719 One Night in Changsan (1/2)
”Don't try to fool me! My father went out of the palace with the National Master or Master Huang Yang. And he never worried about the safety when he was in the palace because of the God-stunning Array. Nobody could kill the Li's in the palace!”
Li Huiyuan shouted harshly, ”I want to see how you can kill me!”
He might have looked calm and confident, but at last, his voice was trembling.
Xu Chongshan lifted up his right fist, and said expressionlessly, ”A punch would be enough to kill you.”
Xu Chongshan waved his fist. The fist broke the wind and punched heavily on a yellow oil-paper umbrella.
After a rumbling sound, the surface of the umbrella caved in a little, but it wasn't torn apart.
He Mingchi, with the umbrella in one hand and Li Huiyuan in another, backed up to a hundred feet away.
Behind him was the unimpressive little building.
On eaves of the far-away halls and walls, there were lots of animal carvings. After Xu Chongshan waved out his first strike, a slight aura was slowly given out by these divine carvings.
Xu Chongshan paled after he sensed the aura, but he didn't care.
He had been a bodyguard in the palace for more than ten years. He started as a normal bodyguard and finally became the marshal of all bodyguards. There was no one who knew the Imperial Palace's tactical array more than him.
Even Ning Que, who had followed Master Yan Se's last wish to maintain the God-stunning Array, was inferior to Xu Chongshan when talking about the Array.
What made him cautious was He Mingchi who was standing before the small building.
”Why are you here?”
He Mingchi didn't answer. Instead, he looked at him and frowned; then he said, ”Another leftover of the Devil's Doctrine? You've been hilding in the palace for so many years.”
Upon hearing those words, Li Huiyuan opened his eyes widely and said resentfully, ”I should've known that you were a subordinate of the she-devil!”
Xu Chongshan ignored him and talked to He Mingchi calmly, ”I know you've been hiding your cultivation level for all these years. It's a pity that you're no match for me even in your real level.”
”And you can no longer be my match even if you become the National Master of the Empire in the future.”
He Mingchi looked at him and said, ”You're a powerhouse of the Devil's Doctrine and of course I am no match for you. But you've made a little mistake on your judgment today, and that will cost your life.”
Xu Chongshan felt that the aura of the animal-carvings on the eaves grew overwhelmingly in mere moments.
Xu Chongshan realized that the guy appeared before the small building at midnight, and then some crazy idea came to his mind. He watched He Mingchi with astonishment and said, ”How dare you get in the building! There's no way that you can open the array eye!”
He Mingchi glanced at Li Huiyuan and said with a smile, ”This is a privilege His Majesty gave me. As for the array eye... I can still open the Killer Matrix without the array pestle.”
Xu Chongshan moaned and paled suddenly. He felt his chest getting stuffier and his heart beating faster and faster, which nearly cracked all his bones, and his blood felt like bursting out.
He took a deep breath and forced himself to resist the suppression the God-stunning Array brought on him. Then roaring came out of his two lips. His body, which was strong like a mountain, moved forward with a rumbling sound, and his first headed directly to Li Huiyuan standing beside He Mingchi.
He Mingchi was surprised that this powerhouse of the Devil's Doctrine could remain so vigorous under the suppression of the Killer Matrix. He turned serious and opened the umbrella before him, then he pulled Li Huiyuan behind him.
His right fist, or even his whole body clashed heavily on the yellow oil-paper umbrella.
The umbrella cracked and its ribs had broken into pieces.
He Mingchi spit out blood and fell backwards, knocking into Li Huiyuan's body.
Li Huiyuan screamed in pain, not knowing how many of his bones were broken.
Xu Chongshan was standing like a mountain. He clenched his fist and was going to strike again.
In the dark Imperial Garden, a light sound rang out.
His face paled like snow. He had his hand on his chest, and then he fell down.
His heart was shattered.
On the palace grounds under the dim night lights, broken porcelain pieces were everywhere. All the eunuchs and maids, with the palm prints and scars on their faces, were terrified and restless.
After being treated by an imperial physician, Li Huiyuan's injury was finally stabilized. He looked at the bandages on his naked body and at He Mingchi, who was pale and coughing incessantly. All his remaining fears turned to anger.
He Mingchi coughed and said, ”Your Majesty, we should inform Her Highness of this immediately.”
”Don't bother her.”
Li Huiyuan didn't know why but he didn't want to see his sister now, or why he was afraid to see her. He subconsciously asked to prevent the news from spreading, no matter what dangerous situation he was faced with.
He looked at the eunuchs and maids in the hall, and warned in a cold voice, ”Anyone who lets out the secret will be clubbed to death.”