Chapter 620: Want to Kill Him?

Chapter 620: Want to Kill Him?

Su Youyue understood.

Tuoba Xiao was referring to the time she had been in his custody.

During that period, nothing had actually happened between them, but men know best how to provoke each other. He was deliberately saying this to provoke Xie Yuan.

Even though she knew Xie Yuan would believe her, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable about that experience.

Especially since Tuoba Xiao was intentionally slandering her like this.

She now seriously wondered if she had stabbed Tuoba Xiao in a past life, making him seek such revenge in this one!

"General Tuoba, I repeat, you have mistaken me for someone else," Su Youyue firmly emphasized, though she knew this was only to prevent the surrounding citizens from tarnishing Miss Shen's reputation. It had no effect on Tuoba Xiao.

"I’ve long heard of General Tuoba’s reputation, but I never expected you to be such a despicable person, so casually slandering a woman’s reputation. Since you refuse to let her go... then I won’t waste any more breath on you."

Hearing this, Yuwen Jing, though terrified, thought Helian Lin might appeal to the court or report directly to the emperor to make Tuoba Xiao release Miss Shen.

But in the next moment, Helian Lin fired two arrows in rapid succession, dismounted, and charged straight at Tuoba Xiao.

"Wait..." Yuwen Jing was stunned. "Are they actually fighting?"

Though everyone in the Holy City had been anticipating a fight between the newly arrived Helian Lin and the recently returned Tuoba Xiao, no one expected their first clash to be over a woman, and right there in the middle of the street!

This was... absolutely thrilling!

It was totally worth passing by here today!

Shen Yuanfeng, confined to a wheelchair by the roadside, unable to move easily, and Shen Zhuyu watched as the crowd surged around them, pushing them to the back.

The two exchanged glances, momentarily too stunned to even worry about Shen Yuansong.

"Second Young Master, what do we do? Should we still go look for Shen Nan?" The servant beside them was equally surprised by how things had unfolded.

Shen Nan was truly something else. At the palace banquet two days ago, she had Prince Bei and Helian Lin fighting over her, dignity be damned, and now Helian Lin and Tuoba Xiao were fighting over her right in the street.

"Let’s wait and see," Shen Zhuyu snapped impatiently.

She rarely spoke so sharply, and the servant immediately clammed up.

Another servant couldn't help but think to himself, this person is downright foolish. In this situation, what could the Young Miss and Second Young Master possibly do? Didn't they see the two masters fighting?

Those two masters were fighting over Shen Nan. If they tried to intervene, wouldn't that be suicidal?

No wonder the Young Miss was angry.

But that wasn't the real reason.

After her dream of becoming the empress was shattered, Shen Zhuyu had reluctantly considered marrying into the Ding'an Marquisate and becoming a marquise.

But now, even that last fallback was gone. Thinking that all of this was because of Shen Nan, how could she not feel hatred?

And Shen Nan might very well marry into Prince Bei's residence or the princess's residence, but now Tuoba Xiao had also appeared. In her eyes, all three men held significant positions in the court, and any one of them would be a good match.

So, by comparison, her hatred only deepened.

Even so, she could only stand by and watch, unable to do anything.

The moment the two combatants clashed, their moves were deadly—this wasn’t a spar or a contest, but a fight to the death!

The guards Tuoba Xiao had brought hesitated about whether to help him, but seeing the situation, they could only retreat. Given their rank, they couldn’t risk harming Helian Lin.

However, judging from the current situation, if they intervened, not only would they fail to harm Helian Lin, but they might also be killed by the enraged young master. Stepping in would be like throwing themselves into the fire...

The duel between masters was brutal, each strike landing with a bone-crunching impact. The onlookers were so captivated that they forgot to speak, their full attention fixed on the fierce battle, afraid to miss even a single moment.

Tuoba Xiao's moves were cunning and venomous, while Helian Lin's were fierce and powerful. Their movements were so fast they became nothing but blurs, and the crowd’s heads swiveled left and right, their eyes struggling to keep up, gasping in awe.

In Dongrong, a land of warriors, someone soon declared with confidence, "In my opinion, Helian Lin will win this match. Although General Tuoba is agile, Helian Lin’s strength is unmatched, able to crush any trickery!"

"Indeed, it's said that General Tuoba possesses innate divine strength, but it seems his power is somewhat inferior to Helian Lin's. It looks like Dongrong’s top warrior title is about to change hands."

Some die-hard fans of Tuoba Xiao shot back, "Nonsense! General Tuoba is invincible. Helian Lin is just putting on a brave face. Just wait a bit longer, and General Tuoba will surely win the beauty's hand!"

Since the two were fighting over a woman, the duel had a touch of romance to it.

Perhaps Helian Lin overheard this remark, for as soon as the words were spoken, his next kick came down like a thunderbolt, sweeping toward Tuoba Xiao's face. Tuoba Xiao hastily crossed his arms to block.

But the force of that kick was overwhelming. His body was forced down, his knees buckling, nearly bringing him to his knees. He tried to rise but was driven to one knee, pinned to the ground.

"Bravo!" someone cheered for Helian Lin.

The guy who had earlier backed Helian Lin fell silent, his face grim, stomping his feet in frustration. "What's so great about that? General Tuoba hasn't lost yet! That move wasn't fatal!"

As if to rub salt in the wound, Tuoba Xiao, now on one knee, enraged, suddenly slashed at Helian Lin's leg with his arm. At first, the onlookers didn't understand, but upon closer inspection, they realized he had pulled two short curved blades from his sleeves.

"How sneaky!"

But Helian Lin, moving like lightning, grabbed his wrist, twisted it, and disarmed him, pressing the curved blade against Tuoba Xiao's chest.

"Bravo! Helian Lin has won!" someone cheered.

Tuoba Xiao, refusing to back down, his blue-green eyes blazing like a wild beast’s, still wanted to fight. But Helian Lin showed no mercy, pressing the blade's tip forward, piercing Tuoba Xiao's clothes and breaking the skin.

As bright red blood seeped from Tuoba Xiao’s chest, the excitement of the crowd abruptly ceased, and they stared in stunned silence at the two men.

This...

Helian Lin must be out of his mind. Tuoba Xiao was one of the Emperor’s favorites. Even if Helian Lin won now, the Emperor might not necessarily turn his back on Tuoba Xiao!

Was he planning to kill Tuoba Xiao here? The Emperor would surely be furious!

Yuwen Jing shouted in panic, "Helian, stop!"