Chapter 169: Three Great Masters

"The Scripture of Longevity says that a person has a chance to possess longevity." The Imperial Ancestor broke the heavenly secret in one sentence! "If I were to become immortal, why would I care about this tiny Great Zhou Dynasty? I have sat on the emperor's throne—what's the point? The emperor will also die; he too has a day of old-age death, and he must worry whether his position is secure, even whether he is safe while asleep. Thinking this way, what could surpass the feeling of invincibility that comes from shattering heavenly secrets and covering the sky with a single hand?"

The Imperial Ancestor directly rejected Eunuch Zhang! He absolutely cannot keep anyone who threatens his position!

"The Scripture of Longevity?" Eunuch Zhang asked.

Dongfang Wuji had also never heard of the Scripture of Longevity; he felt it was probably some kind of esoteric art.

"Dongfang Wuji, what do you say?" Seeing that the Imperial Ancestor would not let him off, Eunuch Zhang immediately turned to ask Dongfang Wuji.

"Kill him first, then decide the winner?" Dongfang Wuji sneered and countered; Eunuch Zhang's approach made him nauseous, but he had to admit that if he didn't want to die, this was the only chance.

He didn't want to be revived only to step onto a grave again. He never expected that he had just fought Eunuch Zhang to the death, and at this moment, in the blink of an eye, he would have to join forces with him to face another opponent.

"What are we waiting for?" Eunuch Zhang pushed himself up from the ground, "Let's decide with one move!"

"Kill!" Dongfang Wuji, like a mad, red-eyed beast, charged at the Imperial Ancestor! The earth trembled with his steps; each footfall struck the shattered plain like an earthquake, the shock spreading tens of thousands of miles!

This is the power of a Sevenfold Heaven expert.

Eunuch Zhang twisted his body sideways and leapt up, his hands never stopping, forming complex hand seals; great power welled up in his palms. Heaven and earth seemed to twist in his palms, space and time, under his guidance, actually congealed!

The two Sevenfold Heaven experts were about to fight to the death!

No one dared to underestimate these two forces, and the Imperial Ancestor was no exception!

The Imperial Ancestor's body didn't move; he quickly floated up. At the same time, his power overflowed from his body, his arms spread wide—one hand aimed at Dongfang Wuji, the other at Eunuch Zhang.

Those two empty hands held nothing.

Suddenly, as they were about to clash, a pale yellow light burst from his body in an instant, that light more blinding than the sun in the sky!

"Boom!"

The Imperial Ancestor blocked the charging Dongfang Wuji with one hand, and with the other emitted true qi to clash with Eunuch Zhang!

"Boom rumble!"

Endless power, greater than before, struck the ground beneath them once more with an impact even more tragic than shattering!

These three forces could overturn the seas, collapse mountains, and rend heaven and earth!

……

Even the capital, far away by hundreds or thousands of li, clearly felt this inconceivable power; the power turned into a tremor, stimulating the Embroidered Uniform Guard and stimulating the Jianghu Grand Alliance!

Chen Yi He could no longer worry about that; he led the charge, bringing his men rushing into the West Factory! "Kill them for me!" All his resentment would be taken out on the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

Of the two hundred thousand Embroidered Uniform Guard, not one was innocent; nominally they defended home and country, but in reality their hands were stained with countless innocent blood; for their own benefit, for Eunuch Zhang's reputation, for the rule of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they spared no means.

The spark this time was Eunuch Zhang's lack of righteousness first; although they were implicated, the old scores cannot be left uncounted!

Duan Sheng's great sword, with one strike, cut the stubbornly resisting Lu Qianchuan in two!

Lu Qianchuan's own strength was already very strong, but before Duan Sheng he was still no match; on his deathbed he shouted loudly, "Quickly summon the West Factory Eighteen Riders! Hurry! Ah!"

Several deputy commanders also died miserably; those deputy commanders dispatched from the capital counted themselves lucky.

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"Report!" the Captain of the Guard of the imperial palace, standing at the door of Consort Xiao's bedchamber, shouted in panic.

"Enter!" came the voice of Emperor Wen from inside, even more flustered than the Captain of the Guard outside.

"Your Majesty, quickly withdraw from the capital! A band of rebels has already slaughtered their way to the capital!" the Captain of the Guard fell to his knees with a thud, saying to Emperor Wen.

"What!? Rebels?" Emperor Wen, still immersed in the pain of the great earthquake, never imagined someone would take advantage of the chaos to rebel! "Where are the Embroidered Uniform Guard? Where are the West Factory people?"

"The rebels have already reached the West Factory!"

"How could this be? Could it be premeditated?" Emperor Wen asked himself in terror.

Consort Xiao panicked, trembling all over, she kept shaking Emperor Wen's arm, begging, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, quickly take me and flee! I don't want to die!"

Consort Xiao had been favored for years, never receiving even a hint of coldness from Emperor Wen. Outsiders always say she is a fox spirit that brings disaster to the nation and its people.

But Emperor Wen had never faced such a situation today; he waved his hand and broke free of Consort Xiao. Perhaps he used too much force, and she was flung straight off the bed!

"Your Majesty!" the naked Consort Xiao sat on the ground and burst into tears, "waah waah waah".

The Captain of the Guard beside them stared, dumbfounded…… his soul was instantly half-hooked away by Consort Xiao!

"Shut your mouth!" Emperor Wen pointed at Consort Xiao and scolded.

"Your Majesty, we have prepared the carriage; take the secret route, temporarily leave the capital to hide—Clear Water City is near, and Xiao Feng will surely protect us!" the Captain of the Guard said to Emperor Wen.

"Good! Good! Now I can't worry about that either." Emperor Wen nodded repeatedly, a stalling tactic—this is currently the best plan. "Once Zhang Huayu frees his hands, I will return to kill at any time!"

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Emperor Wen never expected that the ever-victorious, invincible Eunuch Zhang would now be in trouble.

On the battlefield of the three, all light vanished completely; a rare sight, one they had never seen before, appeared.

Space twisted! Visible to the naked eye, it was about to shatter; an intangible crack arose between the Imperial Ancestor, Dongfang Wuji, and Eunuch Zhang! It sought to swallow them up.

The invisible, intangible space shattered!

The mortal blow of the three Sevenfold Heaven experts actually shook the all-encompassing space into a crack!

Immediately afterward, time itself changed! Time like congealed ice froze the three of them; even as strong as they were, they could not break this intangible shackle!

"What on earth is happening?" Eunuch Zhang wondered in his heart; now he could not even move his mouth. He had been extremely panicked, but when he saw the other two were the same, his panic faded slightly.