Chapter 26

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The scout reported back, “Because I was afraid that the boy would jump into the sea and escape, I left Old Seven watching and flew back on my horse to report – it’s right outside the dock, I will lead the Princess there immediately!”

The ground at the pier was so uneven that was no longer suitable for riding, so Zhu Yan jumped to the ground with the whip in her hand and walked with the scouts towards that side. At that moment, the guards from the Red King’s Mansion arrived from behind and followed along with them.

The sea breeze was cool and blew over with a faint smell of fish, something that she never smelt before in the Western Wilderness. Zhu Yan stepped on the wooden trestle bridge softened by the sea water and walked forward, the sound of waves in her ears and the starlight overhead, she could not help but be a little lost in thoughts for a while: if the Sea Kingdom had not been destroyed, how beautiful the home of the sharks would have been…

However, just as she thought of this, the scout suddenly stopped in his track and whispered, “Something’s wrong!”

“What’s wrong?” Zhu Yan was startled.

“There’s a lot of footsteps… there.” The scout whispered, pointing to the farthest pier, where there was a dockyard with a few small boats under repair, looking dark under the moonlit night, “Old Seven should have been the only one there! Where did so many people come from?”

Zhu Yan gasped, and listened to the abnormal movement on the dock. It was a rustling footstep, light and fast, as if a deer was nudging across the wooden board, it sounded like five or six people were there at the same time.

“Who is over there?” After all, Zhu Yan couldn’t hold her breath, she shouted and ran over, and at the same time instructed the guards who followed behind, “Block the trestle bridge for me! Catch them in a jar, don’t let any of them go!”

The wharf reached out to the sea, and the bridge was the only way back to the land. No matter who it was, as long as they blocked the main road, those people would not be able to escape.

At the sound of her voice, the footsteps suddenly scattered like running deer, nodding quickly across the planks – yet, by the sound of it, those besieged on the pier were not heading back towards the land, but turned their heads and ran straight to the sea.

Not good, those people were so desperate, they were actually going to jump into the sea?

When Zhu Yan arrived there, she saw several black shadows darting along the trestle bridge at a great speed, suddenly leaping when they reached the end of the bridge, drawing a silver line in the moonlight and landing into the sea lightly and swiftly! The figures were so light that the sea automatically split in two as they fell, without a single wave splashing.

All the guards were still waiting on the shore to intercept them, and at this moment they could not help but look dumbfounded. Even Zhu Yan could not help but be stunned – were these people planning to swim back to land from the sea?

Before she could regain her senses, she heard the scout exclaiming, “Lao Qi! Old Seven!”

Looking back, she saw another scout lying on the dock, covered in blood, with a sharp short sword stuck into his chest, seemingly having fought fiercely with someone and finally being outnumbered and stabbed to the ground.

“Your servant is useless… that… that child…” the dying man pointed with his last strength to the end of the trestle,” was snatched away by them, by them…”

“Bullying the young with the many, shameless!” Zhu Yan was so angry that she stomped her foot, “Don’t worry, I’ll take revenge for you!”

Without hesitation, she dashed towards the end of the bridge, her chest burning with rage, not turning back even if the scouts and guards were shouting behind her; in that instant, she had stepped off the last plank of the bridge, yet when she fell, she steadily stepped on the surface of the water.

That was the floating magic. Zhu Yan stepped on the waves and chased after them. However, those few people just now were actually extremely good at swimming, and after a fierce zigzag leap into the water, they unexpectedly did not float up for taking a breath of air, they just disappeared into the sparkling sea.

“Where are you running? Come out!” She circled the sea, but no one was in sight. With great hatred in her heart, she pulled out the Jade Bone from her head and threw it out into the sea at her feet!

The Jade Bone was like a silver pike, travelling like lightning beneath the blue waves.

She silently chanted a spell and controlled it to travel underwater, searching for the group of people. A moment later, with a sudden jolt, her fingers swiftly crossed her chest, formed a seal, and pointed it at the surface of the water: with a “brush”, a white light flew up from the bottom of the sea!

The Jade Bone pierced through the water and leapt out of the sea. The sea parted in an instant, as if it had been split by invisible sharp blades.

Beneath the cleaved surface of the sea she spotted the shark child: the child was held in the hands of a man who, wearing a shark-skin armor, was hurrying under the water. Like a whistling arrow, the Jade Bone came through the water, chasing as if it had grown eyes, instantly piercing the man’s pipa bone right through.

“Found it!” Zhu Yan let out a low cry of excitement and stepped onto the wave, leaned down and picked up the child with one hand. The shark child had lost consciousness and was as light as a falling leaf into her arms.

“Who are you?” She said in a stern voice.

The man did not reply, but the leader of them suddenly whistled, and all of them flipped into the sea at the same time, lightly and swiftly, leapt up on the waves and swooped towards her!

That kind of skill was beyond the humans reach.

“You… you are sharks?” In that instant, Zhu Yan exclaimed in dismay.

Under the cold moon, those men’s eyes were bright blue, their long aquamarine hair scattered in the wind, flowing like a dream – yet their hands were swift and vicious, quick as lightning, full of power, clearly trained for a long time, and very different from the frail nature of the shark race.

She backed-off in shock, holding the child in her arms, unable to draw her weapon – the Jade Bone brushed back and swirled around her side like a spiritual sword hanging in the air.

The attendants on the shore untied a boat from the dock and rowed over there. However, the sharks leapt out of the waves and surrounded her, attacking from all directions, each with a sharp, shimmering blade in their hands, working in perfect harmony. They were clearly no ordinary people.

“Princess… Princess!” The attendants shouted in alarm, coaxing them to come their way!

She stepped back on a wave, shielding the unconscious child in her arms, and with a point of her finger, she used the Heavenly Goddess Scattering Flowers Skill; The Jade Bone instantly split into five in the air and struck back towards the five attackers coming at her!

It was the first time in her life that she had ever fought with wood magic, but shock and anger overrode her apprehension and she couldn’t think of anything else; her master had once taught her how to use her Jade Bone to turn a sword into a hundred, but she had never practiced seriously and now she could only bring out all she remembered, but she was still stumbling around.

If she had known, she should have gone back and read that little handwritten booklet carefully!

“Go!” She lifted her breath as she manipulated the Jade Bone, the five streams of light swung back sharply in the air and suddenly pressed down, the sharks forced back a step, and she took the opportunity to retreat in the direction of the boat with the child in her arms.

“Princess, quickly!” The attendant on the boat stretched out his hand towards her.

She dashed away on the waves, her toes pointing on the shimmering sea like a crimson dance, however, when she was about to approach the boat, her eyes suddenly froze for a moment, staring at the sea beneath the edge of the ship, her body lurched and she abruptly and sharply retreated backwards!

“Princess?” The attendants were stunned, “What’s the matter?”

At that very moment, the black shadow under the water grew rapidly, the water around the boat cracked, and with a crash, a shark leapt up from the bottom of the sea, grabbed her ankle in an instant and dragged her down to the bottom!

“Princess… Princess!” The action happened so suddenly, everyone exclaimed in shock. Before the echo of their voices vanished, Zhu Yan had already disappeared from the surface of the sea.

She was dragged down into the sea, sinking rapidly towards the bottom, clutching the child into her arms to protect his life; If she let go, the shark child would be snatched away; but without freeing her hands, she could not make a seal to cast a spell! In such a brief hesitation, she was dragged rapidly to the bottom of the sea.

The moonlight above her head darted away and the surroundings became dim. The hand was cold and clasped the acupuncture points on her feet, holding on to her ankles in a death grip while dragging her downwards. She couldn’t move, her ears were hurting badly from the extreme speed of her descent, and the cold seawater filling her seven orifices was unbearable.

What was going on… had she somehow died here? Father… mother… master… and all these people would know she was going to die at the bottom of the sea tonight?

In the blur of the mind, she sank downwards, her long dark red hair spreading out like algae on the ocean floor. She saw several dark shadows swimming from above, and behind those dark shadows, a few faint points of light trailed.

Jade Bone! That’s the Jade Bone!

In that instant, she opened her mouth to spit out a few syllables, yet all that came out of it were a few bubbles. The sinking was accelerating, there was no longer a ray of light around her, and all she heard was the sound of submerged water, whistling like a demon ghost, already unknown to her how deep the water was.

“Captain, how did it go? Did you catch it?” A voice greeted him and asked in a low voice.

“Caught, taking both of them back to the camp! The imperial envoy is waiting.”

“Aye.”

Hearing the brief conversation around her, she tried her best again, holding the child in one hand and reaching out with the other hand in the sea, she made a distant grasp at the points of light – with a “brush” sound, like a meteor gathering, the five points of light suddenly shot towards her palm and reunited!

Zhu Yan gripped the Jade Bone and swung it downwards with all her might, piercing through the arm that grabbed her ankle! The shark let out a cry of shock, obviously in excruciating pain, but actually refused to let go of her foot, instead, he held her even harder and pressed her down towards the bottom of the water: “Quickly, restrain this woman!”

The dark shadows gathered around her, and many arms reached out and grabbed her.

In the darkness of the water, the shark race’s strengths were on full display, and humans were no match for them. Zhu Yan struggled desperately, holding the Jade Bone and blocking them one by one, but with the child in one hand, her body was not flexible enough, and soon a hand grabbed her shoulders and held her down.

“Huh?” Suddenly, she felt the shark actually shake and let go of her hand as if he had been electrocuted, exclaiming, “This woman, why is she even carrying…”

She took advantage of that split second to suddenly throw the Jade Bone!

Zhu Yan opened her lips while holding the child, exhaling the spell along with the last breath from her chest and soul from her lips. The Jade Bone cruised through the dark waters, emitting a dazzling light that split into six in a flash, shooting like arrows and piercing through the six sharks who had grabbed her!

The screams of misery rose and fell at the bottom of the sea. At that moment, she used her last strength to kick away the hand that had grabbed her ankle. The sea around her filled with the smell of blood, and the Jade Bone quickly merged into one after the last blow and flew back to her as a bolt of lightning.

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