#979 - Clouds cover the sun and swallows return to their nests (Part 7)

Actually, for those dozen or so experts, the reason they dared to rush up and fight Wei Changtian was not only because of the conditions promised by Jing Guoqing and the anger in their hearts, but also because they felt they had a chance of winning.

And the situation at the beginning was indeed like that.

Even though Wei Changtian summoned three divine beasts of luck at once, making a big scene, he not only failed to gain any advantage without the help of system props, but even seemed to be at a disadvantage.

Judging from this momentum, his defeat seemed to be a foregone conclusion, and many spies hiding in the dark and observing this great battle also judged it that way.

However, as time went by, the battle situation began to develop little by little in an unexpected direction.

The reason for this is actually that Wei Changtian seems to have an inexhaustible supply of internal energy.

In a battle between martial artists, if the strength difference is not significant and neither side has a way to quickly determine the outcome, then the rational allocation of internal energy is the most crucial factor in determining victory or defeat.

And obviously, the total internal energy of these dozen or so experts was undoubtedly several times greater than that of Wei Changtian.

Although a one-on-many situation cannot be judged solely on internal energy, the side with superior internal energy at least has the advantage of time.

After all, with Wei Changtian's fighting style, the speed at which his internal energy was consumed was conceivable, and he would definitely not be able to last too long.

So under normal circumstances, the longer it dragged on, the more beneficial it should be for these dozen or so experts, until Wei Changtian's internal energy was exhausted, and he could only flee in embarrassment in the end.

The above was the initial thought of almost all martial artists watching the battle.

But now they suddenly discovered that this was not the case at all.

Although Wei Changtian had been using various powerful killing moves non-stop since the start of the battle, and each move was without reservation, the consumption of internal energy had obviously far exceeded the limit of a second-rank martial artist.

But he was still "vigorous" even now, with no sign of fatigue on his face, and even a bit of a feeling of getting more "excited" as he fought.

On the other hand, the dozen or so experts on the opposite side, even though they had been carefully allocating their internal energy and saving as much as possible, were still showing signs of fatigue, and those with slightly weaker strength had completely given up attacking and could only defend in embarrassment.

This was undoubtedly a sign of huge internal energy consumption.

Without a doubt, such a situation was unexpected by everyone.

Especially those dozen or so experts, who became more and more surprised as they fought.

It's just that no matter whether they can figure it out or not, the battle will not stop for half a second because of this.

And when the "internal energy reserve", Wei Changtian's original disadvantage, became an advantage, then it was not surprising that casualties began to appear in this battle.

“Boom！！！”

“Ah! No！！！”

With a roar and a scream,

In the tumbling purple electricity, the man's body turned into ashes in an instant, and even his weapons and clothes were annihilated in the air.

His realm was only third-rank, and he didn't have any life-saving treasures on him.

Although the combat power shown by this man before was already the top of the third-rank realm, it was normal to be the first to die in such a degree of battle.

And his death was like the first domino falling, immediately and completely breaking the balance of the entire battle situation.

After all, these dozen or so experts were already at a disadvantage, and now that one combat power was suddenly reduced, the entire "coordinated combat" system naturally had a gap.

How could Wei Changtian miss such an opportunity? He immediately strengthened the offensive on one side, and instantly took the lives of three more people before the other side could react.

One person had his chest pierced by a long sword.

One person was bitten in half by the Zhulong.

One person was knocked away by the Huanglong.

“Be careful！！！”

“Bang! Bang bang bang！！！”

When two second-rank experts who had come back to their senses suddenly unleashed several moves, finally forcing Wei Changtian back, the latter had already killed four people in a very short period of time.

And now there are eleven people left in front of him.

Eleven people, five second-rank, six third-rank.

This "configuration" is similar to the group of assassins who were instructed by mysterious people to assassinate Wei Changtian in Linchuan City last time.

And this also means that even without the golden lotus petals now, Wei Changtian is strong enough to defeat the opponent with "hard power" alone.

What's more, the internal energy of these eleven people has already been consumed by more than half, but the internal energy in Wei Changtian's dantian is still full.

Therefore, even though the war is still continuing, the outcome of the battle is actually very obvious.

Even ordinary people can now see who is superior and who is inferior.

After all, although they can't understand the details, they have personally seen Wei Changtian kill four people, and he himself has not been injured.

“It's, it's over, Great Qian is going to perish.”

“God, please open your eyes！！！”

“Why, why.”

“I, I don't want to die！”

“...”

Faces were either desperate, or sad, or fearful, some people slumped to the ground with weak legs, some opened their mouths wide in confusion, some fled in panic, but didn't know where to escape.

Everyone seemed to have seen the entire capital turn into a living hell, with corpses and blood everywhere.

And in the midst of the battle, the remaining eleven experts also had the idea of escaping.

Because when those four people died, although no one had died again for the time being, they could no longer see a trace of opportunity to win.

So why stay and wait for death?

Their expressions became hesitant, and their attacks were not as decisive as before.

In fact, these people were very clear that if they really escaped, their side would immediately be completely defeated due to the imbalance of combat power, and they would become eternal sinners of the Great Qian's demise because of this escape.

But if they don't escape now, and others escape first, then they may never be able to escape again.

Then...

Unknowingly, except for a few loyal military generals who were loyal to the royal family, all the experts that Jing Guoqing borrowed from various sects had come to the periphery of the battle circle while fighting and retreating.

Ordinary people may not be able to see anything from their careful thoughts, but how could they escape each other's eyes?

For a time, these people immediately understood other people's thoughts, and the idea of escaping became even more firm.

However, just at this moment, before anyone could really take action, they saw Wei Changtian, who was originally standing on the top of the Zhulong's head, suddenly disappear.

Not because the speed was too fast to see clearly, but because he really disappeared out of thin air.

“This！”

Suddenly widening their eyes, the eleven people all felt a chill down their spines, fearing that Wei Changtian would appear in front of them in the next second.

However, what they were worried about did not happen, but a scream of extreme shrillness suddenly erupted from the Meridian Gate tower under their feet.

“Your Majesty, be careful！！！”

“...”

Dark clouds were dense, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled.

Above the Meridian Gate, Zhulong, Huanglong, and Gudiao were still frantically churning, but Wei Changtian alone suddenly left the battlefield, appearing above the Meridian Gate without warning.

This sudden change shocked everyone, who couldn't figure out how he had done it.

But for Wei Changtian, all of this was within his plan.

From beginning to end, he was very clear that winning against those fifteen people was enough; he didn't need to and couldn't possibly kill them all.

After all, if a group of second-rank experts wanted to escape, he couldn't stop them all, even with heaven-defying abilities.

But one person had to die.

That was Jing Guoqing.

First, fight fiercely with the opponent above, and then suddenly use teleportation to "flash" to Jing Guoqing's side, killing him with one blow.

Wei Changtian's plan sounded simple, but in reality, it required a very high degree of precision in timing.

Too early, and the group of experts would still be full of fighting spirit and would immediately come down to save him; the slightest accident and he wouldn't be able to kill anyone.

Too late, and Jing Guoqing would realize that defeat was inevitable and would definitely escape.

Therefore, Wei Changtian chose to act at a time when victory and defeat seemed to be decided, yet were not, taking advantage of the moment when the experts were about to escape but hadn't yet, and directly arrived at the top of the Meridian Gate.

Holding the Longquan sword, looking at Jing Guoqing, who was only a few dozen feet away and looked astonished, he didn't hesitate at all, instantly transforming into a black shadow and shooting towards the latter.

In fact, Wei Changtian originally wanted to directly "teleport" to Jing Guoqing's side, but due to the inherent flaw of teleportation, that the "farther the distance, the more unstable the landing point," his final appearance was slightly off by those few dozen feet.

Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't be a big problem, after all, for Wei Changtian, it would only take a moment to cross this distance.

But at this moment, this only flaw in the plan gave Jing Guoqing a chance.

More precisely, it gave the old eunuch beside the latter a chance.

"Your Majesty!!!"

Suddenly raising his right palm, the old eunuch reacted the moment Wei Changtian rushed towards them.

This reaction speed was extremely fast, not only proving that he was at least also a top three-rank expert, but also that his attention had been on Wei Changtian from beginning to end.

But what was truly surprising was not these things, but the direction in which his palm landed.

Not towards Wei Changtian, but towards Jing Guoqing, who was standing beside him!

"..."

His eyes widening sharply, Wei Changtian immediately realized what the old eunuch was going to do.

The latter was not going to kill Jing Guoqing as a show of loyalty.

On the contrary, he was going to save Jing Guoqing!!

It was obvious that Jing Guoqing must be carrying a Qingjue Jade Pendant.

And because the Qingjue Jade Pendant could not be triggered by "suicide", the old eunuch wanted to strike Jing Guoqing with a palm, attempting to trigger the Qingjue Jade Pendant in this way and teleport the latter away from this place!

Damn!

His pupils contracting slightly, Wei Changtian judged in a flash that his speed was not enough to stop the old eunuch, so he cursed inwardly and immediately unleashed a "Thousand Miles of Misty Waves".

This Thousand Miles of Misty Waves was something he had exchanged from the system a long time ago, precisely to prevent any unexpected events from happening.

He never expected that it would actually be used.

"Swoosh!"

An invisible white light flashed past, thanks to the excellent quality of the system item, and also thanks to Wei Changtian's quick reaction speed.

Almost at the same time as the old eunuch's palm landed on Jing Guoqing's chest, the mark of Thousand Miles of Misty Waves was successfully placed on the latter.

Then, in the next second, a ball of green light suddenly appeared, instantly enveloping Jing Guoqing completely.

"Damn it! Die!!!"

Having seen the scene of the Qingjue Jade Pendant being triggered several times, Wei Changtian was no longer surprised by this ball of green light.

So he didn't bother with Jing Guoqing, who had already been marked with a tracking mark, but instead turned his sword and slashed directly at the old eunuch.

He was about to succeed, but the latter had ruined his good deed.

Even if he could still kill Jing Guoqing later, he would have wasted a system point of Thousand Miles of Misty Waves because of this.

At this moment, Wei Changtian undoubtedly disliked this old eunuch very much, so he didn't want to waste words with him, and the sword light almost instantly reached the latter.

The old eunuch, perhaps knowing that he was no match, didn't resist at all.

He just looked at the ball of green light that was gradually dissipating at the last moment before his death, and murmured with some relief:

"Your Majesty, this old servant is ashamed, I failed to..."

"Shua!!"

The sword light flashed, and the head flew high into the air.

In the end, the old eunuch couldn't finish his last words, and was beheaded by Wei Changtian with a single sword.

As for what the content after "failed to" was, perhaps only he himself knew.

"Thump!"

The hunched, headless corpse swayed and fell to his feet, Wei Changtian stood on the top of the Meridian Gate, expressionlessly looking up.

Only now did the eleven experts finally come back to their senses.

After all, everything that had just happened seemed like a long time, but in reality, it had only been two or three breaths, and they really didn't have time to react.

And when they really understood what had happened, these people didn't know what to do for a while.

If Jing Guoqing was really dead, they would naturally turn around and run immediately.

But now Jing Guoqing was obviously not dead.

Then they...

Struggling and entangled in their hearts, none of the eleven dared to act rashly.

Fortunately, Wei Changtian was still anxious to chase and kill Jing Guoqing, and didn't have time to pay attention to them at the moment, so he just glanced at them and then withdrew his gaze, sensed the location of Thousand Miles of Misty Waves, and then stepped into the air, heading straight for the depths of the palace.

"Shua! Shua shua shua!"

Just like that, in a few flashes, he disappeared into the end of the sky in full view, along with the three luck beasts and the dark clouds all over the sky.

The dazzling sunlight once again enveloped the earth in an instant, the warm summer breeze brushed past, and the huge Qian capital was silent for a time.

It was as if everything was a dream, and all the earth-shattering phenomena had never appeared.

However, the blood and corpses all over the long street were reminding everyone that this was not a dream, and the scene just now, like a Shura hell, was all real.

And it's not over yet.

Countless gazes fell on the empty Meridian Gate, seemingly wanting to cross the city wall and see the scene inside the palace at this time.

However, whether it was the surviving Imperial Guards, the spies of various forces, the eleven top three-rank experts still staying above the Meridian Gate, or the countless people with dull eyes...

At this moment, everyone was just looking at the silent palace from all directions.

But hundreds of breaths passed, even though several muffled roars had been heard from the depths of the palace, no one dared to take even a single step.