CHAPTER 735: CHAPTER 321 DANGER STRIKES (PART 1)

The rocks fell chaotically.

All were of different sizes.

The whole party was plunged into disarray.

Ye Qichi was truly speechless at these assassins; she estimated that unless these assassins were taken out, the attempt on Xiao Jinxing’s life would never end.

She quickly dodged the descending rocks.

The others, too, were so preoccupied with the ceaseless rockfall that they couldn’t look after anything else.

Xiao Jinxing was naturally in the same predicament.

He glanced back at Ye Qichi.

"Brother Jinxing!" Bai Mowan suddenly called out to him in a panic.

Xiao Jinxing quickly turned his head to look.

He saw several large rocks hurtling toward Bai Mowan.

Xiao Jinxing swiftly moved to Bai Mowan, held her in his arms, used his Qinggong to leap away from the falling rocks, and landed gently.

He intentionally landed close to Ye Qichi.

"Ye Qichi, move forward quickly," Xiao Jinxing urged.

He could clearly feel that Ye Qichi was the one who struggled the most among the group.

He also knew the extent of Ye Qichi’s martial arts skills.

To them, it was nothing more than child’s play.

Therefore, he had to ensure Ye Qichi was escorted out first.

Ye Qichi did not refuse.

She indeed was not skilled.

Conversely, the more she hesitated and deferred, the more trouble she caused.

She promptly followed Xiao Jinxing’s advice and moved forward.

At this moment, Bai Mowan was also by Ye Qichi’s side.

Naturally, Bai Mowan felt displeased with Xiao Jinxing’s recent words about letting Ye Qichi go first.

Even though she knew that Ye Qichi indeed was not well-versed in martial arts.

But under the current circumstances, not just for Ye Qichi, it was difficult for anyone to escape safely.

If Xiao Jinxing hadn’t come to her rescue just now, she might have been injured by a falling rock.

Bai Mowan suppressed the various unpleasant emotions in her heart and followed Ye Qichi, moving quickly forward.

They had not gone far.

A large rock rolled towards them from the front.

It was bigger than all the previous rocks and was surrounded by many other stones.

With such a pathway, it would be very difficult to escape successfully.

Bai Mowan’s heart skipped a beat.

Ye Qichi was also startled.

The dense rocks hammered down from above their heads.

The light grew dimmer and dimmer.

"Xiao Jinxing, save me!" Ye Qichi could no longer dodge.

She watched helplessly as the rock threatened to hit her.

Her plea for Xiao Jinxing to save her was blurted out without thinking.

Instinctively, in the face of death, she sought a potential refuge.

However, in that moment.

Ye Qichi saw Xiao Jinxing grab Bai Mowan from his side and turn around, shielding her with his body from the rocks. A large rock pressed down heavily on Xiao Jinxing. Fortunately, the rock wasn’t too large and caused pain but did not injure him, thanks to the Inner Strength in his body.

His immediate reaction was to save Bai Mowan.

Leaving no time to attend to Ye Qichi.

Ye Qichi watched as the rocks sped closer to her.

The largest one was hurtling towards her entire body.

With such speed.

Ye Qichi simply... couldn’t escape.

She gritted her teeth and closed her eyes.

Bowed her body to protect her head as much as possible, hoping that even if she was crippled by the rocks, she would at least save her life...

Thinking this.

A figure suddenly appeared beside her.

With lightning speed, he dashed in front of her and held her tightly in his arms.

Then he quickly rolled down the steep slope with her.

Ye Qichi was held tightly in his embrace.

The two of them rolled to the lowest point, and the large rock followed, threatening to crush their bodies.

Xie Ruotong immediately pushed Ye Qichi to one side.

He also quickly rolled away.

At that moment, her legs were still firmly crushed under the rock.

"Mhm!" Xie Ruotong let out a low cry.

Ye Qichi’s heart skipped a beat.

This half a second.

Made her feel as if she had lived through a century.

She turned her head abruptly, looking at how Xie Ruotong’s legs were firmly pinned down by a rock.

She hurried over, her eyes brimming with tears.

Such a large rock...

Xie Ruotong’s face was now pallid from the pressure.

She was in so much pain that she couldn’t even speak.

"Ruotong, Ruotong..." Ye Qichi crawled to Xie Ruotong’s side.

Calling out to her loudly.

Xie Ruotong, enduring the severe pain, almost fainted in that one second.

She struggled to see clearly and said, "Princess, how are you..."

Ye Qichi truly broke down.

She herself was so injured, yet still asking how she was?!

Ye Qichi clenched her teeth.

Rescuing Xie Ruotong was critical at this moment.

The longer the pressure, the worse for her legs.

But with her own strength alone, she had no way of moving the rock.

Ye Qichi looked up at the people on the slope.

At this moment, the assassins appeared to have exhausted their stones.

Bai Mowan’s troops and Xie Ruotong’s special forces immediately went to duel with the assassins.

Lin Qianyu quickly rushed down.

He, too, was shocked by Xie Ruotong’s current state.

His eyes reddened in an instant.

"Xiang Qin..." Lin Qianyu called out to her, unable to bear it.

Watching as her legs were firmly trapped under the rock.

Their special forces had also come to the valley to rescue the Prince and Princess, splitting into two groups with Bai Mowan’s elite soldiers.

While they were still searching in the valley,

they heard a disturbance in the valley, sounding like a landslide.

But in such ancient woods, dense with trees, landslides were not common.

It certainly was a sign of trouble.

Without delay, everyone quickly ran towards the direction of the sound.

Upon arrival, they saw Bai Mowan’s elite soldiers, including the Prince and Princess, trapped amid the rocks.

Even at that moment, a huge rock tumbled down right in front of the Princess.

If it had hit her, death would have been certain.

Lin Qianyu hadn’t even reacted when he saw Xie Ruotong, without the slightest hesitation, utilize her Qinggong to the extreme, desperately embracing Ye Qichi and using the momentum to quickly roll down the slope.

He hurriedly followed them.

There were many rocks around him, blocking his steps.

Only when the rocks finally stopped could he reach Xie Ruotong’s side.

What he saw was her being tightly pressed under the rock.

And with such a huge stone.

He himself didn’t have the strength to move it.

The next moment.

Lin Qianyu was about to go find people to help, "I’ll call others over."

"Wait!" Ye Qichi called out to him urgently and quickly, "Lin Qianyu, go chop down a tree branch first, a big one that won’t easily break."

Lin Qianyu was somewhat puzzled.

"Hurry, Xie Ruotong can’t keep being pressed like this," Ye Qichi instructed.

Lin Qianyu gritted his teeth and went to find the tree branch.

Ye Qichi didn’t stop either, found a relatively smaller rock nearby, and used all her strength to move the rock over.

Meanwhile.

Xiao Jinxing and Bai Mowan also quickly got to her side.

Just watching Ye Qichi’s somewhat strange actions.

"I will immediately call people to rescue Xie Ruotong!" Bai Mowan said hastily.

They thought that Ye Qichi was beyond help.

After all, Xiao Jinxing chose without hesitation to save her in the face of danger.

Yet they hadn’t expected Xie Ruotong to save Ye Qichi with her life.