Chapter 022: Peerless Master

It turned out that after Wang Bo ordered An Qingxu to be flogged yesterday, the mansion had already fallen into chaos.

An Qingxu's mother, An Lushan's first wife Lady Kang, upon seeing her son drenched in blood and unconscious, was both shocked and anxious. She hastily arranged for someone to care for her child and rushed off to confront Wang Bo.

But by then, Wang Bo had already anticipated this scene and had gracefully departed.

Lady Kang found no one, so she ordered the household to search for Wang Bo.

However, after a flurry of activity, no one could find Wang Bo.

Lady Kang immediately burst into tears.

Meanwhile, another of An Lushan's concubines, Lady Duan, upon seeing An Qingxu flogged, smiled and made a few sarcastic remarks, suggesting that An Qingxu must have angered the master to be beaten like this.

The master had flown into a rage, ordered An Qingxu flogged, and then left the mansion.

Lady Kang, already heartbroken over her son, upon hearing Lady Duan's sarcastic words, trembled with rage and began to quarrel fiercely with Lady Duan.

She was An Lushan's first wife and had borne him two sons, so she held a high status in the household.

Ordinarily, she could easily suppress Lady Duan.

But Lady Duan, relying on An Lushan's favor, was not afraid of Lady Kang at all, and the two women argued.

For a time, the household servants, maids, and even the patrolling soldiers did not know whom to support.

After quarreling for a while, the two women found that neither could prevail over the other.

Lady Kang, worried about her son, decisively ended the farce and sent people to find Wang Bo.

Thus, a group of soldiers was dispatched from the mansion to search for An Lushan outside.

As a result, the mansion's defenses became much weaker.

Under normal circumstances, this would not have mattered, as everyone in the city knew this was the residence of An Lushan, the military governor of three towns, and no one dared to disturb it.

So no one took the matter to heart.

Yet no one expected that at night, a young, beautiful woman holding a white-shafted spear suddenly attacked the mansion, effortlessly knocking aside the gatekeepers and soldiers, and charging in like a whirlwind.

This stunning woman wielded her spear with superb skill, shouting "An Lushan, come out and die!" as she fought her way into the mansion, sending all the soldiers tumbling.

To ensure his safety, An Lushan had handpicked elite soldiers to guard the mansion.

These were battle-hardened veterans, each capable of fighting five ordinary soldiers in the army.

But under the stunning woman's hands, no one could withstand a single exchange. She was like a tiger among sheep, charging from the front gate to the rear courtyard as if on level ground.

Over a hundred soldiers could not stop her.

The mansion immediately fell into chaos.

Several of An Lushan's sons, sensing danger, tried to flee, but the stunning woman killed them one by one, as their clothing and bearing had already betrayed their identities.

After killing An Lushan's sons, the stunning woman captured his concubine, Lady Duan.

The stunning woman threatened Lady Duan to reveal An Lushan's whereabouts; she had killed many in her rampage but had not found An Lushan.

Lady Duan, terrified by the stunning woman's murderous aura, spoke without reservation, recounting everything that had happened during the day.

Upon hearing that An Lushan was not there, the stunning woman was deeply disappointed.

However, when she heard about An Qingxu, she charged straight over, cutting through all the soldiers in her way, and arrived at An Qingxu's room.

An Lushan's first wife, Lady Kang, upon seeing the stunning woman, begged her to spare her son.

But the stunning woman ignored Lady Kang's pleas and decisively killed An Qingxu.

Then, she smoothly retreated and disappeared into the night, leaving behind only a field of defeated soldiers and Lady Kang, her face full of despair.

Later, Li Zhu'er, who had been out searching for Wang Bo, heard the news and hurried back to the mansion.

But it was too late.

Afterward, he could only search for Wang Bo more frantically, mobilizing the entire city, and finally found him this morning.

Upon hearing Li Zhu'er's account, Wang Bo was dumbfounded.

As mentioned earlier, the personal guards at An Lushan's mansion were all elite soldiers, even battle-hardened veterans, each skilled in archery and martial arts far beyond ordinary men.

Throughout the entire army, they were among the best.

If they coordinated, using the terrain of An Lushan's mansion, they could even hold off a force of a thousand men.

Yet such an elite guard was pierced through by a stunning woman wielding a long spear. From Li Zhu'er's account, she was like a tiger among sheep, or even as if entering an unguarded land.

Could there be such a formidable person in this world?

And a woman at that.

Wang Bo couldn't help but doubt.

To be honest, Wang Bo strongly suspected that she was a time traveler, possibly from a later era. Only a time traveler from later times would know that An Lushan would rebel and start the An-Shi Rebellion.

So this time traveler intended to kill An Lushan before he rebelled.

Thus achieving the goal of preventing the An-Shi Rebellion.

Moreover, this woman was likely a time traveler from a martial arts world, and a very high-level one. A low-level martial arts world would never allow someone to fight through An Lushan's mansion.

And then leave calmly.

Wang Bo's mind immediately conjured a series of masters, such as Dongfang Bubai, Tianshan Tonglao, Li Qiushui, Lin Chaoying, Shi Guanyin, Yao Yue, Lian Xing, Rihou, Lü Siniang, Yan Jing'an, Qin Mengyao, and so on.

But the problem was, none of them seemed to use a spear.

A stunning woman using a spear to raid An Lushan's mansion.

Wang Bo simply couldn't figure out who this woman was.

After all, there were too many masters across the multiverse, so Wang Bo couldn't immediately identify her.

Of course, there was another possibility.

That this stunning woman was not a time traveler but a local, and she wanted to kill An Lushan because he had offended her.

That was not impossible.

After all, Wang Bo was surprised to have seen a person at the Extreme Joy Banquet.

Huang He.

Known as the Great Tang's number one illusion master, he had an obscure power within him that could easily create lifelike illusions, making Wang Bo realize that this world was definitely not simple.

It was likely an ancient world leaning towards xuanhuan or fantasy.

Then, it was not impossible for a female master wanting to kill An Lushan to appear. After all, over the years, An Lushan had indeed done many things that angered both gods and men, each deserving execution.

Yet what made Wang Bo wryly smile was that An Lushan had been replaced by him; in the eyes of others, he was An Lushan.

All those past deeds and grudges were now attributed to him.