Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 253: Counterattack
Screams and shouts of killing were heard on the steps of the Wanfu Palace.
A Jinwu Guard soldier wearing golden armor had his arm cut off by a sword and fell to the stage.
Blood splattered, and a man with gloomy eyes appeared from behind. His back was hunched, so even though he was wearing the golden armor of the palace guards, he could be seen at a glance as a fake.
So, after muttering a few words, this person shrank his body and escaped from the golden armor.
Looking again, I saw that the man was holding two shining scimitars in his hands and was wearing a black cloak.
“Hehehe…” He laughed sinisterly, “It’s still easier to take off that hard shell! They say you should be careful, but they’ve already reached the Demon Queen’s palace, why are you still afraid of them?”
After saying that, he leaped forward, just like Duke Draco in the Western legend. He first disappeared out of thin air, and then suddenly appeared in front of a golden-armored guard.
Swish…
The blade flashed, and blood spurted from the neck of the golden-armored guard...
At this moment, more than one hundred people who had just sneaked into the palace had already reached the gate of the main hall of Wanfu Palace.
Each of these people possessed unique skills and their moves were vicious and ruthless. The palace guards guarding the hall were no match for them and soon they were killed, with corpses scattered all over the ground and blood flowing like a river.
However, even so, the assassins still failed to break into the palace.
Because there were several palace guards with great martial arts skills at the palace gate, who were struggling to resist the fighting.
Although these people were wearing armor similar to that of the Jinwu Guards, their armor was printed with Qilin patterns and their helmets were also inlaid with animal heads.
It turned out that these people were the legendary Qilin Guards, the most reliable and most skilled masters of the palace around the Queen Mother.
But this man was holding a weapon and blocking the assassins at the door. Not only did he not allow the assassins to rush into the palace, but he killed several of them!
"Here it comes, here it comes! Hehehehe..."
The hunchbacked assassin sneered, put on a black robe, and rushed to the front in the blink of an eye, fighting with a Qilin guard.
This man's two swords were elusive, vicious and sharp. With just one encounter, he forced the Qilin Guard back several steps.
At this time, the elegant assassin leader came to the door of the hall under the protection of everyone.
After seeing the situation on the scene, he said with disdain: "There is no time to lose, anyone who stands in my way will die!"
"yes!"
Someone behind him agreed, and the man with the triangular eyes and scar opened his hands, and two sharp claws popped out like Wolverine!
“Hahaha…” He laughed excitedly, “I’ve waited for this moment for too long!”
After saying that, he leaped towards the palace gate and started fighting with one of the Qilin Guards.
The man's claws were fierce and sharp. Even though the Qilin Guard blocked the claws with just one claw, he still couldn't help but retreat several steps.
"Here I come!" At the same time, the woman with a pale face also picked up a sharp sword and rushed in front of a Qilin Guard like a meteor.
This Qilin Guard also wielded a sword. He shouted loudly and blocked it with one sword.
However, he did not expect that this woman was extremely vicious. With a flick of her wrist, a hidden arrow shot out from her sleeve and headed straight for Qilin Guard's face.
"ah!?"
After all, Qilin
Unexpectedly, the hidden arrow split into two in mid-air, one of which was knocked away by the sword, but the other still shot towards his face.
"ah!"
Seeing that there was no escape, Qilin Guard had to twist his body and turn his head to avoid it.
Swish…
The hidden arrow grazed his cheek and wedged into the high threshold of the hall.
"Ah..." The next second, Qilin Guard was horrified and shouted, "It's poisonous!!!"
When he reacted again, the wound on his cheek had turned black.
Even so, this Qilin Guard was deeply in the emperor's favor, and he still did not retreat a single step. He had already brandished his sword and rushed towards the pale-faced woman...
As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands. No matter how skilled the Qilin Guards are in martial arts, they cannot withstand the opponent's superior numbers.
What's more, the three leading masters have vicious moves and their martial arts are not inferior to the Qilin Guards.
Therefore, after not holding out for long, several Qilin Guards were forced to retreat step by step and had no choice but to retreat into the hall.
What's worse is that some of the Qilin Guards were already injured or poisoned, and were about to be swallowed up by the numerous assassins.
Seeing that they were about to capture the Wanfu Palace, the graceful woman showed a proud expression on her face and walked towards the entrance of the hall with steady steps.
Unexpectedly, just as she was about to step into the hall, a person suddenly jumped out from under the corridor railing!
This man came quite suddenly. He pushed the stone wall with one foot and jumped several meters up. Then he chopped down in the air with a knife, heading straight for the head of the elegant woman!
ah……
The assassins who were protecting the noble woman were all horrified; no one expected that a person would rush out from under the railing.
Moreover, this person's goal was very clear. It was obvious that he wanted to chop down the leading elegant woman with one blow.
However, he was horrified and because the incident happened suddenly, it was obviously too late to rush over.
As a result, just when the sword was about to chop down the noble lady, a woman in green dressed as a palace maid beside the noble lady flew out sideways and blocked the fatal blow with her body!
puff!
As blood spurted out, the woman in green was chopped to the ground, and the one who chopped her down shouted in disappointment: "Damn it! I missed!"
It turns out that the person who suddenly appeared was Zhao Yu who had been following the Xuanmen rebels underground!!!
When he found the signs used by Xuanmen to mark the road, he finally followed the map and tracked it down.
After he came out, he suddenly realized that the Xuanmen rebels had actually taken advantage of the renovation project of the Daxuan Temple.
A piece of the diamond under the palace was deliberately dug out to leave an exit.
The Taimiao and Wanfu Palace were separated by only a wall. It turned out that they wanted to enter Wanfu Palace through the palace wall.
When Zhao Yu and several detectives from the Divine Police Division entered the Temple of Heaven, they found that all the sentries inside the Temple of Heaven had already been eliminated by the Xuanmen assassins.
Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Zhao Yu immediately asked the detectives to call for help, while he went into the palace alone.
Zhao Yu was quite a thief. Before leaving, he stole a piece of clothes from a palace guard.
Seeing that the Xuanmen assassins were attacking the gate of Wanfu Palace, he simply changed his clothes and quietly followed into the assassins' camp.
Through careful observation, he soon discovered that the elegant woman was the leader of these assassins.
As long as we get rid of her, there might be a chance to turn the situation around.
Therefore, he wanted to get close to women and wait for an opportunity to take action.
It’s a pity that the elegant woman was heavily guarded and he couldn’t get close to her.
Finally, seeing that the elegant woman was about to enter Wanfu Palace, he found an opportunity, climbed up from under the railing, and prepared to capture the thief and the leader.
However, what he could never have expected was that the elegant woman had a loyal follower who was willing to sacrifice himself to save her, and actually used his own life to block his knife.
The elegant woman had never expected that under such circumstances, someone would actually be able to retaliate against her, and her face turned pale slightly.
"court death!"
At this time, the masters around the elegant woman rushed towards Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu did not dare to fight and wanted to turn over and jump down the stairs.
However, there were already assassins blocking the way on the stairs, so Zhao Yu had no choice but to run towards Wanfu Palace...
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