The Demon Lords

Chapter 998 - 231: Assassination (Part 2)

After coming out, A Ming immediately lay on the ground and frantically rubbed his back to extinguish the flames on his body.

After extinguishing,

A Ming lay on the ground somewhat helplessly,

because compared to these burns, he preferred being shot by arrows.

Removing arrowheads is much simpler, just pull them out, one, two, three, four, clink clank clink;

but with these burns, he would have to wait for Siniang to help clean out the sand, dust, and clothing debris embedded in the wounds on his back; otherwise, when his flesh heals, his body would become like a stuffed cookie.

Oh, that would definitely be an extremely distressing experience.

"Assassins!"

"Protect the Lord!"

"Protect the Lord!"

The armored guards rushed over immediately, and just as Zheng Fan got up, he was surrounded by three layers of his own soldiers protecting him with their bodies.

The outer guards quickly formed a formation and stepped out, the front row holding horizontal blades, the rear drawing bows and readying crossbows.

The Fan Family across the horse field was startled by the commotion as well. Under Fan Yongxin’s leadership, they rushed over, only to be stopped by the outer guards.

Meanwhile,

Siniang first cursed:

"Useless Xue Three!"

Then,

she gritted her silver teeth,

glanced upwards,

and threw herself forward, attaching to the cliff. Using the threads she released around her to wrap around the edges, she quickly climbed upwards.

Clearly,

the previous bed crossbow had come from the cliff above!

At the same time, two other people crawled out from the guards, climbing the cliff like spiders following Siniang; they were from the Tianji Pavilion.

The elder of Tianji Pavilion, Zeng Shulang, after swearing allegiance to Zheng Fan, brought his disciples to oversee the defense construction at Snow Sea Pass and modify siege equipment. To express loyalty, two of the last three guardians of the Tianji Pavilion accompanied Zheng Fan’s group into Chu this time.

The remaining one was Zeng Shulang himself, who didn’t come along.

Jin Shuke’s response was slower than Siniang’s, as he had to gather soldiers, but he soon sorted out the tasks.

"You protect the Lord, Keyan Dongge, you take your men to the west side, and the rest, follow me to the east side; the assassins are on the mountain!"

Quickly,

the guards below split into three parts,

five hundred stayed behind to protect Zheng Fan and keep an eye on the Fan Family,

the others split into two parts led by Jin Shuke and Keyan Dongge advancing from both sides to encircle the mountain.

In an instant,

the sound of armor became solemn.

...

"Niuzi, let’s go, forget the bed crossbow."

"Chieftain, how can we leave it? It’s a treasure of our camp, how can we abandon it? No, I have to take it back!"

"Nonsense, just get moving, otherwise none of us will make it out alive!"

"I won’t leave, I won’t leave, this bed crossbow is more cherished than my wife. I’m not leaving, Chief, have another look, is that Yan bastard officer dead yet? Is he dead? He should be by now, I reckon he’s nearly cooked."

"Chief, something’s wrong, Yan bastards are coming up the west mountain path."

"Chief, they’re also coming up the east mountain path!"

The man called the Chieftain was heavily built, even in winter he wore only a shoulder-exposing hide. Hearing his subordinate’s report, he immediately shouted at the one who operated the bed crossbow:

"Niuzi, leave it, or we’ll all die here!"

The slender man called Niuzi nodded promptly, abandoning the bed crossbow, and said:

"Damn it, these Yan bastards are coming up fast."

Instead of descending from the east and west sides, they chose to continue climbing up the mountain. The distinctive feature of Mount Mong is that mountains are interconnected; if you can’t go down one, you can go down from the mountain opposite.

However, they had barely started ascending when they suddenly heard a scream.

The Chieftain turned to see Niuzi at the rear clutching his neck.

As a comrade reached out to help Niuzi, he was horrified to find Niuzi’s head separating from his neck and floating away.

This scene was truly shocking, because no one clearly saw what had happened.

Then Siniang’s figure appeared; though gasping after the climb, her eyes were full of murderous intent.

"You dare touch my man!"

As soon as she finished speaking, two threads shot out, piercing the bodies of two bandits ahead, who wore no armor, allowing the threads to enter easily.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

Two bandits screamed in agony.

Next,

two puppets emerged from the cliff face, leaping forward like two leopards.

The Chieftain, desperate,

drew his blade and jumped down at Siniang.

Siniang didn’t dodge; with her official Sixth Rank strength and her demonic experience and abilities from following Zheng Fan, how could she not handle a bandit leader?

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

At once,

lines of threads formed a dense net in front of her.

The Chieftain’s blade sank into this web, dissipating its force. As he tried to draw his sword, he found it stuck.

Being decisive, he abandoned the sword, quickly retreated, avoiding the encircling threads.

The two Tianji Pavilion guardians, having used puppets to slaughter two bandits, unhesitatingly pursued their next target.

This bandit group consisted of less than twenty men; in the darkness, without having lit any lamps for concealment, they were struck by Siniang and the two guardians’ abrupt assault, leaving them disoriented. The remaining men began fleeing frantically.