In the novel "Joy of Life," the protagonist wakes up at Li Chengze's residence.

"Giddy up!" The armor reflected the light as the Second Prince rushed into the battlefield like a golden crow descending to earth or a roc spreading its wings.

His handsome face was filled with murderous intent. He stood with his long sword upright, and a vast amount of true energy surged out from his dantian, scattering the enemy troops surrounding him.

Xie Bi'an followed behind him, slashed with his sword, and blood gushed out; within three meters, there was no living thing left.

Li Chengze leaped into the formation on horseback, cleaving through the enemy ranks with a single sword strike, yet his blade remained unstained by blood.

Wherever the two went, nothing was left standing; they were ruthless and invincible.

The soldiers present were inspired and all sharpened their swords, ready to fight the enemy. They went from killing one enemy with one strike to killing two with one strike each.

Gradually, fewer and fewer people remained standing, while more and more enemy soldiers lay on the ground.

If someone were to look around at this moment, they might even spot a few players trying to sneak away from the field.

Enemy: Damn it, Your Highness! They're cutting us down like chickens! How are we supposed to win...?

I so regret joining the rebellion, sob sob sob... Li Chengqian, how are you going to repay what you owe me?! / (Electronic version of pounding chest and stamping feet)

Before long, the battle on the field had taken an overwhelming lead.

He's killing like crazy, he's gone mad! Brother, kill me! Ah!

Xie Bi'an, in particular, was known as the fastest swordsman in the capital. The speed at which he stabbed someone with his sword was far greater than the speed at which a soldier could run towards him.

Xie Bi'an leaned on his sword against his prince's back. Despite the long battle, he seemed to have no energy depleted at all.

He whispered in Li Chengze's ear, "Your Highness, all our men in the central command tent have been dispatched. If Fan Xian really wants to do something, we don't even have anyone to send a message."

Li Chengze calmed his inner energy and observed that the battle around him was nearing its end, seemingly about to subside. He then asked, "You've spent half a year with him in the delegation. What do you think?"

Xie Bi'an paused for a second, then shook his head. "From what I can tell, he doesn't seem to care about power, so he probably won't."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengze sheathed his sword and said loudly, "Bi'an, your thoughts coincide with mine."

As they were talking, an enemy soldier wielding a long spear rushed towards Li Chengze. He saw him too, but because Xie Bi'an was nearby, he didn't bother to draw his sword.

Xie Bi'an's ears twitched, and he nimbly turned around, throwing his sword. The longsword pierced the air, snaking together the men who rushed at him.

Xie Bi'an pulled the sword out of the man's body, drawing a trail of blood in the air, and coldly uttered a few words, "Overestimating yourself."

Suddenly, a strange noise came from the west side.

"Whoosh!" Someone shot an arrow at Li Chengze. The arrow was very powerful. Even though the latter tried his best to dodge and resist with his sword, he was still hit in the shoulder.

The sword pierced through the armor and embedded itself in Li Chengze's left shoulder, the recoil causing him to stagger back a few steps.

All of this happened too fast, but if it were Li Chengze, he wouldn't have attacked like this.

This might be related to Li Chengze's upbringing...

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Xie Bi'an, who was standing to the side, was shocked and shouted angrily, "Men! Form ranks!"

Before the words had even faded, dozens of armored warriors formed a circle, surrounding Li Chengze in the center.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Chengze snapped off the exposed arrow shaft and pulled the remaining sword from his shoulder.

Throughout the entire process, there wasn't a single groan; it seemed as if it were oblivious to the bleeding wound.

"Your Highness, the intelligence is wrong. Yan Xiaoyi is not in Dongshan but in the capital!" Xie Bi'an's surprised voice came.

The former retreated while simultaneously contemplating the situation.

In just two seconds, Li Chengze analyzed the whole story: "The only person who fabricated false information to mislead us can be Lin Ruofu."

"How could it be him?"

It wasn't that Xie Bi'an wanted to doubt Li Chengze's words, but rather that Lin Ruofu had already learned from His Majesty about the Crown Prince's rebellion.

Furthermore, His Majesty assigned Lin Xiang a task, ordering him to lead troops and take charge of affairs within the capital city.

He even knew which side Fan Xian was on, and Fan Xian was Wan'er's fiancé. Logically and morally, Lin Ruofu shouldn't have sided with the Eldest Princess.

"Bang!" Yan Xiaoyi fired another arrow, shattering the shield and piercing through the body of a soldier.

The soldier did not die immediately, but the vacant spot was quickly filled by the person next to him.

Hearing the gurgling, gasping sounds of broken lungs, Li Chengze's eyes darkened. "It's Your Majesty."

It was a battle of fratricide within the imperial family. In this war, Emperor Qing originally had no intention of letting Li Chengze go.

Xie Bi'an was supporting Li Chengze when he suddenly felt that the blood under his hand felt strange.

His gaze swept downwards, and the scene before him seemed to freeze his blood.

It's black! The blood flowing from His Highness is black. Yan Xiaoyi actually smeared poison on the arrow!

But he dared not utter a sound. He knew that the most dangerous thing for a poisoned person was a surge of blood and qi. The faster the blood flowed, the faster the poison would spread throughout the body.

"Bang!" Yan Xiaoyi fired a third arrow, this time even bypassing the gap in the shield and almost grazing Li Chengze's body as it went out.

Yan Xiaoyi was naturally gifted with archery, and with years of experience, judging positions blindly was not a difficult task for him.

Li Chengze stared at the arrow that grazed his side, his gaze growing increasingly somber.

Could this be his fate?

Suddenly, a great commotion came from the west, the sound of horses' hooves clattering – it seemed that a group of enemy reinforcements had arrived.

"Bi'an, when it comes to using a bow and arrow, Yan Xiaoyi is indeed the best in the world."

Li Chengze spoke casually, and casually looked down at the black blood flowing from his mouth, but his face remained expressionless.

He seemed completely unconcerned about his injuries, and even less about the fact that he was already poisoned.

In the past six months, he had taken a lot of poison to train his body, but unfortunately, six months was not a long time, and Li Chengze had not yet reached the point where he was immune to all poisons.

In an instant, enemy reinforcements arrived, and the Thousand Shield Formation that Li Chengze had used to block Yan Xiaoyi's hidden arrows became the main battlefield.

Li Chengze took the antidote he carried with him, but it clearly had no effect.

The sounds of fighting outside the formation were right next to their ears. Enemy arrows flew across the field, and the soldiers guarding the formation fell one after another. The next second, the formation broke.

The moment the formation was broken, ten thousand arrows shot out from the sky toward Li Chengze's location. He had no time to worry about his poisoned body and could only do his best to use his inner energy to block the arrows flying toward him with his sword.

The sword flashed and twirled, leaving only afterimages, as severed arrows scattered all around him.

However, although he blocked the arrow, he couldn't stop Yan Xiaoyi's arrow. So he moved to a different position every three seconds, taking a different route each time.

However, Li Chengze had already been hit by an arrow, and his injury was still untreated. Moreover, he was suffering from poison and fire attacking his heart. After a short while, his speed was no longer as smooth as it had been at the beginning.

Li Chengze's body was constantly tense, and the longer he used his true energy, the more unstable his breathing became.

The metallic taste in my throat grew stronger, and the pain in my lower abdomen felt like it was being torn apart.

【Pu...】

Li Chengze spat out a mouthful of black blood, his body pausing, revealing a fatal flaw to Yan Xiaoyi.

Across from him, Yan Xiaoyi had already drawn his bow, the taut bowstring pressed tightly against his face, leaving a deep mark that reflected his somewhat manic eyes and the exaggeratedly upturned corners of his mouth.

His voice rang out softly as he murmured to himself, "Second Prince, I never expected you to dodge an arrow."

Yan Xiaoyi, the bow and arrow pressed tightly against his face, was now slightly adjusting its angle. "I just wonder if you'll have the same luck with this second arrow."

"Vulture!" Yan Xiaoyi suddenly shot an arrow.

This arrow, imbued with the supreme power of the world's greatest archer, was now heading straight for Li Chengze!

"Your Highness!" Xie Bi'an was surrounded by enemy troops and could not break free, his voice hoarse with exhaustion.