Chapter 284: The Four Great Secret Agents Battle the Divine Marquis

Hulong Hall is heavily guarded, with experts as numerous as clouds.

Compared to the Imperial Palace, this place is the true dragon's den and tiger's lair.

And ever since Zhu Wushi revealed his wolfish ambition and summoned the Ten Great Generals, this place has become the center of power in the world.

Today, however, four people have broken into Hulong Hall.

These four are none other than Heavenly Number One Duan Tianya, Earth Character Number One Guihai Yidao, Mysterious Number One Shangguan Haitang, and the recently recruited Yellow Number One Cheng Shifei.

Duan Tianya and the other two have been nurtured by the Divine Marquis Iron Gall since childhood; they are loyal and devoted, with unwavering loyalty to the Emperor.

After the Divine Marquis Iron Gall revealed his ambition to usurp the throne, the three of them, after much struggle, decisively turned against the Divine Marquis and stood on the side of the Emperor.

As for Cheng Shifei, he already had a blood feud with the Divine Marquis Iron Gall over his father's death, so he was merely following the trend.

The four of them possess high-level martial arts, and with Duan Tianya and the others being very familiar with the mechanisms and traps of Hulong Hall, they advanced like a hot knife through butter, killing their way to the front of Hulong Hall, where twelve men in green robes holding long swords drifted out.

"Stop where you are, or you will be killed without exception."

The oldest of these twelve is no more than thirty, and the youngest is only eighteen or nineteen. But just from that fleeting movement technique and the sharp, piercing aura, one could tell that any one of them would be considered a top-tier expert in the pugilistic world.

Duan Tianya said in a gentle voice, "It would be best for you young brothers to step aside; once we make a move, casualties will be unavoidable."

"Hmph, you Four Great Secret Agents are already yesterday's news; how dare you act presumptuously before us Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits! Form the Twelve Tiangang Array! Kill!"

As the final word "Kill" fell, a heart-palpitating murderous intent surged between heaven and earth. With the sound of moving footsteps, the twelve men's auras instantly merged into one, and sword lights flew out, attacking the four.

"I told you there was no need to waste breath on these heavenly dogs and earthly pigs; just beat them up." Cheng Shifei laughed, his figure darting out as he struck at one of them with Wudang Cotton Palm; his moves were like flowing clouds and water, continuous and unending, clearly having attained deep mastery in this palm technique.

It has only been about a month since Gu Santong passed all his internal force to Cheng Shifei, but unlike his previous slacker ways, Cheng Shifei now knows he is not an orphan and bears a deep blood feud, so he practices diligently, progressing by leaps and bounds, and has become a top expert no less capable than the other three secret agents.

Duan Tianya moved his long sword, conjuring layers of sword shadows; the sword light poured out like flowing light, each strike better than the last, each strike more treacherous than the one before.

Although he did not use his trump card, the "Phantom Sword" technique, it was already extraordinary; his Sword Qi tore through the air, and sharp energy whistled loudly.

The long blade in Guihai Yidao's hand slashed through the air, carrying fierce murderous intent, and the speed of his changes was truly unimaginable.

The weapon Shangguan Haitang uses is a Folding Fan, which is ever-changing and wins through ingenuity.

The Twelve Tiangang Array was quite impressive, but under the combined efforts of the four, the array was soon torn apart.

But before they could kill these twelve, another dozen or so Heavenly Spirits and thirty or so Earthly Fiends swept out, forming the "Tiangang Earthly Fiend Array" in the blink of an eye.

As the array operated, not only were the attacks of the Four Great Secret Agents completely neutralized, but as the long swords were drawn, they also left Duan Tianya and the others in a sorry state, with several holes cut into their clothes.

The brows of the Four Great Secret Agents could not help but furrow; under the continuous attacks of the "Tiangang Earthly Fiend Array," they were stretched thin and quite disheveled.

In reality, whether it was Cheng Shifei's Diamond Indestructible Divine Skill, Duan Tianya's Phantom Sword, Guihai Yidao's Heartless Slash, or Haitang's Rain of Flowers Across the Sky, each had a certain degree of confidence in breaking the array.

But if they revealed their trump cards before even seeing the face of the Divine Marquis Iron Gall, what chance of victory would they have when facing the Divine Marquis?

"Alright, let them in." Suddenly, the voice of the Divine Marquis came from inside Hulong Hall.

The Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends stopped immediately, their movement techniques unfolding like ghosts, disappearing just as they had arrived.

The Four Great Secret Agents all breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and walked with large strides toward Hulong Hall.

At this point, they had no way back.

Soon, they saw Zhu Wushi hunched over his desk.

After finishing his review of a memorial, Zhu Wushi finally looked up. He pressed his hands onto the dragon chair, exuding a sense of majesty and dominance: "Very good, you have finally come."

Duan Tianya held his long sword and said: "Indeed, we have finally returned to Hulong Hall."

"Hehe." Zhu Wushi chuckled, his gaze looking at Duan Tianya as if it were tangible: "Tianya, you are the one I value most; if you are willing to submit to me, you could even sit on the throne of the Crown Prince in the future."

Duan Tianya said: "Divine Marquis, do not waste your breath; Tianya has long decided to be loyal to the country and sacrifice his life for it; this is also what the Divine Marquis taught Tianya in the beginning."

"Good, good, good; it seems the skills I taught are truly not bad." The Divine Marquis Iron Gall laughed loudly, the laughter crashing all around like ocean waves, and the entire Hulong Hall trembled. The Four Great Secret Agents could not help but take two steps back, feeling their Qi and Blood boiling and their eardrums buzzing.

A look of astonishment appeared in the eyes of the Four Great Secret Agents; only then did they realize that the internal force of the Divine Marquis Iron Gall was even deeper than they had imagined.

"Very good, it has been a long time since I taught the three of you martial arts; let's see if you have made any progress this time."

The Divine Marquis Iron Gall stood up abruptly, as if a ten-thousand-foot-high mountain had suddenly risen; that massive aura impacted the entire Hulong Hall, giving the four guards a feeling of being unable to breathe.

Guihai Yidao gritted his teeth and said: "Enough nonsense, if you want to attack, then attack."

"Yidao, you have always been fearless of heaven and earth."

The Divine Marquis Iron Gall was not in a hurry to move, shifting his gaze to Guihai Yidao, chuckling: "But if you were truly not afraid of me, I fear that as soon as you entered Hulong Hall, the blade in your hand would have already slashed down at me. So... are you still timid? Timid of my martial arts? Or timid of the majesty I have accumulated in your heart over the days?"

"Too much nonsense, die!"

Guihai Yidao raised his brows, a wild murderous intent flowing in his eyes, and as the floor tiles beneath his feet shattered inch by inch, he had already risen into the sky.

The long blade in his hand was unsheathed at the same time, and a blade light so cold it could freeze all things suddenly slashed toward the Divine Marquis Iron Gall.

Zhu Wushi understood the three of them too well; with just a few words, he had dissolved their fighting spirit, and they could not continue to wait.

And attacking at the same time as Guihai Yidao was Cheng Shifei, who had transformed into a Golden Man; he threw a punch, the airflow rolling, as if he had blasted the void apart.

Duan Tianya was slightly slower to act; he slowly drew his long sword and spun the blade, sword light pouring out and overflowing, yet he himself had already disappeared into the sword light.

Shangguan Haitang took two steps back, her beautiful eyes fixed tightly on the four.

She held a Folding Fan in one hand, while the other hand gripped countless hidden weapons the size of scales. As soon as there was an opportunity, the hidden weapons in her hand would be thrown using the "Rain of Flowers Across the Sky" technique.