Empress in her second playthrough: Something's not right with this plot!

Having done all this, Jiang Qingying slowly stood up and drew the long sword from her waist.

She stood in front of Li Yunsheng, holding swords in both hands.

Fear was in her phoenix eyes, but even more so, determination.

"Who sent you to assassinate the Emperor of Great Chu?!"

The assassin leader grinned maliciously.

"I'm going to kill you!"

Seeing that the other party was unlikely to give her the result she wanted, Jiang Qingying stopped talking and thrust out her sword.

Hey.

The sword was bent, and the assassin leader caught it with just two fingers.

"In your next life, don't be an emperor."

After saying that, he raised his right hand high and swung the spiked club heavily towards the Empress's head.

Jiang Qingying closed her eyes helplessly, waiting for death.

A gentle breeze brushed past my cheek.

Just when she thought the huge spiked club was about to fall on her head.

I heard a soft whisper in my ear.

"She's my leading lady."

She suddenly opened her eyes, and Li Yunsheng was standing beside her without her noticing.

Li Yunsheng raised his left hand and crushed the double damage reflection card with his right.

The assassin leader showed no sign of stopping; instead, he increased the force of his blows.

With that blow, both men died on the spot.

However, the anticipated scene of brains splattering did not occur.

Instead, his attack was blocked.

A thick vacuum barrier appeared above Li Yunsheng's left hand, blocking the spiked club.

boom!

The shockwave from the collision made the assassin leader's clothes flutter loudly, and a huge rebound force came from the spiked club.

Before the assassin leader could understand what was happening, his body felt as if it had been struck by an unknown, enormous force.

boom.

The assassin leader flew sideways, his back slamming into a giant tree, scattering countless withered leaves.

His ribs were all broken, and the broken bones were deeply embedded in his heart.

cough cough-

After landing, he tilted his head back and coughed up large amounts of blood.

At the same time, he struggled to get back on his feet.

Li Yunsheng wouldn't give him a chance to get up; the moment he was sent flying backward, he had already closed in.

With a clang, the Dragon Sparrow Blade was drawn.

Despite the excruciating pain in his chest, Li Yunsheng knelt on one knee and slit his throat with a single stroke.

bass--

A line of blood appeared on the assassin leader's neck, cutting open his throat.

Li Yunsheng breathed a long sigh of relief, his tense mind relaxing considerably.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous; the person in front of me was a master of Wei Xiang's caliber.

With less than three months of martial arts training, how could he possibly be a match for me?

His only trump card was that double damage reflection card.

Facing such a master, I felt both nervous and excited.

In fact, the thought of abandoning the Empress and running away had crossed his mind.

After all, this person's target is clearly the Empress.

However, ever since the system bound itself to the Empress, the two of them have been completely intertwined.

Rather than saying he was protecting the Empress, it would be more accurate to say he was protecting his own system.

Indeed, it turned out exactly as he had predicted.

The assassin leader did not use his full strength against these two ordinary people who were "unrefined".

Otherwise, the double force of a full-force attack would be enough to kill him in one blow.

However, Li Yunsheng relaxed his mind too soon.

With a single stab to the throat, the boss's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the man before him.

He didn't understand what had just happened.

An ordinary person who hasn't even reached the ninth rank just now unleashed such powerful strength.

All he knew was that he was going to die.

At that moment, a strong sense of resentment welled up in his heart.

With his last breath, he punched Li Yunsheng in the chest.

To grow bigger and stronger, and create new glories!

The thought flashed through my mind and then vanished completely.

Even though he was seriously injured, the near-death blow from a second-rank expert was enough to make Li Yunsheng suffer.

boom.

Li Yunsheng landed hard on his backside and slid more than a meter away.

He took a deep breath, feeling a sense of suffocation in his chest.

This time, he truly fainted completely.

hum!

Jiang Qingying's mind was buzzing, and she felt her whole world beginning to collapse.

Li Yunsheng actually risked his life to save her?

why?

Why did you do that?

If you wanted to save me, why did you rebel in the first place?

She tried to trip him up and kill him time and time again, and each time he noticed her.

However, each time, he picked it up high and then put it down gently.

This time, he even suspected at first that the assassin was sent by him.

To be honest, when she had this doubt, she felt much less guilty.

Because she knew that two of the assassins were sent by her.

What she could confirm was that the first person to make a move and be stopped by Wei Xiang was Shangguan Xuanran, who had found the assassin.

However, she eventually discovered that the assassin was not one of Li Yunsheng's men.

And the guy she had always considered her enemy actually disregarded his own life.

Also, what did he mean by 'female lead'?

Owner?

When Jiang Qingying came to her senses, she quickly ran to Li Yunsheng.

She stopped in her tracks when she saw Li Yunsheng lying unconscious on the ground.

Looking at the assassin's corpse, and then at the empty surroundings.

The secure throne and the life-saving grace were like a scale constantly swaying in her heart.

She tightened her grip on the sword, then slowly loosened it.

Tighten it even more.

Loosen it again.

Tighten it even more.

pat-

Jiang Qingying threw the sword in her hand to the ground and bent down to pick up Li Yunsheng from the ground.

She carried Li Yunsheng and walked back step by step.

"You still say you don't know martial arts..."

Unaware that his system was constantly sending notifications while he was unconscious, Li Yunsheng remained in a coma.

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