Chapter 398 A sudden change

Qin Minghuang stood at the highest point of the stone steps in the imperial study, looking down at the lifeless corpse, his eyes as deep as the sea.

Cao Cheng'an is extremely bold.

It would be bad enough to exclude dissidents and form cliques for personal gain, but they actually dared to collude with the Shufeng Dynasty and commit the serious crime of killing Dagan border army officers and soldiers!

Perhaps he felt that his foundation in the North was solid, and his followers were all over the Black Tortoise Army;

Perhaps he felt that since she was a woman and ascended the throne, her foundation was unstable, so he did not dare to easily touch him, the pillar of the northern border.

But Qin Minghuang never tolerates any grain of sand in her eyes!

He was lured away from his old nest in the north on the pretext of returning to Beijing to report his merits.

Then, without hesitation, he sent out the elite Xuanji Guards to eliminate his accomplices and confidants in the Xuanwu Army with lightning speed.

He quickly dispatched a new general to take over, disbanded and reorganized the Xuanwu Army, and tried his best to erase the mark of the Cao family.

When the Xuanji Guards took action, they naturally found out the evidence of Cao Cheng'an's crimes clearly. At the same time, they also learned that Qu Heng had already left the northern border in advance and was operating in secret.

If they really wanted to arrest him, it wouldn't be difficult, but she just let him go.

"Buried."

Qin Minghuang spoke calmly, without any emotion in his voice.

Pan Yue obeyed the order and lifted the heavy mountain pressure that enveloped the entire place.

The stagnant air in the hall had just begun to flow, and at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

An extremely obscure wave appeared directly in front of Qin Minghuang without any warning.

A pale sword tip appeared out of thin air and pierced his heart!

All this happened so quickly. Almost at the same moment, an old hand reached out silently from behind Qin Minghuang.

As fast as thunder, the palm wind was fierce and contained a terrifying force that could collapse mountains and split rocks, and it hit directly towards the deadly sword tip.

It was the old lady who was in charge of guarding the royal arsenal, Mrs. Xue!

However, just before her palm, which contained tremendous force, was about to smash the tip of the sword, it seemed to crash into an extremely sticky quagmire, and was blocked for a moment.

The pale sword tip had already seized this imperceptible gap and accurately pierced into Qin Minghuang's chest.

"boom!"

The old lady's palm finally arrived and hit the sword hard.

The long sword broke into pieces in an instant, turning into a pile of silver-white powder and scattering in all directions.

Old Xue showed up completely, his face as gloomy as water, his eyes filled with disbelief and anger.

His Majesty was ambushed at such close range by his own personal guards!

"How dare you!"

At the same time, the attacker's weapon was destroyed, his aura fluctuated, and he could no longer completely hide his tracks.

It was a figure so old that it was almost unrecognizable, with sparse white hair and beard, and a thin and hunched body, as if it could be blown down by a gust of wind.

The exposed skin is like old tree bark, covered with deep wrinkles and gray spots.

He was wearing an extremely tattered gray Taoist robe, the edges of which were frayed and coming apart.

It was not until this moment that Qin Minghuang felt a sudden sharp pain in his chest and his body shook slightly.

"His Majesty!"

Su Quan, who had been standing by, let out a shrill cry.

Looking at the pale sword tip on His Majesty's chest, he felt as if he was doused with ice water, his heart and liver were broken, and his soul was shattered.

"puff……"

Qin Minghuang's face turned pale in an instant, he took several steps back, and suddenly spurted out a stream of blood from his mouth.

An ominous purple color quickly appeared on his face at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Poisonous! The tip of the sword is quenched with poison!

Su Quan hurried forward to support her, holding up her arm and striding back.

His Majesty's arm quickly lost strength in his palm, becoming soft and heavy.

Pan Yue's eyes were red and almost bursting.

He always prided himself on being the best in defense of Xuanji Guard, but now he had to watch His Majesty being injured just a few feet away, and the huge feeling of humiliation overwhelmed him like a tide.

However, the aftermath of the collision between the two old men in the field was raging, and the escaping true energy cut through the air like a blade, making a teeth-grinding hissing sound.

This is clearly a collision of the "domains" of a second-grade realm powerhouse!

He forcibly suppressed the urge to rush into the battle circle, and finally had to grit his teeth and stand guard in front of the imperial study like a mountain.

He protected the seriously injured Majesty behind him, his eyes sharp as a torch, alert to any possible danger.

Qin Minghuang was unable to stand on his own, so Su Quan carefully laid him flat on the ground.

A huge panic and anger were swirling in his heart. He raised his head suddenly and screamed at the top of his lungs in the direction of Panyue.

"Where are the Xuanji Guards? Where are the other Xuanji Guards? His Majesty has been assassinated, why hasn't any help come yet?"

Pan Yue's face was so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it.

Due to the many previous decrees of His Majesty, the elite troops of Xuanji Guard had already dispersed and were already short of manpower.

Even he, who was in charge of defense, had been sent out of the palace to perform official duties, which shows the shortage.

Seeing that he was silent, Su Quan became more and more agitated and almost hysterical.

"Where's Miss Ling? I'm asking you, where's Ling Muxue? Are you dead? Answer me!"

Panyue's majestic figure against the light trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly.

Ling Muxue is another second-grade expert in the palace, but...

His Majesty had already instructed that she be sent to secretly protect the royal heirs.

He clenched his teeth, his jawline tense.

Perhaps the heir to the throne hadn't been assassinated? Perhaps Miss Ling could come to his aid right now?

The battle between Old Xue and the strange Taoist priest in the courtyard has reached a stalemate, and the dissipated power is vibrating like ripples.

They seem to be evenly matched and neither can defeat the other in a short time.

The more the battle went on, the more frightened Mr. Xue became.

Although they were both at the second level, she actually felt unimaginable pressure from the other person's dry and decayed body.

It is obvious that this person's vitality is far weaker than his own, and his skin, beard and hair are like dead wood.

But not only did he not gain any advantage, but he clearly felt that the other party's momentum was still rising, as if there was no end.

What is going on?

Could it be that he was going to break through to the legendary first-level realm at this moment?

It's crazy!

"Quick, call for help!"

After realizing this, Mr. Xue no longer cared about anything else and immediately exclaimed.

Now the only way is to suppress the opponent as quickly as possible.

To achieve this, at least two second-grade masters must work together.

An indescribable feeling of palpitations gripped her. Where on earth did this old monster come from?

Pan Yue no longer hesitated and suddenly sent out a powerful and unparalleled true energy into the air.

In an instant, a solid and heavy mountain shadow appeared out of thin air, hanging high above the imperial study.

This is the highest level distress signal from Xuanjiwei, belonging to the third level of divine martial realm.

At this moment, Qin Minghuang's condition deteriorated rapidly.

The strange poison was madly eroding her vitality, like ice and snow under the scorching sun, melting quickly and unable to be locked up at all.

Su Quan knelt beside him, watching his Majesty's face lose its luster at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Delicate skin becomes loose and fine wrinkles appear.

The dark blue color not only spread across her face, but also quickly spread to her exposed neck and the back of her hands.

The fingers that were originally as slender as jade quickly shriveled up and lost all their blood color in the blink of an eye, presenting a shocking appearance of withering.