For a time, the exterior of Mingquan Temple’s main hall turned into a chaotic battlefield, and the monks of the temple all scurried to find places to hide.
"Princess, take cover quickly!"
A royal guard master spoke to Zi Luo with a grave expression on his face.
Immediately, two royal guard masters at the Great Perfection stage of Gang Qi Realm shielded Zi Luo and charged towards one side of the temple, with Liusheng Yiyi quickly following under the protection of two masters from the Liusheng Family.
At this moment, Xiao Yifeng and others had already hidden to one side, Xiao Yifeng watched the scene, his eyes sparkling with light.
"Tian Tu, Jian Yun, the two of you protect Yashi and Xinlan and head back to the villa,"
"Young Master, what about you..."
"Don’t worry, I’ll be fine!"
After saying this, Xiao Yifeng quickly left the scene and rushed toward the direction where Zi Luo and the others were escaping.
Two sounds of fresh blood splattering abruptly resounded, as royal guard masters trying to block a masked middle-aged man were battling him when suddenly, the latter swung his hand fiercely.
Two Cross Darts shot towards the royal guard masters; at such a close distance and without their guard up, the darts directly entered their bodies, causing them to shudder and cough up blood.
Then the masked man swung his saber cruelly, instantly killing both of them.
In a forest to one side of the temple, Zi Luo and Liusheng Yiyi reached there under the protection of four masters.
"Princess, I will contact someone to come over now, and also notify the China side to send people to protect the Princess!"
One of the royal guards took out his mobile phone as he spoke.
At that moment, a Flying Dagger unexpectedly appeared, shooting directly into the royal guard’s throat, and he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open.
The remaining royal guard quickly stood with his weapon in front of Zi Luo, his expression tense as he surveyed the surroundings, while the two masters from the Liusheng Family also stood on either side to protect Liusheng Yiyi.
Then several figures emerged from the woods, led by a woman dressed in black with a covered face, and several more figures in black with covered faces, each of them possessing Gang Qi Realm strength, including two at the Middle Stage of Qi Condensation Realm.
"Damn it, you have some nerve, daring to lay a hand on the Princess of Japan, do you no longer wish to live?"
The remaining royal guard shouted angrily at the group.
The masked woman moved and swept her sword, a dazzling blade of light shooting out, fast as a gale, instantly piercing the body of the royal guard, who fell to the ground, dead.
At this time, Zi Luo’s face turned sour, her eyes fixed on the woman as she said, "Who sent you?"
"You don’t need to know so much!"
The woman uttered softly.
"You two quick, protect the Princess!"
Liusheng Yiyi hurriedly called out to the two masters from the Liusheng Family. The two masked figures at the Middle Stage of Qi Condensation Realm charged forward, and in less than ten seconds, they had killed the two Liusheng Family masters at the Initial Stage of Qi Condensation Realm.
In an instant, only Liusheng Yiyi and Zi Luo were left, surrounded by these people.
The masked woman swung her sword towards Zi Luo, the fierce sword qi ruffling the hair on Zi Luo’s face.
Watching the blade sweep towards her, Zi Luo’s face was indifferent, her eyes revealing a hint of regret.
Another sharp, piercing clang resounded, as a Flying Dagger appeared once again, striking the sword in the masked woman’s hand, forcing her to retreat repeatedly.
"Beautiful lady, we meet again, what a coincidence!"
Xiao Yifeng walked over with a smile, his gaze fixed on the masked woman, clearly recognizing her as the woman from Japan who had tried to assassinate him twice before – Iga Hideko of the Iga Clan.
Iga Hideko’s eyes flashed with a hint of surprise as she looked at Xiao Yifeng.
"Do you know each other?"
Zi Luo glanced at the two of them.
"This person once came to assassinate me. I didn’t expect to meet again today. It must be fate."
Xiao Yifeng gave a light smile, a hint of a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
"This has nothing to do with you; you’d better not get involved!"
Iga Hideko said coldly to Xiao Yifeng.
"I don’t want to get involved, but I can’t stand to see a beauty in trouble. I would not bear to see such a beautiful princess die before my very eyes!"
"Then you can go die!"
Iga Hideko let out a cold shout, and her sword burst forth towards Xiao Yifeng.
With a sweep of his hand, Xiao Yifeng caught the longsword in Iga Hideko’s grip while his other hand struck out directly.
But with that strike, Xiao Yifeng had hit her chest, a soft feeling ensued, but she was still forced to retreat repeatedly by Xiao Yifeng’s palm.
"Quite the genuine article, and rather soft!"
Xiao Yifeng remarked as he looked at Iga Hideko.
A flash of anger appeared in Iga Hideko’s eyes as her Initial Stage Condensing Qi power erupted. Drawing her Spiritual Sword, she fiercely slashed at Xiao Yifeng.
Xiao Yifeng swung out a palm, sending Iga Hideko retreating in quick succession.
The group of black-clothed figures hurriedly rushed over to support Iga Hideko while two Middle Stage Qi Condensation experts charged at Xiao Yifeng.
Two ear-piercing sounds of slicing air—two flying daggers penetrated their bodies, ending their lives on the spot.
Seeing this, Iga Hideko and the few remaining Iga Clan experts all had a solemn look in their eyes, a seriousness flashing through them.
Just then, a dazzling blade light burst forth from behind Xiao Yifeng.
"Brother Xiao, be careful!"
Liusheng Yiyi shouted out as she saw Xiao Yifeng.
A cold smile appeared on Xiao Yifeng’s lips. He dodged the slash with a flicker of his body, turned around, and saw the masked middle-aged man who had attacked Zi Luo appearing here with katana in hand.
"Youngster, not a bad strength. But sticking your nose into others’ business is just asking for death!"
The middle-aged man eyed Xiao Yifeng with a cold gaze.
"Is that so? Do you have the ability to kill me?"
Xiao Yifeng smiled mockingly.
The middle-aged man let out a cold shout, lunged forward, and unleashed his Peak Qi Condensation Realm power. His blade vigorously swept at Xiao Yifeng.
Xiao Yifeng threw a fierce punch, the terrifying power smashing against the man’s longsword. A single punch sent the man and his blade retreating in quick succession.
"With just this bit of strength, you want to kill me? How deluded!"
Xiao Yifeng snorted coldly and rushed forward, his fists unleashing a flurry of continuous strikes.