The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 1661 - 803 Rescue the Monarch (First Update)

It was a dark and windy night.

Gu Chengfeng was fleeing in all directions, pursued by a Dark Soul.

He knew that Dark Souls were formidable, but he wasn’t weak either. So why was the distance between them getting shorter and shorter?

The decreasing distance was indeed abnormal. In general, no one could escape more than ten zhang from a Dark Soul, yet Gu Chengfeng had already circled the Imperial Palace once.

But he was almost out of steam, nearly running himself into exhaustion!

No matter what!

He had to escape the Imperial Palace first.

Gu Chengfeng leaped from the main gate of the Imperial Harem and dashed towards the outer court.

The Dark Soul kept up the relentless pursuit behind him.

Gu Chengfeng now didn’t even hope to shake him off. Leading him out of the Imperial Palace in the opposite direction would buy that girl a bit more time.

Gu Chengfeng was putting all his strength into running under the night sky.

Finally, he leaped and crossed the last gate of the outer court.

At this moment, the distance between him and the Dark Soul was less than two zhang.

Oh no, I can’t hold on any longer.

Don’t get caught, my martial arts skills aren’t even enough to fill his teeth!

But as the saying goes, what you fear most is exactly what happens.

Just as Gu Chengfeng gritted his teeth and planned to break through his limits, the Dark Soul caught up behind him and reached out a skeleton-like cold hand, grabbing his collar with a swoosh!

Gu Chengfeng’s heart quivered!

He had survived the Battle of Yuegu City and fought against the Shang Army for five days and nights, but he had never felt his foot so truly inside the King Yama Hall.

The thing grasping him wasn’t just a dead man’s hand but the claw of the King of the Underworld.

I can’t die yet!

He hadn’t lived enough!

He could only use his last move now!

All those seemingly complex thoughts flashed by in an instant, and he swiftly pulled something out from his chest.

The Dark Soul thought he was about to take out a hidden weapon to assassinate him.

Who would have thought that he would see the other person apply something on his own lips through his peripheral vision.

What kind of move is this?

In the next second, Gu Chengfeng turned his head with a swoosh, puckered his fiery red lips, and passionately leaned towards the Dark Soul: "Kiss~"

Dark Soul: What the f**k!

The Dark Soul was instantly stunned, his energy cycle stagnated, his elixir field’s internal energy felt like it was doused with a bucket of icy water and extinguished with a puff!

His breath was obstructed, and he chased down awkwardly while letting out a croaking sound.

During his falling process, he disgustedly and fearfully threw Gu·Fiery Lips·Chengfeng away!

Dark Soul, a lord who has reigned for years, had never been so frightened. What kind of shameless opponent is this!

Back in the day, he was a serious little Fengfeng, but considering the people in the Courtyard... no, even the horses were not serious, and he turned black in their company.

However, after all, a Dark Soul is a Dark Soul. Despite being so shocked that his soul nearly left him, he still regained his internal energy upon landing thanks to his strong instincts.

He struck the ground with a palm, used the force to flip mid-air, and landed steadily.

While Gu Chengfeng used the force from being thrown away to bolt out of sight with a whoosh!

In the night, someone’s mischievous voice came: "Thank you, Lord Dark Soul—"

The Dark Soul didn’t pursue further. He knew the strength he used to throw Gu Chengfeng, chasing further would be too far from the Imperial Palace. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

He turned and returned to the Cold Palace.

Just as he entered the Courtyard of the Cold Palace, he saw Han Ye walking towards him angrily: "Where were you just now? The National Master has been taken away!"

The Dark Soul replied calmly: "I know, I will bring him back."

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Meanwhile, Gu Jiao carried the National Master out of Han Family’s Courtyard and headed straight for the dog hole that led out of the palace.

Since the National Master was unconscious and couldn’t crawl through the hole on his own, Gu Jiao had to push him through.

Who knew the corpulent National Master would get stuck in the dog hole?

Gu Jiao furrowed her little brows in seriousness, gave his royal behind a hard kick, and unceremoniously shoved him through.

Then Gu Jiao herself crawled through.

She wasn’t sure how long Gu Chengfeng could stall, but she couldn’t afford any delay.

She carried the National Master and dashed towards the designated location where Black Wind King awaited.

But as fate would have it, she hadn’t even run half a mile when the Dark Soul came after her.

She personally witnessed the Dark Soul slicing through the silken threads on the wall with his Treasure Sword and elegantly leaping over.

No doubt a master, this maneuver was truly impressive!

Gu Jiao alone already had difficulty escaping from a Dark Soul, much less now while carrying the National Master.

What was Gu Chengfeng doing? Had it really been fifteen minutes?

Gu Chengfeng: The National Master got stuck in the dog hole for ages.

Gu Jiao felt a sense of impending doom.

The Dark Soul’s killing intent was rapidly closing in on her, but since she was carrying the monarch, the Dark Soul didn’t dare to strike lethally and only aimed to reclaim the monarch.

Gu Jiao countered with three Black Fire Pearls!

The Dark Soul’s eyes narrowed, his body momentarily frozen in mid-air. He spun to evade, landing lightly on a large tree.

The Black Fire Pearls hit the ground, creating a series of explosive sounds.

Gu Jiao felt a toothache.

For a master of your level, shouldn’t you be able to catch hidden weapons bare-handed?

What’s with the dodging?

The Dark Soul pulled a long vine from the tree and struck at Gu Jiao with a snap. The vine swiftly coiled around Gu Jiao’s slender waist.

Gu Jiao was pulled with great force. She had two choices: surrender and be captured along with the monarch, or throw the monarch down, the Dark Soul would abandon her to save the monarch, giving her a chance to escape.

She didn’t want to die.

But she also wouldn’t give up the already captured monarch!

In an instant, she reached for the dagger at her waist.

But before she could pull it out, it was knocked away by a palm strike from the Dark Soul!

This guy!

At the critical moment, a figure suddenly attacked from the side, slicing the vine with a sword!

Gu Jiao and the monarch fell heavily to the ground.

The person stood in front of them with a sword, speaking through a veiled face, "You go first!"

It was Ye Qing’s voice!

Gu Jiao glanced at Ye Qing in his night clothes, then at the four black-clad death warriors who came with him, and roughly understood that the National Master Hall had intervened.

"Be careful!" Gu Jiao warned.

"I will." Ye Qing held his sword and leaped into the air, attacking the Dark Soul along with the four death warriors from the National Master Hall.

Gu Jiao took the opportunity to grab the fallen monarch with both hands and ran!

Behind her came the sound of intense weapon clashes, the entire street seemed to be filled with a thick murderous aura.

The combination of the National Master Hall’s top disciple and four highly skilled death warriors was a formidable force, but killing the Dark Soul was still out of reach.

"Form a formation! Trap him!"

At Ye Qing’s command, the five surrounded the Dark Soul in a tight formation.

The Dark Soul looked at the five unexpected challengers with icy eyes, a mocking smile on his lips, "Just you few think you can stop me?"

Ye Qing coldly responded, "Whether we can stop you, you’ll know if you try. Or are you scared? After all, you colluded with the deposed concubine, imprisoned the monarch, committing crimes punishable by the extermination of your entire clan. If you surrender, maybe I can consider letting you go."

The Dark Soul sneered, "Trying to buy time, huh? It’s useless!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Dark Soul’s figure flashed, suddenly appearing in front of Ye Qing.

He was so fast that Ye Qing only saw a blur. Before he could react, the Dark Soul had already slapped Ye Qing away!

Almost simultaneously, the Dark Soul exerted his remaining internal force, knocking the other four death warriors away!

The Dark Soul aimed to reclaim the monarch and didn’t waste much power on Ye Qing and the others.

Ye Qing fell onto a rooftop, clutching his chest and spitting blood, "Damn... he escaped so soon..."

Xiao Liulang, from now on, it’s all up to you.

Achoo!

Gu Jiao was running with the monarch when she suddenly sneezed and inexplicably stepped on something slippery, falling flat on her face!

Seriously?

Is someone talking about her?

Xiao Liulang, that name is cursed—

Gu Jiao got up with a darkened face, ready to grab the monarch and continue escaping when Gu Chengfeng caught up using his qinggong.

"Hey, are you alright?" Gu Chengfeng asked.

Gu Jiao, covered in grass debris, shook her disheveled head, "I’m fine. Ye Qing and the others are buying us time, but they won’t hold out for long. You take the monarch and we’ll split up."

She had let Gu Chengfeng draw the Dark Soul away earlier because only he could. Now she entrusted him with the monarch because only he could take him away.

Gu Jiao had twisted her ankle in that fall.

Gu Chengfeng, "But you..."

Gu Jiao took out a bone whistle, "Black Wind King will come for me, you go quickly."

She hadn’t used the bone whistle earlier to avoid attracting the Dark Soul as well.

Now she had no choice.

Gu Chengfeng gritted his teeth, "I know what you’re trying to do, but this time... I won’t listen to you!"

The Dark Soul is not Han Ye. Falling into his hands, there’s no chance of survival!

Gu Chengfeng, holding the monarch on one shoulder, wrapped his other arm around Gu Jiao and leaped using his qinggong.

Smack!

The suddenly appearing Dark Soul slapped down, sending all three crashing to the ground.

Luckily, they weren’t too high up, or they’d be dead from the fall.

The Dark Soul walked towards them with a cold smile, "You’ve prepared well, but now, who’s left to save you?"

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