Founding a Nation in Blood (Part Five)

"Clatter, clatter..."

Amid the arrow storm that blotted out the sky, countless arrows and crossbow bolts dropped from midair, clattering against the ground.

The arrows and bolts had been fired with enough force to penetrate stone, but after the Huan King intercepted them twice, they had become spent bolts unable to pierce even fine silk. They posed little threat to his party, least of all the Yellow Turban Strongmen, whose immense strength came with formidable defenses.

"Protect His Majesty! Protect His Majesty!"

Qiu Li, Gao Gong, and the other personal guards shouted. Yellow Turban Strongmen surged forward and closed ranks around the Huan King's carriage.

Gao Gong and Tian Mang took positions on either side of Jian Shang, trying to shield him and persuade him to retreat into the carriage. Jian Shang ignored them. He remained before its shafts, watching the Loose Immortals battle overhead and the melee unfolding below.

Another volley of arrows and bolts erupted, pouring down like a torrential rain.

"Eternal Heavenly Wilderness!"

"Freeze!"

With those same two moves, the Huan King all but eliminated the threat from the enemy's arrows and bolts. Yet countless Jianghu fighters and Otherworlders lay outside Jian Shang's protection and died in vain.

"Counterattack! Surround and kill the assassins!"

Standing tall before the carriage, Jian Shang watched the bloody chaos, his thick brows drawing together. He gave the order at once.

"But Your Majesty..." Li Tong, guarding the carriage, hesitated.

"Destroy the assassins quickly, and I'll be able to call upon the army's power. Don't worry about my safety. Assassinating me in the royal capital won't be so easy!"

Jian Shang glanced anxiously at the battle overhead. His voice was cold and confident.

Jian Shang had seized the initiative, using his ultimate skill, Star-Sealing Origin-Locking, to knock Duke Wushan Ren Bi from