Chapter 665 - 497: Here We Go Again

Though Zhuo Qingfeng’s force was small, with fewer than twenty people, each was an expert above the Blood Fusion Realm, not to mention the two Meridian Passage Realm experts lent to him by the Su Family.

Thus, the balance of strength quickly tipped entirely in favor of the Crown Prince’s side.

"Shen Yidao, where did your men go? Let them fight!" The man in the gold crown mask, though not weak in cultivation, faced a long-renowned Royal Meridian Realm expert as his opponent. Even though he deployed numerous tactics, defeating his opponent in a short time was impossible, and he himself was entangled.

High above the sky, Shen Yidao, engaged in a struggle with Fahai, immediately let out a long cry upon hearing the call.

This was the signal to summon the disciples of the Green Blade Sect.

Not good!

How could I forget Shen Yidao is the Sect Leader of the Green Blade Sect? Though the Green Blade Sect’s Elder was captured and a batch of elite disciples were lost, the sect still had considerable residual power, which Shen Yidao had taken away from the sect before the imperial decree of arrest could be issued.

The Green Blade Sect, cultivated over several generations for decades, still had a significant accumulation, especially the number of Meridian Passage Realm experts, far more than those visible outside.

If it weren’t for the sudden exposure of the Xue Family Manor’s smuggling material warehouse, triggering a series of chain reactions afterwards, would the Green Blade Sect be in such a predicament?

Now, he carries his trusted forces like a dog, a master of Tianyuan being ordered around by a mere youngster, his heart full of resentment and unwilling humiliation.

But there’s no choice, only if the Crown Prince dies can King Qi firmly secure the throne, and only then can the arrest warrant for him and the Green Blade Sect be lifted, giving him a chance to make a comeback and reclaim everything that belongs to him.

More than ten grey figures rushed forward, brandishing the long knives characteristic of the Green Blade Sect, slashing into the battlefield.

Pei Jian.

I knew you’d pull this move.

Waiting for this moment.

The last assassination attempt failed, precisely because Pei Jian’s men suddenly entered the scene, and this time, with the Crown Prince openly arriving, how could he, as the magistrate of Dongshan Prefecture, not send someone to welcome him?

Zhuo Qingfeng secretly left Dongshan Prefecture and borrowed experts from the Su Family, a secret he knew, but he didn’t tell the man in the gold crown.

Sure enough, at the last moment, Zhuo Qingfeng still brought his people over, trying to use the old trick?

No chance.

Fahai has already been exposed earlier.

Now, even the last reinforcements have appeared. This time, no chance will be given?

This time, the Green Blade Sect is truly thoroughly exposed. As Shen Yidao’s subordinates charged into the battlefield, the situation started to reach a stalemate, a balanced state.

But the people from the Green Blade Sect came with hatred and knew that if they couldn’t kill the Crown Prince this time, they would have no place to stand within Da Li’s territory.

Therefore, upon starting, they launched a frenzied attack.

And the guards alongside the Crown Prince have battled long, with more and more wounded, losing combat capabilities. Even with Zhuo Qingfeng’s people joining, with reinforcements entering on the opponent’s side, in the long run, defeat seemed only a matter of time.

Crown Prince Zhao Yuanze also drew his sword and joined the battlefield, having no choice, lacking enough manpower. If he continued to hide in the rear, it was unrealistic.

The enemies have reached his front; can he still refrain from fighting back?

"Very well, Green Blade Sect, Shen Yidao, if I survive this time, I swear to annihilate your entire sect!" The Crown Prince is considered to be at the Blood Fusion Realm; while lacking combat experience, as long as no one from the Meridian Passage Realm makes a move, with several key guards protecting him, he can temporarily ensure his own safety.

"Incompetent rage!"

The man in the gold crown sneered dismissively, his aura suddenly surging, and his pale hand instantly enlarged, with a terrifying energy emerging from within his body.

Heaven-Flipping Palm!

Bang!

The expert from the Royal Court who was fighting against him was struck and sent flying directly, spitting out a large mouthful of blood, astonishingly mixed with fragments of lung tissue.

With one palm, the lung meridian was shattered, and this Royal Meridian Realm expert already lost combat capability, requiring immediate medical treatment, or his life might be in jeopardy.

This man with the gold crown was so powerful, yet hadn’t demonstrated it earlier, seemingly conserving his strength all along.

Such cunning, terrifying indeed.

This suddenly emerging Blood Massacre and who these three people truly are, why has the martial world never heard of such mysterious forces existing?

The rain gradually diminished.

Yet, the ground battle showed no signs of cessation; rather, it became increasingly brutal, with death tolls on both sides continuously rising.

The corpses of two guards from the Eastern Palace killed initially, long having turned ghastly white from soaking in rainwater.

And some injured survivors, besides their painful wailing in the rain, without treatment can only wait for death or have their fate decided after the fight concludes.

Crash!

A clap of thunder sounded.

Instantly illuminating the battlefield as if it were daylight.

The ground lay scattered with all sorts of bodies, some even decapitated, others trampled into a bloody pulp by startled horses.

Such a scene was like a purgatory.

The battle continued.

Of nearly a hundred Blood Massacre members, only half remained, while on the Crown Prince’s guards’ side, casualties also exceeded half, with the remaining all bearing injuries.

Zhuo Qingfeng brought people who began to suffer casualties, and the Green Blade Sect’s members too, intertwined in mutual slaughter.

The symphony of death was playing wildly.

The situation seemed gradually tilting toward Shen Yidao and Blood Massacre’s side.