Lin Chong's Women's Cuju Team

Seeing Yin Xue's football ball flying towards her, Du Rushuang gritted her teeth and punched it with all her might. This punch was delivered with all her strength, the same force she used when fighting the tiger with Wu Song on the hill. The force of this punch was even more ferocious, forcing Yin Xue's football ball to stop in mid-air. Du Rushuang quickly lunged forward and caught the ball firmly in her arms.

"Look! Brother Lin, Shuang'er actually caught Yin Xue's fourth shot! She's amazing!" Du Shiniang was so happy she almost jumped up, excitedly tugging at Lin Chong's sleeve. Lin Chong, however, remained calm. He knew that Du Rushuang's strength was indeed no less than Wu Song's, and she was also a woman of courage and spirit.

Yin Xue was somewhat surprised to see her shot blocked by Du Rushuang. Du Rushuang, rubbing her slightly aching chest, warmly greeted Yin Xue, "My dear daughter, call me 'godmother'!"

Yin Xue was furious with Du Rushuang. With a dark face, she reluctantly approached Du Rushuang and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz, "God...godmother."

"Good girl! There's still one ball left, Yinxue. Shout it a few more times later, your mother likes to hear it. Hehe!" Du Rushuang said to Yinxue with a kind smile like an old mother.

Yelü Wen watched this scene with mixed feelings. It wasn't that he didn't believe Du Rushuang was capable of intercepting Yin Xue's shot; he was simply worried that if Yin Xue conceded a goal, the Wolf King might resort to some terrible methods to deal with Chen Jinhuan and Du Rushuang. His adoptive father was no benevolent man; since he had agreed to Emperor Huizong's request for the final battle, he must have already devised a way to ensure the Jin team's victory.

Seeing Du Rushuang teasing Yin Xue, Wu Song approached her and said in a flattering and doting tone, "Shuang'er, I am so gratified to have such a good daughter!"

"Get lost! Stop trying to take advantage of me!" Du Rushuang responded to Wu Song with a glare and a tone of disgust. Wu Song wasn't angry, since he had already gotten the benefit. His performance was definitely better than Yelü Wen's, and thinking about that made him very happy.

Standing on the viewing platform, the Wolf King was so angry that he gritted his teeth when he saw his side lose a point. He summoned his guard, Mu Can, and whispered a few instructions in his ear. Mu Can's face was tense. He nodded slightly to indicate that he had accepted the order and then turned and walked towards the edge of the football field.

Emperor Huizong sat with the Wolf King. He noticed the Wolf King seemed about to use trickery to prevent Chen Jinhuan from scoring the final goal. He quickly gave Liu Guangyu a meaningful look. Liu Guangyu, having served the emperor for many years, knew perfectly well that Emperor Huizong wanted him to inform Lin Chong, Chen Jinhuan, and the others that the Wolf King was about to cause trouble.

Although Lin Chong and Chen Jinhuan were on high alert, Lin Chong and Wu Song even stood on either side of the goal to prevent the Wolf King's men from getting close. However, when Chen Jinhuan unleashed her final, spectacular shot, the Jin woman guarding the goal suddenly raised her hands, tilted her head back, and muttered incantations, as if chanting some kind of spell. She then raised her right foot and slammed it down heavily, seemingly performing some kind of witchcraft.

Just as Lin Chong, Wu Song, Du Shiniang, and the others were puzzled, a crack suddenly appeared in the grass in front of the Cuju gate, from which a blue flame shot out and breathed fire at the Jin Kingdom witch, burning her alive into a human-shaped fireball. Chen Jinhuan's Cuju ball was also knocked to the ground by the flame.

Chen Jinhuan, who was closest to the goal, stared in disbelief at the scene. Lin Chong and Wu Song, on the other hand, became alert and shouted in unison to Chen Jinhuan, "Watch out! Run!"

Before Chen Jinhuan could react, the Jin woman in front of her suddenly lunged at her, intending to die together with her. Chen Jinhuan quickly used her sleeve to shield herself. By this time, thick, black smoke was already billowing from the football gate, and she felt as if a huge fireball was about to rush towards her.

At that critical moment, a black figure stepped in front of her, pushing aside the crazed Jin woman and pulling Chen Jinhuan into his arms. The familiar scent of pine mixed with the smell of blood stimulated Chen Jinhuan's numb senses; she knew that her sixth husband had once again saved her life at a crucial moment.

"Why didn't you dodge just now? That Jin woman deliberately triggered the ghost ball buried in front of the Cuju goal, setting herself on fire and ruining the game. Didn't you see that?" Ning Zhanyan said to Chen Jinhuan with a hint of anger. "If I had arrived even a little later, you would have been entangled by this crazy woman and burned to death with her."

"Sixth Brother, let's leave here quickly, I'm scared!" In front of the man she liked, Chen Jinhuan finally showed her vulnerable side, and she actually said that she was "scared".

Seeing that Chen Jinhuan's face was a little pale, Ning Zhanyan realized that the woman must have been frightened, so he quickly picked her up and ran away from the football field. As they approached the stands, suddenly, with a few sharp whistles, three arrows shot towards Ning Zhanyan from above. The arrows were made entirely of sable fur from the grasslands, sharp and incredibly deadly. Because he was carrying Chen Jinhuan, Ning Zhanyan wasn't as agile, and one of the arrows struck him in the back.

Ning Zhanyan gritted his teeth and remained silent, afraid of being discovered by the woman in his arms. When they returned to the high steps of the viewing platform, Chen Jinhuan noticed that Ning Zhanyan had an arrow stuck in his back and that his clothes on his back had been burned by the madwoman. His back was festering and bleeding black blood. She was a little frightened and quickly turned Ning Zhanyan over to examine the arrow and burns on his back.

"Sixth Brother, why didn't you say you were shot with an arrow? And why didn't you say you were burned in front of the Cuju goal? And why do you have so many scars on your back?" Chen Jinhuan questioned Ning Zhanyan with a sob in her voice.

"Jin'er, don't worry! The injuries on my back are just minor. Some were done by that crazy woman, and some were from when the Wolf King's men interrogated me," Ning Zhanyan said lightly, clearly trying to hide his own pain and comfort the woman in front of him.

Seeing Ning Zhanyan's perfunctory attitude, Chen Jinhuan became somewhat angry. Taking advantage of his momentary lapse in attention, she forcefully pulled the arrow from his back. Thick black blood immediately gushed from the wound, and Ning Zhanyan's brows furrowed in pain as he cried out, "Jin'er, are you trying to murder your husband?"

"Who told you to keep so many things from me? You knew just now that the Wolf King would detonate the pyrotechnics buried in front of the Cuju goal, didn't you? Why didn't you tell me beforehand?" Chen Jinhuan began to settle scores with Ning Zhanyan. "Also, why did you give the Wolf King the blueprints for the improved pyrotechnics? Today he buried so many pyrotechnics in the Cuju field and under the stands. Are you trying to help the Wolf King rebel? Are you trying to make us perish together with the Wolf King?"

"Total destruction? How could that be? Everything just now was just the dog emperor using your football team's match against the Jin Kingdom to buy time. I can't expose this beforehand. Lord Shen will lead his troops into the palace to rescue the emperor in a little while. Don't worry!" Ning Zhanyan turned around again, hugging Chen Jinhuan and saying in a half-coaxing, half-pleading tone.

"Are there really reinforcements?" Chen Jinhuan asked Ning Zhanyan with some skepticism. Ning Zhanyan nodded slightly, then pointed to the football field below and said to Chen Jinhuan, "Let's save ourselves first. I don't know how many Netherworld Orbs the Wolf King buried here, but General Zhou deliberately gave the Wolf King half-real and half-fake Netherworld Orb mechanisms and metal pieces, so I'm not sure how badly this place will be blown up or how many people will die."

"Ning Zhanyan, you're a madman!" Chen Jinhuan exclaimed angrily, punching Ning Zhanyan hard in the chest. Ning Zhanyan breathed a sigh of relief, realizing his words had successfully diverted Chen Jinhuan's attention. He knew the arrow the wolf king had shot at him was poisoned, and he didn't want Chen Jinhuan to worry about him, yet he was also concerned the wolf king might use the antidote to blackmail Chen Jinhuan into doing something for him.

Thinking of this, Ning Zhanyan suppressed his pain and dizziness, and said to Chen Jinhuan with feigned composure, "Jin'er, let's hurry and save the Emperor. After all, if he's gone, the world will be in chaos!"

“You’re right! But weren’t you wounded by an arrow?” Chen Jinhuan finally remembered the arrow and asked Ning Zhanyan with concern.

"The arrow was coated with ordinary poison. I have medicine to cure all poisons, so you don't need to worry!" Ning Zhanyan lied. After saying that, he took out a bottle of tonic that Ning Weizhi had prescribed for him and took one pill in front of Chen Jinhuan.