Incarnation Of Gods: Endless War

Third-person POV

Huayun and the kids were running into the forest across Hong er's favorite pavilion, Floating Lotus Pavilion. The BZ soldiers were chasing them and Huayun estimated that the BZ soldiers would catch up to them in a few minutes. Huayun couldn't use qinggong as Ming Yu never learned it and the kids were still amateur.

After a few turns, Huayun stopped in front of a huge tree and kneeled with her forehead leaned on the tree. The root of the tree wiggled and created a human-sized tunnel. Without even asking, Ming Yu and the kids entered the tunnel, but Huayun was still standing outside.

Huayun looked at the kids with firm eyes.

Huayun: "Listen carefully, it is dirty and a bit cramped in there but please bear with it for a few hours. The tree's spirit will lead you out from the Royal Palace, the reinforcement will come to find you after everything settled down.

Your Highness Princess Yue, may I request you something?"

Princess Yue: "Speak."

Huayun: "Please do protect His Highness Prince Xue and the heirs. You are the strongest between them so I will leave this responsibility to you."

Princess Yue: "Ben Gong understood, leave this to me."

Huayun: "They are here, quick go! I will distract them."

Huayun chanted the spell again and the roots covered the entry of the tunnel. Huayun took off her second layer clothes and rumpled the white cloth before she ran in the opposite direction.

She purposely left some traces on the ground and trees so the soldiers would follow her. Without anyone holding her back, she could run as fast as she could with her qinggong.

Huayun: 'Distract them as far as I can.'

However, Huayun suddenly stopped when she sensed something was flying towards her in high-speed. A spear stabbed the tree trunk and the distance between her eyes and the spear was only an inch.

Man: "You think you can escape from me?"

Huayun: "Aren't you too full of yourself, Hu Jia?"

Hu Jia smirked as he summoned back his spear.

Hu Jia: "I don't expect that you will bow your head as low as become a servant."

Huayun gave him a death stare.

Huayun: "For you to join hand with Bei Zhou, what a disappointment."

Hu Jia's playful eyes turned cold.

Hu Jia: "Put down the baby and maybe I will let you go."

Huayun: "Go to hell."

Huayun summoned her fan and created an ice wall between them. Hu Jia clicked his tongue as he stroke the ice wall with his spear that was charged with thunder Qi. The ice wall cracked and crumbled, but Huayun had disappeared from the spot where she stood before.

Hu Jia: "Kids, get her!"

Hu Jia roared at his subordinate.

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Half an hour later, Huayun was hiding behind a tree as Hu Jia's subordinate managed to chase her down. She didn't have any choice but to kill all of them.

Huayun: 'This is far enough from Ming Yu's position.'

Huayun activated her inner sight and knitted her brows in annoyance.

Huayun: 'There are too many of them. I can't take them down by myself. Especially that Hu Jia!'

Hu Jia had made a name for himself in the assassin world. Even after Huayun's retirement, she still overheard numerous accomplishments that he made when she was investigating a case.

Hu Jia: "I know where you are, why don't you just give up?"

Huayun sighed and stepped out from her hiding place. Hu Jia had been staring at her for the whole time even when she was hiding. She thought that it would be useless to keep hiding since her whereabouts had been exposed.

Hu Jia: "See? You can't compare to me even though you were also famous."

Huayun: "Shut your trap."

Hu Jia: "Where is your other twin?"

Hu Jia looked around with a sly smirk then he made a dumbfounded expression.

Hu Jia: "Oh yeah, she is married to that general from Dong Fang. General Di, am I right?"

Huayun: "Why do you bring her up?"

Hu Jia: "Hhmm~ I don't know why people said that you are smarter while the other one is stronger. Yet, from what I see. You don't know anything."

Huayun spun her fan and dozens of ice lances emerged from the ground. Two of Hu Jia's subordinates were stabbed by the ice lances while the other managed to avoid the calamity.

Hu Jia stared at Huayun who was glaring at him.

Huayun: "Don't mess with me."

Hu Jia: "Kay."

Hu Jia swung his spear towards Huayun with a bolt of blinding lightning enveloped his spear. Huayun widened her eyes in shock. She swiftly used her fan to create an ice wall to block his attack, yet, her shield couldn't hold out Hu Jia's powerful attack.

Her ice wall shattered to pieces and she was blown away by the impact. Her back slammed to one of the trees, she coughed a mouthful of blood as she could feel her ribs broke.

Hu Jia: "Weakling."

Hu Jia lunged towards the injured Huayun without an ounce of pity. In a second, Huayun changed her fan with hand claws and intended to slash off Hu Jia's head. However, Hu Jia made it in time to dodge her vicious strike and only got 3 long lines across his face.

Hu Jia: "My face…"

Hu Jia glared at Huayun.

Hu Jia: "I will kill you."

Hu Jia glanced at the empty white cloth in his hand and smirked.

Hu Jia: "Good… I am fooled by you."

Huayun jolted as she saw the bundle of cloth in her arms had disappeared.

Hu Jia: "I have no need of you. Kids, take care of her."

Hu Jia disappeared into thin air. Huayun was about to chase him when his subordinate rushed towards her. She had no choice but to fought back while Hu Jia escaped.

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It has been more than half an hour, Hong er's energy depleted to the point that she couldn't hold a sword properly. Nevertheless, she had killed more than 6 people in her weakest state.

(A/N: I will refer Xiao Bai as 'she')

Xiao Bai who is only a magical horse also joined in the fight. At first, she planned to grab Hong er and ran away. But she was blocked by several BZ soldiers and like a horse, it was a bit hard for her to fight armed soldiers.

The only thing that she could do was headbutt, kick, and whip them with her tail. Yet, it was not enough.

Hong er limply took a few steps backward until her back bumped the wall. The soldiers smirked as they didn't stop approaching Hong er with their swords pointing at Hong er.

Hong er: "If you want to kill me, then do it, you cowards."

Hong er growled at them with blood trickled down from the corner of her lip. The BZ soldiers frowned in annoyance by Hong er's continuous insults.

BZ soldier: "This b*itch…"

One of the BZ soldiers lost his temper and charged towards Hong er. From the corner of her eyes, she caught a glimpse of a figure in green clothes passed by her.

His other subordinate tried to stop him from killing Hong er, however, they didn't make it in time.

Sound of blood dripping down accompanied by heavy panting could be heard clear and loud. Hong er's eyes were wide open in horror. Her lips were trembling as not a word could come out from her throat except her name.

Hong er: "Meiyun!"