"Screech!"
The tent made of Green Deer Mystic Beast Hide was cleaved open by a streak of purple sword qi, torn into fragments that fluttered down like butterfly wings.
Ning Xiaochuan, Ji Hanxing, and Duanmu Ling'er stood inside the tent, staring at the troops, crossbows, sabers, and spears surrounding them from every direction.
There were more than a thousand soldiers encircling them, an elite military battalion. One-third of them wielded forbidden military artifacts, their bodies erupting with dense blood qi.
Xiao Cheng stood at the forefront of the battle formation, his hands clasped behind his back and his spine ramrod straight. His gaze was cold and sharp, fixed tightly upon Ning Xiaochuan. "Ning Xiaochuan colluded with a Demon Sect enchantress and attempted to steal military intelligence. His wolfish ambitions are unforgivable. Shoot him dead with a hail of arrows!"
Bang!
Ji Hanxing planted the Dragon Elephant Halberd Spear into the ground. With its tip as the center, seven or eight cracks spread outward. Her gaze was dark and icy as she stared down the soldiers, frightening them so badly that none dared act.
"Which eye of yours saw me colluding with a Demon Sect enchantress?" Ning Xiaochuan asked.
"Isn't the woman standing beside you a Demon Sect enchantress?" Xiao Cheng looked utterly certain of victory as he pointed at Duanmu Ling'er.
His gaze met Ning Xiaochuan's head-on. Profound qi clashed between them with sizzling sounds. Before they had even exchanged blows, the air was already thick with the stench of gunpowder.
Swish, swish!
Three hundred crossbows were drawn even tighter, every arrowhead aimed at Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er.
The arrowheads were wrapped in profound qi, forming spindle-shaped points. If Ji Hanxing had not still been standing in the center of the tent, those bolts would already have been fired.