As soon as he finished speaking, the man's other hand had already firmly gripped Shen Lixue's wrist, immobilizing her arm completely.
Seeing the man's strange gaze, Shen Lixue smiled slightly and said calmly, "Trying to catch me? Not so easy!" With a flick of her wrist, she skillfully broke free from the man's grip, turned around, and leaped out of the window.
The guards are not allowed to enter the bamboo house. She is alone and no match for this man. The guards can help her in the bamboo forest.
Shen Lixue jumped out of the window. The man was slightly taken aback, but then followed her out of the window, his strong arms reaching out to grab Shen Lixue's fluttering clothes.
Shen Lixue's eyes turned cold. The moment she landed, she turned around and swung her dagger fiercely at the man. The man dodged quickly, and the dagger grazed his clothes, leaving a long gash in his black collar that almost ran across his entire chest.
"You want to kill me!" The man steadied himself and looked coldly at Shen Lixue.
"You've brought this upon yourself!" Shen Lixue's gaze was cold. In the dead of night, dressed in black, he sneaked into her room to take liberties with her. Should she still be polite and greet him with a smile?
The man didn't speak, but his eyes, visible through the black mask, were terrifyingly gloomy. He stretched out his long arm, about to grab Chen Lixue.
Shen Lixue quickly took a step back, dodging the man's outstretched claws, glared at him fiercely, and ran towards the depths of the bamboo forest.
The man gave a cold laugh and chased after her closely. Shen Lixue was the mistress of the War King's Mansion. As long as she was in the bamboo forest, Steward Wang would not dare to activate the mechanism. The man walked forward quickly and recklessly.
Shen Lixue used her lightness skill to move forward quickly. Behind her, the wind howled and the footsteps grew closer. She slightly raised the corner of her mouth and quickly slapped a spot with her slender hand. Instantly, a heavy wooden hammer appeared out of thin air and slammed down on the man.
The man was startled and quickly dodged to the side.
"Thump thump thump!" Countless wooden hammers suddenly surged out from all directions, each one large and heavy, as if under someone's command, chasing after the man and smashing him.
The man swung his arms frantically to fend off the wooden hammer, moving so fast that it was impossible to see clearly. The heavy hammers struck his arms, and even after a while, the pain was still intense.
His dark eyes narrowed slightly. Shen Lixue couldn't beat him, so she tricked him into coming to the bamboo forest and used traps to deal with him? How clever.
Speaking of Shen Lixue, the man looked up and saw that she had already run far away along the path, her white clothes and jet-black hair flowing in a graceful arc in mid-air.
She planned to trap him in the bamboo forest while she ran away to marry Dongfang Heng—what wishful thinking!
His gaze turned cold, and he was about to dodge the wooden hammer and chase after Shen Lixue when a wooden hammer suddenly appeared and slammed into his shoulder.
Caught off guard, he was thrown three or four meters away and crashed heavily to the ground. Just then, the perfectly good ground suddenly cracked open, as if a wild beast had opened its blood-spitting maw, joyfully awaiting his arrival.
The man was startled, his eyes narrowed sharply, and he suddenly swung out a palm, striking the green bamboo beside him hard, using the rebound force to steady himself.
Looking down closely, the trap was filled with steel nails; if he fell in, his body would most likely be pierced through.
Shen Lixue really wanted him dead!
Under the moonlight, Shen Lixue had already run to the center of the bamboo forest, her white figure standing out beautifully against the green bamboo.
She is beautiful and charming; he absolutely cannot let Dongfang Heng have her.
The man's eyes turned cold, and his slender body shot towards Shen Lixue like an arrow.
Behind her, a gust of wind approached. Shen Lixue stopped and turned to look at the person who had come. Due to running all the way, her beautiful face was slightly flushed, her cherry-red lips were slightly parted, she was breathing softly, and her beautiful eyes were clear and captivating.
After a moment of stunned silence, the man regained his composure and unleashed a powerful attack at Shen Lixue, using five levels of his internal energy. He realized that Shen Lixue was a wildcat with bared teeth and claws, and she would only obey him if he tamed her. If he was polite to her, she would only take advantage of his kindness and become more and more arrogant.
He used only 50% of his power, just right. Shen Lixue would suffer some minor injuries, nothing serious, and certainly not fatal. In that case, she wouldn't be able to escape.
Seeing the man's sharp recruitment tone and the cold glint in his eyes, Shen Lixue smiled eerily and waved to him, "See you later!"
The ground beneath her feet suddenly cracked open, and her slender body sank into it instantly. The ground quickly closed up again, all in the blink of an eye, so fast that no one had time to react.
When the man came to his senses, he was the only one left in the entire bamboo forest. The surroundings were empty, without a single person in sight, and gusts of wind blew, sharp and piercing.
The man's eyes narrowed, realizing something was wrong. He leaped forward, preparing to flee, but then saw countless black arrows shooting from all directions, their sharp tips gleaming with a cold, eerie light in the night.
Damn it, we've fallen for their trap! Shen Lixue left the bamboo forest to isolate him there and then shoot him.
The man broke off a piece of green bamboo and waved it rapidly to block the arrows while searching for a way out. The rain of arrows was too intense, and he didn't know when it would stop. He had to leave this place and couldn't delay any longer.
"Young master, how does the Arrow Rain taste?" Shen Lixue's cool, teasing voice rang out in the bamboo forest.
The man gritted his teeth: "Shen Lixue!" She was determined to kill him.
"Everyone in Qingyan knows that anyone who trespasses into the bamboo forest will be killed without mercy. Young Master, you were incredibly audacious to break into the Zhanwang Mansion's bamboo forest and were killed. It is your own fault." Shen Lixue's voice suddenly turned cold.
Before the man could even get angry, a bed of steel nails suddenly fell from above the bamboo grove and smashed down on him.
"Damn it!" the man roared, quickly dodging the bed of steel nails, but the dense barrage of arrows changed direction as he moved.
"Swoosh! Swoosh!" Two arrows struck his arm, and one struck his leg. A piercing pain shot through him. The bed of nails was right in front of him, and the man dodged with all his might, barely managing to avoid them.
"Bang!" The two steel-nailed beds collided with a loud thud, sending dust flying. The man secretly breathed a sigh of relief; he had dodged a fatal blow.
"Young master does have some skill. It seems these petty tricks won't kill you. I'm about to unleash the Green Bamboo Forest's trump card!" Shen Lixue's cold voice echoed softly in the bamboo forest.
The man was startled. Arrows, wooden hammers, and a bed of steel nails were just ordinary traps. The trump card that Shen Lixue mentioned must be extremely powerful. He was already seriously injured and could not even withstand the rain of arrows. He had no strength to deal with the traps of the trump card.
September 16th has only just begun; he still has several hours. There's no need to rush and risk his life.
Thinking of this, the man didn't delay any longer. He lightly touched the ground with his feet, and his slender body quickly took to the air. His cold warning voice echoed in the air: "Shen Lixue, you wait, I will come back!"
Shen Lixue raised an eyebrow. She didn't want to let the tiger return to the mountain. She should take him down now to avoid trouble later.
With a flick of her slender hand, she was about to activate the mechanism when Steward Wang strode in and said respectfully, "Princess, the auspicious hour is approaching. Lady Quanfu has arrived at the Prince Zhan's residence to prepare to comb your hair!"
Shen Lixue was startled and looked up, only to realize that it was almost dawn. She and the man had been dealing with each other in the woods for most of the night.
Looking back at the sky, the man had already flown far away and disappeared into a small black dot, no longer within the range of the War King's Mansion's traps.
It doesn't matter if we can't kill him right now; we'll have a chance to deal with him later!