"You're asking me? How would I know!" The general was unusually short-tempered, but soon he smiled coldly, "It's just a Gold League warrior. Gold League warriors were hard to come by in the past, but since the Grand Tutor came to the Capital, most of the Wooden League warriors had advanced into the Gold League. There is nothing to fuss about!"
As he spoke, the general pointed his long knife to the sky and a new troop was now positioned on the wall.
But this time they were no longer ordinary officers but real soldiers, furthermore these soldiers looked stronger than ordinary soldiers. Every one of them wore demon masks and they looked down murderously. Countless dark shadows swarmed out from the city diffusing a heavy scent of bloodl.u.s.t. Their appearances made Helian Wei Wei smile slightly from inside the carriage, "It seems the Capital's city guard army has changed in our absence."
Baili Jia Jue was playing with her hands as he casually raised his gaze. His deep-set pupils gleamed coldly, but he still had no intention of going out. Instead, he held Helian Wei Wei's waist and leaned back with an air of extreme luxury and laziness as he waved off the scene outside the window with his long sleeves.
"Your martial Qi is quite good, but do you think that you could go against disciples of the Grand Tutor's Manor with that alone? How many lives do you think you have?" The general of the city guard thought that the opposing party was merely provoking him. He mocked and raised his knife at the same time as he led thousands of soldiers to tear down the carriage!
At this exact moment.
Not far from the city, a sudden gust of explosive dust arose!
It was an uproar of at least a thousand hors.e.m.e.n trampling on the mud and every sound of that shook the earth!
"General, something's off." The soldier nearest to the general of the city guard came close and said in a low voice, "It sounds like there are incoming soldiers and horses, but who would dare enter the city at this time."
The general of the city guard's eyes narrowed. Just as he was attempting to see a little more clearly.
"They are the third, third..." Before one of the soldiers could finish speaking, the black cavalry had raised and dropped the knives in their hands.
No living soul remained in the paths they trod.
Until there were no more offenders around the carriage.
The black cavalry then came down from their horses, all of them went down on one knee and lowered their gazes toward the carriage. Their voices were deafening as they proclaimed, "Welcome back to the Capital, Master!"
These three thousand shadow guards had never left the Capital compound. Every time Baili Jia Jue left the Capital, they would go into hiding. Once Baili Jia Jue entered the Capital, they would gather in a short time and followed him within tens of meters' range, always standing by to kill any enemy at any time.
This was why Baili Jia Jue had established the Shadow Army back then. No matter what happened within or beyond the palace, his military power would remain untouched.
For those who were ignorant yet triumphant, they were totally clueless about this.
"You, which army do you belong to? How dare you take action without the permission of the Grand Tutor!" At this time, the general of the city guard finally sensed that the other party was of a certain standing. So what if they had a powerful background, any foreigner who entered the city had to pay. Furthermore, it was no longer a simple issue that could be solved by money. Since these people dared to disobey the Grand Tutor, they should be punished to death!
The general of the city guard's eyes were red with rage. He roared and swung at the carriage from a close distance!
However, before he even got close to the carriage, he was intercepted by a figure that dropped from the sky. The man was very tall, almost two meters in height and was blocking all the lights. He was also carrying a weapon that looked like an iron rod on his shoulder, "You bastard, who do you think you are, how dare you touch our Boss' carriage! You want money? D*mn you, you were still a crawling baby when my boss began training in the martial arts and earning his keep in this Four-nine city!"
Chapter 864 - Disregarding His Highness
The voice made Helian Wei Wei smile the moment she heard it, then she spoke lazily to the person outside the carriage, "Da Xiong, why are you here?"
"Boss, it's not just me, all our comrades are here. We caught up with you the moment your carriage arrived at the Capital!" Da Xiong laughed as he answered.
More than a dozen dark figures dropped to the ground, each of them extraordinarily skillful and varied in appearances. There were tall and short ones, thin and bulky ones too, even the weapons they used were not the same.
The only common thing among them was that their weapons were rare!
Hearing that all her troops had arrived, Helian Wei Wei turned to Baili Jia Jue and said, "My turn this time." The eagerness in her voice could not be concealed.
His Highness pinched her hand, "What do you mean, are you not worried that you might hurt your pregnancy?"
Helian Wei Wei agreed after some thought so she asked the people outside, "Da Xiong, did you bring the sniper gun?"
"I've been carrying it all along." As Da Xiong spoke, he gestured to the black gun on his shoulder.
Helian Wei Wei squinted her beautiful phoenix eyes and said, "Let's blow off the city gate directly then. Let the people live, they will be useful later."
"Alright!" Obeying her command, Da Xiong lifted the sniper gun, squinted his left eye as he made a three-point alignment through his viewfinder and placed his index finger on the trigger.
A loud bang was heard!
Amid the rising sparks, the general of the city guard was so stumped by the explosion that he was at a total loss.
The gate behind him collapsed and the flag swayed with the movement of air in an instant. The ten or more soldiers standing on the city wall had also fallen from the impact of the explosion. Gravel rolled on the ground continuously, creating an unbelievably deafening noise.
Amidst the thick streams of smoke, the bystanders were using their long sleeves to clear the dust before them, but shock remained in their eyes!
The general of the city guard who was closest to Da Xiong looked stupefied. His mouth hung wide as he shook his head slightly, his ears were still buzzing. He looked at the long, black gun in a daze and his legs went limp as he almost lost all his senses.
That there was such a weapon on the Divine Mainland?
What on earth was that!
Dynamite?
But it looked different from dynamite!
Dynamites had to be buried first before igniting them later!
While the general of the city guard was still berating himself for everything that had just happened.
Dozens of dark figures seemed to be clearing a path for the carriage. Every man held guns in their left and right hands. They shot at the feet of the soldiers who were trying to come forward, causing sparks to fly around. The general of the city guard was caught by the throat once he looked up.
At that moment, he only had one thought on his mind, "Who, who are you guys?"
As he spoke, blood spluttered from his throat.
The man did not speak, he merely brought along his men and advanced into the city on Helian Wei Wei's orders!
Of course there were informers.
A soldier on horseback crossed the Eastern City and headed straight to the Grand Tutor's Manor!
At this moment, a celebration was being held in the Grand Tutor's Manor for all the money they had collected these days.
"Grand Tutor, you are brilliant to have come up with this money earning method. Everyone has to pay to enter the city regardless of their identity or status. What a profitable business!" The great general Ao Jiang who was supposed to be standing guard in Yun Nan was munching down on his meat while not forgetting to hold onto the heavy bunch of silver in his hand.
One of the officials who looked like a scholar put down the gold chain in his hand and said worriedly
, "What do you think would happen if the Retired Emperor knew what we were up to?"
"Old Wei, why are you so timid! When you entered the palace, you yourself saw the state of the Retired Emperor, he wouldn't live long!" Ao Jiang knew that there were no outsiders here so he did not hesitate in speaking his thoughts. He sneered and said, "The Seventh Prince is very powerful but he is still a child. How would he understand the politics within the courts? Moreover, our Grand Tutor is still in control of the palace so no one could deliver the news to the royal family. The Hei family might have sensed our intentions but they are businessmen now, their army is thousands of miles away from the Capital and is too far to do anything. Why are you even worried?! We should focus on earning as much as we can now!"
Lord Wei still felt uneasy, especially since his eye started twitching non-stop from a while ago, "General Ao, do you think the Third Prince is still alive? If he returns to see the Capital in its current state, you and I will have to go to hell!"
"Sigh, I say, why are you scholars so cowardly?" Ao Jiang sneered, "Him coming back? Do you know where he went? It was the eternal royal tomb! No matter how skillful he was, he would have died there. Even if he did come back, we still have the Grand Tutor on our side. With his abilities, I am sure the Grand Tutor could expel him from the city!"
This Grand Tutor was always by Ao Jiang's side, but he had never seen Baili Jia Jue before. He had only heard that Baili Jia Jue was martially strong and very ruthless.
Even if he was of royalty in the human realm and was protected by his nobility that he would never die...
He was not enough to be his opponent either!
The Grand Tutor was still confident of his ability, he was only apprehensive of the Little Seventh Prince in the palace.
If not for that little child, he would have been able to possess the Retired Emperor and do whatever he wanted.
From the first time he laid eyes on the Little Seventh Prince, he had known that he was not an easy target.
Fortunately, Ao Jiang was in front of him at that time. Otherwise, his cover would surely have been blown.
So far, however, he could not see through what the child's true colors were.
The more mysterious he seemed to be, the more dangerous he was.
Nevertheless, that did not matter. As Ao Jiang said, he was just a child.
As for the Baili Jia Jue that they often mentioned, he had never considered him seriously.
The Grand Tutor smiled and reached out his hand saying, "Come on, let's have another drink. Don't worry, Lord Wei. If someone comes, I will handle them myself."
"With your words, Grand Tutor, I now feel assured." Lord Wei smiled and was just about to lift his wine glass.
Suddenly they heard a report coming from outside, "Grand Tutor, General Ao, bad news, bad news! Someone is advancing toward the city with their cavalry!"
Crack!
Lord Wei's wine glass fell to the ground.
Ao Jiang also stood up and said gloomily, "No cavalry can enter at this time, are you sure you are not mistaken?"
"No, no mistake!" The soldier was out of breath, "I saw it with my own eyes, they have reached the Eastern City by now!"
Ao Jiang frowned, "How many soldiers do they have?"
"A thousand." The soldier replied.
Ao Jiang laughed, "What kind of cavalry has merely a thousand people! Grand Tutor, let's go and see who is so stupid to have forsaken a heavenly route and is insisting on breaking into hell!"
Chapter 865 - His Highness’ Powerful Slap In the Face
Ao Jiang's tone was arrogant. He grabbed his long knife and immediately led a large troop of soldiers to barricade the entire Eastern City district, blocking all the incoming carriages at the entrance of Meridian Market!
"You mean these are the rebels?" Ao Jiang gave a dismissive look at Da Xiong's team who was clearing the route, "How dare they think of revolting with only a few people? How reckless of them!"
As Ao Jiang spoke, he raised a single hand and countless archers lifted their bows and arrows!
A dense murderous aura was immediately triggered!
Ao Jiang originally thought that there were only a few rebels so his archers' arrows would take most of them out!
But he did not expect that before his archers could take action...
A loud boom sounded!
All those archers along with their bows and arrows were blasted into the sky.
The opponent's speed was extremely fast. With unknown weapons in their hands, thundering bangs could be heard!
Terrifying smoke and ashes permeated everywhere. Those people behaved like they were entering a no man's land, once they raised their hands they annihilated everything within their sights.
Ao Jiang who thought it was a sure win for him, could not help feeling a little fl.u.s.tered. Looking at the dark figures that were nearing him, he subconsciously dragged a soldier to block his front.
But in the next second, the soldier was shot dead.
Fresh blood was instantly splattered onto his face!
"What are they holding in their hands!" Ao Jiang called out!
Lord Wei, who had experienced several imperial court changes seemed to have seen a ghost at this point. His face turned completely pale as he muttered to himself, "That was the gun, the gun that could only have belonged to the Hidden Army. Why would the Hidden Army be here? The Hidden Army would never appear on its own, unless… unless their master was here too! Helian Wei Wei, Helian Wei Wei is here! No, oh no!" Lord Wei looked at the black cavalry who was gradually taking form in front of his eyes, his lips started trembling violently as he said, "Not just Helian Wei Wei, the, the Third Prince! The Third Prince is back!"
Lord Wei's mutterings made Ao Jiang's face turn awfully pale too!
But he still refused to admit his fate, "It is impossible that he could make it back alive, someone must be putting up dramatic pretenses! Grand Tutor, Grand Tutor!"
On the surface, Ao Jiang seemed to be still in disbelief, but his heart had begun to feel tremendous unease. He dragged the Grand Tutor over, "Grand, Grand Tutor! Hurry, hurry up and cast some spells, stop them!"
The Grand Tutor had never seen this side of Ao Jiang.
He met the mighty general, Ao Jiang when he was in Yun Nan.
Ao Jiang had always been fearless, even when he was confronting the Retired Emperor in the palace.
How powerful was this Third Prince that he had the ability to terrify Ao Jiang like that?
Forget it, no matter how strong the opponent was, to him he was merely an ordinary mortal.
The Grand Tutor had no regard for Baili Jia Jue at all. The look in his eyes transformed in an instant and the dust in his hands trembled as he cast a spell into the air.
Vaguely, the air surrounding them appeared to be condensed as the temperature dropped by dozens of degrees all of a sudden!
Something seemed to be floating around the entrance of the market.
Da Xiong who had been enjoying the fight was stunned as he noticed a bloody face appearing before him. He took a step backward and when he looked closely again, he felt his back run cold, "Man, what is this!"
The others also felt the uncomfortable chills. They looked at one another, feeling like there was something creepy around them.
Once Ao Jiang saw that his opponents had stopped in their actions, he became lost himself. Then, he looked back at the Grand Tutor with surprise in his eyes, "Grand Tutor is still the skillful one after all!"
"That was just a piece of cake." The Grand Tutor cast another spell.
The air started to fog and turned dark. Hidden shadows seemed to be flying around within the fog.
Very few were unaffected, especially when the black fog began to spread. Da Xiong could feel that there were faces continually flashing before his eyes.
The faces were different from one another, but they were all as pale as corpses!
Boom!
Someone could no longer take it and fired the
first shot!
But the shot did not hit anything, instead, it almost hurt their own comrades!
These were within the Grand Tutor's expectations. He stood there as his eyes glowed with vacant darkness.
Soon, very soon, they would not be able to withstand the ghostly aura and they would start to kill one another!
The same would happen to the Third Prince in the carriage!
The Grand Tutor thought about this gleefully, but as he was about to start his third attack, he was bounced back by an invisible force and fell heavily onto the ground!
"Puff!"
Fresh blood spewed out of his throat like spring water!
At that moment, his internal organs ached terribly!
Damn it!
The Grand Tutor raised his head and s.u.c.k.e.d the surrounding ghostly aura into his body, then only did he look toward the middle of the main road.
Could it be that there was someone here who was immune to the ghostly aura?
"Grand Tutor!" Ao Jiang reached out his hand and helped the Grand Tutor up, his expression was disturbed, "What is going on? What is going on here?"
This Grand Tutor was an evolved evil demon, hence his strength was restored once he absorbed the ghostly aura, "It's nothing, just a little trouble."
The Grand Tutor's eyes had turned red at this moment as he stared fiercely into the crowd and tried to locate that mysterious force.
Right then, the carriage that was several meters away suddenly appeared in front of him.
A loud bam could be heard!
The carriage exploded from within and fine sawdust floated in the air as if it was controlled by someone. Layers of sawdust suspended in the air and it looked like a scene straight out of a comic book.
In the midst of the floating sawdust and above the broken carriage was Helian Wei Wei. Her lips were slightly curled, her fiery red windbreaker was dancing wildly in the turbulent atmosphere as her beautiful night rakshasa's wings flapped violently. There was a tinge of mysterious red on her gorgeous face as she maintained an undisguised chuckle.
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