Chapter 55 Hidden Agendas, A Single Sword Decides!

This was just a scene unfolding here, in the span of a breath.

Hundreds of nightwalkers revealed themselves simultaneously, charging towards the Shattered Star Well. They were almost frenzied, fearless of death, and their movements were swift and formidable. In the blink of an eye, they had closed in on the well.

Princess Leona's eyes flashed with a cold gleam.

"How dare you make a move in the royal palace?" she exclaimed.

With a step forward, frost spread out from her instantly. The nightwalkers at the forefront were frozen into ice sculptures in an instant. The ice sculptures then shattered violently, and the nightwalkers met their demise on the spot.

Qing Fuyun was not to be outdone. A sceptre appeared in her hand. She waved it and began to mutter an arcane incantation that was difficult to comprehend.

Then, the nightwalkers who had rushed forward began to explode. In the moment of explosion, instead of blood, their bodies turned into ice blocks.

The palace guards also reacted at this moment, quickly gathering and forming a resistance.

At this moment, a nimble woman among the nightwalkers darted out as a blur!

"Whoosh!"

A green-glowing throwing knife flew from her hand, clearly poisoned. The knife split into nine in mid-air, and then into eighty-one. The palace guards who were hit did not die immediately but turned into statues.

"Medusa's Poison!" Qing Fuyun's face changed dramatically. She waved her sceptre again.

Eighteen ice crystal chains spread from all directions, attempting to bind the female assassin. But the female assassin's speed was so fast that it was hard to catch with the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, she had already reached behind Qing Fuyun.

Qing Fuyun's face turned pale with shock. Her body exploded into snowflakes that drifted away. After a moment, she reformed, but beads of cold sweat had already appeared on her forehead.

If her movement had been slower just now, she might have been petrified.

The female assassin's attack missed, but Princess Leona's attack had already arrived. A massive ice magic circle appeared above the female assassin, and countless ice spikes rained down.

The female assassin tried to run, but her legs had already begun to freeze.

"Bang!"

The female assassin slapped the ground, shattering the ice, and turned into a blur, charging towards Princess Leona.

Princess Leona's face changed slightly. Mages like her feared high-output assassins the most, especially when there was no one to protect her in front.

Just like the situation just now, the female assassin appeared behind her in an instant, and her poisoned dagger stabbed towards her.

"Ding!"

A crisp sound rang out.

The dagger struck an ice shield. The massive ice shield cracked instantly and then shattered violently.

After the ice shield shattered, Princess Leona had already vanished.

The female assassin, having forced Princess Leona back, did not pursue further but turned into a blur and charged towards the Shattered Star Well.

Her goal was not to kill but to break the seal of the Shattered Star Well.

"Stop her!" Princess Leona shouted.

Qing Fuyun, in the distance, raised her sceptre, preparing to cast a spell. But it seemed she thought of something and paused her raised hand.

Greylinson's reaction earlier had proven that Princess Leona must have used some method to harm Greylinson. If she stopped these nightwalkers and Princess Leona truly killed Greylinson, it would be good for the Star Kingdom. But for Qing Fuyun, it was not such a good thing.

After a brief hesitation, Qing Fuyun deliberately slowed her pace, pretending to be casting a powerful spell.

Princess Leona, however, could not afford to worry about anything else at this moment. She was very clear about the pros and cons of the situation.

Therefore, she had to stop the female assassin!

A pair of ice wings appeared behind her, and she turned into a blur and charged towards the female assassin.

But she had barely taken a few steps when a pitch-black tentacle wrapped around her in an instant.

"Dark Magic!"

Princess Leona was extremely annoyed. The ice elements around her exploded instantly, and she broke free from the dark tentacle's restraint.

But the female assassin had already reached the two robed elders.

The dagger pierced through the air.

The two robed elders remained calm. When the dagger was less than a foot away from them, it suddenly stopped.

Then, the female assassin's body suddenly knelt. An array appeared above her head, and she felt as if a mountain was pressing down on her, unable to move.

Just as she was suppressed, another nightwalker charged out. He was shrouded in a cloud of black mist, with an elusive figure, rushing towards the Shattered Star Well.

Princess Leona roared in anger.

"Frost: The Call of the Ice Maiden!"

She raised both her hands over her head, and in an instant, snow and ice began to fall from the sky. Where the snow and ice passed, all the nightwalkers were frozen. Even the elusive black figure was frozen.

"Second sister, make your move!" Princess Leona urged.

She had frozen the black figure to allow Qing Fuyun to cast her powerful spell.

Qing Fuyun's face turned somewhat ugly. She didn't expect Princess Leona to be so reckless as to expend her primal energy.

But now, if she didn't cast the spell, it would be too fake.

"Boom!"

An ice vortex appeared beneath the female assassin, engulfing her.

Princess Leona's face darkened. The female assassin had already been suppressed by the two array masters. The correct choice now was to attack the black figure.

But she no longer had the chance to think. The black figure had already broken through the ice and charged towards the Shattered Star Well.

Princess Leona could no longer continue her attack. The two array masters hadn't expected Qing Fuyun to attack the female assassin. At this distance, they couldn't form a powerful array in time to suppress the black figure.

Princess Leona clenched her fists. She knew there were other strong figures from the Star Kingdom lurking in the shadows. Since they hadn't come out, they naturally didn't have to act. They could simply claim they weren't present.

After all, there were quite a few people who thought the same way as Qing Fuyun.

Before Princess Leona returned, the factions in the Star Kingdom had already been quite clear. If Princess Leona rose to power, these people would have to consider their stance again.

Therefore, the best way was to prevent Princess Leona from rising. Only then would the situation in the Star Kingdom remain stable.

Princess Leona's eyes narrowed, and a cold gleam flashed in them. She had already guessed it.

"Should I use my trump card?"

A very powerful force in Princess Leona's dantian began to awaken. If no one acted at the last moment, she would have to reveal her trump card to stop the black figure.

"Outrageous!!"

At that moment, a furious roar came, and a female general holding an ice sword and wearing ice armour descended from the sky. The moment she landed, the cold air spread out in all directions. Ordinary nightwalkers affected by the cold air were directly frozen and then exploded into ice blocks.

The black figure, seeing the newcomer, fled frantically like a rat seeing a cat. However, the female general swung her ice sword, and a cold sword energy split the black figure in two, turning it into two ice sculptures. Then the female general pointed her sword, and the two ice sculptures exploded simultaneously.

After doing all this, the female general's gaze swept over Princess Leona and Qing Fuyun.

"Always scheming for power and profit. Look at what your strength has become!" she exclaimed.