebrow.
There was no other reason than that this person's face bore a striking resemblance to Ji Yanwen's true appearance.
Could this be the Third Prince?
Thinking about Ji Yanwen's relationship with the Third Prince, Jiang Bai felt that his luck was a bit too good.
Raising the wooden stick in his hand to knock away the longsword, Jiang Bai grabbed the man's wrist and quickly subdued him.
"The Third Prince, Ming Yu?"
Ming Yu's gaze grew even colder, and he immediately launched a hidden weapon at Jiang Bai's face.
Jiang Bai raised an eyebrow again.
He dodged to the side, but this also freed Mingyu from his restraints.
He and she gazed at each other from afar, neither daring to make a rash move.
This woman is very strong.
His hand trembled slightly, trying to relieve the sharp pain in his wrist. He had no doubt that if she had used more force, she could have crushed his wrist bones.
While looking at the other person, he was already calculating how to escape.
Just then, the surrounding fog thickened.
A murderous intent suddenly arose.
Dozens of men in black formed a group and charged towards the two.
The solemn killing intent split even the withered trees in two.
"Military formation?"
Ming Yu's eyes suddenly lit up; the Black-Clad Guards were indeed here.
However, these people gave him no time to react, and every sword was aimed at taking his life. He was already seriously injured and his strength was less than one-tenth of what it used to be. These black-clad guards formed a battle formation, which made him retreat step by step.
On the other hand, the situation was reversed for Jiang Bai. The Xuan Yi Guards, who had formed a battle formation, were being suppressed by Jiang Bai alone, causing four of the six men attacking Ming Yu to withdraw, which greatly reduced the pressure on him.
While he was struggling to hold on, Jiang Bai had somehow managed to subdue all ten of the Black-Clad Guards.
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