The girl traveled through another world and forced the prince to take the imperial examination

Chapter 247 Are you here to arrest me?

At midnight, despite the darkness, Yongkang City was still ablaze with lights and bustling with activity. As time went by, the number of pedestrians on the street gradually thinned out, and the once bustling streets became deserted and quiet.

Only a few drunks remained, stumbling and staggering towards home. Meanwhile, the vendors at the night market busily began packing up their stalls. Though exhausted, each had made a good profit, and with satisfied smiles on their faces, they concluded their day's business and prepared to continue their work tomorrow.

Yet, there was still no news of Mu Yao. Everyone was extremely anxious. Mo Yu led the Black Armored Army in a silent search throughout the city, leaving no corner or alley untouched, hoping to find Mu Yao's whereabouts as soon as possible.

On the other side, Mu Qingcheng, Su Qingyan and Ning Haochen also came to the square again, trying to find clues about Mu Yao's disappearance.

Although the auction ultimately failed, fortunately, more than half of the lanterns were sold in the first half of the bidding, resulting in a considerable profit of several thousand taels of silver. The city's residents seemed unaffected by the incident. Aside from those who were unfortunately injured by the trampling, everyone else was beaming with joy as they happily returned home after viewing the lanterns.

The towering light towers in the square had collapsed, their debris strewn across the ground. Even the adjacent stands were not spared, reduced to ash by the raging fire. This sudden disaster left the entire square in a state of devastation.

Mu Qingcheng looked around and said, "We were just about to leave. There was no chaos around us. Suddenly, a group of people rushed over. I thought they were very suspicious. It seemed like they were coming for us on purpose."

Su Qingyan felt the same way: "We were separated by these people at that time. Could it be that they were coming for Mu Yao?"

Ning Haochen said: "We can ask Mo Yu about this matter. There are secret guards everywhere here."

The two felt that what Ning Haochen said made sense. At this moment, Liu Liu beside Mu Qingcheng suddenly became alert.

"What's wrong?" Mu Qingcheng asked hurriedly.

"Oh no! There's an assassin! Master, hide quickly!"

Ah! Mu Qingcheng and Su Qingyan were shocked, but this was a square and there wasn't even a tree. Where could they hide?

As Liuliu finished speaking, dozens of dark figures appeared on the rooftop, like ghosts. These figures were clad in black robes, tightly wrapped from head to toe, and their faces were covered with hideous, ghostly masks. Each of them held a soul-snatching iron chain in their hands, which swayed slightly in the air.

Liu Liu protected Mu Qingcheng behind him without hesitation. On the other side, Ning Haochen also protected Su Qingyan behind him.

At this time, Liu Liu pointed at the ghosts and shouted, "Who are you? Don't think you can scare people by pretending to be ghosts just because you put on ghost masks!"

Suddenly, there was a sharp "clattering" sound, and countless iron chains shot towards the crowd like poisonous snakes spitting out their tongues.

With swift eyes and hands, Liu Liu grabbed the chain that was flung towards Mu Qingcheng with her bare hands and yanked it back with all her might. The ghostly figure on the eaves was pulled down. The shadowy figure spun rapidly, wrapping the chain around it like an impenetrable armor. When Liu Liu was in front of it, she was completely defenseless with her bare hands. However, Liu Liu was no pushover and attacked his lower body, where the chain wasn't protecting him.

At the same time, Ning Haochen was no match for Liu Liu. He was knocked away by the chain and fell heavily to the ground, spitting blood and almost fainting. However, the ghost did not attack Su Qingyan, but turned around and headed towards Mu Qingcheng.

The secret guards hiding in the dark finally took action. More than a dozen people appeared from the dark and attacked the ghost.

Liu Liu exchanged a few moves with the ghost, and another iron chain suddenly wrapped around her legs, pulling her whole body and sliding dozens of feet on the ground.

At this time, another iron chain came towards Mu Qingcheng. Mu Qingcheng heard the sound and ran back desperately, but unfortunately her skirt was too long and she stepped on the hem of it. She stumbled a few steps and fell to the ground. Fortunately, she narrowly avoided the attack of the iron chain. Zijin and Zipei saw it and quickly rushed over to protect Mu Qingcheng under them like a pyramid.

The chain didn't want to let them go, and it swept across and hit Zipei on the back, sending her flying. Zipei screamed in agony, her back covered in blood as she passed out.

Mu Qingcheng was very anxious and exclaimed: "Zipei!!!"

She pushed away Zijin who was protecting her and said, "Zijin, run quickly and find Moyu."

The chain turned and pointed at Mu Qingcheng again. Mu Qingcheng climbed up and tried to divert the chain. At the critical moment, Zijin grabbed the chain with all her strength. The chain was like a flexible snake, wrapping Zijin up and throwing him into the air. Zijin fell to the ground unconscious like a kite with a broken string.

Mu Qingcheng cried out in grief: "Zi Jin!!!"

In a panic, Liu Liu turned on the ground, not caring about the scratches on his back. He tightly grasped the chain with both hands, leaped up, and with a few quick leaps, he quickly flew towards the ghost and kicked him in the chest.

Liu Liu hurried to untie the chains from her feet. As soon as they were released, a tremendous force surged towards her, and several chains attacked her hands and feet simultaneously. Liu Liu, worthy of her number one ranking in the Shadow Pavilion, blocked and chopped left and right, preventing the chains from getting close.

The ghosts finally appeared. They wrapped iron chains around their bodies to form armor, and held sharp scimitars in their hands. Several people surrounded Liu Liu, some attacking from above, some attacking from below. Liu Liu suffered from the disadvantage of having no weapons in his hands, and was soon cut by the scimitars.

Mu Qingcheng was heartbroken watching from the side. She regretted confiscating Liuliu's sword and secretly vowed in her heart that she must make another peerless sword for Liuliu.

There was a dull thud as one of the ghostly figures struck Liuliu in the chest. Instantly, Liuliu flew backward like a kite with its string cut. After arcing through the air, he landed heavily on the ground, tumbling five or six times before finally coming to a stop.

“Liu Liu!…” Mu Qingcheng rushed to Liu Liu’s side. Seeing that Liu Liu was covered in blood, she didn’t dare to reach out to help her, fearing that she would touch her wounds. She shed tears of heartache: “Liu Liu, Liu Liu, how are you…”

Liu Liu struggled to get up: "It's okay, it's just... superficial injuries... It's nothing serious... These ghostly bastards... I'm going to fight them today..."

"No, I won't allow it!" Mu Qingcheng immediately held Liu Liu down, preventing her from going to her death.

Mu Qingcheng had already figured it out in her heart: these people were coming for her! She looked around. Ning Haochen was seriously injured, Su Qingyan was protecting him, and the ghosts didn't attack them.

The secret guards were also seriously injured. At this time, all the ghosts surrounded her.

"Are you here to arrest me? I'll go with you!" Mu Qingcheng stood up and walked towards the black-clothed ghosts resolutely.

"No!... Master... You can't go!"

Before Liuliu could intervene, an iron chain wrapped around Mu Qingcheng's waist, and a powerful force pulled her up into the air. By the time she came to her senses, she was already three or four meters off the ground. Mu Qingcheng screamed in fear, her instinctive reaction was to quickly grab the iron chain with both hands, fearing that it would loosen around her waist and cause her to fall again. From such a height, she was afraid she would be crippled if not killed.

When Mo Yu arrived, he only saw Mu Qingcheng being taken away and a group of injured people from his own group.

"Chase, chase quickly..."

Swish, swish, swish! Another group of figures chased in the direction of Mu Qingcheng.

"What's going on?" Li Nanxuan, Su Jiyu and Song Ming, who rushed over, were also shocked when they saw the people lying on the ground!

Mo Yu didn't have time to speak: "Master Mu has been captured, chase him!" Before he finished speaking, he had already used his lightness skills to fly away.

"What?" Su Jiyu also flew out right after him.

Li Nanxuan and Song Ming stayed behind to rescue people.