The army around them, naturally all followed behind.

"What happened!" Du Jianghong shouted loudly.

His heart was already in his throat.

If anything happened to the Daxuan Empress...

He couldn’t even dare to imagine the consequences...

"We were escorting the messenger away, just outside the camp when we encountered an ambush. I managed to escape after great difficulty to deliver the news..."

The hurried words were not yet finished.

"Hyah!"

Xiao Jinxing had already charged out madly.

Yuan Kai quickly tried to stop him.

Du Jianghong shouted loudly from behind, "Yuan Kai, saving people is what’s important! Save them first!"

Yuan Kai gritted his teeth.

In the end, he chose to stay by Xiao Jinxing’s side, not stopping his departure!

...

An Ning spurred her horse to leave the Cang Kingdom’s camp quickly, heading swiftly toward the Daxuan Camp.

Since the Cang Kingdom chose to exchange hostages, she still needed to be honest with Gao Ziyue about some things, trying her best not to let Du Jianghong be too implicated. Most importantly, she must not let this incident ruin the peace talks or let anything happen to Xiao Jinxing.

Thinking of these. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Hyah!"

The pace of An Ning’s horse quickened.

She only wanted to quickly go back to resolve everything, bringing about a perfect end.

But suddenly, at that moment.

The swiftly running steed was suddenly tripped by a rope flying through the air.

An Ning, along with the horse, rolled to the ground.

At the same time.

Men in black, holding the rope, suddenly came from all directions, closing in on An Ning swiftly.

They wanted to kill her directly!

An Ning’s eyes showed a look of terror.

The soldiers escorting An Ning, who were also Du Jianghong’s trusted aides, were all also thrown from their horses. Because they knew martial arts, they quickly got up from the ground, standing in front of An Ning, fiercely fighting the men in black.

Five people vowed to protect her safety to the death.

But they were outnumbered.

There were at least twenty or thirty men in black.

While including An Ning, they were just six people.

An Ning’s martial arts were no match for any of the men in black and she might even become a burden.

An Ning cut straight to the chase, "Send someone back quickly to call for backup! Quick!"

They had no chance of winning by fighting hard and would soon die at the hands of the enemy.

At this moment, they were not far from the Cang Kingdom’s camp.

If they quickly went back for reinforcements, there might still be a chance for survival.

One of the trusted aides heard the order and hurriedly left.

The men in black, seeing someone trying to escape, split up some men to chase after him.

An Ning didn’t have time to worry about whether the trusted aide managed to leave safely.

Any distraction would lead to her being skewered by the chaotic swords in front of her.

Under the protection of the few trusted aides, she had to fight to survive.

She mustn’t die.

If she died...

What would become of Xiao Jinxing?!

They had barely reconciled, barely promised to be with each other for life, she couldn’t break her word.

An Ning gritted her teeth, telling herself she must not give up.

The intense fight left no room for her to ponder who these assassins were?!

Why did they want to kill her?!

She could only desperately strive to stay alive.

Or wait for Xiao Jinxing to come and save her.

An Ning’s face and body were covered in blood.

All of it, the blood of the trusted aides protecting her.

One by one they fell.

In the end, only one remained.

He tightly shielded An Ning behind him, continuously retreating.

There were still more than a dozen men in black in front of them.

All closing in on them.

"Ali, the Think Tank ordered me to protect you to the death, but now I can’t continue doing so, I can only cover your escape." The trusted aide spoke through spit-up blood, yet never fell, standing in front of her, blocking anyone from approaching her, "I will go distract them, there is a horse to your right rear, you quickly mount it and leave!"

An Ning’s eyes moistened.

Even though she knew these people were just following orders, their desperate protection still moved her immensely!

There was no room for refusal now.

If she died.

Another war would surely break out between the two nations.

Countless innocents would again perish on the battlefield.

She had to live.

"Alright." An Ning agreed instantly.

The trusted aide received the response, suddenly letting out a loud roar.

He lunged fiercely at the men in black closing in on them.

At that time, An Ning also rushed toward the direction of the horse.

Then, she leaped directly onto it.

She grabbed the reins and looked back.

Seeing the last trusted aide who protected her, skewered by countless swords, bleeding profusely, collapsing heavily to the ground.

An Ning’s vision blurred.

She clenched her teeth, rushing forward regardless of anything else.

Xie Ruotong was at the Cang Kingdom’s border, as long as she could reach the border, she would survive.

And the trusted aide went to the Cang Kingdom for help, Xiao Jinxing would definitely come to rescue her at all costs.

As long as they arrived in time, she would live.

So.

She just needed to persist, not die.

If she persisted, not dying, she could survive.

"Ah!" An Ning bit her lip hard.

Her arm was suddenly pierced by an arrow.

The men in black behind her quickly caught up.

She endured it.

Ignoring the piercing pain in her arm, she still grasped the reins tightly, running forward with all her might.

Countless arrows whistled past her.

Any arrow piercing her heart or head would mean her death here.

An Ning didn’t dare to look back, not even daring to be afraid.

She just wanted to live, just wanted to survive...

Arrows continuously flew past her, some pierced through her body!

She didn’t know how many arrows she had taken.

Nor did she know how long her body could hold on.

Her vision blurred.

More and more blurred.

She could only bite her lip, making sure she didn’t stop for even a moment.

The only thing in her heart was an obsession to survive, she must survive...

"Ah!"

An Ning fell off the horse again.

The horse she rode, having been struck by an arrow, went out of control and threw her off heavily to the ground.

No!

An Ning watched as the horse also fell helplessly to the ground, her heart began to panic, the feeling of death closing in step by step...

An Ning tried to get up and run again.

But she was hit by too many arrows.

Attempting to get up, she fell again.

Completely powerless.

Unable even to crawl.

Her vision blurred to the point where she was almost about to faint.

All she heard were the increasingly close sounds of hooves, and finally, they stopped in front of her.

She vaguely saw many figures, many black figures...

Was it all doomed after all?!

Was she destined to part ways with Xiao Jinxing by life and death?!

She hadn’t even had the chance to really be with Xiao Jinxing...

They had never truly, been happy.

Was it all really going to end?!

It turned out that when one had ties, death was such a terrifying thing.

Her mind quickly flashed images of Xiao Jinxing’s face.

Quick flashes of Luming and Youyou’s appearance...

Happiness really wasn’t as simple as she thought.

Not something that could be had just by wanting it!

Tears slid down An Ning’s face.

She looked at the men in black in front of her, watched as that gleaming sword was about to pierce her chest without hesitation...

"Clang!"

A flying dart.

Reeled off the sword from the hands of the black-clad man.

An Ning’s heart sparked slightly.

Who had come?!

She quickly turned her head to look.

Seeing a man racing toward her at high speed, riding a steed as swift as the wind and lightning...

She seemed to recognize his appearance.

Or maybe it was just an image in her mind.

As she faced death, she wanted to remember his face.

She didn’t want to forget him.

If there was a next life, if there were miracles, she could still find him, could still find Xiao Jinxing!

Then, make up for all the regrets!

Her eyes moved slightly.

Watching another man in black wield a long sword, stabbing at her chest again!

"No!"

An Ning seemed to hear a heart-wrenching voice.

Utterly devastated!