Chapter 957: Clouds cover the sun and swallows return to their nests (Part 7)
In fact, for the dozen or so masters, the main reason why they dared to rush up and fight with Wei Changtian, in addition to the conditions promised by Jing Guoqing and the anger in their hearts, was that they felt they were not without a chance of winning.
And that was indeed the case at the beginning.
Even though Wei Changtian summoned three lucky beasts at once, creating a grand scene, without the help of system props, he not only failed to gain any advantage, but was even slightly at a disadvantage.
If the situation continued to develop in this way, his defeat seemed inevitable, and many spies who were hiding in the dark and observing the battle made such a judgment.
But then, as time went on, the war situation began to develop in unexpected directions little by little.
The reason is that Wei Changtian seems to have inexhaustible internal strength.
When warriors clash, if the difference in strength is not too big and neither side has the means to quickly determine the winner, then the proper allocation of internal strength will be the most critical factor in determining the outcome.
It is obvious that the combined internal strength of these dozen masters is undoubtedly several times greater than that of Wei Changtian.
Although the superiority or inferiority in a one-on-many situation cannot be judged solely by internal strength, the party with superior internal strength at least has the advantage of time.
After all, with Wei Changtian's fighting style, one can imagine how fast his internal energy will be consumed, and he definitely won't be able to persist for too long.
So under normal circumstances, the longer it drags on, the more advantageous it will be for these dozen masters, until Wei Changtian's internal strength is exhausted and he can only flee in defeat. The above was the initial thought of almost all the warriors watching the battle.
But until now they suddenly realized that this was not the case at all.
Although Wei Changtian had been using all kinds of powerful killing moves non-stop since the start of the battle, and had not held back on any of his moves, his internal energy consumption had obviously far exceeded the upper limit of a second-grade warrior.
But he is still full of energy even now, without any sign of fatigue on his face, and he even feels like he is getting more excited the more he fights.
On the other hand, the dozen or so masters on the opposite side, even though they had been very cautious in allocating their internal strength and saving energy wherever possible, were still showing signs of fatigue. Those who were slightly weaker had completely given up attacking and could only defend in a desperate manner.
This is undoubtedly a manifestation of the huge consumption of internal energy . Undoubtedly, this situation was something no one had expected.
Especially the dozen or so masters, they became more and more confused and uncertain as the fight went on.
But no matter whether they can figure it out or not, the battle will not stop for a second.
And when Wei Changtian's original disadvantage turned into an advantage due to his "internal energy reserve", it was no surprise that casualties began to occur in this battle.
"boom!!"
"Ah! No!!!"
A roar and a scream.
When a thick purple lightning fell from the dense clouds and smashed into a middle-aged man who was unable to dodge, after fighting for hundreds of breaths, Wei Changtian finally killed the first man.
"Bang!!"
In the churning purple lightning, the man's body turned into ashes in an instant, and his weapons and clothes were annihilated in the air.
His realm is only the third level, and he does not have any life-saving treasure on him.
Although the fighting power this man had previously displayed was already the best among the three levels, it was normal for him to be the first to die in a battle of this magnitude.
His death was like the first domino to fall, which immediately and completely broke the balance of the entire battle.
After all, these dozen masters were already at a disadvantage, and now suddenly one more combat force was lost. Naturally, a gap appeared in the entire "coordinated combat" system.
How could Wei Changtian miss such an opportunity? He immediately intensified the offensive on one side and took away three lives in an instant before the other party could react.
One man had a sword piercing his chest.
One person had his body bitten off by Zhulong.
One person was knocked away by the yellow dragon.
“Be careful!!!”
“Bang! Bang, Bang, Bang!!!”
When the two second-rank masters came to their senses and launched several moves, finally forcing Wei Changtian to retreat, the latter had already killed four people in a very short period of time.
And now there are eleven people left in front of him.
There are eleven people, five of them are of the second rank and six of them are of the third rank.
This "configuration" is not much different from the last group of ten assassins in Linchuan City who were instructed by a mysterious man to assassinate Wei Changtian.
This means that even without the golden lotus petals, Wei Changtian is still able to defeat his opponent with his "hard power" alone.
What's more, at this moment, most of the internal energy of these eleven people has already been consumed, but the internal energy in Wei Changtian's dantian is still full.
Therefore, even though the war is still going on, the outcome of the battle is already very clear.
Even ordinary people can tell which is better and which is worse at this moment.
After all, although they didn't understand the tricks, they saw with their own eyes that Wei Changtian had killed four people, and he himself was not injured.
"It's over, it's over, Daqian is going to perish."
"Oh my god, please open your eyes!!"
"Why, why?"
"I, I don't want to die!"
“.”
The faces showed despair, sadness, or fear. Some people fell to the ground with weak legs, some opened their mouths wide, at a loss, and some ran around in panic, not knowing where to go.
Everyone seemed to have seen the entire capital city turned into a hell on earth, with corpses and blood everywhere.
During the battle, the remaining eleven masters also had the idea of escaping.
Because once those four men died, although no one else died for the time being, they no longer saw a single chance of winning.
So why should he stay and wait to die? His expression became hesitant, and his actions were not as decisive as before.
In fact, these people knew very well that if they really escaped, they would be completely defeated immediately due to the imbalance of fighting power, and they would become the eternal sinner of the demise of Daqian because of this escape.
But if I don't escape now, and others escape first, then I may never be able to escape again.
Then Unknowingly, except for a few loyal generals who served the royal family wholeheartedly, all the other masters that Jing Guoqing borrowed from various sects had already retreated while fighting and arrived at the periphery of the battle circle.
Ordinary people may not be able to see anything about their little thoughts, but how can they escape each other's eyes?
All of a sudden, these people understood what others were thinking, and their determination to escape became stronger.
However, at this moment, before anyone could actually take action, Wei Changtian, who was originally standing on top of Zhulong's head, suddenly disappeared.
It wasn't that the speed was too fast to see clearly, but that it really disappeared out of thin air.
"this!"
Their eyes suddenly widened and all eleven of them felt a chill down their spines, fearing that Wei Changtian would appear in front of them in the next second.
However, what they worried about did not happen. Instead, a very shrill scream suddenly broke out from the top of the city wall.
"Your Majesty, be careful!!!"
“.”
The sky was covered with dark clouds and there were lightning and thunder.
Above the Meridian Gate, the Candle Dragon, the Yellow Dragon, and the Gu Diao were still tumbling wildly, but Wei Changtian was the only one who suddenly left the battlefield and appeared above the Meridian Gate without any warning.
This sudden change made everyone shocked and wonder how he did it.
But for Wei Changtian, all this was part of his plan.
He was very clear from the beginning to the end that it was enough to win the battle with the fifteen people. There was no need and no way for him to kill all the opponents.
After all, if a group of second-grade masters wanted to escape, it would be impossible for him to stop them all even if he had extraordinary abilities.
But one person had to die.
That is Jing Guoqing.
He first fought fiercely with the opponent up there, then suddenly used the escape technique to "flash" to Jing Guoqing's side and killed him with one blow.
Wei Changtian’s plan sounds simple, but in fact it requires a very high sense of timing.
It's too early. Those masters are still eager to fight and will come down to rescue me immediately. If there is any accident, I won't be able to kill anyone.
It was too late. Jing Guoqing realized that he was doomed to fail and must have fled.
That's why Wei Changtian chose to take action at such a time when the outcome seemed to have been decided but not yet, and took advantage of the opportunity when a group of masters wanted to escape but couldn't escape, and went directly to the top of the Meridian Gate.
Holding Longquan in his hand, looking at Jing Guoqing who was just a few feet away from him with a look of surprise on his face, he didn't hesitate at all and instantly turned into a black shadow and shot towards the latter.
In fact, Wei Changtian originally wanted to "teleport" directly to Jing Guoqing, but due to the disadvantage of the escape technique itself that "the farther the distance, the more unstable the landing point", the location where he finally appeared had a slight deviation of several feet.
Under normal circumstances this is not a big problem. After all, for Wei Changtian it only takes a moment to cross this distance.
But at this moment, the only flaw in the plan gave Jing Guoqing a glimmer of opportunity.
To be precise, it gave the old eunuch beside the latter a chance. "Your Majesty!!!"
He suddenly raised his right palm, and the old eunuch reacted the moment Wei Changtian rushed towards him.
Such a fast reaction speed not only proved that he was at least a top-three rank expert, but also that his attention was always on Wei Changtian from beginning to end.
But what was truly surprising was not these, but the direction in which his palm fell.
It wasn't Wei Changtian standing opposite him, but Jing Guoqing standing right next to him! "."
His eyes suddenly widened, and Wei Changtian immediately realized what the old eunuch was going to do.
The latter did not want to kill Jing Guoqing as a token of his allegiance.
On the contrary, he wanted to save Jing Guoqing!! It was obvious that Jing Guoqing must be wearing the Qingjue Jade Pendant.
And because the Qingjue Jade Pendant cannot be triggered by "suicide", the old eunuch wanted to give Jing Guoqing a palm, trying to trigger the Qingjue Jade Pendant in this way and teleport the latter away from here!
Damn! His pupils shrank slightly, and Wei Changtian immediately realized that he was too slow to stop the old eunuch, so he cursed in his heart and immediately swung out a "Thousand Miles of Smoke Waves".
He had exchanged this Thousand Miles of Smoke from the System Department a long time ago in order to prevent any accidents.
I didn't expect that he would actually use it. "Swoosh!"
An invisible white light flashed by, thanks to the excellent quality of the system props and Wei Changtian's fast response speed.
Almost at the same time when the old eunuch's palm landed on Jing Guoqing's chest, Qianli Yanbo's mark also successfully hit the latter.
Then in the next second, a ball of green light appeared and instantly enveloped Jing Guoqing.
"Damn it! Die!!!"
Having seen the Qingjue Jade Pendant being triggered several times, Wei Changtian was no longer surprised by this green light.
So he didn't care about Jing Guoqing, who had been marked with a tracking mark by him, but turned the tip of the sword and slashed directly at the old eunuch.
The mission was about to be accomplished, but was ruined by the latter.
Even if he could still kill Jing Guoqing later, he would have wasted a Qianli Yanbo system point. At this moment, Wei Changtian was undoubtedly very unhappy with the old eunuch, so he had no intention of talking nonsense with him, and the sword light almost instantly shot in front of the latter.
The old eunuch probably knew that he was no match for the enemy, so he didn't put up any resistance at all.
At the last moment before his death, he just looked at the green light that was gradually dissipating, and murmured with a sense of relief:
"Your Majesty, I am ashamed that I have not been able to do so."
“Swish!!”
The sword flashed past, and the head flew high into the air.
In the end, the old eunuch didn't even get to finish his last words before his head was chopped off by Wei Changtian's sword.
As for what comes after the "failure", perhaps only he knows. "Plop!"
The hunched headless corpse swayed and fell at his feet. Wei Changtian stood on the top of the Meridian Gate and looked up with an expressionless face.
Until this time, the eleven masters finally came to their senses.
After all, everything that just happened seemed to take a long time, but in fact it was only two or three breaths. They really didn't have time to react.
Now that they really understood what had happened, these people didn't know what to do for a moment.
If Jing Guoqing was really dead, they would naturally turn around and run away immediately.
But now Jing Guoqing is obviously not dead.
There was an immense struggle and confusion in their hearts, and none of the eleven people dared to act rashly.
Fortunately, Wei Changtian was in a hurry to hunt down Jing Guoqing and had no time to deal with them, so he just took a look and then looked away. After sensing Qianli Yanbo's position, he immediately stepped into the air and headed straight for the depths of the imperial palace.
“Swish! Swish, swish, swish!”
Just like that, in the blink of an eye, he disappeared at the end of the sky in full view of everyone, and along with him also disappeared the three beasts of fortune and the dark clouds in the sky.
The dazzling sunlight enveloped the earth again in an instant, and the warm summer breeze blew by. The huge capital city of Daqian fell silent for a moment.
It was as if everything was just a dream, and all the earth-shaking visions seemed to have never appeared.
However, the blood and corpses scattered throughout the long street reminded everyone that this was not a dream, and the hell-like scene just now was real.
And it’s not over yet.
Countless eyes fell on the empty Meridian Gate, as if they wanted to cross the city wall to take a look at the scene in the palace at that moment.
However, whether it was the surviving imperial guards, the spies from various forces, the eleven third-rank masters still hovering above the Meridian Gate, or the countless people with dull eyes, at this moment, everyone was just looking at the dead silent palace from all directions.
But after hundreds of breaths passed, even though several dull roars were heard from the depths of the palace, no one dared to take even a step forward.
(End of this chapter)
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