Princess Zhiya had gone to the heavenly prison. The entire princess’s residence was now guarded by only Ashi Liren alone!
Fang Qingzhuo and Zhining had already entered the underground secret chamber with their children.
If both Zhiya and Ashi Liren were present, then for assassins to enter the princess’s residence would be pure fantasy.
But now there was only Ashi Liren alone.
At this time, Zhili had already been taken to Yanjing by Ji Xiuning. Regarding this demon blood incident, she would dig to the very bottom and raise a massive case.
To make Zhili keep silent, Hidden Continent could only capture Fang Qingzhuo and her daughter as hostages, because the only people Zhili cared about were these three mother and daughters.
Of course, Fang Qingzhuo was the legitimate daughter of Hidden Continent, and the two girls were Hidden Continent’s granddaughters. But so what? In this life-and-death struggle, what did familial affection count for?
Therefore, after Princess Zhiya left, three thousand troops immediately stationed themselves in the princess’s residence. And the Shadow Pavilion experts by the king’s side were transferred to the princess’s residence.
After completing all this, Zhiya departed. Ashi Liren sat beside the central courtyard of the princess’s residence, releasing powerful spiritual power to monitor every place within the princess’s residence.
Just a quarter of an hour later!
Indeed they came. The assassins had indeed come.
Ashi Liren immediately sensed the influx of a powerful spiritual power.
Four waves of assassins entered the princess’s residence from the east, south, west, and north.
What first surged within Ashi Liren was anger. This was a kingdom’s princess’s residence. The future queen and regent lived here. Yet for some forces, entering and exiting was as if there were no one present.
What right did they have to do this? And after doing so, they completely escaped punishment by law.
Without needing Ashi Liren’s command, the soldiers within the princess’s residence immediately picked up their crossbows and madly shot arrows at the assassins rushing in.
From the hidden towers, from the sentry posts, arrows were shot madly.
At the same time, Shadow Pavilion experts guarded all the crucial passages.
Although the assassins were fierce, they only numbered one or two hundred after all. For a time it was difficult to completely break through. In the blink of an eye they were tangled together.
And right at this moment…
Suddenly, a ball of bizarre smoke exploded. It was exactly the same fatal poison fog that Li Chenglian had used to assassinate the king and escape with.
The Demon Continent’s fatal poison bombs!
Poison bombs exploded continuously, releasing poison fog covering over a dozen square meters. Once a person touched this poison fog, their body would immediately rot and die.
The poison fog spread continuously. Dozens of true assassin main forces hid within the dense fog, unstoppable like splitting bamboo, directly charging toward the depths of the princess’s residence.
The assassins did not know where Fang Qingzhuo and her daughter were, but where the strongest expert was, there Fang Qingzhuo and her daughter would be.
And the strongest spiritual energy body they sensed was right in the central courtyard of the princess’s residence!
Very quickly, the most elite assassins arrived at the central courtyard of the princess’s residence. They were shocked to see that there was only Ashi Liren alone.
The poison fog dispersed, revealing the true faces of this wave of most elite assassins.
Ashi Liren was stunned upon seeing the arrivals.
The leader of the assassins was actually Demon Continent Princess Yuanyuan.
Of course, what surprised Ashi Liren was that this Yuanyuan was dressed exactly the same as herself.
This ever-changing demon woman was today wearing clothes identical to Ashi Liren’s. Her temperament had also become cold as frost, arrogant and inviolable.
But no matter how this Demon Continent Princess Yuanyuan changed, the evil spirit and seductiveness in her eyes remained constant.
“Sister Liren, surprised? Delighted?” Yuanyuan said.
Ashi Liren frowned and said, “Why is it you? How did you also become Hidden Continent’s running dog? Colluding with Fang Qingyi?”
Demon Continent Princess Yuanyuan said, “Someone like Fang Qingyi cannot order me around. Whatever I do, I only follow my heart. I don’t like Suolun. I am willing to do anything that causes him pain.”
Ashi Liren said, “You are suspected of conspiring to assassinate the king. And now you brazenly break into the princess’s residence. Do you have any kingdom dignity or law in your eyes?”
“Of course not.” Yuanyuan said, “These people are just a pile of ants. Even at Suolun’s level, he is merely a slightly larger ant. Zhiya is a fool. She could have been a proper human, yet she insisted on leaving the Holy Temple to become an ant.”
Facing Demon Continent Princess’s sense of superiority from above, Ashi Liren no longer had any desire to communicate.
Yuanyuan said in a coquettish voice, “Sister Liren, you are different. You are the direct disciple of Lord Jiangshang. Why mingle with these lowly people? Leave. Don’t concern yourself with matters here.”
“Scram!” Ashi Liren said coldly.
Yuanyuan sneered, “Sister Liren, you were the one who blocked my path first. That’s why I am making a move.”
Then, Yuanyuan waved her jade hand.
Immediately, over twenty Demon Continent experts suddenly dispersed, surrounding Ashi Liren in the middle.
“Boom boom boom boom…”
Countless poison bombs smashed toward Ashi Liren from all directions, completely impossible to block.
“Boom boom boom boom…”
The poison bombs exploded, releasing bizarre poison fog.
In an instant, Ashi Liren’s delicate body was completely engulfed!
“Hahahaha…” Demon Continent Princess Yuanyuan laughed coquettishly, “Oh, Sister Liren, it would truly be a pity and too unsightly for such a delicate, fragrant body to become a puddle of pus and blood. I truly hope your husband, Priest Yanping, won’t blame me. He is still a charming person.”
And right at this moment…
“Boom!”
The poison fog enveloping the central courtyard suddenly condensed.
The originally over a hundred cubic meters of poison fog was instantly condensed into only a small clump. From countless gases it became a small clump of poison liquid.
“Crack crack…”
Then, this clump of poison liquid began to condense into ice, becoming a sharp, highly toxic ice blade.
And Ashi Liren remained completely unharmed.
Seeing this scene, Demon Continent Princess Yuanyuan was stunned.
“Swoosh…” Ashi Liren waved her jade hand. This highly toxic ice blade suddenly flashed, piercing through the heads of three Demon Continent experts.
Just as it was about to pierce through a fourth head, these Demon Continent experts swiftly flashed to dodge.
In an instant, Ashi Liren killed three Demon Continent experts.
“Wow, so amazing…” Demon Continent Princess Yuanyuan applauded and said in a coquettish voice, “Everyone, attack together. Tear her into pieces.”
Following the demon woman Yuanyuan’s command.
The remaining twenty Demon Continent experts immediately flashed and shuttled like ghosts, their sharp blades madly cutting toward Ashi Liren’s body.
Demon Continent experts had one characteristic: fast, incomparably fast!
Lightning ghost-like fast. No one could resist.
That’s right, almost no one.
Little Lord Gao Gao Yu’s martial arts were so high, not much inferior to Gao Yin. And Gao Yin and Ashi Liren’s martial arts were about equal.
However, little Lord Gao could not even defend against four Demon Continent experts, being stabbed many times.
And now, surrounding and killing Ashi Liren were over twenty Demon Continent experts.
Currently, the only person capable of resisting Demon Continent experts was one person: Princess Zhiya.
She had the spiritual body condensation technique. No matter how fast you were, she could instantly freeze and immobilize you. And she usually immobilized over a dozen targets at once.
The lower the target’s dragon power cultivation and spiritual power cultivation, the more she could immobilize. Once the enemies were immobilized by Zhiya, she could then cut them down like chopping melons and vegetables.
But now…
There was one more person capable of dealing with Demon Continent experts, and that was Ashi Liren!
She did not know the spiritual body condensation technique, but she knew the ice freeze condensation technique.
She had the dragon yin absolute meridian. Within her dragon power was terrifying ice-cold energy. Once released, it could instantly freeze a person completely stiff.
And once frozen stiff, no matter how fast you were, it was useless.
Twenty Demon Continent experts shuttled like ghostly lightning, surrounding and killing Ashi Liren.
But in an instant, Ashi Liren’s body became a terrifying ice-cold energy body.
Anyone within one foot of her was instantly frozen stiff and solidified.
Anyone within one meter of her had their limbs frozen stiff, almost unable to move.
Anyone within three meters of her was slowed down by the freezing.
Thus, the speed advantage of the Demon Continent experts was completely nullified.
Demon Continent experts who lost their speed were a complete tragedy!
Next, it was Ashi Liren’s turn to chop melons and vegetables!
She struck out in anger, releasing powerful ice-cold energy, freezing a person into an ice pillar, then fiercely slashing down with her sword, instantly shattering them into pieces.
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh…”
Ashi Liren’s killing speed was not fast, but it was extremely terrifying and violent.
One sword slash and she directly smashed a person into powder, truly tearing them into pieces.
“Boom, boom, boom, boom…”
The violent Ashi Liren terrifyingly slaughtered the Demon Continent experts. In the blink of an eye she killed over a dozen people.
Demon Continent Princess Yuanyuan watched with trembling body and blood running cold.
Ashi Liren’s martial arts were very strong. She knew this. But she absolutely could not defeat over twenty Demon Continent experts. Each Demon Continent expert’s strength surpassed that of a human kingdom’s dragon warrior.
And Ashi Liren had ice-cold energy. Yuanyuan also knew this. But it was far from this strong.
Of course Yuanyuan did not know that the dragon yin absolute meridian within Ashi Liren’s body had been suppressed for decades. Now every day it was backlashing, every day it was growing stronger. Especially after Ashi Luo died, the backlash of the dragon yin absolute meridian grew increasingly intense.
But this kind of mad killing by Ashi Liren truly made one’s soul fly away in terror.
Watching the experts beside her rapidly decrease, Yuanyuan immediately had thoughts of retreat.
And right at this moment, Ashi Liren’s delicate body swayed, her movements slowing down.
Because although releasing this dragon yin absolute meridian was exhilarating, the damage to her body was also extremely great. She was about to face another backlash.
Yuanyuan had sharp eyes and immediately discovered this. She said, “She can’t hold on much longer. Exhaust her to death! If she still has one breath left later, I allow you to rape her. She can be considered the most beautiful woman under heaven. It would be a bargain for you.”
The remaining ten Demon Continent experts no longer rushed in eagerly. Instead, they maintained a certain distance from Ashi Liren, then rapidly flashed around, surrounding her.
Ashi Liren felt her entire body growing colder and colder. Her steps staggered. A mouthful of blue blood spat out from her mouth.
She truly could not hold on much longer.
And once she fell, Fang Qingzhuo and her daughter were finished. Zhining and her son were also finished!
Of course, Ashi Liren herself would also be finished. But even if she died, she would not let villains violate her body. Before dying, she would completely solidify her body into ice, then shatter it into countless pieces.
But she had promised Suolun to guard Fang Qingzhuo and her daughter, and Zhining and her son. Was she really going to let him down?
Ashi Liren used infinite willpower, gritting her teeth to resist the terrifying backlash of the dragon yin absolute meridian. Staggering in her steps, she wanted to continue killing people. But her vision grew increasingly dark. She could barely see clearly anymore. Wanting to continue pursuing the Demon Continent experts was already impossible.
And right at this moment, a sharp cry.
Fang Qingzhuo waved her sword and fiercely charged out, disregarding everything, madly killing toward the Demon Continent experts!
After becoming Zhili’s wife, she had truly been too gentle, too virtuous.
To the point that people forgot that she too had once been one of the Holy Dragon Temple’s most outstanding martial arts disciples.
After being implanted with demon blood, when Zhili raped her, she had never resisted. This made people forget a fact: her martial arts were higher than Zhili’s.
It had really been many years since she had made a move. Many years since she had used a sword.
She should have been hiding in the secret chamber and not coming out. But seeing Ashi Liren staggering in her steps, she could no longer hold back. She directly waved her sword and charged out.
If Ashi Liren died under the swords of these demon people, Fang Qingzhuo would never forgive herself.
Fang Qingzhuo’s sword was filled with spiritual energy and elegance.
But now striking out in hatred, her sword became incomparably sharp.
And the Demon Continent experts’ moves were full of scruples, because this woman before them could not be killed. She had to be captured as a hostage to threaten Zhili.
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh…”
Fang Qingzhuo attacked madly, completely without defense. However, her speed was not fast enough. She could not wound these Demon Continent experts.
And Ashi Liren at this time was staggering in her steps, her eyes barely able to see clearly. Wanting to kill enemies herself had become very difficult.
After discovering that Fang Qingzhuo’s martial arts were very high, Liren immediately changed strategy and began coordinating with Fang Qingzhuo.
When Fang Qingzhuo wanted to kill someone, Liren immediately released powerful ice-cold energy at that target. Even if she could not freeze him stiff, she completely slowed his speed.
Thus, the situation became favorable once more.
Ashi Liren used ice-cold energy to immobilize. Fang Qingzhuo charged up to kill.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…”
The gentle and virtuous Fang Qingzhuo, now striking out, was also incomparably domineering and sharp. One sword slash and she directly cut off half an enemy’s head.
Under the coordination of Ashi Liren and Fang Qingzhuo, the Demon Continent experts decreased one by one.
And at this time, the outer Shadow Pavilion experts and several thousand soldiers had already dealt with the outer assassins, surging over like a tidal wave.
Demon Continent Princess Yuanyuan watched as the over twenty Demon Continent experts she brought now only numbered five. Her heart ached as if bleeding.
“Fang Qingzhuo, you fool. The Holy Dragon Temple’s education is used to brainwash the lowly people of human kingdoms. I never expected it would also completely brainwash you, a legitimate daughter of Hidden Continent, turning you into a stupid woman.” Demon Continent Princess Yuanyuan said angrily.
“Retreat!”
At her command, Demon Continent Princess Yuanyuan led the unnamed Demon Continent experts to withdraw.
“Boom boom boom…” Extremely precious poison bombs were thrown out like they cost nothing. In the escape passage created by the dense poisonous fog, Yuanyuan led the five surviving Demon Continent experts to flee.
Without needing orders, the imperial guards guarding the princess’s residence madly shot arrows toward the dense fog.
After escaping the princess’s residence, three more Demon Continent experts beside the demon woman Yuanyuan died. Only two remained.
This time, because Zhiya left the princess’s residence, the opportunity to intercept and kill Fang Qingzhuo and her daughter came very suddenly. So Fang Qingyi found Yuanyuan and asked her to help.
Yuanyuan hated Suolun. She was willing to do anything that could make Suolun suffer. So she immediately led over twenty experts and over a hundred warriors to charge and kill the princess’s residence.
She thought it was a sure thing. She never expected to encounter a nearly heaven-defying Ashi Liren, who alone blocked twenty Demon Continent experts.
One must know that these Demon Continent experts under Yuanyuan’s command, in single combat, would only be slaughtered even by dragon warriors.
After Yuanyuan fled, Ashi Liren directly collapsed and fainted. A layer of frost immediately emerged on her body. She was completely unconscious, her life or death uncertain.
“City Lord Liren!” Fang Qingzhuo cried out mournfully, then loudly said, “Quickly go tell Suolun that City Lord Liren is in trouble!”
Immediately after, Fang Qingzhuo’s vision blurred. It was as if countless butterflies were dancing in her sight.
Then, she also directly collapsed and fainted, completely unconscious.
Because she had been struck by four or five swords. Although not fatal, the swords were coated with extremely strange poison.
Immediately, a Shadow Pavilion expert mounted a griffin beast and flew toward the Wangcheng Gold Headquarters Castle, reporting to Suolun.
…
At this time, Fang Qingyi was not at the Hidden Origin Society, but hiding in the Holy Dragon Temple of Zhidu, because he was very afraid of death.
Over these years, a considerable portion of the blood sucked from the Furious Wave Kingdom by the Hidden Origin Society had been offered as tribute to the Zhidu Holy Temple.
Otherwise, with so many estates in the Furious Wave Kingdom, so many secret armies, what did the Holy Dragon Temple rely on to maintain them?
These priests, these judges, what supported such luxurious lives?
Where did the Holy Dragon Temple’s so many secret estates and fields come from?
“Young Master, Gao Yin led the imperial guards to charge into the Hidden Origin Society, arresting all members of the Hidden Origin Society, including Young Master’s women and your cousin. Over a hundred were killed, over five hundred captured.” A Hidden Origin Society warrior rushed over to report.
Immediately after, another Hidden Origin Society warrior rushed over, knelt down and said in a trembling voice, “Demon Continent Princess Yuanyuan led assassins to charge and kill the princess’s residence but failed, nearly completely annihilated.”
In an instant, Hidden Continent Young Master Fang Qingyi completely could not believe his own ears. His face changed in horror!
Suolun… he, he has gone mad?
The Wangcheng Gold gold reserves were gone. Not only did he not compromise and beg for mercy, but he instead went all out, charging and killing the Hidden Origin Society!
What kind of place was the Hidden Origin Society?
It was equivalent to Hidden Continent’s embassy in the Furious Wave Kingdom. It was truly Hidden Continent’s territory.
Was Suolun mad? Was he going to completely fight to the death?