Chapter 355: Commanding the Fierce Beasts, Moonlight Goddess
Chapter 355: Chapter 355: Commanding the Fierce Beasts, Moonlight Goddess
An unpleasant memory overlapped with the familiar scene, intertwining before Shen Ningning’s eyes and in her mind.
Her thoughts flashed back to the night Wu Zuchang had died.
He had also held her tightly in his arms, protecting her, just as Xie Suzhi was now.
Wu Zuchang’s back had also bled so much.
A howling, cold wind blew, and a chill ran down the little girl’s back, making her shiver.
She snapped back to her senses.
Xie Suzhi’s refusal to acknowledge her had certainly saddened her.
But she did not want him to die!
She watched as the assassins behind them continued their relentless pursuit.
Shen Ningning steeled herself.
From her Immortal Realm, she took out the golden pearls she had prepared and crushed them one by one.
In the span of a few blinks, nearly a hundred golden pearls dispersed like dust.
Shen Ningning placed her small hand to her lips and let out a sharp whistle!
From all directions, a fierce wind began to roar.
Xie Suzhi glanced around, found a large boulder, and hurried over to it.
"Ningning, hide here and don’t make a sound. I’ll lure them away!" Xie Suzhi said anxiously.
In the darkness of the night, Shen Ningning saw her father’s pale face.
He hadn’t had time to change out of his official robe, and the crane embroidered on his chest was soaked through with blood.
Shen Ningning grabbed him with her small hand. "You’re not allowed to go."
In a moment, Langlang and the others will be here!
However, Xie Suzhi looked at the assassins drawing ever closer behind them.
For the first time, he heartlessly pried Shen Ningning’s small hand away.
"I can only live if you live!" With that, Xie Suzhi pushed Shen Ningning back behind the boulder.
He then ran off down another mountain path.
However, he didn’t get far before the group of assassins caught up with him.
Fortunately, he had some fighting skill, but he was heavily injured and had no weapon.
He was steadily forced back!
Just as it seemed Xie Suzhi was about to fall to their blades...
Shen Ningning’s limpid eyes caught sight of a dark shadow on a tree branch above.
She shouted, "Mengyi, go help him!"
Mengyi had been focused only on Shen Ningning, ready to dive down the instant anyone tried to harm the little girl!
Therefore, when Xie Suzhi was surrounded, it had merely watched to see what would happen.
But with Shen Ningning’s command, Mengyi immediately flapped its wings, its sharp cry piercing the sky.
It dove down, pecking and tearing furiously.
Hearing Shen Ningning’s voice, the assassins instantly pinpointed her location.
"She’s back there!"
Several assassins gave chase in Shen Ningning’s direction.
Xie Suzhi was tied up with two of them and couldn’t break free!
"Ningning, run!" Xie Suzhi screamed, his voice filled with anguish.
However, the little girl didn’t run.
Instead, she climbed on top of the large boulder.
The assassins immediately aimed their bows and arrows at the small figure in the darkness, her dress fluttering in the wind.
Shen Ningning’s limpid eyes were dark and shimmering.
All of a sudden!
A beam of moonlight shone down from directly above.
It landed right on her.
For a moment, all the assassins froze.
They forgot what they were doing, staring in astonishment as the moonlight bathing the small child grew brighter and brighter.
Above, the clouds parted and the mist dispersed. The brilliant moonlight cast a pale white glow upon the snow and frost.
Shen Ningning stood in the moonlight, her soft black hair swaying, an unyielding expression on her small, rose-pink face.
She looked like a Little Goddess who had drifted down on the clouds and moonbeams.
"I hate assassins more than anything," the little girl’s voice said, laced with a chilling coldness.
She remembered that Wu Zuchang had died at the hands of men in black just like these.
Shen Ningning waved her small hand, giving an order to some unseen party. "Capture them. I want them alive."
The assassins snapped back to their senses and exchanged glances.
Suddenly!
They heard a series of low growls rumbling from the throats of wild beasts.
The wind carried the dangerous aura of the animals toward them.
The leader, a man with a scarred eye, looked back and was aghast!
Two huge tigers had appeared from nowhere, emerging from the darkness to lie in ambush behind them!
"Run!" the man shouted, drawing his blade and retreating as he fought.
But the two tigers pounced, and Mengyi took the opportunity to dive for the scarred man’s eyes.
The remaining assassins wailed and tried to flee, only to see pairs of eerie yellow eyes light up in the forest.
"It’s... it’s the eyes of wolves!" one of them stammered.
The Black Wolf King slowly emerged. In the moonlight, its black fur seemed to glow with a silver sheen.
Its four powerful paws were tipped with razor-sharp claws.
The sight of its bared fangs was enough to scare a man to death!
The wolf pack followed it, appearing one after another.
Only then did the assassins realize that the wolf pack had formed a circle, trapping all of them inside!
An assassin holding onto Xie Suzhi suddenly let out a bloodcurdling scream.
"AH! Something bit my leg!"
Looking down, he saw three or four venomous snakes in the moonlight, flicking their tongues and hissing at him.
Shen Ningning stood on the boulder as several wolves leaped up to surround her.
The little girl stood there, encircled by the ferocious beasts, her delicate features and clear, dark eyes shining.
She waved her small hand. "Attack."
The wolves and tigers swarmed forward.
The assassins’ screams rose and fell, echoing through the mountains.
One assassin found an opening and tried to escape the chaos.
But a brown bear appeared from nowhere, charged forward, and knocked him to the ground!
The assassin clutched his head, which wouldn’t stop bleeding.
The brown bear was already drooling, its breath reeking of raw meat, its eyes glowing as it stared at him.
If Shen Ningning hadn’t ordered them to be taken alive...
...it would have started its feast long ago.
Shen Ningning jumped down from the boulder and walked over to Xie Suzhi with steady little steps.
Though her small face was cold and icy, her hands never stopped tending to Xie Suzhi.
The little girl grabbed one of Mengyi’s talons and used it as a knife to tear open Xie Suzhi’s clothing.
In the bright moonlight, she could see clearly that an arrow had pierced Xie Suzhi’s shoulder blade.
The slightest movement caused the blood to flow ceaselessly.
Xie Suzhi had lost too much blood, and his thin lips were deathly pale.
He looked at the little girl. "Ningning, Father is so sorry..."
"Be quiet," Shen Ningning said, her pink cheeks puffed out and her little face serious. "Talk less. Save your strength."
With that, she no longer bothered to hide the existence of her Immortal Realm.
She materialized a waterskin out of thin air and poured water onto Xie Suzhi’s wound.
Xie Suzhi was astonished. "You can actually..."
Before he could finish his question, Shen Ningning’s small hand stuffed two slices of ginseng into his mouth.
"Hold it in your mouth and don’t talk." The little girl stared with her wide, round eyes, looking quite imposing.
Xie Suzhi could only lie there obediently.
Shen Ningning had learned some methods for treating injuries from the Divine Doctor, Sima Han.
But looking at the arrow piercing his shoulder blade, she didn’t dare try to pull it out.
Just then, Mo Lingwei arrived nearby.
In the moonlight, which was as bright as day, he spotted the little girl at a glance.
"Shen Ningning!" His call held a barely perceptible trace of panic.
Mo Lingwei had heard the sounds of fighting moments ago and had grown worried.
He rushed up the mountainside and saw ferocious beasts pinning down assassins, licking the blood from their faces but restraining themselves from eating them.
And there was Shen Ningning, surrounded by several wolves, all watching as she tended to Xie Suzhi’s injuries.
The Crown Prince’s personal guard, who had come with Mo Lingwei, couldn’t help but be shocked by the scene.
Although they knew that Princess Funing could command wolf packs...
...when they saw with their own eyes several different ferocious beasts all fighting for her, they were still utterly and completely astounded.
’She wasn’t just a blessed girl; she was practically a Goddess!’