Chapter 116: A Sudden Sword

What happened in that moment tested everyone’s nerves.

No one had expected an assassination attempt against the young king Alexander just as he was about to formally ascend the throne on the Royal Altar. While people were still in stunned silence, unable to process what had just happened, something even more unbelievable occurred—

An attempt to assassinate Crown Princess Tanasha.

Had the world gone mad? How could anyone dare strike against the lofty Crown Princess of the Zenit Empire? And not just one, but six ruthless attacks came simultaneously.

A brilliant sword light descended from above with overwhelming force. With just a faint silver flash, a man and his sword seemed to tear through space itself, appearing upside down in a headfirst dive. Man and sword merged into one, wrapped in silvery flames. The friction of the sword tip against the air even created visible sparks. The sheer force radiating from this move sent Susan, the three-star female warrior guarding the Crown Princess, flying backwards. The slender Crown Princess was completely locked in place by this terrifying aura, unable to move even a finger. Her beautiful, seaweed-like hair danced wildly in the sword wind.

This assassin falling from the sky possessed at least Five-Star Level Strength.

Meanwhile, the sudden appearance of blade lights to the left and right revealed two other assassins. They wielded strangely shaped yellow curved blades covered in mysterious inscriptions, with pale green flames flickering along the patterns. The blade energies cut through the air, ruthlessly aiming for the Crown Princess’s delicate waist. The contrast between the violent attack and her fragile form was stark—it seemed the blade wind alone might slice her in half before the actual blades touched her blue ceremonial robes.

The yellow curved blades were held by two assassins who looked identical in appearance, height, hair, and clothing. Same expression, same coldness, same killing intent, same blades… These Wood-Element Fighting Spirit assassins were at least Four-Star Power Level.

For a weak woman who knew no martial arts, deploying three masters for her assassination was already excessively cautious. But besides the overhead sword and flanking blades, a pair of white steel claws from behind carried no less intimidating aura.

Made entirely of refined white steel, these claws covered the assassin’s entire hands and part of his arms with dense, vicious barbs. They looked monstrous, inspiring boundless fear at first glance. The sharp claws tore through air, even space itself, charging toward the Crown Princess’s heart from behind. Without doubt, if struck, her slender body would be blasted into minced meat and bone fragments!

And there was more.

Three white-feathered great arrows in a triangular formation flew silently with sharp metallic cutting energy. And a sudden orange figure emerged from the ground, wielding a horse-cutting blade that shone like white silk.

Above, below, left, right, front, back.

Five deadly weapons.

Six ruthless assassins.

In an instant, they formed a cage of death.

Each assassin’s strength was shocking. Sword light, blade glow, arrow tips, claw edges—each firmly locked onto the Crown Princess’s aura. She was like an ant crushed beneath a giant boulder, unable to move or even breathe. Her disheveled hair froze mid-air. The space within one meter around her body seemed to solidify, even the dust particles floating in the air hung motionless.

Most critically, at this moment, there wasn’t a single guard—not even a weak shield—near the Crown Princess.

The swordswoman Susan was forced back by the descending sword energy, barely able to protect herself. The mysteriously powerful purple-clad girl Purple Flame was still a hundred meters away from the Royal Altar, having chased Bazel in anger earlier. The golden-haired, baby-faced Knight Commander Roman Pavlyuchenko was leading over two hundred knights guarding the magical carriage below the Royal Altar.

Screams erupted uncontrollably around them.

People panicked but had no time to intervene. Some fearfully closed their eyes, as if already seeing that delicate body torn apart by six sharp auras, blood spraying everywhere.

At this moment, only Sun Fei was closest to the Crown Princess.

He was currently in Amazon Warrior Mode. A level 16 Amazon Warrior only equaled a mid-level three-star warrior’s strength—utterly useless in this situation. The swordswoman Susan’s predicament proved this. Sun Fei’s highest combat power was in Barbarian Mode. A Level 21 Barbarian, with all equipment and the Purple and Green Twin Swords summoned, could match mid four-star strength.

But leaving aside whether switching modes would be fast enough, Sun Fei could clearly feel the terrifying power of these five assassins, especially that unstoppable sword descending from above. Putting himself in her position, he doubted even his fully-powered Barbarian Mode could block that sword strike.

But time was critical.

His body’s instinctive reactions surpassed his brain’s processing speed.

Driven by an Amazon Warrior’s combat instincts, Sun Fei almost subconsciously reached out. A golden light flashed as a golden longbow appeared in his hand. His fingers lightly touched the bowstring, and six arrows sparkling with electricity appeared on the string. Then he released.

This series of movements flowed seamlessly, fast as an illusion.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Six sharp arrows shot through the air.

Their shafts were black, emitting piercing shrieks and threads of silver lightning as they crossed the sky.

One bowstring twang, six arrows released.

And these six arrows flew in completely different directions.

The first arrow aimed for the eyes of the swordsman striking down from above.

The second and third arrows shot toward the empty spaces to the Crown Princess’s left and right sides—where the two yellow curved blade assassins would impale themselves if they advanced even slightly.

The fourth arrow targeted the foremost of the three white-feathered great arrows flying toward the Crown Princess’s forehead, throat, and heart.

The fifth arrow grazed past the Crown Princess’s neck toward the throat of the white claw wielder behind her.

The sixth arrow shot at the back of the head of the orange-glowing assassin who emerged from the ground wielding the horse-cutting blade.

Such archery could be called divine skill.

The Amazon Warrior longbow skill Barrage.

It could fire multiple arrows simultaneously, magically barraging different targets with considerable damage.

This was the first advanced archery skill Sun Fei had unlocked in Amazon Warrior Mode.

It was also nearly the peak performance he could achieve in this form.

Sun Fei didn’t expect six arrows to eliminate all assassins. He only hoped to slightly delay their movements, make them divert attention, buying time for himself and for the powerful purple-clad girl to return from a hundred meters away.

After miraculously releasing six arrows with one draw, Sun Fei immediately switched to Barbarian Mode without reservation, bursting forward. There was no time to consider whether he could make it in time or if he could match these six assassins. Saving the Crown Princess was his only choice now. No matter what, he couldn’t let her die on the Royal Altar of Shampoo City.

But even Sun Fei’s reaction was too late.

The arrow aimed at the inverted swordsman’s eyes had no effect whatsoever. The Five-Star Level expert’s Battle Qi directly shattered the magic arrow into dust scattering in the air, causing the assassin no trouble at all.

The two arrows targeting the yellow curved blade assassins were also hindered by their protective Battle Qi, falling to the ground just before piercing their sides, posing almost no threat.

The arrow shot at the white claw assassin behind the Crown Princess was knocked away with a sweep of the assassin’s right hand. The clawed left hand continued mercilessly toward the Crown Princess’s vital back, like Death’s Scythe.

Only the arrow aimed at the three white-feathered great arrows proved effective.

This arrow miraculously struck the tip of the first white-feathered arrow. With a clang and spark shower, the first arrow veered mid-air, its fletching colliding with the second arrow’s tip, which then hit the third… The trajectories of all three white-feathered arrows instantly changed, veering off course.

The sixth arrow, shot at the horse-cutting blade assassin emerging from the ground, did hit its target. But it only drew blood from the assassin’s back. The tall assassin gave a low grunt, enduring the pain while still gripping his horse-cutting blade, ruthlessly attacking the Crown Princess’s legs.

The six assassins’ varied reactions demonstrated their differing strength levels.

The entire sequence happened in the blink of an eye, while many were still screaming.

At this moment, Sun Fei was ten meters from the Crown Princess.

Except for the hidden archer in the crowd, the other five assassins were all within four meters of her. They could completely reduce the Crown Princess to mincemeat before Sun Fei reached her, then turn to eliminate him.

The situation had reached a critical moment.

Death had gently grasped the Crown Princess’s slender, swan-like neck. One squeeze would end everything. The powerful Crown Princess seemed like a helpless little girl now. This carefully planned assassination might become a classic case study.

The consequence would be all of Shampoo City being buried with the Princess.

The swordswoman Susan desperately charged forward. Knight Commander Roman Pavlyuchenko raced toward the Royal Altar. The purple-clad girl a hundred meters away blurred into motion.

Time.

At this moment, time was the deadliest factor.

If someone could suddenly appear and block the assassins’ attacks… But no one could arrive faster than the assassins. Everyone had already despaired when Sun Fei did something that baffled them all—

He suddenly shouted at the empty air ahead—

“Still not making your move?”

Clang clang clang clang clang clang!

As if responding to Sun Fei’s angry shout, a series of crisp, bean-popping sounds reached everyone’s ears. Countless sparks erupted within half a meter of the Crown Princess’s body. These metal-on-metal impact sparks formed like an invisible shield, firmly knocking aside the assassins’ weapons.

A sword.

A very ordinary long sword.

This sword had magically appeared before the Crown Princess.

Sword energy filled the air, maneuvering freely.

Beams of sword light tightly blocked the assassins’ lethal strikes.