Quick Wear: This Cannon Fodder is Delicate and Expensive

Chapter 324: Don’t Touch the Fox’s Tail (51)

It had been sunny these past few days, but for some reason, heavy snow began to fall in the middle of the night, white and light.

Just as Zhao Chang said, the city gate had been closed and Su Yi's army was guarding it.

Zhang Xuan's wanted posters were everywhere. Because of the false rumors, in just one night, Shi Qi went from being a respected honest official to a death row prisoner who shielded a demon and murdered the empress dowager.

Shi Qi asked Zhao Chang to inform Liao Zhi, and at this time there were only her and Xiang Ling.

After getting rid of the guards at the city gate, they went straight to the outside of the palace. Seeing the guards who had fallen after a desperate fight and the altar in the center that was emitting strange purple light, Shi Qi frowned.

The secret guards and imperial guards around Xuanyuan Wuhen are not vegetarians. Now they have suffered heavy casualties. Xuanyuan Wuhen is afraid...

"Oh no, something might have happened to the emperor. A Ling, let's hurry..." Shi Qi and Xiang Ling dealt with Su Yi and Sui's men, and quickly rushed to the main hall.

At this time, Xuanyuan Wuhen was hung upside down with his entire head immersed in water. The waves of suffocation made him struggle involuntarily, and the swelling and pain from the congestion in his head almost made him faint.

"Puff...Huh..." Xuanyuan Wuhen had his head held down. He finally struggled to raise his head and greedily took a breath of air, but the next second he was pushed into the water again.

"Dad... stop, if you go on like this..." Su Xiaoxiao wanted to break free, but she was powerless and could not get free at all. She could only look at Su Yi pitifully and desperately.

"It's so noisy, take her away." Su Yi closed his eyes, pinched his ears impatiently and said.

Su Xiaoxiao shouted desperately, praying that Shi Qi and General Yan could arrive soon: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, if you hold on a little longer, you will definitely be able to... um"

But he was still knocked unconscious by a slap and was taken away in a daze.

At this time, there were only a few soldiers, Su Yi and Xuanyuan Wuhen left in the hall, while Sui seemed to be planning something and had disappeared long ago.

Just when Xuanyuan Wuhen was about to be drowned, the door of the hall was blown open with a loud bang.

A soldier was lifted into the air by Xiang Ling, and while struggling he was thrown to the ground more than ten meters away, raising a cloud of dust.

"Stop!" Xiang Ling shouted to stop them, and then he kicked away the people who were tying up the emperor and saved Xuanyuan Wuhen.

Xuanyuan Wuhen choked on a lot of water. He barely raised his eyes to see the person coming. He grabbed the corner of Xiang Ling's clothes with his fingers, and seemed to be relieved. However, he had a noble dragon body and suffered so many injuries that he was exhausted and fainted.

"Prime Minister Su, if you value your life, I advise you to stop now. The emperor may be so gracious as to spare your life." Shi Qi said in a cold voice, while he secretly drew his sword with his right hand and smeared poison on it.

Su Yi raised his eyebrows, stroked his beard, stood up and laughed: "Hahaha, Lord Shi, oh no, you are now a prisoner of the court, how can you have the confidence to say these to me."

Just as he was laughing, Su Yi's face suddenly changed. He snapped his fingers, and suddenly a group of people with swords in hand rushed into the house, like a cold wind at dawn.

Xiang Ling had just calmed down Xuanyuan Wuhen when he saw the people rushing in. He paused, his body became as light as a fly, and with a sideways strike of his right hand, he fiercely chopped at the head of the man who was rushing towards Shi Qi.

In an instant, the man's head was split in half by the palm, and the soldier's brains splattered on Su Yi's face. His bloody eyeballs fell to the ground and bounced a few times.

Su Yi's face changed, his body trembled, his eyes widened, and he pointed at Xiang Ling in horror, shouting angrily: "Quick...quickly kill them for me!"

Su Yi had never seen such a bloody scene before. He retreated trembling with fear and almost tripped over the dead body. The menacing look he had just had was long gone.

Shi Qi was used to it, but was worried whether the child's hand was hurt.

"Be careful behind you." A man behind Xiang Ling raised a sword and slashed at Xiang Ling desperately. Shi Qi warned him, but Xiang Ling dodged it easily.

Su Yi didn't expect Shi Qi to know martial arts, and said angrily: "Witch... Witch! You practice witchcraft! Kill them for me!"

The two were surrounded by three layers of enemies inside and outside, and the swords were sharp and made crackling sounds.

Fortunately, these people are just soldiers trained by Su Yi, and they are no match for Shi Qixiang Ling.

In a short while, thousands of elite soldiers were knocked to the ground by Shi Qi and Xiang Ling. Some died, some were injured, and some were groaning in pain.

After getting rid of these people, the hall instantly became quiet.

Xiang Ling had a gloomy look in his eyes, holding a bloody head in his hand, and walked towards Su Yi step by step like the King of Hell.

He placed the head in front of Su Yi, squatted down and asked coldly: "Tell me, where is Sui? Otherwise... your fate will be the same as his."

Su Yi collapsed to the ground, his face pale.

The man in front of him was full of blood and energy, making him feel like he was in hell in an instant.

"Hehe, it's useless to kill me. Sui has already promised me. Haha... You can't beat him... um!" Although Su Yi was afraid, he still insisted.

Shi Qi didn't have that much patience for him, so he knocked him out with a slap.

It would be better to leave him to Xuanyuan Wuhen to deal with.

Just after Xiang Ling left Su Yi aside, a strange black wind suddenly blew towards the two of them in the hall.

The black wind carried powerful magic power, and the two were caught off guard and were swept out of the hall.

Shi Qi's breath was filled with a lot of dust and sand, and he frowned. Xiang Ling hugged Shi Qi tightly and gathered his strength to break the black wind.

When the two men landed, they were standing on a large round altar.

The large altar was emitting purple smoke and was slowly rotating, while outside it were several circles of motionless people with their heads down and eyes closed, like zombies, surrounding the altar tightly.

And in the outermost circle, there were many people watching.

"Hahaha, Xiang Ling...long time no see." A voice came from the air, and the next second Sui appeared in front of the two of them in black.

Xiang Ling looked at Sui and blocked Shi Qi behind him.

"Sui, long time no see. I didn't expect this day... would come so soon." Xiang Ling whispered, hatred evident in his words.

"Haha, what's wrong? Are you impatient to see me ascend to immortality? What a shame! You have practiced hard for nearly a thousand years, but you actually gave up your four tails for a human. Xiang Ling, ah Xiang Ling."

"Now...what can you use to fight me?" Sui shook his neck left and right, looking very relaxed, not taking Shi Qi and Xiang Ling seriously at all.

A snowflake fell on the corner of Shi Qi's eyes, icy cold. His palms were thick and cold, and he held her tightly, as if to comfort her.

"This is just between us, don't hurt innocent people." Xiang Ling said, pushing Shi Qi out.

However, it was blocked by a purple airflow, forming a purple light shield on the altar with crackling electric currents on it.

"Innocent? She is not innocent. Anyone who deceives me... deserves to die. Especially... your master." Sui said viciously and raised his right hand. After a while, a fiery red ball of light appeared in his hand.

Sui passed by the two people, holding the light ball, and said to the people below: "Everyone, this criminal colluded with the fox demon and has now been caught by me. Let me ask... Is it wrong for me to burn these two people as a sacrifice?"

"Kill them! Taoist priest, kill the monsters and bring us peace!"

"Yes, yes, he deserves to die!"

"..."

The people below hated Shi Qi and his men to the core, even though they clearly... hadn't done anything to hurt anyone.

“Did you see it? This is the people’s petition. As a national Taoist priest, I will naturally... fulfill their wish!” Before he finished speaking, Sui smiled coldly, and the ball of light attacked the two of them.

In an instant, the extremely strong electric current flowed along the barrier and trapped the two of them.

Shi Qi accidentally touched the barrier, and the extremely strong electric current almost made her unconscious.

He could only hold on to Xiang Ling, and the two of them were suspended in mid-air.

I thought I could just crack it slowly, but the next second, the barrier was surrounded by sky-high flames.

The senses here were infinitely magnified, and the suffocating heat and electricity trapped the two of them.

Outside in the sky, dark purple clouds were slowly approaching and gathering towards the imperial palace.