son, don't mess around

On the surface of the Linjiang River, there are flower boats floating not far away.

You can still vaguely hear some bustling sounds coming from time to time. Under the dark night, it is a scene of tranquility and prosperity!
And on the lakeside path not far away, murderous intent suddenly appeared.

The night was shrouded, and the path along the lake was sparsely populated. Apart from the guardrails and the lake, there were only weeping willows on one side and a tall wall.

Just as Lin Jiangnian and his group arrived here, murderous intent was approaching!

In the night sky, a cold light pierced through the darkness, rising up without warning and heading straight for Lin Jiangnian's face.

At the same time, in the darkness all around, several black shadows suddenly appeared in the night, following closely behind!

Lin Jiangnian suddenly stopped and looked up at the night sky.

"how?"

Jinxiu, who was standing by, hadn't reacted yet. She turned her head and saw Lin Jiangnian looking at the darkness ahead with a serious expression. Her face changed slightly as if she realized something.

I noticed something was wrong!
"call out!"

The next second, another cold light suddenly appeared, blocking Lin Jiangnian.

"Ding!"

A crisp and sharp collision sound was heard!
An Ning, who had always followed Lin Jiangnian and Jinxiu, suddenly appeared in front of Lin Jiangnian.

The long sword that he always carried with him was unsheathed. The sword was long and narrow, delicate and light. The edge of the sword was filled with cold silver light in the dim night, blocking the sudden attack from the hidden weapon in the dark.

At this moment, An Ning's cold and delicate face was full of frost, and her eyes were staring coldly ahead!
Full of killing intent!
In the darkness ahead, seven or eight black shadows appeared at the same time, cold light suddenly appeared, and the sound of swords being unsheathed was endless.

Sudden attacks launched from all directions!

The speed is extremely fast, without any delay!
Lin Jiangnian, who was standing behind An Ning, could tell at a glance that these shadow assassins were restrained, decisive in their actions, and had strong martial arts skills!
Looking at them now, they move in unison and are extremely disciplined, which shows that they are of extremely high quality and are definitely not ordinary assassins!
Lin Jiangnian's eyes turned slightly cold. Who on earth wanted to assassinate him?
How dare you be so bold as to take action in Linjiang City? !

Lin Jiangnian did not bring any guards with him when he went out today. However, this place is located in the prosperous area of ​​Linjiang City, and there are many patrolling soldiers in the city. If there is any noise, the government officials will come quickly.

These people dared to take action here, they are absolutely bold!
Thoughts flashed through Lin Jiangnian's mind quickly, and seven or eight assassins wrapped in black appeared in his sight in an instant.

An Ning raised her sword and stood in front of Lin Jiangnian and Jinxiu. There was no emotion on her cold little face. She stared coldly at the approaching figure in her sight, took a step forward, and met him with sword raised.

This usually gentle and weak sword-holding girl showed an unparalleled aura at this moment. She was filled with cold murderous intent, and the long sword in her hand was like a cold light passing through the stars. With one swing of the sword, she forced back the leading black-clad assassin.

In the night sky, the assassin's eyes changed. It seemed that he had not expected that there was such a powerful master hiding beside Prince Lin? !
However, their steps did not pause at all, and they arrived in an instant.

"careful!"

Lin Jiangnian put his arm around Jinxiu's slender waist, hugged her and quickly retreated, retreating from the encirclement.

Jinxiu doesn't know any martial arts, and she will most likely be affected if she isn't careful.

At this moment, Jinxiu's face changed slightly. She held Lin Jiangnian's collar tightly and let him hold her back. At the same time, she asked in a low voice: "Who wants to assassinate you?"

"I don't know!"

Lin Jiangnian shook his head.

Any assassin who dares to attack him in Linjiang City now is either mentally retarded or extremely confident in his own strength.

Judging from the skills of these people right now, they should not be underestimated!

As for the origins of these people, it is still unknown!
The two looked up and saw An Ning wearing a plain white dress and holding a sword to block the assassin.

Her figure looked extremely weak, but the cold sword in her hand burst out with fierce murderous intent.

There was no holding back when he attacked!

She took light steps and rushed forward with sword in hand.

In an instant, the path beside the lake was filled with sword energy and a majestic aura spread instantly.

With her weak body, An Ning burst out with strong momentum and blocked the sudden attack of seven or eight black-clad assassins.

These seven or eight assassins probably didn't expect that their attack would be blocked by a little girl!

The seemingly weak little girl in front of them seemed to have an extremely terrifying aura in her body. The sword in her hand was as powerful as a rainbow, and every move was full of ruthlessness and decisiveness, without holding back. They were forced to turn to defense, and if they were not careful, they would almost fall under the cold sword energy.

This made these assassins very fearful!

"Don't get entangled with her!"

Soon, one of the black-clad assassins gave orders in a deep voice.

This little girl's martial arts skills are extremely terrifying and unfathomable. It is impossible to take her down in a short period of time. They cannot continue to fight with her. Otherwise, when the guards of the Prince Lin's Mansion arrive to support them, none of them will be able to leave!
Their target today is not this little girl!
The seven or eight assassins in the darkness instantly scattered and hid in the darkness again.

As assassins, they hide in the darkness and wait for their chance, and killing with one strike is what they are best at.

Seeing this, An Ning's eyes turned cold, and there was no fear on her cold and tense face. An Ning in this state was almost a completely different person from her usual self.

She tightly grasped the cold sword in her hand, and her momentum grew stronger.

Just at this moment, her eyes suddenly focused.

Then she saw the assassins hiding in the darkness suddenly change their target and rush towards her. An Ning realized something and immediately raised her sword to defend herself, trying to stop them.

"Stop her!"

A low roar was heard again in the darkness.

Immediately afterwards, several assassins suddenly appeared from all directions in the darkness and blocked An Ning's way.

An Ning raised his sword with cold eyes and thrust it out fiercely. The majestic momentum suddenly rushed towards an assassin.

The assassin seemed to be completely unprepared for the strength of the girl in front of him. The powerful sword energy was so overwhelming that he hurriedly raised his sword to block.

"Ding!"

The crisp sound of swords colliding was heard, and the assassin was shocked by the powerful internal force and retreated four or five steps. His face looked ugly, and he barely managed to steady his body.

An Ning thrust out with his sword and did not stop, but thrust out again.

Take advantage of his illness and kill him!
The remaining three assassins also realized the terrifying nature of this little girl, and without holding back, they approached her from other directions.

Sensing the approaching danger, An Ning had to temporarily give up the attack and instead deal with the remaining three assassins.

And this is exactly their purpose!
The four of them joined forces to temporarily entangle An Ning and delay her steps. The remaining three assassins no longer had any worries. They emerged from the darkness and approached Lin Jiangnian and Jinxiu.

In the darkness, sword light and murderous aura were approaching and rushing towards him.

Jinxiu, who was curled up beside Lin Jiangnian, turned slightly pale when she sensed the cold light approaching.

"Your Highness, be careful..."

Just as she was about to open her mouth to remind him, she noticed that the prince beside her suddenly pulled her closer to him.

Before Jinxiu could react, she touched the strong back of His Highness. In an instant, the urgent aura in the air disappeared.

The next second, Jinxiu noticed that His Highness' body seemed to be heating up. It was as if a breath that had been brewing for a long time was rolling and boiling!

Jinxiu blinked her beautiful eyes as if realizing something, and couldn't help but look up.

In the sight, Lin Jiangnian was standing on a path by the lake. He raised his eyes slightly and looked at the three assassins who suddenly appeared from the darkness and attacked him!

The martial arts of these three people are all good, their aura is restrained, they can control it freely, and their martial arts are extremely high. In addition, as assassins, their assassination methods are endless, and their raid speed is extremely fast. The moment they appear from the darkness, they are close to Lin Jiangnian.

Lin Jiangnian was not afraid of the sudden attack by these three people, and did not even take a step back. "You came just in time!"

Since he started practicing martial arts a year ago, Lin Jiangnian's martial arts skills have greatly improved, but he has very little practical experience that can really put him to good use.

As the prince of Lin Wang, most of the time he didn't have to do anything himself, as the guards and subordinates around him could solve most of the problems.

Even if a powerful enemy appeared, Lin Jiangnian was surrounded by Zhiyuan, and with masters of the Princess's level, he had no chance to attack at all.

The last time he really took action was probably when he was in the capital and killed Chen Feiyang, the guardian of the Secret Heaven Division.

Now that Lin Jiangnian has entered the third level, he just wants to test his true strength.

Judging from the aura of these three assassins in front of him, their strength is at least close to the fourth rank. In addition, as assassins, the three of them have first-class assassination abilities and they work in perfect harmony. Even if they are facing a third rank master, they are not completely without any chance.

In the martial arts world, one can never use the rank or realm to measure one's true strength!
In the darkness, the three assassins had cold eyes and were filled with murderous intent.

They have only one target tonight...Lin Jiangnian!

Moreover, we must fight to the death quickly!

Therefore, they did not drag their feet at all, nor did they talk any nonsense.

After stopping the sword-wielding girl with terrifying martial arts skills, the remaining three people no longer concealed their aura and attacked Lin Jiangnian with swords in hand.

Want to kill with one blow!
At this moment, the air seemed to freeze, and the cool night breeze turned into hot!

When the three assassins got closer, they could clearly sense the change in the air!
Hot!

Hot!

This gave them a slight shock!
In their sight, Lin Jiangnian, who had been standing there calmly, suddenly changed his aura. By the time they reacted, their pupils suddenly shrank, but it was too late!

In the sight, the Prince of Lin, who was originally harmless and looked like a weak scholar, suddenly burst out with a majestic aura.

The blood surged, and the tremendous internal force burst out, instantly covering the three assassins who suddenly attacked from the darkness!

"not good!"

There was a hint of horror in the eyes of the leading assassin.

He never expected that the thin Prince Lin in front of him had such a terrifying aura in his body.

When he thrust out with his sword, Lin Jiangnian in his sight suddenly attacked, and a palm containing a powerful and hot aura slapped towards him through the air.

In an instant, an overwhelming momentum came!

The assassin's sword could no longer move forward and was blocked in mid-air.

The next second, he was blasted out even more fiercely by this majestic momentum!

"puff!"

The assassin was immediately slapped away in the air by this powerful palm, as if all his internal organs were severely damaged, and a mouthful of blood spurted out suddenly.

Although the remaining two assassins were not seriously injured, the residual power of this palm was still enough to block their surprise attack.

The surprise attack by the two was blocked!

This scene changed the looks of all the assassins present!
They never imagined that the Prince Lin was actually skilled in martial arts!

What was even more unexpected was that his martial arts seemed to be even more terrifying than that of the girl holding the sword!
At this moment, there was a brief silence all around!

The remaining assassins saw this scene and exchanged glances briefly.

"withdraw!"

These assassins chose to retreat without any hesitation!

Their goal tonight was to assassinate the Prince of Lin, but they didn't expect that the Prince of Lin was so skilled in martial arts. Coupled with the existence of a sword-wielding girl with equally terrifying strength, it was impossible for them to kill Lin Jiangnian.

So, without any hesitation, they quickly retreated and hid themselves in the darkness again, retreating away from this place.

“Just ran away?!”

Lin Jiangnian was somewhat surprised when he saw this scene.

Seeing that the situation was not good, these assassins simply chose to run away.

The four assassins who had originally besieged An Ning turned around and quickly fled without any hesitation.

But An Ning had no intention of letting them go. Seeing that Lin Jiangnian was not in danger, she no longer had any worries and turned directly from defense to offense. Her eyes were cold and full of murderous intent, and she chased after him with a sword in hand.

"An Ning, stop chasing..."

Lin Jiangnian was about to call out to An Ning, but An Ning, who was so angry that he was mad with anger, didn't seem to hear Lin Jiangnian's voice. Before Lin Jiangnian could finish his words, An Ning had already chased after him with his sword in hand.

The girl's figure was light, she tiptoed to the ground, jumped up, and chased into the darkness.

"peaceful!"

Jinxiu was also anxious. Why did An Ning catch up with her? !

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded all around. Soon, the figures of the city defense soldiers in Linjiang City appeared.

"who?!"

A city defense general led city defense soldiers to surround the place. Hearing the noise here, he immediately went over to bring people over. When he saw the chaos all around, he immediately realized that there had been a fight here.

When his eyes fell on the two figures on the lakeside path, his pupils suddenly changed, and he hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Highness, why are you here?!"

"What's going on?"

The city defense commander recognized Lin Jiangnian's identity at a glance.

"An assassin just tried to kill me!"

Lin Jiangnian quickly recounted what had just happened. After the city defense commander heard it, his face suddenly changed.

Someone actually tried to assassinate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Linjiang City?

This, isn't this seeking death?

Thinking of what happened in Linjiang City in the past few days, the city defense commander's face suddenly changed: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely find the assassin!"

Having said that, the city defense commander immediately ordered the streets to be blocked and ordered people to quickly capture the assassin.

At this moment, the guards from Prince Lin's Mansion finally arrived quickly.

"Jinxiu, you go back first."

Lin Jiangnian looked at Jinxiu and gave instructions.

Jinxiu also knew that there would be danger tonight, so she didn't add to the chaos. She nodded slightly, looking a little worried, and said, "What about An Ning..."

"Don't worry, I'll go see her and bring her back later."

After Lin Jiangnian asked the guards of Prince Lin's Mansion to escort Jinxiu away, he no longer hesitated and chased in the direction that An Ning had just chased the assassin.

This assassination tonight must have been planned for a long time!

No matter who is behind this, Lin Jiangnian will find him out!
...(End of chapter)