A moment later, the guard at the hut shouted, "Something's wrong! That woman has escaped!"
The guards outside rushed over, and Zhong Muyu's heart pounded with fear as she quickened her search for an exit.
Fortunately, there's always a way out. The place wasn't very big to begin with, and the surrounding stone walls had been in disrepair for years. She accidentally pushed one of the walls down, and Zhong Muyu took the opportunity to scramble out.
Zhong Muyu trudged through the weeds, her steps uneven. She dared not turn on her flashlight, so she had no idea where she was or which way to go.
But just remember to move further and further away from the torchlight.
However, a sound suddenly came from behind, and two people tumbled down from the sky, landing in front of Zhong Muyu.
"Princess Consort, let's go back."
Zhong Muyu became wary. As expected, she knew martial arts and was incredibly perceptive, able to pinpoint the direction she was fleeing in such a chaotic situation.
The torches behind her drew closer, accompanied by shouts. Zhong Muyu took a step back and then pressed a small saw against her neck with her left hand.
"Don't move! If you dare come any closer, I'll kill myself!"
Perhaps her fierce appearance was too frightening, because the two men did not dare to make any rash moves.
Zhong Muyu was betting that they wouldn't dare to make any rash moves, otherwise she couldn't outrun them in terms of speed.
They were very close, and Zhong Muyu was trembling with nervousness. However, her will to survive made her quickly take something out of her sleeve and shoot it at them twice.
A silenced gun, even if fired, will not be heard by others, thus slowing down the time it takes for the people behind to find it.
Fortunately, she had practiced shooting when she was in school, and since the two people were close together, hitting them was easy.
Before the two people understood what was happening, they fell backward due to inertia.
"What... happened..."
They had no idea what was happening.
Zhong Muyu stared blankly at the two people who had fallen, finding it hard to believe that she had actually done such a thing.
But she didn't have time to think about it now; the people behind her were getting closer and closer, so she could only keep running.
"There's someone there! Over there! Go after them!"
Shouts rang out, and they soon spotted the two men who had fallen.
One hit him right in the heart, and he was already dead; the other hit him in the stomach, and he was still breathing.
"Young Master..."
Upon seeing the masked man, the panting man managed to squeeze out two words.
Dillon, the masked man's attendant, said, "This... was she injured by a hidden weapon? Could it be that the Princess Consort of Ling is not an ordinary woman?"
The masked man frowned and coldly uttered only one sentence: "Capture her at all costs."
Upon hearing this, the people guarding the masked man, led by Ti Lung, all used their lightness skills to chase after him.
Zhong Muyu ran desperately, but she was unfamiliar with the terrain and even tripped and fell. On the contrary, the bandits knew the area well and chased her closely, always able to see her. Zhong Muyu gritted her teeth and pulled out a bomb.
Before she came, she had Butler 4601 prepare all the simple, easy, and lethal weapons, so she wasn't worried about not being able to blow them up.
boom!!!
With a deafening roar, flames shot into the sky, and some bandits were blown away.
The masked man and his subordinates were equally shocked.
Fortunately, they weren't traveling with bandits, otherwise they would have been among those who got blown up.
The bomb was very effective, successfully scaring away the ragtag bandits, but it couldn't stop the experts around the masked man. They moved very fast and were unpredictable, making it impossible for Zhong Muyu to aim at them.
At the critical moment, Zhong Muyu stumbled into a strong embrace, a long sword blocking the danger that was about to approach her.
Dillon narrowed his eyes slightly: "Lu Ziyuan?"
What? Lu Ziyuan?
Zhong Muyu looked up in disbelief, and it really was Lu Ziyuan!
But what is he doing here? And his clothes are disheveled and he has injuries, so it looks like he just had a fight.
Lu Ziyuan held Zhong Muyu tightly in his arms and asked, "How are you? Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine, but you..."
"I'm fine. They actually tried to hurt you; they're asking for trouble!"
Lu Ziyuan interrupted her, and he seemed very angry.
Before Zhong Muyu could figure out what was going on, the masked man and his men had already arrived.
The masked man sneered, "I was just looking for you, but you've walked right into my trap."
"So you'll arrest the princess if you can't find me? What a vicious thought."
Lu Ziyuan's eyes turned cold, and he pointed his long sword directly at his opponent.
His sword was stained with dried blood, suggesting it had been through a fierce battle. Lu Ziyuan shielded Zhong Muyu behind him, saying, "Don't be afraid, I'm here. They can't hurt you in the slightest."
"I believe you, but you should also be careful."
Zhong Muyu took a few steps back and stood in a relatively safe place.
The masked man said, "After several rounds of fighting, even if you can stand here, do you really think you'll survive?"
"Let's talk about it after we've done it!"
After speaking, Lu Ziyuan rushed forward first, while the masked man stopped his subordinates and also drew his sword to join the fray. In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged several blows in a one-on-one fight, the sound of metal clashing particularly loud in the wilderness.
Lu Ziyuan's moves were ruthless and swift, showing no signs of injury from several rounds of fighting. The masked man was puzzled and hesitated, but then murderous intent was already upon him!
Unexpectedly, Lu Ziyuan's sword technique suddenly changed, slashing the masked man's hand holding the sword. The masked man's hand trembled, and he lost his grip on the sword.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lu Ziyuan rushed to Zhong Muyu, picked her up, and ran away.
Zhong Muyu looked bewildered as Lu Ziyuan used his lightness skill to rise and fall, and then heard an exasperated voice behind him:
"Chase after them!"
"Lu Ziyuan, you..."
"hiss……"
Before Zhong Muyu could even ask, she heard Lu Ziyuan gasp. Only then did she realize that her palm, which was on his shoulder, was already wet.
Only then did she realize that Lu Ziyuan's shoulder was soaked, and the smell of blood filled her nostrils.
"So you're injured! And you still want to fight them!"
Lu Ziyuan said, "If we don't do this, how can we fool them and get you rescued? Hold on tight, we have to shake them off!"
His voice was trembling, so it was clear that he was in a bad situation. Zhong Muyu peeked out from behind; the people were still chasing after them and getting closer and closer.
“You can’t shake them off like this. Let me handle it. I dared to come here alone, and I have a way to deal with them.”
What's your idea?
"Keep your lightness skill steady and walk in a straight line!"
Although Lu Ziyuan was puzzled, he decided to believe Zhong Muyu at this moment.
He subconsciously felt that Zhong Muyu must have some skill to escape from them.
Zhong Muyu pulled something out of his sleeve, and Lu Ziyuan heard two "beep" sounds, followed by an explosion behind him.
Even without turning around, Lu Ziyuan knew that the situation was exactly the same as what he had seen when he first came here.
If it weren't for that sudden explosion, he wouldn't have discovered Zhong Muyu.
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