Chapter 707: Growing Stronger, Chu Capital’s Response

“Puff!”

“Puff puff…”

First, it was the white-clothed scholar who had a sword struck in his chest. He sighed and directly threw away the treasured sword in his hand.

Almost simultaneously, a short, skinny man sitting on a horse, holding a Nine-Stone Great Bow, released his weapon…

Chen Ping remembered that the Princess Zheng Dongli had once mentioned that these two were first-class experts in the Chu Nan Martial Arts, who joined the official Sanhai Tower forces of the Chu Kingdom, evidently serving as the supreme martial force in this ambush.

Because they were stronger than everyone who came before, they saw the clearest.

They understood what level Chen Ping’s sword strike represented.

If it were only slightly superior, there would still be the will to fight.

However, they couldn’t even see the opponent’s sword; it was so fast that they didn’t even know how Dong Chongming died. That was too terrifying.

They couldn’t see.

They couldn’t understand.

The opponent was so fast that their eyes couldn’t even catch up. What does that prove?

Even in front of him, striking was useless, and they couldn’t even escape.

In such a situation, there was fundamentally no need to resist.

Being able to join the Chu Kingdom’s Sanhai Tower and act on orders, these two were not people who valued freedom over life. If they could surrender once, they could certainly surrender a second time.

After some mental preparation, they surrendered the quickest.

However, in the distance, among dozens of riders, five or six began to flee on horseback.

These people just saw the death of Chongtong General Dong Chongming and observed the fruitless siege by three grandmasters. Being far away, they didn’t see clearly what happened on the scene.

At this moment, seeing the unfavorable situation, they thought of fleeing.

But after running ten miles, they all fell off their horses simultaneously. In a flash, they saw a young girl in green standing in the distance, her sword dripping with blood…

“Seventh Brother said, surrender or die.”

There was not much expression on Ji Mingyue’s bright face, but a faintly murderous aura emitted from her, sending chills down one’s spine.

“This…”

Li Yunko of the Three Yang Sword and Gu Xihai of the Heaven-Shaking Arrow looked on, their brows furiously twitching.

This time, they did see clearly.

The girl’s sword technique, indeed slower than that young master’s, but precisely because of that, was even more terrifying.

The green sword light merely touched, and whether the opponent wielded a saber, spear, sword, halberd, whip, hammer, hook, or shield, upon contact with the sword light, they shattered immediately…

Together with their armor, vital points were struck, and they lost all vitality.

The most terrifying part wasn’t even that.

Rather it was the girl, who swept down from the hillside.

As she descended, the sword edge still dripped with blood.

Obviously, those over twenty Jianghu experts who rolled stones and shot arrows on the mountain had already died under her sword.

The clashes lasted only mere moments.

This girl had protected a carriage and those commoners, withstanding the rain of arrows and stones, slaying her way up the mountain and then charging down, blocking everyone’s escape route.

Her agility, and the ferocity of her sword technique, created a bizarre contrast with her appearance, leaving people momentarily unable to react.

Moreover, earlier, there was a female general who, with one spear, trimmed Dong Chongming’s beard and almost slew the awe-inspiring Chongtong General on the spot. All fell silent.

“I surrender.”

With the six riders fleeing to their deaths on the spot, the more than thirty Jianghu men finally lost their will to fight.

All showed faces of despair.

They intended to hunt a sheep but bumped into a massive tiger.

How could they fight this?

“In my opinion, there’s no need to accept their surrender. Our forces are too small to manage them, and besides, these people are all skillful. If given a chance, they might bite back…”

Han Xiaoru was somewhat resentful.

Previously besieged by three people, she was in dire straits until she called her junior brother to assist, avoiding injury. Now, looking at these ambushing Jianghu people, she found them increasingly disagreeable.

She did have a point.

They weren’t from Chu, nor did they have territory. In others’ eyes, their future was uncertain, so why should one submit?

The current submission was nothing but under the pressure of martial force.

Even if these dozens surrender, it’s reluctant and certainly not loyal.

Once watchful care loosens, they might all run away. If that happens, would they chase them down one by one?

The world is vast and unfamiliar; even seeking revenge would be hard.

Even if you find them, there’s no time or energy for it.

Conversely, during surrender, one has to take care of their livelihood, which is quite a hassle.

“Indeed, these men aren’t even masked. Here to ambush with the intention of absolute elimination, even all dead, they wouldn’t be blameless.”

Ji Mingyue chimed in with a smile, sending cold sweats down everyone’s back.

Some thought of resisting, yet didn’t dare to.

“Hold your hand for a moment.”

The scholar in white cupped his hands and said, “If the young master is worried about us turning back, it’s simple. When joining the Sanhai Tower, we took the Seven Insects and Seven Flowers Poison Pills, needing annual antidotes. The formula for these antidotes, and the corresponding toxins for each, are held by the Dong family brothers. With Dong Chongming dead, there must be a roster on him…”

When Li Yunko said this, everyone around showed complicated expressions.

High rank and wealthy, but it wasn’t without a price. Gained were money, beauties, and power, but lost was freedom.

Princess Zheng Dongli, upon seeing Chen Ping look her way, nodded and said, “It’s said that other than the mixer, no one knows exactly which seven insects or seven flowers are in the Seven Insects and Seven Flowers Pills?”