The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 377 Cleansing the Mysterious View
Li Miao opened her eyes.

The armored figures, the flesh and blood, and the menacing killing intent of the black-clad eunuchs lying on the ground all vanished from sight. All that remained was a deep blackness, devoid of any other color.

Ten months later, he stepped onto this beach again.

The soft touch under my feet, the blowing wind, the rolling waves, and countless tiny water droplets falling on my face—everything felt so real and familiar.

Compared to his entry during the battle for the imperial tombs, this time, Li Miao had a vague feeling.

The feeling was extremely strange, without reason, without basis, and without clarity, yet I was absolutely certain of it. Even if my reason found it very odd, this feeling did not waver in the slightest.

Li Miao looked at the dark storm slowly rolling on the distant sea.

He heard himself talking to himself.

"Come."

Li Miao smiled and walked towards the sea ahead.

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"wrong!"

Cun Dong slid down the wall, staring intently at Li Miao, who had his eyes closed. He didn't even have time to wipe the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and his expression suddenly turned terrified.

"He...is cultivating the Profound Realm!"

The other eunuchs in black suddenly turned pale.

"What!?"

"But! He clearly didn't... Could it be because he killed Zheng Anqi?"

"But he only just deduced the cultivation method. He was able to break through in the matter of the imperial tomb because he had already mastered the three paths of destiny... How could he possibly perfect the Xuanlan technique, which he hadn't even mastered before, in the heat of battle!?"

The words are in the air, and so are the people.

Cun Dong and the other four black-clad eunuchs charged toward Li Miao without pausing.

Shocked as they were, their only choice was to kill Li Miao before he opened his eyes. They wouldn't stand there sighing and letting Li Miao do as he pleased.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that during the previous battle at the imperial tomb, Ji Tianrui was there to protect Li Miao, but now he faces only emptiness, with no allies but only enemies.

Now is actually the best opportunity to kill Li Miao!

Using his inner energy to activate the palace's secret advanced lightness skill, Cun Dong was already in front of Li Miao in an instant, striking him in the chest with a palm!
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The seawater was up to my ankles.

Li Miao stepped into the dark sea.

He reached out and scooped up a handful of seawater. The liquid rippled in his palm before flowing through his fingers and back into the sea.

After walking several dozen more steps, the sea was now level with my chest, and tiny white bubbles appeared and disappeared on my clothes.

The ink-black seawater obscured his vision, and he felt a sensation beneath his feet; Li Miao was standing on a precipice. Any further, and he would plunge completely into the sea.

Just then, Li Miao felt a sharp pain in his chest.

He looked down and saw a palm print on his chest, embedded in his flesh.

"Ah."

Li Miao scoffed.

Just by looking at the shape of the palm print, you can tell that it is Cun Dong's palm print.

It seems this beach isn't completely isolated from the world; everything that happens outside is reflected in him. This is a good thing, as it saves Li Miao from misjudging the timing of escaping the illusion.

As for whether the main body, which has no reaction from the outside world, will be killed by the eunuchs in black... Li Miao is confident that it will be within seven or eight moves.

The second martial art that Li Miao deduced after the Battle of the Imperial Mausoleum.

"Golden Body".

It's a purely defensive technique that will operate automatically once activated. However, this requires the user to be unable to move or use other techniques or internal energy.

Although the fighting between the Great Shuo Celestials is generally characterized by strong offense and weak defense, this technique cannot be overdone. It can only withstand seven or eight moves against opponents of the same cultivation level, making it seem useless in the hands of others. However, it is just right in Li Miao's hands. After all, Ji Tianrui will not always be there to protect him.

Sure enough, in the next instant, several wounds appeared on Li Miao's body.

Li Miao didn't care about these wounds.

But suddenly, he frowned.

Li Miao raised his left hand and reached for a sword wound on his right rib. The wound was not deep, and it was probably the work of the black-clad eunuch who used the short sword. It was two inches into the flesh, but had not yet reached the internal organs, so it was not fatal.

Li Miao, however, stretched out two fingers and dug them into the wound without hesitation.

The sticky sound of water.

After a while, he pulled his finger out and placed it in front of him.

My fingers were completely black.

The pitch-black liquid dripped from my fingers and fell into the vast ocean below, which looked exactly like it.

Li Miao suddenly looked up, glanced at the slowly rolling seawater around him, and laughed.

Without the slightest hesitation, he took a step forward.

Submerge into the sea.

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"wrong!"

Cun Dong struck Li Miao's chest with his palm, producing a sound like metal clashing, as if he had struck a piece of pig iron.

The force of the shock traveled from his arm to his whole body, and he staggered back several steps to dissipate the force, looking up at Li Miao in astonishment.

"What kind of weird martial art is this?!"

"He stood still, his mind elsewhere, and my full-force palm strike could only break through his skin!"

The other four eunuchs in black also remained silent, their faces grim, as they relentlessly attacked Li Miao.

When Liu Jin made the arrangements, they only felt that Liu Jin was cautious. This plan to deal with a three-pronged enemy was already considered safe.

But Liu Jin was frowning deeply, pacing back and forth, constantly increasing his stakes. If it weren't for the fact that the matter in Shuntian Prefecture was more important, and the other eunuchs' constant dissuasion, he probably would have pushed all his chips to Nanjing.

Now, the eunuchs in black finally understood Liu Jin's caution.

The Jinyiwei commander standing before me with his eyes closed is a monster that cannot be measured by any common sense.

Cun Dong lunged forward and struck Li Miaotian's head with a palm.

He was thrown back again, but he did not retreat. He took all the force, and the flesh in his palms burst open. Cun Dong raised his hand only two inches before striking Li Miao's head again!
Bang!
Cun Dong felt a sharp pain in his palm, but a look of joy appeared in his eyes—a trickle of blood was also sliding down Li Miao's forehead.

We can break through!
Can kill!

The short sword and hook blade slashed at Li Miao, leaving a trail of tiny wounds. Suddenly, the two eunuchs in black raised their hands and stabbed at Li Miao's eyes!
The broken blade slashed towards the back of Li Miao's neck!
The fist slammed into Li Miao's groin!
Perhaps this move, or perhaps the next move—will break through Li Miao's protective technique! The five black-clad eunuchs were already bloodshot, squeezing out all the true energy from their dantian and pouring it into this move!
The hooked blade and the short sword were already an inch away from Li Miao!
Cun Dong's palm was already pressed against Li Miao's crown!
But the next moment—a chill crept up his spine.

A pair of eyes opened within arm's reach.

Blood trickled down his forehead, leaving crimson lines at the corners of his eyes. A gaze, brimming with both savagery and mockery, fixed itself on Cun Dong's eyes, causing the strength in Cun Dong's hand to involuntarily diminish by a third.

fear.

Fear, pushed to its limit, gripped Cun Dong's heart.

The sound of metal shattering suddenly rang out. The short sword and grappling hook that had been thrust at him were smashed to pieces by a single punch. Shards of metal grazed Cun Dong's cheek, leaving several long, narrow wounds.

Cun Dong's arm was removed.

At the same time, he heard the man say.

"Hey, having fun?"

"Now it's my turn."

(End of this chapter)