Chapter 108

At the same time.

Bei Mingzi and Yuan Shoucheng also separately sought out Tian Guoke and Zhi Lixing.

Only Han Gongdu was left alone, guarding Yang Guang's side, to prevent any mishap befalling him!

And seeing such a perfect opportunity.

How could Yuwen Shang and the others sit still any longer.

He let out a thunderous shout and drew his treasured sword!

"Follow me and kill! Slay him first, then execute the tyrant!"

Having said that.

He charged forward at the head of his men.

"Hmph! Ignorant ants!"

"Today, this seat shall let you all feel what it means when a Heaven-Man is enraged!"

Hearing that he had been so splendidly ignored.

How could the proud Han Gongdu still bear it.

He shot back a reply brimming with killing intent.

Instead of retreating, his body advanced, charging straight toward Yuwen Shang and the others!

And it was precisely because of his departure.

That aside from the attending officials, Yang Guang's side didn't even have a single guard worth mentioning!

And in Han Gongdu's eyes.

There was an indelible, enormous gulf between Yuwen Shang and the others' cultivation realm and his own!

Even if he left for a moment, he could still suppress them all with a single hand.

When the time came, what other crisis could Yang Guang possibly face.

Unfortunately.

Things in this world seldom go as one wishes!

Just a few breaths after he left.

A figure silently slipped past the attending officials and arrived at Yang Guang's side.

The three-foot Qingfeng in his hand was swung toward him without the slightest hesitation.

"You..."

Sensing the flash of sword light at the corner of his eye.

Yang Guang's face turned ashen with terror.

He opened his mouth, about to cry out in alarm.

But he had only uttered a single word when his eyes went wide, and he could no longer speak!

"Your Majesty!!"

"Traitor, give your life!!"

The attending officials, coming to their senses, were so enraged at the sight their eyes nearly split.

They let out a great roar.

And surged forward wave after wave.

The killing intent in their eyes wished nothing more than to tear the culprit before them into eight pieces, to dismember him utterly!!

But what stunned them was.

Before they could even pounce to his front.

The assassin vanished into thin air like a phantom, as if he had never appeared!

Immediately.

They could no longer be bothered with revenge.

They scrambled to gather around Yang Guang's side.

And the four Grand Sacrificers, who had originally been locked in fierce combat with the experts of the Four Great Clans and the Three Great Imperial Dynasties.

Hearing the commotion, hurriedly turned their gazes over.

Upon discovering that Yang Guang had already lost his head.

They all entered a berserk state!

"The tyrant is dead, retreat!"

Seeing that Yang Guang had already been slain.

The Four Great Clans shouted in unison and their bodies shot backward.

Clearly unwilling to continue fighting the enraged Han Gongdu and the others, lest they suffer heavy losses.

However.

Things had already reached this point.

How could Han Gongdu and the others possibly let them leave so easily.

Thus.

A heaven-shaking melee officially kicked off!

Two days later.

Three pieces of explosive news swept across the entire Nine Provinces Continent like a gale.

The first concerned the Great Han.

As the Great Han, the one among the Eight Great Imperial Dynasties whose destruction loomed closest at hand.

As the Chancellor Dong Zhuo indulged in debauchery and cruelty.

Nineteen warlords gathered at Suanzao, swore the Shaxuewei Alliance, and vowed to jointly punish him.

In the meantime, Dong Zhuo, having received word, dispatched his top general Hua Xiong at dawn to lead one hundred thousand Xiliang troops to guard Hulao Pass!

Meanwhile, he himself seized the opportunity to plunder the people's wealth.

He prepared to relocate the Son of Heaven and the court ministers to Chang'an, to ensure his own safety.

Yet, before he could finish looting Qian Cai.

Dong Zhuo and the Son of Heaven Liu Xie were brutally murdered in their own home.

Hua Xiong, who guarded Hulao Pass, had his head cut off by Lu Bu, and his troops were absorbed.

The entire Han Dynasty then entered the era of warring warlords.

The second piece of news concerned the Great Sui Dynasty.

As a dynasty, the Great Sui's fate mirrored that of the Han.

Although the Great Sui had not yet reached its final collapse.

It was plagued by repeated rebellions over the Yang Gong Treasury!

At the same time.

While countless eyes focused on the Yang Gong Treasury.

The Four Great Sui Clans allied with the Great Qin, Great Yuan, and Great Tang Dynasties, and launched rebellion.

Fortunately, the Sui Emperor was no easy target.

He forcibly summoned Four National Guardians, intending to use this opportunity to exterminate the traitors and restore the Shanhe of Great Sui!

Unfortunately,

Heaven did not grant his wish.

Just as the Four National Guardians clashed fiercely with the elite of the Three Great Dynasties,

A mysterious warrior of unknown identity appeared silently beside Emperor Yang Guang.

He casually severed the emperor's head, then vanished into thin air—his whereabouts remain unknown to this day.

For this reason,

The Four Guardians went berserk, brutally wounding Bei Mingzi, Ba Shiba, and Yuan Shoucheng so severely they fled!

As for the Four Great Clans, they fared even worse.

Aside from the one hundred thousand elite troops surrounding the palace, seven or eight out of ten of the Clans' loyalists and family members were slaughtered.

Only the clan lords and a few direct bloodlines barely escaped.

And the entire Great Sui Palace.