The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife

"If you don't want to die, give me the Storage Ring," Ye Shikai grasped Ji Qian's slender neck. Although the Demon Addiction had erupted, Ye Shikai was still vastly outnumbered. Like locusts, the soldiers kept coming wave after wave, seemingly endless. Most crucially, Ye Shikai lacked a weapon to wield.

Ji Qian stared at Ye Shikai fiercely. She knew well the power of the Netherworld Blade, and if Ye Shikai got his hands on it, this place would turn into hell. Moreover, the Storage Ring contained many pills and treasures, representing an endless source of combat power.

"The Storage Ring is not with me. Killing me… would be pointless," Ji Qian said with a cold laugh. Ye Shikai, in anger, tightened his grip, but after a moment's thought, he ultimately let Ji Qian go. Keeping her alive was still useful.

"Let's leave now," Ye Shikai shouted as he wrapped his arm around Ji Qian, taking cover behind a barricade to wait for the soldiers to arrive.

Almost there, just three meters, two meters, one meter...

Ye Shikai suddenly charged out, seizing a soldier's bronze halberd, pulling it forcefully and snatching it away. Then he swung it towards another soldier, its hook piercing through the soldier's body, which went flying. The soldiers of Atlantis were well-trained, and even their formations were specifically designed. Several soldiers working together could often repel many times their number on the battlefield.

Holding Ji Qian with one hand and clutching the stolen sword with the other, Ye Shikai swung forcefully, shaving off the spear tips of several soldiers.

"Come on," Ye Shikai with a crazed look on his face, licked his lips lightly. Bloodlust and slaughter were traits pursued by his alter ego. Unconsciously, Ye Shikai became increasingly fond of battle; it was endless, purposeless fighting, purely for destruction and demolition...

One by one, soldiers fell to the ground. The already narrow path was now littered with corpses. Like a madman, Ye Shikai plunged into combat, blocking and striking repeatedly. Finally, he put Ji Qian aside and, wielding a spear in one hand and a sword in the other, he plunged into the thick of the fight...

"Kill!"

"Archers, shield soldiers."

.........

Ye Shikai attacked furiously, screams and howls filling the skies of Atlantis. A crossbow arrow shot from a dark corner; Ye Shikai sidestepped, grabbed it forcefully and threw it back, piercing a soldier's armor.

Ye Shikai dashed forward, reaching a crossbow installation, he stabbed at the operating soldier with his spear and chopped at the crossbow with his sword, splitting it into two.

"Archers, loose arrows," the Commander shouted, and dozens of arrows rained down like droplets. Ye Shikai dodged left and right, deftly avoiding the arrows.

"Ah." Suddenly, an arrow struck his left arm, blood flowing out. Instinctively letting go, his spear dropped to the ground.

Soldiers swarmed him. Ye Shikai's face twisted fiercely, and with a swing of his sword, he repelled several soldiers nearby. The enemy's numbers were simply too great. Despite Ye Shikai fighting for a long time, he had only managed to repel a fraction of them.

"Kill the enemy." At that moment, a roar came from a distance, along with the long neighing of warhorses. Dozens of cavalrymen were charging towards them, the cavalry of Atlantis.

"Damn it," Ye Shikai felt overwhelmed. In that moment of distraction, he felt a sharp pain in his back. Turning around, he saw a spear had pierced through his back…

"Get lost." Ye Shikai clenched his teeth and endured the severe pain, turned around to swing his sword, stabbing it into the ground, freeing his right hand to forcefully grasp the arrow on his left arm and yanked it out with force.

"Hiss." Even Ye Shikai, who suffers from Demon Addiction, couldn't help but inhale sharply due to the pain. Most crucially, these soldiers carried an aura of death, which upon contact...

would slowly turn one into a rotting corpse.

Ye Shikai cursed angrily in his heart. The aura of death clung to his bones like maggots, having entered his meridians and spreading towards his heart and Dantian. Ye Shikai circulated his Inner Strength, coupled with the tyrannical energy of the Demon Addiction, trying to expel the death aura from his body.

"Damn, impossible to remove." A fire surged within Ye Shikai, filled with urgency and anger.

Both Ye Shikai's personality and his second personality were aware of the effects of the death aura; if they couldn't remove it, it was akin to slow suicide.

"Cavalry, capture them alive." The Commander shouted. Ye Shikai felt a sense of danger coming from behind, immediately picked up a spear from the ground, swiftly crouched, and a flash of white light passed over his head. A Cavalry officer's spear missed above his head, and Ye Shikai, seizing the opportunity, turned around and extended the spear, blocking the horse's hooves.

"Bang." The Cavalry officer fell down with his horse, thrown off due to inertia, while the horse also painfully collapsed on the ground. Ye Shikai looked around; more and more people were rushing towards him...

"Let's go." Ye Shikai grabbed Ji Qian and with one forceful leap, the two of them jumped onto the rooftop. Ye Shikai activated his Inner Strength, using it to hasten their escape...

Ye Shikai, with Ji Qian, reached a building and found a room. As soon as they entered, Ye Shikai leaned against the wall, powerless; the death aura had begun to invade his entire body. The battle had intensified his use of Inner Strength, which also accelerated the spread of the death aura. Slowly taking out the Water Element, Ye Shikai attempted to remove the death aura with the power of the Four Elements.

"Thump." Before Ye Shikai could use the Water Element, his body fell to the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense of weakness wash over him, faintly sensing the scent of death.

The Water Element was flung out. Ye Shikai struggled to crawl towards it; the Water Element emitted a blue glow, akin to the light of life. Ye Shikai knew without timely treatment, his death was certain.

Suddenly, a white figure appeared in front of him, picked up the Water Element.

"Ji Qian, quick, save me." Ye Shikai's eyes, which lost their original crimson hue, turned to a dull grey, while Ji Qian looked at him coldly, her eyes devoid of any emotion.

Ji Qian knew, the one controlling Ye Shikai's body was still the second personality.

"You... if you don't save me, he will die too. Would you bear to watch the man you love die before your eyes?"

"Hand over the control of the body now, and get back immediately." Ji Qian's eyes flickered briefly, then she coldly said.

"Haha, alright then, let's see who can't hold back first." Ye Shikai suddenly burst out laughing.