This is an elite army directly controlled by the Shadow King and supervised by Wang Rentian.
This was originally a backup army specially prepared by Zhao Hao to prevent the Shadow Guard from being infiltrated by Long Shanluo. It was an army that had been hidden in the Shadow King's Palace for a long time and was transferred to the Chang'an Palace at the same time as the war broke out.
At this moment, this army finally played its role.
…
Time passed, just three minutes.
The Chang'an Palace was completely reduced to ruins, and there was no trace of its former magnificent appearance.
In the ruins, except for Bi Xia, Lu Dafeng and Cao Yishui, all the others were palace guards, Sage Haoyue and Wang Rentian, the head of Jiantian Academy.
Wang Rentian looked at the countless corpses and blood on the ground.
He suddenly stumbled.
Sage Haoyue stepped forward and supported Wang Rentian.
Wang Rentian smiled bitterly: "Old, old! I am really old."
Old?
A cultivator at the peak of the fourth stage should be able to live for thousands of years. Even if Wang Rentian had followed the True King all the way since the early nineteenth century, he had only lived for a mere hundred years. How could he be considered old?
But everyone present basically understood why Wang Rentian said that.
At this moment, in terms of cultivation, Wang Rentian is the strongest. In terms of seniority, Wang Rentian is inferior to the True King, the First Kage King, and Liu Shaoqi who died in the Naruto world.
Even the second-generation Shadow King's qualifications are not as good as Wang Rentian's, not to mention that it has been a full thirty years since the second-generation Shadow King.
The reason why he said he was old was to show that he had no interest in power and to reassure Bi Xia.
As expected, Wang Rentian slowly looked at Bi Xia and said softly, "Xiao Xia, help me take a stroll in the ancient city of Chang'an."
Bi Xia nodded: "Yes, Grandpa Wang."
Wang Rentian smiled lightly, as kind as an ordinary grandfather in his seventies or eighties.
Bi Xia stepped forward quickly and reached out to help.
But Wang Rentian turned around and kissed Bi Xia's hand.
He said softly: "Forget it, let me take you for another ride!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he walked towards the ancient city outside the ruins step by step, as if an old grandfather was leading his granddaughter.
Lu Dafeng and Cao Yishui followed closely.
Haoyue tried to stop Lu Dafeng and Cao Yishui.
Wang Rentian smiled and said, "No problem, it's just some family matters that the old man wants to tell the young man. Besides, in the future, the Shadow Palace will still need the full support of the Black and White Academy."
"The palace guards should withdraw."
Sage Haoyue nodded: "Yes!"
Hundreds of fourth-rank palace guards in the ruins knelt on one knee: "Yes!"
After agreeing, they dispersed.
Wang Rentian took Bi Xia's hand and walked towards the ancient road in the city, without any intention of flying.
But as they stepped outside the palace, they saw more blood and corpses on the ground.
Obviously, although the battle in the palace was the key, the battle definitely covered the entire ancient city of Chang'an.
Wang Rantian grabbed Bi Xia's hand and seemed to be lost in memories for a moment.
He stepped over corpse after corpse with an expressionless face, and his footprints and Bi Xia's footprints were stained with blood.
He suddenly murmured, "Humans, living is suffering. Everything we do is just to prevent others from suffering..."
"The True King thought so, and so did we. Thus, we followed the True King's footsteps, step by step... We gained control of the world, destroyed the corrupt government of Lord Stone, and we thought that the world would become a completely fair world, just as the True King envisioned..."
“But we failed.”
"Perhaps there is a reason why everything in the universe cannot be perfect, but more importantly, it is the pressure from the nine heavens and ten earths..."
“But we never gave up…”
Having said this, he stopped.
He held Bi Xia's hand and slowly walked down the stairs to the top of the inner city wall.
Only when they reached the top of the city wall did he continue speaking.
But he seemed to be forgetful, forgetting the previous topic and starting a new one.
Wang Rentian whispered, "Back then, the True King passed away in a hurry. Suddenly, the Grand Marshal and the Grand Marshal died suddenly. At that time, only Lord Liu and I were left among the old guys... But Lord Liu was also forced to hide his identity because of the plan formulated by the True King..."
"So, on the day the first Shadow King took over, I was the one holding his hand as we walked through the entire Shadow King Palace, step by step, from beginning to end..."
"Later, the first generation also died suddenly... The second generation Shadow King succeeded to the throne, and it was still me..."
Suddenly, Wang Rentian choked up and his eyes gradually became cloudy.
"It was also me who held the second-generation Shadow King's hand and led him through the entire Shadow King Palace step by step..."
"Later, the second generation also died suddenly... The third generation... I still had to personally lead him through the entire Shadow King Palace..."
"The fourth generation... the fourth generation is also like this..."
When he said this, tears really rolled out of Wang Rentian's eyes.
He held Bi Xia's hand with his right hand, but quickly raised his left hand and pressed it directly on his eye socket, as if to stop the tears from coming out...
"I, the old man, raised up four generations of Shadow Kings, and I, the old man, watched helplessly as they walked towards death step by step for that dream..."
"This old man... is tired."
"I thought Ah Hao could succeed..."
"But, I never thought that I would have to single-handedly raise the fifth generation Shadow King..."
It was hard to tell whether Wang Rentian was smiling or crying.
He looked towards the east silently.
It seemed as if he was looking at the invisible Shadow King Palace beyond the mountains.
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