"What is he doing?"
"Could it be that he wants to rescue Brother Yan?"
The crowd saw Mu Jinyu controlling thousands of Yan shadows to support Yan Chengyun's body and couldn't help but be taken aback. Then someone thought of the scene where Mu Jinyu previously gave an elixir to Yan Chengyun for healing and speculated whether Mu Jinyu wanted to turn hostility into friendship with Yan Chengyun?
Originally, Yan Hua had promised that if Yan Chengyun was defeated by Mu Jinyu, he would challenge Xiao Wudao, but upon seeing this scene, he felt conflicted and didn't want to fight Mu Jinyu.
Sure enough, under the complex gazes of the crowd, Yan Chengyun's battered body was supported by Yan shadows, flying towards Mu Jinyu.
Subsequently, Mu Jinyu took out an elixir from his storage bag, placed it in Yan Chengyun's mouth, then raised his hand to press against his back heart, helping him to dissolve the medicinal power.
Very quickly, the crowd noticed Yan Chengyun's life force, weak as a flickering candle in the wind, gradually strengthening and returning to its original state.
Standing below, Yan Hua saw Mu Jinyu unexpectedly reach out to save Yan Chengyun, and his originally hopeless gaze suddenly burst with brilliant light.
Even Yan Chengyun, whom Mu Jinyu considered an enemy with the murder of his disciple, could be saved without holding a grudge; then himself...
He probably wouldn't want to kill him later, would he?
Yan Hua comforted himself in his heart; he could still keep his position as King of Yan.
"Whoosh!!"
At this moment!
A dazzling sword light, like a bright moon casting its glow, poured straight toward Yan Chengyun in front of Mu Jinyu!
There's an assassin!
"Hmm?!"
Mu Jinyu's eyes instantly focused, killing intent surging forth, his right hand clasped Yan Chengyun's hand, continuing to heal him with Life Source Energy, while his left hand suddenly rose to grasp the cold sword light!
"Clang!"
"Crack..."
Accompanied by the sound of clashing, the snow-bright sword light that cascaded down like moonlight was forcibly pinched and broken by Mu Jinyu!
The sword light dissipated, leaving in Mu Jinyu's hand a shard of the sword's tip!
From the dense sword Qi emanating from this blade tip, Mu Jinyu could tell this sword was at the Spirit Treasure level!
Such a thing could actually be broken by me?
Just how strong is my physical body now?
Some doubts filled Mu Jinyu's heart, but he soon stopped pondering it, lifting his gaze with a cold look at the assassin who just attacked!
A beautiful woman with a graceful figure, wearing a white dress with long black hair cascading down her waist and hips.
At this moment, she was holding a broken sword, her lovely eyes filled with shock, looking at Mu Jinyu and the broken blade in his hand.
"How... is this possible..."
Her voice was very nice, like jade beads falling on a silver plate, yet carried with it an unmistakable surprise.
"I told you not to be impulsive, alas..."
At this time, another voice, aged, sounded.
Soon after, an old man dressed in cloth appeared, standing behind the woman in the white dress.
Xiao Wudao and others had their pupils constrict suddenly, unable to hold back a cry: "Zhao Daoji!"
"Yueya!"
"You actually dare to come here!"
The old man who appeared afterward was Zhao Daoji, who had previously been hunted by the national scholars of Yan Kingdom!
None of them expected that Zhao Daoji, having been severely injured by Yan Chengyun—thus resulting in Yan Chengyun himself suffering not lightly—would dare not to hideaway in Zhao Kingdom to heal but rather return to King's City!
Is he really unafraid of death?
However, upon seeing Yan Chengyun's current state, the crowd's hearts couldn't help but sink slightly.
As for Mu Jinyu, they were unsure how much energy and True Yuan he had consumed in his battle with Yan Chengyun. Could he still easily crush Zhao Daoji?
Especially, Zhao Daoji wasn't alone this time; he brought Yueya, who ranks second on the Zhao Kingdom's National Guard List!
What made them even more apprehensive was how many strong individuals from Zhao Kingdom's National Guard List Zhao Daoji had brought along this time.
"You have been hiding for so long, and now you're finally willing to come out, but with only the two of you, you dare to ambush me; you're underestimating me too much!"
Mu Jinyu casually crushed the sword tip in his hand into powder, letting it scatter in the wind before staring coldly at Zhao Daoji and Yueya, speaking icily.
In fact, during his battle with Yan Chengyun, Mu Jinyu had long noticed someone's presence in hiding, observing.
However, he wasn't sure if they were Zhao Kingdom people, thinking they might be people like Xiao Wudao or those from the Yan Kingdom National Guard List, or perhaps hidden masters from the imperial family, so he didn't bother to intervene.
But after Yueya's sneak attack on Yan Chengyun and Xiao Wudao's shouting, Mu Jinyu knew they were not people from the Yan Kingdom.
Although Mu Jinyu didn't consider himself a citizen of Yan Kingdom, living within the Heavenly Sword Faction for some time gave him some fondness for Yan Kingdom; how could he allow them to act recklessly?
Zhao Daoji heard Mu Jinyu's words, his expression slightly stiff before smiling: "Friend Mu, we are helping you here. Yan Chengyun is a vindictive person; if you let him off now, you will never have peace in the future, so we thought to lend you a hand!"
With Zhao Daoji's character, if anyone spoke to him like this, he'd never respond kindly.
But since he had hidden and witnessed Mu Jinyu's overwhelming defeat of Yan Chengyun, he was genuinely wary and would rather not confront Mu Jinyu if possible.
No choice, seeing Mu Jinyu heavily defeating Yan Chengyun but not intending to kill him—instead, going to save him—he was anxious but didn't dare make a move, hoping to ambush Yan Chengyun after Mu Jinyu left!
Unfortunately, Yueya couldn't hold back and made a move to ambush Yan Chengyun, forcing him to reveal himself too.
"Humph, no need to talk nonsense; do I need your guidance on how I act?"
Mu Jinyu snorted coldly, directly interrupting Zhao Daoji's attempts to explain and malign, then icily said: "I'll give you a chance; if you can withstand three moves, I'll allow you to leave Yan Kingdom..."
"Otherwise, stay in Yan Kingdom forever!"
Zhao Daoji, even though full of dread towards Mu Jinyu, unwilling to become enemies with him, was infuriated by Mu Jinyu's words!
What did he mean that if they survived three moves, he would let them go?
Did Mu Jinyu really think they couldn't withstand even three moves?
Yan Chengyun could withstand seventy to eighty rounds with Mu Jinyu; he, Zhao Daoji, was even stronger than Yan Chengyun. Could he not even withstand three moves from Mu Jinyu?
"Alright, alright, alright..."
Zhao Daoji shouted thrice in anger, looking directly at Mu Jinyu, eyes coldly flashing: "If I can withstand three moves without dying, how about letting me deal with Yan Chengyun?"
"Fine!" Mu Jinyu agreed without hesitation!
"Mu... Mu Country Knight!"
"No way..."
Xiao Wudao and others were terrified by Mu Jinyu's response, feeling their souls about to fly away!
Originally, when Yan Chengyun was defeated by Mu Jinyu, severely injured and near death, they felt Yan Kingdom lost this national scholar, the pillars crumbling, their hearts filled with despair.
But when Mu Jinyu decided to rescue Yan Chengyun, they were filled with delight.
Yet, with Zhao Daoji's stimulation, Mu Jinyu wagered Yan Chengyun's life in a bet, how could they accept!
Had the gamble been Mu Jinyu versus Zhao Daoji in a deathmatch, they would have faith in Mu Jinyu to kill Zhao Daoji and secure victory!
But to kill Zhao Daoji in three moves, they truly doubted Mu Jinyu could do it!
Did Mu Jinyu intend to broker such a deal to maintain his image of peace while eliminating Yan Chengyun?