Chapter 376

Cun Dong scanned his surroundings.

The ground was covered with corpses, weapons, and fallen armor. The Right Brave Cavalry Guard had already left, leaving behind over a hundred corpses killed by their own comrades.

He looked up at Li Miao and said hatefully.

"You have the full technique, so what!"

"I know you have an evil technique to break through in battle. We all know about the Imperial Mausoleum affair... you killed the Jianwen Emperor to gain this three-path perfection realm and the qualifications to fight the Emperor, right!"

Li Miao frowned.

These eunuchs knew too much. Only four people should have participated in the Mausoleum battle. Besides, given the Emperor's suspicious nature, he probably wouldn't have left anyone to monitor from the sidelines. So how did these eunuchs know he killed the Jianwen Emperor and broke through in battle?

But this matter could be set aside for now; let's talk about the present.

Cun Dong gritted his teeth and said.

"Ever since you started wandering the Ordinary Jianghu, everywhere you've gone has been a bloodbath, all to cultivate this evil technique of yours, right! You inexplicably became a Heaven-Man in the Embroidered Uniform Guard because of the countless lives on your hands, right!"

"You—demon!"

Li Miao raised an eyebrow.

Not a single word Cun Dong said was correct.

But it was actually quite reasonable, reasonable enough that he couldn't even refute it!

As the person with the highest martial arts and the highest kill count in the Great Ming, these two traits were too conspicuous not to make people speculate. Coupled with the Jianwen Emperor affair, it would be strange if these eunuchs didn't come to this conclusion!

But he really just found that eliminating the person who raised the problem was more satisfying and less effort than solving the problem itself. Why did everyone think he was a pervert who killed people to practice martial arts for fun?

As they spoke, the five black-clad eunuchs attacked again.

"If you could kill us, you would have done it already. Why drag it out until now? This just proves we were right to come here; you are indeed at the end of your rope!"

"I know you want to use that evil technique of yours again to cultivate the Xuanlan realm and forcibly break the situation with the four-path unity realm, right—don't even think about it!"

Cun Dong raised his palm to block Li Miao's arm, but his whole body suddenly jumped up. As his figure turned, he actually locked Li Miao's entire arm firmly in his embrace.

"Those who came here today might not be the highest in martial arts among us, but we are all the best at entanglement and restraint! With five people surrounding you, you can't kill any of us quickly!"

"You want to cultivate by fighting, using our lives to reach the Xuanlan, but you've miscalculated. We'll just wear you out until you're dead!"

He locked Li Miao's right arm, looked up, and met Li Miao's gaze with a savage grin.

At the same time, the black-clad eunuch using the hook followed suit, exchanging several grappling moves with Li Miao's left hand. Taking the opportunity when Li Miao swung his fist to break the short-sword eunuch's stance, he suddenly locked Li Miao's left arm in his embrace as well.

The remaining three black-clad eunuchs surged with true energy, carrying chilling murderous intent. Three extremely sharp attacks bore down on Li Miao's entire body, even covering the two who were locking him!

Trade injury for injury, life for life!

As long as they didn't let their companions die at Li Miao's hands, and didn't let Li Miao break through his realm, they would definitely win!

As long as Li Miao died, there would be no more obstacles for Liu Jin, and the probability of success would increase many times over! They might even be able to rescue the Emperor and set things right!

At this very instant, the corners of Li Miao's mouth suddenly curled up.

"Hmm, how should I put it—Black Extreme, Buddha."

Cun Dong's face changed drastically. Not daring to linger, he and the other black-clad eunuchs retreated rapidly! Smashing through the countless sword energies heading toward them, he felt secret joy in his heart!

"Commissioner Li, are you at your wit's end?"

"This is the third time you've used this move. It takes a full three breaths to recover your true energy. Three breaths are enough for us to behead you!"

"Die!"

Broken blade, short sword, hook!

Fist, palm!

Exhausting their essence and blood, using up all their true energy, and exerting all their strength, five attacks of three-path unity splashed into the smoke and dust raised by the sword energy!

Cun Dong laughed loudly.

"A body covered in heavy injuries, yet you voluntarily exhausted your own true energy!"

"Thief, today is the day you lose your head!"

Waving his palm to disperse the smoke, he wanted to see Li Miao's miserable, battered appearance, wanted to see how that disgusting, mocking face of Li Miao's would collapse between life and death!

If he killed Li Miao, when the Emperor woke up later, he would be the greatest contributor to the Great Ming, even surpassing Liu Jin! Controlling the Eastern Depot was just around the corner. When his name was left in history, he would stand at the pinnacle of all eunuchs, never needing to worry about anyone looking down on him again!

That charming power was beckoning to him!

As his thoughts raced, his old face, already sagging with flesh, revealed a hearty smile he hadn't shown in the decades since he entered the palace.

Just as his gaze refocused on the dust and smoke, suddenly, he heard an exclamation from his side.

"Eunuch Cun, be careful!"

"Watch out behind you!"

Cun Dong sneered.

What a Li Miao, even like this he doesn't die... but so what?

I knew you would come to kill me!

His head didn't move, but his true energy boiled over. He didn't look back, just suddenly thrust a palm out from under his armpit, striking behind him!

A single palm thrust out.

Only a "slap" was heard.

A hand, like iron pincers, firmly gripped his forearm, making him unable to move a fraction, let alone turn around to look.

"You seem quite happy?"

"What happy thing happened? Tell me about it?"

Li Miao's mocking voice rang out from behind.

"We can't let him kill Eunuch Cun. If he cultivates the Xuanlan realm, we'll all die!"

"Stop! Let Eunuch Cun go!"

"You're already at the end of your rope, why struggle more!"

"Let go!"

While speaking, it looked like they were persuading Li Miao not to kill Cun Dong, but their moves didn't stop for a second, attacking Cun Dong relentlessly. They clearly wanted to smash Cun Dong to death along with Li Miao, which made Cun Dong's veins bulge, and he cursed continuously.

Seeing no one coming to save him, Cun Dong gritted his teeth and finally let out a long sigh from his throat.

How could he not know that he had become a target, a discarded pawn to be sacrificed?

"Your Majesty." He closed his eyes, waiting for the other black-clad eunuchs' moves to smash into his body with excruciating pain.

Just at this moment, he heard Li Miao behind him smile.

"The last sentence: Existence and non-existence share the same root, penetrate emptiness and form."

Bang!

A kick that almost broke his lumbar spine suddenly struck his lower back!

Cun Dong flew out like a cannonball, smashing into the palace wall, opening his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood, and then suddenly looked up at Li Miao.

"What... does that mean?"

Li Miao smiled at him.

"You'll know soon enough."

Cun Dong fell from the palace wall and stared fixedly at Li Miao.

Thump.

At this very instant, he suddenly felt his heart skip a beat, as if it had been gripped by something. His chest felt stifled, and everything around him seemed to be frozen in a state of extreme sensory elongation.

He raised his hand to cover his chest.

In the periphery of his vision, he seemed to see a black beach and a faintly swirling storm.

When he looked again, there was nothing.

In this almost solidified air, Li Miao closed his eyes as if no one else were present.

(End of chapter)