Shangguan Xuanyi watched as Xiao'er fell, his anger instantly overtook his rationality. With an imposing momentum, he swung his whip, wrapping it around a person before pulling forcefully. Several assassins dressed in black were knocked back.
The person wrapped by the whip was flung away, landing on a nail board, and cried out in agony as he struggled to get up.
"Activate the trap!" Shangguan Xuanyi glared at the shadowy figure, his eyes filled with threats and his voice icy cold.
The shadow's task today was to capture them both to use them as bargaining chips with the Emperor of Minze Country to exchange for rice breeding techniques. There was no way he would willingly activate the trap.
No words left the shadow's mouth. Instead, he lunged at Shangguan Xuanyi.
The assassins who had fallen also quickly rose and drew their swords to attack him.