Chapter 182: West Courtyard

With a boom, dust rolled, and another high building in the Jade Garden was shaken down in the fierce Qi energy, and the sound of stone bricks bursting resounded through the wild.

But just then, in the black palace city that looked like a giant beast crawling, a majestic momentum suddenly surged.

After feeling this breath, the leader of the Scale Clan and the leader of the Tooth Clan immediately turned their heads, looked at the direction of the Demon Emperor Palace, and clenched their fists instantly.

"It seems... the Emperor already knows."

"I also felt the breath of the Heavenly General."

"Brother Mule, I was really harmed by you this time."

"Although it was dragged for a long time, since General Shu He has sneaked into it, it is considered successful. It's just a pity that I wanted to kill a few cultivators, making this matter even more irreversible..."

The leader of the Scale Clan murmured in the cold wind, and then turned to look at the direction of the West Courtyard.

That place had sword path contention earlier, it should be that someone was guarding the courtyard, and was bumped into by General Shu He, but the sword intent had stopped at this time, making him feel relieved.

At this time, the imperial Heavenly Demon generals had already rushed over with imperial demon soldiers, landed with a boom, and stood full of the street in an instant.

They were all wearing black heavy armor, holding bright long guns, and when they lined up, they were like a huge dark cloud, rolling in, and the powerful coercion instantly swept the entire street.

Subsequently, the rolling demon soldiers and demon generals all rushed into the Jade Garden, so that the sound of fighting in the courtyard suddenly became fierce.

But there were four other people who did not enter the courtyard, but stepped on the ground and leaped into the air, the heavy Qi energy directly stepped on the snow on the ground, and leaped onto the high tower.

Subsequently, the four people shot at the same time without saying a word, directly holding the shoulders of the two leaders of the Scale and Tooth clans, and escorted them from the top of the tower to the ground.

And in this process, no one resisted, and even no one made a slight movement, and no one opened their mouths to complain.

This is just like the Demon Emperor's sentence in front of the hall, they are not chaotic ministers and thieves, they did not commit following the monarch, they just shared the worries for the Emperor, and also wanted the ethnic group to return to the Nine Provinces.

So even if they were taken down, they still stood tall like pine.

Just then, a rustling sound of footsteps sounded, and Princess Fengyang stepped on the heavy snow and came.

She was still wearing that thin plain white long skirt, her face was pale, and she looked at the Jade Garden with a solemn expression, and then fell on the two leaders.

"Is the war of life and death really a good thing for my demon race?"

The leader of the Scale Clan looked up upon hearing this: "Princess, our ethnic group originally lived in the Nine Provinces, and it was out of helplessness that we came to the snow region. We have a responsibility, and we cannot let our descendants hide in this barren land for generations."

Princess Princess Fengyang looked at this fearless leader with cold eyes: "If our clansmen all die in the war, what else do we have for generations?"

"We must try, otherwise, will there be no chance forever?"

"You are clearly your own private desire, so don't be so righteous, prepare to spend the rest of your life in the cold prison on the top of the Twin Peaks."

The leader of the Scale Clan raised his eyes after hearing this: "Princess, Mule knows that he is guilty, but Mule will not enter the cold prison, because after tonight, Mule is willing to die for the Emperor on the battlefield, and apologize to the Emperor for this."

【If the human delegation has any casualties, then kill them all, make it thorough】

【If the human delegation really died, the matter of my demon race counterattacking the Nine Provinces would be a foregone conclusion】

Thinking of the two sentences of Father and Imperial Brother, Princess Fengyang's pretty face became even paler: "Where is General Shu He? Where did he go?"

The leader of the Scale Clan suddenly showed a gratified smile: "General Shu He has sneaked into the West Courtyard with the wind, and there was no sound there not long ago. Princess, this is not my choice, this is Heaven's choice."

The leader of the Mao Clan and the leader of the Claw Clan also came to this place at this time, because before this, the shielding magic weapon used by the Scale and Tooth clans failed, so they also felt the sound in the Jade Garden.

At this time, they came in a hurry, and hearing the words of Mule, they couldn't help but show a bitter expression.

Although they have different political views, they are not enemies. Hearing that the Scale and Tooth clans were so decisive tonight, they didn't know how to evaluate it.

And at this time, Princess Fengyang bit her silver teeth, and then stepped into the Jade Garden.

The battle in the middle courtyard had ended in the powerful combat power of the Heavenly Demon Realm, and all the three demon generals of the Scale Clan were suppressed on the ground by demon soldiers and demon generals.

The demonization time of these Xuan Yao generals had ended at this time, but the fighting spirit in their hearts had not dissipated. At this time, their eyes were full of unwillingness.

And Yan Chuan, Huo Hong and others stood on the opposite side of them, panting, their figures looked a bit embarrassed, and they were also injured, but they were still alive at this time, and their eyes were full of vigilance.

"Using a banquet as bait to disperse us, and then killing the envoys at night, is this the hospitality of your demon race?"

Princess Fengyang came to the courtyard and opened her mouth: "Last night's incident was just a misunderstanding, it was the chaos of the chaotic party in the city, and my demon race will definitely give everyone an explanation."

Yan Chuan snorted coldly: "Forget it, this demon race doesn't seem to be so easy to stay in, how dare you stay? Our human race sent envoys to come here, just because we don't want the ancient friendship between the two races to be provoked by those with ulterior motives, but since the demon race doesn't think so, we won't be afraid of war."

"Please be calm, everyone, first see... if there are any casualties."

Princess Fengyang said, and then looked at the silent West Courtyard.

The battle in the middle courtyard and the East Courtyard had been continuing before this, and there was sword Qi in the sky until the soldiers and generals came from the Demon Emperor Palace.

But the only difference is the West Courtyard, which is the courtyard where the human envoys live.

Long before they arrived, it was as silent as death.

Princess Fengyang is a woman after all. Although her status is noble and her combat power is not bad, she is a bit discouraged at this time facing the West Courtyard.

Demon General General Shu He, combat power is not high, but in the ranking of the Scale Clan, he can rank in the top three.

And the leader of the Scale Clan said earlier that General Shu He had sneaked into the West Courtyard for a long time.

So she didn't know what kind of scene she would see after she stepped in.

All the way here, Ye Han has been following his sister, seeing her silent for a long time without stepping, and knew her fear.

"Is there anyone guarding inside?"

Princess Fengyang turned her head and looked at Yan Chuan, the elder of Spirit Sword Mountain standing on the side.

Yan Chuan leaned on his sword on the ground and opened his mouth: "From the beginning of the night, Ji You has been guarding here, but during this period, no one has been able to cross my sword and enter the West Courtyard."

At this time, Jiang Jiang Chenfeng came from the East Courtyard and furrowed his brow: "No, I saw Ji You draw his sword."

Yan Chuan: "?"

Hearing this, Ye Han looked at his sister subconsciously, and found that her face was even paler than knowing that the Scale and Tooth clans besieged the Jade Garden.

Brother Gongshu Chou came from the East Courtyard at this time, his left sleeve had been soaked with blood. Seeing the leaders of the Scale and Tooth clans, he was furious and raised his foot to kick, but was persuaded to stop.

Subsequently, Jiang Yan, Yan Yan Qiubai, and Jiang Yue-rou also gathered together with swords, looking at the demon race in front of them, and the anger could not be hidden at all.

"Who entered the West Courtyard?"

"Demon General General Shu He, talent extreme speed, best at assassination..."

"?"

Jiang Yan, Yan Yan Qiubai, and Jiang Yue-rou and others realized the wrong atmosphere at this time, so they turned to look at Jiang Jiang Chenfeng: "What happened? What West Courtyard?"

Jiang Jiang Chenfeng looked at his cousin: "During the chaotic battle last night, a demon general who was best at killing sneaked into the West Courtyard silently."

Yan Yan Qiubai widened her eyes: "How is it possible? To enter the West Courtyard, you must pass through the middle courtyard or the East Courtyard. Those two places are guarded by Elder Yan and Elder Huo. They are both Boundless experts, how could they not notice?"

"So, this is the terrible thing..."

Hearing this, Brother Gongshu Chou stepped away, directly slashed the door of the West Courtyard, and others followed.

When everyone stepped into the courtyard, the first thing they saw was the mess.

The snow pines planted in the courtyard were all slashed and broken, covered by the new snow after breaking, and the doors and windows were all deep marks cut, and even a crossbeam was slashed and collapsed.

And the snow on the ground, it seems to have been cut by sharp knives and swords, all broken piece by piece.

The most critical thing is that they haven't entered the courtyard yet, and they have already seen blood spots splashing everywhere on the snow.

These blood must be extremely hot when splashed, so that they can burn deep pits on this pure white plane.

Seeing the scene at the entrance, everyone condensed their eyes, as if they had seen the envoys in the courtyard being killed in the room, killed when rushing out of the door, killed in a terrified sleep, and then piled together, blood flowing into a river.

That's right, this is the habit of that bloodthirsty demon general.

He is extremely cruel and terrible, and every time he likes to pile up the people he killed, and enjoy it alone for a long time.

Princess Fengyang followed at the end, also seeing the mess at the entrance, her jade hands hidden in her sleeves couldn't help but tremble slightly, and there seemed to be wind and snow raging in her eyes.

Only the leaders of the Scale and Tooth clans, their eyes changed from the previous calm to incomparably hot, as if they wanted to see through the whole courtyard at a glance, to see if they were all dead.

Yan Chuan was furious: "You... why did you let Ji You guard here alone? He is just a Profound Understanding!"

Brother Gongshu Chou furrowed his brow: "It was his own arrangement."

"Why is this again?"

"He said that he arranged for several elders to guard the middle courtyard, East Courtyard, flower building, and the outer periphery of the bamboo forest, so it is impossible for anyone to break in. His arm has not recovered, and he can not use it if he can, so staying in the West Courtyard is the safest."

Huo Hong hugged his arms and narrowed his eyes slightly: "It seems that he harmed himself."

The leader of the Scale Clan and the leader of the Tooth Clan looked at each other at this time, and only then did they know that all the people did not go to the banquet last night, but guarded the Jade Garden separately. It turned out to be arranged by the human Profound Understanding Realm.

This kind of person who could perceive the overall situation could not help but make them feel a chill.

But that's it, everything is over.

Just then, a slight movement suddenly came from the courtyard, and everyone was attracted back to their senses, immediately stepped through the bamboo forest in front of the West Courtyard, walked to the deepest part of the courtyard, but couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.

The mess in the courtyard is even worse than in front of the courtyard, and there are broken scenes everywhere.

And it is indeed as they expected, there are corpses in the West Courtyard.

But the difference is that there is only one corpse, and that is not a human, but a thin demon.

At this time, he was lying in the snow nest with his back of the head facing the sky, or rather, in a blood nest.

Because the snow around his body had long been soaked with blood.

And on his back were seven incomparably terrible sword marks, deep into the bone, the cut flesh had long been frozen by the extreme cold of the snow region, and the blood that soaked the snow was overflowing from these sword wounds.

At the position of his hands, there were two narrow pits.

It looked like these were the marks left on the snow by the weapon in his hands when he fell, but now only the marks remained, and the weapon was gone.

At this moment, Ji You was sitting to the left of that corpse, or rather, on the stone steps of the east wing of the west courtyard, with a streak of blood on his face slanting from his chin to his cheek.

This was the blade Shu He had previously thrust toward his throat; he had dodged it, but not entirely.

His clothes had also been pierced open, and there was a wound between his collarbone and shoulder, from the blade Shu He had previously intended to pierce his heart with; he had dodged that too, but not entirely.

At this moment, hearing the sound of footsteps approaching, Ji You turned his head to look.

His sword intent had not yet faded, and sitting beneath the doorway, his gaze was extremely sharp.

However, when his gaze swept over the faces of the Immortal Sect prodigies and he discovered that no one was missing, he felt a slight sense of relief in his heart.

Everyone present began to feel dazed; looking at the corpse on the ground and then at the sword marks all over the courtyard, their gazes could not help but fixate on him.

He had killed the Demon General Shu He.

During the chaotic battle last night, this place in the west courtyard, which should have been deserted, had been the site of a battle that was unknown to others but extremely dangerous just to think about.

Some thought the envoys living in the west courtyard were surely dead, while others thought the corpses here had already been piled into a small hill.

And then, he had slain the Demon General Shu He here.

In fact, the demons present were not familiar with this person Ji You; Princess Fengyang's impression of him was that he was somewhat frivolous and did not look like the immortal, refined person the humans described.

But last night, he had guarded the west courtyard alone and slain the most difficult and dangerous Demon General, Shu He.

Among the crowd, the ones who found this result hardest to accept were naturally the leaders of the Scale and Tooth clans, because in their view, among the attacks in the Jade Garden tonight, the battle in the west courtyard should have been the easiest.

Yet this Demon General, who had always taken lives with his strikes, had fallen today, lying in the snow nest, unable to rise again.

At this moment, Princess Fengyang watched him quietly, lost in thought for a long time, before finally casting her gaze aside.

It was also at this moment that Ji You's voice suddenly rang out from the deathly silent west courtyard.

"This demon is truly formidable; I didn't expect that he could actually beat me until I was covered in blade wounds with just his bare hands..."

"..."

"?"

Ye Han did not follow the others into the courtyard but instead summoned three Heavenly Demon Generals simultaneously, ordering them to lead those demon soldiers to surround the entire west courtyard.

His view was the same as everyone else's before entering the courtyard; upon learning that Ji You was guarding the west courtyard alone, he felt as if he had already seen the entire human delegation slaughtered in the courtyard.

Because when he had heard of Shu He's reputation for killing, he had personally experienced the opponent's extreme speed.

With that kind of speed talent, combined with his hidden talent, truly no one could survive.

The Emperor said that if any humans were truly killed, then it should be done thoroughly, because although the human Immortal Sects are not united, they care most about their reputation; if people really died, it would be difficult to explain clearly.

As an older brother, Ye Han knew his sister Princess Fengyang's temperament.

Even if it were truly the Emperor's imperial decree, she would never obey it, so the matter of slaughtering the humans in this courtyard would have to be done by him.

"Actually, even I don't like facing Shu He alone; that guy is just too troublesome."

Standing at the main gate on guard was the Heavenly Demon General Tianyao Tianyao Chao Cang, who couldn't help but whisper at this moment.

"It's not just you; I heard that although Mu Le is willing to use him, he is unwilling to let him get too close, because this guy truly possesses a danger that doesn't match his realm."

As soon as he finished speaking, Princess Fengyang suddenly walked over from the courtyard and looked at Tianyao Tianyao Chao Cang with burning eyes: "Arrest everyone who participated in this matter tonight and send them to the Demon Emperor's Palace, including the leaders of the Scale and Tooth clans!"

Ye Han turned to look at Princess Fengyang, his brow slightly furrowed: "Princess Fengyang, I know you can't bear it, but you shouldn't act on impulse; leave the rest to me."

"Imperial Brother, I am fulfilling the Emperor's imperial decree."

"?"

"Shu He is dead, and the human delegation is safe and sound."

Following Princess Fengyang's order, all the demon soldiers and generals immediately took action, arresting everyone who had been subdued earlier.

In the chaotic environment, Ye Han walked into the west courtyard with doubt and confusion, seeing the fallen Shu He at first glance, as well as the sword wounds all over his body.

Shu He's greatest strength was not concealment but speed; let alone striking him, some people couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.

But looking at his body now, it was clear that he had been struck solidly, and every sword strike had been incredibly uniform.

This Demon Prince remained silent for a long time, then raised his head to look toward the west side.

Ji You had already been helped into a wheelchair, his two hands hanging powerlessly, and as he met his gaze, he was pushed out of the courtyard, looking sickly and like a weak scholar...

At dawn, the sun began to rise slowly from behind the snow peaks, the east turning white, and even the cold mist was illuminated and broken through.

The Jade Garden, which had been noisy all night, suddenly became quiet, but the broken bricks and tiles everywhere were proof of the intensity of yesterday's battle.

As the planners of the whole affair, the leaders of the Scale and Tooth clans were shackled after coming out of the Jade Garden, and along with all the demon generals in their clans who had participated in tonight's ambush, they were escorted by imperial soldiers and sent to the Demon Emperor's Palace.

But the Demon Emperor did not appear to see them; instead, it was the chief minister under his command, named Shan Shan Dian, who was waiting alone in front of the palace gate.

Seeing Princess Princess Fengyang escorting them back, Shan Shan Dian walked down from the main hall and bowed before the two: "His Majesty is very disappointed in you and does not wish to see you..."

The leaders of the Scale and Tooth clans clenched their fists upon hearing this, remaining silent.

Shan Shan Dian couldn't help but add: "You are not sharing His Majesty's worries; you are forcing His Majesty to make a choice."

Mu Le sighed upon hearing this: "We... are guilty."

"You are naturally guilty, so go to the Cold Prison to reflect on your mistakes."

(Finally home, going to get some serious sleep, will be more diligent tomorrow, begging for monthly tickets... or2)

(End of chapter)