In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 530 Bloodletting

Chen Dao's left arm hung limply at his sides, while his right hand gripped the Evil-Slaying Sword tightly, his eyes filled with rage and fighting spirit.

"Ignorant child."

Xia Yuanying, holding his spear, said contemptuously, "He's just a peasant who luckily obtained a martial arts inheritance, yet he dares to provoke the Qingwang Mansion! Die!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Yuanying charged out with his spear, aiming straight for Chen Dao.

At the same time, the guards of the Prince's Palace also took action, wielding their swords to block Chen Dao's left and right sides, giving Chen Dao no space to dodge.

A glint of cold light appeared first, followed by a dazzling flash of blade.

Faced with the siege of the Green King and a group of royal guards, Chen Dao did not choose to back down this time. Instead, he took a step forward, and the Evil-Slaying Sword drew a streak of light, aiming straight for Xia Yuanying's throat!

Xia Yuanying stabbed Chen Dao in the throat, and Chen Dao slashed Xia Yuanying in the same way. Although an inch longer means an inch stronger, an inch shorter means an inch more dangerous!

Given Chen Dao's sword speed, Xia Yuanying might be able to pierce Chen Dao's throat before Chen Dao's Evil-Slaying Sword falls. However, piercing the throat does not mean that Chen Dao will die immediately. His Evil-Slaying Sword will definitely be able to slit the Green King's throat after Xia Yuanying kills him.

"This brat wants to trade his life with me?"

Looking at Chen Dao's resolute face, Xia Yuanying was afraid!

In his view, his life was ten thousand times more precious than Chen Dao's, and exchanging his life for Chen Dao's was absolutely not his wish!

Once fear takes hold of a person, they will naturally shrink back.

Just as the spear was about to pierce Chen Dao's throat, Xia Yuanying chose to back down. He twisted his arm, held the spear horizontally, and intended to first block Chen Dao's sword strike.

However, the moment the spear clashed with the sword that cleaved evil, Xia Yuanying's expression changed!

"It's a feint!"

The power added to the Evil-Slaying Sword was negligible, and Xia Yuanying immediately realized that Chen Dao had made a feint, but it was too late!

A sly glint flashed in Chen Dao's eyes. He knew that someone as high and mighty as Xia Yuanying, who enjoyed all the riches and honors, would never dare to trade his life with him. Therefore, he did not use his full strength to strike, but only made a feint!

His real target... was not Xia Yuanying, but the royal guards!

Chen Dao quickly retracted the Evil-Slaying Sword and unleashed a horizontal slash!

"Pfft!"

A flash of bright sword light disappeared in an instant, and in a moment, the head of a royal guard flew into the air, followed by several more heads flying high into the sky.

Chen Dao's horizontal sword strike instantly took the lives of five royal guards.

"Brilliant tactics!"

Jiang Canghai couldn't help but show an approving look, "Using the Qing King's fear to make him hesitant to fight, feigning an attack that seems to be a trade of lives with the Qing King, but the real target is actually the royal guards, brilliant, absolutely brilliant!"

"This young man's combat skills may be a bit raw, but his courage is boundless!"

Zhu the Butcher also had a look of approval on his face. Having practiced martial arts for many years, he could tell that Chen Dao did not have much combat experience, but he had a courage that ordinary people did not have!

You should know that if Qing Wang hadn't chosen to avoid him, Chen Dao would have really died.

To dare to gamble his own life on the King of Qing's fear of death, it must be said... this young man, at least in terms of courage, far surpasses the King of Qing!

"Pfft!"

After decapitating five guards of the Prince's Palace with a single sword strike, Chen Dao drew his sword again, killing several more guards in succession. Then, he used his feet to propel himself into the air as if he were pulling up from the ground, retreating rapidly to create a safe distance between himself and Xia Yuanying and the others, giving himself some time to catch his breath.

However, Xia Yuanying, who had been tricked by Chen Dao, did not let Chen Dao get his way.

"Kill him! Follow me and kill him!"

With a grim expression, Xia Yuanying led the royal guards toward Chen Dao.

Although he was outmaneuvered by Chen Dao, the Prince's guards still had a considerable number of men, and Chen Dao was still destined to be surrounded and killed!

With each swing of the spear, Chen Dao was forced to retreat, while the guards seized every opportunity to launch sneak attacks, leaving wounds on Chen Dao's body from time to time.

In no time at all, Chen Dao, like Chen Cheng, was covered in blood, with blood constantly flowing from his body and his strength continuously draining away...

Of course, Xia Yuanying on the other side was not having an easy time either. Because he wanted to take down Chen Dao as soon as possible, he had exhausted all his strength and was only able to suppress Chen Dao with the strength of his physical body, so as to create an opportunity for the guards of the Prince's Palace to injure Chen Dao.

Fortunately... Chen Dao looks like he's about to run out of energy, and the dawn of victory is just around the corner!

"clang!"

Qing Wang thrust out his spear again, unleashing his full physical strength. Chen Dao, who was raising his sword to block, changed his expression and immediately lost his balance.

"good chance!"

A quick-witted guard from the royal palace had his eyes light up and decisively drew his sword!

"Pfft!"

As the blade flashed, a bloody wound appeared on Chen Dao's waist.

"Damn it!"

Chen Dao gritted his teeth, tried his best to steady himself, and stabbed the guard to death with a backhand. Then he dodged left and right, trying his best to avoid the attacks of the Prince's guards.

After barely dodging the attacks of his guards, Chen Dao looked around breathlessly, inwardly groaning.

In the short time that followed, he had killed more than 20 of the Prince's guards, however... there were still more than 20 guards surrounding Xia Yuanying, and he himself...

It's almost out of fuel.

The blood loss from his wounds made Chen Dao increasingly weak, and his strength was nearing exhaustion...

On the other hand, although Xia Yuanying was also weak, he still had more than 20 personal guards to help him...

"Am I... going to die here?"

A trace of sorrow flashed in Chen Dao's eyes. He did not regret attacking Xia Yuanying. The only thing that made him regretful was that he could not avenge Lü Xiaoyu and bring justice to the women who died in the mass grave!

"He's out of strength. Everyone, listen to my command, attack together and kill him!"

Xia Yuanying naturally noticed Chen Dao's condition at this moment and decisively ordered his personal guards to take action!

"kill!"

With a roar, the guards drew their swords and charged at Chen Dao.

However, at that moment... a scream came from the other side of the battlefield!

"what!"

But then, from the other side, a small round creature suddenly appeared and swung its claw, carving a hideous wound on Xia Yan's chest.

This wound was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, bringing Xia Yan's life to an end!

At this moment, Xia Yan's armor was tattered and torn, with broken armor plates and strips of cloth hanging from his body, each strip stained with Xia Yan's blood, giving him a ferocious appearance.

If these pieces of cloth were removed, one could see no fewer than fifty wounds on Xia Yan's body!

In less than a quarter of an hour, Xiao Yuan attacked Xia Yan more than a hundred times, succeeding in fifty of them. This is the reason for the numerous wounds on Xia Yan's body.

These wounds continuously drained Xia Yan's blood, making him weaker and weaker until he bled out and finally lost his life!