592 Let That Girl Go (1/2)
King Xieluo's eyes were bulging ferociously as he watched Yan Qianli approach him at top speed. He struggled violently, attempting to free himself from the seven pillars of light.
The ground quaked and rumbled. And the pillars of light swayed about continuously, as though they would dissipate at any moment.
But then, Yan Qianli arrived and raised his two crimson spears high in the air, his sinister bloodlust inundating his surroundings.
”Stab!” A blood-red spear punctured King Xieluo's lower abdomen without any resistance, penetrating through King Xieluo's body in an instant.
And that wasn't all. After the first spear stabbed right in, the second spear followed suit - the target being King Xieluo's heart.
”Stab!” Another spear skewered his body.
”Ouch!” King Xieluo finally let out a excruciating howl. His dark green irises were bulging in unbearable pain.
”Rumble rumble …”
The quaking of the ground intensified as cracks of varying degrees appeared on the seven pillars of light, which quickly proliferated.
Everyone focused their vision on the struggling King Xieluo.
At his lower abdomen and heart where the two crimson spears punctured straight through his body, circles of blood-red light rippled outwards from his wounds.
And in the blink of an eye, it enveloped two enormous areas. It was a truly awe-inspiring sight.
The Mountain Breaking Army and Yan Yunqi watched the flailing King Xieluo and the rippling crimson light, their expressions as tense as ever.
As long as King Xieluo dies, they would win this battle.
With the Northern Barbarian Army completely surrounded, and more importantly, with the Four Appearances Ancient Formation destroyed by Fang Zhengzhi, what else could they leverage on?
As everyone pondered over this prospect, the seven pillars of light shattered abruptly, reducing into specks of light which dissipated into the air. And King Xieluo was bleeding a river, with crimson blood pouring from his numerous rounds. He looked as though he could not hang on to life for much longer.
”Is he dying?”
”It was his lower abdomen and his heart. He can't possibly survive that, right?”
”That's right, he should be dead!” The Mountain Breaking Army and Yan Yunqi speculated.
”Old Lin, are you alright?” Yan Qianli now focused his attention on King Liqin standing not far away. He seemed extremely concerned.
”I … I still have my final breaths …” King Liqin stammered breathlessly. His body was sprawled on the ground, and he looked as though he had a lot more wrinkles on his face than before.
”You just can't seem to die, can you?” Upon hearing this, Yan Qianli heaved a sigh of relief, but the light cloaking his body did not retract back into his body just yet.
The Demon King was still right in front of him.
Although the Demon King's body looked lifeless, countless years of combat experience taught him not to lower his guard.
”Remember what you promised me.” King Liqin was evidently not in the same position as Yan Qianli. His body was so weak that he did not have a single ounce of strength left. The seven-colored light on his body was long gone.
”What promises?” Yan Qianli was puzzled.
”Cough cough … Old Yan, are you still ignoring your debts?”
”What debts have I ever owed you?”
”You …”
”Watch out!” Just as Yan Qianli and King Liqin were bickering, a voice interjected them from above the palace walls.
”What?!” Yan Qianli instinctively turned back to glance at the palace walls, and quickly realized that the source of that voice was Fang Zhengzhi.
Fang Zhengzhi?
Watch out? That brat …
That's not right!
All of a sudden, Yan Qianli sensed that someone was not right. He prepared to step back, but felt a presence behind him already.
”Old Lin!” Yan Qianli's body jerked. He had heard Fang Zhengzhi's warning call, and even if he could not dodge the sneak attack, he was still not in imminent danger of death.
But if King Liqin …
It was all over. He wanted to stop the attack, but it was too late. An immense force collided against his back.
It was King Liqin who slammed against him, and caused his body to trigger a resistance reaction, gushing with crimson light - but only for an instant.
Yan Qianli quickly reacted to the situation but it was already too late.
The immense collision sent him and King Liqin flying in the air like two sandbags joined together, slamming straight into the palace walls.
”Boom!” With a deafening collision, Yan Qianli and King Liqin's bodies blasted a gigantic hole in the palace wall.
”Grandfather!” Ping Yang's voice reverberated through the night sky. She certainly watched everything unfold extremely clearly from her vantage point above the walls.
The supposedly dead King Xieluo moved again.
But this time, it wasn't his hoofs or his antlers. It was the giant swinging tail on his rear.
His long tail swept towards Yan Qianli. It was too quick.
Being on the palace walls, she had no way of stopping King Xieluo, but she saw the expression on King Liqin's face after he took the blow for Yan Qianli, as well as the crimson blood gushing out from his mouth afterwards. It was a river of blood.
Without any second thoughts, Ping Yang rushed down and charged towards King Xieluo. She brandished her Blazing Qilin Spear which radiated with a blinding red glow. A speck of golden light faded in and out of view on the tip of the spear, carrying an unrivalled, overwhelming power.
”Ping Yang, don't go there!” Yan Xiu wanted to stop Ping Yang, but it was already too late. He could only yell at her from afar.
”Your Highness!” Shan Yu wanted to restrain her too, but Ping Yang did not hear anything that they said. In her heart, she had only one goal - to kill King Xieluo and avenge her grandfather.
Crimson flames surged around her, cloaking her body.
”Boom boom!”
The ground shuddered violently and King Xieluo's eyes opened wide again. But now, his originally dark green eyes have turned completely golden - like the resplendent golden light of the sun.
His black scales dropped down like raindrops after being enveloped by the crimson light. As the scales fell to the ground, they produced waves of rumbles.
Fang Zhengzhi's fist was clenched extremely tightly.
He never once thought that this battle against the Demon King had any connections with him, and in fact, he was never willing to be swept into this mess. Yet now, he was right in the centre of the action.
However, despite that, he felt that he did all that he could. First, he led the Southern Region Army into the Imperial Palace, then seized the Near-Life Gate and resolved the conflict within the Imperial Palace, and finally used the Near-Life Gate to dispel the Four Appearances Ancient Formation and opened the palace gates.