Cyan light pierced through Li Tianxiu's head, still flying forward several dozen paces before shooting into a white wall with a dull thud. It was a section of green bamboo.
The green bamboo sank about a foot into the wall, and the white wall was stained with a few splashes of blood—vivid red, like plum blossoms, possessing a somewhat unusual artistic conception.
One could not tell at all that this piece of bamboo had just passed through a human brain.
No one could have anticipated this sudden turn of events. By the time they reacted, the green bamboo had already pierced clean through Li Tianxiu's head, and there was no longer any saving him!
Among the members of the Li Family, there were many experts. Especially the family retainers, who were all shrewd and capable scholars chosen to serve as the Imperial Guard. Not a few were soldiers hailing from frontier garrison posts, having crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Their practical combat experience was exceptionally brilliant. Among them, there were even powerful individuals who had achieved the Nascent Soul realm!
Yet despite so many experts, not a single one managed to block that piece of green bamboo!
The speed of that green bamboo was simply too fast—so fast that by the time the sound was heard, Li Tianxiu's head had already been pierced through!
"Protect the mistress!"
At Sister-in-law Gu's command, the crowd immediately stirred. Dozens of people flashed over to the side of the family carriage and lightly patted their waists. Streaks of golden light erupted, and massive golden bells inverted and settled over the carriage, their surfaces wreathed in golden radiance. It was precisely the Golden Bell Talisman, shielding the carriage to prevent the villains from harming the female family members.
"Clang—"
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