Chapter 92 - 5: Illusory Roadblock! Get the Hell Out Here_3

Immediately had people keep watch over the prison wagon, in case someone tried to hijack it.

"You should be careful, sir."

From inside the prison wagon, Shu Fan’s teasing voice drifted out.

"Even if you’re an Innate Martial Artist, if you’re not careful, you could still fall to a Mage’s spell, you know."

This wasn’t some third-rate Mage—same as always, fights in the jianghu aren’t like in movies, all about one-on-ones. Poison, ambushes, that’s the usual strategy.

Surely you don’t really think everyone fights head-on, right?

"You demoness, don’t you dare try to distract the lord!"

In Si Nan’s eyes, there was no way Shu Fan would ’kindheartedly’ remind their lord of anything.

Saying things like that was just to mess with their lord’s thinking.

"Hehe!"

Shu Fan just let out a couple soft laughs and didn’t say anything more.

As expected.

The next moment, a faint floral fragrance drifted through the air.

"What’s that smell? Smells so good!"

Someone had barely commented on the scent, when at the same time, an Embroidered Uniform Guard toppled off his horse.

"Thud!"

Soon after, quite a few others were falling down as well.

Si Nan also felt dizzy, nearly pitching sideways, but luckily, Shi Sheng reached out and caught Si Nan.

"I’ve told you to put more effort into your training. You can’t even handle a bit of poison."

Being a First-class Martial Artist close to breaking through to Postnatal, Shi Sheng could resist the poison just by circulating his Inner Strength.

Seeing Si Nan not responding, looking like he was drunk and woozy.

Shi Sheng decisively gathered his strength and slapped down hard.

"Smack!"

The sound was loud—partly fueled by personal grudge.

But that slap also woke Si Nan right up.

Looking around in a daze, all Si Nan could feel was the burning pain of his cheek.

"Did you just hit me?"

Meeting Si Nan’s eyes, Shi Sheng ’honestly’ shook his head.

"Nope, it was those people in the shadows who hit you!"

"Really?"

"Yeah!"

Si Nan was still a bit suspicious, but seeing how natural Shi Sheng acted, he couldn’t say much more.

...

This type of poison wasn’t deadly; at most, it would make you pass out.

After realizing this—

Ye Liuyun ignored the Embroidered Uniform Guards on the ground, twisted his body and flipped off his horse.

Even the horses seemed affected, a bit dazed.

"Not planning to come out yet?"

Looking all around, everything was eerily quiet. Seemed like whoever was hiding in the dark still wasn’t willing to emerge.

Probably waiting to ambush.

"Sir!"

At this moment, Shi Sheng brought over Si Nan, whose cheek was swollen like a bun.

"You two, fall back!"

With a wave of his hand, he motioned for them to retreat.

Still, his gaze flicked over once at Si Nan’s swollen face and Shi Sheng’s barely suppressed grin.

"Understood!"

They both got what their lord meant.

Shi Sheng and Si Nan sensibly moved back a few steps.

Cangyang Force!

With the flow of Inner Strength, the force around Ye Liuyun began to surge ferociously.

His solidified Inner Strength seemed to burn like flames around him.

"It’s so hot!"

Even after backing up a fair distance,

Si Nan and Shi Sheng could still feel the rising heat blast over them.

"No wonder he’s the lord!"

Shi Sheng’s eyes sparkled at Ye Liuyun.

Even though he already knew their lord was powerful, seeing it in person still inspired awe and respect.

The burning Inner Strength kept spreading outward.

It instantly broke apart those spells.

"Show yourself!"

Detecting something, Ye Liuyun suddenly turned, eyes on a patch of ground by the prison wagon.

His surging Inner Strength swept right over it.

"Boom!"

The whole ground exploded, dirt flying everywhere.

Luckily, the horses were groggy from the poison, or that blast might’ve flipped the whole wagon.

At that moment, a figure was blasted up from beneath the earth.

Earth Escape Magic, huh?

He might not know it himself, but recently Ye Liuyun had learned plenty about all kinds of magic.

This particular art let someone move freely underground.

"How can you be this strong?"

The blasted-out mage stared at Ye Liuyun, face full of disbelief.

He’d dealt with Innate Martial Artists before, but even they weren’t this terrifying.

"Target: Qi Fen.

Rank: Sixth-Grade Mage.

Talent Entry: Mage Aptitude (Blue),"

Sixth-Grade Mage, huh? Definitely not a pushover.

And that blue-quality Mage Talent made Ye Liuyun’s eyes light up.

Just on time.

Ye Liuyun had been bothered that his own green-quality Mage Talent hit a wall at Eighth-Grade Mage. Never knew where to find a better one.

Now one just delivered himself to the door.

"There’s one more, you get out here too!"

Ignoring the Sixth-Grade Mage, Ye Liuyun turned toward where Si Nan and Shi Sheng were.

"Hm?"

Noticing Ye Liuyun’s gaze, both Si Nan and Shi Sheng were startled.

At the same time, by Shi Sheng’s feet—

A hand broke through the dirt, clearly about to grab his ankle and drag him under.

But Ye Liuyun’s surge of Inner Strength at that moment stopped the movement cold.

Staring at that hand by his foot, Shi Sheng’s expression twisted dangerously.

"Alright, you think I’m easy prey, don’t you?"

The lord I can understand—but Si Nan’s right next to me, and you pick me?

You must really think I’m soft, planning to take me out first, huh.

With that realization—

Shi Sheng gathered all his strength and stomped down hard.

"Bang!"

The ground jumped with the impact.

A muffled grunt floated up from below, clearly the underground mage had been rattled by Shi Sheng’s stomp.

"Get the hell out here!"

Taking his chance, Shi Sheng grabbed the hand and yanked the man up out of the ground.

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