Chapter 2098: Fumeng Lingchas Shock! (1/2)
Upon his Ferghana steed, Li Xuanyi saw the man's face clearly and cried out in alarm, ”It's you!”
This cry of shock drew everyone's attention, but Li Xuanyi seemed to not notice.
”The deposed Crown Prince, Li Xuantu!”
Li Xuanyi's mind contained only one thought.
Thirty years ago, during the Divine Dragon Coup, Li Xuanyi had been only ten-some years old, but as a future Grand Marshal of the Imperial Army, he had displayed an astonishing level of talent that allowed him to know many things.
Eastern Palace Crown Prince Li Xuantu!
He had been a resoundingly famous existence of that era.
His talent, strength, daring, and list of astonishing accomplishments had won him the admiration of all.
Though Li Xuanyi had been praised by many for his outstanding talent, as a martial genius of the younger generation, even he felt admiration for this Crown Prince, acknowledging that he was inferior.
This was an existence that all young martial artists looked up to!
If the Sage Emperor had not come out of nowhere, and if not for the Divine Dragon Coup, the Emperor of the Great Tang might have been someone else.
But this was only a possibility. The truth was that after that tragic coup, Li Xuantu's name completely disappeared from the history of the Great Tang.
Li Xuanyi had never imagined that the deposed Crown Prince who was rumored to have died long ago would reappear again after thirty years!
Li Xuantu glanced down at Li Xuanyi and coldly chuckled.
”I didn't think that there was still someone who remembered this prince. As this is the case, this prince will spare your life!”
Buzz!
As he spoke, Li Xuantu extended a fair hand from his black robe, pressing down against the air. The fabric of space trembled, and a black Halo of Spacetime surrounded by a layer of faint smoke began to rapidly expand. With the weight of a mountain, it descended on the people below.
”Not good!”
”Careful!”
The sky darkened as Li Xuantu took action, and when Bai Hanzhou, Zhao Fengchen, and the Imperial Army Marshals felt the immense power contained in that black Halo of Spacetime, they immediately felt the scent of death fill their noses, and their faces paled.
”Everyone, strike!”
Everyone focused all of their power on the sky, their Stellar Energies gathering together and shooting toward the black Halo of Spacetime.
But Li Xuantu's casual strike smashed through their combined attack like it was made of paper, the torrent of Stellar Energy shattering apart on first contact.
Bang!
Screams and moans of pain could be heard all around the imperial prison, and the roles of attacker and defender on the battlefield were instantly reversed.
Zhao Fengchen and company were incapable of taking even one blow from Li Xuantu.
On the Imperial Army side, only Li Xuanyi was still standing and unharmed. The rest of the Imperial Army soldiers had been blown back, their howls of pain filling the air.
Li Xuanyi stood in a daze, his body shivering.
When that black Halo of Spacetime passed by him, he felt as if he had brushed shoulders with death.
Too powerful!
Li Xuantu was far more powerful than they were, reaching a level that few, if any, of them could ever reach. There was simply no contest.
Bang!
Seeing this, the numerous prisoners in front of the imperial prison raised their arms and cheered.
Fumeng Lingcha, Duan Zhuyan, and Huang Tianzhao had been rendered speechless, standing in a daze.
During this rebellion in the imperial prison, the three of them only knew that some immense energy had broken out of the ground and shattered all of their cells, destroying the formations and seals that bound them. With this rare opportunity and the chaos in the prison, the three of them had joined the rest of the group in escaping through the fissure.
For the moment, they had ignored the source of that power erupting from the earth.
”It seems that he was the one who shattered the earth and destroyed the cells!”
Fumeng Lingcha stared in shock at that robed figure in the air.
A voice rang out amongst the prisoners. ”This is Crown Prince Li Xuantu from Emperor Gaozong's reign, Emperor Gaozong's favored successor, the right and true inheritor of the throne! Everyone was able to escape the imperial prison due to His Highness the Crown Prince's efforts. Everyone, hurry and pay respects to His Highness!”
Everyone immediately turned to the speaker.
”Huang Xiaotian!”
Huang Tianzhao focused on the figure emerging from the fissure and immediately recognized him.
In the Rebellion of the Three Princes, he and Huang Xiaotian had together joined with the First Prince, but later on, in the Imperial Army competition, Huang Xiaotian had been defeated, losing First Prince Li Ying's favor. The two had not interacted much after that, but Huang Tianzhao could still recognize him at a glance.