CHAPTER 728: CHAPTER 314: ESCAPING FOR OUR LIVES (FOURTH UPDATE)

Ye Qichi’s loud shouting.

Instantly prompted Xiao Jinxing to lift the curtains, poised to rush out.

"Don’t come out!" Ye Qichi, enduring pain, also sensed Xiao Jinxing’s move, "The arrows are laced with deadly poison. While my body can bear it, a normal person would be dead within the time it takes an incense stick to burn, and I can’t guarantee that under such perilous circumstances, I would be able to treat you within that timeframe!"

Xiao Jinxing’s eyes narrowed.

He could only watch as Ye Qichi’s right arm hung limply, powerless, while she still used all the strength left in her left arm to drive the carriage.

Under Ye Qichi’s driving, the horses didn’t lose control and continued to accelerate forward.

The personal soldiers by Xiao Jinxing fell one by one.

Once hit by an arrow, death was certain.

Xiao Jinsen had indeed used everything to the extreme to kill Xiao Jinxing.

This kind of poison, it’s not just about being shot with it; even prolonged exposure to its scent might cause fainting.

Xiao Jinsen had completely disregarded the safety of his own men.

He was solely fixated on killing Xiao Jinxing.

The horses kept speeding up.

Ye Qichi, while driving the carriage, used the dagger she carried to slice her finger.

Dark brown blood flowed from the cut.

The poison was too intense. She needed to let blood to dilute it; otherwise, given her physical condition, she would need time to recover. But now, clearly there was no such time, and more importantly, if she were to be hit by another arrow, she couldn’t be sure if she could endure it.

The group of pursuers behind them was getting closer.

Ye Qichi gritted her teeth; finally, when she started to regain a bit of sensation in her right arm, she began to drive the carriage with both hands.

The speed continued to increase.

The only two remaining personal soldiers by Xiao Jinxing’s side, seeing their pursuers catching up, made a decisive move to charge back to protect their master, desperately trying to hold the enemy back, blocking the assassins’ advances.

Ye Qichi dared not relax for a second.

She drove the carriage, frantically moving forward.

Just when she thought they could shake them off a bit, before she could catch her breath, she saw the pursuers catch up again.

Dammit.

Ye Qichi really wanted to curse aloud.

What kind of experts had Xiao Jinsen been hiding in the army anyway?

At this pace, evading them seemed impossible.

Just as Ye Qichi was on the verge of a breakdown, an even more desperate situation occurred.

There was no road ahead!

They had unwittingly been driven to the edge of a cliff by their pursuers.

Ye Qichi was startled, pulling with all her might to stop the horses, and at the last moment, finally managed to bring them to a halt.

In the moment they stopped.

The pursuers caught up.

Numerous cold arrows shot towards the carriage, feverishly piercing it.

Xiao Jinxing stood up from inside the carriage, quickly held Ye Qichi, and rolled under it.

The next moment.

The horses, being hit and utterly uncontrollable, charged straight off the cliff.

A cliff of unknown height.

Anyway, the sound of the large carriage and horses falling didn’t make it back to them.

Ye Qichi was horrified.

Before she could even react.

Xiao Jinxing had put her down and was furiously fighting with the assassins before him, the remaining ten or more of them, engaged in a fierce battle.

The assassins were somewhat taken aback when Xiao Jinxing charged in.

Wasn’t it said that the Prince was gravely ill?!

At this moment, there was no sign of illness to be seen, on the contrary, his prowess was terrifying.

Thus, of their fifteen, five were instantly slain by Xiao Jinxing.

No one dared to underestimate him anymore.

All of them, together, went to assassinate Ye Qichi.

Ye Qichi watched the intense fight unfolding before her.

He didn’t know if Xiao Jinxing could win.

Either way, Xiao Jinxing was not at a disadvantage.

But after all, there were more of them, and they were all evidently skilled. She had no idea how long Xiao Jinxing could hold out.

She only knew that this was the best chance to slip away.

While everyone’s attention was focused on Xiao Jinxing.

Moreover, she believed that the order from Xiao Jinsen must have been to kill Xiao Jinxing only; in Xiao Jinsen’s eyes, no one else mattered, so she probably wasn’t the target of the assassination and it’d be easier for her to escape unscathed.

If she stayed here, she would only add to Xiao Jinxing’s burden.

She was well aware that her own martial arts were simply not enough to fend off even a few moves from anyone here.

The main point was, she truly couldn’t guarantee that Xiao Jinxing would actually protect her.

So, self-preservation was necessary.

She surveyed everyone, then ran to one side, hoping to avoid everyone’s gaze and leave.

But at that moment.

An assassin involved in the fight suddenly charged at her.

Fuck.

Had she been discovered?!

She clearly saw that these people were all focusing on Xiao Jinxing.

Ye Qichi gritted her teeth.

With a flick of her fingers, she drew a poison needle and shot it straight at the assassin.

The assassin easily dodged it.

Ye Qichi’s heart lurched.

Her talent for hitting the mark every time depended on the premise that the opponent wouldn’t dodge.

With this dodge, it was very difficult for her to hit the target.

The martial arts of the characters in the book are really too dreamlike.

Ye Qichi didn’t have time to think any further, watching as the assassin dodged and quickly chased after her; she had no choice but to run for her life.

Using her Qinggong, she ran even faster.

But still, she could feel the person behind her catching up closely.

Ye Qichi suddenly tripped and fell hard to the ground.

The next moment, just as she thought of getting up and escaping, she felt a sword thrusting directly at her from behind.

In that instant, Ye Qichi truly braced herself to be pierced by the sword.

Thinking that she had finally experienced transmigration once, hoping to live a comfortable life in this relatively peaceful era with abundant resources, even if it was a bit backward and not so democratic, she could enjoy her days.

Yet still.

She would die an untimely death.

Ye Qichi broke out in a cold sweat from fear.

But the anticipated pain was nowhere to be felt.

Before she could recover, she was abruptly grabbed from the ground and dragged forward by someone running.

Ye Qichi turned her head and saw that Xiao Jinxing had somehow reached her side at some point.

And the assassin who wanted to kill her had already been put to death by Xiao Jinxing with a single sword stroke.

Both of them ran frantically forward.

Ye Qichi was so exhausted she could hardly breathe evenly.

If this continued.

She might not be killed, but she would be exhausted to death.

"I can’t keep up, Xiao Jinxing. You go ahead," Ye Qichi said in a rush.

Xiao Jinxing didn’t speak, continuing to drag her along, even lifting her entirely off her feet to rush forward.

In this manner, Xiao Jinxing could keep up for a while, but not for too long.

Before long, he too would be physically spent.

"Let me go. They’re after you, not me. Dragging me along only puts me in more danger..." Ye Qichi said breathlessly.

She really was about to die of exhaustion.

"So just now, you ran away?!" Xiao Jinxing said coldly.

It was a clear jab at her previous attempt to run away by herself, only to nearly get killed.

"With you pulling me along like this, if those people don’t kill me, exhaustion will. I really can’t keep going..." Ye Qichi’s vision was already starting to blur between white and black.

Just a little longer.

She would faint.