After putting down the cruel words, Dugu Ningke returned to the county prince's palace. The ominous atmosphere surrounding the entire palace made Yuwen Tuo dare not let down his guard.
"Qiang!"
He tentatively swung out the golden sword energy of the Xuanyuan Sword, and the sharp air blade collided with the edge of the barrier, sparking a large amount of energy sparks.
After a stalemate, Xuanyuan Sword's sword energy gradually declined, and in the end it was still unable to break through the barrier's protection.
Lu Xiao and others who were far away at Youfenglaiyi Inn witnessed the whole process of Yuwen Tuo's attack. The Xuanyuan Sword, which represents the power of the top ten artifacts, actually failed to break through the defense set up by Dugu Ningke, which really made Zhang Lie and Yongzhen a little worried.
Surprised.
Lu Xiao touched his chin and explained calmly: "Actually, if you think about it carefully, it's not surprising."
"The Xuanyuan Sword is indeed unstoppable, but as long as you understand its characteristics in advance and carry out targeted transformation of the defensive array over a long period of time, and pay a certain price, it is not impossible to block its attack in a short time.
possible."
Dugu Ningke grew up with Yuwen Tuo and had close contact with each other for a long time. He knew the advantages and disadvantages of Yuwen Tuo and Xuanyuan Sword clearly.
Chen Fu, who was originally drawing a landscape map downstairs, returned to the top floor of the inn at some point. He looked at the blood-red barrier thoughtfully and murmured to himself: "Blood Corrosion Formation?"
"I didn't expect that there are still people in the world who can set up such evil magic circles. I thought it was lost hundreds of years ago."
Although Chen Fu has lost his skills, his vision is still there.
In order to study Guigu Taoism that might defeat Yang Tuo, he has read a large number of ancient books and materials related to Guigu Taoism for more than ten years, and his knowledge of Taoism is very profound.
Chen Jingchou asked in confusion: "Master, what is the Blood Corrosion Formation?"
Chen Fu stroked his beard with a bad expression and explained: "The Blood Erosion Formation is constructed by absorbing human blood essence. Before the blood essence and blood are exhausted, the defensive power of the Blood Erosion Formation is theoretically infinite."
"Essence and blood..."
Zhang Lie's face also darkened: "So, the servants in the Dugu County Prince's Mansion..."
"Um."
Chen Fu nodded and said: "If we don't seize the time to break through the Blood Corrosion Formation, those servants will be sucked into mummies sooner or later."
The young and energetic Chen Jingchou, Yu Xiaoxue and Tuoba Yu'er are all chivalrous men, and the heroic Zhang Lie is also not a person who refuses to save anyone.
Yongzhen turned his gaze to Lu Xiao and asked him for his opinion with his eyes.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Xiao took out the Pangu Ax from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Lie.
"Brother Zhang, although the Xuanyuan Sword is infinitely powerful, its ability to break down defenses is not as good as the Pangu Ax."
"Go ahead and help Grand Master Yuwen break through the Blood Corrosion Formation and kill Dugu Ningke as soon as possible to avoid long nights and endless dreams."
Zhang Lie took the heavy Pangu ax and said righteously: "Thank you, Brother Lu."
After watching Zhang Lie leave with the three little guys, Chen Fu looked sideways at Lu Xiao: "Young Master Lu, what are you planning?"
Lu Xiao smiled and pretended to be stupid: "What is Mr. Chen talking about? Why can't I understand?"
"Hmph~ Stop pretending."
Chen Fu sneered and said: "Although you are not a treacherous or evil person, you are definitely not a hateful person like that bearded Hu man."
"If you give Pangu Ax to him to use, what are you going to do?"
"Well..."
Lu Xiao smiled meaningfully: "Mr. Chen, I remember I said before that Dugu Ningke has two maids, right?"
"Shan Xiaoxiao was killed by me personally, but... where is Yuchi Yanhong?"
"Um?"
Chen Fu raised his brows. The Blood Erosion Formation attracted most of his attention. Like everyone else, he forgot about the relatively inconspicuous Yuchi Yanhong.
…
The well-informed Yuwen Tuo also recognized this vicious formation. Before finding a more efficient way to break the formation, he temporarily ordered his guards to stop attacking.
Just at this moment the herald from Ouchi arrived.
Although Yang Shuo explained to Yang Guang the suspicious nature of Dugu Ningke in detail, no matter how Yang Shuo presented the facts and made sense, Yang Guang, who doted on his niece, was still unwilling to believe it, and instead angrily scolded Yang Shuo for turning his arm away.
He specially sent someone to order Yuwen Tuo to postpone the use of troops until the truth was found out, and then he would make the decision himself.
"Please tell your majesty that you will obey the authority in urgent matters. I hope your majesty will be considerate."
Yuwen Tuo categorically rejected the eunuch who conveyed Yang Guang's order: "My father-in-law, please see, this is an evil magic circle set up by Princess Dugu by extracting human blood. If she is allowed to delay her escape, she will never have the chance to catch her again."
Catch this... female devil."
"Hmph~"
The eunuch shook the fly whisk and hummed: "Master Yuwen, I can't control that much. I'm just here to convey His Majesty's wishes to you. Could it be that Master Yuwen wants to disobey your order?"
"Of course not, but..."
"Drink!"
Before Yuwen Tuo could continue arguing with the eunuch who had ordered the order, a heroic shout covered up the conversation between the two.
"Kacha!"
A huge bronze battle ax struck out from outside the encirclement, cutting a gap in the black-red barrier without any hindrance.
When Yu Wentuo saw this scene, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "It's just the right time."
"Father, some civilians have joined the battle without permission. It is not safe here. Please go outside the battlefield and wait for a while."
"Master! You..."
"Come here! Send father-in-law to a safe place to rest."
"yes!"
The wolf-like and tiger-like guards of the Grand Master's Mansion grabbed the eunuch who was delivering the order and pulled him out.
"Father, we are all rough people, please forgive me if I hit you too harshly."
"Bold**! Don't let me go yet!"
Yuwen Tuo ignored the yelling eunuch and turned his attention to the giant bronze ax held by the strong man who broke the barrier.
"The Pangu ax that created the world is indeed miraculous in breaking boundaries."
"Ha ha!"
Zhang Lie put the Pangu ax on his shoulder and laughed heartily: "Master Yuwen, you don't blame us ordinary people for jumping out to meddle in other people's business, do you?"
Yuwen Tuo smiled and said: "Of course not, we just need the help of all the martyrs right now."
The moment the barrier was broken, Lu Xiao opened the Eagle Eyes with all his strength, and his golden eyes swept across the Dugu County Prince's Mansion in the shortest possible time.
"wrong."
Lu Xiao frowned: "Except for those dying servants, there is only Dugu Ningke in the prince's palace. Where did Yuchi Yanhong go?"
The weeds are cut without removing their roots, but they will grow again when the spring breeze blows.
Lu Xiao knew this very well. When others focused their attention on Dugu Ningke, Lu Xiao took the lead in changing their perspective and prepared to deal with Yuchi Yanhong as well.
However, after scanning the entire county palace, no trace of Yuchi Yanhong was found, and Lu Xiao had a bad feeling in her heart.
"Yongzhen, you rush to the west city gate immediately to see if you can find Yuchi Yanhong's whereabouts. I will go to the prince's palace to search."
Yongzhen nodded: "Okay."
The Dugu County Prince's Mansion is located in the northwest corner of Daxing City. Further north is the tower leading to the palace. It should be impossible for Yuchi Yanhong to go north.
Due to Grand Master Yuwen's sudden attack, Xicheng District was in chaos. A large number of people fled home in panic and stayed behind closed doors. All city gates were also closed urgently under Yuwen Tuo's order.
There are three gates connecting the inside and outside of Daxing City in the west. From north to south they are Kaiyuan Gate, Jinguang Gate and Yanping Gate.
Among them, Kaiyuan Gate is right next to Dugu County Prince's Mansion, and it is the city gate that Yuchi Yanhong is most likely to pass through.
When Yongzhen went to inquire about the situation near Kaiyuanmen, Lu Xiao ignored the soldiers surrounding the prince's palace and swaggered directly into the palace.
"boom!"
Fierce sounds of fighting came from the main building of the Prince's Mansion. Lu Xiao let go of his perception and incorporated the entire structure of the Prince's Mansion into his eagle vision, even the underground secret passages.
"Still not? Did she escape directly using space magic?"