Chapter 1220

Sword shadows shone, sweeping in all directions like a tide, and in an instant, more than a dozen people fell to the ground!

The remaining soldiers' expressions changed greatly. They never expected that the other party, being so young, would possess such astonishing combat power!

"Just a bunch of ants, and you dare to dream of hurting me? Truly courting death!"

Ximen Wudi's eyes were extremely cold. He darted forward, turning into a phantom, and rushed toward this group of soldiers to kill!

Bang bang bang!

Heads exploded one by one. Ximen Wudi was like entering an empty land. Every sword strike resulted in one person dying!

In just the blink of an eye, dozens of people had been killed. Those soldiers no longer cared about surrounding him and fled in panic!

"Damn it!"

Seeing this scene, Li Heng's face was extremely pale. If he died today, so be it, but now...

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Li Heng gritted his teeth, took out a jade pendant from his waist, and crushed it fiercely. As the jade tablet shattered, figures whistled in!

In the blink of an eye, twenty or thirty figures flew over!

These people were all wearing armor, their auras thick and incomparable, and on their sleeves was embroidered a silver wolf head pattern, showing their identity—the Imperial Guards of the Xuanyun County Kingdom!

These Imperial Guards were not weak at all. The weakest were at the sixth or seventh level of Innate, and the leader of the Imperial Guard commander had even reached the peak of the ninth level of Innate!

At this moment, these Imperial Guards saw the corpses of Li Heng and Li Wenyuan, and their eyes were splitting with rage!

They were extremely angry!

Li Heng was the son of Grand Tutor Li Heng and the future ruler of the Xuanyun County Kingdom, but now he was lying dead on the spot. This was simply a naked slap in the face to the Xuanyun County Kingdom!

"Thief, don't run!"

The commander was the first to react. He flicked his figure, and with many soldiers, he was about to capture Ximen Wudi and avenge Li Heng!

However, Ximen Wudi was not afraid. Seeing the Imperial Guards rushing over, the short dagger in his hand danced like a dragon, instantly meeting the attack!

Clang!

Sparks flew!

Ximen Wudi clashed with the Imperial Guard commander once, emitting a harsh metallic collision sound!

"What a powerful martial skill!"

The Imperial Guard commander was secretly shocked. He had practiced the essence of the Imperial Guards for many years and was famous in the Western Barbarians. He didn't expect that he would be unable to do anything to a young brat!

However, although Ximen Wudi's combat power was strong, he was only one person against many. After just a few breaths, Ximen Wudi flipped his wrist, and the short dagger flicked, instantly slashing the Imperial Guard commander's throat. Blood sprayed out, and the opponent's neck was directly wiped!

Hiss hiss hiss~~

Seeing this scene, all the soldiers gasped!

Relying solely on physical combat power, he killed an expert at the ninth level of Innate in seconds!

Especially after just resisting Li Heng's blow, he was still full of energy!

This guy is too monstrous!

And at this moment, Ximen Wudi took a step forward and arrived in front of Li Heng. He grabbed the opponent, lifted him up directly, and said with a smile:

"You are the ruler of the Xuanyun County Kingdom, right? I'll give you one last chance now. Kneel down, beg for mercy, and maybe I can spare your dog life!"

"Presumptuous! Little beast, you actually dare to hijack the ruler, you are simply courting death!"

"Release the ruler quickly, otherwise you won't be able to escape even with wings!"

Scoldings came from the mouths of those soldiers, but Ximen Wudi seemed not to hear them, his face full of playfulness!

And Li Heng's face was extremely pale. He looked at Ximen Wudi in front of him, his head buzzing!

He... was defeated!

Li Heng never dreamed that he, a dignified ruler, would be forced into such a situation by a young brat. If his father knew that he had been defeated by this person, I'm afraid the entire high-level leadership of the Xuanyun County Kingdom would be punished!

At this moment, Li Heng's face was ashen. He knew that if he fell into this kid's hands tonight, he would definitely be humiliated!

A sense of humiliation filled Li Heng's heart. He stared fiercely at Ximen Wudi and asked through gritted teeth: "Stinky brat, who exactly are you?"

"My name is Ximen Wudi. As for my identity, it doesn't matter if I tell you; you will know very soon!"

Ximen Wudi smiled slightly, and then he pointed to Li Heng's neck and said indifferently:

"Now I'll give you two choices!"

"The first choice, kneel down immediately and kowtow to beg for mercy, and maybe I can spare your life!"

"The second choice, I will send you on your way now, leaving you without a place to be buried!"

Ximen Wudi's voice was exceptionally cold, and he raised the short dagger in his hand, seemingly ready to slash off Li Heng's head in one blow!

Li Heng's expression sank, and then he gritted his teeth: "Fine! I'll kneel!"

He knew he had no choice, so he knelt on the ground with a thud and wailed at Ximen Wudi:

"Spare my life..."

Li Heng knew that with his cultivation, he couldn't possibly be Ximen Wudi's opponent! Moreover, he was already a prisoner, and if he angered Ximen Wudi, he would only have a dead end!

"Hahaha... truly a coward, you're sensible!"

Ximen Wudi looked up to the sky and laughed, then kicked the opponent's knee, instantly kicking Li Heng to his knees, kowtowing to him repeatedly.

This scene fell into the eyes of the Imperial Guards on the side, making them shocked and angry, wishing they could rush up and tear Ximen Wudi into pieces, but hindered by the fierce short dagger, they didn't dare to act rashly!

"Hmph! Since you are willing to surrender, then I will give you one last chance! Immediately send people to Xuanyun City to mobilize a large number of troops, go to Nanyang Mountain, wipe out the Black Iron Fortress, and rescue Princess Zhao!"

Ximen Wudi said word by word, his expression solemn. Hearing this, Li Heng was stunned: "Zhao... Princess Zhao? Are you the son of Marshal Zhao of the Xuanyun County Kingdom?"

"That's right, do you understand now?"

Ximen Wudi sneered, and Li Heng suddenly realized!

No wonder!

Li Heng knew that his father was the son of Marshal Zhao, which was why he was made the Crown Prince. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't be so arrogant and domineering!

Originally, he was just guessing Ximen Wudi's background, but now that he had seen the other party's strength, how could he dare to doubt it!

Li Heng nodded and bowed, hurriedly agreeing!

"I will write a letter immediately and have the Imperial Palace guards rush to Nanyang Mountain to suppress the bandits!"

Hearing this, Ximen Wudi nodded with satisfaction. He knew that in this battle, he would definitely win!

Ximen Wudi put the short dagger into his storage ring and then looked at the group of Imperial Guards:

"Now, get lost! Remember, don't step into Nanyang Mountain for even half a step! Otherwise, you know the consequences!"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

The group of Imperial Guards were already scared out of their wits. Hearing this, how could they dare to be negligent, and hurriedly drove the carriages away!

Watching those carriages fleeing far away, Ximen Wudi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

These soldiers were different from ordinary soldiers. Alone, Ximen Wudi wouldn't need to fear them, and could even kill them back, but if there were many of them, Ximen Wudi would inevitably suffer!

Ximen Wudi ignored the discussions of the surrounding commoners and walked straight back to the carriage and sat down.

"Brother Ye, you were really too cool just now!"

Li Heng sat in the carriage, looking like he had survived a disaster.

"Hehe, just luck!" Ximen Wudi shook his head, quite disappointed with Li Heng's performance; the other party was just a straw bag!

However, thinking of the scene where he slapped Li Heng on the shoulder and injured him just now, Ximen Wudi's mood inexplicably improved.

"Let's continue on our way and reach Nanyang Mountain as soon as possible!"

Ximen Wudi gave an order, the coachman nodded, and then drove the carriage toward Nanyang Mountain.

At the same time, inside the Black Iron Fortress.

In a simple tent, an old man wearing a gray robe sat cross-legged on a prayer mat. His face was covered in crisscrossing wrinkles, like gullies.

And this old man was Zhao Wenhua, the ancestor of the Zhao family of the Xuanyun County Kingdom!