What surprised Chu Rongguan even more was how skilled Nian Yuzhou was at martial arts. He had never heard of the man being particularly outstanding before, but this fight completely overturned everything he thought he knew.
Nian Yuzhou had already exchanged dozens of blows with him, yet neither could gain the upper hand.
In the end, all of Nian Yuzhou's men died, leaving him alone.
Chu Rongguan's side had also suffered heavy losses. Only eight of them remained.
Eight against one-their chances of winning were still high.
All eight attacked together, but even then, they failed to gain much of an advantage.
That was because Nian Yuzhou carried a highly formidable concealed weapon.
None of the eight could get close to him...
At last, someone caught him off guard and looped a lasso around his neck, trying to strangle him.
Nian Yuzhou's eyes rolled back as the rope tightened. Just as he was about to breathe his last, the rope suddenly snapped.
Even Heaven was helping Nian Yuzhou.
Nian Yuzhou gasped for air. Chu Rongguan wanted to seize that moment to attack again, but the men sent to meet Nian Yuzhou arrived and saved him in time.
Unwilling to accept defeat, Chu Rongguan could only order his men to retreat.
Song Yaoyao: [Good grief, he really is hard to kill.
I'm starting to suspect Nian Yuzhou has a protagonist's halo. Even the rope snapped for no reason at such a crucial moment.]
Guagua: [Yes, it really was bizarre.
After that, Chu Rongguan and Cai Jingwen were afraid the assassination attempt on Nian Yuzhou would be traced back to them, so they lay low for a while.
Once the affair had completely blown over, they wanted to make another attempt, but the emperor sent Nian Yuzhou away on an assignment.
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