Free Web NovelChapter 203: Chapter 184: Qi Jingshen Abducts Yu Lan
Yu Lan’s suspicion deepened.
Her hand was already on the distress button Huo Zhanting had given her, but her face remained calm and composed.
"Where exactly are you taking me?!"
"This isn’t the way to the rear courtyard."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yu Lan pressed the distress button.
Unexpectedly, the guard she thought was harboring ill intentions suddenly broke into a run, vanishing from her sight in a flash.
A figure slowly emerged from behind her.
"Oh, dear. It seems I’ve been discovered."
"Whatever shall I do?"
Qi Jingshen’s words held a trace of worry, but the triumphant excitement on his face only grew stronger.
"Qi Jingshen!"
To suddenly see the groom from today’s wedding in this strange, desolate place...
Yu Lan’s brows furrowed. "What do you want, luring me out here with your men?"
"Huo Zhanting and the others will be here any second."
"Qi Jingshen, don’t forget that today is your wedding to Louisa. If you cause a scene..."
Before she could finish her threat, Qi Jingshen stepped forward and suddenly pulled Yu Lan into his arms.
"Oof!"
The elegant bridge of her nose slammed into the man’s hard, full chest, and a sharp pain shot through it.
Tears instantly welled up in Yu Lan’s eyes.
"Shh!"
But that bastard Qi Jingshen just raised a finger to his own well-shaped, thin lips, the corner of his mouth curling into a wicked smirk.
"Princess Yu Lan, right now, you should really stay quiet."
"I hold the knife, and you’re the fish on the chopping block."
"You should be saying something nice to please me."
"Don’t say their names again."
For some reason, whenever he heard the names of Huo Zhanting and the others fall from Yu Lan’s soft, full lips, and when he recalled the trusting look in her eyes as she gazed at them...
A strange fire ignited deep in his heart.
He had endured it for long enough.
Now that he finally held this position of great power, Qi Jingshen had no intention of holding back any longer.
"What?"
Yu Lan froze, not having a chance to process what Qi Jingshen meant.
Then she saw the man bring a hand down in a merciless chop toward her.
In the final second before she passed out, Yu Lan’s mind was filled with deep confusion.
’He may be the Marshal of the Second Legion with immense power, but that’s no reason for him to kidnap an Empire Princess so easily.’
’What is Qi Jingshen trying to do?’
Seeing Yu Lan faint, Qi Jingshen immediately reached out and caught her in his arms.
The female’s slender, soft body offered no resistance, simply resting against his chest with a pliant, dependent weight.
It felt as if the most important piece of a long-missing puzzle in his heart had finally been put into place.
Qi Jingshen’s large hand wrapped possessively around her waist as he lowered his head and took a deep, fierce breath from the crook of her neck.
Her rich, warm scent was intoxicating, making his head spin.
Qi Jingshen squeezed his eyes shut. When he opened them again, his deep green eyes gleamed with triumphant excitement.
In the distance, the wedding banquet hall had descended into utter chaos.
Qi Jingshen held Yu Lan tightly, his thin lips curling into a slight smile.
"Let’s go!"
Behind him stood the entire Second Legion, already assembled and ready.
They boarded the Starships, fully loaded with the supplies and equipment provided by Belina, and departed.
*
「Meanwhile.」
「The Wedding Venue. The Banquet Hall.」
A sudden alarm blared through the airspace above the hall.
[ALERT, ALERT. THE EMPIRE’S SECOND LEGION IS DISCONNECTING THEIR COMMUNICATION DEVICES.]
[ALERT, ALERT. SECOND LEGION STARSHIPS DETECTED LEAVING THE STAR PORT.]
[ALERT, ALERT. THE IMPERIAL PALACE IS UNDER ATTACK! THE IMPERIAL PALACE IS UNDER ATTACK!]
[ALERT, ALERT...]
The series of alerts echoed throughout the banquet hall, leaving everyone stunned.
Some were too slow on the uptake to even realize what was happening.
"Heavens, who would be so bold as to attack the Imperial Palace? Do they think the Royal Guard are pushovers?"
"And what’s going on with the Second Legion?"
"Isn’t today Qi Jingshen and Princess Louisa’s wedding? We can just ask him when he gets here."
But for Huo Zhanting and the others, the moment they heard the string of announcements, they knew Qi Jingshen was undeniably involved.
Just like all the others who had abandoned the Empire for the Federation...
...he had defected.
But he was far more brazen, taking the entire Second Legion with him.
The only question was how long he had been planning this.
Huo Zhanting’s expression darkened, his golden eyes sweeping rapidly across the entire banquet hall.
He couldn’t care less what Qi Jingshen was trying to do.
Right now, in this chaos, he had to find Yu Lan immediately and protect her.
But she wasn’t there.
He couldn’t find her.
Huo Zhanting’s gaze scanned the entire banquet hall, but he couldn’t find any trace of Yu Lan.
What was even more alarming was that...
...at that very moment, the counterpart to the distress alarm he had given Yu Lan—the one he always kept on his person—erupted with a piercing shriek.
’Lanlan is in danger!!!’
’Who did this?’
The instant the alarm shrieked...
...Huo Zhanting transformed into his beast form on the spot.
The Golden Lion let out a furious roar, its figure bolting toward the back of the banquet hall.
Su Xingye and the others followed suit.
A Silver Giant Wolf and a defiant Black Panther materialized on the spot, their 3S-level Talent Power pushed to the max as they sped toward the back of the hall.
But this was a calculated move against an unsuspecting target.
By the time they followed the Golden Lion to the place where Yu Lan had last been seen...
...the area was completely empty. There was no sign of Yu Lan anywhere.
Only a faint, lingering fragrance in the air indicated that she had been there.
A distress alarm bracelet, made from the finest golden diamonds, had been carelessly tossed on the ground.
The Golden Lion lowered its head to sniff the bracelet, forcefully suppressing the rage surging within him.
He confirmed:
"It was Qi Jingshen."
"He kidnapped Lanlan!"
"What the hell is he trying to do?"
"That maniac. He’s a complete maniac."
Li Yucheng paced back and forth, consumed by anxiety.
"What is wrong with Qi Jingshen? Our Lanlan didn’t do anything to anyone."
"If he has a problem, he should come after us! Why would he..."
The mere thought of Lanlan suffering somewhere out of their sight was pure torture for Li Yucheng, and he paced about frantically.
But saying all this now was meaningless.
Huo Zhanting’s cold, harsh voice cut in:
"Notify the First Legion. Prepare for battle."
"Pursue Qi Jingshen with full force. At any cost."
The Female Master is a male’s core.
To dare and kidnap their Female Master was tantamount to a declaration of war.
He was simply courting death.
Qi Jingshen was about to face the unprecedented, violent wrath of these furious men.
It remained to be seen if his Second Legion could withstand the blow.
They would stop at nothing, use any means necessary, to bring back their Female Master.
