Chapter 936: Chapter 540: Assassination, Citywide Manhunt (5k)
"Assassin!"
As the words fell, everyone heard a sharp and low whistle in their ears.
On top of the residential houses under the night sky, an arrow tore through the air, its tail feathers quivering, whistling as it approached, locking firmly onto the carriage.
"Protect the lord!"
A guard from the army fiercely leaped out, his entire body covered in Gang Qi, and swung his saber fiercely, wrapped in wind and thunder.
However, upon collision, his arm holding the saber went numb as if it had been electrified, his face changed, realizing the assassin’s cultivation was very high, as even the Qi Mechanism attached to the arrow was so fierce.
"Worldly Realm Strong!"
But fortunately, he managed to block it...
"Here they come again!"
Before the soldiers could catch their breath, one cracking sound after another burst forth almost simultaneously, as arrows from all directions in the night shot towards them.
The ordinary soldiers surrounding the carriage had no time to react, only a few Divine Chapter officers joined forces to try to intercept the arrows carrying potent kinetic energy.
Many ordinary soldiers couldn’t evade in time and were pierced through the chest by deflected arrows, their blood spraying out, killing them instantly.
Inside the carriage, Wang Qi opened his eyes at the first sign of the attack, thinking to himself:
"I’ve been waiting for you!"
His right hand already held a blue and white porcelain bowl, without hesitation, upon hearing the word "Worldly," he immediately smashed the bowl to the ground.
"Crash!"
The old porcelain bowl shattered, and the clear water inside spread beneath his feet, becoming a vast pool!
At the same time, centered around Wang Qi, a cyan "light wall" suddenly spread through the air, expanding in the blink of an eye to cover an area of ten feet in all directions!
If observed from above, the street corner at this time, along with the entire army unit, was astonishingly covered by a huge, several-story-high, illusory "blue and white porcelain bowl"!
It was as if a Barrier was isolating this place.
Simultaneously, Wang Qi stepped onto the puddle beneath his feet.
This ancient Suppressing Object last appeared publicly approximately six hundred years ago, named the [Blue and White Cage].
Before exhausting its internal Mana, even a mortal could use it. Just smash it, and it would construct an array-like cage that could trap those of the Worldly Realm.
Before it dissipates, those inside cannot leave, and those outside cannot enter.
And Wang Qi could use the water from the bowl to exit the cage’s range, teleporting hundreds of meters away!
This is the confidence behind his daring plan, even if a Worldly Realm Strong came, the guards outside would slightly hold them off, giving him time to smash the porcelain bowl.
And any assassin would be trapped in this cage, caught as if in a jar.
However, the flawless trap ultimately had a flaw, for Zhao Douan neither stepped into the cage’s range nor intended to "fail."
At this moment, under the cover of other arrows, the first arrow he shot circled in the high air and "thud," it pierced the wooden board of the carriage, accurately penetrating Wang Qi’s back!
To remain concealed, this arrow carried the least Qi Mechanism, yet for a scholar, it was deadly enough!
"Ah!" Wang Qi screamed in agony, his body collapsing forward, but his boots had already sunk into the water beneath him, ripples spreading as his entire body vanished from inside the carriage, and the water on the ground quickly dried up.
Meanwhile, the severely injured Wang Qi suddenly appeared in a nearby alley, his face pale, hands clutching his bleeding lower back, abandoning the guards behind him, desperately escaping deeper into the buildings.
He attempted to use the complexity of the structures to forge a path to survival.
After Zhao Douan shot the arrow, he calmly retracted the Taibo Bow, flipping his hand to take out a palm-sized, ancient small mirror.
[Fengyue Treasure Mirror]!
It was a Suppressing Object he obtained long ago, and since it was practical enough, he did not feed it to the Red Flame Saint Armor.
At this moment, he recalled Wang Qi’s appearance in his mind, the mirror’s surface rippled, gradually revealing an alley and Wang Qi staggering as he desperately fled.
"Not dead yet? Then I’ll personally send you on your way."
Zhao Douan gazed at the conspicuous, inverted blue and white porcelain bowl-like Barrier, understanding that Wang Qi’s backup had been used up.
He leaped ghost-like, running swiftly over rooftops from house to house.
In his right hand, a Chasing Saber appeared at some unknown point, gleaming with cold light.
"Who goes there?!" By this time, the disturbance here had drawn the attention of the patrolling rebel army nearby, with soldiers raising spears, shouting loudly.
Zhao Douan landed lightly, gliding ghost-like among them, his Sword Energy flickering, leaving a trail of bodies on the ground.
As long as he wasn’t surrounded by a large group of soldiers in a Military Formation, these people were no more than clay chickens and pottery dogs to him now.
Very quickly, the fleeing Wang Qi stopped abruptly, supporting himself against the wall with one hand, staring intently at the figure emerging from the depths of the dark alley.
At this moment, as moonlight poured down, Zhao Douan approached leisurely as if in a stroll.
Wang Qi’s voice trembled with both fear and anger: "The experts in the army will be here soon, you won’t escape..."
Whoosh!
A flash of the saber light swept by, Wang Qi fell to the ground incredulously, blood gushing from his neck, no longer with any Qi Mechanism.
Zhao Douan flicked his wrist, and the blood on the blade shook out a straight line on the wall.
"I originally intended to capture you for interrogation, but since you’ve made such a commotion and will soon attract experts, I had no choice but to kill you."
Zhao Douan sheathed his saber, not looking at Wang Qi, quickly disappearing into the night.
"By now, Song Jinxi and others should also be making their move."
...
Just as Wang Qi had said, the commotion caused by the blue and white porcelain bowl was enough to quickly alert the strong individuals in the city.