Chapter 149: Grandpa wants to sleep

  Daphne sat on the ground in disarray, she couldn't even remember whether she had fallen down in a flurry or been pushed to the ground by the scoundrel in front of her!

  The 21-year-old Daphne had never been treated so rudely in her life! Her current name is: Daphne Klum Code!

  Keren code! This is the most illustrious surname in the entire Byzantine Empire! The emblem of the Byzantine imperial family!

  Daphne has been bearing this surname for several years, since she married into the royal family as a heavenly princess and became the wife of Crown Prince Garcia. Her fate was sealed from then on - she is the crown princess, and if nothing unexpected happens, she will become the queen in the future!

  The Emperor was advanced in years, and the Empress had long since passed away, so the Emperor Cantos never again established an empress. In this sense, Daphne could almost be considered the most noble woman in the entire Byzantine Empire!

  And all this, is not just because she is the crown princess! Even before her marriage, without taking on her husband's surname, her original surname was already noble and prestigious enough: Minas!!

  She is the youngest daughter of Duke Minas! Old Duke Minas was over 40 years old when he had this daughter, and he treasured her like a precious gem! She was born into the imperial aristocratic family of Duke Minas, and her father was a renowned elder statesman and spiritual leader of the Eagle faction. Even among the warlords, many were once under the command of Duke Minas in their youth. The old duke only needed to utter one word, and both the Eagle faction and the warlord party would give him face... Such prestige almost made him the number one person in the empire...

  Daphne was born into a wealthy and influential family, and from a young age, she possessed stunning beauty. In the imperial aristocratic circle, she was widely recognized as the most beautiful woman. Since her youth, she had unknowingly captured the hearts of many young noble men, who were smitten with her elegance and charm. Regardless of whether they were from wealthy families or held high-ranking military positions, anyone who laid eyes on her would be captivated by her beauty. With a prestigious family background and a powerful father, even her own brother was a rising star in the imperial court. Every day, she was surrounded by countless admirers.

  Moreover, after being betrothed to the imperial family, others already regarded her as the future empress, and their words and deeds were even more respectful.

  For a woman like her...not to mention being treated lightly, she has never heard even half a sentence of frivolous words since childhood!

  At this moment...

  At this moment...

  At this moment, I was actually ambushed by this damned young general, stabbed in the chest?!?!

  Daphne's lips were trembling with rage, although she was a stunning beauty and many young nobles regarded her as their dream lover, but since childhood, she had been strictly educated by Duke Minas, always holding herself extremely properly, in this life, even in dreams, she had never imagined that her body could be touched by other men besides her husband!

  Coincidentally, today, in this royal garden, she stood alone by the lake, originally with a heart full of sorrows and grievances. Who would have thought that she would be teased by someone?!

  Xia Ya was also stunned, he looked at the woman falling to the ground, and for a moment forgot to stretch out his hand to help her up, but instead spread open his palms, staring at them over and over again.

  Uh... it seems like... the concrete is too beautiful... I just touched something that I shouldn't have... Is it V-chan?

  If it were in the past, Xia Ya might still have been a bit confused, but at this moment he was no longer a novice and had some understanding of men and women's affairs, knowing that his earlier actions were very inappropriate.

  Damn it... touched someone else's wife's breasts, is that considered being a rascal?

  The turtle was also cunning and decided on a plan: pretend to be stupid!!

  Xia Ya immediately withdrew his hand and put on an innocent face, exclaiming in surprise: "Huh? Miss, how did you fall?"

  He walked away with a calm face and was about to reach out to help her up.

  "Don't touch me!"

  Daphne's voice suddenly had a few more degrees of chill, and her originally gentle and soft face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. She gritted her teeth: "Don't touch me!"

  She struggled a few times, barely got up, and retreated continuously. The snow fox also fell to the ground, watching Xia Ya approach. This little beast actually knew how to protect its master, bowing down on the ground, blocking Dafuni's way, arching its body, baring its teeth at Xia Ya, making threatening gestures, and occasionally letting out sharp cries.

  Xia Ya pouted, spreading her hands: "Miss, I just accidentally pushed you down earlier, this... isn't intentional. You didn't get hurt, that's good, so..."

  Daphne's face turned bright red with anger, but Xia Ya didn't mention the earlier chest attack, and she felt a little relieved in her heart. She was dignified by nature, and naturally, she was too ashamed to speak out about such things. Xia Ya not mentioning it also spared her embarrassment, but instead made her feel even more disgusted towards this young general: This guy seemed silly, but actually he's a cunning bastard! He took advantage of me just now, and now he's pretending to be stupid!

  Daphne didn't want to talk to this guy either, she was of noble status and too lazy to ask Xia Ya's name, looking at his attire, he was probably from the Imperial Guard, and would be able to find out after returning...

  Xia Ya looked at the other person's face, didn't say much, but suddenly bent down, picked up the snow fox with one hand, nodded to Daphne, and turned around to leave.

  After walking two steps, Daphne got angry and ran a few steps to catch up: "You! You stand still!"

  Xia Ya turned back.

  Daphne's face turned red with rage as she pointed at Xia Ya's hand holding that little beast: "Give it back to me!"

  Xia Ya scratched his head: "Miss, I was wrong to push you down just now, and I apologize for that."

  This little thing is actually my prey, I've been chasing it

  "You...!" Daphne stomped her foot in anger: "You're so unreasonable! This is clearly my pet! Give it back to me at once!"

  Xia Ya intentionally smiled: "Your pet" The tortoise's eyes rolled, he actually didn't really want the snow fox again, just pretending to make a show, smiling on his face, and said: "Okay, I won't care if it's your pet or not. Earlier, I pushed you, let's consider it my apology - this thing is yours, and we'll just forget about what happened earlier!"

  As she spoke, she raised her eyelids and looked at the king.

  Xia Ya also saw that this woman was probably a noble lady from a wealthy family, and she seemed to have a gentle temperament, not the kind of person who was cruel and cunning. The slap he gave her earlier was unnecessary, and he feared it might stir up trouble. Although he wasn't afraid of such things, it was always better to avoid them whenever possible.

  It's just a matter of continuing to pretend to be rough, anyway, I've already decided to "give" this prey to the other party and force them to make a commitment to buy - this kind of noble son has always been particular about demeanor, and once they speak up, they generally won't go back on their word. Besides, this woman looks quite honest.

  As expected, Daphne was furious in her heart, but at this moment she was in an awkward situation. The servants around her had gone to chase after the startled horses, and there wasn't a single servant left by her side. Alone and unaccompanied, she would be bullied by that scoundrel Xia Ya. However, the other party clearly didn't recognize who she was and wanted to snatch away this snow fox, which was something she couldn't bear to part with.

  She deliberately concealed her identity - she refused! The previous grasp, everyone pretended to be stupid and that's it. At this moment, explaining her own identity would be even more embarrassing?

  After some thought, Daphne's eyes turned red with anger and she bit her lip: "Return my Snow Fox to me, and let's just forget what happened earlier."

  Xia Ya let out a sigh of relief, raised her hand and threw the snow fox to the ground, then turned around and walked away with big strides after the woman bowed and greeted her.

  Behind her, Daphne hugged Snow Fox tightly, but her eyes were fixed on Xia Ya's back, and she was restless in her heart.

  Xia Ya's heart was racing at this moment, and he couldn't help but want to quickly escape. However, since he had put on a bold front, he had to keep it up until the end. If he suddenly took off running, wouldn't that prove his cowardice? He strode over to his horse, mounted it, then turned the horse's head around and slowly returned. On horseback, he nodded at the woman and said, "Miss, although this is a royal garden, there are still wild beasts lurking about. You're alone, so you should be careful."

  "Hmph, don't worry about me, I'm a free servant, I'll be back soon." Daphne hugged the snow fox and glared at Xia Ya, her chest heaving with anger, but her feet had already retreated two steps.

  Yes.

  Xia Ya did not want to say anything more, pulled the reins, and was about to turn around...

  Just then, Xia Ya suddenly perked up his ears and faintly heard an unusual noise coming from afar! Having grown up in the mountains, he had a keen sense of awareness that was beyond ordinary, like that of a wild beast! At this moment, upon hearing the strange noise, his heart suddenly tightened, and a strong sense of vigilance surged up. Before he could speak, Xia Ya's face changed color...

  Take a break!!!

  A sharp and piercing sound cut through the air!

  Xia Ya let out a loud cry, and flew off his horse, pouncing downwards. While still in mid-air, he saw a black light flashing through the air, shooting straight for the woman holding the snow fox!

  Xia Ya's eyes flashed with a red glow, and the crimson killing intent burst forth, instantly making everything around him feel slow. Suddenly, a black arrow shaft shot through the air, its trajectory clearly visible.

  Bang!

  Xia Ya opened his arms and pounced on the woman's body, and the two of them instantly fell to the ground! The sharp sword, with its arrowhead almost brushing against Xia Ya's cheek as it flew by! He even felt a faint pain on his cheek.

  Two people rolled on the ground, the woman's soft body stuck to Xia Ya, but at this moment, did Xia Ya still have the heart to feel this kind of pleasure? He rolled over and hugged the woman, rolling out three circles, just hearing a painful moan from the woman below.

  Daphne's face turned deathly pale, her mind a complete blank as she stared at Xia Ya, one thought echoing in her mind: this bastard, what is he thinking...

  "Don't move!" Xia Ya shouted, drawing his sword from its scabbard. He had come out hunting today with a regular sword at his side, the fire spear hanging unused on the saddle, but now he sprang up, his eyes narrowing to a line as the cold light flashed.

  The woman who just stood there had an arrow nail on the ground! The arrow tail was not ordinary goose feathers, but special iron feathers.

  Xia Ya's mind immediately turned, able to shoot out such iron arrows, the opponent's shooting technique must be extraordinary, not to mention anything else, just that arm strength is not ordinary!

  Daphne lay on her back, finally seeing the situation clearly. She had thought that this young general had suddenly become lustful and wanted to take advantage of her. But now she saw the arrow on the ground, and on Xia Ya's face, a thin line of blood on his left cheek, with several fine beads of blood oozing out from the wound. In an instant, she understood that she had misunderstood this young general, and it was not him who had pounced on her, or else she would probably be dead already!

  Xia Ya held a sword in one hand and crouched down like a wild beast, staring intently at the distant forest.

  The arrow just now was shot from this direction, the distant forest is still quiet, a gentle breeze blows by, and the grass and trees rustle.

  Xia Ya's heart was lifted, her eyes narrowed, and she shouted loudly: "Who is it! Dare to make an assassination attempt in the imperial garden!"

  A loud shout, no response from the opposite side, and suddenly Xia Ya saw a flash of black cold light in that lush green forest! His eyes flashed instantly!

  Rest!

  Another sharp sword cuts through the air!

  This time, the sharp sword seemed to have a hint of black light, apparently the archer had already infused the arrow with the power of Dou Qi! The person who shot the arrow was no ordinary person!

  The power and accuracy of this arrow are both top-notch! And the place where Xia Ya is standing is open and empty, with no cover at all! If he dodges, it's not like he can't, but behind him, which one

  The weaker woman on the ground, if she herself dodged, would have no chance of survival. The opponent only needed to use the consecutive shooting technique, and with the next arrow, he could easily end this woman's life!

  At this moment, Xia Ya's eyes were red with great power, and he only saw a black light in front of him. The arrowhead gradually became clearer and larger, and Xia Ya suddenly let out a loud roar, grasping the long sword with both hands, aiming at the incoming arrowhead...

  "Open!!!"

  A faint red line emerged from the tip of the sword! Under the crimson killing intent, Xia Ya's spiritual power was more vigorous than ever before. Within the area controlled by his spiritual power, everything in his eyes seemed to slow down! Such a unique skill happened to be the natural enemy of this cold arrow assassination! Moreover, Xia Ya was born with extraordinary strength and agility, both of which were exceptionally outstanding. Otherwise, if it were someone else, even if they could see through the trajectory of the incoming arrow with their spiritual power, but their body couldn't keep up with their consciousness, it would be in vain.

  Xia Ya's entire body was suddenly enveloped in armor, his muscles bulging out, a crimson killing aura bursting forth, his movements seemingly ghostly! The sword in his hand chopped down towards the arrowhead!

  Wow!

  A crisp cracking sound, the sword's edge almost accurately landed on the very tip of that triangular arrowhead!

  The blade contained an unstoppable crimson killing intent, originally just an ordinary fine steel longsword, but it became razor-sharp and unmatched! With one slash,

  The point of contact between the sword and the arrowhead, the iron arrowhead was split open! Fine iron filings danced in the air, and the sword edge followed suit and chopped in!

  Just then, a sharp and piercing scraping sound was heard. The sword blade cut through the arrowhead and split the entire arrow shaft in two!

  This arrow's power was astonishing, even though it was split in two by Xia Ya, the two separated arrow shafts still had undiminished momentum, only slightly changing direction, splitting left and right, almost grazing Xia Ya's body! The arrow shafts scraped against the tempered steel soft armor worn on Xia Ya's body, emitting a screeching sound that made one's teeth ache!

  Just this moment, it was really thrilling to the extreme! Xia Ya himself also broke out in a cold sweat, just now he was too overconfident, not even knowing the opponent's strength, and yet dared to take on such an arrow! Fortunately, Hong's killing aura was strong, otherwise, by now, his own head would have been pierced by the long arrow!

  The distant woods were silent, apparently the opponent was also shocked by Xia Ya's astonishing skills.

  Xia Ya took a deep breath, not daring to turn around, and slowly backed away to Daphne's side, also not caring about anything else. She pulled her up from behind and whispered: "Hide behind me, don't show your head!"

  He retreated step by step to the side of the horse, Xia Ya urged in a low voice: "You can ride a horse, right? Get on the horse and go into the woods quickly! Once you enter the woods, there are trees blocking the way, so don't worry about cold arrows! Hurry up!"

  After finishing speaking, Xia Ya suddenly pulled down the quiver and grabbed a handful of arrow shafts. Among them, four were swallow feather arrows, and the last one was his specially made iron spine breaking armor arrow!

  He grasped it in his hand and shouted to the woman behind him in a low voice: "I said run! You immediately mount your horse, don't look back, and rush into the woods! Did you hear?"

  Daphne's face was pale at this moment, her eyes were filled with horror, and just now when she was pushed down by Xia Ya, her right foot twisted a little, and now the pain was piercing, tears flowed out, but she didn't dare to say half a word, only responded softly. At this time, where was there still any anger towards Xia Ya in her heart? It had all turned into gratitude.

  "Run!!!"

  Xia Ya suddenly let out a loud shout, then his body immediately darted sideways towards the forest, in mid-air he swiftly drew back the string of his bow, at this moment all his strength was concentrated in his arms, his eyes flashing with red light, and saw a red line rapidly pouring into the bow along his fingers! The silver bowstring seemed to emit a faint crimson color...

  Xia Ya's large hand grasped five sharp arrows and placed them on the bowstring, aiming at the direction where the arrow had just come from in the distant forest. In an instant, the bow was drawn into a full moon shape!

  Just then, the bowstring emitted a faint humming sound, and the bow's corners tightened. Xia Ya's eyes widened in shock as he let out a loud roar into the distance!

  Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!

  Four swift arrows shot out like a string of pearls!!! Four sharp gusts of wind broke through the air, shooting towards the distant woods!

  Xia Ya actually didn't know any of the techniques for shooting multiple arrows at once, he had just seen others use them. At this moment, he was trying to imitate what he had seen, relying on his great strength and powerful bow. With one breath, he shot out four arrows, which was enough in terms of power, but unfortunately, their accuracy was really poor!

  Four arrows were shot towards a point in the distant woods, but two of them deviated from their course as soon as they were released. After flying out, they probably strayed by more than ten steps. The remaining two arrows instantly reached the other side of the woods, and two "whooshing" sounds could be heard. One arrow hit a large tree, while the other one directly pierced into the woods.

  Just as Xia Ya shouted "run", Dafenny had already flipped onto the horse, but her foot was soft and she didn't climb up at the first step. After struggling twice, she barely sat on the horse, shook the reins, and leaned over the horse's back to run into the woods.

  While Xia Ya was shooting arrows, the horse ran out a distance quickly, and when Xia Ya shot arrows, his feet didn't stop, barely keeping pace with the horse.

  He didn't plan to use these four arrows to shoot over there anyway. The opponent had no reaction at all, probably busy dodging. By the time he discovered that Xia Ya's four arrows were greatly deviated, this point of time was already enough!

  The horse had run to a distance of just over ten steps from the forest when suddenly, out of nowhere, a figure emerged from the woods!

  At this moment, Xia Ya saw the opponent clearly, wearing a green long gown, even wrapping a blue headscarf on his head! No wonder it's hard to detect when hiding in the lush forest with such colored clothes!

  The assassin was also anxious, seeing the target about to enter the forest, and couldn't help but stick his head out! Xia Ya saw clearly that the opponent was holding a large bow, the length of which was only slightly smaller than his own聚啸bow. The opponent instantly drew the bow full...

  This time, a black light shot out like lightning! The black glow on the arrow shaft was like hellfire! It's clear that the opponent has also used their ultimate move! With just one arrow, even Xia Ya used his Crimson Killing Intent to observe it, and under the spiritual power of the Crimson Killing Intent, the speed of the arrow seemed not to have slowed down much!

  It's just about time for Xia Ya and others!!

  That arrow was still heading towards Daphne on the horse, Xie Ya was in mid-air, and suddenly twisted his waist! This twist showed true skill! At first, he didn't think that this guy with such strong physical strength could have such powerful abdominal muscles! Such flexibility and explosive power were all tempered by Xia from a young age under the cruel training of the old man!

  Only to see the Xia Ya people in mid-air, unexpectedly still able to turn around and change direction in mid-air, suddenly a twist of the body, and then flipped over and jumped onto the horseback, sitting in front of Daphne! Using his own chest to block, blocked the opponent's arrow path!!

  Buzz!!

  That small black lightning bolt accurately struck Xia Ya's chest! The arrowhead with a black aura instantly tore apart the tempered soft armor that Xia Ya was wearing, and pierced in deeply!

  Xia Ya felt a shock throughout his body! The power contained in this arrow was astonishing, making him feel as if he had been struck directly on the chest by an Odin warrior's iron hammer! He felt a sharp pain in his chest, his eyes turned black, and a sweet taste gushed out of his throat!

  Fortunately, at the last moment, a piece of dragon scale that had been stuck to his body finally blocked this fatal arrow!! The arrow was stuck in the dragon scale, almost penetrating it, but the dragon scale suddenly flashed with a faint light, and the black air on the arrow shaft instantly dimmed, and with a "ding" sound, it was bounced off by the dragon scale!!

  Xia Ya swallowed a mouthful of blood, his previous consecutive movements, and finally even used his body to block the arrow, just waiting for this moment!!

  The other party shot an arrow over, apparently also exerting their full strength, and as they watched the opponent's movements slowed down.

  Xia Ya pulled open the bowstring on horseback! As soon as he did, he felt a tearing pain in his chest, and his heart sank: "After all, I'm injured! The opponent's arrow is so fierce! Even with the hidden dragon scales, it couldn't completely withstand it!"

  At this moment, he couldn't care about anything else. After drawing the bowstring back, his fingers grasped the last arrow and immediately shot it onto the bowstring...

  Buzz!!!!!!

  The bowstring's trembling sound was as fierce as a raging sea wave!! Under the crimson killing intent, the power of the gathered bow was finally revealed! This iron armor-piercing arrow shot out by the bowstring had a red glow trailing behind it, almost without making any sonic boom - or perhaps, the speed of the arrow had already surpassed the speed of sound!

  The arrow arrives first, the sound arrives later!!

  That arrow was almost invisible in mid-air, and in an instant, it arrived in front of the assassin!!

  That assassin did not expect that Xia Ya's arrow would be so powerful! It was already too late to dodge! A red light burst onto the assassin's body--Xia Ya's archery skills were still slightly off, this arrow didn't hit the vitals but directly struck the assassin's shoulder!

  But with the crimson killing intent and the concentrated bow, what kind of power is that!

  In the instant that the arrow shot up, one of the iron-backed arrows suddenly exploded entirely! With a loud crash, a cluster of blood light burst out from the man's shoulder! One iron arrow thoroughly exploded, shattering into iron fragments, directly blasting the man's shoulder into a mess of pulp!!

  The assassin let out a painful howl like a beast, flipped over and fell to the ground, rolling several times, with half of his body already bloody and blurred. Suddenly, he exerted himself and jumped up, flashing into the forest, taking out an object and crushing it fiercely. A green light flashed by, faintly carrying magical fluctuations. The figure disappeared instantly in that magical light!

  Xia Ya was furious! He had taken such a great risk, yet he still let his opponent escape!

  At this moment, putting down the bow and arrow, I suddenly felt a wave of dizziness. Behind me, Daphne exclaimed: "Hey, you..."

  Xia Ya turned her head, looked at the woman, took a breath, and before she could say a word, the mouthful of blood that had been forcibly suppressed finally spurted out, a hot, steaming mouthful of fresh blood, which landed right on Daphne's face.

  Daphne screamed, but Xia Ya's body suddenly fell from the horse and dropped to the ground. Fortunately, the grass was soft, and Xia Ya managed to struggle to a sitting position, but his arms were numb and weak. At this moment, if another assassin came, he would only be waiting for his own slaughter.

  He barely glanced at his own chest, and the tempered soft armor was already scrapped, with a large hole torn open in front of his chest! It can be seen that this arrow from the opponent contained great power!

  With great effort, he pulled open the armor and pulled out the dragon scales from inside. He took a look and saw that on the surface of the dragon scales, which was originally smooth, there was a deep indentation in the middle, and at the indented place, a small hole the size of a grain of rice appeared!

  Xia Ya stared at the pinhole-sized hole for several moments before taking a deep breath: "Close call! Damn it! Almost shot through!"

  At this moment, the crimson killing intent surged forth, and the power of the backlash came up. Xia Ya immediately felt a wave of fatigue, fell backwards with open arms, panting heavily, and his vision began to blur.

  Daphne also dismounted and knelt down beside him, her face pale with worry. The proud young noblewoman's face was smeared with Xia Ya's blood, making her look ferocious. She wiped it off with force, but ended up smearing it even more. Her eyes were welling up with tears, unsure if it was from the pain of twisting her ankle or something else. She grasped Xia Ya's arm tightly: "Hey, General, are you okay?"

  Xia Ya's voice was weak: "Grandpa is fine... it's just... he wants to sleep..."