荔枝影院

Edited by: Michyrr

“Kill!”

Deep within the palace, the battle was intensifying. The men in black were working together with the elites of the Imperial Army to crash against the Dragon Guards in wave after wave. Many Dragon Guards had already fallen, and if this continued, it wouldn’t be long before Taiji Palace was breached.

“Good! If this continues, Taiji Palace will be ours!”

In the back of the army, First Prince Li Ying clenched his fists, a bright light in his eyes.

The army was advancing, and while something had apparently happened at Chongsheng Gate, he no longer cared.

As long as he could take Taiji Palace, anything that happened in the rear had no effect on him.

“For opposing this prince, all of you must die!”

The First Prince felt refreshed as the Dragon Guards were slain.

Bang!

But just when the last defense line was about to crumble...

No one noticed a black steel boot, decorated with dragon and mountain patterns in gold, stomp out of Taiji Palace.

It was just a simple step, but as the foot hit the ground, a massive soundwave radiated from Taiji Palace, and the ground seemed unable to bear the weight of this black boot.

Buzz!

This intense soundwave made the men in black and the Imperial Army elites all turn in unison.

What appeared before them was a black-armored general with a cold expression, his body seething with energy as he strode out of Taiji Palace.

The strongest people around Taiji Palace had undoubtedly been those stalwart Dragon Guards standing sentry on the white jade steps, but even the strongest of the Dragon Guards appeared much weaker than this black-armored general, like comparing a child to a strongman.

But to their greater shock, there was yet another boom, and then another black-armored general strode out of the palace.

This was followed by a third man. This group of people came out in groups of three, and a few moments later, four teams had appeared, for a total of twelve black-armored generals, all of them with cold expressions.

But while these people had cold and aloof expressions, their bodies were blazing with energy. These twelve arranged themselves into a semicircle to defend Taiji Palace from all angles.

Whoooah!

Even the strongest of the men in black instinctively backed away in fear upon seeing those twelve demonic generals.

Danger!

Extreme danger!

Although there were only twelve of them, much fewer than the Dragon Guards, the men in black sensed that they were far more dangerous than all the Dragon Guards put together.

An Imperial Army soldier glanced at them and immediately felt like every part of his body had been jabbed by needles, and he shivered in shock. “Just who are these people?!”

“The True Dragon Sentinels!”

At this moment, no one was more shocked than Li Ying.

He had always believed that the greatest barrier between him and the throne of the Nine and Five was the Dragon Guards, but now, he understood that this was far from the case.

“How could this be? These people actually exist?!”

Li Ying suddenly recalled a rumor from his childhood. It was said that in the dark corners of Taiji Palace were twelve of the Sage Emperor’s strongest guards. These guards had once been the Sage Emperor’s most loyal soldiers. They had participated in the rebellion that broke out when the Sage Emperor first took the throne and had rendered great achievements.

But ever since then, those twelve had vanished. No one knew their names. They had been born in the darkness, grown up in the darkness, and eventually vanished into the darkness.

Li Ying had heard of their feats as a baby, but he had never seen them with his own eyes, so he had taken them to be larger-than-life characters whose legends had been embellished. He had never expected them to be real.

“Forget it! Just end the battle now!”

The intimidated men in black suddenly bellowed, killing intent exploding from their bodies as they charged at the remaining Dragon Guards and the True Dragon Sentinels.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The half–Lu Wus and half–Ju Bis snarled, their veins bulging and black energy boiling off their bodies. With astonishing speed, they charged at the twelve black-armored generals.

But despite their speed, there were some who were even faster.

“Asura Darkblade!”

The Asura men in black flew across the steps, reaching the True Dragon Sentinels first.

Bang!

One of the men in black thrust out his left palm, unleashing pure Fire of Mara at one of the True Dragon Sentinels.

Fwoosh! The Fire of Mara that had been about the size of a fist instantly turned into a massive fireball upon touching that black-armored general. Meanwhile, that Asura immediately shot to the True Dragon Sentinel’s right side.

“Die!”

The Asura suddenly produced a curved black blade that was more than four feet long. The blade thrummed with destructive energy as it slashed at the True Dragon Sentinel.

This attack was abrupt and moved with such speed that it left a long scar in the fabric of space. Even steel would be sliced in two if struck by this blade.

Rumble!

But just as this black blade was about to strike, boom! The black-armored general exploded with Stellar Energy, blasting away the Fire of Mara into countless flickering embers.

At the same time, a powerful hand covered in thick armor reached outward. A moment later, that Asura that was originally several feet away was drawn into his palm, those five fingers clenched around his throat.

Crack.

With a light snap, the callous True Dragon Sentinel shattered the Asura’s neck. The man in black’s limbs went limp, his body swaying in the air like a punctured balloon, all the energy rapidly draining away.

Without using any weapons, the True Dragon Sentinel had easily killed one of the Asura men in black.

“!!!”

All the men in black were stunned by this sight.

Any man in black who could transform into an Asura was considered an expert in their organization. They had massive reserves of Stellar Energy and incredibly tenacious vitalities. Within their bodies was the most tyrannical of the three flames, the Fire of Mara.

In normal circumstances, even if they were heavily injured, they would still be incredibly hard to kill.

But that True Dragon Sentinel had just needed his five fingers to kill one!

“What frightening strength!”

They quickly realized that it wasn’t that those Asura men in black were too weak. It was that the twelve True Dragon Sentinels were too strong.

“The First Prince has decreed that anyone who kills those men will be richly rewarded!”

“Kill!”

A moment later, the men in black and Imperial Army elites charged forward.

The men in black had never feared death, and the Imperial Army was under the direct command of the First Prince. None of them could retreat.

A great din arose as various kinds of Stellar Energy, sabers, swords, and arrows rained down on the Dragon Guards and True Dragon Sentinels on the jade steps.

This dense rain of attacks blotted out the sky, and even the imposing walls of Taiji Palace were drowned under the waves of Stellar Energy.

Clang!

Suddenly, everyone heard the sound of a saber being pulled from its sheath with incredible speed. The screeching of the blade against the sheath was so shrill that it almost shattered eardrums.

Bang!

A few moments later, a pitch-black wave of energy cut through the heavens, cleaving apart all those various kinds of Stellar Energy.

The remaining saber energy sliced apart everything else within a range of several hundred feet, including the men in black, the Imperial Army soldiers, the arrows howling through the air, and the various torrents of Stellar Energy. All of it was obliterated.

In front of this saber energy, everything else might as well have been made of paper. All of it was swept away and pulverized into tiny chunks.

And this was only the beginning.

Boom! Boom! Boom! There were twelve explosions in all, each burst of saber energy causing the majestic Taiji Palace to tremble.

As the saber energy descended, the world fell silent, the din of fighting instantly vanishing.

Twelve massive scars had appeared in front of Taiji Palace, each one starting from one of the twelve True Dragon Sentinels.

These massive scars spanned the entire battlefield, and in their course, one could only see mangled bodies and severed limbs. The men in black and Imperial Army elites had been obliterated, leaving behind a hellish scene.

Silence!

The area in front of Taiji Palace became eerily still!

Even the most frenzied and bloodthirsty of the men in black unconsciously backed away.

The twelve black-armored True Dragon Sentinels seemed to transform into twelve ancient mountains that had been standing since time immemorial, immovable and majestic.

The fearless men in black finally began to shiver in terror. Even though there were only twelve of them, their strength was frightening beyond measure.