Xiahou Xuanyu walked out of the cart and saw the second male lead holding the heroine who should have belonged to him sitting on the horse. The two looked like a couple. His eyes darkened and his murderous intent instantly exploded. The system had to prompt: "Warning, you have too much malice towards the heroine of this world. If you harm the heroine, it will cause the loss of luck and cause unknown chaos, which is very disadvantageous to you."
Xiahou Xuanyu ignored the pop-up warning panel and reached out to the frightened Tang Li, saying proudly, "Chu Li, come back with me."
Xun Nu, whose eyes turned dark because of Tang Li's absent-minded state, subconsciously hugged the person in his arms tightly when he heard the name Chu Li from Xiahou Xuanyu's mouth.
Tang Li came back to her senses and noticed Xun Nu's actions. She no longer cared about the floating panel in front of Xiahou Xuanyu, and quickly held the little male god's hand to comfort him, "Don't get me wrong, I will explain to you later, I really only like you, and I will never leave you."
Although Xunnu didn't say anything, it was obvious that Tang Li had grasped the point, and he relaxed his strength a little. However, the murderous intent in his eyes towards Xiahou Xuanyu was no less than that of Xiahou Xuanyu. As a killer, he was most sensitive to murderous intent, so he could naturally see Xiahou Xuanyu's intention. This man had murderous intent towards both of them.
Xiahou Xuanyu: You are being affectionate in front of me, as if I, the male protagonist, don’t exist
"Chu Li, don't make me angry, come back with me, and I won't pursue your escape."
Tang Li: Escape? Wait a minute, in the original novel, the heroine Chu Li and Xiahou Xuanyu were still in the early stages of a relationship, not in a relationship, right? Why did the hero look so angry that his wife cheated on him? He should still be thinking about the sleeping white moonlight Nangong Qin, and his attention to the heroine is only because she looks like Nangong Qin.
Previously, she was in North City, and it was said that she was a slave. Tang Li thought that Xiahou Xuanyu would not go to such great lengths to find her for a slave, but now the facts are in front of her, and he seems to have come for her. The unreasonableness should be related to the panel. Tang Li quickly deduced that Xiahou Xuanyu might know the plot, otherwise his attitude would not be so strange. Then, he probably didn't know that the heroine Chu Li had a new person in her body.
With these thoughts in mind, Tang Li said, "City Lord Xiahou, I did not escape privately. Instead, I was thrown into the Ghost Crying Forest by your cousin."
Xiahou Xuanyu: "Then after you left the Ghost Weeping Forest, why didn't you return to North City?"
Tang Li: "Oh, are you going back to die?" She had a polite smile on her face, thinking that he was indeed the kind of domineering male protagonist she once hated, full of self-righteous chauvinism, and had been domineering in the early stage. How did the female protagonist fall in love with him? Unable to understand, Tang Li couldn't help but look at her own Xun slave again.
Xunnu is still better.
Xiahou Xuanyu was blocked by Tang Li's soft words, his face gloomy, "Don't forget your identity, you are still my slave in Beicheng."
Tang Li: "City Lord Xiahou is indeed worthy of being the City Lord. He is very hands-on. For a mere servant, he even personally led people to capture her. It is rumored that City Lord Xiahou is obsessed with martial arts, but it seems that it is just a rumor. The City Lord is obviously very free."
She said with a smile, as if she didn't notice Xiahou Xuanyu's increasingly cold expression. "However much money the City Lord spent, I can pay him back. To thank everyone in the City Lord's Mansion for taking care of me, how about paying him back ten times? I hope the City Lord can spare a little servant like me."
Tang Li couldn't remember how the heroine came to be a slave in North City. She said this now, firstly because she was fed up with this stupid "I am the center of the world" argument, and secondly because of that panel.
She noticed that the panel, as Xiahou Xuanyu's anger became more obvious, when she angered Xiahou Xuanyu, the words on it became brighter and clearer, and even another row of words appeared. She couldn't see it clearly, but she felt that it must be very important, so she gritted her teeth, kicked the horse's belly to make it move forward, and at the same time took out silver from her bosom and pretended to give it to Xiahou Xuanyu, taking the opportunity to read the words on the panel clearly.
Xiahou Xuanyu was almost driven crazy by Tang Li. In his eyes, the heroine Chu Li was not as noisy and unreasonable as before. Instead, she became gentle as water. However, underneath this gentleness was a kind of uncompromising toughness. She even dared to ridicule and insult him.
The aura around him was surging, and Xiahou Xuanyu was ready to kill someone if he disagreed with her. Tang Li finally saw the words on the panel clearly, and had to lower her eyes to hide her surprise and confusion. At the same time, she subconsciously grabbed Xunnu's hand and blocked him behind her.
As this panel says, she should be safer than Xunnu.
Xun Nu didn't understand what was going on. Seeing Xiahou Xuanyu furious and Tang Li standing in front of him, he had an idea and clenched his sword to protect her.
Sensing Tang Li's disgust, Xiahou Xuanyu felt that something seemed to be wrong. He temporarily suppressed his anger and carefully looked at Tang Li's expression. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through his mind, and he narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you Chu Li?"
Tang Li squeezed Xun Nu's hand tightly, her face expressionless, not revealing any clues, "The city lord doesn't recognize me?"
Xiahou Xuanyu was not so easy to dismiss. Once the doubts were planted, Xiahou Xuanyu began to feel that everything was wrong, even Liao Tingyan in the previous world... He was too conceited and never thought that there would be such a big mistake in his own world. His heroine had changed in some way, and it was very likely that she was no longer his original heroine.
"Interesting." Xiahou Xuanyu gritted his teeth. Now he should take this heroine back and find out what's going on with her.
The way he looked at Tang Li was even more meaningful and determined. As for Xun Nu, he didn't even glance at him. After all, he was the protagonist, more important than any supporting role. The other roles were born for him and he didn't need to care about them.
Xiahou Xuanyu's attack was so sudden that Tang Li didn't react. She only heard the horse neighing and fell forward to her knees. Xunnu held her in one hand and rolled off the horse, and with a knife he swept away Xiahou Xuanyu's long sleeves. The two of them exchanged a move, and Xiahou Xuanyu didn't attack again. Instead, he waved his sleeves and said to his men leisurely, "Go, kill this number one killer in the Refining Domain, and bring Chu Li back to me."
After saying that, he sat upright in the cart, and a group of people around him raised their weapons and looked at Xunnu and the other two.
Tang Li looked around and felt that the situation was serious. No matter how annoying Xiahou Xuanyu was, he was still the hero in the book, and he was very powerful. Now he was determined to kill Xunnu, and it would be difficult for them to escape today. If it was just Xunnu, maybe he could still escape from the encirclement of these people, but with her, the situation would be completely different.
"Xunnu, can you escape?" Tang Li grabbed Xunnu's collar and asked tentatively.
Xunnu didn't look at her. His sharp and silent eyes observed the weaknesses of the enemies around him. "I won't leave you here alone."
Tang Li smiled bitterly. It was true. She did not persuade him any more, but said to Xiahou Xuanyu in the carriage: "Xiahou City Lord, if you want to kill Xunnu today, I will die with him. I will keep my word."
She only hoped that Xiahou Xuanyu would be cautious about the information on that panel.
Unexpectedly, Xiahou Xuanyu was not threatened by this. On the contrary, he looked up at him with a mocking look, and his tone was full of confidence that he had won. "I am here. You can't die even if you want to. Do you want to be buried with this man? Don't worry, when he dies, you will forget him. By then, you will forget him even if you don't want to."
The profound meaning in his words made Tang Li's heart tremble. What exactly did Xiahou Xuanyu want to do? Now that she and Xun Nu were in a weak position, what should they do
Xun Nu saw that her eyes were full of anxiety and worry. He said nothing, but his hands became more and more fierce. Even Xiahou Xuanyu's trusted men could not do anything to him for a while. Not only that, several people died under his sword. More than 20 martial arts masters were forced to retreat by his swords, and the encirclement was about to be broken.
"As expected of you, the notorious assassin from Lianyu. I'm here to meet you!" An old man in black standing next to the cart flew into the battle like a bat. His withered hands collided with the Xun Dao, making a sound of metal and stone, and clamped the blade of the Xun Dao.
Xun Nu did not draw his knife, but stabbed downwards. The force of his knife made the old man in black look surprised. In a moment of distraction, a cold light had already pierced his face like a ghost. The old man had to let go of the knife and step back. Xun Nu suddenly jumped up and chased him, cutting off the old man's wrists with one knife, causing everyone to exclaim.
Even Xiahou Xuanyu finally looked at Xunnu, his eyes showing fear. He thought it was just a piece of cake, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult to deal with. With a glance from him, another middle-aged man in gray clothes beside him also drew his sword and stepped forward to fight with Xunnu. In terms of skills, Xunnu was not inferior to him, maybe even better, but he still had Tang Li in his arms, so he couldn't use it and was suppressed by the middle-aged man in gray clothes.
Gradually, wounds appeared on Xunnu's body, but Tang Li was not hurt at all. Seeing Xunnu injured, Tang Li was extremely anxious. Seeing the sword flash coming, Xunnu turned around to block it for her, Tang Li was even more angry. This feeling of being a burden was very uncomfortable. She finally understood why in the TV dramas she had watched before, when someone was trapped, they always begged the other person to give up and leave quickly, because at this moment, she also fell into the abyss of self-blame and guilt.
"Don't cry, I can take you out." Xun Nu's hoarse voice sounded in her ears, and Tang Li realized that she was actually crying.
"Yeah." She buried herself in Xunnu's arms, hugged him tightly, and tried to relieve some of his burden.
Xunnu was not panicked by the current disadvantage, and his hand holding the knife was very steady from beginning to end. On the contrary, the gray-clothed middle-aged man became more and more afraid of Xunnu the more he fought with him. His opponent was a natural knife master, and the knife in his hand seemed to have life, absorbing nutrients quickly, patiently waiting for the moment when he showed a flaw.
He was truly a terrifying opponent, and what was even more terrifying was that he was only this young. If he was allowed to continue living… The middle-aged man in gray clothes somewhat understood the fear of the leader of the Refining Domain. With such an unpredictable beast by his side, people who had done bad things would naturally feel guilty and uneasy.
The momentum of the man in gray was gradually suppressed, and Xiahou Xuanyu, who was watching the battle, finally could not sit still. He did not expect that Xun Nu would burst out with such terrible killing power. His eyes swept across Tang Li in his arms, and Xiahou Xuanyu understood.
With a sneer, Xiahou Xuanyu suddenly struck out with a palm.
As soon as he made a move, the others, including the gray-clothed man, all retreated. He had a good timing, just when Xun Nu thrust out his sword and caught Tang Li off guard, and the palm strike hit Tang Li again. Xun Nu's pupils suddenly shrank, and he used his body to protect Tang Li without hesitation, taking the palm strike head-on, and silently spat out a mouthful of blood, which soaked Tang Li's shoulder.
In the original setting, Xiahou Xuanyu's fighting power was higher than Xunnu's. Now, as soon as he made a move, Xunnu was at a disadvantage. Seeing Tang Li's murderous look, Xiahou Xuanyu's lips curled up and he felt relieved. He was no longer in a hurry to kill Xunnu. He hung him like a cat playing with a mouse, torturing him slowly, and leaving him a wound with every attack.
"Chu Li, how could you fall for such a useless man? You should understand that I am the best in this world. So, do you regret it?"
Tang Li understood what he was saying. He was saying that he was the male protagonist and no one could compare to him.
Seeing that Tang Li was unwilling to pay attention to him, Xiahou Xuanyu became more competitive and determined to make this woman submit to him. He stretched out a hand and slowly clenched it into a fist, "Then wait until I kill him, and then we can talk slowly."
Xunnu was seriously injured, barely withstanding Xiahou Xuanyu's critical punch, and spit out blood with debris in his blood, obviously his internal organs were damaged. Even so, he still held Tang Li tightly and held his sword in front of him again. Tang Li's eyes were red, and the hand holding his collar was pale because of too much force.
Xiahou Xuanyu raised his eyebrows: "Can you still take my punch? I'm getting annoyed that you're not dead yet." A flash of green light suddenly surged around him, gathering on his fist, and suddenly struck at Xunnu. He knew that Xunnu would not be able to dodge this blow, and a proud smile appeared on his face.
However, after a moment, the smile on Xiahou Xuanyu's face froze. His fist pierced through Tang Li's chest, piercing her chest, and blood gushed out.
—"Warning! Warning! The heroine is about to die! Unnatural death! System chaos! Beep—" The system panel that popped up turned red, and Xiahou Xuanyu's face suddenly turned pale. He felt a sharp pain coming, as if the pain was tearing his soul apart, causing him to fall backwards.
Before he fell, he saw Tang Li sneer at the panel and said intermittently: "You hurt... Xunnu, I will not let you have an easy life even if I die..."
She could see his system panel! Xiahou Xuanyu's eyes went dark and he completely lost consciousness.
The scene was in chaos. After Xiahou Xuanyu fell, the guards of North City rushed forward. Xunnu, looking at Tang Li who fell in front of him, could not react for a moment. He knew that he could not avoid it, so he just protected Tang Li in front of him. However, Tang Li, who was originally quiet, suddenly pushed him back - using the clever kung fu he had taught her. She had never learned this move well, and the strength was always wrong. The one just now was the most standard one she had ever done.
Maybe it was because of the serious injury, but Xun Nu’s eyes were blurry and he couldn’t even see Tang Li’s face clearly. He could only see large patches of blood, bright red and glaring.
He stretched out his hands and hugged Tang Li, one hand covering the bloody hole on her chest. In the blink of an eye, that hand was soaked with blood, and his blood and Tang Li's blood mixed together.
"My name is not Chu Li, it's Tang Li... I didn't lie..."
From barely a breath to no sound at all.
The people of North City who had reacted saw Xunnu's dazed look and thought that he was defenseless and could take the opportunity to kill him to prevent future trouble. However, his head and body were separated before the sword fell.
Xun Nu, covered in blood, stood up with a knife in his hand and looked at Xiahou Xuanyu who was protected in the middle and fell into coma. The blade trembled slightly and made a humming sound.
“… You killed her.”
"You killed her." The already hoarse voice sounded even hoarser at this moment, making the listener feel a chill on the back.
No one expected that although Xun Nu seemed to be at the end of his strength, he still managed to save dozens of lives. Most of the people from Beicheng died here, and only a few people were left to protect the unconscious Xiahou Xuanyu and escape.
At some point the sky was covered with dark clouds and it began to snow. The snowflakes flew all over the scattered corpses and blood.
Xunnu, holding the bloody knife and looking pale, walked to Tang Li's body. He wanted to pick her up, but after stumbling two steps, he fell to the ground due to exhaustion.
The flying snow stuck to his temples, and in his dark eyes there was also heavy snowfall, which melted into water and rolled down gently.
Xunnu suddenly remembered the complete words of his master: "You don't feel sad for the lost life, and you don't cry for death, so you will only be a slave driven by the knife in this life."
"If one day you understand, you will no longer be a 'Xunnu'..."
The author has something to say: It is really hard to say who is the protagonist of this story.
Seeing this, the old readers will say: "Ah, you bastard author is here again! The 'protagonist must die once' joke is not going away, is it?"
I can tell you cautiously, yes.