Along the cracks in the doors and windows, a faint smell of blood quietly drifted into the house.
Mixed with the aroma of the food and wine on the table, the smell of the entire banquet room suddenly became complex and unspeakable.
At this moment, it was equally silent inside and outside the room.
No one spoke, and the dancing music had already stopped.
Several women who were still dancing gracefully were now huddled in the corner, huddled together and shivering.
There were several soft popping sounds.
All the candles were extinguished by the wind of the palm, and the room was also plunged into darkness.
Only the lanterns under the eaves of the corridor outside the door were left, still emitting a faint light.
After a dozen breaths.
Suddenly there was another suppressed scream, coming from not far away.
The white-clothed swordsman frowned, and the murderous intent in his brows became increasingly cold and intense.
He knew clearly that the elite soldiers escorting the trip were being slaughtered.
Because he had served as a swordsmanship teacher in Prince Yan's palace before, the swordsman in white was relatively familiar with these soldiers and had accumulated some master-disciple friendship with them. Now that he heard that these people died so tragically, how could he not feel murderous intent in his heart?
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The suppressed screams kept coming and never stopped.
The swordsman in white could clearly feel that the other party did not directly take the lives of the soldiers, but beat them to disability and left them alone, letting them continue to struggle in the cold night, watching death come step by step.
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The green blade inside the scabbard softly sounded, just like the state of mind of the swordsman in white at this moment.
He straightened his clothes, adjusted his posture, and slowly stood up from the table.
On the table next to him, Mr. Su lowered his eyes, only his ears were trembling slightly.
"Mr. Bai Ruo, please be patient."
At this moment, Prince Yan suddenly picked up the wine glass and said slowly with a calm expression, "There is no light in the winter night and the north wind howls. Drinking in this environment has its own charm. I would like to offer you another drink to dispel the chill all over your body."
The swordsman in white was silent for a moment, and finally sat down and picked up the wine cup at hand.
Xu Yin retracted his gaze and showed a faint smile, "The mountain collapsed in front of me and his expression did not change. Your Majesty's Qi nourishing skills really make me admire you."
"Now the enemy is hiding in the dark, but we are in the light. We know ourselves but don't know the enemy, so every movement is worse than silence."
Prince Yan drank the wine from the cup, picked up a chopstick of green vegetables, chewed it slowly, and said, "The bodyguards who have been with me for many years were brutally slaughtered. Naturally, I am filled with anger in my heart. I want to save them and then kill the murderer Qian.
Thousands of cuts.
But if Mr. Bai is allowed to go out at this time, it is very likely that he will fall into the opponent's trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain and defeating him one by one."
After a pause, he sighed softly, "Even if we go out together and gather three masters to join forces to fight against the enemy, it's just that it's dark and windy outside, and we're not familiar with the surrounding environment, let alone where the enemy is.
Therefore, after thinking about it for a long time, I still cannot put you all in danger for no reason. It is better to wait here quietly and see what other tricks they can use."
Xu Yin nodded slightly, "What the prince said is absolutely true, so let's wait a little longer and see how calm the opponent is."
Mr. Su raised his eyes, with some doubts flashing in his eyes, "Just now, Deputy General Ruan opened the door, and I carefully checked my senses. It seemed that what was hidden in the darkness was not a martial arts master transformed from heaven and man, but more like a warrior at the level of mysticism.
So after much thought, I finally pointed to the only possibility, which is that as the prince said, the enemy hiding in the dark wants to trick us out, and then take advantage of the opportunity to make a sneak attack."
Time passed little by little.
In the banquet hall, there were low conversations and slow drinks, as if no one was dead outside, or even nothing happened at all.
In the dark depths outside the hall, the screams gradually disappeared, and only the cold wind howling from time to time became the only sound under the night.
On the rooftop dozens of meters away, Wei Tao stood silently and solemnly.
Staring at the brightly lit banquet hall in the distance, he maintained this posture for a long time.
There are two martial arts masters and a swordsmanship master in the banquet hall, which are definitely extremely powerful.
According to previous information, when Prince Yan leaves the heavily guarded residence for travel, in most cases there is only one grandmaster accompanying him as a guard, and it is rare for two people to accompany him at the same time.
But this time, two masters traveled together, and the person they met turned out to be a martial arts master. To be honest, it completely exceeded his expectations.
If he had just forced his way in and fought one against three, he wouldn't be sure of victory. In a head-on confrontation, he might even be defeated and die.
That's why he temporarily retreated from behind, hoping to create an opportunity to move the opponent's people away, and then see if he could use all his strength to kill one of them first.
Unexpectedly, the people in the banquet hall remained unmoved and did not react at all to his provocation.
If the stalemate continues like this, when the dark night recedes and the sky becomes bright, he will have one less person to rely on, and it will be even more difficult to take action at that time.
But if he gives up directly, Prince Yan will definitely become more cautious in the future, and it will be difficult to find opportunities similar to tonight.
Wei Tao restrained his breath and fell into deep thought.
As time went by, I even started to think about quitting.
He also thought about setting fire to force others to do so, but the banquet hall was made of masonry and had no side support, so it would not be easy for it to fall into flames in a short period of time.
What's more, holding fire in the dark can easily expose oneself, which is not a wise move.
Wei Tao looked around and suddenly landed on the stone tablet standing in the distance. He had already made a plan in his mind.
In the banquet room.
Prince Yan raised the wine glass again, put it to his lips and drank it all in one gulp.
At this moment, a dull sound broke through the air suddenly.
The swordsman in white had already stood up, holding his sword and standing behind the door.
The next moment, there was a sudden loud bang.
The heavy and solid front door of the banquet hall was smashed into pieces, and an ashlar stone that was more than half a person tall roared in, like a cannonball, and it was already approaching in an instant.
At this moment, a cold light lit up.
In an instant, the empty room was filled with light and the Milky Way was upside down.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
The sword light seemed to sink into the stone tablet in an extremely slow manner.
One side is snowy, and the other side is pure green and black. The two pass by each other, silently.
Click!
It wasn't until the sword light completely passed over the stone tablet that there was a clear and clear sound, and it suddenly exploded in the banquet hall.
The stone tablet exploded and broke into large and small pieces, flying in all directions.
But he just didn't move forward.
Buzz buzz buzz!
In an instant, countless more rocks roared towards me.
They were all blocked by the cold light that bloomed quietly, as if around the white-clothed Shengxue figure, there was a thunder pool waiting for it, and not even a piece of gravel could cross half a step.
There were a series of crackling sounds, and a large cloud of smoke and dust rose up, adding another layer of obscurity to the already dark banquet room.
The food and wine can no longer be eaten.
Prince Yan gently put down the wine cup and turned to say something to the woman in palace attire beside him.
The woman in palace clothes nodded slightly, with a faint smile still on her face. She didn't care about everything that happened in front of her, and it did not affect her graceful posture at all.
At this moment, there was a sudden click.
It came from the window on the side of the main entrance of the banquet room.
Su Lao raised his head suddenly and his pupils suddenly shrank.
Then I saw a figure break through the window frame and fly in from the outside.
However, he still sat behind the table without even moving.
Even Xu Yin, who had his back to the window, looked at his nose, nose and mouth, and his mouth and heart, without paying the slightest attention to the figure behind him.
Bang!
A corpse was like a roaring crossbow, hitting the beams of the banquet hall. In an instant, the bones of the neck were broken, and a huge explosion of blood burst out.
This was a dead man, still wearing complete armor, but he entered the house in such a way that even the whole body could not be left behind.
The next moment, dozens of corpses shot out from the darkness.
Just like the stone tablet that roared through the door just now, it was used as a hidden weapon to kill people.
Whoosh!
The sword light rose again, illuminating the hall.
The strong armor and the bones of the body were like paper in front of this cold light, being easily chopped into pieces.
Blood splattered and bones and flesh were scattered.
Suddenly, a bloody storm broke out in the space behind the door.
However, the swordsman was still dressed in white, and his body was not stained with any dust or blood from beginning to end.
His eyes were half-opened and half-closed, as if he was wandering outside the world, and he seemed to have placed all his thoughts on the three-foot green edge. At this moment, his whole person entered a state of indescribable clarity.
Suddenly, several shrill screams sounded.
Then he was lost in the snowy sword light.
A few familiar faces reflected in the depths of the swordsman's eyes.
When he was teaching swordsmanship, their hard work and persistence left a deep impression on him.
Therefore, the soldiers flying behind were not dead, but their bodies were controlled by unknown means, allowing the other party to shoot and throw themselves as hidden weapons, but they were unable to resist or resist at all.
"It's just that since you are already like this, then life is worse than death."
The fluctuation in the heart of the swordsman in white only lasted for a moment, and the sword light became clear and transparent again.
No matter what thing comes from outside, whether it is a human or a ghost, he will definitely kill it with one sword.
But just like this momentary fluctuation, something unexpected happened to him.
There was a faint flash of scarlet in the corner of his eye.
At the same time, a flying corpse suddenly moved.
The timing was just right, just at the moment when the swordsman in white's mind flashed.
The "corpse" slapped a palm without any warning, but it didn't come towards the swordsman in white. Instead, it struck another soldier on the side like lightning.
A thrust came, and another figure wearing standard armor and an iron helmet suddenly accelerated and crashed towards the ground in front of him.
The "corpse" that slapped the palm used the force of the counter-shock to change its direction in an instant, trying to avoid the rising sword light.
The swordsman's sword heart is clear, his mind moves with his heart, and his sword moves at will.
Facing the sudden change, he did not panic, his sword style changed quietly, and the cold light reversed instantly.
With just one stroke, the armored soldier who was holding the palm was cut into two pieces, and blood and internal organs were sprayed in the air.
"wrong!"
"If the enemy was disguised as a soldier, how could he be easily cut in half by me with one sword!?"
In the midst of the lightning and flint, the white-clothed swordsman's thoughts flashed again, and a dagger suddenly appeared in his free left hand, and he stabbed towards the ground below without looking.
At this moment, there was a muffled sound.
The ground surges, making people feel like they are stepping on water.
The swordsman's footing was unstable, and the sword in his left hand could not help but tilt sideways.
Boom!
Another soldier suddenly fell to the ground, and in an instant the bricks and stones exploded, and smoke and dust rose.
He twisted his body and dodged the dagger that stabbed his vital part by a hair's breadth. However, the sword energy grazed his body and cut open his armor, leaving a medium-deep wound on his shoulder.
With two consecutive sword cuts in the air, the white-clothed swordsman's heart skipped a beat, as if gunpowder had exploded and he smelled a strong dangerous aura.
The master's spiritual sense and keen perception of danger allowed this swordsman master to make an instant choice.
Without any hesitation, he made a circle with his dagger, and the light of the sword was like moonlight and flowing water, perfectly protecting his lower body.
The long sword in his right hand suddenly flipped over and changed continuously in the void. Following the feeling in his heart, he used the most skilled offensive and defensive sword moves in his life.
At the same time, his toes touched the ground, and his whole body retreated and spun, disappearing into the blooming sword light without any warning.
The swords rotated in circles and his figure flashed. The swordsman in white was extremely excited.
However, at the moment when he was preparing to face the opponent's earth-shattering offensive, the pressure on his mind suddenly relaxed.
The hostility was empty and the signs of danger were gone, as if they had never appeared and disappeared without a trace.
Because that person did not take advantage of the situation to counterattack, but continued to move forward like a bolt of lightning, shooting toward the man and woman at the main table.
The relaxation was so intense that the swordsman in white felt his mind lifted from the top of the mountain, and suddenly felt relieved. The energy and spirit that had been condensed and elevated due to this before could not help but feel a little relaxed.
The moment of relaxation brings about a slow step and a slow step.
Therefore, the white-clothed swordsman couldn't change it in one breath. He could only watch the black, red and light gold air flow surge, carrying the figure with the torn armor in the middle, and arrived at the open space in the middle of the banquet hall. Only the main table and the main table were left.
It's only a short leap away.
boom!
The smoke and dust billowing throughout the hall were violently torn and turned by the explosion of black and red airflow.
So much so that in the eyes of the swordsman in white, he even saw a huge vortex forming instantly.
The apex of the vortex tip was facing the two people on the main table, Prince Yan.
A black and red intertwined figure emitted a pale golden light, looming in the whirlpool, opening its claw-like hands, and simultaneously covering the two figures sitting motionless behind the table.
Click!
The wine cup in Prince Yan's hand exploded, and the wine turned into water arrows and flew high.
Facing the grab that seemed to appear out of thin air, he still sat motionless in his chair. Even the woman in palace attire next to him even had her usual faint smile on her face.
boom!
At this moment, the strong wind roared and pressed from both sides.
A wrinkled palm, like a dead branch, pierced the whirlpool and appeared in front of Wei Tao.
Almost at the same time, the phantom of the Xuanwu divine beast loomed in the hall, and another big, plump and round hand, as golden as jade, quietly rose from another direction.
Together with that skinny palm, they broke through the darkness one on the left and one on the right.
boom!
Suddenly thousands of scarlet threads danced wildly, twisting and intertwining, shrouding Wei Tao's figure.
"A mysterious thread of such scale!?"
"Who exactly is this person? It seems that he does not have the level of a master who has reached the realm of being transformed into a heavenly being, but he has the combat power to compete head-on with a master warrior."
"However, does he really think that he alone can use these treacherous threads to stop the two masters from joining forces?"
Xu Yin punched out, and his eyes suddenly turned red, blocking all sight.
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and he continued to move forward with a fist.
The other hand suddenly formed a knife and cut through the wildly dancing silk threads. Then the sleeves of the robe trembled and stretched, and the severed silk threads were quietly gathered and hidden.
At the same time, Su Lao's sharp claws like dead branches flashed in succession, like an extremely sharp sickle, clearing a large area of the treacherous threads blocking his body.
In an instant, the mysterious threads were scattered and the scarlet network collapsed, revealing a figure glowing with black, red and light gold light inside.
Bang!
Wei Tao's eyes were red with murderous intent, and a cloud of blood mist exploded from his legs. He accelerated suddenly at the last moment, breaking through the vortex stirred by himself, and the moment he blocked it with mysterious silk threads was longer than Su Lao and Xu Yin.
Bit.
At the same time, his palms were black and red, and he slapped them to the side and back.
Carrying an overwhelming momentum, it was heavily imprinted on the sharp claws and fists attacking from the left and right.
Boom!!!
There was another thunderous explosion.
Su Lao and Xu Yin's energy and blood surged, and they both retreated to the side and back.
"You actually blocked my punch!?"
"Although I didn't use all my strength, there was Old Man Su who took action at the same time. He was eager to protect the Lord and would definitely make no reservations.
As a result, when this person faced two grandmasters joining forces, we couldn’t resist him and were forced back!?”
Xu Yin's eyes were filled with doubts, his thoughts were surging, and he was slightly absent-minded for a moment.
Mr. Su's eyes suddenly condensed, his pupils shrank to the size of a pinhead, and he stared intently at the intertwined black and red figure.
I watched helplessly as his body twisted, but with the help of the force of the counter-shock, he accelerated again, and now he was on top of the main table in the banquet hall.
Without any hesitation, Wei Tao used his two lotuses together with all his strength, and after an instant shock, the combined attack hit the two of them heavily at the same time.
Click!
The square table was broken into pieces, and drinks and dishes were scattered everywhere.
But the violent and deadly attack was already approaching, but Prince Yan still had no expression on his face.
The woman in palace attire on the side only raised her head slightly.
At this moment, the two of them formed a seal with one hand and intertwined the five fingers of the other hand, and their Qi suddenly surged and connected with each other.
kindness!?
Wei Tao's heart skipped a beat, and at this moment he smelled a dangerous aura that made his heart palpitate.
Regardless of the intelligence collected in the early stage or his perception after breaking into the banquet room, it can be determined that Prince Yan and his wife are definitely not in the realm of masters who are transformed from heaven to man.
However, at this moment, the two people's energy blended together, regardless of each other, but it gave him an experience that could only be experienced when facing a martial arts master.
The two people behind the table formed a seal with one hand and held each other's hands.
The man was solemn and majestic, and a golden light suddenly flashed in his eyes, as if a scorching sun appeared in the darkness.
The woman was graceful and soft, and her cheeks were originally crystal clear, but now they glowed with a cold radiance like the silver moon, which complemented the golden light and added a thrilling beauty.
One yin and one yang, yin and yang are in harmony.
Naturally, a subtle artistic conception of yin and yang emerges.
If we say that the other three masters in the room overcame many difficulties and obstacles with their perseverance, will, talent and opportunities, and finally reached the state of masters who are transformed into gods and humans.
Then Prince Yan and his wife can be regarded as combining the strength of two people, practicing together in a certain secret method, and reaching the state of harmony of yin and yang, and a perfect circle.
Although if taken individually, any one of them would be far inferior to other masters, but in this state of comprehensive understanding, they can directly reach the level of martial arts master.
And it’s not just a showy thing like the Green Lotus Sect, but the true artistic conception of yin and yang and the power of the master.
Facing the upward palm strikes from both of them, Wei Tao even had the feeling of facing Gong Yuan's final blow.
However, Gongyuan was created by one's own efforts.
The Prince Yan and his wife in front of them achieved this effect through some mysterious and strange methods and in a roundabout way.
Although they are certainly not as powerful as those who go to the palace to attack with all their strength, the artistic conception of yin and yang is exactly the same, and even he cannot tell the difference.
Wei Tao thought in his heart, and felt a sense of emotion for no reason.
He also didn't expect that despite all his calculations, he failed to realize that the two people targeted for killing were actually the biggest threats he would face.
But at this moment, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired.
Either beat them to death, or be beaten to death by their backhand.
The two sides collide head-on, fighting to the death, and the only thing left to see is who can show off a more ferocious killing move.
At the last moment when the twin lotuses fell, Wei Tao faced the two gazes that were like the blazing sun and the silver moon. Regardless of the cost, Wei Tao exploded with all his strength without any reservation.
The spirit and will are condensed into one, the whole body's strength is united in one place, all the blood network nodes and acupuncture points in the body are exploded, and then nineteen shock attacks are carried out through the Yinji secret method Xuanwu Zhenjie.
Carrying a violent momentum that vowed to overwhelm everything and crush everything, it was all blasted out through the sharp claws of a demon.
Not far behind him, Mr. Su and the swordsman in white were rushing towards him with anxious faces.
Boom!!!
A thunder exploded in the banquet hall.
The entire masonry-structured house was like a pile of blocks, torn apart and disintegrated by huge forces without any hindrance.
It turned into countless pieces of wood and stone, scattering in all directions.
In an instant, there was a strong wind and flying sand and rocks.
All surrounding trees and plants were even uprooted.
Even the ground was cracked in large areas, like a boiling soup pot in which the mixed sand and gravel were stirred back and forth.
From time to time, dazzling cold sword light shines from it, like lightning piercing the void and suddenly descending on the world.
Various noises were mixed in with the crashing sounds like muffled thunder, completely breaking the originally silent night.
Suddenly, a figure shot out from the smoke and dust, growing lotuses step by step. The herring under the lotus spread out with all its strength, and in a flash it moved forward across a distance of more than ten feet, as if the ground had shrunk into an inch, and the afterimages were pulled out and submerged.
To the depths of darkness.
In almost the blink of an eye, he had rushed out of Lieutenant General Ruan's residence, and was still accelerating, quickly leaving the town.
Everything happens in the blink of an eye.
From Wei Tao pretending to be a soldier to bursting into the hall, to the white-clothed swordsman trying to stop him with two swords but failing, to using the blood net to defeat two master attacks, and finally to fighting Prince Yan and his wife, and finally getting rid of the entanglement at all costs.
He didn't even confirm the results, and ran away without stopping. The whole process passed almost instantly, leaving no room for hesitation and thinking.
But it left a mess, with ruins inside and outside the banquet hall.
There is only a big hole left where the main table used to be.
From the beginning to the end, Xu Yin only tried to stop him once. When he saw that he could not catch up, he retreated a certain distance. He did not even participate in the subsequent battle. He just stood there motionless, not knowing what he was thinking.
The old man Su and the swordsman's eyes were about to split, and their beards and hair were spread out.
The two started to chase, but suddenly stopped at the edge of the pit.
Carefully removing the messy earth and rocks, Prince Yan and his wife were rescued from the bottom of the pit.
The woman in palace clothes was so angry that she collapsed on the ground motionless. She was obviously seriously injured and was almost on the verge of life and death.
Prince Yan seemed to be in slightly better condition, but he was also covered in wounds and his face was pale, without a trace of blood.
He opened his mouth and vomited out a large ball of blood, and said with turbid breath, "Mr. Su, take us back to Beijing as soon as possible and find the best doctor to treat the princess!"
"Also, we must investigate and find out who that person is. The lonely king wants him to die a good death, and he also wants to kill all nine of his clans and destroy his entire family!"
"I will definitely let them know what a miserable end they will get if they offend me..."
Prince Yan spoke sternly, but remained silent without any warning.
The next moment, he raised his arm with some difficulty and touched the dusty eyebrows.
"Why, I feel a little burning between my eyebrows, and some uncontrollable soreness and itching?"
He gasped for breath, opened his eyes with difficulty, and looked at his fingers, "No, why is my blood this strange gray-white color?"
Old Su took a closer look and was shocked.
Only the center of Prince Jae-yeon's eyebrows was visible. After wiping away the contaminated dust, a small hole was clearly visible, with sticky brain matter still flowing out.
Not far away, Xu Yin's eyes were flashing with light, his expression was thoughtful.
He recalled the fleeting confrontation over and over again.
Whether it was the scarlet-colored mysterious threads, the secret killer move hidden by Prince Yan and his wife, or the concussive attack that the figure finally unleashed, they all made him feel extremely surprised and astonished.
In particular, the secret method of combining attacks not only abruptly broke the yin and yang business environment of Prince Yan and his wife, but more importantly, it actually allowed him to see a trace of Xuanwu's true solution.
So, who is this man wearing military armor and his face covered by an iron helmet, and why can he possess the secret of Xuanwu Tao?
"Lao Su, I'm going to die soon."
After such a moment, Prince Yan's eyes turned black and he could no longer steady his body, so he slowly sat down.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely cure you."
Old Su burst into tears and spoke incoherently, "Headmaster Dingxuanluo had seen the prince's face before, and said personally that the prince is surrounded by the emperor's stars, and his status is indescribably precious, and it is the number nine to five..."
"Stop talking, Mr. Su."
Prince Yan seemed to want to laugh, but in the end he just sighed, "Luo Qingjun had already become like that at that time. She couldn't even care about her own life and death. How could what she said be taken seriously?"
"If I were not here, Qinglong alone might not be able to suppress the situation. Those people will definitely have disobedient intentions, especially the manor in the north of the city. You must be careful.
After returning, find Qinglong and protect his and the princess's lives. If not, take them away from the capital. As long as we can return to Gyeongju, there will be room for maneuver in everything."
At this point, Prince Yan took a deep breath and said, "Remember, you must let go of what should be put, and leave enough things for them to grab. Only in this way can you have a greater chance of saving your life. As long as you can wait until chaos breaks out,
besides……"
Before he finished speaking, his voice gradually disappeared and his head slowly dropped, losing all breath of life.
Almost at the same time, a large amount of blood overflowed from the mouth of the woman in palace clothes. Her body trembled slightly, but there was no movement.
Su Lao's eyes suddenly went dark, and he could hardly maintain his standing posture. He only managed to steady himself by holding on to the fallen beam.
"That guy, he can't run far, I will cut him into pieces!"
His eyes were red, as if he were crazy, and he turned to look in the direction where Wei Tao disappeared.