The two mercenary captains beside the carriage were completely terrified. A terrifying blade shadow arrived in an instant.
A cascading waterfall of blue light exploded before their eyes.
White frost instantly covered their entire bodies.
The destructive, violent aura made their hearts pound with fear.
Just as they were being torn apart, a figure suddenly appeared, blocking their path.
An old man with completely white hair and beard, his eyes gleaming with a calm light, casually extended his right hand.
*Whoosh!*
The incredibly swift blade shadow abruptly stopped.
The blue blade shadow, like an unfurled sail, was gently caught between the old man's two fingers!
*Whoosh!*
The blade shadow trembled violently, like a trapped shark.
However, no matter how it struggled, it could not break free from the old man's fingers.
A glint flashed in the old man's eyes, and his fingers suddenly exerted force.
*Bang!*
The blade shadow shattered like broken glass, instantly breaking into countless fragments, radiating a mesmerizing blue light.
With a wave of his hand, the old man unleashed fragments of his blade, swirling with light, hurtling towards the white-clad assassins.
Countless sprays of blood erupted as over a dozen assassins were riddled with holes, their remains scattered on the ground.
Whoosh!
The old man flashed again, appearing hundreds of meters away before the assassin leader.
Before the leader could unleash a second strike, the old man's withered hand had already gripped his neck.
Crack!
The old man crushed the leader's neck as easily as strangling a chicken.
Bang!
The leader's corpse, bleeding from all seven orifices, was casually tossed aside by the old man.
He raised his head, gazing at the vast night sky, and nodded slightly.
Chen Ke stared at the old man nodding in utter shock.
He was hidden inside the Fuyou Divine Ship, enhanced with invisibility, and wearing an invisibility suit enhanced with the "Ghost King's Escape Technique"—the old man couldn't possibly see him.
However, given the old man's powerful cultivation, he must have sensed the aura of the Soaring Divine Boat and the wooden plaque on his body, thus roughly determining his location.
As expected of the Qin Kingdom princess's chief bodyguard, this old man is indeed formidable!
The instant the assassin leader unleashed the first blade of light, Chen Ke was already prepared to "block the bullet."
With his cultivation and speed, he was simply unable to withstand that terrifying light and shadow, so he could only use the Pig Trough Divine Boat to block it.
Fortunately, Ding Lizhen acted without hesitation; otherwise, another crack would have appeared on his Soaring Divine Leaf.
At the same time as Ding Lizhen's attack, the other five experts under the Qin Kingdom princess's command also moved.
They moved swiftly and nimbly, traversing the rock walls and slopes on both sides of the mountain path, accurately killing the experts among the enemies.
One terrifying orbs of light suddenly exploded, emitting earth-shattering roars, illuminating the night sky time and again.
Terrifying flashes of blades and sword shadows tore through the night, leaving horrifying ravines in the mountains.
The end of each battle signified the fall of a master assassin.
With Ding Lizhen's arrival, the last two master assassins also fell in pools of blood.
The Chen family warriors and mercenaries guarding the convoy clearly felt the pressure lessen. Their spirits soared, and they roared, launching a counterattack against the white-clad assassins.
The assassins, leaderless, descended into chaos. Many had witnessed their leader's death; they had lost all will to fight.
The Chen family warriors' counterattack utterly crushed them.
Hundreds of assassins fled in panic, abandoning their opponents.
The outcome was clear; the battle was won.
Chen Ke piloted the Divine Ship, roaming freely, specifically targeting the assassins who fled fastest and hid best.
The advantage of sniping was its minimal impact, killing silently.
This made the Divine Ship even more concealed, reducing the risk of exposure.
Aside from experts of Ding Lizhen's caliber, almost no one noticed Chen Ke's presence.
*Bang!*
A dark green spiritual energy bullet flew out, accurately striking an assassin's head.
The assassin's body instinctively lurched forward, but his skull was ripped open and sent flying into the air.
*Thump!*
The assassin collapsed to the ground, his body rapidly withering and crumbling into dust.
Chen Ke pushed the control stick, and the "Pig Trough Divine Ship" sped forward like lightning.
On the cockpit's screen and in his viewfinder, the "automatic aiming module" activated, simultaneously locking onto four targets.
He gripped the two control sticks and pressed the fire button.
Four bullets flew out like lightning, all four simultaneously exploding in the head!
Single shots, three-round bursts, sweeping fire, even beam attacks—Chen Ke used these assassins as live targets, manipulating them in turn.
With the upgrade of the "Soaring Divine Ship," the weapon modules were also upgraded accordingly.
The rate of fire of the spiritual energy bullets increased significantly, and they were also easier to control.
Even under Chen Ke's spiritual energy manipulation, the bullets exhibited various transformations such as "armor penetration" and "explosion."
Previously, he wouldn't have been able to control the firing rate of the bullets, let alone use the machine gun on the Shenzhou's base as a sniper rifle.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
The eerie bullets flew out one after another, each bullet eliminating an enemy.
In a short while, more than forty white-clad assassins who had fled to the distance died under Chen Ke's "divine sniper" skills.
Unfortunately, he was inside the ship's cabin and couldn't absorb the enemies' soul points and life force.
*Beep beep, beep beep!*
A red dot suddenly appeared at the edge of the radar window.
Chen Ke was surprised and quickly increased the stealth effect, extending the Shenzhou to fly higher.
With the improvement of his cultivation and the upgrade of the Shenzhou, the radar coverage area had reached a radius of two thousand meters.
Therefore, in terms of vertical distance, even if he went into the clouds, he could monitor targets on the ground.
Watching the moving red dot on the screen, Chen Ke's heart stirred, and he followed it unhurriedly.
It was hard to guarantee that the mastermind behind the scenes had no tricks up their sleeve; Chen Ke couldn't afford to be careless.
Ding Lizhen and her companions were, after all, the Qin princess's personal bodyguards; they couldn't protect the Chen family's caravan indefinitely.
What if they left and the assassins attacked again?
Or was the first attack merely a probe, to assess the Chen family's caravan's strength?
*Beep beep, beep beep! *
The target disappeared, only to reappear on the screen shortly after.
Chen Ke's suspicions deepened. He focused his mind and continued tracking from high above.
This expert was not only fast but also cautious and secretive.
He disappeared from the radar several times, seemingly targeting potential pursuers.
The more he did this, the more serious the matter seemed.
Unbeknownst to him, the mysterious expert had traveled over three hundred li in less than half an hour.
Chen Ke was secretly alarmed. Even with his mastery of the movement techniques from the "Free and Easy Wandering" manual, it was impossible for him to travel three hundred li in such a short time, especially traversing rugged mountain ranges.
Finally, the red dot on the screen stopped, and after a moment, it suddenly disappeared.
Chen Ke hovered high in the air for a moment, carefully descending.
Hidden in a secluded canyon was a second team of white-clad assassins, numbering over a thousand.
*Beep beep beep beep!*
Ten red dots appeared on the screen!