Shen Lixue asked with concern, her clear, innocent eyes making Su Yuting furious: "It's nothing!" Su Yuting thought bitterly, "How could I be alright after trespassing into the bamboo forest?"
"Whoosh!" Three sharp arrows flew towards Shen Lixue and Su Yuting.
"Sister, be careful!" Su Yuting exclaimed, grabbing Shen Lixue's arm tightly and heading towards the three feathered arrows. She sneered inwardly: Shen Lixue dying under the many traps in the bamboo forest was none of her business.
Su Yuting possessed profound inner strength and gripped the arrow tightly, preventing Shen Lixue from moving an inch and making it impossible for her to dodge the sharp arrow. A cold smile appeared on her lips; Su Yuting had decided to kill her!
Seeing the three deadly arrows close at hand, Shen Lixue's eyes darkened, and she took out a silver needle and stabbed it hard into Su Yuting's wrist.
"Ah!" Su Yuting cried out in pain and subconsciously let go.
Shen Lixue's slender figure flashed, and she quickly leaped to the side! Three feathered arrows shot towards Su Yuting.
Su Yuting narrowed her snow-white eyes, her slender body suddenly crouching down. The arrow grazed her hair, causing the hairpin to fall to one side, and her black hair fell down in disarray.
Shen Lixue!
Su Yuting looked up and glared at her hatefully. This bitch is really lucky. She actually dodged the arrow the moment it hit her. There are other traps in the bamboo forest. She must make her die here. But where are those traps and how do she trigger them?
Seeing the sharp glint in Su Yuting's beautiful eyes, Shen Lixue sneered silently. With a flick of her slender fingers, a silver light shot towards a green bamboo. If Su Yuting wanted to understand the bamboo forest, she would show her the many traps and mechanisms.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!" Arrows shot out from all directions, flying towards Su Yuting. Su Yuting was shocked and tried to escape, but found that she was surrounded by arrows and had nowhere to run.
In this life-or-death moment, Su Yuting didn't bother to conceal her martial arts skills. She reached out and broke off a section of green bamboo, quickly wielding it to knock down the incoming arrows.
"Sister Su's martial arts are truly impressive. I've never seen you use them before!" Shen Lixue's cool gaze followed Su Yuting closely as she repeatedly praised her.
Su Yuting glanced at Shen Lixue, who was watching the show with her arms crossed, and was furious: "Enough nonsense, go and call someone to help, or you'll just stand there dumbfounded!"
Shen Lixue glanced at the dense barrage of arrows, raised the corners of her mouth, and said casually, "The guards heard the commotion a long time ago and are already on their way. Don't worry, they'll be here soon!"
Su Yuting gritted her teeth. Her hearing was sharp, and she hadn't heard a single footstep. The guards were all focused on their duties and hadn't noticed anything unusual. Shen Lixue was clearly just giving her the runaround: "Shen Lixue, did you deliberately set this up to kill me?"
"What are you saying, sister? I just arrived at the War King's Mansion and I'm not familiar with it at all. How could I have time to plot against you!" Shen Lixue replied perfunctorily, her eyes narrowing slightly. So many dense arrows couldn't hurt her in the slightest. Su Yuting's martial arts were truly unfathomable.
"Stop making excuses. If you didn't set up the trap, why did you only shoot me and not you?" Su Yuting swung the bamboo to knock down the arrow and coldly questioned. Now she understood that Shen Lixue knew the Green Bamboo Garden very well and could manipulate the traps inside. She had been too careless and had fallen for Shen Lixue's trick.
"Well, it must be a matter of position. The arrows can't reach me from where I'm standing, but my sister is where they're aimed!" Shen Lixue explained calmly. The mechanism was activated, and arrows flew in from all directions. Shen Lixue's position was clever; the arrows grazed her clothes but couldn't hit her.
"Is that so?" Su Yuting gritted her teeth, burning with anger. Shen Lixue had activated the mechanism and attacked her. She would definitely stand in a safe place. It was indeed a matter of position. A slight smile appeared on her lips. "Then let's switch positions!"
Using all her power to knock down the nearby arrows, Su Yuting leaped towards Shen Lixue, her beautiful eyes flashing with a cold, bloodthirsty smile. She wanted to bring her to her position and let her taste what it was like to be shot by a thousand arrows, and perhaps in the end, she would be pierced through the heart by a thousand arrows!
“My sister’s suggestion is good, let’s switch!” Shen Lixue smiled slightly, neither in a hurry nor annoyed. Without Su Yuting grabbing her, she leaped and landed in Su Yuting’s place, while Su Yuting stood in the place where Shen Lixue was standing.
Su Yuting was taken aback at first, then sneered. Shen Lixue felt that this saved her a lot of trouble. This position was absolutely safe, and she could enjoy watching the arrows pierce her heart without worry.
The moment Shen Lixue landed, the arrows stopped firing. After a few soft swishes, another volley of arrows came, still aimed at Su Yuting. Shen Lixue stood still, and the arrows still grazed her clothes, not hitting her at all.
"Chen Lixue!" Su Yuting swung her green bamboo to knock down the feathered arrow, her suppressed anger and roar piercing through the clouds and echoing through the sky.
Shen Lixue frowned: "Sister, stop arguing, I'll go and call the guards to rescue you!"
"Shen Lixue, if you want to harm me, just say so. There's no need to use such despicable and shameless methods!" Su Yuting rebuked through gritted teeth.
"Do you have any evidence that I want to harm you?" Shen Lixue raised an eyebrow, looking at the countless sharp arrows that fell to the ground as Su Yuting blocked them. The arrows were not powerful enough; to kill Su Yuting, other mechanisms would have to be used.
Su Yuting snorted coldly: "The fact that these arrows only hit me and not you is the best evidence!"
“Butler Wang once told me that outsiders who trespass into the bamboo forest will be killed without mercy, but if you are the master, you can move freely in the bamboo forest.” Shen Lixue paused, then continued, “I am the adopted daughter of the War Prince and the master of the War Prince’s mansion, so the traps in this bamboo forest will not be aimed at me. If Sister Su also recognizes the War Prince as her adoptive father, she will definitely not be attacked by the swift arrows!”
"Why didn't you say so sooner?" Su Yuting suddenly paused, gritting her teeth. After only a few meetings, Prince Zhan had already doted on her to this extent. "Master of the Prince's Mansion" was such an annoying title.
"Before I could even explain, you rammed me into the bamboo forest!" Su Yuting had murderous intent towards her, so of course she wouldn't be polite to Su Yuting anymore.
Shen Lixue turned around and slowly walked towards the edge of the bamboo forest: "I'll go call the guards, you hold on a little longer!"
"Shen Lixue, don't go!" Su Yuting knocked down the arrow and flew to stop Shen Lixue. Shen Lixue was in the bamboo forest, where the traps were not too intense. If she left, she would be left alone, and she would be guilty of trespassing and would be killed without mercy!
With a soft thud, two iron beds studded with steel nails slammed down on Su Yuting.
Su Yuting was startled and reached out to grab Chen Lixue, intending to use her to block the bed of steel nails.
Shen Lixue smiled coldly, quickly leaped forward, and kicked the steel nail bed with force. The steel nail bed sped up and smashed hard towards Su Yuting.
Su Yuting rolled on the spot, and the two steel needle beds came together beside her, making a dull sound that made people's eardrums buzz.
Su Yuting covered her ears tightly, her movements pausing for a moment. An arrow flew by, grazing her cheek, leaving a clear bloodstain on her delicate, porcelain-white face. Drops of blood seeped from her skin, standing out starkly against her pale complexion.
"Whoosh!" Another sharp arrow slashed past, and a burning pain shot through her face. Su Yuting's trembling hand touched a patch of blood!
My face, my face! Both sides of my face are scarred! Enraged, Su Yuting grabbed a bamboo arrow that had fallen to the ground and stabbed it viciously into Shen Lixue's back. She actually disfigured her, you bitch, you bitch, you bitch!
Shen Lixue seemed oblivious to the approaching danger. She lightly flicked a bamboo stalk with her slender hand. Just as Su Yuting was about to stab her, she lost her footing and fell into the trap. Her shrill scream pierced through the clouds and echoed through the sky.
Shen Lixue looked down and saw that the trap was three or four meters deep, with a layer of long and hard steel nails at the bottom and nails all around. Su Yuting was holding a steel nail and half hanging on the wall, with traces of blood seeping out from between her fingers. Half of her body was also stained with blood.
Shen Lixue raised an eyebrow. The moment she fell into the trap, Su Yuting used her lightness skill to grab the stone wall, trying to avoid the steel nails on the ground. However, she did not expect that there were also steel nails on the stone wall. Most of her body was pierced and bleeding profusely.
Su Yuting was seriously injured and in danger. Blood kept seeping out, and her strength was dwindling. She was unable to use her lightness skill to jump out of the trap.
For a moment her thoughts were blurred, and Shen Lixue's smug smile appeared before her eyes. Su Yuting instantly snapped back to reality, mustered her last bit of strength, and looked up at the sky.
Shen Lixue stood above the trap, holding a large rock in her hands, coldly staring at her.
"Shen Lixue, you want to use the traps in the bamboo forest to kill me!" Su Yuting's voice was weak, but it was gloomy and cold.
Shen Lixue sneered: "You pushed me into the bamboo forest just to use the traps there to kill me. But you didn't expect that I would drag you into the bamboo forest too. In the end, you're the one who will suffer!"