"My lords, you have followed me for over ten years, and I have always treated you well. Do not listen to Qi Yanchang's malicious words. He is just trying to demoralize our army. If I become emperor, the Divine Vanguard will be my loyal followers, and you will enjoy endless wealth and glory. Quickly pick up your swords and take them down!" Qi Yanping roared.
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened! The palace gates have been breached!" Just then, someone rushed over and reported loudly.
Upon hearing this, Qi Yanping immediately panicked.
In order to enter the palace, he had someone blow up the palace gate with gunpowder. Although he entered the palace with 20,000 Shenfeng Camp troops, Lao Wu and his men had even more. Even with someone guarding the palace, the already breached gates wouldn't last long anyway.
Now, the Shenfeng Guards were in chaos again. He had said a lot to try to stabilize the situation, but few people listened to him. Only a few hundred people picked up their long swords and followed behind him.
Fortunately, the other soldiers of the Divine Wind Guard, while not choosing to help him, did not stop him.
With just a few hundred men, it might not be possible to capture all these princes.
But now, this is the only path he can take.
Only by capturing these princes and using their lives to threaten the tens of thousands of troops outside could they possibly turn the tide of battle.
Qi Yanping was giving it his all, charging ahead in the fight.
Although Qi Yansheng and his group only brought a few followers with them, these were all experts from the ten major Taoist sects, each skilled in Taoist magic. Even though Qi Yanping's side had several hundred people, they couldn't take them down in a short time.
The thought of the 60,000 troops outside charging into the palace, and the Shenfeng Guards standing by with their weapons down, not stopping them, filled Qi Yanping with anxiety.
"Hurry up, take them down quickly!" Qi Yanping shouted.
His dozen or so powerful demons all revealed their true forms and began fighting with the Taoists.
At this point, Qi Yanping couldn't care less about anything else.
"Soldiers of the Divine Vanguard, do you see this? This is a demon, incredibly powerful and terrifying. It can swallow several people in one gulp. Only the Taoists can deal with them. What are you all standing there for? Quickly pick up your longswords and join the Taoists in slaying these monsters!" Qi Jiu roared.
He doesn't know martial arts, and there are many people fighting together in this place, making it very noisy. Even if he speaks loudly, no one can hear him clearly.
But Ye Xianya is there!
She directly cast a small spell on Qi Jiu, and Qi Jiu's roar immediately resounded in everyone's ears.
The soldiers of Shenfeng who had dropped their longswords were stunned for a moment before instinctively picking them up.
Some of the bolder ones actually went to kill those monsters, especially Ma Biao.
However, these great demons were enormous and looked terrifying, so most of the timid people did not dare to approach them.
Upon learning that her son might lose, Consort Yi rushed over with several trusted confidants from Fenghe Palace.
Consort Yi had been transformed into a demon ten years ago, and she still possessed some abilities. Several of her close confidants were also quite powerful and immediately joined the battle.
When everyone saw that Consort Yi had turned into a half-human, half-demon monster, and that Qi Yanping's physique was more than twice as large as before, they all believed what Qi Jiu had said earlier.
They really are demons!
As a result, even the hundreds of Shenfeng Guards who had been following Qi Yanping withdrew and stopped helping him.
The people of the Great Yan Dynasty would not associate with demons and monsters.
Qi Yanping didn't care about anything else and continued fighting with the Taoists.
Qi Jiu, who was within the protective range of Ye Xianya's barrier, was looking outside excitedly and exclaimed, "Xianya, I thought half-human, half-demon meant that half of the body was human and half of the body was demon. I didn't expect that my idea was too conservative. Look at that woman Yan Qingwu, she's really terrifying. That head... only the eyes and nose are human-like. And that mouth is just an exposed mouth. And her hooves... so ugly!"
Ye Xianya was also surprised by Qi Jiu's thought process, but she still explained to him: "Under normal circumstances, if the power of bloodline is fully activated, the demonization will be more thorough. Once you fully master your own power, you can control your demonized form. At least you can ensure that your head and upper body are still human and won't be so ugly. It can only be said that Consort Yi did not master the power of her body, which is why she became like a monster."
"I see!" Qi Jiu nodded quickly upon hearing this, and lowered his voice to ask, "Xianya, what do we do next?"
Were you just watching from here the whole time?
However, although he is much stronger than before, he doesn't know martial arts. What else can he do but wait here? Does he want to join the battle?
He doesn't want to die!
As for the daughter?
Of course, his daughter has to be there to protect him, otherwise he'll be scared.
"Let's wait and see!" Ye Xianya said softly. "These powerful demons are quite strong, and the people sent by the ten major Daoist sects are also very strong. Let them fight to their hearts' content first, and then my daughter and I will see how things go before making a decision."
No sooner had Ye Xianya finished speaking than Qi Jiu shouted, "Oh dear, the second brother got hit on the head by that black bear demon!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Xianya examined the body carefully and said after a moment, "The brains are all out; the person is already dead."
"Just... just like that, he died?" Qi Jiu's eyes widened.
"Human life is fragile most of the time. Tonight, the palace will face this calamity. Next to die is..." Before Ye Xianya could finish speaking, she saw the Fourth Prince being kicked away by an old bull demon.
"Could it be... that all my brothers are doomed to die tonight?" Qi Jiu asked in a trembling voice.
"Father, do you feel sorry for them and want to save them?" Ye Xianya turned to look at him and asked earnestly.
"No!" Qi Jiu shook his head: "I always thought that I had a good relationship with these brothers. For many years, I always helped them when they needed it. But since I was demoted to a commoner and exiled, not one of them has lent me a helping hand. They even mocked me. For example, I saw through Seventh Brother a long time ago."
However, seeing these people die before his eyes still made him feel somewhat suffocated.
"To be honest, Father, what happened today was indeed earlier than expected. It was because we exposed Consort Yi's identity that these people were driven to desperation and committed regicide and usurpation ahead of schedule. Otherwise, everything that happened tonight... should have happened ten years later."
Ye Xianya turned to look at Qi Jiu as she spoke: "And you, Father, are the destined emperor. You are my father now, so of course I have to help you and bring all of this forward. If you want to protect your brothers, there will definitely be unexpected twists and turns if you want to ascend the throne in the future."
"You...you mean...they will all die tonight?" Qi Jiu asked, his eyes wide.
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