The Xie clan elders exerted pressure, leaving Xie Qian no room for rebuttal.
The clan law was so overbearing that hundreds of people in the clan responded, leaving Xie Baochai and her two companions no chance to speak.
There was also the oppressive feeling of a hidden oriole lurking nearby, and the gathering of cultivators from all over the world; time was of the essence.
Every moment of delay increases the danger.
Even Zheng Ya, who was hiding in the void, couldn't break this deadlock.
In particular, the clan elders had warned Xie Baochai beforehand not to try to be clever, as the small number of people she had built up had already fallen into the eyes of Prince Rong and could not cause any trouble.
This undoubtedly puts Xie Baochai in a desperate situation, leaving her with no way out.
Is this a dead end, impossible to break?
However, Xie Baochai suddenly raised her right hand, slowly loosened her fingers, revealing a gleaming amber key, and exclaimed, "This is the key to unlocking the secret realm of the seal..."
Before Xie Baochai could finish speaking, everyone gasped in shock and rushed towards her, exclaiming, "What?! Heavens! The key! My…!"
The sudden turn of events sparked a scramble.
Before the elders could stop them, a shadowy figure lurking nearby suddenly appeared, reaching Xie Baochai's side and snatching the amber jade key, revealing a woman in brocade robes and a captivating figure.
"How dare you..."
"Thief..."
"Stop him..."
"Kill..." The entire Xie clan shouted as they charged forward, surrounding and killing the masked man in brocade robes. They ignored Xie Baochai and her two companions. Xie Baochai, carrying one person in each arm, activated her spatial talisman and teleported away, disappearing into the crowd in the hall.
The Xie clan members were all focused on the Amber Jade Key, ignoring the three women's retreat. However, Zheng Ya caught the direction of their teleportation, putting them in a difficult position.
Is the amber jade key in the hands of the masked man in brocade robes genuine?
Just moments before, Zheng Ya was almost tempted to snatch the key from Xie Baochai, who held it high. But in that instant, the masked man in brocade robes made his move, and it was too late for him to resist.
However, it wouldn't be difficult for Zheng Ya to steal the Amber Jade Key.
The difficulty lies in the fact that if you manage to snatch the key, you'll become the target of everyone's attacks and get into all sorts of trouble. Would you be stupid?
Zheng Ya, his mind racing, didn't move, but the masked man in brocade robes had already flashed onto the roof. Although he was being chased closely by the Xie clan elders, the masked man in brocade robes concealed himself while flying, changing direction several times, and disappeared into the circle of Xie clan members who were trying to kill him.
This enraged and insulted the Xie clan, who were filled with incompetent rage.
Immediately, some people realized what was happening and called on the elders to spread rumors that someone had stolen the key and gone to the North.
Elder Xie Ming decisively adopted the clansmen's opinion and loudly ordered: "Alright, the key to the Xie clan's control has been taken away by Zheng Ya."
Everyone spread the word through various channels and shifted the focus of attention…
"Elder, Xie Baochai and her two children have escaped..." The second elder was so angry when he discovered that Xie Baochai and her two children had escaped that he blew his beard in warning.
This immediately ignited the resentment in the hearts of the clansmen, who directly pinned the blame on Xie Baochai, claiming that the masked man in brocade was a backup plan brought back by Xie Baochai.
This made Zheng Ya wish he could show himself and wipe them out, but he suffered an undeserved disaster and was instead plotted against by the Xie clan.
Despite his anger, Zheng Ya suppressed his rage and did not take any action.
Anyway, that's how it is. Even if the Xie family is wiped out, it won't stop the masked man in brocade from framing us. Let him be.
Even if you manage to get your hands on the Amber Jade Key, it won't mean much.
As the saying goes, "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down," Zheng Ya didn't want to stand out, so he simply vanished into thin air in the direction Xie Baochai had retreated.
At this moment, on the northern side of the Tianyan Mountain Range in the Northern Territory, where the Emperor Emeritus was imprisoned, Fu Zhen led his team to climb to the edge of the mountain peak. Before they could even reach the top and search for the Emperor Emeritus's whereabouts, they were met with a furious roar: "You audacious scoundrels, how dare you sneak up here to kidnap the Emperor Emeritus and plot to seize the imperial seal! Kill them!"
"Kill!" More than a hundred people shouted in unison, simultaneously unleashing their magical weapons and focusing their fire to kill Fu Zhen and his gang.
The incident happened suddenly; it's just that the general in black and his men hid too well.
Without revealing a single trace beforehand, they deceived the mountain peak's array warning and also obscured the senses of Fu Zhen and his group, waiting for the opportune moment to launch an attack.
More than a hundred magical artifacts descended from above, forming a vast, net-like magical tide that blocked any escape routes.
Unless Fu Zhen and his group jump off the cliff to escape, there is no chance to dodge.
Fu Zhen, holding her sword in a defensive stance, shouted, "Set up defenses, quickly..."
The life-saving tortoise-shell shield, propelled by Fu Zhen and her group, grew larger in the wind and stretched horizontally along the cliff edge, blocking the concentrated bombardment of over a hundred magical artifacts: "Boom!"
Fireworks, sparkling with the colliding of magical artifacts, burst into the night sky, illuminating a vast expanse of darkness.
Fu Zhen and Wang Dong were enraged and ordered a counterattack, unleashing a large number of black spheres, known as Thunderclap.
This thing is also a kind of magical artifact.
It was merely a self-destructing magical artifact, containing the power of thunder and possessing devastating explosive force.
The general in black cried out in alarm, "Damn it, a thunderbolt! Retreat immediately..."
Meanwhile, the drones hovering overhead, following the attack and defense instructions set by Wu Wei before he left, detected the insurgents engaging in combat and launched a fierce attack. They quickly swooped down and began firing their miniature machine guns: "Rat-a-tat-tat!"
A barrage of bullets pierced the night, striking both teams.
If both teams hadn't been cultivators with sensory awareness, and hadn't sensed the impending danger from above and formed hand seals to defend themselves, they might have been riddled with bullets in an instant.
Even so, both teams were in a very difficult defensive position.
The thunderbolts struck first and then exploded!
The massive shockwave instantly engulfed the black-clad general and his more than one hundred men, causing more than half of them to be killed or wounded, thus creating an opening for Fu Zhen and his group to climb to the top and launch a counterattack.
In this three-way contest, the drones, being small and carrying few munitions, were the first to withdraw from the battle, flying high into the air to continue monitoring and filming, and no longer participating in the fighting.
Comparatively speaking, the black-clad general's side suffered a great loss, and Fu Zhen and his gang, not one to let it go, unleashed another barrage of thunderbolts.
This prompted the retired emperor, who was closely monitoring the battle, to urgently send a telepathic message: "Minister Qi, immediately lead your men to evacuate."
Wu Wei's Flaming Dragon Iron Cavalry is coming; if we don't retreat now, we're all going to die..."
"Your Majesty, I swear to save you with my life..." General Qi waved his hand to signal his subordinates to retreat while simultaneously transmitting his rescue plan.
What followed was the Emperor Emeritus's fury: "Minister Qi, I order you to lead your troops out and wait for an opportunity to seduce him."
You'd better remember this: opening the Seal Realm won't be that easy.
Wouldn't it be better if someone was willing to be the first to go, to act as cannon fodder?
"Your Majesty, I obey your decree. Take care!" General Qi dared not disobey the decree and led his troops to retreat to the eastern hillside.
Fu Zhen and his group realized that chasing them was pointless, and that kidnapping the Emperor Emeritus was the best course of action while the Yanlong Iron Cavalry was about to arrive.
Coincidentally, the mountaintop formation had already been destroyed by the second wave of thunderbolts.
This allowed Fu Zhen and his group to rush to the Emperor Emeritus without any hindrance and order the ropes binding him to be untied.
The retired emperor sneered repeatedly: "Traitor, truly a traitor! How dare you use the Zheng family's imperial power to equip the elite troops searching for the whereabouts of the imperial seal with thunderbolts to deal with me..."
"Your Majesty, you should know that a plucked phoenix is no better than a chicken. With your pathetic appearance, you're not even as good as a plucked chicken, hehehe." Fu Zhen waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to arrest the person and leave, his words sharp and unforgiving.
Little did they know that the diversion of trouble from the north and south to the east disrupted some people's plans, and everything went awry...
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