CHAPTER 794: CHAPTER 494: AMBUSH MIDWAY!

At that moment, the spiral staircase stretched upwards, and Sui Yi was moving quickly, outpacing the people behind her. However, when she reached the fifth floor...

The cold wind was like a knife!

Ambush, assassination!

Whoosh!

It slashed fiercely at her neck!

Sui Yi performed a backflip, grabbing the head of the staircase and kicking back in a flip!

Bang!

Both legs struck out, causing both figures to retreat and slam into the walls, creating a crack in the indented wall~!

Another rebound, whoosh, the afterimage like a cold wind!

Under the faint moonlight coming through the side wall windows on the left, two shadows intertwined in battle, with Qi Force raging and ravaging around them.

Bang bang bang!

Instantly, there were striking afterimages; Inner Strength dispersed in the assault, with flashes of blades and swords~

They were fighting fiercely at close quarters, but neither Sui Yi nor her adversary had drawn their weapons...

One hand against one hand!

The wind surged!

The two hands blocked and pushed! Qi Force flew sideways! Crash! A life-sized beast statue shattered into dust in an instant.

People on the fourth floor could hear the sounds of the fight above and exclaimed in shock!

That shout made a cold glint appear in the adversary’s eyes!

Clang!

A wide-handled Western sword, with noble, delicate rose patterns swirling on it, though the rose was silver~

Earl of Platinum Rose...

As the Earl of Platinum Rose blossomed with platinum cold light, Sui Yi’s fingers hooked around the hilt of the Demon Que Sword, swish!

The black and red light on Demon Que condensed, tip to tip with the other sword...

The clashing sounds were soft, faint; people like Wayne, who had significant combat power, ran up the fastest and looked up to see two swords crossing through the air beneath the hazy moonlight...

The stars shone brilliantly for that instant, power exploding in that moment!

Boom!

The walls near the staircase burst as if hit by a terrifying resonance, shattering into large pieces of starlight...

Scattered about, they enveloped their heads like nebulae before falling!

In that fall, the two swords seemed evenly matched!

Success or failure in the next second...

The next second, Wayne boldly grabbed the staircase and leaped up!

He drew his Western sword...

And stabbed at Sui Yi!

From the darkened left side, a figure who had been waiting quietly like a statue narrowed his eyes and stepped forward, breaking through the stardust, swooping down!

That dive was a deadly strike from the momentum!

A short dagger, fluttering short hair, and an efficient, Thomas spin kill!

Boom!

Wayne’s Western sword was knocked out of his hands by the short dagger..and the man...slammed harshly into the wall, the impact causing the wall to crack greatly, his body rebounding as the assailant hooked the Western sword’s hilt with the dagger, hooking a leg up, elbow strike!

A heavy sound from the abdomen... Bang!

The man slammed into the wall again, and at the same time, the Western sword, following the dagger’s spin, flew up...

Crash!

The cracked wall burst open a hole!

Fragments of stone shot out, causing the bodyguards and Hidden Guards with centuries of combat power to instinctively step back, startled by the short-haired woman’s fierce killing move.

But the next second, the Western sword soaring upward, with Wayne’s red rose pattern, flew up...stabbing upwards, between the two swords!

Sui Yi and her opponent both looked at this sword!

Clang!

As the Western sword was about to touch the other two swords, both retracted~ the Western sword stabbed upwards, swish swish swish!

Sword light flew!

Sword Qi raged!

The Western sword hung in mid-air, bound by sword light and Sword Qi, flickering with specks of broken light.

Until both touched it together!

Clang!

The Rose Sword shattered! Bursting into metallic fragments~!

As those glass starlights fell to the ground, making a dense, tinkling sound

Gems falling on a plate~

Sui Yi stood in the now empty window without glass, her back against the vast starry sky and the moon, facing a figure standing in the hallway with a sword, half-hidden in the shadows.

Amid the tinkling falling sounds, the others fell silent.

Until Wayne coughed up blood violently.

Yi expressionlessly retracted his dagger.

The man in the hallway chuckled lowly, "I’m truly sorry, I thought it was an assassin~ I didn’t expect it to be Miss Sui.."

Only then did the others see the man’s true face.

Earl of Platinum, his face bearing a slight apology, his narrow and beautiful eyes squinted into a slit, holding the Earl of Platinum Rose Sword, looking at Sui Yi standing across at the window, his gaze shifting downward to her sword.

"However, I’m glad to have seen such beautiful swordsmanship...and a fearsome sword," he commented.

When an assassination attempt fails, only a true noble can perfectly disguise both murderous intent and embarrassment.

The Earl of Platinum was among the best, his apology so sincere that Sui Yi felt embarrassed to be serious, so she merely responded lightly, "I’m getting old, can’t see very clearly, it’s understandable."

Ha-ha-ha! The Earl of Platinum, in his prime and full of vigor, really couldn’t bring himself to say it wasn’t his fault—could only chuckle, and as he looked down at Wayne, who was hanging by a thread after being knocked out by Yi with a spinning slash, his gaze was cold yet his tone was gentle, "Miss Sui’s friend is truly formidable..."

Yi stood on the stairs, looking up at this person, her fingertip’s dagger rotating, the cold light fierce...

She didn’t respond.

That really didn’t give face.

The Earl of Platinum offered a slight smile, "It seems we are both after the murderer. How about we join forces?"

Join forces? Give you a chance to assassinate me?

Sui Yi slowly turned the Demon Que Sword Edge, saying, "Fine."

The Earl of Platinum was somewhat stunned; the woman had actually agreed!

But then he seemed to hear something crack, and as he looked down, on the hilt of his Platinum Rose Sword... a rose pattern had split apart.

His expression changed rapidly, and in the end, he could only stretch his mouth into a stiff smile.

Damn it, this woman was even stronger than him.

Naturally, others also saw the peculiarity of the sword, and couldn’t help but inwardly marvel. This girl was only how many years old, yet she could match, and even best, the Earl of Platinum...

The Earl of Platinum was already among the top five B-level masters in the England Area!

Wayne’s breathing was somewhat labored, but as his men supported him, he could faintly see the disdain flashing across that short-haired terrifying woman’s face.

Somewhere felt off.

This castle had a total of seven floors, the windows on the seventh floor already shattered, glass shards all over the ground.

The crowd saw the boundless moonlight scattered over the vast open-air balcony, so bright, and the person hanging on the Pyramid seemed a little less terrifying bathed in the moonlight.

Of course, it would be better if not for the sparks around.

The sparks were spreading, and in time, it wouldn’t be impossible for the entire castle to be burned down from top to bottom.

Sui Yi and her group stepped on those sparks as they exited through the floor-to-ceiling window...

Just as they took a step out, everyone’s faces slightly changed.

The figures standing in front of them...

As they heard the noise and turned around, only the person at the very front, standing in front of His Highness Yale’s body, looked up at the spear without turning back.

Facing Philip and the others’ cold gazes, Sui Yi’s group halted.

The two groups stood off against each other.

After a long pause, Natasha turned around, casting a glance at Sui Yi.

That glance was cold, filled with a murderous aura.

Many people wanted to ask the question that popped into their minds but stuffed it back down their throats in a second.

Was that, Princess Natasha, you the murderer?

Asking that question would most likely get them silenced.

Natasha naturally had no interest in talking to these people and merely shifted her footing.

That sound of her high heels really was an annoyance, stabbing into everyone’s hearts. When Justin and others rushed over and heard this sound, their expressions—

Natasha.

It was indeed her.

But who among them would dare to seek revenge on Natasha? After all, His Highness Yale wasn’t one of theirs, and the current situation in front of them...

Natasha, intending to leave, unconcernedly was suddenly blocked.

The guards of Hellfire Castle finally arrived under the lead of a butler.

There were also people from the Northern Ice Wolf Clan.

The people of Hellfire were filled with a murderous intent, the Northern Ice Wolf Clan people sat like steadfast boulders, but in the end, they were next to those from Hellfire...

Landis glanced at the body, then toward Natasha.

"Your Royal Highness arrived very timely,"

Spoken with an underlying message.

Sui Yi and others stood aside, many secretly thought - was this none of their business now? With the Northern Ice Wolf Clan supporting the castle side, it seemed they were about to clash with Blood Rose.

Upon hearing this, Natasha flicked her cold brows and looked toward Landis, "You all as well."

"Yale was our friend, as it should be," Landis explained, embodying the role of a friendly guest.

"That’s unfortunate, as he happened not to be any friend of mine. Does that answer bring you some secret pleasure?"

Natasha went on to openly reveal the thoughts lurking in the minds of those present.

The people of Hellfire... the white-bearded butler stepped forward, his voice husky as he spoke, "Your Royal Highness is a person of honor, and we are grateful you could come so quickly to check on our master. Yet for certain reasons, we still need to ask Your Royal Highness a question, and we hope you’ll be frank with us."

Natasha, now in a relatively good mood, even asked him, "I don’t recall seeing you before."

"Nusser, His Highness Yale’s personal butler, in charge of internal affairs and also the chief steward of Hellfire; Your Royal Highness might not have seen me before because I was always behind the scenes arranging the banquet,"

"Very well," Natasha smiled, "you may ask."

Nusser bowed slightly, very politely asking, "I would like to ask, where were you when His Highness Yale was attacked?"

"Climbing stairs,"

That was Natasha’s answer.

-- She was on her way.

"Any witnesses?"

"Witnesses?" Natasha raised her eyebrows, her smile deepening, her tone a bit lighter, "Are you sure you want to use that word?"

"Sorry, did anyone see...?"

Natasha’s gaze drifted past, and Philip and the others behind her started laughing.

Their laughter told everyone present — We all saw it, but would you believe it?

"So to speak, aside from Your Highness’ own followers, no other people can confirm your whereabouts at that time.."

Natasha’s fingers rested on the Gold Demon Scorpio on her right wrist, her smile faint, "Meaningless matters, a waste of time."(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)