6 Power of blood Second half

The Spirits Dire wolf see this, and its intelligence eye looks at Zhu Wushang dagger before release its spirits qi aura.

[Spirits Commander realm spirits beast!!]

The alarm inside Zhu Wushang heart rang, the pressure of this Spirits Commander realm spirit beast pressures him to kneel to the ground and all of the wolf launch at him.

But at this a moment, the spirits pressure from the Spirit dire wolves significantly lower and the figure of Xiao Lan shot passed him and intercept all of the wolves that target him.

[Peak of spirit warrior!?]

"Don't you dare touch him!!"

Unlike her normal childish behavior, Xiao Lan fiercely attacks the wolf in front of her and using her element spirits qi without reserve. The fireball flies and the lighting spark everywhere. Some wolf got burned alive some has been shocked charred black.

Xiao Lan fights with the pack of the wolf while he's protecting himself from a stray wolf that chooses to attack the easier target and kill the wolf that tried to sneak attack on Xiao Lan. The pack of wolves has been thin until there are only ten wolves left including their pack leader the Spirit dire wolf.

Both of them fight for a long while, but Xiao Lan that use her spirit qi without reserve didn't have any sign that her spirits qi is any lower than before while he's exhausted and panting heavily.

It's dark but the wolves still not go anywhere or show any sign of fear or retreat like it has been trained to kill. Zhu Wushang looking at his surrounding and found out that the formation of the wolf is looking suspicious. He's looking at the position of the group of 4 wolves that stay back in an area that always a blind spot for Xiao Lan.

At this moment the dire wolf attack Xiao Lan with all of the wolves except this four wolf. He is immediately looking at the position of the four wolves, but he found the empty spot instead. He is looking harder and saw the white fang of those four wolves appear from the dark.

These four wolves fur turn from grey to black to camouflage themselves in the dark of the night and use it's to attack Xiao Lan unnoticed.

[Damn it!! Shadow wolf!!]

He launched himself to intercept those four wolves, He slashed at the first one with his poisoned dagger and threw the blade to the one that is nearest to Xiao Lan but out of his reach.

At this moment Xiao Lan fights with all of the wolves in front especially the Spirit dire wolf that has higher cultivation than her. She can't protect herself from two shadow wolf at all.

[Damn it!! I can't make it!!]

He pushes Xiao Lan out of the way and taking the consequence himself.

Both of his arms got chomp down by two of shadow wolves that try to sneak attack on Xiao Lan while the spirit dire wolf bite at his torso. The blood of his gush out from all of the wound and enter the mouth of these three wolves including the spirits dire wolf.

"Wushang---------!!!" She shouts with a heartbroken tone before try to use all of her strength to strike at all of the wolves in anger.

But before she can reach her target, Those three wolves howl and attack and kill each other like it has gone insane, flesh and blood of those three wolves flying around while the remaining wolf that didn't affect by insanity just trembling in fear and run into the forest without looking back.

The victory goes to the injured spirit dire wolf that has higher cultivation than both of the shadow wolves. It's howling in insanity before it's eye turn blank and collapse on the ground without moving again.

"It's… It's dead?"

Xiao Lan pulls Zhu Wushang King grade dagger out of the corpse of a shadow wolf and walking cautiously to the body of the Spirits dire wolf before stab at its head two times to make sure that it's dead.

"Wushang!! Wushang!!!" She quickly goes to the side of Zhu Wushang and checking his pulse.

"Phew."

She is sighing in relief after knowing he still alive then, She brings the storage ring from her chest inner pockets inside her robe. She activates it and produces the jade bottle full of Blood clot pills that usually use to stop the bleeding.

"Shang'er!! Xiao Lan!!!" Zhu Songtian is shouting voice aloud from a distance. In a moment he flew through the air and flew down to the side of Zhu Wushang and Xiao Lan.

What he saw is Zhu Wushang in an unconscious state with blood stain around his body and many of the wolves corpses lying around the area including the spirit dire wolf. He grits his teeth in frustration then kneel to Xiao Lan.

"Eastern general Zhu Songtian greet her highness. I deserving death a thousand time to let a group of the assassin to…"

Before Zhu Songtian continuing further, Xiao Lan waving her hand interrupt.

"Stop with the pleasantries general Zhu. We should bring Wushang back to your manor and heal him.

"Yes! Your Highness"

Zhu Songtian agrees then quickly bring Xiao Lan to grab on his arm and pickup Zhu Wushang and fly through the night sky.

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Zhu Manor - Zhu Wushang bedroom

In the bedroom with practical and straightforward furniture and decoration, the bookshelves full with a lot of book from practical knowledge like Medicine and Arts of Healing, Herb encyclopedia, Animal and Spirits Beast encyclopedia, Smithing, Cooking to the Arts of War.

It's like the room of a respectable scholar, but this room owner is just a ten years old boy that lies unconscious on his bed while the Old doctor is in white robe checking the boy pulse at his bedside.

"Leave me for a moment general Zhu. I need to give him an acupuncture session" The old doctor tell Zhu Songtian that was waiting near him.

Zhu Songtian nod then moves out of the room.

At the main hall, Zhu Yinbing, Xiao Lan and Wang Zhao are waiting for news Zhu Songtian looking at them before shaking his head with a worried look.

"The old doctor need some time to give Shang'er an acupuncture session. But while we are waiting, we need to summarize all of the events that happen from afternoon till now."

Zhu Songtian speaks then looking at Xiao Lan.

"Your Highness please tell all us of the detail that happens."

Xiao Lan nod then tells Zhu Songtian everything that happens include all the detail about the insanity of the last three wolves. Everyone has a deep thought before Zhu Songtian speak.

"Your Highness I believe that this is a very well planned assassination attempt. Because just after your highness return from sending Her Excellency… no, Her Majesty." Zhu Songtian re-address new position of Tian Xue'er that just has been conferring to be the Empress from the normal concubine in the past.

"A group of a highly skilled assassin in Spirits Commander to Spirits King cultivation realm attack both your hidden guard and this general at the same time. Then they send a beastmaster to attack you by using a Spirits Dire Wolf."

"Why they want to use those beasts to kill me? Didn't a one or two Spirits King realm assassin will be more effective in killing me?" Xiao Lan asks.

Zhu Yinbing heard this she then answer in place of Zhu Songtian.

"Your Highness If they send human to kill you and succeed. The soul trace arts in your body will tell His Majesty on who killed you and also the one who's behind the assassination by using fate oracle formation of the palace to connect with your soul trace arts."

Zhu Songtian nod then continues from his wife explanation. But he just misses the lustful gaze of Wang Zhao when he stole a glance at Zhu Yinbing gorgeous beauty.

"Yes, Your Highness. Their goal is the throne of his majesty. As you already knew His Majesty issue a decree that let the Female heir inherit the throne. And your special body trait makes you a solid candidate for the throne."

Zhu Songtian explain then exhale in relief.

"Fortunately this attack make them exhaust their power and influence in this continent. And in the next five years, I'm sure that they can't make an attempt like this again."

What Zhu Songtian said are facts. Because of Spirit King realm assassin are a scarce commodity in this backward continent, and most of them are the leader or founder of the assassin organization in this continent. If one of them die then other will be more cautious in this kind of contract, and it will be much harder to hire them in the future.

And it's nearly impossible to smuggle the assassin from the Imperial continent here. Because of all of the port in this continent is in control of the royal family of the Great Pheonix Empire. And all of the shoreline other than the port in this continent connect to the Great Forest of Nowhere. So no sane person will go there.

"What about those three wolves that gone insane and die?" Xiao Lan asks both of the Zhu couples.