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Chapter 258 The fight between trapped beasts
Ye Lan quickly took out her magic weapon, which was an oil-paper umbrella with flowers on it. When she could not see Su Qing's figure clearly, she felt something in her heart and immediately opened the umbrella.

As expected, she and her umbrella were severely damaged, and flew backward like a butterfly. She struggled to stop herself, and found that her breath was disordered. She cursed, "Damn you longworm! I'll kill you and make soup with you later!"

Chi Lian took advantage of the fog to hide and swung his tail again, this time towards Liang Shangjun.

Liang Shangjun was prepared. He stuck to the snake's tail like a maggot on the tarsal bone, used his strange body movements to relieve the force of the snake's tail, and then climbed up the snake's scales and ran towards Su Qing above his head.

Although all the prisoners were at the Return to Void Realm, their methods of killing varied.

Liang Shangjun has strange movements and has assassinated countless cultivators. Even cultivators at the same level can hardly escape his assassination.

Therefore, he was confident in this attack and was determined to take out the eldest princess's heart.

Failing once was embarrassing enough, but if I made another mistake this time, I’d be worse than… Wait, where were the people?

He had already reached the top of the red snake, but found that there was no figure in front of him. Only the red snake under his feet kept shaking its head, trying to shake off the hateful insect.

Liang Shangjun immediately turned around and pushed out a palm, which just landed on Su Qing's shadow.

But this shadow remained condensed and did not disperse. The figure passed through the palm like smoke, and the face was getting closer and closer to Liang Shangjun.

His body couldn't stop shaking, just because he saw a riot of colour from the afterimage's eyes, which was so blurry and chaotic that it made his eyes dazzled.

"Not good!" Liang Shangjun thought something was wrong and immediately turned into a black shadow, hiding among the red snake shadows and escaping to a distance in an instant.

Then Su Qing finally revealed his true form, and the red snake beneath him opened its mouth and hissed. No foul odor emanated from its mouth, but instead, bursts of colorful smoke drifted out, revealing that it was filled with poison.

Ye Lan quickly took over Liang Shangjun's rescue, and spun the umbrella in his hand to drive the poisonous smoke to both sides.

She cursed loudly, "It's a shame that the eldest princess is a disciple of the righteous path, but she actually uses such a despicable trick."

Su Qing said: "This colorful cloud smoke is not only a poison, but also a good medicine for curing diseases. It just depends on where it is used."

"Oh, the eldest princess is really eloquent."

Ye Lan suddenly rushed forward with an umbrella, and Liang Shangjun followed closely behind him, his figure shrouded in the shadow of the umbrella and unable to be seen clearly.

When they got close to Chi Lian, Ye Lan protected the two of them with an umbrella. Liang Shangjun took a deep breath and then forcefully exhaled a puff of black smoke!
The black smoke seemed to be a living thing. After it was sprayed out, it turned into a black cloud with thousands of ferocious mouthparts protruding from its surface. It floated and swayed towards Chi Lian, and immediately spread out as soon as it touched the snake's body.

When the scales of the red snake touched the smoke, a sharp sound like metal and stone colliding broke out.

Yun Yi's eyes narrowed upon seeing this: "Black Gold Ant!"

The black gold ant is a magical beast. Its body is tiny, but its mouthparts are incredibly sharp, capable of biting even metal and stone. While a single ant like this would be insignificant, it often travels in packs.

Wherever the dark clouds pass, no corpses are left!

Su Qing also recognized this beast. The poor red-bellied snake had had a piece of flesh bitten off at this time, and its scales, which it was so proud of, were of no use at all.

Seeing the ants' flapping wings transform into a soul-stirring demonic sound, and the dark golden insect swarm was about to cover the snake's body, Su Qing immediately cast a spell to transform Chi Lian back into a small snake, making it coil around his shoulder and apply ointment to the wound.

Liang Shangjun also called back the black ants. Being in the ant colony, he couldn't help coughing twice.

Unexpectedly, this person actually had a killing move hidden in his body. Yun Yi thought that if he fought with Liang Shangjun, he would probably suffer a loss.

Ye Lan stood with an umbrella and said with a smile: "The eldest princess is really a rare beauty. When I saw your face, I couldn't bear to take action."

Yun Yi couldn't help laughing after hearing this, thinking that you are just trying out some half-baked charm again, it would be strange if it could be useful to Su Qing, who is also a woman.

As expected, Su Qing's eyes were clear, not affected at all by Ye Lan's charming voice. She just felt a little sorry for the little red snake, so she gently stroked its head to comfort it.

At this moment, in the distance, Bo Yue and Shan Changqing's figures collided and separated. Both of them felt numbness in their palms and had several bloody wounds on their bodies. Bo Yue laughed and said, "It feels so good!"

Shan Changqing's face was solemn, and he inexplicably felt like retreating.

He just felt that the sword maniac opposite him was reckless in the fight, exchanging injuries for injuries, life for life, and his sword was hard and so was the man.

These righteous disciples all possess unique skills, and they must have trump cards that have not been used yet. If they continue to fight, they will only show their weakness.

This time, the three prisoners did not surround Su Qing, but stood side by side and exchanged glances with each other.

Ye Lan smiled and said, "Don't worry, the prince will be here soon."

Everyone looked up at the night sky, only to see Helian Ran slashing down dozens of times in succession, but his aura didn't change at all, and remained condensed.

He had no expression on his face as he slashed down again. This time, the palace formation had no strength to support it and finally shattered.

Su Qing immediately vomited blood. She was able to suppress two Return to Void Realm cultivators by herself just now because she had the support of the Imperial Palace Formation under her feet, and her spiritual power was endless.

But now that the formation was broken, she was also injured.

Bo Yue asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

Su Qing took the pill that he had prepared long ago and said calmly: "It's okay, it's as expected."

A figure with red hair and blue eyes fell from the sky, instantly creating a large crater in the imperial city. When the smoke and dust cleared, Helian Ran appeared, holding a slender Miao Dao in his hand, with extraordinary momentum.

The situation on the field suddenly changed. The four Dayan prisoners faced Su Qingbo and his two men. As one gained strength while the other lost, they had an even greater advantage than before.

Interestingly, Helian Ran had no intention of talking to Su Qing. Instead, his eyes were fixed on the figure not far away.

Yun Yi leaned on the Fangyuan sword, looking as if the troubles in the world had nothing to do with him.

Fang Yuan Sword Spirit was very interested in the blood-red sword in Helian Ran's hand, and seemed to want to cut it off with one sword to show off his style.

Helian Ran said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness Prince Xian is here too."

Yun Yi smiled and said, "I'm just watching a show. Let me see why there's one prisoner missing. Could it be that you sent him to Prince Xian's mansion?"

“It’s easy to talk to smart people.”

"Haha, that's understandable. I'm on guard against you, and you're on guard against me. Let's not laugh at each other."

Helian Ran: "I have no ill will towards Prince Xian. As long as you abide by the previous agreement, Hong Ling will not attack Prince Xian's mansion."

Yun Yi: "I'm just curious, how is she going to make her move?"

"The fire of ignorance is driven by her. It can burn the palace to ashes in the blink of an eye. By then, I'm afraid even Princess Xian will be in danger."

"Okay, I'm scared."

"So, His Royal Highness Prince Xian doesn't intend to interfere in the affairs here?"

"I told you a long time ago that I'm just here to watch the show."

Yun Yi spread out his hands, signaling the other party to go ahead and he would not stop them.

(End of this chapter)