Evil of all ages

Chapter 209 Betrayal
When Li Yanliang saw that the half-step grandmaster he had invited was being held back by Wan Guiyi, he clenched his fists involuntarily.

"Fire Elder"

As his numbers dwindled, he called forth his protectors.

Huo Lao was a half-step Grandmaster whom his maternal family had nurtured with countless resources, and now they had no choice but to use him.

Li Wukong was not afraid at all when he saw another half-step Grandmaster appear beside the Third Prince.

"Old He"

The Third Prince had protectors, so how could he not? He also called out his protector, who was also a half-step Grandmaster.

"Elder Huo, I, Your Highness, urge you to fight a swift and decisive battle at all costs, and not be dragged down like the Xue army."

"We must either control Li Wukong or kill him."

When Li Yanliang saw that even the eldest prince had a half-step Grandmaster protector, his face turned grim, knowing that things couldn't continue like this.

He gave Elder Huo a death order: no matter the cost, he had to quickly kill the enemy's protectors and capture the First Prince to control the situation.

"obey"

Huo Lao launched himself forward, and in mid-air, he unleashed a powerful Fiery Cloud Palm strike at the First Prince and his protectors.

Elder He appeared in front of the eldest prince and met him with a powerful palm strike.

"boom"

The shockwave generated by the collision of the two palms instantly sent nearby people flying.

The palm strikes neutralized each other, and both Elder Huo and Elder He's expressions hardened, realizing how difficult the other was to deal with.

But they were each serving their own master, and had no choice.

They collided instantly.

Finally, like Xue Jun and his companion, they ran to the nearby palace wall and fought.

Li Yanliang saw that Huo Lao had not only collapsed the nearby palace walls, but also destroyed the nearby palaces.

Despite their best efforts, they were unable to defeat their opponent and, like Xue Jun, were locked in a stalemate.

This weighed heavily on his mind, but the situation on the ground was becoming increasingly unfavorable to him.

He looked at the sharp sword in his hand, gritted his teeth, and led several of his innate guards to charge forward and join the battle.

He wasn't weak; his family was a family of military generals. How could he only study Confucian classics and not practice martial arts?

He was a prince and shouldn't have participated, but the situation was unfavorable to him, so he had to personally step in to boost morale.

They wanted to turn the situation around through his leadership.

Seeing the Third Prince's courage in personally engaging in battle, aided by several innate guards, Li Wukong was impressed by his bravery.

This really boosted the morale of his men.

However, Li Wukong remained calm and had someone bring over the bow and arrows.

Although he was not a professional archer, as a prince, how could he not learn the Six Arts of a gentleman? He was still quite good at archery.

He nocked an arrow, drew his bow, aimed at the Third Prince, and shot.

Unfortunately, his arrow was cleaved in two by a single strike from the Third Prince's personal guard.

Several arrows were fired in succession, and the result was the same.

This displeased him, so he ordered all the archers to aim at the Third Prince and shoot.

But the Third Prince wasn't stupid; he completely believed that the few innate guards could block all the arrows.

He caught the shield thrown to him by his subordinate.

While deflecting the incoming arrows, he boosted morale and led his troops to attack the direction of the eldest prince.

"Mr. Shen"

As Li Wukong watched the Third Prince and his troops rush towards him, getting closer and closer, he turned to look at Shen Zhonghe, as if asking something.

Shen Zhonghe remained silent, but nodded to the eldest prince, indicating that it was almost time for the medicine to take effect.

Shen Zhonghe nodded in less than two breaths.

"lie"

"lie"

"..."

The Third Prince's troops fell one by one, like straws blown down by a typhoon.

They're all like they've been poisoned by cartilage-inducing drugs.

Seeing this, Li Yanliang's eyes were filled with fear and disbelief, unable to understand how his people could have become like this.

A short time
The only people standing beside him were assassins from the Shadow Pavilion, eunuchs from the Martial Arts Bureau, and a few innate guards. Seeing this, Elder Huo wanted to slip away to protect the Third Prince, but Elder He held him back tightly, preventing him from returning immediately.

"you……"

A hint of panic flashed in Li Yanliang's eyes. He knew that his condition must have been caused by the First Prince, and he was asking him how he had done it.

“Pu”

"tear"

"..."

Suddenly, a new change occurred.

The assassins of the Shadow Pavilion suddenly attacked the eunuchs of the Martial Arts Bureau.

Only now did he realize that, after fighting with the Crown Prince's forces for so long, almost all of the Shadow Pavilion's assassins were unharmed.

More than half of the eunuchs in the Shangwu Bureau were lost. Those who survived were either wounded or had been severely injured.

Adding to this the unexpected scene unfolded on the spot.

While they were distracted, they had no time to guard against their own people and were instantly killed by the numerous assassins of the Shadow Pavilion.

When all the eunuchs of the Shangwu Bureau fell down.

Only he and a few innate guards remained at the scene.

At this moment, he understood perfectly well that the Shadow Pavilion had betrayed him and poisoned his men, which was why they had all fallen ill.

"why?"

Li Yanliang stared intently at Kong Kuangfeng, the deputy leader of the Shadow Pavilion, wanting to know why.
"Do you even need to ask? They're assassins, risking their lives for profit. I'm offering them more than you are, so of course they'll help me."

Li Wukong's smug voice came over, answering for Kong Kuangfeng.

"Boom"

From afar, Xue Jun saw this scene and knew that the Third Prince had lost.

He had no intention of staying to be buried with Wan Guiyi, so he suddenly erupted, taking the opportunity to break free from Wan Guiyi's entanglement and escape out of the palace.

Wan Guiyi didn't give chase. He didn't have any deep-seated hatred for Xue Jun; he was just there to lend a hand, so there was no need for him to risk his life against Xue Jun.

Xue Jun did the same, so the two of them tacitly agreed not to take any real action and just kept fishing on the sidelines.

Now that the person has escaped, Wan Guiyi saw the two protectors fighting so fiercely.

After thinking about it, he decided to rush over to help.

"I never expected to lose in this way."

"Hahaha……"

Li Yanliang laughed at the injustice of fate, and hated the White Lotus Sect for causing trouble and keeping the city gates of the capital closed, preventing some of his troops from entering.

He hated the Shadow Pavilion for betraying him...

If none of these things had happened, he would definitely have won.

The more I think about it, the angrier I get.

"Kill them for me!"

Even though he knew he had lost, Li Yanliang was filled with resentment and didn't want to die such a pathetic death.

He led the remaining few innate guards and charged towards the eldest prince.

Seeing this situation, and that the Third Prince was still so brave, Li Wukong shook his head slightly and ordered the innate experts in his camp to fight against him.

Not long
All of the Third Prince's innate guards were dead, leaving him alone, surrounded by the First Prince's men.

"Don't get too cocky. Whether you'll have the last laugh is still unknown."

Seeing the eldest prince's smug expression, Li Yanliang, no longer wanting to be humiliated, glanced at the empress on the steps and prepared to slit his own throat.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of him and shattered his sword with a single finger.

It is the sword that buries ten thousand and returns to one.
It turns out that Huo Lao had been captured by Wan Guiyi and his companion just moments before.

With his sword gone, he prepared to bite his tongue and commit suicide.

Who would have thought that Wan Guiyi would see through his intentions and press the pressure points on his body, rendering him unable to move, including the mute point, so that he could not bite his tongue to commit suicide.

"Didn't you dream of sitting in that position?"

"I can't grant you that, but I can make you watch me sit in that position."

"Don't worry, I won't kill you. Sixth and Seventh Princes are in the South City Prison. I will send you to join them."

(End of this chapter)