Chapter 199: Father and Son_2
The prerequisite was that they could leave alive.
Weren't there supposed to be only one grandmaster? How come there were three!
The four men died too quickly, giving the others a great shock, and in an instant, they harbored thoughts of retreat.
This mission was just for silver; it wasn't worth risking their lives.
One black-clothed man decisively ran towards the distance, but he fled in the wrong direction. While passing through the battlefield of two grandmasters, he got his head blown apart by a punch from Gatekeeper Huang.
With ten against seven, even the remaining black-clothed assassins had the advantage in numbers, but they were already scared out of their wits.
On the other hand, the five strong members of the Spiegel Bureau fought more and more bravely, dealing with more enemies with fewer people, yet they did not fall short.
Of course, another important reason was that the three remaining members of the Heavenly Mountain Seven Killers dared not use the Heavenly Mountain Sword Technique anymore.
Having watched four of their fellow disciples die tragically, continuing to use the Heavenly Mountain Sword Technique would be tantamount to seeking their own deaths.
But the Heavenly Mountain Sect was a Sword Path Sect from the start, and what they had learned since childhood was the Heavenly Mountain Sword Technique.
After studying swordsmanship for decades, suddenly being unable to use it meant that they couldn't even exhibit half of their power. They didn't even know what to do for a moment and could only switch from offense to defense, retreating while fighting.
If they had faced someone else, they might have been able to retreat.
But Song Jiaren had practiced the top-tier mental method of the Sanqing Sect, her strength far exceeding that of a normal Fourth Realm. Although Song Yiren was slightly less skilled, having been taught by grandmasters from a young age and fed techniques by top-tier fighters, dealing with a few Second-class Sect assassins whose abilities were halved was an easy task.
The three were soon severely injured and lost their ability to move.
In a short span of time, the situation on the field underwent a drastic change.
While the two grandmasters fought to a standstill, not far away, stones flew and trees constantly fell.
The remaining seven assassins no longer had the heart to continue fighting.
Those two women who looked exactly alike decimated the Fourth Realm like slaughtering dogs, putting immense psychological pressure on them...
"Run!"
Someone shouted, and everyone stopped fighting and scattered in all directions.
Bang!
The first person to run had just taken off when he hit an invisible wall, and his whole body was bounced back.
Before he could get up, a sword from a Spiegel Bureau expert was already at his neck.
The other assassins, whenever they tried to flee, would also be knocked back by the invisible wall, wanting to fight desperately, but there was always invisible force affecting their actions.
For instance, thrusting out a sword with all their might, but their arms were restrained by a force mid-way, causing a hesitation in their actions.
On any normal day, this kind of interference wouldn't pose much of a problem.
But they were fighting against high-level fighters of the same realm, where even a minor hiccup in a move could lead to fatal consequences.
Li Anning, seeing that the situation on the field was gradually becoming clear, entrusted Li Nuo to Housekeeper Wu and joined the battle as well.
Although she also found it difficult to defeat them outright, she could restrain their actions as they made their moves.
Or, she could cast Drawing a Prison, solidifying a wall of law to block their escape route.
Today, for some unknown reason, whether it was the Imprisonment Skill or Drawing a Prison, everything proceeded exceptionally smoothly, and the power seemed even greater than before. Could it be that her cultivation had invisibly improved?
Since someone was always affecting them from the shadows, the several assassins simply couldn't bring their full strength into play and soon became heavily wounded.
They couldn't win in a fight nor escape, and ultimately, they were captured one by one.
On the other side, the black-clothed grandmaster fighting with Gatekeeper Huang saw his expression change beneath the black cloth mask.
A grandmaster, plus fifteen Fourth Realm fighters, especially including the Heavenly Mountain Seven Killers.
With those seven joining hands, even he was not confident of victory.
But unexpectedly, the Heavenly Mountain Seven Killers, whom he had placed great hopes on, were the first to die.
Those two women seemed to specifically counter the Heavenly Mountain Sword Technique.
And another person, using the tactics of Legalism to interfere from the side.
Below the level of grandmaster, fighters of the same realm could determine victory in a blink of an eye—who could withstand such interference?
The mission failed, not only could he not collect the huge final payment, but he feared that from then on, he would also have to live a life on the run.
If Li Xuanjing did not die today, many others would.
Assassinating an official of the Da Xia Court was tantamount to opposing the court. Not even the Sanqing Sect would dare to do that.
It was no longer possible to stay in Daxia, but fortunately, he was used to living freely like idle clouds and wild cranes and was not picky about locations.
The two exchanged another punch, their fist winds causing the ground to rupture. The black-clothed grandmaster's body was blown back several meters, but he did not stop. As he flew down the mountain, he laughed loudly, "Huang, this is it for today. We will meet again..."
Gatekeeper Huang did not chase after him.
If a grandmaster was determined to escape, only a Sixth Realm Semi-Saint could stop him.
He came to Li Xuanjing's side and asked, "Sir, are you alright?"
"I am fine."
Li Xuanjing shook his head, his gaze turning to Li Nuo.
Li Nuo leaned in Li Anning's embrace, his face a bit pale, but besides some pain in his shoulder, he felt no other sensation.
When he realized the arrow had been poisoned, he took a Detoxification Pill immediately. From this incident, Li Nuo came to understand why his clothes always kept a supply of Detoxification Pills.
He smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine too."
That arrow earlier was truly perilous.
Ordinary arrows, Li Nuo could stop just by thinking.
But an arrow imbued with True Qi by a Fourth Realm powerhouse was something he currently couldn't stop.
Fortunately, the archer was extremely far away from them, and the True Qi wrapped around the arrow dissipated greatly, otherwise, that arrow could have gone straight through both him and his father.
Five figures approached from the distance.
Seeing the devastation here,several of them suddenly changed their expressions.
One of them bowed and said, "Sir, your subordinate was incompetent and failed to catch the person who shot the arrow..."
Li Xuanjing waved his hand and said, "The distance was too great. It's not your fault. Go back first."
Housekeeper Wu, supporting Li Nuo, said, "Young Master, let me carry you."
Li Xuanjing said, "Let me do it."
Housekeeper Wu paused briefly, then respectfully stepped back.
Watching his father squat down in front of him, Li Nuo hesitated for a moment, then lay on his back.
He remembered in his previous life, when his father was still alive, he often carried him like this.
There had always been a subtle barrier between him and his father in this lifetime, but at this moment, that barrier seemed to silently dissipate.
He was just an ordinary person, not particularly broad or strong, and often needed Li Nuo to protect him when danger struck, but for some reason, lying on his back, Li Nuo felt a sense of security like he never had before.
This sense of security... his wife couldn't even give him that.