Phoniex Requiem
Chapter 60: Ugly and Unuseful Girl the legendary Slaughterer King!
Chapter 60: Ugly and Unuseful Girl
The legendary Slaughterer King!
When Yun Ruoyan realized this, she struggled even harder. However, that pair of hands was so powerful that he still could not break free.
Yun Ruoyan tried to use the same trick she used on the servants Yun Ruoyao and Yun Ruoyu, gathering spiritual energy into her fingers and lightly touching it to her hands, but he did not let go as he expected, nor did he scream in pain. In fact, his hand gripped his wrist even tighter, and Yun Ruoyan's heart also stiffened.
The depth of cultivation, the incredible spiritual density, was enough to counter his spiritual attacks perfectly!
"Don't move or yell, or I'll eat you." The man's cold and magnetic voice whispered in his ear, and he completely froze like a deer in the headlights.
In the darkness, Yun Ruoyan felt the man's jaw on her shoulder, his rather deep breath right in her ear.
"Qiu!" As Yun Ruoyan became increasingly uncomfortable, Qiuqiu's voice rang out from her mind. “Mistress, this man is very strong. Don't make him mad!”
"I know!" Yun Ruoyan replied in annoyance. The name of the Slaying King had spread far and wide within the Li kingdom, and no one above the age of three knew him! His name was widely known even across the continent.
Yun Ruoyan had not expected to ever come into close contact with such a person!
"But what should I do now?"
"I don't know either, but don't make him mad!"
Yun Ruoyan took a deep breath, the smell of blood once again drifting into her nose. He quickly tried to calm down. "Are you hurt?"
The man frowned slightly and opened his lips, but before he could say anything, the guards made a noise from afar and seemed to approach them once more! Li Mo hugged Yun Ruoyan before jumping.
Moments later, several guards gathered under the tree where they had just been. "Have you found any traces of the killer?" A guard asked.
“No, but there are people checking and securing the perimeter. The killer is still inside the hunting grounds, I'm sure he hasn't had a chance to escape yet!”
"good. Assign more guards for the search. Don't let a single mosquito out before we're done!”
"Yes!"
The guards scattered once more, and none of them realized that, just above their heads, an ink robe enveloped a man and a girl.
“Now that they are gone, can you release me, Slaughter King?”
Li Mo raised his eyebrows, his lips curving. He raised both of his hands, and his black robe spread out like the wings of an eagle, releasing Yun Ruoyan from his grip.
Yun Ruoyan felt the darkness disappear from her surroundings, replaced by a tall man standing amidst the background of leaves and pink flowers.
"You really guessed my identity?" Li Mo sounded rather interested. “Qianhan is getting worse in dealing with various things.”
Li Mo's veil only showed her sharp and distinct jaws. Even though he stood up casually, both of his hands clasped behind his back, Yun Ruoyan could still feel a hint of pressure from him.
He was somewhat curious why he did not feel this pressure the first time the man fell into his cabin, and why he felt it now.
It seemed like he had been intimidated by his identity. Public rumors said that, even though he was only in his twenties, he was over three meters tall, strong enough to split the mountain with a single blow. His one shout could send tens of thousands of ferocious beasts, and he even liked to eat human flesh!
Children and teenagers roughly the age of Yun Ruoyan grew up hearing all about such stories, passing down to this man an aura of reverence and mystique.
Thus, when the real person stood before his eyes, his respect was naturally transferred to the person in front of him.
But the truth is, this man is nothing special. He was only slightly taller than average, somewhat stronger than average, and, like the average man, he could also be injured!
As soon as Yun Ruoyan thought of this, the respect that instinctively filled her began to dissipate.
“Thank you for your life essence pills.” Yun Ruoyan smiled faintly. “Although not very useful to me, I still thank you for that thought.”
"Oh? you're cured of your poison?" Li Mo stepped forward as he grabbed onto Yun Ruoyan's lotus leaf gauze, so fast that Yun Ruoyan did not have time to dodge. By the time he turned away from her, gauze had already landed in Li Mo's hands.
Yun Ruoyan gripped her right cheek as she looked at him, a feeling of helplessness suddenly emerging from within her, a feeling she did not experience after her rebirth.
How much he hated this feeling of helplessness!
“What's the point of gripping your cheek? Not that I've never seen your birthmark!” Li Mo's cold voice was somewhat mocking.
Yun Ruoyan snorted as she let go of her hand, revealing a fake birthmark on her face.
The first time they met, Li Mo easily pointed out that Yun Ruoyan had been poisoned, and he was somewhat worried whether he could also identify that the birthmark on his face right now was fake.
He took the gauze from his hand before replying angrily, “Then, you won't have to worry about my business anymore, Slaughter King! See you soon!” He was about to turn around and jump from the tree when Li Mo suddenly stopped him.
"What more do you want?!" He slammed his palm into his chest. His punch, imbued with spiritual energy, was enough to cause Li Mo to snort as he took a step back, fresh blood seeping from his lips.
This was beyond Yun Ruoyan's expectations, after all, Li Mo's cultivation was much higher than hers, and even if she used all of her spiritual energy, it wouldn't be enough to hurt her, either, let alone the small droplets he stacked. in the heat of the moment.
"You must be seriously injured."
Li Mo stretched out his wrist, wiping the blood with his index finger. "I need your help" he murmured, his voice low, almost like a magnet.
"With what?" Yun Ruoyan said without thinking, immediately regretting it.
“I need you to help lure the guards on the north side of the hunting grounds. For a seventh rank blademaster like you, nothing is difficult.”
The seventh rank blademaster was already above average in terms of cultivation, and the guards that were usually placed around a remote location like this hunting ground were mostly only rank six blademasters.
Combined with Yun Ruoyan's natural dexterity, he didn't seem to have any trouble doing it.
But then he thought back to his sudden helplessness, his anger and resentment at being made to feel like this once again.
He looked towards Li Mo judging. It was not his business why the Slaughter King himself was seriously injured, or why he was being chased as an assassin. What was interesting to him was how wealthy the imperial family was, to give out bottles of life essence pills as easily as he did!
"Of course, but what will you give me instead?"
"of course. I don't like being indebted to others.” Li Mo removed a piece of wooden bead from his wrist and handed it to Yun Ruoyan. "What about this?"
Yun Ruoyan wished it was an incredible treasure, but it seemed like it was just a strand of wooden beads. He could only frown.
Seeing his expression, Li Mo continued, “If you don't like it, you can ask for another one. I'll let Qianhan send it to you someday.”
Yun Ruoyan rubbed the wooden beads in her hands. Anything that the Slaying King would keep on his wrist would definitely be unusual, "it's likely that I don't know enough to identify this treasure."
“It's okay, it will work. I'll lure the guards away, and we can find your own chance to escape" She jumped off a tree in the middle of a gust of wind, and pink petals fluttered along with her dress.
As soon as Yun Ruoyan landed on the ground, her elegant footwork allowed her to move quickly northward, and she quickly was nothing more than a shadow.
Li Mo looked at her disappear as he took off his hood. If Yun Ruoyan was still here, she would definitely be surprised by what she saw, because Li Mo looked like a completely different person!
His lips formed a demonic smile. His eyes were as cold as ever, but his jet-black pupils were now turning icy blue.
"The daughter of the Yun family is ugly and useless, right?" At the same time, more blood came out of his mouth, making Li Mo frown. "That old man, I will cut his body to pieces for twice hurting me like this!"
At the northern boundary of the hunting grounds, a group of twenty or so guards were patrolling.
Yun Ruoyan was hiding on top of a tree, and she was just about to find an opportunity to escape when the four stretcher porters stepped forward with large stretchers on their shoulders.
Beside the stretcher were two armed guards, both above the seventh rank. His gaze turned to the palanquin once more, seeing a seventeen or eighteen year old young man sitting on it. His robe was made of silk and gold brocade, and his face was somewhat reminiscent of Li Qianhan, if his recklessness was replaced by killing intent.
"Crown Prince!" The head guard ran to the stretcher and bowed.
“Have you caught the killer yet? Why did my father hire you?” The young man rumbled furiously.
“Please forgive my inability, Crown Prince!” The guard captain stared at the ground with a petrified look. He did not dare to refute the accusations leveled by the crown prince himself.
The crown prince was about to speak once more when the cry of the eagle suddenly sounded from the clouds, and the entire group of people raised their heads as one entity. A black dot circled the air, getting closer, revealing itself as a ferocious beast that looked like a bald eagle.
A soldier stepped out of the crown prince's entourage and whistled. The bird circled around him twice before landing on the man's arm.
"I'm counting on you to catch my killer," The crown prince, Li Qianxiao, whispered as he stroked the bird's head. “From all the birthday gifts from the second prince, you are my favorite! As long as you catch the killer, I'll give you your favorite treat, human flesh.”
As if able to understand human speech, the bird let out a cheerful cry.
The bald eagle is a tame magical beast. He often heard from his brother, Yun Moxiao, who was stationed in the army, that this kind of beast was extremely skilled at tracking and killing. If one were to feed him human flesh, it would become a threat on the battlefield.
Yun Ruoyan had originally intended to hide in her tree and wait for Li Qianxiao to leave before moving, but when Li Qianxiao was about to set off for another area of the hunting grounds, it was not until after, the long neck of the bald eagle suddenly spun towards Yun Ruoyan.
His beaded red eyes seemed to have detected it even through the dense foliage shield between him and the eagle.
In an instant, the eagle had left the grasp of the tamer and rushed towards Yun Ruoyan.