Quick Transmigration: The Foolish Beauty Saves the World

Chapter 155 The Useless Prince's Power Seizure (33)

Seeing that the situation was not good, one of them gritted his teeth and abandoned his horse. The two were still some distance away from Jingli. If he ran over on his own two legs, he might not be able to catch up with Jingli on horseback. Moreover, the bear behind him, which still had some strength left, might not let him go.

Without hesitation, he swiftly climbed the nearest tree, took out another arrow, and attempted to use the tree's shadow to shoot and kill Jing Li.

However, Jingli had an energy sense and quickly fired two arrows as the opponent raised his bow. One arrow pierced through the opponent's palm, and the other arrow pierced the thigh of another person still on horseback.

At the same time, a figure darted swiftly through the shadows of the trees—Yu An was like a bird, and ordinary people could only see the leaves swaying in the wind, never suspecting that a person was moving inside.

Within Jingli's energy vision, Yu An arrived at the location of the person in the tree. Taking advantage of the other party's momentary daze, he knocked the other party unconscious with an elbow strike. He then skillfully tied the other party up, flipped over and jumped down from the tree, landing steadily on the back of the frightened horse. He repeated the same trick, knocking out and binding the person with the injured thigh.

The whole process took no more than twenty seconds.

The giant bear was already upon them, but Yu An remained calm. He lightly leaped up, grabbed the remaining broken arrow from the bear's eye, and mounted the bear's shoulders.

Enraged, the bear reached out to pull Yu An off, and Jing Li immediately shot an arrow into the bear's paw.

However, the bear was tough and thick-skinned, and Jingli was a bit far away. This attack only stopped the bear's movements and did not cause any real damage to its claws.

But this brief respite was enough for Yu An.

He pulled out a wooden awl and plunged it hard into the bear's head.

The head of the wooden awl must have been fitted with metal, and Yu An seemed to be quite skilled, as the awl almost completely sank into the bear's brain in one stroke.

The bear was not completely dead yet, and it raised its hand to pull Yu An down.

But it was wounded one after another and was already at its last gasp. Yu An took out a curved knife from behind and skillfully cut it, and the two bear paws fell to the ground.

At this moment, Jingli also rode over in the snow.

"Are you OK!"

Faced with Jingli's concern, Yu An merely curled the corners of his lips, then jumped off the bear, found a clean spot, and neatly knelt down on one knee.

"Your subordinate Xiao An greets Your Highness."

Although it was the same ceremony, Yu An's demeanor was quite different from three years ago.

At that time, he always had a strong sense of determination, and bowing to Jingli was more like silently drawing a line between them.

But today, he spoke these words with high spirits and a slightly hoarse, deep voice, as if expressing his sincerity, yet also carrying some other meaning.

Jingli felt a tickle in her heart, and even the tips of her ears were tinged with pink.

But now was not the time for reminiscing. Jingli dismounted and urged him to get up quickly.

It was only then that Jingli truly felt the gap between the two of them.

—Yu An has grown taller. The little Yu An who could be picked up by him back then is gone. Now Yu An is a head taller than him, and his figure is even more robust than Yuan Lanying's.

Jingli silently took a step back.

Yu An seemed oblivious as he walked toward the immobile bear, cleanly and efficiently removing the wooden awl from its head, taking off the sharp metal cap, and simply tossing the awl aside.

"Leaving this thing here might cause trouble, so I'm taking it with me. There are only people the Empress has sent around here, and I've already sent them a message. Someone will be here soon to clean up the mess."

He looked at Jingli, his eyes behind the mask revealing a rare tenderness, but he was still talking about business.

"They have set this trap with a deadly intent. If one move fails, they will have a follow-up. Your Highness must not let your guard down."

“I know.” Jingli looked at the wooden awl in his hand. “When did you make this?”

Yu An replied, "Last night."

Just as 6058 and Langyue prepared for this spring hunt, Yu An also considered the possible scenarios.

If you want to do something discreetly during a spring hunt, using the prey itself as a pretext is the most effective way.

After all, these prey were just animals, and Jingli was "careless in riding" and "fearful of falling off the horse."

The appearance of a wild beast, and the horses' agitation from the fright alone, was enough to give Jingli, this "uneducated" fellow, a run for his money.

Not to mention the treacherous individuals who follow closely behind.

Fortunately, during the three years of secret training, Yu An spent half of his time in the deep mountains dealing with wild beasts.

The night before, he prepared several handy tools in case of emergency.

He handles bears of this size with ease.

"If anyone asks about this wooden awl, just say it was something you did when you were bored."

Jingli nodded emphatically: "I understand."

"Your Highness, I must take my leave now." Yu An lowered his head, carefully examining the Third Prince whom he had not seen for a long time, and said after a long while, "If today goes smoothly, I will be able to stay by Your Highness's side more often."

As soon as he finished speaking, he climbed up a nearby tree like a ghost, making a few rustling sounds, and disappeared.

Just then, footsteps could be heard from the surrounding area.

Jingli quickly picked up a wooden awl, rolled it in the pool of blood in front of her, messed up her hair, and gave Baixue a signal. Baixue immediately became obediently "anxious".

After doing all this, Jingli closed her eyes and adjusted her state.

When she opened her eyes again, she looked completely terrified.

"Your Highness, Third Prince!"

The voices of the guards grew louder as they approached; some were from Langyue's men stationed nearby as a precaution, while others were from the guards themselves on duty.

You can tell who belongs to which group just by looking at their expression.

Yuan Lanying also rushed over from not far away, and her legs went weak when she saw the scene in front of her.

Most people in the mountains heard the roar of the ferocious beast.

Yuan Lanying wanted to rush over, but was stopped by several guards who said that they had already sent people over and, for safety reasons, they would not let anyone pass.

Looking again now, those "guards" were not there, and there was no indication that anyone had been sent here.

"Your Highness..."

Yuan Lanying's voice trembled as she tried to get closer, but Jingli flinched and stammered, "Am I...am I still alive?"

The guards at the scene all knelt down.

Several guards checked the bear lying to the side, and even then, it still had a faint breath.

The bear's eyes, mouth, the special arrows on the bamboo arrows falling behind it, and the wooden awl in Jingli's hand are enough to show what a fierce battle Jingli had just experienced.

The two people tied up behind them looked even more suspicious.

The guards calmed the horses on site, took out a horn to send a message, and soon someone brought a cage to hold the bear. Jingli was also escorted by people arranged by Langyue and walked out of the forest.

The spring hunt has come to an end.

Interestingly, just as chaos erupted on one side of the scenic area, the sound of horns echoed from the other side of the mountains.

— Xiao Cheng'er was wounded by an arrow.

The arrow lying beside him had a shaft that was clearly reserved for princes, while the fletching was a red one belonging to Jingli.

Seeing this, Jingli almost lost her composure and almost lost her ability to maintain her act of being weak, helpless, and pitiful.

It's unclear whether the person who shot the arrow panicked because they knew Jingli hadn't succeeded, or simply misjudged the timing. They chose to frame Jingli when everyone was gathered around, thus exposing their own scheme.

The opponent played terribly in this game.

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(I'm planning to change the name of this little world! Why hasn't Little Fish become the crown prince yet? (Angry))