Chapter 2013: An Yaluoshans True Face! (1/2)

Edited by: Michyrr

Clap!

Several black pearls rolled out of their bosoms, bouncing once or twice off the floor of the carriage before exploding into powder. Black smoke rose out of the remains and dispersed into the air.

As those black pearls shattered, the auras of An Yaluoshan, Cui Qianyou, and the others that had been attached to those men also disappeared.

”We were tricked!”

”Hu suicide soldiers from Youzhou!”

A City Guard general jumped into the carriage and carefully inspected it before turning to Wang Chong and grimacing.

Each protectorate would train a few suicide soldiers.

There weren't many of them, and initially, they had been meant to be used in stalemates or particularly important junctures. These people would use their deaths to open a gap for the army, break a stalemate, or block the enemy assault, thus giving the army a chance to obtain victory.

But as time passed, their nature changed, and they were no longer restricted to external wars. Occasionally, they would also be used in internal struggles.

These people had died without the slightest fear. They had clearly been elites.

Wang Chong's face chilled when he heard this.

”Let's go!”

With no time to say more, Wang Chong turned his horse around and began to ride in another direction.

Reports began to come in from all directions.

”Reporting! 'An Yaluoshan' was captured at Huaiyuan Store in the western sector, but it was a Hu in disguise!”

”Reporting! A Hu disguised as An Yaluoshan was discovered at Anle Street in the southern sector!”

”Reporting! Capture was successful at Azure Dragon Temple in Xinchang, but it was a fake!”

One report after another came. Even though 'An Yaluoshan' could be found all across the city, the end result was that every one of them was fake. The ten-some An Yaluoshans that Wang Chong had found with his Psychic Energy were all exposed, but none of them had been real.

After leaving the Pavilion of Petal and Sepal, An Yaluoshan had vanished into the capital like a mud doll in the ocean.

Neither the City Guard nor the numerous scions stalking the city had been able to find his true body!

……

As Wang Chong was leading more than one hundred thousand soldiers in scouring the city, few people noticed that to the north of the Imperial City, outside the Xuanwu Gate, a tall and slim figure was rapidly moving through the darkness.

Ever since the Xuanwu Gate incident, when several of Emperor Taizong's brothers were killed outside Xuanwu Gate, the northern gate had basically been abandoned. The taboo of the imperial household had made this place a forbidden zone that was rarely visited.

From a certain perspective, it could be considered desolate. Trees grew everywhere, forming a stark contrast with the other, more bustling and prosperous parts of the capital.

More importantly, ordinary folk almost never came here.

The darkness was still and quiet.

That man kept far from the lanterns and hid in the shadows, moving erratically and carefully to avoid attention.

If one looked carefully, one would see that this man had very lean cheeks with prominent bones, and he was also very tall and thin. Although he seemed to be moving neither too quickly nor too slowly, and his stride was not long, he was actually moving with incredible speed.

The man entered a gloomy forest, and when he sensed that no one was around, he smugly smiled and began to mutter, ”Wang Chong, you're too simpleminded! What does it matter how powerful you are or that the capital is your territory? I, An Yaluoshan, can still enter and exit as I please! No one can stop me!”

An Yaluoshan?!

This person's shape was vastly different from An Yaluoshan's. No one would be able to recognize this man as An Yaluoshan, even if they were standing right in front of him, but this man called himself 'An Yaluoshan'?

”I sent out almost twenty clones, and gave all of them protective barriers. Wang Chong, you want to find me? Hahaha, keep dreaming!

”Once we leave the capital and I have that man's help, you'll never be able to threaten me again!”

The man turned to the dazzling lights to his south and arrogantly laughed.

He could almost imagine that man hastily leaving the Imperial Palace and running around like a headless fly in search of him.

”That should do it!”

Seeing that the northern city walls weren't far and that there was no one pursuing him or watching, he suddenly stopped. After taking one last cautious look around, he let out a sigh, and his body relaxed.

A moment later, as if by some magic spell, that man's body began to 'shrink', becoming smaller, shorter, and fatter.