Chapter 6 - Bloodbath Frights

　　"Wait." Chen Nan hurriedly retreated backwards, saying, "Your Highness you are too heartless, right, during the daytime when I clearly knew that your camp was in a weak position, I still threw myself over without a second thought, how can you treat me like this." 　　"Hehehe, you stinking thief is still really slippery, you have long seen that the Third Prince will definitely silence you after he makes his move, or else you would have been willing to risk your life to make a deal with me at that time?" 　　"Cough ...... this ...... so you can't kill me even more, your guards have all been seriously injured, I at least have the power to fight." 　　The little princess pondered for a moment, looked at him and smiled, saying, "Good, in that case, I'll let you off the hook for now, here, put this on your back." 　　Looking at the box containing the Houyi Bow handed over by the Little Princess, Chen Nan screamed, "Don't, kill me." He understood that the Little Princess had made a decisive decision, she endured the pain and threw down the Houyi Bow to divert the crowd's target while looking for a chance to escape. 　　"Fine, I'll kill you." The little princess pulled her sword out. 　　"No, don't, I'll carry it." 　　On this quiet night, the forest was secretly hiding a killing opportunity. The Third Prince's tent was in the shadow of swords and knives, and he was quietly plotting with his men. 　　Yang Chong, the commander of the guards under the Third Prince, said, "That old man Zhuge Zhanfeng is definitely not in the vicinity, we were all fooled during the day. Your Highness make your move so as to avoid a long night's sleep." 　　The Third Prince pondered slightly for a while and said, "Don't be in a hurry first, anyway, we have them surrounded, monitor them closely and don't act rashly. Let them be nervous for a night first, and when they are slack at dawn, we will make our move." 　　Yang Chong said, "There's no need to attach such importance to them, right, almost everyone of them there is seriously injured, even if that little witch is more powerful, can she still be stronger than your highness?" 　　The Third Prince faintly said, "Yang Chong you are not sophisticated enough, you are so reckless, how can I rest assured to let you go on your own? Yes, it's true that they have all been seriously injured, but even a sick tiger can be powerful ah, never belittle your enemies. Since a single night can break down their fighting spirit and weaken their strength, why don't we take advantage of it? The way to overcome the enemy is to create favorable conditions for yourself by all means, you still have to learn it well." 　　Yang Chong's head had already seen sweat, he was respectful and fearful of this Third Prince His Highness, on the Third Prince he could always feel a domineering aura if nothing else, giving a heavy sense of oppression. 　　"Yes, subordinate knows the mistake." 　　The third prince paced a few steps inside the tent with his hands behind his back and said, "Once we get our hands on it, you take the Houyi bow and immediately return to Bay Moon, there shall be no delay on the way, do you hear me?" 　　"Your Highness, are you not leaving?" 　　"I can't leave yet, I haven't gone to the Falling Wind Mountain Range to see the Qilin yet." The Third Prince laughed. 　　Yang Chong said, "It's just too dangerous for Your Highness to do so." 　　"It would be even more dangerous for me to rush back to Bay Moon right away, that way, anyone can tell that I did it. Hehehe, if I stay here, without evidence, who can say that I did it." 　　"Your Highness is brilliant." 　　"Alright, go and set up, tell them that when they do it at dawn, it must be clean and not leave a single survivor." The Third Prince's face was a cold color. 　　"Yes, subordinate understands." Even though Yang Chong had already experienced countless life and death tests, he couldn't help but shiver at this moment. 　　Little Princess Chu Yu had gathered all her men together, and she had changed her image from her usual playful and smiling face, at this moment, she looked solemn and incomparable, resembling a calm general. 　　"That scum Chen Nan has already told you all what's going to happen, right? 'A horseman is not guilty of a crime, but a man is guilty of a crime', the third prince of the Moon Worshipping Kingdom is wolfish, and wants to hit the idea of my Chu Kingdom's heirloom, the Houyi Bow. There is a huge difference in strength between the two sides, even if I give them the Hou Yi bow now, they will never be merciful and will still kill to silence. But there are two ways to die, one is a humiliating death without fighting, the other is a heroic death in battle, which one do you plan to choose?" 　　From within the tent came a roar from the crowd of guards who lowered their voices, "Heroic death in battle." 　　"Right! Although we have been pushed into a desperate situation, we must not give in, we will fight to the death and make them pay the most painful price, are you willing to defend the dignity of our Chu Kingdom with your blood?" 　　"Willing!" 　　"We are willing to fight for the princess!" 　　"We are willing to shed our last drop of blood for Chu!" 　　...... 　　Chen Nan sighed in admiration of the little princess's skillful means, clearly she wanted to escape with the power of the crowd, but she also had to speak in such an impassioned manner. 　　"Good, now let's start working on the setup ......" 　　The Little Princess designated a place for each of the guards, explaining that they would take advantage of the night to quietly ambush there after a while. 　　And then the Little Princess said to Chen Nan: "Scum, on account of your low martial arts skills, I won't ask you to kill the enemy, you just have to look after the Houyi Bow." 　　Chen Nan: "......" 　　"Do you guys have anything to add?" 　　A female guard stood up and said, "Princess, why don't we take advantage of the night to break out?" 　　The young princess shook her head and sighed, "All of you come over here." 　　She lifted up a corner of the tent, picked up a small stone from the ground and bounced it out, and the soft sound of a small stone landing on the grass came from not far away. At the same time, a soft sound of bowstrings came from the air, and dozens of flying feather arrows were shot towards that grass. 　　"You all saw it, right, they had set up and prepared to ambush us long ago. Hehehe, since that's the case, we'll wait here and wait for them to fall back into our ambush circle." 　　The guards could not help but show admiration for the little princess. 　　The Little Princess added, "I guess if they don't launch an attack within an hour, then there's a possibility that it will be delayed until dawn, you guys must be careful and never let up. Alright, you guys go get ready." 　　Chen Nan secretly sighed: I didn't expect the Imp to be so thoughtful, it's a pity that she has no usable troops in her hands, if the power in her hands is on par with the Third Prince, it's really not certain who the deer will die, this little girl is still really scary ah! 　　When the crowd was about to leave, a guard suddenly fell on his knees and swore, "I will do my best to escort the princess to escape from this place." 　　Seeing this, the other guards also fell to their knees. 　　"Swear to defend the princess to the death." 　　"Willing to spare the last drop of blood for the princess." 　　...... 　　Those present all swore in a low voice that they would use their lives to protect the little princess. 　　Of course, there was one exception, and that was Chen Nan, the "scum" and "stinking thief" in the eyes of the little princess. He secretly said: "Are you kidding, protecting this little devil? She herself has long been prepared to run away. Darn guy, even asked me to carry Houyi Bow to my death. Alas, if Houyi Bow hadn't been sealed by someone, who could stop me now? 　　These guards exited the tent and immediately ambushed the neighborhood. 　　Chen Nan just wanted to walk towards the nearby tent, when a female swordsman suddenly drew her longsword and put it on his neck, saying, "You have to stay behind to protect the princess as well, stay here honestly." 　　Chen Nan felt that he was even more wronged than the sinus in the ancient myths and legends, inexplicably swept into this vortex and in a perilous situation. 　　Death wasn't painful, it was only instantaneous, and there was nothing more painful than waiting for death. Every minute is torment, heart strings with the time a little bit is pulled taut, until can not withstand that great force and break, collapse. 　　Although the guards under the little princess are very good at kung fu, they can't help but break out in a cold sweat during this long waiting process. On the contrary, the "unknown" character in their eyes, Chen Nan, was more relaxed, Chen Nan had been surveying the escape route, and he kept revising his escape strategy. 　　"Well, the first step is to throw the Houyi bow at that unlucky person, the second step should be to run to that place, and then in ...... Well, is the Nth step to play dead under that tree? I'll think about it ...... hmmm, and finally take advantage of their most chaotic time to escape." 　　If the gang knew what Chen Nan had in mind, they would definitely kill him immediately. 　　There was only a dazzling star of enlightenment left in the eastern sky, and Cinnan knew that the moment of life and death was about to come, so he took the dark Houyi Bow out of the box and gently rubbed it with his hand. He whispered in the continental language of ten thousand years ago, ''Old friend do you still remember me? I'm Cinnan ah, I can't believe that I can still reunite with you after ten thousand years." 　　A guard next to him pushed him and said, "What are you muttering." 　　"Oh, nothing." 　　It was at this moment that two dozen silhouettes surrounded the area in a ring formation. The guards under the Little Princess let out a long breath, the end of the agonizing wait was relief, no matter if they could survive or not, they were unwilling to endure this kind of torment any longer. 　　At the end of the long night, the forest was filled with a murderous aura, and the twenty-odd people rushed up like tigers and wolves. At the same time, these guardsmen under the Little Princess had already aimed their bows and arrows at the intruders. 　　"Whoosh." 　　"Whoosh." 　　...... 　　Flying feather arrows were fired in unison, resounding with screams as six people were killed by arrows on the spot and fell to the ground. 　　Yang Chong, the commander of the guards under the Third Prince, cursed in a low voice, "Damn, this devil princess! It's already dawn and still on the defensive." 　　When the ninth person was shot to the ground by the flying feather arrows, the guards under the Third Prince had already rushed to Cinnan and the others, and the bows and arrows had lost their effect. 　　The guards under the Little Princess gripped their own weapons to meet them, and only two people didn't move in place, one was Chen Nan, and the other was the trainee magician who had survived the Giant Snake Battle. While Chen Nan was looking for an opportunity to prepare to escape, the trainee magician was chanting incantations and preparing to cast a spell. 　　A fluctuation of magical elements came from the air, and a huge ice cone formed quickly, the ice cone turned into a white light and rushed into the enemy group, piercing through the chests and abdomens of two people in the blink of an eye, and finally piercing a third person to death before shattering apart. 　　Trainee magician sneak attack after a burst of surprise, when he wanted to cast magic again but found that the body has long been no magic power, he was originally a seriously injured body, able to cast a magic is already very rare. However, not being able to cast magic again meant death, a steel sword was thrown over, accurately stabbing into the trainee magician's heart, the trainee magician slowly closed his eyes with an unwilling look. 　　Chen Nan still did not move, he was lying in the grass waiting for the best time to escape. 　　The two sides that were fighting each other had casualties, the Little Princess's guards were still struggling to hold on despite their injuries, it was a complete fight for their lives. 　　Suddenly, the little princess rushed out from the tent as fast as lightning, and broke into the enemy group, holding a thin sword in her hand, wherever she passed, someone would be killed, leaving a series of blood flowers in the air. 　　Chen Nan froze, he originally thought that the little princess would take advantage of the chaos to escape, but he didn't expect her to actually kill into the enemy group, but he thought that she had also temporarily changed her decision after a painful struggle, otherwise she wouldn't have compulsorily handed over the Houyi Bow to him before. 　　"I can't imagine that the little devil has not yet evolved to the real realm of the devil, alas, after all, it is a little girl ah, the heart is not too hard, can't bear to abandon his subordinates to escape alone, if it is a few years later, it is not certain." 　　While the enemy group was in a great chaos, Chen Nan stood up with his hands holding the dark Houyi Bow, instantly he became the center of attention, a dozen or so shares of murderous aura surged towards him in unison. 　　When the little princess saw that Chen Nan had successfully attracted the attention of his enemies, a trace of intolerance flashed in her eyes, but she turned furious next. 　　Chen Nan rushed towards the guards under the Third Prince and shouted, "Brothers, I have no intention of making enemies of you, don't you want this Houyi Bow? Then!" He threw the Houyi Bow, but he deliberately made the direction deviate, and the Houyi Bow landed beside the little princess. 　　"Kill!" The guards under the Third Prince swarmed forward, and the guards under the Little Princess were eager to protect their master and charged forward as well. The encircling circle immediately disintegrated, and everyone rushed towards the Little Princess or Houyi Bow, as the two sides mingled together. 　　The Little Princess stared viciously at Chen Nan, her eyes were on the verge of spewing out fire, if her gaze could kill, Chen Nan would have already been burned to ashes. Extremely unwillingly, she shifted her gaze to the enemies rushing towards her and met them with her sword. 　　Chen Nan laughed coldly, ''Don't blame me, people don't offend me, I don't offend them. You're the one who first forced me to carry Houyi Bow to my death, I'm just trying to protect myself." 　　He bent down and picked up a long sword from the ground and pinned it to his body, he turned around and was just about to run towards the depths of the woods, when suddenly baring a sound, Houyi Bow descended from the sky and landed at his feet. 　　"No way, it's back so soon!" Chen Nan turned around to see that the little princess was sneering at him in the midst of the enemy group, and at the same time, a few guards under the Third Prince had already rushed towards him. 　　"You're ruthless, little girl." He no longer had time to throw Hou Yi back, he turned around and ran deeper into the woods, but just after running a dozen or so steps, he came to a violent stop, his body was cold. 　　The Third Prince led four guards out from the depths of the woods, a faint smile on his face as he said, "Interesting, interesting, wonderful, wonderful. I didn't think that Princess Yu would have miscalculated, and was actually drilled by you... I really underestimated you, I never imagined that you would have such a quick wit. I was originally waiting for Her Highness Princess Yu here, but I didn't expect you to be the first to escape." 　　"This ...... Your Highness the Third Prince, I have never thought of making an enemy of Your Highness. I didn't come out of the palace with them, much less a eunuch. That little devil, oh, that is that Princess Yu, the reason why she pestered me is because I know a heavenly secret, she has been trying to get it out of my mouth, but ...... she has not been able to get what she wanted." 　　"You call her imp? Haha ...... you guy is really funny." The Third Prince laughed out loud, but his face sank next as he said, "You are at best a slippery person in front of me, don't play any tricks in front of me, and don't presume to beg me to let you go with any 'heavenly secrets'." 　　Chen Nan's heart sank, a layer of cold sweat had broken out on his body as he said, "It's true, I inadvertently found a map in an ancient cave, and although I'm not very proficient in ancient cultures, I still recognize the words, and on it are the three ancient characters 'Xuanwu Armor'." 　　"What?" The Third Prince exclaimed, but in an instant his face was covered in frost again as he said in a chilling voice, "How dare you, how dare you talk nonsense in front of me!" 　　"Your Highness, I am truthful in every sentence, a thousand times true, otherwise I wouldn't have been chased by that little devil for thousands of miles." 　　The Third Prince's eyes released two chilling lights, coldly forcing his eyes on Chen Nan, and only after a while did he say, "Where is the map?" 　　"This ...... has been hidden by me in a secret location." 　　"Hmph!" The Third Prince coldly hummed and said, "You go and pick up the Houyi Bow." 　　The guards who had originally chased after Cinnan for the Houyi Bow retreated back after seeing the Third Prince, and at this moment, the Houyi Bow was in the grass not far away. 　　The Immortal Treasure Xuanwu Armor, which had never been obtained by anyone before, really had a great attraction, and although the Third Prince didn't believe in Tatsunami's words, he still left his life behind, leaving it to be verified later. 　　"Whew~~~" Cinnan let out a long breath. He held the Houyi Bow with both hands and handed it to the Third Prince, who had a look of excitement on his face, rubbing the dark back of the bow with his hand continuously. 　　"The Continental Immortal Treasure Houyi Bow has finally arrived in my hands, haha ......" His eyes radiated a hot glow. 　　At this time the light of day has been bright, the forest floated a layer of light mist, a pungent blood in the forest filled, the depths of the forest fell across a body. 　　The little princess's white dress had blossomed into a dozen blood flowers, her eyes contained fury, her sword saw blood, the guards under the third prince were killed by her for the most part. But the guards under her own men were also almost all broken, only one or two of them were lying on the ground emitting a few faint moans intermittently. 　　"Stop!" The Third Prince exclaimed, "Her Royal Highness Princess Yu is truly outstanding, the guards under my command are all good at holding off ten at a time, but I can't imagine that there are still so many dead and wounded." 　　Yang Chong, the commander of the guards, and the other three guards who had surrounded the little princess retreated backward in unison. 　　The Little Princess leaned her sword on the ground, panting heavily, her long black hair was already soaked in sweat and stuck together lock by lock. She had long been exhausted, but the tragic deaths of her guards had deeply pierced her heart, and she had supported herself until now with that anger in her heart. 　　The young princess looked angrily at the third prince and reprimanded him outright, saying, "Ren Jian, aren't you afraid of provoking a war between the Chu Kingdom and the Moon Worshiping Kingdom if you do this?" 　　"Hehehe, Princess Yu you should be clear in your heart, today's matter will forever be a strange case, no one will know that Chu's little princess had an untimely death here." 　　"There is no impermeable wall, sooner or later this matter will spread all over the continent." 　　"There's no wall here, and there's no one who listens to the wind." 　　The little princess pointed at Chen Nan and said, "Isn't he?" 　　"Haha, I feel funny just thinking about it, the little princess of the Chu Kingdom, the famous Little Witch was actually put on the spot by such a small character." 　　The little princess stared viciously at Chen Nan, if she was still able to move, she would have already charged over with her sword. Cinnan was secretly furious that the little devil still wanted to frame him at this time. 　　The Third Prince glanced coldly at Chen Nan before looking at the Little Princess, saying, ''Princess Yu what do you think I should do with you? A stunning beauty like you, I really can't bear to kill, but by keeping you by my side, I have to always be on guard against you assassinating me. Ai, really a headache ah, think about it, but also only will you quietly give away, I think some of the other country's royal son will be very willing to accept you this gift." 　　The little princess looked like she had made some sort of difficult decision, a trace of pain appeared on her face. 　　The third prince coldly said, "Don't think that you can use the power of those royals to take revenge or make them soften their hearts to let you go, you will be given away in the persona of a personal favorite, you are just a gift for me to form an alliance with others. Hehehe, I know you won't kill yourself, you won't let go of any chance of survival, only by surviving will you have a chance to take revenge." 　　The little princess sat down powerlessly on the ground. 　　Not far away, a chill ran through Chen Nan's heart, this person, the Third Prince, was too terrifying, this was definitely a lord. 　　Suddenly the little princess lifted her head and gave Cinnan a fierce look before turning her head to the Third Prince, "Ren Jian why didn't you kill him." 　　The Third Prince laughed, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, this fellow decided to give me the treasure map about the Xuanwu Armor." Although he didn't really believe that Chen Nan knew the secret of the Xuanwu Armor, he thought that Chen Nan's grudge with the little princess led to the treasure map, and he wanted to use this opportunity to strike the little princess. 　　"Haha ......" the little princess suddenly laughed very indecently, tears streaming out of her eyes. 　　"Ren Jian you big idiot, haha ...... really laugh at me. You actually believe that guy has a Xuanwu armor, it's really funny! Haha ......" 　　Third Prince Ren Jian's face turned blue as he coldly looked toward Chen Nan. 　　Chen Nan's heart immediately sank as he suddenly snapped, imprinting a palm on the chest of a guard beside him and snatching the Houyi Bow from that guard's hand in the process. Chen Nan learnt from the little princess's master Zhuge Xifeng, and used Hou Yi bow as a club, and swung it hard at another guard next to him, things happened too suddenly, before that guard could understand what was going on, his chest had already been caved in by the blow, and he died instantly. 　　"Haha, funny, good job scum!" The little princess gloated and shouted. 　　"Kill him for me!" Ren Jian roared. 　　The other two guards slashed at Chen Nan with steel swords in their hands, and he had no choice but to raise his Houyi Bow to meet the enemy, and although he relied on his Houyi Bow to smash the steel swords in the hands of one of the guards in the beginning, in the end, he still didn't last past the twenty or so strokes before one of the guards slammed his palm on his back, and he instantly spat out blood and collapsed on the ground. 　　When Chen Nan's blood spilled on the Hou Yi bow, a warm current surged from the back of the bow towards his hands, and the dark Hou Yi bow began to emit a faint golden light, and the bowstring trembled lightly. 　　"Isn't this ...... Hou Yi bow like this ten thousand years ago, whenever I hold it, it will gently chirp joyfully and emit a burst of golden light, could ...... it be that its seal has been lifted?" 　　All of this happened in an instant, at this time a guard had already raised his sword to slash at Chen Nan who had fallen to the ground. 　　Chen Nan quickly grabbed a withered branch from the ground and hitched it to the bowstring, the bowstring was pulled open a little bit by his force, the golden light surged towards the withered branch like a mist, a light golden light seemed like a lightning bolt leaving the string, the forest was wildly windy, the wind and thunder resounded. 　　Golden light hit the steel knife, in the air burst a rain of light, steel knife instantly turned into a smash, from the air sprinkled down. In the rain of light, a withered branch such as the spear of the god of death, instantly broke through the guard's chest, blood such as a fountain from the blood hole wildly sprayed out, the guard died without resting in peace.