A weak rabbit suddenly showed its claws that were sharper than those of a lion. When you disdainfully stroked its harmless fur, as long as it wanted to, it could ruthlessly claw at you and crush you into pieces. It was just that you didn't know it.
That was what Ding Huang was feeling right now.
He suddenly understood why the assassin he sent out died in the palace. The question that had puzzled him for a long time was answered in a flash.
A military official, who had always been very arrogant, forced out a sentence, "Isn't … isn't that Lord Shangguan?"
Isn't that the Lord Shangguan who would cough so hard that even the sun and moon would lose their luster?
Mingde didn't have time to pay attention to what others thought of him.
He was already in front of Zhuo Yu. Zhuo Yu didn't even try to dodge. In that instant, there was no time for hesitation. Mingde stabbed his sword deeply into the old man's heart.
Bright red blood spurted out, and then the color quickly turned black. Zhuo Yu's face quickly rotted and peeled off, leaving only a skeleton. He fell straight to the ground.
He was stunned. The Rong Shiba shouted, "Mingde, drop your sword!"
Mingde loosened his grip as if he had been struck by lightning. The long sword fell to the ground with a thud. The blood on the sword flowed out from the groove and onto the grass. Then, the grass withered with a few sizzling sounds.
Poisonous blood!
This man's entire body was filled with poisonous blood!
"Don't be in a daze!" the Rong Shiba's voice was so sharp that it was almost a scream. "That man... he's not Zhuo Yu!"
Mingde hurriedly turned his head. In that instant, he saw one of the guards behind the old man. He was completely wrapped in a black robe, revealing only a few strands of pure black hair on his forehead. The guard raised his head and smiled slightly.
The Rong Shiba suddenly took half a step back.
He opened his mouth. His voice gave people the illusion that all the bones in his body were trembling, creaking and trembling.
"… 'Ecstasy Hand' Zhuo Yu …"
Zhuo Yu raised his hand.
His whole body was wrapped in a black robe, except for a smiling face and a pale hand. Although he looked cold and lifeless, it was undeniable that he was aloof, cold, and elegant.
Mingde suddenly realized something. He looked in the direction of the Rong Shiba's frightened gaze. Under the sunlight, Zhuo Yu's five slender fingers flickered with an almost invisible glimmer, like a crystal clear thread, extending toward the princess who was sitting on the head seat several feet away.
"— Puppet line!"
— Once the puppet line was drawn, within a hundred feet of him, life and death would be his!
On the high seat of honor, the shadow guard was ready for a showdown. The sharp tip of the dagger was pointed straight at Qian Wandi's neck, but unfortunately, it couldn't go any further.
"If I had a sister like you," Qianwandi said with a smile, "I would definitely not hand you over to an inhumane Grand Tutor and let you be his tool."
The sweet expression on the princess' face completely disappeared.
The puppet line connected to her hand, forcing her to hand the dagger forward.
But it was too late. Qianwandi's hand was like an iron clamp, preventing her from moving even an inch.
"Haha!" The princess looked up to the sky and laughed, "— Emperor, do you think I am doing this for my brother?
Or do you think I am doing this for the country? "
Qianwandi sighed, "Are you not?"
"Of course not!" The princess raised her head proudly, "I am doing this for Official Zhuo!"
She was young, she was beautiful, and she had amber eyes that shone brightly under the sunlight.
But all of this was too pitiful. Qianwandi looked at her and sighed slightly.
Not far away, Zhuo Yu stood up from the grass. He looked at Qianwandi and said in a low voice with a smile, "Honorable emperor, please tell your guards not to move."
"Oh?" Qianwandi looked past the princess, "— Why?"
"Because you are less than a foot away from her right now.
If your guards move, then I can only kill her. "
Qianwandi stood up, "What does this have to do with me?
This is a woman who loves you, what does it have to do with me? "
Zhuo Yu slowly walked forward. His steps were very steady. He passed through the shadow guards' encirclement, and not a single person dared to move an inch towards him.
"… … There is a relationship."
He said slowly, "… … In fact, there is a lot of relationship … … Because her body is already filled with highly toxic blood … …"
Everyone looked at the princess in shock. The puppet strings that shone faintly in the sunlight already tightly controlled her limbs and body. If Zhuo Yu moved a single finger, she would immediately be torn apart.
The splattering poisonous blood would affect everyone near the head of the throne. If Zhuo Yu was willing to let her die even more miserably, then perhaps even the ministers below would not be spared.
"Do you see?"
Qianwandi said to the princess in a low voice, "He doesn't care about your life at all. In his eyes, you are nothing more than a tool for him to kill people. You are not even a useful tool.
I'm guessing that a tool like you is even less important than the puppet strings in his heart, right? "
The princess smiled, her gaze even intoxicated.
"Emperor," she said, "Do you know how many people Zhuo Yu has killed?"
Qianwandi did not answer.
"Nine hundred and ninety-nine," she closed her eyes devoutly, "… … I am willing to be the thousandth."
Qianwandi was momentarily unable to say a word.
He suddenly raised his head to look at Zhuo Yu and asked sternly, "What do you want?"
Zhuo Yu said, "I want you to give the order to retreat!"
Qianwandi's hands clenched into fists, his nails sinking deep into his flesh.
"I want you to retreat from the front line, the army to retreat thirty miles!
We can bow our heads, but we can't accept the price of ceding three thousand miles of land and paying heavy taxes every year! "
Qianwandi scolded sternly, "Just ceding land and paying taxes, I have already been very generous to you!"
"No, Your Majesty," Zhuo Yu said softly, "You can deceive that stupid little king with this trick, but it is far from deceiving me.
Xi Wan Kingdom has a small population and vast land, and can't bear the heavy taxes. If we offer large amounts of gold and silver every year, in at most twenty years, this country will only be left with an empty shell!
At that time, you won't need a single soldier, and you can easily take down the entire Xi Wan Kingdom! "
His voice was low and clear, and in an instant, the several important ministers who originally came up with this idea were speechless.
Qianwandi stared at him closely.
This man's reputation had long been spread all over the world, and everyone knew that he was ruthless enough to do anything.
When a person was usually ruthless and unscrupulous, and you forced him to a bottom line, then he could really fight you to the bitter end.
Zhuo Yu raised his head, and the wind on the hunting ground with the smell of iron brushed his hair. His black battle robe rose in a huge arc, as if he was a god of war who had descended to the human world.
The princess's expression changed.
The puppet strings were getting tighter and tighter, and she could even hear the slight sliding sound of her skin being cut.
… … Was she going to be free?
She closed her eyes sweetly.
The thousandth … … Maybe it was different?
At this moment, Qianwandi suddenly sneered, "State Preceptor Zhuo, I pity you … … You can actually be called a hero."
He suddenly took half a step back. Zhuo Yu was about to move his finger to kill the princess when he suddenly heard a voice behind him, "State Preceptor, you … … you … … you should just admit defeat!"
The voice of this cowardly youth was too familiar. Zhuo Yu turned around and saw a hidden guard holding a finely-dressed youth, standing on a high ground a few feet away.
The princess turned around and exclaimed, "Royal Brother!"
Everyone present was shocked.
That cowardly and cowardly youth was actually the little king of Xi Wan Kingdom!
Zhuo Yu's expression didn't change, but his fingers trembled slightly.
This was actually abnormal. His many years of cultivation had already reached the point where he could abandon all emotions and desires. No one and nothing could make him move his deadly fingers even slightly.
The little king didn't dare to look directly at his subjects and hurriedly lowered his head, "State … State Preceptor Zhuo manipulated the court … … to threaten me … … I have already discussed with the Celestial Emperor. If I get rid of the State Preceptor, I will cede land as compensation and make annual contributions … … At least, at least I can become a vassal state of the Celestial Empire … …"
Everyone present coincidentally revealed a bit of unconcealable contempt and disdain on their faces.
Even the hidden guard holding the little king couldn't help but reveal a bit of a sigh.
Zhuo Yu slowly turned his head back, as if he didn't want to see the little king at all.
How many years of painstaking effort, how many years of enduring hardships, how many years of sleepless nights, how many years of diligent efforts to govern?
Stepping on blood and flesh to get to where he was today, he realized that what he was supporting was just such a dynasty.
Qianwandi sighed and said in an almost inaudible whisper, "… … Born at the wrong time."
The princess suddenly screamed, "Royal brother!
How can you bow and bend the knee to an outsider?
You have disgraced our royal family! "
The little king trembled, "I, I didn't bow and bend the knee!
I didn't!
I didn't! "
The princess wanted to pounce on him and grab him fiercely, but as soon as she moved, she was bound by the puppet strings.
She wailed loudly and tears flowed down her bright cheeks. She knelt on the ground and shouted sternly, "Zhuo Yu!
Zhuo Yu!
Just kill me!
Just kill me!
… … "
The archers who were lying in ambush all around stood up in great numbers. Countless shining arrows pointed at Zhuo Yu. As long as the order was given, he would be shot into a hedgehog.
No matter how terrifying a top master was, even if his name shook the world to Zhuo Yu's level, he wouldn't be able to escape from the arrows of hundreds and thousands of people.
Zhuo Yu hesitated for a moment. He looked at the princess, as if he was considering whether to save her or not.
The princess knelt on the ground. Her delicate hands desperately clawed at the ground under her knees, as if this was the only way to slightly vent the heart-wrenching pain in her heart.
Her fingernails were forcefully cut off. Black blood flowed to the ground, like thick black despair and helplessness.
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Zhuo Yu closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "… … I'm sorry."
As he spoke, he clenched his five fingers. In an instant, a bloody light exploded. In the poisonous blood that soared into the sky, the broken body parts splattered on the ground. The thick smell of blood was like a nightmare that covered the sky and covered the earth. It was as if the entire sky was covered in a haze.
"Protect the Emperor!"
"Quick!"
"Save the Emperor!"
A sharp, secret guard's highest alert whistle came from the Rong Shiba's mouth. In an instant, the world's most concentrated and valiant masters all rushed toward Zhuo Yu, who was standing a few zhang away.
The Rong Shiba rushed to the front. As he dodged, he glanced at Mingde. He saw him glance at Qianwandi before rushing out.
The Rong Shiba sternly shouted, "What time is it now!"
— — What time is it now? What are you still doing?
Zhuo Yu was like a bolt of black lightning. In the sky full of arrows, he leapt several times and rushed toward the only way out of the hunting grounds — — the southeast corner of the valley.
He was worthy of being called the world's number one master. The Rong Shiba only had time to grab onto a piece of his clothes before he felt a chill between his legs.
He quickly retreated half a step. The puppet string barely scratched his muscles. Just a little bit more and his leg would have been crippled.
"F * ck, a grown man doing this woman's string. It's too insidious!"
Just as he thought this, he heard Zhuo Yu say faintly in the wind, "… As long as the right method is used, even the softest thing can be harder and sharper than steel."
Rong Shiba sucked in a cold breath.
It was said that the Xi Wan State Preceptor Zhuo Yu could control people's minds. Could it be true?
In a flash, he didn't have time to think anymore. The Rong Shiba quickly stepped forward and grabbed Zhuo Yu's wrist.
At the same time, several secret guards pressed down on Zhuo Yu's shoulders, back, and chest from different angles. Although it was dangerous, it restricted his momentum to a certain extent.
They were almost at the edge of the southeast corner of the valley. The roadside was overgrown with weeds, and the huge cliff was not far away. In this precious moment, the Rong Shiba loudly shouted, "— — Mingde!
Go! "
Zhuo Yu only had time to raise his head. Then he saw a young man above everyone's heads. With a speed that even the world's number one master of lightness skills could not match, the sharp tip of the knife was directly stabbing toward his heart.
— — Single Blade!
This dangerous path paved by countless people, this murderous aura that filled the air and filled the air, this offense built with blood and flesh, all of it seemed to be for the sake of this single blade that cut through the world to appear in front of him in an instant.