Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang and Princess Hua Shao whispering to each other back-to-back incessantly, the leader's heart was filled with intense suspicion. To prevent long delays, he immediately waved to his subordinate assassins and shouted, "Go get them!"

Wang Xiaoqiang noticed their move and, unable to respond to Princess Hua Shao, immediately used his willpower to put Princess Hua Shao into the Sumeru Ring,

Simultaneously, he released all the three-layered golden shell from his body.

Princess Hua Shao vanished into thin air, and the twenty-seven assassins naturally shifted all their attention to Wang Xiaoqiang, attacking him almost simultaneously.

Boom boom boom boom...

Dozens of divine weapons blasted onto Wang Xiaoqiang, crushing all the three-layered golden shell outside his body, but ultimately they couldn't break the golden shell beneath his surface.

"Hmm? Vajra Body? Fourth Layer? Impressive! But I can still send you to the Western Heaven!!" The leader first stared in surprise at Wang Xiaoqiang's three-layered golden shell and shouted, then conjured nine divine weapons and slammed them directly into Wang Xiaoqiang's chest.

Boom boom boom boom...

Wang Xiaoqiang's body was sent flying, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. He made no attempt to block this ferocious strike, enduring a full-force attack from the Ninth Soldier Realm of the Immortal Sage.

In fact, he could have resisted, but doing so would have made escaping difficult. He intended to use the leader's full-force strike to break free,

Now he floated away like a kite with a broken string, drifting further and further,

Although this strike was heavy, it wasn't fatal. His consciousness was still intact, and as he saw the group of assassins gradually distance themselves until they disappeared from view, a slight smile of luck appeared on Wang Xiaoqiang's lips.

His chest was where all the injuries were; he felt a suffocating pain there and immediately channeled wood element spiritual qi to heal...

"Boss, let's hurry and chase after him."

"Hmph, what's the rush? Boss's strike must have taken Wang Xiaoqiang's life,"

"Exactly, didn't you see Wang Xiaoqiang spitting out blood?!"

The group of assassins watched as Wang Xiaoqiang disappeared from sight, discussing among themselves and praising the leader endlessly.

The leader showed off a proud expression, but suddenly, his face changed as he exclaimed in a low voice:

"Wait, Princess Hua Shao, she must be hiding in Wang Xiaoqiang's Storage Ring; don't let her escape."

Saying this, the leader quickly released his divine sense, covering the area where Wang Xiaoqiang flew out. The group of assassins also released their divine sense, but their expressions changed when they couldn't detect any trace of Wang Xiaoqiang.

The assassins exchanged puzzled glances, and the leader shouted, "Damn, what's going on?"

With that, he flashed towards the spot Wang Xiaoqiang flew out, and the group of subordinates followed quickly.

Before Wang Xiaoqiang landed, he released all the spiritual spring from his body. Although his injuries were not fully healed, he couldn't care less,

He landed in a forest, about a hundred meters away from the assassins. At this moment, it was around 3 or 4 in the morning, the night was thick, and he concealed himself in the grass, making it hard to be found.

The group of assassins found walking too slow, so they rose into the sky, flying towards where Wang Xiaoqiang landed while extending their divine senses to search meticulously.

Wang Xiaoqiang's body was extremely weak and attacked by corpse qi, shivering from the cold. Fortunately, he was a Body Refining Master at the Vajra Body Fourth Layer, with a robust physique. Otherwise, he would have already perished, and he restrained himself with effort, not allowing his body to make any noise.

Just then, a dozen vast auras enveloped the area, intangible yet seemingly substantial, sliding over like searchlights. Wang Xiaoqiang pressed himself to suppress all his movements, including holding his breath.

In this deep night on a barren mountain, amidst the thickening corpse qi, and unfamiliar with the terrain, the assassins naturally chose to use divine sense searches,

because divine sense is hundreds or even thousands of times more sensitive than the naked eye. As long as a person isn't dead, their body will generate spiritual power waves as long as there is cultivation base, 100% exposing them,

But what they didn't expect was, after Wang Xiaoqiang released the Five Elements Spirit Spring from his body, he became like an ordinary person, with no cultivation base, no spiritual power waves on his body.

So no matter how many of them there were, no matter how powerful their divine senses were, they couldn't detect Wang Xiaoqiang. In fact, if they searched on the ground with a carpet-like sweep, they could certainly find Wang Xiaoqiang, but they disdained to search like that, much like people with GPS would disdain a manual search.

After a slight pause, those dozen auras moved away, and the twenty or so assassins in the sky were all puzzled and confused, and even more frustrated. One assassin said, "Boss, Wang Xiaoqiang must have escaped."

The leader didn't respond, his face gloomier than water, thinking that Wang Xiaoqiang was too strong; even his full-force strike couldn't kill him. However, it was too careless to let him slip away. But mending the fold after losing sheep isn't too late, so he shouted, "Split up and search for me. Before dawn, we must find Wang Xiaoqiang and Princess Hua Shao..."

"Yes!" the assassins responded in unison, then dispersed, flying in all directions, and extending their divine sense to search.

Wang Xiaoqiang was grievously injured and assaulted by corpse qi; at this time, his body was completely frozen. Although the assassins had all left, he didn't think he was out of danger yet. It would be easy to be found if he started absorbing the spiritual spring back into his body to escape. Moreover, if heavily injured and escaping, once discovered, he would surely be killed instantly.

Staying here, it's the same as waiting for death,

The assassins couldn't find him, but they would certainly search this place again before dawn. Hence, he felt nothing but despair and helplessness,

After a while, he felt his body frozen by corpse qi and, later, his consciousness about to scatter. Then he used his willpower to release Princess Hua Shao from the Sumeru Ring.

Emerging, Princess Hua Shao looked around in panic, relieved not to see any assassins, and then saw Wang Xiaoqiang lying motionless, bloodstained at his mouth, eyes closed, her face changed drastically, and she rushed to him, shaking him, and exclaimed, "Little Qiang, you're so badly hurt, are you okay??"

Right then, she realized Wang Xiaoqiang's body was like a block of ice, with not a trace of warmth, knowing he was frozen by corpse qi,

Seeing this, Princess Hua Shao panicked, lost, completely out of her depth. She let go of her aloofness, abandoned her restraint, shed her nobility, and tightly embraced Wang Xiaoqiang's body. She wanted to warm him with her own. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for it on qidian.com and support me. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)

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