Chapter 329

As Li Miao's words landed, the crowd exploded around him as the center.

The next instant, following the order of the Xiaoji Right Guard officer, the sound of horse hooves shook again, surrounding Li Miao, not getting close for a while, but patrolling and circling at a distance of about three zhang from him.

Armor, horseshoes, and blades glowing with cold light surrounded Li Miao like a whirlpool.

Several eunuchs in black did not speak, their Qi surging.

Broken blades, hooks, and short swords slid from their sleeves into their hands.

The other two eunuchs were one clenching a fist and one raising a palm.

Five gazes filled with killing intent stared fixedly at Li Miao.

Li Miao, however, acted as if nothing was wrong, lowering his head to brush off the blood ash stained on his cuffs: "I knew you would have such a move, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"How long have you been colluding with Zheng Anqi?"

He looked up at one of the five eunuchs in black.

"Cundong, Eunuch Cun, it's you, right?"

"Hmph."

The eunuch in black snorted coldly, took off his mask, revealing an aged face.

It was indeed Cundong, one of the four Nanjing Garrison Commander eunuchs, and also the only Garrison Commander eunuch still alive so far. He sneered and said.

"Commander has sharp eyes, you said you knew we would come, how did you deduce it?"

Li Miao smiled.

"What's hard to guess about this?"

"It's not like Nanjing doesn't have peerless experts; could Gu Feixuan shoot a Garrison Commander eunuch to death so easily?"

"Zheng Anqi doesn't look like a magnanimous character, ready to die after being cursed twice, so why would he be willing to hand over his techniques to me after his death? Perhaps he had half the sincerity, but without a reason, he wouldn't be able to say such things."

"Nanjing Garrison Commander eunuchs, high-ranking and powerful, are luxurious figures who fought their way out of countless eunuchs in the palace. Zheng Anqi could gain your trust upon first arriving, you must have contributed a lot in the middle, right?"

The corners of Cundong's mouth hooked up.

"Commander guessed right... so you knew long ago that today's Nanjing was a trap set specifically for you, right?"

Li Miao said with a smile.

"Of course."

"Penglai, Liu Jin, Zheng Anqi, the three groups of people I was investigating just happened to gather in Nanjing, and just happened to be connected at the point of 'Garrison Commander eunuch.' Coincidence? Even ghosts wouldn't believe it."

"Leading me over, letting Zheng Anqi have a fight with me. I win, and you act as the oriole behind, right?"

Cundong nodded frankly.

"That's right."

From the beginning, he was Liu Jin's man.

Ever since Liu Jin made the decision to contact Yingzhou in Shuntian Prefecture, he began to look for traces of Yingzhou people in the Wu Lin, and coincidentally, Zheng Anqi also crossed the sea at this time, following Zheng Qi's traces to Nanjing.

The two hit it off, Cundong helped Zheng Anqi gain the trust of the other three Garrison Commander eunuchs and prepare for the Dharma ritual, while Zheng Anqi would help him... kill Li Miao.

But the two had different judgments about Li Miao.

Liu Jin and Cundong never thought from the beginning that Zheng Anqi could kill Li Miao, nor could they allow Zheng Anqi to cultivate the complete Xuanlan and become another Li Miao. Shang Qiu's death and the advancement of the Dharma ritual were all arrangements Cundong made in advance.

Zheng Anqi led Li Miao to the Huagai Hall, and this grand play set for Li Miao finally revealed its true colors.

Li Miao said with a smile: "So, you think you can kill me?"

Cundong said in a deep voice.

"I dare not seek perfection, but there is always a fifty percent chance, Commander, you are laughed at."

He suddenly opened his hands.

"Qishou Guard, Xiaoji Right Guard... plus five great eunuchs who have cultivated the Yingzhou Xuanlan technique, two paths of life cultivation, and half a path of Xuanlan, all here to bury you!"

"Dealing with you, a third-path perfection, should be enough!"

"Commander Li, both I and Eunuch Liu have to admit that you might be the most difficult enemy in the whole world... peerless Wu Gong, meticulous mind, ruthless means, neither can be bought nor shaken."

"But people all have weaknesses. Your weakness is that you are too arrogant!"

A smug smile appeared on Cundong's face.

"Knowing it's a trap, you still dare to stay voluntarily."

"I know you have the means to break through in battle, so only half a technique was left in the Huagai Hall, and many errors were deliberately added in the middle, just to drag you down without letting you cultivate Xuanlan."

"Without the technique, you cannot break through the realm, and your martial power is still within our grasp. Plus the serious injuries left by Zheng Anqi... your arrogance is the reason for your defeat and death today!"

Li Miao nodded.

"Oh."

"Thank you for your explanation."

Cundong's gaze was nailed to Li Miao's face, and he didn't find a trace of panic on it; he frowned.

But by this time, there was nothing left to say.

He waved his hand: "Kill!"

Before the words fell, hundreds of three-eyed guns roared!

Rain of arrows, lassos, ropes, hooks, throwing spears!

Attacks that almost filled the entire sky flew toward Li Miao!

The horses galloping like a tide compressed the space in an instant, squeezing toward Li Miao.

Black shadows flickered, the five eunuchs in black disappeared from their original spots, stepping on the galloping horses like a wisp of green smoke, suddenly leaping up, broken blades, short swords, hooks, fists, and palms all falling toward Li Miao together!

"Hmm, the scene is okay."

Li Miao smiled, raised his hands above his head, extended two fingers, the Qi of the whole sky surged, shaking up the dust on the surrounding ground, and then suddenly clenched his fists at his waist.

"Black Pole Buddha!"

Endless sword Qi was triggered again!

Seeing this situation, the five eunuchs in black were not angry but happy: "He really used this move!"

Flickering between their figures, they actually all darted up a zhang at the same time, and then the five of them slapped a palm at each other, borrowing each other's strength to dodge—avoiding all the sword Qi!

The weapons flying toward Li Miao were shaken away, the five eunuchs in black used a thousand-jin drop, landed suddenly, ignored the corpses cut to pieces by the sword Qi, and rushed toward Li Miao.

"This move is the Emperor's Wu Gong, it will exhaust the Qi in the body, he used it once before, now it takes two breaths to recover, plus the serious injuries, it will take longer! This is the opportunity!"

"Attack with all your might, be sure to kill this thief!"

The broken blade slashed toward his head, powerful and heavy, bringing up a whistling wind; the short sword and hook hid in the shadows, stabbing silently toward Li Miao's ribs.

Cundong and another person rushed in front of Li Miao, one fist and one palm, one yin and one yang, one hard and one soft, attacking Li Miao's arms!

Li Miao smashed away the broken blade, grabbed the short sword and smashed it toward the hook, and then both fists came out, colliding with the fists and palms!

Bang!

A loud noise exploded!

Cundong's face turned pale, the smell of rust surged into his nasal cavity, but a smug smile appeared on his face.

"Good thief, really ferocious, even under serious injury he can still suppress us... but the foundation is empty, the Qi is hollow, his realm is still third-path perfection, and the injuries haven't healed!"

"Can win!"

He waved his palm to sweep away Li Miao's arm, stepped forward and flipped his palm to slap Li Miao's chest, and the other four eunuchs in black also changed their moves together, killing toward Li Miao.

Just at this moment, he heard Li Miao speak calmly.

"Hmm, deduced it."

"First sentence, Xuanlan first starts, Qi enters the dantian..."