kvmb Chapter 525 A Glimpse of Cold Light
Chapter 525 A Glimpse of Cold Light
Because the guards from the royal palace who besieged Chen Cheng were generally of lower cultivation levels, Chen Cheng killed even more guards than Chen Dao.
In just a short while, more than thirty of the Prince's guards had died under Chen Cheng's fists.
In other words, Chen Dao and Chen Cheng together killed more than fifty guards from the Prince's mansion!
Adding to the twenty-eight who died in the fire earlier, the total number of royal guards, 200, has now been nearly half lost!
The only price Chen Dao and Chen Cheng paid was a few extra wounds on Chen Cheng's body.
Seeing this, Xia Yuanying's expression was so gloomy it was almost dripping with water.
The personal guards of the Prince of Qing's mansion can be considered the subordinates to whom he has devoted the most effort. The money spent on these 200 personal guards every month is equivalent to half of the 100,000 Qingzhou soldiers!
In other words, the money and food consumed by 200 Qingzhou soldiers were equivalent to those consumed by 50,000 Qingzhou soldiers!
However, this personal guard, which had consumed a huge amount of resources from the Qingwang Mansion, did not deliver a satisfactory result to Xia Yuanying. Instead, they were slaughtered like pigs and sheep.
This undoubtedly disappointed Xia Yuanying greatly. Of course, he also knew that the reason for this result was not that the guards were too weak or cowardly, but that Chen Dao and Chen Cheng were too strong.
Chen Cheng is at the fifth rank and possesses innate superhuman strength; ordinary royal guards are no match for him.
Although Chen Dao was not as talented as Chen Cheng, he was at a higher level. As a fourth-grade cultivator, Chen Dao naturally had an overwhelming advantage over the guards of the Prince's Mansion, who were generally at the lower three-grade level.
The area in front of the Prince's Mansion was now stained red with blood. Corpses lay on the ground, and the flowing blood gradually gathered into small streams, making the area in front of the Prince's Mansion extremely bloody.
"This can't go on like this."
Xia Yuanying turned his gaze to the battlefield between Xia Yan and Xiao Yuan, only to see that Xia Yan was already panting heavily.
Xia Yan was incredibly tenacious in his fight; even after Xiao Yuan injured his arm, he gritted his teeth and continued to fight her relentlessly...
It was less of a grueling struggle and more of a desperate resistance!
In fact, the battle between Xia Yan and Xiao Yuan was completely one-sided. Xiao Yuan's speed was like a ghost, disappearing without a trace. With the boost of speed, Xia Yan could not hurt Xiao Yuan in the slightest.
On the contrary, Xia Yan himself would occasionally get another wound on his body.
The battle between the two was completely one-sided. The only suspense was whether Xia Yan could delay Xiao Yuan and buy enough time for the guards of the Qing Prince's Mansion!
"call!"
Xia Yuanying took a deep breath, gripped the spear tightly in his right hand, and tried his best to calm his anxious emotions. He rushed out in one step and thrust out his spear when Chen Dao slashed at the guards of the Prince's Palace with his sword!
The spear gleamed like a dragon, its cold light flashing!
A cold glint flashed in Chen Dao's eyes; this shot carried an unparalleled domineering intent!
"Be careful, Daoge'er!"
Chen Cheng gave Chen Dao a timely reminder.
In fact, Chen Dao didn't need Chen Cheng's reminder at all. With his keen senses, he had already noticed Xia Yuanying's movements and had been on guard against him. However, Chen Dao did not expect that Xia Yuanying's marksmanship would be so powerful. The thrusting spear made him feel like he could not resist it.
"Die for me!"
A ferocious glint flashed in Xia Yuanying's eyes. As he approached Chen Dao, his arm strength suddenly exploded, and the speed of his spear thrust forward increased dramatically, aiming straight for Chen Dao's heart!
In the critical moment, Chen Dao hurriedly withdrew the evil-slaying sword he had just unleashed and held it horizontally in front of his heart.
"clang!"
The spear tip pierced the sword, unleashing a tremendous force.
Chen Dao's expression changed as he felt a tremendous force strike him. His raised sword, the Evil-Slaying Sword, was instantly pressed against his chest. The force emanating from the sword sent Chen Dao flying backward.
"Mr. Chen."
"Young friend Chen."
Zheng Qiuyan and Jiang Changye, who were watching from a distance, showed a look of worry on their faces.
Not only Zheng Qiuyan and Jiang Changye, but also many residents of Qingzhou Prefecture who were hiding in their own houses and peeking through the cracks in their doors and windows felt their hearts skip a beat.
For the people of Qingzhou Prefecture who had suffered from the bullying and exploitation of the Qingwang Mansion, the attack on Qingzhou Prefecture by a powerful figure was something they were happy to see. In fact, they even wished that the young man could cut off the head of the Qingwang.
Therefore, when the battle broke out outside the Qingwang Mansion, many people whose houses were close to the mansion secretly watched, cheering for Chen Dao and hoping that he could kill the evil Qingwang.
With this in mind, their hearts naturally tightened when they saw Chen Dao being stabbed away by Qing Wang's spear.
"Is the boy alright?"
Inside a residential building, a middle-aged man muttered to himself.
Behind the middle-aged man stood a middle-aged woman and two beautiful young girls.
The middle-aged man was named Xu Maoming. He was a scholar and a businessman. His family owned several shops and he was considered one of the wealthier and more respectable people in Qingzhou Prefecture.
However... even someone like Xu Maoming didn't necessarily have a good life in the prefectural city.
To support the royal guards and the 100,000-strong Qingzhou army, Xia Yuanying went to great lengths to exploit the city. Not only were grain taxes extremely high, but commercial taxes and various other exorbitant levies were also plentiful.
At least 50% of the monthly profits of the shops in Xu Maoming City are taken away by the Qing Prince's Mansion under various pretexts. If that were all, it would be fine!
The crucial point is that the Prince Qing's Mansion frequently and forcibly conscripts young and beautiful women from within the city!
Any beautiful woman who catches the eye of the Qingwang Mansion will inevitably be forcibly taken into the mansion. If her family resists even slightly, they will be severely beaten, or worse, their families will be destroyed.
Unfortunately, Xu Maoming had two daughters, both of whom were exceptionally beautiful. Years ago, they had caught the eye of the Qing Prince's family, but fortunately…
Xu Maoming was quite clever; he took out a large sum of silver to bribe the servants of the Prince of Qing's mansion who had come to take his daughter away, otherwise...
Xu Maoming couldn't even imagine what his two daughters would suffer.
It was no secret that the Green King enjoyed abusing women and girls; it was common knowledge. Xu Maoming had seen the female corpses that were transported out of the Green King's mansion every day many times.
Once his daughters were brought into the Qingwang Mansion, one can only imagine what they would encounter; they might even be separated from him by death.
Xu Maoming, who had always cherished his two daughters, naturally did not want to see such a thing happen. Fortunately, his family still had some money, which he could use to avoid disaster.
However... people as wealthy as Xu Maoming who can afford to spend money to avoid disaster are extremely rare, and the appetites of the servants and lackeys of the Prince's mansion are not something that ordinary people can satisfy.