The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife Chapter 1798: Bronze Men

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Previously on The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife...
Ye Shikai admits to heavily injuring the Wang and Tang families, and confides in Ji Qian that he would act against her if she stood in his way. Meanwhile, the Li, Ji, and Chen families continue through the palace, eventually reaching a large hall. There, they hear a strange bell sound and approaching footsteps, which Ye Shikai identifies as the Qin Army, before they are revealed to be a horde of bronze soldiers.

"This is bad." Ye Shikai felt a vague unease, but then again, how could there be bronze-forged Qin soldiers here, and they’re alive.

"Protect the Family Head." Feng Ling and Xue Ming led their people to guard Chen Yuxin in front, so many Qin soldiers, dark and oppressive, made Ye Shikai instantly recall the previous wars. He had served as both Qin Army and Chu Army, so he understood the feeling of such large-scale battles.

Suddenly, the bronze army formation stopped, everyone dared not act rashly and could only stand there.

In the front row, a bronze Qin soldier knelt on the ground, holding crossbows and longbows, drawing the bow, raising the angle...

"It’s not good, it’s an arrow array, quickly form the array." Ye Shikai shouted loudly, every place the Qin Army went, they relied on strong bows and crossbows. With one wave of arrow rain, even if the enemy wasn’t completely wiped out, their hearts would tremble. In the era without modern weapons, these were the deadly weapons on the battlefield; Ye Shikai, having commanded the Qin Army for some time, deeply understood their tactics.

Chen Yuxin immediately ordered the Chen family members to form an array, creating an energy barrier in front of everyone. Arrows fell from the sky but were blocked by the barrier.

Whoosh, whoosh.

"What was that?"

"Ahh."

"I got hit by an arrow."

"Everyone, be careful, prepare to dodge the arrows."

The Li and Ji families were unprepared; there was no light here, only relying on flashlights for illumination. It was already very dim, and some people couldn’t even see the flying arrows, getting hit in vital spots.

"Moonlight Formation." Ji Qian waved her magic wand, forming a silver array in the air. This was a move of the Moon God Temple, but without Moon Guards beside her, she alone couldn’t block thousands.

"Quickly form the array, defend." Ji Tao shouted, but everyone had already fallen into chaos, suffering significant losses. Similarly, the Li family reacted much later, hastily forming the array, but it was too late; after five rounds of arrow rain, the Ji and Li families had already sustained hundreds of injuries.

"What exactly is this." Chen Yuxin questioned.

"It should be the guardian here." Ye Shikai replied. At this moment, he wasn’t entirely sure, but these Qin soldiers seemed indeed unfriendly, and their situation was dangerous.

Ye Shikai faintly heard the sound of horse neighing. Looking up, within the bronze army formation, a group of "cavalry" charged out, circumventing from the left and right, clearly intending to encircle everyone. These were tactics he used when leading troops into battle, simple yet very effective.

"We’re about to be surrounded. Quickly retreat." Ye Shikai shouted loudly.

"No way, we’ve finally made it here, if we go back, we’ll gain nothing." Li Changtian opposed.

"The retreat path is narrow; it’s impossible to leave in a short time. We can only fight them." Ji Tao also opposed the retreat plan. Actually, retreating now wouldn’t be too late, but the key was they didn’t want to give up the victory within reach. Besides, they had encountered many dangers along the way, and they wouldn’t easily give up.

"You all..." Ye Shikai was about to speak when Chen Yuxin pulled him back.

"Kai, you don’t need to persuade them."

"These bronze soldiers aren’t easy to deal with. Fighting them head-on will result in heavy casualties." Ye Shikai explained.

The three families seemed to have formed an alliance at this point, temporarily setting aside mutual competition in the face of common danger.

"But now there’s no other way, Chen family, everyone listen, prepare to face the enemy."

"Yes."

"Yes."

Meanwhile.

"Ji’er, how is it going, how’s the search?" Zheng Li said calmly; the Zheng family took the far-left path, seemingly less "dangerous."

"Don’t worry, Father, I’ve had the people take the pills, ancient books, and techniques here, we can continue moving forward." Zheng Ji nodded in response.

"This time coming to Kunlun Mountain, dangers must be lurking; we need to be more cautious." Zheng Li reminded.

"Rest assured, Father, I’ve ordered trusted aides at each intersection; if there’s any movement, we’ll immediately detect it."

"I estimate those other families behind should also be arriving soon; let’s move quickly and continue forward."

"Alright, everyone listen up, clean up and prepare to move out."

"Be quick in organizing the treasures."

"Hurry up, hurry up."

"Yes."

Thud, thud, thud.

Suddenly, urgent footsteps could be heard from afar. Zheng Li immediately had everyone stop their actions.

"Someone’s coming, everyone, prepare to fight."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Something’s wrong." Zheng Li found the footsteps strange.

"Father, what’s wrong?"

"If it were other families coming, the footsteps would be chaotic and urgent, but listen carefully, these footsteps are orderly, clearly a trained group."

"Indeed, but what’s happening then?"

"Don’t act rashly yet, observe carefully, these might not be people, but... monsters from the temple."

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Bang.

Ahh.

"Family Head, these bronze monsters are attacking from both sides, we’re suffering great losses."

"Damn, why can’t these monsters be killed?" A family guard wielding a longsword slashed towards the bronze figure, but the blade couldn’t cut through, as if it were really bronze; the impact made the sword hand ache.

"How can this be." Ye Shikai didn’t expect these monsters to be impenetrable; even for cultivators with profound inner strength, close combat was futile. The only way was to block with arrays.

"These should all be guardians of the temple, bronze bodies truly impenetrable." Ye Shikai shouted loudly, deciding to fight recklessly, retrieving You Xi sword from his storage ring, channeling inner strength, its sword Qi fierce, slicing at the nearby bronze figure.

Bang.

With a thunderous sound, the bronze figure was cleaved in half, straight "waist chopped," You Xi sword sharp beyond measure, slicing through iron like mud.

"No way." Yet the next scene shocked Ye Shikai; after being "waist chopped," the bronze figure crawled towards him with its hands.

Ye Shikai used another strike, immediately severing this half bronze man’s head, only then did it stop moving.

"I understand now, these bronze men must be beheaded to kill them; otherwise, they’ll be relentless." Ye Shikai realized loudly.

"Quick, attack their heads."

"Hurry."

Ye Shikai saw Ji Qian surrounded in the distance, worried about her safety, he rushed over, sending surrounding bronze figures flying with a single powerful strike.