Chapter 234: They Are All Acquaintances
When the man in black emerged from the rock wall again, Wen Wan grabbed a handful of fluorite powder and sprinkled it over without hesitation.
The men in black can appear and disappear so elusively simply because the passage is dimly lit and their figures blend into the rock wall at first glance.
When they were covered with fluorite powder, they became glowing living targets.
"Hold on a little longer, I'll be fine soon."
Wen Wan roared softly, observing with burning eyes every place where the man in black disappeared and appeared.
Sure enough, with the help of the fluorescent light from the men in black, Wen Wan observed the places where they appeared and disappeared.
"Your Highness, you are responsible for stopping the men in black. Yes, yes, you are responsible for destroying the rock wall where they appear and disappear."
Wen Wan gave orders to the two without hesitation.
"good."
"good."
Two high-ranking people from different camps obeyed her orders without any hesitation.
The others were not idle either, helping their master tacitly.
As the rock wall mechanism was precisely destroyed, the situation quickly reversed.
The mechanisms that the men in black could use became fewer and fewer, and in the end, there were almost no locations left where they could appear.
Wen Wan and others moved forward step by step.
Finally, when there were only three mechanisms that the men in black could use, and the rock wall collapsed, one of the men in black roared, desperately trying to die together.
He grabbed the sword and rushed straight towards Wen Wan, as if he realized that Wen Wan was the culprit behind their failed assassination.
Wen Wan was originally in the middle of the team. Under normal circumstances, the man in black could not get close to her.
But even though the man in black's body had been pierced by Ashao's sword, he seemed not to feel the pain and continued to rush forward until he reached Wen Wan.
When Wen En turned around, he saw that the tip of the black-clad man's sword was already in front of Wen Wan.
"careful!"
Wen En instinctively rushed in front of Wen Wan and used his body to block the sword tip that was so close to him in the fastest and most effective way.
"Zheng"
With a crisp sound, the black-clothed man's sword was broken.
It turned out that at the last moment, King Anding used all his strength to chop off the sword of the man in black.
The tip of the sword slipped and, by chance, cut Winn's pants.
Wen Wan's eyes widened in shock. When the man in black fell down, she went to check on Wen En's condition with trembling hands.
"How are you? Are you hurt?"
She checked him up and down and saw an egg-sized pit on his exposed thigh muscle.
She was stunned, staring at his legs with dull eyes.
The flesh pit, and the surrounding muscles and skin were hideously twisted, forming a horrible scar. It looked like a piece of flesh had been dug out there a long time ago.
Winn noticed her gaze and immediately pulled his robe to cover the exposed scar.
"Hurry up, don't we have to catch up with the people ahead?"
Prince Anding also urged, "Yes, we shouldn't stay here for long."
Some dark images flashed through Wen Wan's mind, and every time they flashed, her temples felt as painful as if being pricked by a needle.
She gathered her thoughts and forced herself to calm down, but her body was somewhat out of her control, and she staggered slightly as she walked forward.
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The group didn't walk far before they actually caught up with the two groups of people.
When they saw Wen Wan and her group, and saw that they were all injured, they were also shocked.
However, just as Wen Wan expected, after they caught up with these two groups of people, they no longer encountered any dangerous mechanisms in the subsequent passages.
As they walked forward, Wen Wan couldn't help but look at the two groups of people ahead.
Suddenly, her pupils shrank and her eyes fell on the young man wearing a black fox mask.
The young man was wearing a blue-gray coarse cloth robe. The cloth seemed to be very ordinary and could be bought anywhere on the street. Even his boots were ordinary cloth boots and there was nothing special about them.
Seeing that she was staring at the man, Winn shook her sleeve and looked at her inquiringly.
Wen Wan raised her hand and pointed at the man's wrist.
Winn followed his gaze, his brow furrowed.
He didn't understand that the man was wearing only an ordinary cinnabar bracelet on his wrist.
Cinnabar bracelets, like the cloth he was wearing, could be bought anywhere.
Seeing his bewildered expression, Wen Wan distanced herself slightly from the person in front of her and said in a low voice:
"This cinnabar bracelet has small black spots. Some time ago, Zhao wanted to please the old lady and went to Ganxu Temple to ask for a consecrated cinnabar bracelet."
"But the cinnabar bracelet consecrated by Ganxu Temple this time is unique. The temple master went all the way to the mountains to find the material. There are only a few of them in total, and they are priceless. Zhao spent a huge sum of money to get just one."
The one the young man was wearing was of the same material as the one Zhao had given to the old lady.
At that time, Zhao took credit in front of the old lady and mentioned that this cinnabar bracelet was very popular among nobles, and even Princess Jiarou asked for one to take back.
Therefore, it is self-evident who the young man wearing the black fox mask is.
Who else but him can wear this cinnabar bracelet and has a figure and temperament very similar to Meng Jin?
"It should be Meng Jin." Wen Wan was not surprised.
With Princess Jiarou as his backer, Azhuoxin would not dare to offend the royal family if he still wanted to have a place in Duan Dynasty.
Azhuoxin was chased by Wen En all the way and had no way to retreat. He was not sure whether the person behind the scenes would risk offending Princess Jiarou to protect him.
That's why people are so hesitant to set up a killing trap in the channel.
Perhaps sensing a different gaze, Meng Jin looked back, but Wen Wan had already looked away. Instead, Wen En looked at him coldly.
Meng Jin was stunned, not understanding why this person was looking at him like that.
Could it be that she recognized him?
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"We're here! We're here!"
In front, someone shouted excitedly.
Only then did everyone realize that there was a faint light ahead.
Walking further, I finally came out of the passage.
Finally able to see the light again, no one could laugh when they saw the situation in front of them.
The exit of the passage turned out to be a mass grave.
At this moment, Azhuoxin, wearing a white tiger mask, was sitting on a grave, holding a map in one hand, and the other hand seemed to be injured and hung in a strange posture.
But he seemed not to feel any pain, and looked at the group of people fighting in front of him leisurely.
It seemed that the people in the melee belonged to several different teams. They were killing each other in a mad frenzy, and every attack was fatal.
A man who was stabbed in the chest fell at Azhuoxin's feet. He retracted his foot and kicked the corpse in disgust.
"Bad luck. Don't get my shoes dirty."
He looked up at the scuffled group and said, "Look, another wave of people is coming. You have to reduce the number quickly. Remember, only the twenty people who are still alive can participate in my auction."
As he spoke, Azhuoxin looked provocatively in Winn's direction.
His lips moved and he seemed to mouth something.
"I know it's you."
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