The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 378 Li Miao's Mysterious View

"what--"

The broken blade struck Li Miao on the back of the neck, leaving a gash. Li Miao seemed completely unaware, casually swinging his hand behind him, and the broken blade made a resounding clang.

"Well!"

The black-clad eunuch holding the broken sword felt a sharp pain in his palm. An irresistible force surged from his hand, splitting his hand and causing the broken sword to fly dozens of feet before embedding itself in the ground, still vibrating.

Cun Dong covered his severed arm and quickly retreated.

Li Miao really did "pluck" his arm off, just like picking a ripe fruit. With a soft "plop," and without even feeling any pain, only half of his arm remained.

Li Miao held the severed arm and looked at Cun Dong with amusement.

The five eunuchs in black stopped their attack, dodged several feet away, and waited with bated breath.

No one will run away.

The eunuchs, having survived the cutthroat environment of the palace, were no fools. They knew perfectly well the consequences of revealing their vests to Li Miao; scattering and fleeing would only allow Li Miao to catch and kill them one by one. Their only chance of survival now was for the five of them to join forces and fight Li Miao one more time.

After all, Li Miao's injuries had not yet fully healed.

After all, they were still unsure whether Li Miao had mastered the Xuanlan technique to perfection.

After all, Li Miao broke through on the eve of battle, and it took him less than half an hour from seeing the technique to mastering it. He might not have been able to grasp the wonders of Xuanlan yet.

Cun Dong's gaze swept over Li Miao, his lips twitching from the pain, and he forced himself to speak.

"The Commander-in-Chief is indeed skilled; we've been defeated today! I wonder if the Embroidered Uniform Guard is still looking for exceptional individuals? We are willing to abandon the darkness and embrace the light..."

As he spoke, he secretly analyzed in his heart: "What kind of life force does Xuanlan connect with? The most likely one is Sumeru. He cultivates Yingzhou's techniques and is also from Yingzhou. This is the path he can master the fastest right now."

"Be careful of his protective aura later. Fortunately, the protective aura is tangible, so it's not impossible to defend against it!"

In a flash, he saw that Li Miao was not swayed in the slightest by his pleas for mercy. Instead, she lifted her hem and knelt down with a thud.

He crawled toward Li Miao on his knees.

"My lord, we are no longer a threat to you. We are willing to have Gu worms implanted in our bodies and to reveal Liu Jin's schemes in Shuntian Prefecture. We only ask that you spare our lives—"

"Okay."

Li Miao raised his hand and threw Cun Dong's severed arm in front of him. He then pulled out the steel needle that the black-clad eunuch had inserted into his waist and threw it on the ground with a crisp sound.

"Stop pretending."

Before he finished speaking, Cun Dong suddenly sprang up from the ground and slashed at Li Miao with one palm!

He knew Li Miao wouldn't believe him, but knowing Li Miao's personality, he most likely wouldn't kill him while he was kneeling. And as long as he got close to Li Miao, he could strike before his protective inner energy could fully form!
As for face... where in the world are there eunuchs who care about face!
The palm strike came whistling through the air, but Cun Dong didn't see any protective armor appear on Li Miao's body. He gritted his teeth, and as his single palm reached close, he suddenly changed his move, his whole body coiling like a long snake, reaching out towards Li Miao's arm!

Become!

Li Miao stood still, neither dodging nor making a move, letting Cun Dong wrap around his arm!

Cun Dong's bones and muscles were intertwined, and an extremely strange internal energy began to operate, instantly turning him into a human shackle, firmly locking Li Miao's arm!

"No protective inner energy! Attack!"

Cun Dong shouted.

In fact, he didn't need to say anything; the other four black-clad eunuchs had already rushed to Li Miao's side and attacked his vital points together!

Cun Dong's face lit up with joy.

This grappling technique is a secret passed down within the palace; even someone a level above oneself would find it difficult to break free. Crucially, it also allows one to simultaneously assess the condition of the person being held captive.

He clearly sensed that Li Miao's bones and muscles had not become stronger, his true energy had not transformed into a tangible protective robe, and even the hidden injuries in his body showed no signs of healing.

His internal energy, strength, and physical constitution were exactly the same as before.

"Could it be that he didn't actually cultivate the Profound Insight technique?"

Cun Dong was overjoyed.

Just then, Li Miao suddenly smiled at him.

"have you had enough?"

bang.

There was a crisp sound.

That was the sound of a large tendon snapping in Cun Dong's arms, and then Li Miao's arm slowly bent in his embrace.

Crunch, crunch.

"Ugh!" Cun Dong couldn't help but let out a wail. The technique originally intended to restrain Li Miao had now become a tool for Li Miao to inflict pain on him. As Li Miao's arm slowly and irresistibly bent, his entire body folded in half.

puff.

The broken bone pierced through the skin and flesh, and the blood and flesh, squeezed into a paste, rushed out of the wound.

"What... what kind of life-altering technique are you involved with..."

Blood gushed from his mouth, and Cun Dong coughed and forced himself to speak.

He was now certain that Li Miao had mastered the Profound Vision technique. But his true energy and bones hadn't improved; where did he get such immense brute strength from?
Li Miao smiled.

"meson."

"Jiezi!?" Cun Dong's eyes widened suddenly.

Diamond is the body, Mount Sumeru is the energy, and the medulla oblongata is the technique.

But why would Li Miao associate with Jie Zi...? Isn't he practicing the most brutal and ruthless path? Fighting to the death and repaying blood with blood—shouldn't someone with that kind of mentality associate with Vajra?

How could it be a meson?

If it's a mustard seed, where does his inexplicable brute strength come from?
Suddenly, Cun Dong heard a crisp "crack" sound, but it didn't come from himself; it came from Li Miao's arm.

That was the sound of Li Miao's arm muscles cracking.

A look of realization finally appeared in Cun Dong's eyes: "So that's how it is."

“Jiezi is control, and so is Xuanlan. You’ve connected with Jiezi, pushing your control over your body to its peak… This is yours, Xuanlan…”

"Suppressing instincts, trading injury for strength, fighting to the death. You're this ruthless even to yourself... You really are—"

bang.

"Thank you for the explanation."

Li Miao's arm was completely bent, and the cundong clinging to his arm also bent, his head drooping limply.

Li Miao suddenly flung his hand, sending Cun Dong flying and knocking two black-clad eunuchs away.

The next instant, Li Miao's hands gripped the heads of the other two black-clad eunuchs, his arm muscles bulging, even tearing his skin!
It slammed violently into the ground!

boom! ! !
A deafening roar shook the ground, which seemed to suddenly spring up as if alive. The tremors traveled along the ground to the high palace walls, startling the warhorses, which abruptly raised their heads and neighed.

"what's the situation……"

The officer of the Right Guard of the Valiant Cavalry frowned and looked towards the Hall of Literary Glory.

He couldn't possibly leave after such a potentially fatal situation. He simply led his knights a short distance before stopping to wait for the outcome of the fight between Li Miao and the black-clad eunuch.

Suddenly, he gritted his teeth.

"No, we can't just wait around."

"We still have to go check it out. That Li Miao must die here today! Otherwise, all is lost!"

He spurred his horse, ready to gallop towards the Huagai Hall.

Suddenly, it seemed as if something was blocking the sunlight from above, casting a shadow beside him.

"Clouds? What bad luck!"

He spat and, completely unconcerned, prepared to ride off.

pat.

A drop of warm liquid landed on his face, followed by more liquid splashing down.

"It's raining?"

He raised his hand to catch a drop of liquid, but all he could see was crimson.

A chill crept up his spine to the back of his head. He suddenly looked up and saw where the shadow above his head had come from.

It was a corpse hanging on the eaves of the palace wall.

Beside the corpse, Li Miao stood there, draping another black-clad eunuch, whose chest was still heaving, over the eaves, as if hanging a piece of cured meat for winter.

Seeing that he was looking over, Li Miao turned and smiled at him.

"No rush, no rush."

"You're next."

(End of this chapter)