Chapter 398: Saltpeter Soil

The two who had just decided the outcome a moment ago gathered again at the Wenhua Hall. The Emperor's face was pale, his lips had lost their color, clearly his severe injuries had not yet recovered. An Qisheng, although his appearance was a bit embarrassed, was perfectly fine inside.

Gazes crossed.

Boom!!!

The ground exploded, without half a sentence of conversation, the two killed toward each other the first time they met! Fists and palms collided, sonic booms exploded!

An Qisheng's eyes narrowed, stepping forward to strike another palm!

The Emperor blocked this chest-striking palm with a punch, a flush of blood rose on his pale face, he retreated several steps, stepping on a road of broken stone bricks, and then stopped his figure.

Although he suffered a loss, although he was not an opponent... he actually took this palm head-on.

"Xuanlan?"

An Qisheng frowned and looked at the Emperor.

"Your original heart illusion was broken, and you cannot use Silent Illumination for the time being. But you can take this move of mine under severe injury... You attained Xuanlan? No, no, you don't have the wonder of the Xuanlan realm, you just have stronger muscles and bones, stronger Diamond realm."

He said extremely firmly. Also, in the world today, I fear no one understands Xuanlan better than him; just by fighting one move, he figured out the Emperor's background.

The Emperor did not deny it either.

An Qisheng suddenly remembered something, and realized.

"So that's it... Shaolin, Great Sandalwood Pill."

"Just now I killed a Shaolin Heaven-man, it was him, who handed this thing to you."

The Emperor still did not deny it.

An Qisheng guessed correctly; the reason why the Emperor could fight him head-on under severe injury was because of the treasure carried by the successive Shaolin abbots—the Great Sandalwood Pill. Its effect was to let the taker attain a residual Xuanlan that could only strengthen the Diamond realm at the cost of cutting off the path ahead and damaging longevity.

Xingchi forcing back Ji Tianrui, Yongjie beheading the Miao King, were all taking this pill. The Diamond that was stronger than the perfect Diamond was the result of attaining residual Xuanlan and the stake of life and death.

If not for the friendship between Li Miao and Xingchi, Yongjie, Shaolin would only send Heaven-men to help, and would never hand over the Great Sandalwood Pill.

Back to the present.

Although An Qisheng guessed everything correctly, his heart still sank.

The Emperor had not recovered from his severe injuries, the Silent Illumination illusion could not be triggered, and his martial arts were only 50%; he only needed a cup of tea to kill the Emperor.

Liu Jin, can he protect those "grain" for a cup of tea under the desperate attacks of Li Miao's side?

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"Dragged down."

Liu Jin looked at the Wenhua Hall from afar.

The loud noise of the Emperor and An Qisheng fighting shook all directions, and there was no need to listen deliberately. Although he didn't know the situation, this meant An Qisheng could not end the battle for the time being.

This road is impassable.

"Detour."

Liu Jin waved his hand, and several Heaven-men of the Eastern Depot bypassed the Wenhua Hall around the side of the square and headed toward the third checkpoint—the Imperial Road.

Everyone raised their caution to twelve points.

The Forbidden Army soldiers at the Zuoshun Gate just now disobeyed An Ziyang's orders, and even when An Qisheng was forced to the front, they didn't stop firing cannons, and even when they were slaughtered by An Qisheng, no one retreated—now it is a life-and-death struggle, Li Miao's side will exhaust everything to kill them.

But they walked all the way to the middle of the Imperial Road, and there was no movement.

It was as if this third checkpoint had been abandoned.

Liu Jin knew this was absolutely impossible. If Li Miao's side still had means, it must be on this Imperial Road.

One is time, they must act before An Qisheng defeats the Emperor and rushes back; the second is space, passing through the Imperial Road is the Fengtian Gate, and there is only a wide square between it and the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Setting an ambush there, how can it compare to acting on this narrow Imperial Road?

Liu Jin walked at the front, with the Eastern Depot Heaven-men guarding left and right, moving forward carefully.

Suddenly, a person turned out at the end of the Imperial Road.

An Ziyang.

His face was pale, his waist was wrapped in cloth strips, the bloodstains on his body were not dry, and he was supported by Mei Qinghe, walking out, leaning against the door at the end of the Imperial Road, looking over.

Liu Jin raised his hand violently, stopping the team behind him.

But he heard An Ziyang say powerlessly.

"Great Attendant Liu, why stop?"