Volu Palace (1/2)

Volu Palace

li</e was al with the protection and sacrifices of his subordinates …—</e had broken out of the encirclement, Commander Pei Yun of the Northern Barracks of the Imperial Guard ran into an unprecedented crisis While he was surrounded by layers of his fellow soldiers, he could only h, Pei Yun tore a piece off of his battle gown, binding the wound on his shoulder Facing hiraceful and handso This youth was s’s side were four of the Fengyi Sect’s somen One of the so these six individuals were Xiahou Yuanfeng’s subordinate i theuardsmen loyal to Pei Yun At this moment, the two sides were at an i did not dare to excessively couardsrind their bodies into pulp At the same time, Pei Yun did not dare to order his subordinates to attack, as he would likely lose his life before they could break through

Xiahou Yuanfeng smiled and stated, “Why is General Pei so obstinate? You were originally a subordinate of the Prince of Qi His Ihness, the Prince of Qi, is a supporter of His Ihness, the Crown Prince How can the shness, the Prince of Qi’s heartfelt affection? If General is willing to pull back at the precipice, this subordinate can guarantee His Ihnesses, the Crown Prince and the Prince of Qi, won’t s difficult for you”

Pei Yun seneral is aand do not accept indiscriminate orders I do not believe that the E to death As such, there is no need for you, Xiahou Yuanfeng, to waste your words Who doesn’t know that you and the Fengyi Sect are both members of the Crown Prince’s faction? The Crown Prince wishes to rebel, probably because he is worried that he would be deposed by the Emperor because of his notoriety”

Two of the soh the air Pei Yun’s figure twisted, dodging the blade edges The two other somen also attacked The saber in Pei Yun’s hand forht, the four so this opportunity, Xiahou Yuanfeng also pounced towards Pei Yun The dazzling glint of steel was incomparably beautiful The swords in the hands of the four soain Pei Yun’sfive attacks, he was overwheluardsmen nearby suddenly cried out A wry s’s face and he could only slow his offensive, allowing Pei Yun to just barely hold on

Just at this h the encircle felt as if a falcon or a as targeting his rear Hurriedly, he tried to turn his body sideways and fall back A gust of wind created by a pal was powerless to fight back, while the azure figure had already charged into the center of the four women’s sword formation Pei Yun felt a yin-principled palm send him out of the formation At this moment, the four so with their swords, absolutely unrestrained as they attacked that azure-clothed individual The azure figure flickered, his e the four so attacks In less than ten exchanges, the azure-clothed h the air It was a feast for the eyes¹ Afterwards, four blood-curdling screams could be heard The four soround and dying However, the four somen’s crazed attacks also left their marks upon the azure-clothed individual’s body The hems of his robes had been slashed into pieces

Xiaoshunzi frowned, looking down at the dead somen Their attacks were crazed and ferocious If several of thereater than Li Hanyou and coyi Sect Master’s tru intent concentrating

Xiahou Yuanfeng shi+vered By this point, his internal energy had already been restored He proed outwards

As Xiaoshunzi was about to raise his fists and follow, Pei Yun had already shouted out, “Lord Li! Now is not the tihness!”

Not saying a word, Xiaoshunzi frowned again Pei Yun did not make a move to stop him The I’s command were all martial art experts There was no need to led, they would likely be too late to save the Prince of Yong Pei Yun was extremely clear If that side had not already , there was no way that Xiahou Yuanfeng would not have acted against him Moreover, hadn’t Xiaoshunzi arrived to ask for help? Was there any other reason?

Xiaoshunzi then i is a part of the Crown Prince’s faction and issued a fake edict His Ihness wishes to break the encircleo provide support”

Pei Yun ieable about the terrain of the Hunting Palace Co before they were able to catch sight of the raging bonfire and the sounds of battle Pei Yun looked behind hi of the Eastern Barracks had delivered the deployuards Palace, while concentrating the thousand ih Pei Yun had s, he did not foresee that a full-scale revolt would actually happen As a result, even though he had issued the order to mobilize, there were only a little over two thousand io protect the Prince of Yong Would they be able to help the Prince of Yong break out of the encirclement with such few troops? Pei Yun was deeply worried

Pei Yun and Xiaoshunzi arrived at the corner gate located at the southwest of the Hunting Palace just when the Prince of Yong’s advance had been blocked by the outeruards here had been directly under the command of Grand General Qin and were co of the Eastern Barracks Sun Ding did not have any ties with the Fengyi Sect However, as he was deploying his troops earlier, one of Qin Qing’s personal guards had coardless of the night’s events, not a single soldier was perh they were half believing the shouts fro’s soldiers that the crown prince was rebelling, since the Prince of Yong did not have an iuardsmen positioned here could absolutely not peran to argue vehe erupted However, the situation was at an ihtly over a hundred cavalry with him No matter how forh the defensive line that the turncoat Imperial Guard had established Just as the skirure of Wen Ziyan and co, appeared

Pei Yun did not have time to care that he was outnuhness, this general, Pei Yun, has come to escort you!”

A look of relief flashed across the Prince of Yong’s grave and stern face Without Pei Yun’s ih i Palace He roared back loudly, “Pei Yun! Cut open a path for this Prince!”

Accepting the order, Pei Yun signaled with his hand Nuuards and his household guard, charging towards the palace gate

Seeing Pei Yun, Wen Ziyan immediately knew that the situation was dire She repeatedly leaped through the air,Her ularly fought on the battlefield As a result, she was able to dodge all efforts by the Imperial Guard to block her Very quickly, she was able to close in on the Prince of Yong Right then, an azure figure dropped down froh up in the sky Wen Ziyan stabbed up with her sword With his bare hands, that azure figure reached out to try to catch Wen Ziyan’s sword Wen Ziyan exploded with anger at being so underestiy at the swordpoint She suddenly heard a crunch Her treasured sword, capable of slicing anyjade, had actually shattered While Wen Ziyan was still paralyzed by the shock, thata steel ain with her broken sword, in the hopes of ensuring that both sides suffer The ish

In the ht Wen Ziyan could finally clearly see the man’s appearance He was the Demonic Shadow, Li Shun Wen Ziyan shook If he were killed, then the Prince of Yong would not have any reliable experts by his side As a result, she steeled her heart and concentrated fully on fighting him At this moment, one of the snohite robed so the sword, Wen Ziyan fully exhibited the prowess of the Fengyi Sect’s heaven-shaking Gale-Wind Sword Style The swift sword that enabled the transcendence of the li flames and reflections of the other weapons in the battle As for Xiaoshunzi, his movements were uncanny and peculiar, barely discernable within the glinting of steel This kind of duel, under normal circumstances, would naturally leave spectators filled with admiration and a desire to submit However, currently, everyone was too occupied to notice

Under Jing Chi, Si, and Pei Yun’s assault, the I Palace could no longer hold on Although Co the attacks of three of the top thirty of Great Yong’s enerals, he ultimately could not hide the flaws in his defensive lines any longer, as his for and his subordinates were all veterans of alloped forward, his lance sweeping away all those who opposed hi an Imperial Guard officer With this, the turncoat Ie of this opportunity, the Prince of Yong issued an order for everyone to charge forward And so, a thousand or so cavalry were able to break through and escape froht In less than an hour, uards Palace At this yi Sect disciples had closed in Wen Ziyan hardened her heart, determined to ensure that Xiaoshunzi not be allowed to escape

Xiaoshunzi’s heart was quite calh his martial arts were excellent, he would likely lose in the face of the brutal assaults by so uardsradually surrounded him as well It would be too late if he did not take this opportunity to leave Thinking of this, his figure strangely and suddenly floated into the sky Having not expected this, the sos By this time, Xiaoshunzi had already hurtled towards Wen Ziyan At rapt attention and with a calm aura, Wen Ziyan struck with the power of thunder Xiaoshunzi’s right hand raised, a hairpin clenched between his index and ers At the same time that Wen Ziyan’s sword streaked past Xiaoshunzi’s ribs, the hairpin streaked past Wen Ziyan’s cheek Wen Ziyan only felt a cold air assault her senses and subconsciously turned her head away In this way, she was able to escape losing one of her eyes, while Xiaoshunzi had seized the opportunity to zoouardsman off of his horse, Xiaoshunzi ju after the Prince of Yong

Fury blazing from her eyes, Wen Ziyan shouted, “Staunchly follow them! Even if you have to chase the , she accepted the handed-over reins of a horse Mounting, she took the lead to chase after the Prince of Yong

Standing atop the walls, Wei Ying frowned slightly Within this Hunting Palace, the Imperial Guard under their direct control merely numbered five thousand All of the other Imperial Guard forces could si Dawn’s Frost Palace Hall and trying to kill the Prince of Yong could only be assigned to trusted and loyal iuards it over, he had still sent two thousand iuards The reh to control Dawn’s Frost Palace Hall and keep an eye on the other i at the roiling dust charging off into the distance, Wei Ying wondered how the Prince of Yong had discovered the trap, allowing hi Palace The hiccup with the Prince of Qi had thrown all of the original plans into disarray Although Qin Zheng had ed to steal the Prince of Qi’s command tally, which mobilized the army, it was insufficient to have the’s ar Palace They would definitely refuse such orders, declaring that they would need to see the Prince of Qi’s direct orders, otherwise they would absolutely disobey Wei Ying decided that he needed to ply the Prince of Qi Now that the Prince of Yong had escaped, if he were to rendezvous with Grand General Qin’s army, it would be impossible for his side to ithout the reinforce frowned gravely Seeency had been planned for before this rebellion However, no one could have foreseen that the Prince of Yong would have so quickly seen through the fake edict How did this happen?

As dawn approached, hoofbeats and the snorting of horses could be heard from within the uardsht, unwilling to let the prince escape Even though the Prince of Yong was a skilled military tactician, he had no other alternative but to continue fleeing Initially, the Prince of Yong wanted to travel without worrying about pursuers However, he had broken out of the encirclement in a hurry There were even instances when twohad coe, each of the pursuers had two horses and could switch horses at any time With this, their speed was far faster than the Prince of Yong’s escort Without any other choice, the Prince of Yong could only take a circuitous route, repeatedly setting a to annihilate thee were Coeneral, while Wen Ziyan was an assassin that had appeared and disappeared at will on the battlefield Of the two, one was cautious and skilled at the art of hile the other had transcendent martial arts and was the perfect scout The entire journey, the Prince of Yong could find nothing to take advantage of

It was i² The Prince of Yong was at a disadvantage regardless of th or speed His better tactics were canceled out by the opponent’shad never been in such a difficult situation before

Only at daybreak, when the Prince of Yong had deployed all of the experts in an ambush at the mouth of a valley was he able to inflict co the Prince of Yong, who had been fleeing through the night, to breathe a sigh of relief

The Prince of Yong thoroughly understood The pursuing Imperial Guard were definitely those ould loyally listen to the Fengyi Sect’s coh they were not many in number, in comparison, his troops were even fewer Unless he could rendezvous with the rest of his household guard, it would be extreerous situation in his life The present priority was tocould not bring hiht now, the Fengyi Sect had clearly seized control of the co could likely only listen to the Fengyi Sect’s fake edicts and act As such, thewas to converge with his personal troops co Zhi

At thisthe horse near, everyone trele horseyi Sect’s so as scouts, then their whereabouts would immediately be discovered If they could not rest for a moment, they would likely collapse frouard with sharp eyes cried out, “Your Ihness, it’s Li Shun, Lord Li!” Only then did everyone relax

Xiaoshunzi was initially far behind In addition, his riding proficiency paled in co As a result, he had decided to reuardsh he only had one horse, he had used hten the horse’s burden Only in this as he able to keep up with the Iinally had planned to seize the opportunity to assassinate Wen Ziyan However, these i and it wasn’t that easy for hih Xiaoshunzi had seized a couple of opportunities to kill, when the i’s whereabouts and when they atering and feeding their horses, the results weren’t that great The last tied by Wen Ziyan, the Fengyi Sect disciples, and the Imperial Guard Fortunately, he was skillful and sly and had prepared an escape route beforehand, enabling hi any effect, Xiaoshunzi resolved to catch up with the Prince of Yong Based upon his superior tracking skills and luck, Xiaoshunzi was finally able to catch up to the Prince of Yong Froht of the Prince of Yong’s golden arain He was extre the chaos of battle

But the closer Xiaoshunzi got to the Prince of Yong and his escort, the ly , he asked bluntly, “Why isn’t the youngin such awas of er After all, the difference between a liege and his vassals, between a superior and his subordinates, needed to be adhered to However, not even the Prince of Yong could beco this question in such a severe tone Everyone knew that thisZhe’s orders to transmit an order to Pei Yun Only with this was everyone able to successfully break out of the encirclement As of now, Xiaoshunzi was covered with blood Compared to his usual spotless appearance, this left everyone unable to beco answered, “Suiyun stayed behind in the Hunting Palace”

Hearing these words, Xiaoshunzi’s expression greatly changed and killing intent exploded forth A ht suddenly shone in his eyes, and he ferociously glared at the Prince of Yong Everyone subconsciouslyAt thisChi stepped forward and stated, “Lord Li, this was Sir Jiang’s own decision”