Incarnation Of Gods: Endless War

Third-person POV

(A/N: I will use Yue Ying from now on.)

After running for a while, Xue Lang and Yue Ying finally saw the exit of the tunnel. They smiled brightly as they ran towards the exit. Yue Ying glanced around to confirm that they were out from Royal Palace.

They kept running despite not knowing which way they were going, Yue Ying was sure that her brother's subordinate would be able to find them no matter where they were.

Now Yue Ying regret not seriously learning the topography around the Royal Palace because she was too fixed on her blood magic research.

In front of them was a steep cliff, they took a few steps back from the cliff. Xue Lang went look for another route while Yue Ying stood close to Ming Yu as they were holding the babies.

Yue Ying widened her eyes when she heard a rustling sound not far from their spot. She whisper shouted at Xue Lang.

Yue Ying: "Xue Lang! Hide!"

Xue Lang sprinted back to Yue Ying's side and hid in the bushes. They kept hearing rustling sound from the front, yet, they didn't see anything coming their way. After a moment of silence, they sighed in relief as they saw a rabbit hopped out from bushes.

Yue Ying sat on the ground and smiled at the baby in her hand just to realize the baby was gone. Yue Ying fretfully looked around for the baby. Ming Yu and Xue Lang who noticed Yue Ying being restless turned their body around and their heart stopped for a while.

A man sitting on a tree branch playfully poked the baby's cheeks. The fresh cuts across his face made his cunning face more frightful. At first, Xue Lang was trembling as he didn't know what he should do at this moment.

But then, he remembered the words that Weisheng always told him.

'One trained oneself to protect one's beloved.'

Xue Lang clenched his hands into fists as his eyes were burning with resoluteness. He was ready to summon his scythe at any moment but Yue Ying's hand stopped him.

Yue Ying: "Who are you?"

Yue Ying's voice sounded calm, at the same time, intimidating.

Hu Jia: "Aiyo~ Aren't you Princess Yue? What are you doing here?"

Yue Ying: "Ben Gong asked you a question."

Hu Jia snorted whilst pinching the baby's nose.

Hu Jia: "This is not the right time for you to act high and mighty, Your Highness Princess Yue."

Hu Jis deadpanned. Yue Ying stared dagger at him with her blood-red eyes, she knew that she couldn't get any information from him. She was racking her brain trying to find a way to take the baby from Hu Jia and ran away.

However, she was aware that it wouldn't be easy. She could see a few lackeys of Hu Jia standing behind him.

Hu Jia: "Cat got your tongue?"

Hu Jia smirked, he glanced to the side and saw Xue Lang glaring at him.

Hu Jia: "Aren't you the famous Prince Xue? What a coincidence to meet you here. Aren't you supposed to be dead?"

Hu Jia's cold voice sent a shiver down to Xue Lang's spine. Yet, he didn't show any fear on his face. Hu Jia turned his eyes to Ming Yu who has her back facing him.

Hu Jia: "You, the girl over there, what are you hiding huh?"

Hu Jia summoned a whip and struck Ming Yu's back with the whip that was loaded with his lightning Qi to intensify the pain. Hu Jia frowned when Ming Yu didn't yelp nor budge from her spot.

He raised his whip and once again he struck Ming Yu's back but this time his whip was caught by Xue Lang's ice scythe.

Xue Lang: "You dare?"

Xue Lang growled at Hu Jia with his little fangs bared.

Hu Jia was caught-off-guard by Xue Lang's threat. Then, the corner of his lips arched into a grin. For a weapon to be able to stop his attack means that it is exceptionally high-quality weapon.

Hu Jia: "I want your scythe."

Hu Jia yanked his whip and Xue Lang was pulled along as his scythe was still tied up to Hu Jia's whip. Xue Lang spun in the air and aimed Hu Jia's head with his leg, but Hu Jia blocked his kick without effort.

Hu Jia: "Let me show you what kick really is."

The grin on Hu JIa's face immediately disappeared when he found his whole body immobilized. He turned his eyes towards Yue Ying and cursed in his heart.

Yue Ying: "Get away from there!"

XueLang pulled his scythe away and took the baby from Hu Jia's hand before he jumped down from the tree to Yue Ying's side. Xue Lang stared at Yue Ying with amazement, she managed to immobilize even all of Hu Jia's lackeys with her shadow magic.

Yue Ying: "I will hold them, you go!"

Yue Ying whispered at Xue Lang. At first, Xue Lang hesitated to leave Yue Ying alone with the assassins but after seeing her solemn face, Xue Lang instantly nodded his head and left.

Yue Ying shifted her hands and the shadows also moved along with Yue Ying's hand movement. The head in the shadows slowly spun as well as their heads, bone cracking sound could be heard loud and clear.

Just as their bones were about to break, their shadows were freed by a shadow mage. In a second, Hu Jia appeared in front of Yue Ying and slammed her to a tree with her neck in his grip.

Yue Ying scratched his hand as she struggled to breathe and her bones felt it would crush into pieces from his grip. Hu Jia leaned his lips on her ears and whispered.

Hu Jia: "Good…You distracted me and the maid escaped. You will pay for th-."

Then suddenly a loud crack of thunder interrupted Hu Jia. He looked towards the direction where the Royal Palace located. A whirl of grey clouds was shooting an enormous amount of Dark Qi even Hu Jia could feel the intimidating aura from far away.

Yue Ying: "Bro….ther…."

Yue Ying whispered between her breaths.

Hu Jia: 'Brother? That emperor? Impossible, isn't he supposed to be at the border? Better finish this fast.'

Hu Jia knocked Yue Ying out by slamming her head to the tree trunk once again.

Hu Jia: "Find the maid and the kid."

Subordinate: "Yes!"

He dragged Yue Ying by her hair and nonchalantly walked away. Not far from they were, Xue Lang and Ming Yu were cornered at the side of a cliff. Ming Yu was crouching behind Xue Lang who was shielding her with his small body.

Xue Lang widened his eyes when he saw Hu Jia pulled Yue Ying up by her hair and slapped her face extremely hard.

Hu Jia: "Wake up."

Yue Ying's brows twitched as her eyes slowly opened. Hu Jia smirked as he signaled his subordinate with his eyes. His subordinates nodded their heads and charged at Xue Lang.

Xue Lang summoned his ice scythe and blocked their continuous attacks. But he couldn't stand a chance against trained assassins like them. It didn't take them long to subjugate Xue Lang.

Hu Jia indifferently stared at Ming Yu who was silent all the time.

Hu Jia: "Turn her around."

Hu Jia's subordinate pulled Ming Yu's hair and turned her around. Hu Jia's eyes brightened up by the sight of two babies in Ming Yu's arms.

Hu Jia: "Interesting."