Chapter 349: An Act of Facing Death with Composure

Chapter 349: Chapter 349: An Act of Facing Death with Composure

About fifty miles from the temporary camp where Chu Fan and the others were staying, a sinister smile crept across Moqish’s face.

Receiving thirty strikes of the rod in the palace a few days ago had been the most humiliating day of Moqish’s thirty-plus years of life.

His hatred for the Hanmo Clan had reached its peak.

He never expected such a heaven-sent opportunity to fall into his lap.

His grandfather had been in a hurry to return to their garrison, but he himself was not. So, he had his grandfather leave a team of men to guard him on his way back.

After parting with his grandfather, he and his Guard Team had indeed galloped toward the Cage Race’s territory for the first day or two. But on the evening of the second day, they had turned around and begun riding at full speed in the opposite direction.

Today, they had finally caught up to Li Haiqin’s group.

His reasoning was simple. ’The Hanmo Clan thinks they’re so great, don’t they? Well, I’ll just steal their bride-to-be.’

Moqish was also quite taken by Li Haiqin’s beauty.

Besides, that night at the Tayun Building, Li Haiqin and that guard of hers had offended him, even killing one of his own guards and injuring his arm.

How could Moqish not take revenge for this?

"Make it quick. Other than Li Haiqin and her guard, Huo Er, kill everyone else on sight. Li Haiqin must be left completely unharmed. As for that Huo Er, cripple him, but leave him breathing. I want him brought here to me."

Moqish commanded the dozen or so guards before him.

One of them, a Void Realm elder, asked in astonishment, "Your Highness, Li Haiqin is the apple of the Lindi Clan Leader’s eye. If we move against her, we’ll offend both the Lindi Clan and the Hanmo Clan. When that time comes, even if the Clan Leader dotes on you, you won’t be able to escape punishment."

"You are merely a guard of our Cage Race. I am your master. You are only to obey my orders, not question them. Understand?" Moqish roared.

"What, are you afraid to go? I’ve already made inquiries. The strongest guards Li Haiqin has are just two Void Realm Early Stage Martial Artists. There are a few at the Integration Realm, and the rest are ants. You have four at the Void Realm Late Stage, and the others are all at the Integration Realm. What are you afraid of?"

"As long as you’re clean about it, who will know it was my doing? Who could possibly pin the blame on our Cage Race?"

"Understood!" the Void Realm elder sighed, leading the others in a charge toward Li Haiqin’s temporary camp.

Watching the dozen or so men disappear into the darkness, a sinister smile reappeared on Moqish’s lips.

He muttered to himself, "How could I fail to get a woman I’ve set my sights on? And that ant, Huo Er... In a little while, I’ll make you experience the cruelest torture of my Cage Race."

「Li Haiqin’s Temporary Camp」

The guards on duty were only at the Divine Separation Realm. With four enemy experts at the same realm leading the charge, the sentries were cut down before they could even react.

However, the wave of killing intent alerted the two Void Realm Martial Artists in the camp.

"Enemy attack!"

"Everyone, to arms!"

The two Void Realm Martial Artists tore through their tents and shot into the sky.

"Protect the Little Princess!"

One of the Void Realm guards shouted down as he drew his saber, then charged toward the shadowy figures.

"Who are you people? How dare you move against the Princess of the Lindi Clan?"

"We’ve heard that the Lindi Clan’s Little Princess Li Haiqin is the most beautiful Sandalwood Flower on the Grassland. Naturally, we’ve come for the Little Princess. Hand her over to us, and we might spare your lives!" one of the shadowy figures called out.

"In your dreams!" one of the Void Realm elders on their side cursed, raising his saber and charging at the shameless old man among the shadows.

At that moment, everyone else in the camp rushed out of their tents.

Chu Fan, wrapped head to toe in bandages, emerged as well. He immediately went to Li Haiqin’s side.

Li Haiqin’s eight maids, with their swords drawn, formed a protective circle around her.

The battle erupted. Everyone joined the fight, except for Chu Fan and the eight maids protecting Li Haiqin.

Although the Lindi Clan’s side had superior numbers, their Combat Power was no match for the dozen or so shadowy figures.

In the very first exchange, more than ten people from the Lindi Clan were severely injured and lost their ability to fight. A few were even killed in a single blow.

In contrast, the thirteen attackers were completely unscathed.

Seeing the nine panicked women beside him, Chu Fan gripped his sword and charged out.

"You must protect the Little Princess!"

When Li Haiqin saw Chu Fan’s bandaged, injured body charging dauntlessly into the fray, she couldn’t help but feel a pang of sorrow.

"Huo Er, stop! Come back, you’re still injured!"

"Thank you for your concern, Princess! As your guard, to die protecting you would be a worthy death!"

Chu Fan shouted and charged directly at an enemy in the Integration Realm.

"So, you’re Huo Er?"

An Integration Realm Martial Artist sized up Chu Fan with disdain.

His appearance was a dead giveaway. Not to mention the fact that his exchange with Li Haiqin just now had revealed his identity, anyone who had been in Ukolok City two days ago would know that Huo Er had been sentenced to twenty lashes with the Fire Rope Whip.

So, who else could the man wrapped in bandages be but Huo Er?

Chu Fan ignored him, directly attacking with a move from the Yifeng Sword Technique.

He didn’t use the Sword of Time to alter the time rate for this strike. He was currently playing the role of a loyal guard, willing to die for his mistress. He was just an "Integration Realm guard"—and an injured one at that. If he were too powerful, wouldn’t he be exposing his true identity?

He didn’t even dare to use the Dream-Breaking Meteor Sword.

"What a tricky Sword Technique!" The man’s eyes lit up, but then he added, "Still, you’re a dead man walking. Before we came, someone told us to leave you alive. Otherwise, I’d kill you with a single strike right now!"

From that one sentence, Chu Fan immediately deduced the identities of these people.

’They want to capture Li Haiqin, but were specifically told to leave Huo Er alive. It can’t be anyone other than Moqish.’

"So you’re a running dog of the Cage Race!" Chu Fan shouted.

The man hadn’t expected to expose his identity with a single sentence, and his composure wavered for an instant.

At Chu Fan’s shout, people from both sides couldn’t help but look over.

"So you’re from the Cage Race! You actually dare?!" a Void Realm expert from the Lindi Clan said furiously.

"Kill them all!"

At this point, the men from the Cage Race could no longer hold back. If even one person escaped, it would bring immense trouble to the Cage Race.

This was precisely why Chu Fan had shouted.

His shout had made the Cage Race members stop holding back, forcing them to reveal their full strength in an attempt to slaughter everyone.

Meanwhile, the Lindi Clan members, now knowing their opponents’ identities, were filled with uncontrollable rage. They fought with their lives on the line, determined to let one or two people escape to report this to their clan.

Both sides were instantly locked in a fight to the death.

And in the instant the Integration Realm expert before him was stunned, Chu Fan’s sword slashed across his neck, finally scoring the first kill against the dozen or so black-clad men from the Cage Race.

Chu Fan, feigning a furious rage, finished off the man and charged toward the nearest Integration Realm expert.

Meanwhile, the Lindi Clan’s two Void Realm experts were now in grave danger...