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Chapter 311 Siege and Killing
Wei Zhengdao's face was extremely grim.

Before him stood rows of armored guards, forming a thick military formation.

Spearmen, swordsmen and shieldmen, archers and crossbowmen.

Beside him, an old man frowned, staring intently at the yellow figure in front of him.

Both groups of palace guards were at a loss.

Their original mission was to protect that yellow figure.

But just now, in an instant, that yellow figure had already killed dozens of his companions.

They come and go like a rainbow, their movements as swift as lightning, killing with a single blow, showing no mercy.

The key issue is that they don't know whether to fight back or just stand by and let that person take their lives.

If the ruler commands the subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die.

But to die so inexplicably is truly unacceptable.

"All guards, form a defensive formation!"

In the distance, Wei Zhengdao's furious roar could be heard.

The disoriented guards finally found a leader and, without any further hesitation, quickly assembled into a military formation. These guards were all martial arts experts, and once they formed a formation, they became a little bolder.

"Grand Secretary!" Wu De rushed over, carrying his iron spear.

Wei Zhengdao waved his hand, and the armored guards made way for Wu De to run right up to Wei Zhengdao's side.

"What's going on? What's happening?" Wu De looked at the figure in the distance, hardly believing his eyes.

Wei Zhengdao took a deep breath: "The Li Muye incident is repeating itself!"

Wu De immediately shuddered.

"Is Commander Wu on duty today?"

Wu De nodded and said, "Yes, since the Grand Chancellor left, Vice Chancellor He and I have been taking turns on duty in the Imperial City. Grand Chancellor, should I transfer the elite troops from the Black Ice Guard?"

Wei Zhengdao pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No need. Yi'er should have already received the news. The Imperial Guards will soon seal off the entire Imperial City and Palace. The fewer people who know about this, the better!"

"What should we do?" Wu De gripped his spear tightly.

"What else can we do?" Wei Zhengdao's face was ashen. "The best outcome would be to capture him alive, but if that's not possible, then we can only..."

Wu Deqiang suppressed his inner shock. How could he capture a master of innate level alive?
That left only the meaning that Wei Zhengdao hadn't said.

Kill!

"Master Yiming!" Wei Zhengdao called out again.

Yi Ming turned around in the distance and arrived in front of Wei Zhengdao in a few leaps. The armored guards were as if they were nothing in his eyes.

"What exactly happened?" Wei Zhengdao stared at Yiming with fiery eyes. If his eyes were filled with daggers, the old Taoist Yiming would have been torn to pieces by Wei Zhengdao by now!
Yi Ming, however, was not afraid at all. He glanced at the old man beside Wei Zhengdao and said coldly, "Chief Minister Wei, if it weren't for me, the emperor would have gone mad years ago. I did everything I could to delay him until today. The emperor wanted to use quantitative change to bring about qualitative change, and he has been consuming pills without restraint lately. Finally, the water has overflowed!"

"If you and Mr. Hong join forces, can you subdue His Majesty?" Wei Zhengdao glanced at Yiming and the old man beside him.

Both of them shook their heads in unison.

“Grand Secretary, if His Majesty does not flee like Li Muyi did back then, our best outcome will be to surround and kill him in this palace,” Yi Ming said. “If he is determined to escape, it will be difficult for him to even stay.”

"We absolutely cannot let a mad emperor escape, nor can we allow even a single word of this place to leak out!" Wei Zhengdao's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Since we can't capture him alive, then we'll kill him. Daoist Yiming, Mr. Hong, you two coordinate with the soldiers to take turns attacking, while also preventing him from escaping."

Yiming remained silent.

"Daoist Master, His Majesty has passed away. The Crown Prince will rush back from Luoyang to take charge of the situation and will not mistreat you and your sect!" Wei Zhengdao said calmly.

"The Crown Prince and I are not on good terms!"

"What does it matter?" Wei Zhengdao looked at Yiming: "As long as you and I have a harmonious relationship, that's fine."

Yi Ming took a deep breath and turned to look at the old man beside Wei Zhengdao: "Hong Zhan, His Majesty mainly cultivates the Heaven-Slaying Technique. In terms of profound skill, he is three points stronger than you and me. However, he has mental problems now, so he cannot control himself with finesse and relies more on his instincts over the years."

“He couldn’t control the outflow and dissipation of his true energy, so every strike was as powerful as thunder.” Hong Zhan nodded: “Drag, endure, pile up!”

"exactly!"

Just as the two had finished their plan, the figure in imperial robes moved in the distance.

Amidst the maniacal laughter, Li Anmin's figure vanished from the spot.

The sound of drums echoed from within the military formation. The continuous clatter of arrows sent countless feathered arrows soaring into the air.

The vanished figure of Li Anmin suddenly reappeared in mid-air. The arrows seemed to have encountered some kind of quagmire-like obstacle around him, unable to advance an inch. The next moment, these arrows flew back at an even faster speed.

Despite wearing iron armor, the arrows that flew back easily pierced through it, and screams of agony filled the air. In an instant, a gap appeared in the heavily armored army.

Li Anmin happened to land here.

With a wave of his hand, a guard officer was sent flying backward. In mid-air, he exploded into pieces with a bang. This was because Li Anmin had poured true energy far exceeding his capacity into the officer's body, causing him to burst.

Just as Li Anmin reached out again, Yi Ming made a move.

If Li Anmin continues to kill like this, the Imperial Guards will likely scatter and flee.

Originally, everyone had considerable psychological barriers to besieging the emperor, but seeing how valiant the emperor was, they lost even the little fighting spirit they had left.

"You old thief Yingzhuo, how dare you invade the territory of my Great Qin! Die!" Li Anmin roared, each move as powerful as thunder. Yiming, at this moment, was wielding a long sword, trying his best to restrain Li Anmin's Heaven-Slaying True Qi within a controllable range.

The Imperial Guards finally rallied and, at the command of their officers, pressed forward, shoulder to shoulder, with their spears standing tall, slowly advancing towards the center to resist the pressure.

Although ants are weak, if there are many of them, they can still kill an elephant.

More importantly, these ants are quite strong.

Because of Yiming Daoist's restraint, it became difficult for Li Anmin to kill the Imperial Guards around him. His fighting instincts wanted him to escape his predicament, but when he leaped up to try to open up another battlefield, Hong Zhan, who had been waiting on the side, immediately blocked his only escape route.

A short distance from the battlefield, Li Dachui watched this scene quietly.

Two innate masters were fighting fiercely in the arena, while the Imperial Guards tried their best to narrow the encirclement. However, when they advanced step by step to a radius of three zhang, they could no longer make any further progress, as if there was an invisible wall in front of them.

Looking back towards the outside of the palace, even more imperial guards were rushing towards them, and soon the palace would be filled with them.

Li Dachui took a step back and disappeared into the darkness.

Wei Yi rushed to Wei Zhengdao's side, and was so surprised by the scene before him that he couldn't close his mouth.

Along the way, he had considered the possibility of running out of road, but he never expected that the emperor would be fighting against thousands of imperial guards and palace attendants all by himself.

"The emperor can only die in the palace!" Wei Zhengdao said in a low voice.

Wei Yi nodded in understanding, and the next moment he summoned several of his generals and said sternly, "A demon from outside the palace has infiltrated the palace, impersonated His Majesty, and attempted to assassinate him. He shall be killed without mercy!"

"Yes, sir!" The generals bowed in unison. To them, the emperor was not important; the Wei family was the true master.

The square was packed with soldiers; the walls and rooftops were filled with them. Every available space was crammed with soldiers.

In Wu De's view, Li Anmin now has no chance of escaping, even if he wants to.

No matter which direction you go, you will encounter obstacles. With the presence of two innate masters, Master Yiming and Master Hongzhan, even the slightest obstacle can shatter any attempt to escape.

Of course, in his frenzy, Li Anmin probably wouldn't even think of escaping.

History records it clearly: back then, Li Muye only knew how to advance and not how to retreat, and was eventually exhausted to death. At that time, there were no innate masters to fight against Li Muye!
And now, there are two.

Wu De looked up and around.

"What is Commander Wu looking at?" Wei Yi walked up to Wu De and asked with a smile.

"I want to see if there are any loopholes if he tries to escape, so I can do my part!" Wu De paused, brandishing his spear.

"I almost forgot, Commander Wu is a master of the ninth rank of the Profound Origin Realm." Wei Yi laughed, "However, in this situation, Commander Wu should save his energy. The Black Ice Guard and our Imperial Guard have different missions. At this time, I think Commander Wu should maintain order outside, especially to prevent any gossip from spreading!"

"General Wei's words have enlightened me!" Wu De feigned sudden realization. "I will leave the palace immediately to take care of it. Don't worry, Grand Secretary, don't worry, General Wei, the inspection team will handle this matter perfectly!"

Wu De bowed to the two men, then leaped into the air, disappearing from sight in a few bounds.

“I bet this guy will send someone to Luoyang as soon as he gets out of here!” Wei Yi laughed.

Wei Zhengdao smiled and said, "We are all allies now, so it doesn't matter if he wants to leave a good impression on the new emperor. However, I heard that he is not on good terms with Zhang Quanyi, who is highly trusted by the crown prince. So Wu De will eventually have to come back to us."

"When the Crown Prince returns, will he bring Zhang Quanyi with him?"

“If Zhang Quanyi had any brains, he wouldn’t have come back!” Wei Zhengdao laughed.

The father and son didn't take the earth-shattering battle ahead to heart. In their eyes, so what if they were innate masters? As long as they were still human, they could be killed.

As cheers erupted, the two turned to look into the distance. The encirclement had shrunk from three zhang to one zhang. Just now, a soldier's spear had actually pierced the yellow figure. Although the spear broke and the imperial guard was sent flying, in that brief pause, Li Anmin had already been stabbed in the finger by Hong Zhan.

At this moment, the soldiers in the innermost part had no way to retreat. Behind them, more imperial guards were pushing them inward, and everyone was almost pressed together like meat patties.

(End of this chapter)