Before long, Zhao Yuankan's guards had suffered heavy casualties. Only three remained, including the expert who had wanted Zhao Yuankan to leave, and all three were severely wounded.
They could no longer fight and could only retreat to Zhao Yuankan's side and stand in front of him. Even gravely wounded, they remained on guard against the enemy.
At this point, the enemy also stopped attacking. Ji Yu and his two companions walked over and stopped ten feet from Zhao Yuankan.
Ji Yu looked Zhao Yuankan over, then laughed. "To think even this old man fell into your trap. You actually played the empty fort stratagem on me. Experts? Experts hiding in the shadows? What experts?"
But once Ji Yu finished laughing, his face instantly darkened. He said coldly, "I had planned to leave your corpse intact, but now it seems this old man will have to cut you into ten thousand pieces. Wasting so much of this old man's time is an unforgivable crime! Let's see whether any expert really does come to save you!"
With that, Ji Yu's figure flashed as he moved to take Zhao Yuankan's life himself.
"Your Highness, run!" The three guards standing in front shouted, then charged at Ji Yu.
They knew they were no match for Ji Yu, not even at their full strength.
But their duty was to protect Zhao Yuankan, even at the cost of their lives.
"You fools have no idea when you're courting death. I'll finish all of you off together!" Murder flashed fiercely in Ji Yu's eyes as he prepared to kill the three guards charging at him.
Just then, a figure suddenly darted between the four of them and struck at Ji Yu with his palm.
Caught off guard, Ji Yu could only hastily raise a palm to