Xu Nian gripped the arrow in her shoulder, her face pale with pain. The city wall was just a few hundred meters behind her.
There are more than a dozen people pursuing her, but only one has made a move against her so far. She doesn't know how skilled the other dozen or so people are.
The fighting between the two countries on the city wall was fierce, and even if Zhao Zhen knew she was in danger, he couldn't get away to rescue her for the time being.
What should she do?
Xu Nian called for Yuanbao but received no response. However, she opened the system shop, where a dazzling array of items were all worth 100 points.
Invisibility talismans were not on Xu Nian's radar. Her shoulder wound was still bleeding, and if she suddenly disappeared, the only consequence would be that the other party would use various weapons to blast the place where she had been.
She didn't want to die such a gruesome death, stabbed to death by various weapons.
This "power pill" will transform you into a superhuman loli after you take it, and the effect lasts for ten minutes.
No, the time limit is too short, it's useless. These people all know light-footed skills, as long as they don't get close to her, they can wear her down until the time limit expires.
The Carefree Step is a top-tier movement technique, effective for three minutes.
This looks alright, it's just a bit short.
The Ten-Mile Muscle-Softening Powder is colorless and odorless. Once its effects take hold, it causes the muscles and bones throughout the body to feel weak and sore. Although one can move normally after several days, one cannot exert any internal strength.
Xu Nian's eyes lit up. If she used this thing properly, she could wipe out these dozen or so people. She wanted this one.
After purchasing the muscle-relaxing powder, Xu Nian stumbled and fell to the ground, her eyes filled with fear and unease as she watched a group of people approaching her from behind.
"You really can run fast. I was just thinking of crippling your arms and legs," the leader said, grabbing Xu Nian by the neck.
"Let go of me." Xu Nian struggled and slapped the man's arm, coughing as she slapped harder.
"Boss, don't strangle him to death." The dozen or so people who arrived either surrounded the leader or stood behind him.
"Hmph!" Xu Nian was thrown to the ground by this person, and there were more than a dozen people right behind her.
"Since you can't deal with Zhao Zhen, you can only take your anger out on me, a weak woman." Xu Nian threw her sleeves as she fell to the ground, sneering at the leader.
“Zhao Zhen killed so many soldiers of my Yi Kingdom. You are his woman, so it is only right and reasonable for you to repay his sins.” The leader was not angered by Xu Nian. On the contrary, he felt that everything he did was justified.
“There’s a reason why you can’t deal with Zhao Zhen.” Xu Nian felt that the time was about right, so she used her uninjured hand to help herself up from the ground.
Ignoring their angry glares, she dusted herself off and continued, "Because you're all too stupid."
"You're asking for death." The leader was furious and raised his hand to slap Xu Nian to death, but he fell to the ground with a "thud".
The dozen or so people around him also collapsed at the same time.
They stared in horror, bewildered. "What did you do to us?"
"I didn't do anything, I swear." Xu Nian's lips curved slightly as she drew the leader's knife and gestured towards his heart.
"Don't kill me, I'll exchange secret information for you." The leader was unwilling to be defeated by a woman like this; he wanted to live.
"Tell me about it?" Xu Nian placed the knife against the man's neck.
"Promise me you won't kill me first." The leader wasn't stupid; Xu Nian hadn't made any promises, so even if he did, they would still kill him.
“Okay, as long as the information you provide is confidential enough, I won’t kill you,” Xu Nian nodded.
"Zhao Zhen's most trusted deputy general is Emperor Rong's man, and Emperor Rong wants Zhao Zhen to die on the battlefield," the leader hurriedly said.
"His deputy is Emperor Rong's man? Then who is Du Hua?" Xu Nian quickly searched her mind and asked.
“Du Hua is a guard captain on the city wall,” the leader said.
Xu Nian frowned; it seemed this person really couldn't be killed.
Zhao Zhen's most trusted deputy general was Emperor Rong's man. It's unclear whether this was a scheme by the man to sow discord or to cover up for the real traitor.
After all, this man came from the barbarian country, and judging from his previous words, Zhao Zhen had killed many barbarian people.
This woman hated Zhao Zhen to the core; she couldn't believe he would betray his partner so readily out of fear of death.
This is a chance to get rid of Zhao Zhen and a chance for them to get revenge.
Xu Nian couldn't make a judgment, so she could only let Zhao Zhen interrogate him himself before deciding.
On the city wall.
The Yi Kingdom's siege momentum gradually weakened. The catapult, their most powerful siege weapon, was destroyed, and the remaining siege equipment could only be used to fill the gaps with lives.
Seeing the people around them fall one by one, the soldiers of the barbarian kingdom lost their will to fight.
When the commander-in-chief of the Yi army behind the main force saw that the men he had sent out had not appeared on time, he knew that the plan had failed and had no choice but to call a retreat.
"General, shall we press our advantage and pursue them?"
"Don't pursue a desperate enemy." Zhao Zhen shook his head. Although the enemy suffered heavy casualties in this battle, they had not lost more than half of their forces.
The most important thing is that the other party seems to be waiting for something?
Are they waiting for someone close to him to make a move?
But none of the people around him made a move. What were they waiting for?
"General, the young master has been attacked." Only then did the guards protecting Xu Nian climb up the city wall and report.
"What? Is she alright?" Zhao Zhen's composure vanished, replaced by panic and helplessness.
"Young master told us to split up and run. He said someone had to come back alive to deliver the message to you," the guard said, head bowed.
"Who attacked her?" Zhao Zhen had kept Xu Nian well hidden, and Xu Nian herself had also kept a low profile. Who leaked her information?
"There were more than a dozen barbarian people, and their target was the young master."
Zhao Zhen's eyes widened in fury upon hearing this. No wonder the people around him hadn't made a move; it turned out they had all set their sights on Xu Nian.
After instructing his deputy to handle the aftermath, Zhao Zhen hurriedly descended the city wall.
Ah Nian, please make sure nothing happens to you.
Zhao Zhen knew that Xu Nian must have escaped through the secret passage, but he didn't know if Xu Nian could still escape from being chased by more than a dozen people.
Was she hurt? Was she very scared?
It was his arrogance that caused her to suffer this calamity.
"Zhao Zhen!"
"Zhao Zhen!"
The woman's call made Zhao Zhen turn his head, and his eyes immediately reddened.
His Anian is injured!
Zhao Zhen strode up to Xu Nian, looking at her shoulder with a mixture of wanting to touch her but not daring to.
“Zhao Zhen, those dozen or so people on the ground are all from the Yi Kingdom. The leader said your deputy general is Emperor Rong’s man. I don’t know if you can believe what he says. You have to ask him yourself before you decide.” Xu Nian finished speaking in one breath and looked at Zhao Zhen. She found that he did not react. He just looked at her with heartache and self-blame.
"A-Nian, it's all my fault."
"Zhao Zhen...!" Xu Nian's words suddenly stopped. She looked at the dozen or so arrows shooting from the city wall and, without thinking, stood in front of Zhao Zhen.
Holy crap! Which bastard assassinated her 10,000 points? She's going to kill him.
"A-Nian!" Zhao Zhen reacted quickly, waving his sword to block more than a dozen arrows, but one arrow deflected his sword and pierced Xu Nian's heart.
Zhao Zhen's hand gripping the sword trembled. Few could shoot such an arrow. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the city wall: "Du Hua."
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