TSSCCHRIIINNGGG!
Chen Xinyi's exclamation was countered by a flash of gigantic lightning striking to the earth.
It was not just an ordinary dazzling lightning. The lightning was like the gigantic fire descending from the sky when it reached the ground.
This time the royal soldiers cried out in horror and their steps automatically stopped. But that was not the final. The clouds, gray and black, were pouring down rainstorm. It was not a common rain which usually started from light rain, it was a rainstorm. As if the sky was sending down a flood. Other flashes of lightning appeared, lightning and thunder followed one another. The rioters began to shout, "Calamity! Oh, no, calamity has come! It has come!"
And someone screamed.
"Flood! Flood comes again!..."
From afar, an enormous wave of water came crashing down, rolling and flowing at a deadly speed. The rioters tried to escape, some of them were successful but more were late and being swallowed up by the flood. Huan Shikang and his colleagues watched the incident, eyes widened. Yun muttered, "It shouldn't get such a result..."
The floods swept away. The crash of water hitting the podium poured up and inundated it. Huan Shikang, Yun, and the others automatically covered their lowered heads.
And from the top of the hill, Zhu Su and Liu Ku watched in shock how the flood ravaged Huan Shikang's gorgeous activity, how the rioters were busy saving their neck, and how the same thing was also done by Wu Qi, Chen Xinyi, and the San Hu Wei soldiers.
"Wu Qi... Chen Xinyi... and San Hu Wei... may they are alright..." Zhu Su kept watching agitatedly at all of them who were climbing the hill, Wu Qi at the topmost. As he almost got to the top of the hill, Zhu Su stretched out his hand. "Wu Qi, take my hand!"
"Your Highness... thank you very much!..." Getting Zhu Su's help, Wu Qi managed to reach the top of the hill, and was now rescuing Chen Xinyi and other soldiers. So did Liu Ku. Thus, finally, all personnel were successfully evacuated.
"What a terrible flood..." Chen Xinyi noticed that the land below had been all flooded. "Is Huan Shikang really a great wizard?"
Zhu Su pursed his lips. He noticed that Huan Shikang and his cronies were talking to each other with a serious expression. His mind was messed up. He was really infuriated... but nothing he could do right now. The situation was very detrimental to him.
"We must return. It's been too messed up," Zhu Su made a decision.
They agreed. "At least we have to wait until the flood recedes, by then we can continue our fight," Chen Xinyi said weakly.
Therefore, they left the place, while the flood was getting higher and higher.
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"Are you done, Wang Fei?"
Hu Nayin sighed. "It'll almost be done... just be patient..."
"We mean, if His Highness figures out, we'll be severely punished..."
"Ah, he's just bluffing. His Highness is a kind person, he won't do you any harm. Besides, I just want to confirm a small thing. After that, we'll soon return."
"But Your Highness... at that time His Highness didn't seem to merely bluff..."
"True, Your Highness... let's go back... I get a bad feeling..."
"My goodness, haven't I told you many times that you don't need to worry..." Hu Nayin stopped her horse. She was standing on a hill not far from the hill where Zhu Su and his team were standing.
"That is His Highness!" On top of the other horses, the court ladies pointed at Zhu Su.
But Hu Nayin's gaze was not on Zhu Su. Instead, she observed someone who was climbing up to the podium beside Huan Shikang. More precisely, to the woman dressed all in black who stepped behind Huan Shikang.
"Heaven... impossible..." Hu Nayin mumbled. "That is Master Yun... how come she is here... and, she is one of the chaos ringleaders..."
The court ladies looked at Hu Nayin in amazement. Hu Nayin's face stiffened. She kept paying attention to how Huan Shikang provoked the crowd, slandered Zhu Su, and spoke a series of words that rousing anger.
"Goddamnit! How dare he slanders His Highness!" Even the court ladies got their temper sparked by Huan Shikang's speech.
Hu Nayin was still observing Yun who closed her eyes and began to chant mantra.
Hu Nayin's eyes went round. Her fear mounted. "Don't hurt His Highness!"
She put her hand into her pocket, took out a small white bag, then quickly threw the stuff inside it - several centipedes - into the air.
"Aaawww! Centipedes!" The court ladies screamed, trying to avoid the centipedes that began to crawl on the rocks. They breathed a sigh of relief as those centipedes moved very quickly towards the podium and leaving them, on the other hand, they looked in shock at Hu Nayin who was staring at the podium with frowned brows and pursed lips.
"I am sorry... Your Highness... Those centipedes..."
Hu Nayin got astonished. Zhu Su was looking to the left and right.
"We must leave here, quick!" Being worried that Zhu Su might find her, Hu Nayin immediately ran away. She got on her horse and spurred it as fast as she could. Having no chance to finish their questions, the court ladies had no choice but to ride their horse and followed Hu Nayin back to the palace.
Hu Nayin spurred her horse so fast as she was so worried that Zhu Su found that she had disobeyed his order. As the result, she could reach the palace in just a few minutes.
"Bring me some yellow papers! I want to make a talisman!" Arriving at the palace, Hu Nayin immediately told the servants to get a pile of blank papers. She was drawing some peculiar pictures when it rained.
"Oh, by the way, put some toads around the palace wall," Hu Nayin told the eunuchs who nodded respectfully but actually were confused at that bizarre order.
"What's going on, Hu Wang Fei?"
Zhu Su's two daughters, as well as several high-ranking court ladies, glared at Hu Nayin in displeasure.
"I am resisting the attack of black magic against this palace," replied Hu Nayin.
A swarm of toads passed. The princesses screamed in horror. "Eeek! Why are toads here?!" They then screamed at the eunuchs. "Kill these toads! Eek, how eerie!"
"Don't kill them!" Extremely worried that the princesses would destroy Gu Shu's repellent, Hu Nayin screamed so loud, and her face was filled with sweat.
One of the princesses shouted angrily. "Hu Wang Fei! Those toads are so disgusting! How can you let these disgusting things run around and ravage the palace?!" She shouted towards the eunuchs. "Don't just be idle, kill the toads right now!"
"Eeek! That toad has entered my skirt!" Another princess was screaming in horror as she wagged her skirt. The court ladies immediately tried to catch the toad.
"Princesses, these toads are very important to unjinx any evil spells! Right now a dark wizard is trying to jinx us, if we don't remove it, we may die severely!" Hu Nayin tried to explain while preventing the eunuchs from killing the toads.
"What's going on?!"