The sharp sound pierced through the sky as dozens of assassins, also dressed in black, emerged from the deep forest.

Their entire strength concentrated in their swords, emanating a terrifying intent to kill!

Dozens of blades rushed towards Long Chen at lightning speed, and illusory sword qi rippled around, rushing towards him.

Long Chen couldn’t check the attributes of these individuals or receive any prompts.

He was convinced that they were all players from the other world!

And all of a sudden, so many strong adversaries appeared.

Organized, planned, and with the clear intent of taking his life!

First, they sought his vulnerabilities. As he always stayed in heavily guarded barracks, these people found no chance for an assassination.

Therefore, they looked elsewhere and concluded that Zhang Ning’s frequent outings from his mansion indicated a close relationship with him!

After scouting multiple times and understanding Zhang Ning’s routine of leaving the city, when the time was right, they captured her, intending to threaten him.

What a poisonous move!

In a short time, Long Chen’s mind entered into brainstorm mode.

In the blink of an eye, his mind was filled with numerous thoughts!

Seeing dozens of decisive killing intents rushing towards him, Long Chen wielded the Demon Horn Spear in his hand.

He shouted loudly, "Thunderous Wrath..."

This was the second move of the SS-level skill "Falling Thunder," able to gather the power of thunder into a spear.

It could cause terrifying thunder damage to enemy troops along the way, with a damage rate of 150%, and it could even cause paralysis.

Instantly,

The Demon Horn Spear in Long Chen’s hand was enveloped in a blue-purple thunderous light, unleashing a terrifying and fierce force.

Rolling thunder struck the tip of the Demon Horn Spear.

"Break!"

Once again, Long Chen shouted, while the lightning-covered Demon Horn Spear was swung out fiercely.

Crash—

The thunder and lightning engulfed an area of several hundred meters.

These dozens of invincible sword intents, after suffering the thunder’s damage, were greatly reduced in strength.

Many weaker assassins, affected by the paralysis from the thunder, fell from mid-air, foaming at the mouth, a pitiable sight.

The masked assassin closest to the Demon Horn Spear had a burnt face, hair standing up like an explosion, eyes rolling white, as dead as can be...

Among them, only the cold and elegant assassin withstood the terrifying thunderous force and continued to thrust forward!

This was her ultimate killing technique, an A-grade attribute, already high among the player group.

Unfortunately, she encountered Long Chen, this monster.

Under Long Chen’s control, the Demon Horn Spear flew back like a boomerang, smashing fiercely into the cold and elegant assassin’s body.

Suddenly, peach blossoms withered, and the peach blossom white gold sword in her hand was knocked away by the Demon Horn Spear.

Seriously, the Demon Horn Spear was an orange epic weapon, with an additional 5% increase in damage from its fierce extra skill.

The thunderous power was even more ferocious, something the purple-grade peach blossom white gold sword couldn’t withstand.

Seeing their ultimate skills fail, the cold and elegant assassin bit her lip until it bled, her lips trembling.

Without hesitation, she shouted, "Retreat!"

And took the sword that had fallen to the ground and fled.

The rest of the surviving assassins all fled for their lives!

Long Chen just stared coldly as they departed, the Demon Horn Spear still releasing thunder and lightning, like a threatening giant dragon.

Once he couldn’t sense the breath of those assassins anymore, Long Chen gasped for air, blood trickling from his mouth.

His legs gave way, and he sat on the ground.

The reasons he didn’t pursue the assassins were threefold.

Firstly, those assassins had ghostly speed, and Long Chen wasn’t adept at speed. He couldn’t catch up even if he wanted to.

Secondly, using all his strength to unleash the thunder had left him completely drained, weak and feeble.

Thirdly, finding Zhang Ning was the most important matter at hand!

Not long after, the sound of horse hooves came from a distance.

Long Chen’s expression softened. He knew that it was Xu Chu leading the Yellow Turban warriors who had arrived. Before coming here, he had secretly made some arrangements. As per their agreement, Xu Chu had to come here within a specific time. This was his contingency plan.

Upon seeing his lord’s weakened state, Xu Chu quickly dismounted, concerned. "My lord, how are you? Please don’t scare me!"

Waving his hand, Long Chen gasped, "Don’t worry, I won’t die!"

"By the way, quickly order the troops to search within a ten-mile radius. If they encounter anyone suspicious, capture them alive! And continue the search for Zhang Ning!"

"Yes!" Xu Chu replied in a low voice.

Half an hour later, Long Chen finally recovered from his weak state and regained his vitality!

This was due to his practice of the "The Book of Mystical Escapes," which allowed him to rapidly recover by absorbing the earth’s spiritual energy.

At that moment, clouds of dust in the distance indicated Xu Chu and his return.

"My lord! My lord! I’ve found the second lady!" Xu Chu’s voice rang out from a distance, disturbing Zhang Ning, who was riding on a horse.

The second lady?! Who was Long Chen’s second lady! Hmph!

Just because he saved this girl?

Her attitude towards Long Chen had changed after learning that he had personally come to save her.

She hadn’t expected Long Chen to actually come to rescue her...

Did she hate Long Chen?

Of course, she did! Because he had killed her father with his own hands!

But now, it was this same man who had come to save her!

Her heart was in turmoil.

She understood that her father was undoubtedly going to die back then, one reason being his severe illness nearing the end of his life and the other being the relentless pursuit by the Han army...

But... she couldn’t get over that hurdle in her heart!

"Welcome back," Long Chen said softly.

He neither scolded nor beat Zhang Ning. He spoke calmly, as if talking about an insignificant matter.

In reality, Long Chen was feeling quite uncomfortable inside!

After all, he had been ambushed by other aliens. If he hadn’t been powerful enough, the outcome would have been uncertain!

Well, let’s first ask Zhang Ning why she was captured here.

"Zhang Ning, do you have any grudges with these people? Why did they kidnap you here?" Long Chen asked.

Zhang Ning shook her head blankly, then seemed to recall something, her peach blossom eyes lighting up.

But she still responded coldly, "These people seem to belong to an player alliance called the ’Assassin Alliance’."

"And it seems they captured me because of you," Zhang Ning glared at Long Chen.

Confused, Long Chen wondered, what in the world was the Assassin Alliance?

He had never heard of it before!

Well, he’d check the game forums when he had time!

Scratching his head, he asked again, "Because of me?! Shouldn’t it be because of you? You’re the Holy Lady of the Taiping Taoist Sect, highly esteemed and influential among the Yellow Turbans."

Pausing for a moment, Long Chen added, "And don’t forget, your father entrusted the Nine-Section Staff, the holy relic of the Taiping Taoist Sect, to you before he died! As long as you have this staff, those Yellow Turban soldiers should obey only you!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ning seemed as if her inner thoughts had been exposed. She lowered her head slightly.