Before the Ninth Princess could answer, the girl in the green dress stumbled underfoot.
"Ah!"
The girl in green crashed heavily to the ground. An arrow flashed past her scalp like lightning, startling her into a cold sweat.
The Ninth Princess, Leng Hongyan, hurriedly turned and retreated, placing a hand on the green-clad girl's arm.
"Xier, you grew up with me. No matter what happens, I will never abandon you!"
Tears glimmered in Xier's eyes as she said,
"But my cultivation is too weak. Following behind you only holds you back!"
"The army of Huqi Kingdom is already pressing close. If I keep dragging you down, neither of us will escape!"
A flash of grief and fury crossed Leng Hongyan's eyes.
"Then we die together! I can't bring myself to leave you here!"
With that, she grabbed Xier and pulled her up.
"Ninth Princess, with those words from you, even if Xier dies, it will have been worth it!"
As she spoke, Xier drew a short dagger from her sleeve and viciously plunged it toward her own abdomen.
Leng Hongyan frowned. She sent out a stream of spiritual energy that knocked the dagger away, then glanced speechlessly at Xier.
"You idiot! I'm a princess. If I say you won't die, then you won't die!"
"Come with me!"
With that, she dragged Xier and sprinted wildly forward.
But before they had gone a hundred steps, she felt an incomparably vicious murderous aura rushing toward them from ahead, while a powerful pressure rapidly closed in from behind.
"Not good, we're being attacked from both sides!"
Leng Hongyan furrowed her brows and bit down hard on her red lips, assuming the posture of someone ready to fight to the death.
"Hahaha!"
An arrogant laugh rang out. Huqi Kingdom's valiant general, Wang Meng, appeared