Chapter 11

1

By now, we had been away from the town for over half an hour, and we hadn't yet returned to the imperial capital.

"Can we make it to Jincheng in time?" Qin Ying asked Lan, who was sitting in the front.

"We should be able to make it in an hour."

"Why is the Emperor going to Jincheng to join the 'Wanhua Huilou' flower festival?" Qin Ying received the news that the Emperor had already set off to Jincheng to attend the flower festival. It was unnecessary for him to travel hundreds of kilometers just to see flowers.

"Qin Yang, will the Demon King continue to protect the Emperor after he leaves the imperial palace?"

"The two Demon Kings are bound by a dragon spirit contract with Li Liu, who is staying in the palace. They cannot leave." Yuyuanqing, Tony, and the other three are all in the imperial capital. It's best not to trust Ma Rutian's promise too much.

"The information about the Emperor sure travels slowly."

"Master, are you sure you want to bring the person in the car behind us to Jincheng? I feel like they will catch up soon." Qin Taiyuan stared at the military vehicle behind them through the rearview mirror. The masked man was sitting inside.

"We have no choice. If we don't bring him with us, he will be killed even faster. Can you read Qin Yang's mind?"

"I've already read it. Apart from the fact that the mask hampers my ability to read his mind, it has also been specially trained to protect against mind-reading. But I don't necessarily have to use a lot of magic power to see through him. The main issue is that there is a lot of noise in his mind, which is irritating to read."

"You're just lazy." Shi Xueqi closed the car window, and all she could see was mist on the road.

"I... I just find it troublesome. It's best to let others handle things that others can solve. Commanders usually stay behind anyway."

Qin Ying unexpectedly spoke the truth in a happy tone.

"Don't believe his nonsense about not having enough magic power. Master still has plenty of tricks up her sleeve!"

"Do you think I can just use all my powerful spells casually?"

Qin Taiyuan looked around in the rearview mirror, not knowing what he was doing, but his expression seemed like he was seeing something he shouldn't.

"What are you looking at?" Qin Ying slapped the front seat and asked.

Qin Taiyuan wiped the glass a few times and looked carefully, scrutinizingly.

"Master, do we have five military vehicles?" Qin Taiyuan was extremely nervous, with a high level of vigilance.

"Yes... Where are the other military vehicles?" Qin Ying stared at the rear, there was a lot of fog but she could still see how many vehicles were following them. Due to the fog, the number of cars following them decreasing wasn't particularly surprising.

"There's someone in front." Lan, who was driving the off-road vehicle, suddenly slammed on the brakes, and in the middle of the road, they saw a straight figure standing motionless.

"It's not just one!" Suddenly, another figure appeared behind the first one and sprinted past their off-road vehicle, holding something they couldn't see clearly and rushing towards the military vehicle carrying the masked man. In an instant, the vehicle was sliced in two from the front, as if cut by a knife.

After the vehicle was cut, it continued forward due to inertia before crashing into the guardrail.

"Get out of the car." Qin Ying shouted, as the figure approached the off-road vehicle, he delivered a heavy punch to the front and hit the power crystal, causing blue liquid to leak out and possibly explode.

Qin Taiyuan rushed out of the off-road vehicle, with his loli familiar, Kulei, standing in front of him, ready for battle.

"Luo!" Qin Ying floated in the air, seeing the newcomer wearing a sun-patterned mask.

A slender figure stood on the half of the car body, thumbs tied together holding a silver wire, facing the masked person who was tied up inside the car cabin.

The Masked Man saw him and remained calm. He had already accepted everything, including the fact that his companions were coming to take his life.

"Wait for you!" I charged into the midst of them, the light from my Magic shining brightly in my hands.

My fist struck the opponent, but silver wires wrapped around my hand. My body followed the movement of the wires, which couldn't tighten no matter how they were wrapped around.

The Man of Silver Wire took a step back, clutching his chest. It seemed that my punch had really hurt him.

With a flick of my hand, the light Magic produced a long whip.

I saw the dark aura on the Silver Wire Man's body. So, he was a Dark Magician. No wonder my light Magic could cause such damage to him.

"Well, you're unlucky to have encountered me."

The Silver Wire Man pulled out a silver wire and tied it around a silver iron cone.

"Silver Wire? Are you the one who assassinated the emperor?" If the person behind me had a sniper rifle that made a sound like paper, then the person who played with silver wire could also be the assassin, because it was said that the assassin had used silver wire.

The Silver Wire Man said nothing, the cone tied to the wire glinting with black light as he attacked me. When the soft silver wire reached my wrist, it twisted, cutting through my clothes and leaving a thin bloodstain on my back.

"Please compensate me for my clothes." The whip of light Magic in my hand slithered towards the opponent along the silver wire, leaving a scene of billowing dark aura in its wake.

As the whip was swung, the Silver Wire Man was knocked down. Seizing the opportunity, he retrieved the silver wire and attacked again, this time choosing to bypass me and complete his objective.

2

"He wants to silence me, which suits me just fine, Kurei."

Qin Taiyuan raised his ring, and particles were released from it.

"Cry like the wind, Hurricane Falcon King."

Kurei's small hands were filled with glowing spells. With a wave of her hand, a two-meter-tall giant falcon emerged, flapping its wings. The rotation of the wind caused the dense fog to disperse.

In front of Qin Ying, the person had a rough and large physique, with fists twice the size of an average person's and a hunched back that resembled a monster.

The attacks from the Magic Lance were no match for his fists.

Particles gathered in the Falcon King's claw, forming a claw of iron armor. This iron claw left deep scratches on its opponent.

With the Iron Claw Falcon King in front and Qin Ying with a loaded firearm behind, the situation was dire, yet the enemy showed no fear.

"The Yue Organization seems to be filled with talent."

"Yue..." The burly man's deep voice became even more intense upon hearing the organization's name, and he clenched his fists even harder.

"Boom!" Two fists landed, causing the entire street to tremble. The design of this road in Jincheng was built in mid-air, with strong seismic resistance, but it also had its limits.

"Is his skin made of bones or diamonds? Even hitting him so hard doesn't affect him." Qin Ying loaded live ammunition and fired a shot, but the big man was completely unharmed.

When the big man jumped, his fist fell like a meteor from the sky. The power of his punch hit the Falcon King.

"End the summoning!" It would be troublesome if a Summoner's summoned creature died. The Falcon King was barely clinging to life, and it was hard to say whether it would die.

Qin Ying's contract was in effect. It was now morning, when her Twin Starlight power was at its strongest. The light elements obediently gathered at the barrel of her gun in response to her commands.

"I refuse to believe his fist is stronger than my Magic Lance."

The dense fog gathered again, and I appeared.

"Be careful!"

I accidentally smashed into Qin Ying's buttocks, falling together with her by the roadside fence.

"Ah! Where did you hit, damn Qin Yang! Luckily the Cloud Ladder Road has a protective barrier, otherwise we would have fallen into that primitive forest below," Qin Ying rubbed her butt, the one that I slammed into with my super speed, my face was extremely painful, and so was hers.

"I didn't expect it either, who knew that guy could transform."

"Transform? Have you been watching too many late-night shows?"

"Just look!"

Qin Ying followed my gaze towards the silver thread person.

"The mist is so thick, how can we see?"

"Hey~~" I picked up Qin Ying's magic spear and shot a bullet, its speed taking away a piece of mist and leaving behind a hollow space.

The silver thread person stood in front of the masked person, catching the bullet, but his clothes were all torn, like a hedgehog, a deep blue hedgehog with a mask painted with the sun and a black aura emitting from its whole body, just like this humanoid monster.

"What is this thing?"

"This is a species that emerged after the battle between gods and demons, as for the things hidden during that period of time, asking me won't do any good!"

"So, he must also be one of these monsters, right?"

That hulking man with the bow on his back didn't look like a human at all, because he possibly wasn't a human to begin with.

"I said Saint Dragon version of Qin Yang, aren't you going to save people? It's embarrassing."

"Tsk, I just didn't react in time, now I'm ready, one move to determine victory or defeat." The golden Flame of Punishment was already in position, ready to counterattack.

"If Qin Ying can't defeat him, call for me, I'll help!"

"You'll die before you even approach the prisoner!"

The fiery fist broke through the wind and struck, the silver thread person confidently catching the punch, but suddenly all the thorns on his body trembled, he turned his head and saw the golden flame instantly surrounding him.

"Sacred Fire!"

"The person in fear finally speaks!" I used all my strength to push forward with my fist, using the power beyond the divine rank, the divine fire burned away his thorns and the cracked mask of his face, which surprisingly did not disintegrate.

I shook my hand to extinguish the flames, and the person in front of me seemed to have passed out, I really wanted to uncover his mask and see what kind of person this was.

The masked person who was held captive was covered in blood, a cone-shaped object on the silver thread had already pierced his heart, just a little more and it would have gone through his heart and sent him to the underworld.

"Don't you want me to save you?" I wanted to use Light Magic to help him pull out the cone and stop the bleeding, but he gripped my hand tightly and refused to let go.

"I... I plan to die... here!"

"Are you out of your mind, just love dying that much?"

"I didn't... say anything... I'm not like Shiming!" The masked person forcefully plunged the cone directly into his heart, arterial blood gushing out, I closed my eyes to avoid the blood splashing into my eyes.

If someone wants to die, it is their wish, and I should respect that. Since the masked person was already dead, whether or not I took off his mask would not affect anything.

I found a hidden clasp behind his mask and opened it, although he had tied his hair into a ponytail, he was indeed a man, just like the one I had drawn.

The masked person's eyes were wide open, a terrifying sight even in death.

"Master, he wants to escape," I heard Nofice's voice behind me, holding a staff, and spreading out eighteen wings, using a Magic array to trap the silver thread person.

"Tear~" suddenly a bullet pierced through the protective shield guarding the road and attacked Nofice.

"The sound of tearing paper bullets? This time... could it be the same person?"