After nearly half an hour of flying, Luo Ruying, Ning Yechen, and Luo Hongye finally left the Demon Realm Forest.
The journey had been smoother than expected, and they didn't encounter any monsters.
Luo Ruying was concerned that Ning Yechen and Luo Hongye wouldn't be able to endure the long hours of flying, so she decided to stop and rest for a while.
Just as Ning Yechen and the others sat down to rest, the sound of galloping horses could be heard not far away.
Ning Yechen was not surprised by this.
He had sensed the situation ahead for a while.
The approaching party's cultivation level was very low. He guessed they weren't specifically looking for his wife and child, so he wasn't in a hurry to act.
Luo Ruying sensed someone approaching, her nerves suddenly tense.
Worried that someone might be specifically hunting her down again, she asked Ning Yechen to keep an eye on Luo Hongye while she went alone to investigate.
Luo Ruying concealed her aura, traced the sound, and leaped into the branches of a large tree, secretly observing from above.
On the road below, two people were riding fast on horseback.
One of them was a girl who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old. She had a delicate appearance, a ponytail, and a dash of heroic spirit between her eyebrows that rivaled a man's.
The other person was a middle-aged man with a square face.
The middle-aged man had multiple injuries and was covered in bruises.
Behind them, a group of masked men in black, holding sharp knives, flew through the woods, chasing them.
The strength gap between the two sides was evident.
But neither side had high cultivation levels.
The highest was only at the Martial Spirit Realm.
Luo Ruying quickly determined that these people were not looking for her.
It was just an assassination happening by chance.
Seeing the assassins closing in, the middle-aged man told the girl:
"Miss, leave quickly!"
"I'll stay and hold them off!"
"No!"
"Uncle Zhang, let's go together!"
"We're almost at Nanli Capital!"
Qi Yuan pleaded with the middle-aged man.
Zhang He, the steward of the Qi family, had grown up with her and was also her personal bodyguard. She didn't want to see him die here just to delay the assassins.
"Hmph! Neither of you will escape!"
A man in black jumped into the air and threw dozens of darts at Qi Yuan and Zhang He from above.
The darts were so fast that Qi Yuan and Zhang He had no time to dodge.
Zhang He immediately swooped down, using himself as a human shield to block the darts meant for Qi Yuan.
The two fell off their horses as a result.
The horses were hit by several darts and died on the spot.
"Uncle Zhang! Are you okay?"
Qi Yuan looked at Zhang He, who had risked his life to protect her, and quickly expressed concern.
Zhang He was hit by several darts and, coupled with his existing injuries, looked very weak.
"Miss, don't worry about me, just leave!"
"Leave? Where do you think you're going?"
More than a dozen men in black landed, surrounding Qi Yuan and Zhang He, slowly approaching them with bloody swords in their hands.
Seeing they were surrounded, Zhang He felt despair.
In his current state, it was impossible to break through.
Qi Yuan looked at the approaching men in black, her expression fearless. She stood up with her sword, ready to die!
The men in black exchanged playful looks.
They weren't in a hurry.
A little girl in the Martial Spirit Realm wanted to attack them?
How ridiculous!
"Let me handle this little girl!"
A man in black stepped forward and waved at Qi Yuan disdainfully.
Qi Yuan angrily swung her sword, but the man in black easily dodged and teased her.
"As expected of the good-for-nothing lady of the Qi family."
"Trying to resist to this extent? Hahaha."
"Not very talented, but very pretty~"
"I wonder how the Qi family's daughter tastes~?"
The man in black's lecherous gaze boldly roamed Qi Yuan's body.
"Why don't we strip her naked first?"
"This view will definitely be beautiful ~ hahaha!"
The other men in black around him also sneered.
Qi Yuan's face turned red with anger. She clenched her teeth and swung her sword at the man in black again, but he easily knocked the sword out of her hand and kicked her to the ground.
Qi Yuan covered her abdomen, her expression full of unwillingness and despair.
Her cultivation was truly poor!
No match for these assassins at all!
Just a lamb to be slaughtered!
"Hey, hey, hey, not resisting anymore?"
The man in black slowly approached Qi Yuan and began cutting off her clothes with his sword.
"Miss!"
Zhang He lay on the ground, trying to get up, but another assassin stepped on him.
He could only watch Qi Yuan being stripped, helpless, and his ears filled with the assassins' lustful laughter.
Zhang He couldn't bear to watch and closed his eyes.
However, at that moment, the obscene laughter suddenly stopped.
When Zhang He opened his eyes again, he saw an extraordinarily beautiful woman standing in front of Qi Yuan, holding a sword.
His own lady, known as the most beautiful woman in Nanli City, was overshadowed by this woman...
Even Qi Yuan, a woman, couldn't help but stare blankly at Luo Ruying, filled with wonder:
There is such a beautiful woman in the world...
After a moment, Qi Yuan realized that the man in black in front of her had been stabbed through the heart and lay on the ground with eyes full of disbelief!
When had this woman appeared, and when had she killed that man? Qi Yuan hadn't even reacted!
Luo Ruying held her sword and looked around at the other men in black coldly, threatening:
"If you don't leave, you won't leave at all!"
Luo Ruying had decided to save Qi Yuan and Zhang He after observing the situation.
She didn't want to get involved, but she couldn't stand the assassins' filthy methods.
In a patch of grass not far from Luo Ruying, two heads, one big and one small, peeked out, secretly watching her.
They were Ning Yechen and Luo Hongye, who had quietly followed...
Ning Yechen shook his head when he saw Luo Ruying planning to let the assassins go.
The lady is still too kind...
If it were him, he would simply and brutally deal with all of them!
If these people were let go, new troubles would inevitably arise in the future.
Although there is no threat from a swarm of mosquitoes, they can still be annoying.
Luo Hongye looked at Luo Ruying, surrounded by assassins, raised her little head, and asked Ning Yechen worriedly:
"Dad, are those bad guys going to bully mom?"
Ning Yechen rubbed Luo Hongye's head and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, Yeye."
"Those bad guys can't bully your mother..."