Ye had already exhausted some of his inner strength during the fight with Ru Yi. He didn't want to get into another fight with Helian Qi at the moment.
On the other hand, Helian Qi on the high platform wasn't deaf. He faintly heard a soft call, as if it came from a distant place.
Ever since Dongfang Yi was kidnapped, he often had such hallucinations. It seemed that his excessive worry had made his heart restless.
Frowning, he felt a sense of unease. When his eyes swept across a street corner, he saw a pair of pink shoes, clearly in the style of those in the palace. This convinced him that the voice he had just heard wasn't an illusion.
Immediately, he used his light - footed skill and chased after from the platform. After turning the corner, he indeed saw the person running away in a hurry not far away.
At this moment, Dongfang Yi was being carried on Ye's shoulder. The weak woman didn't know how much suffering she had endured.
Thinking of this, Helian Qi couldn't help feeling a pang of heartache. He quickened his pace. In less than a quarter of an hour, he caught up with the two of them.
In terms of light - footed skill in the whole Dongsheng Kingdom, if Helian Qi claimed to be the second, no one would dare to claim to be the first.
"Your Majesty has excellent light - footed skill. You caught up with me so quickly," Ye said arrogantly, raising his eyebrows.
Helian Qi squinted his eyes, with a dangerous glint in them. A killing aura seemed to surround his whole body.
He didn't seem to want to say much. He took a big step forward and got entangled with Ye.
The man clearly didn't expect him to be such a violent person. He didn't know that as long as it was about Dongfang Yi's safety, Helian Qi would lose control of himself.
Dongfang Yi had never seen Helian Qi like this before. His eyes were full of killing intent, and his every move was filled with a desire to kill, as if he had a blood - thirsty factor in him.
Ye found it extremely strenuous to resist each time. He didn't expect the man in front of him to be so powerful. Without even using a weapon, he had left Ye with no chance to fight back.
Thinking of this, Ye frowned and gritted his teeth. Then he took three big steps back and instantly took out some hidden weapons from his bosom and held them between his fingers.
Seeing this, Dongfang Yi quickly reminded, "Helian Qi, be careful of the hidden weapons!"
Helian Qi just sneered. Then he drew out the black - gold sword from his waist and made a defensive gesture.
Ye was confident. After all, since the existence of the Twenty - Four Bridges, no one had ever been able to resist them. In his eyes, the man who was so disdainful in front of him was just a ghost about to die under his hidden weapons.
Thinking of this, a mocking smile curled up on his lips. Then he used his injured internal strength and activated the hidden weapons between his fingers. The arrowheads were a deeper shade of blue. With a push of his palm, the arrowheads shot towards Helian Qi.
Helian Qi remained calm. The sword in his hand was said to be an ancient divine weapon that could cut the sun and the moon above and the minutiae below.
But legends were just for listening. It only proved that the sword in his hand was indeed a divine weapon.
With a few swift flips of his body and turns of his sword - holding right hand, he skillfully dodged the hidden weapons. Some of the arrowheads were stuck in the wall, and some were cut off by his sword and fell to the ground.
Dongfang Yi had only heard that Helian Qi's martial arts were extraordinary, but she had never seen it with her own eyes. Now she was so shocked that she couldn't say a word. She thought that this was a real martial arts master.
On the other side, Ye clearly didn't expect such a thing to happen. The man had so easily defused the Twenty - Four Bridges that he had spent more than ten years researching.
The Twenty - Four Bridges seemed to be shot out in a disorderly manner, but actually there was a formation hidden in it. This was why even people with high martial arts skills would be stabbed for no reason. Others might not be able to find a solution even after watching hundreds of times, but he had seen through everything just when Ye launched them.
Thinking of this, Ye frowned. His heart was pounding fast. Facing Helian Qi, he felt as powerless as a little sparrow.
Thinking of this, he immediately turned around and tried to escape, but how could Helian Qi give him a chance? He used his light - footed skill and chased after, then caught him.
"You should know that you have to pay a price for everything you do," Helian Qi said in a deep voice.
Ye dared to cross his bottom line and touch the woman he cherished most, so he must make him taste the pain of living worse than death.
"Hehe, why don't you ask where that little bodyguard who is always with you has gone?" Ye still said teasingly, raising his eyebrows.
Helian Qi frowned imperceptibly. Then he heard the man continue, "He is probably already dead from my poisoned arrow by now!"
After saying that, he let out a few morbid chuckles.
Dongfang Yi immediately frowned, and her heart skipped a beat. Could he be talking about Ru Yi?!
But Helian Qi just sneered and replied, "Your Highness the Second Prince, you seem to have forgotten your own identity. Don't forget that this is my country, and I won't allow anyone under me to be hurt by you even a little bit."
He said each word domineeringly, with an air of a king that could not be defied.
In fact, not long after Ru Yi fainted, he was discovered by the patrolling soldiers around. Because the queen was missing, there were more patrolling people. Moreover, since Ru Yi often walked around outside, many soldiers had seen him. So as soon as he was discovered, he was sent back to the palace and was now being treated in the imperial hospital.
"Hahaha, the poison of the Twenty - Four Bridges is not so easy to cure! And let me tell you, your most beloved queen has also been poisoned by this. Without the antidote, she will bleed from all seven orifices and die in seven days!" Ye continued.
His once clear blue eyes were now filled with hatred, and his face even looked a bit strange.
Dongfang Yi was first surprised. She couldn't figure out when she had been poisoned. So she asked warily, "When did you poison me?!"
Ye sneered, turned his head to look at her and said, "Your Majesty the Queen, have you forgotten that cup of tea?!"
After hearing this, she recalled in her memory when she had drunk tea. Then she remembered that when she had just woken up in the dark, as soon as Ye left, she was extremely thirsty and drank the tea on the table. But the tea was clearly colorless and tasteless, and there was no sign of anything wrong with her body.
Did he not want her to live from the very beginning!
Helian Qi saw the look of panic on the woman's face in front of him. He knew that Ye's words were not groundless, so he must have poisoned her.
Thinking of this, his anger grew even stronger, and his eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes.
"Don't worry. I will surely make you hand over the antidote!"