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In the Imperial Capital City, on those quiet streets, before dawn, groups of soldiers armed with long spears or swords were withdrawing from their posts, leaving only empty streets behind.
Lu Chen and his companions emerged from the residential houses. A group of several dozen people, composed of elites from various fields, began to act according to their prearranged tasks.
Lu Chen instructed Old Mu to hold the command token and go to the deep mountains outside the Underground City to mobilize troops. The Melan Prince and the Minister of Works returned to their respective residences to gather their old subordinates and aides.
The Tu Family's Five Tigers secretly infiltrated the Yushan Kingdom Royal Palace to control the leaders of the Imperial Guard. The Imperial Guard was a formidable force responsible for protecting Kalan Prince, serving as the closest and most solid wall around him. Thus, they were the first target to be dealt with.
Next was Lu Chen's team, preparing to launch a surprise attack on the Yushan Kingdom Royal Palace. Besides Lu Chen, there were Princess Zhulan and a dozen of Lu Chen's trusted confidants.
Initially, there were only a few people, but sixty Death Warriors from the Dragon Slayer Legion quietly arrived during Lu Chen's group's advance and joined their ranks.
To bolster their presence, Lu Chen summoned both the Treasure Guardian Beast and Yuanmo Laozu, two Supreme Beings, who swiftly moved forward together towards the palace.
At this time, on the streets, many people had come out to move about due to the lifting of the curfew. Merchants and wandering heroes roamed the streets of Imperial Capital City.
Upon seeing Lu Chen's imposing group, those people felt confused but sensed one clear thing: the killing intent. Everyone in the team was armed with weapons that glinted coldly, causing them to retreat far away in fear.
Especially with a creature like the Treasure Guardian Beast among them, it left them speechless and unable to utter a word.
Lu Chen and his companions rushed out from the residential area and reached the outskirts of the palace in just half an hour.
Gradually, the number of houses along the way decreased; the streets became wide and empty, with only a few soldiers patrolling.
When they spotted Lu Chen's group and deemed their actions suspicious, they prepared to approach for inquiries. However, all that awaited them was a long steel blade deeply embedded in their bellies.
Of course, these phenomena had already been reported to Kalan Prince, and he must have been well-prepared, mobilizing his forces.
It wasn't until they arrived at the entrance of the palace that Lu Chen and the others saw the well-prepared troops. This was a contingent of the palace's Garrison, originally responsible for guarding the entrance to the Palace of the Consort, but now all gathered here, determined to defend the palace gates.
At this time, the civil and military officials of Yushan Kingdom had already assembled in the Central Hall, ready for the morning court session.
This provided an opportunity for Lu Chen and his companions, saving them the trouble of searching everywhere. Now they were all gathered inside, and with the gates firmly blocked, no one could easily escape.
Including the renowned Kalan Prince, if nothing unexpected happened, he should be inside at this moment.
The palace gate was a massive arched entrance, surrounded by high walls. Only beneath the archway were thousands of Garrison soldiers waiting there, a large portion of whom were spread out in the square.
Inside, there were no familiar faces to be seen; only Garrison soldiers remained. It seemed that those slightly more important core figures were likely inside.
They were not noisy; there were no slogans or loud shouts—everything was extremely quiet.
Those residents who were still asleep and unaware of the truth might have thought it would be a peaceful morning.
These people had gathered before Lu Chen and his group arrived. Prince Mingkaolan's ability to arrange matters was quite impressive, allowing for such a quick response.
Kalan Prince and those around him, along with other slightly more important core figures, must have formed the second and third lines of defense.
As Lu Chen and his group approached the palace gates with fewer than a hundred people against two to three thousand on the opposite side, the disparity in numbers was significant; however, they did not panic.
All of Yushan Kingdom Royal Palace's defensive forces were here now. As for what was referred to as the backbone force, the Imperial Guard, they probably wouldn't be coming today.
The two sides faced off in the square at the entrance of the palace for a moment, and then Lu Chen narrowed his eyes, a cold glint radiating from them.
"Kill them!"
Lu Chen shouted, and immediately, a group of nearly a hundred people surged forward. What awaited them was the counterattack of thousands of palace Garrison soldiers, their roars echoing as the blades and spears in their hands gleamed with a white light.
This team was the only force left within the Yushan Kingdom Royal Palace. At this moment, Kalan Prince should have been filled with hope, as he had received news early on that a group of unidentified individuals was approaching the palace, among them was Princess Zhulan.
When he received this news, Kalan Prince felt a sense of pride, thinking that what was meant to come would eventually arrive.
He had long heard that Princess Zhulan's disappearance over the past few years was actually her seeking allies outside; it seemed she still lacked power. He had been looking forward to this confrontation, ready to fight Princess Zhulan to the death.
At the same time, Kalan Prince received another piece of news: the previously silent and foolish Melan Prince had allied with Princess Zhulan to confront him together.
Upon hearing this news, Kalan Prince felt a pang of regret and angrily cursed Melan Prince as an ungrateful wolf who betrayed him at a critical moment.
However, he did not panic; Melan Prince and Princess Zhulan joining forces would not necessarily pose a significant threat to him. They were merely bringing humiliation upon themselves. Kalan Prince still felt confident in dealing with them.
Moreover, Kalan Prince vowed that once he successfully ascended to the throne, he would ensure that Melan Prince and Princess Zhulan were utterly destroyed, framing their deaths as mysterious disappearances or illnesses.
Just as Kalan Prince was still calculating his plans, news came that there had been a critical error in the Imperial Guard's mobilization; they were unable to regroup.
Kalan Prince immediately jumped up in anger, cursing the commander of the Imperial Guard as useless and incompetent. At this point, when Kalan Prince sat down to think quietly, he began to feel a sense of crisis.
The mobilization error in the Imperial Guard was followed by more bad news: the Underground City’s South Gate and West Gate were under fierce attack from the War Minister, and the Garrison stationed at the Underground City had been pulled away to defend the city gates.
Upon hearing this news, Kalan Prince felt as if his heart had dropped, nearly spitting blood from the shock. Fortunately, with the care of the Four Ministers and the entire court of civil and military officials, he managed to regain his composure.
Then, the Cabinet Minister, who was in charge of the cabinet's major affairs, urgently dispatched the palace Garrison to block the main entrance at all costs, determined to prevent the group approaching the palace from entering even a single step.
However, outside the Yushan Kingdom palace, Lu Chen and others were engaged in a frenzied massacre, claiming the lives of those in the Garrison. The scene was horrific, with rivers of blood and mountains of corpses.
The Garrison appeared numerous but was actually weak; before a Qi Gong Master, they were as fragile as eggs, collapsing like a house of cards.
Soon after, two more forces joined the battle: Melan Prince and the Minister of Works. With their presence, victory was inevitable, and good news would surely follow quickly.
Indeed, just as dawn broke and the sky turned pale white, Lu Chen and his group left the remaining tasks to the Minister of Works and led their forces straight toward the Yushan Kingdom Royal Palace, moving confidently as if they had been there before.
Inside the palace, both the halls and walls were towering high, several meters tall; an ordinary Qi Master could hardly jump that high.
Lu Chen and his companions rushed through the square beneath the palace gates, traversing through tall walls and palaces until they finally arrived at the entrance to the main hall of the royal palace.
The hall where the King of Yushan Kingdom governed and where ministers convened was called Xuanwu Hall. Its name was similar to Weiyang Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty; although different dynasties had different names, their meanings remained unchanged.
At this moment, at the entrance of Xuanwu Hall, a large square was filled with civil officials forming a human wall. They vowed to resist the invaders and protect the palace.
Over a hundred ministers stood in formation, neatly assembled at the entrance of Xuanwu Hall. Behind them stood Kalan Prince, who had a square face with a slightly elongated head, fair skin, and wore his hair in a high bun. From his appearance, he seemed somewhat slender.
At this moment, he stood quietly behind the civil and military officials, staring in the direction of Lu Chen and the others' arrival. Beside him were several attendants holding trays, on which lay a dragon crown, a dazzling dragonfly hat adorned with golden threads.
As Lu Chen and the others arrived, the entrance of Xuanwu Hall fell into complete silence, with no one speaking.
It was initially thought that some stubborn old officials would step forward to criticize Lu Chen and his companions, but the expected situation did not occur.
Only under Kalan Prince's orders did a few individuals resembling Qi Gong Masters slowly walk onto the square, crossing their arms and coldly glaring at Lu Chen and the others.
If the guess was correct, these individuals should be Kalan Prince's ultimate force. Without hesitation, Lu Chen commanded the Dragon Slayer Legion to engage in battle.
The outcome was swift; those Qi Gong Masters found their Fist Technique unable to penetrate the Ape Demon Leather Armor and were passively beaten. In just a few exchanges, they were all cut down on the ground, their bodies slashed numerous times, drenched in blood, a truly horrific sight.
Princess Zhulan had initially wanted to expose Kalan Prince's crimes in front of the civil and military officials, but unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Kalan Prince had vanished.
He had escaped, preparing to leave the palace from another direction under the protection of several loyal Death Warriors.
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