Chapter 251

Bian Lingcheng left behind three hundred Divine Martial Imperial Guards. These Imperial Guard soldiers had at least reached the Penetrating Law realm, and were further refined in military secret methods. Under the leadership of five Core Formation captains, they formed an array. Dealing with Li Mi, a mere Core Formation realm cultivator, was naturally not a problem.

Those three hundred Imperial Guards wore armor with intense spiritual light, surrounding Li Mi from three sides. Their long spears were like a forest, their momentum condensed into one, like three iron walls.

Bian Lingcheng led the remaining two hundred Imperial Guards and bypassed Li Mi, going toward the hall.

Li Mi's face showed determination. He faced the three hundred Imperial Guards, his figure not having wavered in the slightest.

Those three hundred Divine Martial Imperial Guards were extremely fast. Their *mo* sabers slashed down like a forest. The *mo* saber was a saber for slashing horses, with a handle as long as the blade, standing as tall as a person. In the hands of the Imperial Guard military cultivators, it could even split the armored cavalry of the demon race from the plateau outside the pass, along with their horses.

Seeing that saber light slashing down like a mountain collapsing, the nearby attendants dared not block it even more. A chill penetrated their bones. Even Gao Lishi in the hall was somewhat hesitant, asking himself, in this kind of fierce encirclement, how many people could survive by luck?

Except for Li Mi, who was blocking in front of the hall and was surrounded by three hundred Imperial Guards, the road ahead was unobstructed. Standing in front of the hall, one could see the Xuan Emperor in the hall with graying hair, wearing a bright yellow long shirt.

Bian Lingcheng's footsteps paused, and there was also a trace of suppression and hesitation in his heart. The two hundred Imperial Guards beside him gripped the *mo* sabers in their hands even tighter.

"Kill!" The sound of fighting came from outside the hall. Bian Lingcheng finally couldn't help but turn his head to look. He saw that under the saber light that was like a mountain collapsing, Li Mi held a whisk in his left hand and pulled out his sword with his right. With an angry roar, the Heavenly Thunder sword light passed through the gaps in the saber mountain, picked up the *mo* saber at the very front, and then slashed the Imperial Guard at the very front in half with one sword.

The *mo* saber picked up by the long sword was wrapped around the handle by the whisk and swung out.

The silver dust threads wrapped around the saber handle. The saber light brushed past the neck of an Imperial Guard guard, and with blood light, continued forward. The next moment, it penetrated the shoulder of another Imperial Guard guard who was forming an array beside him. After cutting off an arm, the Imperial Guard guard beside him who raised his saber to pick it up and slash vertically was slashed diagonally into two sections.

After slashing open three people in a row, the *mo* saber blade finally broke, but the broken saber, which had been shattered into dozens of pieces by a shock, shot out along with the swinging of the whisk, penetrating the bodies of several Imperial Guards behind.

But Li Mi, who had killed nearly ten people in an instant, was slashed by five *mo* sabers at the same time, slashing toward his body, head, legs, and lower abdomen. He held his sword horizontally on his shoulder, and at the same time, one foot stepped on the saber blades of the two *mo* sabers slashing at his lower plate, stepping them under his feet, and the long sword on his shoulder blocked the *mo* saber slashing at him.

The sword body sank, pressing on Li Mi's shoulder, and then pressed the shoulder down. Li Mi, who was stepping on the saber blades with one foot, lost his footing and knelt on one knee on the ground. He was pressed down by three or four *mo* sabers, and other Imperial Guards were already holding long spears and stabbing at him from the gaps between people.

"Kill!" Li Mi's long sword slashed down along the saber blade. The sword edge slashed and broke the saber guard. Dozens of fingers were cut off and flew away. He stood up abruptly. The whisk wrapped around the saber handles that had slipped out of their hands. Surrounding Li Mi, several *mo* sabers drew an arc with a radius of one zhang. Everyone on the arc was slashed open, blood splashed out, drawing an even larger arc.

Bian Lingcheng stopped for a while outside the hall door before withdrawing his gaze from Li Mi and stepping one foot into the threshold of the hall.

There, Gao Lishi's face was gloomy, blocking in front of the Xuan Emperor.

But just as he was about to step his other foot into the hall, a roll of silver threads came from behind, wrapping around the ankle of that foot.

Bian Lingcheng staggered. He turned his head angrily, only to see Li Mi covered in blood. One hand was manipulating sword light to bring dozens of *mo* sabers to surround his body, circling and slashing any Imperial Guard guard who approached. The other hand was holding the whisk, and three thousand silver threads passed through the heavy military formation, like a long dragon, binding one of his feet.

"Li Mi!" Bian Lingcheng said angrily: "You are looking for death!"

Bian Lingcheng grabbed the whisk's silver threads. Gray-white frost marks continuously spread on the whisk. A powerful magic power swept across along with the whisk, and Li Mi, whose magic power had already been suppressed by the military formation, felt a huge force coming back from the whisk in his hand. The cold magic power easily broke through Li Mi's protective true essence and hit his body.

Li Mi spat out a mouthful of blood with frost. The Imperial Guards on all four sides took the opportunity to press up. The *mo* saber array slashed, and the sword array ring surrounding Li Mi was forcibly shattered. The Heavenly Thunder sword light was severely injured by the saber array, let out a mournful cry, and returned to the back of Li Mi's head.

Only then did Bian Lingcheng lift his left leg heavily and step into the hall. The Imperial Guard had a backbone and forced the Xuan Emperor.

Gao Lishi roared angrily: "Bian Lingcheng, are you trying to rebel?"

Bian Lingcheng smiled coldly, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Chang'an can no longer be held. The Crown Prince asks His Majesty to go hunting in the west together and leave Chang'an!"

The Xuan Emperor gripped the Upper Clarity Pearl tightly, sensing the summoning and restraint of another person on the spiritual pearl. That was the Crown Prince, for whom he had personally tied the Upper Clarity Pearl around his neck. The Xuan Emperor shook his head in disappointment and said: "To ask me to leave now is to betray the tens of millions of people in Chang'an, and to betray the volunteer army and the people who are guarding the city now, as well as the two generals Geshu Han and Gao Xianzhi!"

Bian Lingcheng took a step forward and said: "The country of the Great Tang is important. If Your Majesty refuses to leave, please hand over the Upper Clarity Pearl and let the Crown Prince break out!"

The Xuan Emperor sighed long: "What is the difference? Once the Upper Clarity Pearl leaves Chang'an, it is to ask these loyal ministers and righteous men to die, and to ask the people of Chang'an to die! Now the city has not yet been broken, even if you want to escape, why must it be at this time?"

At this time, behind Bian Lingcheng, someone else came in armor. The Xuan Emperor was shocked when he saw him and lamented: "Has even Chen Xuanli betrayed me?"

The Dragon Martial Grand General Chen Xuanli knelt on one knee when he saw this and said: "Your subject does not dare..." He picked up the head beside him and said: "But Your Majesty, now An Lushan is in rebellion, Luoyang has fallen, Tongguan has been broken, and the world is in turmoil. Millions of people have died in Guanzhong in one day, and tens of millions of people in Luoyang have been killed by the rebel army... This is all because Your Majesty was blinded by the villains and treacherous prime minister beside you. These two thieves, one is An Lushan, and the other is Yang Guozhong."

After saying this, he uncovered the cloth wrapping the head. It was indeed the head of Yang Guozhong.

Chen Xuanli said: "Yang Guozhong harmed the country and the people. If it weren't for him instructing the demon lords under his command to destroy the seals in Chang'an and Luoyang, how could the situation have deteriorated to this point?"

"At this time when the demon army is besieging the city, Yang Guozhong was actually having a private meeting with the demon lord of the Huihe in the mansion. He must be colluding with the demon lord, plotting to rebel and cause chaos. Your subject heard about this, led his subordinates to kill his way into his mansion, and caught him red-handed."

After saying this, Chen Xuanli presented the scene recorded by the magic treasure. Although Yang Guozhong was only negotiating with the secret envoy of the Changsheng Sect leader who was preparing to betray his teammates, preparing to use this to regain some of the Xuan Emperor's trust, he was ultimately caught red-handed while secretly negotiating with the Huihe demon race.

The Xuan Emperor looked at the image-recording magic treasure, saw Yang Guozhong's mansion being broken by the Imperial Guard, the servants inside, Yang Guozhong's family, and even Yang Imperial Consort's sisters, all killed by Chen Xuanli, and couldn't help but close his eyes.

Chen Xuanli continued to report: "Yang Guozhong plotted rebellion, and the generals have already beheaded him, but the Imperial Consort is still serving by your side, please Your Majesty, cut off your grace and enforce the law."

Yang Taizhen stood behind the Xuan Emperor. Hearing this, she just turned her head calmly. Gao Lishi was silent. The Xuan Emperor's hands trembled, and he stood with his head tilted, not saying a word for a long time. The Xuan Emperor, whose hair had turned gray overnight, had a sorrowful expression and couldn't help but lament: "The Imperial Consort has always lived in the deep palace. This time An Lushan rebelled and the demon army besieged Chang'an, it was she who advised me not to leave. She was just accompanying me, why must the Imperial Consort die?"

Chen Xuanli said: "In the past, An Lushan obtained the military power of the three towns, leading to today's chaos. Does the Imperial Consort have no responsibility for this?"

"This is my fault! What does it have to do with a woman?" The Xuan Emperor struggled.

Chen Xuanli just sighed: "But Your Majesty cannot be wrong! Now the people of the world are all looking forward to Your Majesty turning back. Now that the demon army is besieging Chang'an and Luoyang has become a hell, Chang'an is in imminent danger. If we cannot kill Yang Guozhong and the Imperial Consort to rectify the public's hearing, where will the hearts of the people in the world be?"

"Kill these two, and Your Majesty will just be a holy monarch blinded by treacherous officials. If we don't kill these two, even the Imperial Guard will be resentful!"

The Xuan Emperor said solemnly: "You can follow the Crown Prince to Lingwu, and leave Taizhen and me to perish together with the full city of Chang'an!"

Bian Lingcheng was overjoyed and snatched the Upper Clarity Pearl from Gao Lishi's hand. Chen Xuanli, however, still kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, your subject is not loyal to the Crown Prince, but loyal to Your Majesty!"

In the palace city, the Imperial Guard had all pledged allegiance to the Crown Prince. This could also be considered a traditional program of the Li Tang, so even the Xuan Emperor did not feel surprised. The Imperial Guard forced the palace, and the Xuan Emperor had no choice but to hand over the Upper Clarity Pearl to the Crown Prince. Outside the hall, Li Mi was still fighting in a bloodbath, but inside the hall, the transfer of power had already been completed.

Now the Xuan Emperor only wanted to save Yang Taizhen, but Yang Imperial Consort ascended to the highest point of the Great Ming Palace, overlooking Chang'an, watching the volunteer army and the demon army strewn with corpses outside the city tower, watching the demons like clouds outside Chang'an City, and Qian Chen and others fighting fiercely at the edge of the Chang'an Great Array, relying on this mysterious great array covering Chang'an to block the demon army.

Yang Huang Yuhuan sighed, flew down from the top of the Great Ming Palace like a flying celestial, and finally used a ribbon she carried with her to end her life.

Her primordial spirit lowered the ribbon, lifted Li Mi who was trapped in the military formation, and saved him. At this moment, the Imperial Guard looked at the Imperial Consort, who had no charm, but seemed to have merged with Chang'an and the prosperity of the Great Tang, and was unimaginably beautiful, and did not dare to come forward to offend.

After casting off her physical body, Yang Huang Yuhuan, whose Supreme Supreme Tian Mo Dance had already reached Mahayana, walked slowly into the palace. The Xuan Emperor's gaze met hers. At this moment, the two seemed to be making a final farewell. The Xuan Emperor burst into tears and sobbed in front of Chen Xuanli and Gao Lishi.

"The Han Emperor valued beauty and thought of the peerless beauty, ruling the world for many years and could not find it..." Yang Huang Yuhuan sang the long poem she heard from Yuan Zai in the Chenxiang Pavilion, walked slowly, bowed to the Xuan Emperor, and said: "Your subject is a demonic path enchantress, fortunately favored by Your Majesty, stealing a high position, with power over the world for a time, and has no merit to the world. Even if I only greedily loved Your Majesty's favor, I have already misled Your Majesty and misled the world to this day. Fox-like charm can easily bewitch the master, and a beautiful face is always a disaster."

"Now, the Imperial Guard is forcing the hall, and your subject will end things in the palace, which should not make Your Majesty embarrassed. From now on, farewell to Your Majesty forever, I hope you will cherish yourself! Your Majesty should care about the world, reorganize the drums, and not let the ministers and people be disappointed. Chang'an cannot leave the Upper Clarity Pearl, and cannot leave Your Majesty. Now, Your Majesty can pull yourself together!"

The Xuan Emperor burst into tears and wanted to pull her hand.

Their fingertips crossed like phantoms. Yang Huang Yuhuan slowly withdrew her hand, turned her head to Chen Xuanli and said: "Now that I have ended my life, can you protect His Majesty and not let the villains succeed? Can you guard Chang'an and not let His Majesty abandon the people?"

Chen Xuanli was slightly stunned, then nodded and said: "Obey the Imperial Consort's decree!"

"Then I have no regrets!" Yang Huang Yuhuan turned slowly, the Supreme Supreme Tian Mo disintegrated, and her spirit and soul dissipated.

The Xuan Emperor's body was tottering and almost fell on the seat, but Gao Lishi had already chased out, roared at Bian Lingcheng: "Return the Upper Clarity Pearl!"

Bian Lingcheng bowed to Li Heng, who had just led the Divine Martial Army to arrive outside the hall, and said: "Crown Prince, the Upper Clarity Pearl has been obtained!"

Li Heng had just mobilized three thousand horses, all of which were the best divine horses in the Tang Palace. He rode a white horse and hurried over. Hearing this, he said happily: "That's good, gather the Imperial Guard, first occupy the Jin Guang Gate, and take advantage of the late night to leave Chang'an!"

Li Heng reached out and grabbed the Upper Clarity Pearl. His true essence moved slightly, and he sensed the infinite power within the spiritual pearl.

After Yang Huang Yuhuan ended her life in the hall, Chen Xuanli pledged allegiance to the Xuan Emperor again. With an order, he turned five thousand Imperial Guards against him. At this moment, the Imperial Guard in the Great Ming Palace was completely divided into two camps. Half followed Chen Xuanli and continued to pledge allegiance to the Xuan Emperor, while the other half hoped to follow the Crown Prince and leave this dead land of Chang'an...