Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Nine

  Due to the proximity between the two, Tang Yin thought of dodging but it was already too late, so he could only use Shadow Drift to retreat out of his opponent's attack range.

  Although the Shadow Drifter was fast, the guest at the door wasn't slow either. As soon as Tang Yin appeared, he immediately drew his sword and chased after him again.

  Tang Yin didn't want to entangle with him any longer, and once again used Shadow Drift, directly appearing beside Zhong Tian. His hand knife chopped down at Huashan.

  His sword had not yet split to Zhong Tian's head, another guest industry has been out of the sword will be his knife stuck, at this time, simultaneously, his body emits a strong spirit, Tang Yan thought he would cast Ling Kaihua, did not expect the opponent's spirit did not become Ling Kaihua, but towards himself strike.

  Due to his intense fusion, Tang Ye could be considered knowledgeable about Lingwu, but he really didn't know what skill the other party was using now.

  Only to see that the guest's released spirit energy stuck to his body like it had viscosity, before Tang Yin could figure out what was happening, the guest's eyes suddenly widened and he shouted loudly: "Spirit Blast! Explode!"

  With his shout, the spiritual energy attached to Tang Yin's body suddenly exploded, emitting a deafening roar that shook the palace.

  Tang Yin's body was like a kite with a broken string, and under the impact of the explosion, he flew backward.

  Plop!

  With a dull thud, he flew back more than five meters before crashing to the ground. Looking at Tang Yin again, his chest was blown open with a huge hole, about two fists in size, and the scenery behind him could be seen directly from his chest. Black mist emerged from his body and rose into the air.

  What a fierce spiritual explosion! Tang Yin struggled to climb up from the ground.

  The situation was bizarre, with a huge hole blown in his chest, yet he could still stand up. Even more bizarre was that not a single drop of blood flowed out, only black mist emerged. The guards responsible for protecting Zhong Tian in the palace had wanted to rush forward and take advantage of the opportunity to subdue the assassin. However, upon seeing this scene, everyone felt their scalp tingling and their legs trembling. Not one of them dared to move forward, instead they were scared into retreating repeatedly, unable to determine whether the assassin dressed as a palace maid was human or a monster.

  Tang Yin ignored the numerous palace guards around him, lowered his head to look at the hole in his chest, tilted his head, and then raised his hand to press it down. Under the cover of his palm, the hole that had just been blasted open began to slowly shrink, and before long, it had recovered to its original state, and the loss of spiritual energy from inside to outside also stopped.

  It seemed that he had healed the wound, but in fact, Tang Yin's spiritual energy had been greatly damaged. Fortunately, he was just a clone, otherwise, this explosion would have taken his life. He slowly raised his head, his eyes flashing with a faint green light, staring coldly at the guests around Zhong Tian.

  Just now, among the four guests, only two had fought with him and already made him suffer greatly. If the other two were to join in, it would be even harder to escape. It seemed that killing Zhong Tian was no longer possible, so he could only save Dangui for now and wait until another day to compete with Zhong Tian again. Thinking of this, Tang Yin burst out laughing, patted his chest where he had just been blasted, and proudly said: "I thought the spiritual warriors of the Divine Pool were incredibly powerful, but it turns out they're nothing special."

  His words immediately caused the four door guests around Zhong Tian to change their expressions, and the two who had not made a move earlier also drew out the swords from their waists, slowly raised them, with the sword tips pointing directly at Tang Yin, saying: "Sir is overpraising us, we are not masters of Shenchi, but just a few unknown small characters!"

  "I don't care if you're famous or not!" Tang Yin raised his hand, and the knife-like shape retracted into a palm. His two palms faced upwards, and thick black smoke emerged from them, condensing but not dispersing. In the blink of an eye, each palm produced a black ball that flickered with a faint light. He swung both arms simultaneously, shouting: "Block my way, and it's either your death or mine!" As he spoke, the two black light balls were flung out, one flying towards Zhong Tian and the other towards the group of guards standing nearby.

  "Shadow curse? Hmph! A trivial trick."

  A guest suddenly appeared in front of Zhong Tian, gazing at the incoming black light sphere without dodging or evading. His body abruptly emitted a layer of white mist that instantly condensed into a spiritual armor on his skin. By then, the black light sphere had reached him and struck his chest with a loud "Boom". The black sphere exploded and transformed into swirling black fog that immediately adhered to his spiritual armor, spreading like ink, quickly enveloping his entire body.

  In the distance, the guest had turned into a black human figure.

  But under the Shadow Curse, his body did not swell up, instead the dark mist slowly faded away, and finally disappeared together with the Ling armor on him.

  Tang Yin's Shadow Curse only melted the spiritual armor on his body, without causing any harm to his physical body. However, those guards didn't have such profound cultivation and were instantly knocked down by the Shadow Curse, with no one left standing. The guards who weren't affected were frightened out of their wits and scattered in all directions.

  Taking advantage of the chaos, Tang Yin once again used his Shadow Shift technique. This time, however, his target was not Zhong Tian, but rather Wu Mei, who sat stupidly in her original position, unable to understand what was happening. Appearing beside her, Tang Yin didn't say a word and simply wrapped his arms around her waist before dashing outwards.

  Those four gatekeepers thought Tang Yin was going to fight them after his harsh words, but who knew he said one thing and did another. Seeing him wanting to run away, the four gatekeepers wouldn't let him off easily and were about to chase after him when a frightened Zhong Tian suddenly shouted: "Leave two people behind to protect me!"

  The four guests originally intended to start, all of whom paused at the same time, looked at each other, and frowned secretly. Two of them took a step back, indicating that they would stay behind, while the other two saw the situation and didn't delay any longer, their figures shooting out like arrows.

  At this time, Zhong Tian's soul was no longer in his body, but on the surface, he still maintained a calm demeanor. He looked at the guards below who were constantly swelling and bursting open, and asked in a trembling voice: "Huoyan, Bingpo, what...what is going on?"

  As Meng Ke himself said, they were in Shen Chi, and indeed not top-notch masters, not even having their own names, only code names. The two who stayed behind were called Huo Yan Jian (Flame Sword) and Bing Po Jian (Ice Blade), while the two who chased after them were called Chuan Yun Jian (Piercing Cloud Sword) and Zhui Feng Jian (Chasing Wind Sword). They all came from the Shen Chi Sword Sect, one of the three major factions in Shen Chi, the other two being the Knife Sect and the Spear Sect.

  In fact, their cultivation is not as deep as Tang Ye's, at most they are evenly matched, but the duel between Lingwu masters is not just about comparing cultivation, it also requires comparing one's own skills, reaction ability in battle, mental state, innate talent and other factors. It is common for those with lower cultivation to defeat those with higher cultivation.

  Tang Yin was at a disadvantage because he didn't understand the skills his opponent had cultivated, while his opponent was extremely familiar with dark system skills. This led to Tang Yin being at a disadvantage in their fight. The Ling Bao Po that the guest from the prestigious family just used is a unique skill of Shen Chi, and it's also one of the top skills of the light system spiritual martial arts. When Ling Bao Po is used to its extreme, it becomes Ling Bao Ji, which can be considered the most powerful single-target spiritual martial art skill.

  If it weren't for Tang Yin's cultivation reaching the Spiritual Heaven realm, with his thick and profound spiritual energy, the spiritual explosion released by Meng Ke would have been enough to blow him to smithereens, so how could he only end up with a hole?

  "It's just a Shadow Spell, Your Highness doesn't need to worry!" Flame and Iceberg exchanged a glance, then simultaneously released their spiritual pressure.

  The spiritual pressure released by the two cultivators who reached the Spiritual Heaven realm was so powerful that more than a dozen guards affected by the Dark Shadow Curse had their bodies rapidly expanding, on the verge of exploding. Just as they were about to burst, the spiritual pressure arrived and forcibly suppressed their inflated bodies, preventing them from exploding.

  At this time, Bing Bo coldly said: "Everyone immediately leave the bedroom, quickly!"

  The rest of the guards didn't dare to linger and rolled out in a hurry.

  After the guards retreated, the two of them retracted their spiritual pressure. The dozen or so guards who had been blown up like balloons immediately exploded with a loud bang, and black flesh splattered everywhere. However, since there were no other guards around, no one else was affected by the blast. The continuous explosions finally stopped, and the black flesh splattered all over the ground. Finally, black smoke slowly rose from the flesh and dissipated into the air, at which point the black flesh turned back to its original blood-red color.

  Two guests successfully stopped the spread of the dark shadow curse, but in this short time, the dark shadow curse had already caused great harm. Dozens of guards died among them, and the ground was covered with blood and flesh, a gruesome sight. The strong smell of blood filled the entire palace.

  "What a vicious and poisonous Dark Shadow Curse!" Although Flame and Frostbite were familiar with this dark system skill, they couldn't help but sigh at the tragic scene before their eyes.

  And then, Tang Yin, who was holding onto Wu Mei and escaping, raised his body technique to the extreme, with a speed as fast as a gust of wind. However, Chuan Yun and Zhui Feng, two of Zhong Tian's door guests, were also skilled in body technique and closely pursued Tang Yin without letting go.

  At this time, the entire palace already knew that there was an assassin attempting to kill Zhong Tian, and it had become chaotic, with running guards everywhere, as well as fleeing palace maids.

  At that time, there was no eunuch profession, let alone the palace, the imperial palace did not have it either. The servants in the palace and the king's palace were only two kinds, either palace maids or guards.

  Ordinary guards posed no threat to Tang Yin, but the two pursuers behind him made him feel quite a headache.

  A swarm of guards surged forward, passing directly over the heads of the first group, and another large group of guards emerged in front, a sea of black uniforms at least numbering in the hundreds. Tang Yin gritted his teeth and charged forward, causing Diao Man to let out a startled cry as she was sandwiched between him and the crowd.

  But Ke Tongyin did not rush into the crowd, as soon as he touched him, he struck like lightning, grabbing a guard's neck first, then turned around and ran in another direction.

  Just as he was hesitating, the two guards had already caught up with him from behind. Tang Yin was well-prepared and accelerated his movements while releasing the Dark Shadow Spell from his hand that was gripping the guard's neck. The guard suddenly puffed up like a balloon, getting bigger and bigger until he was about to burst, when Tang Yin flung him backwards without even turning his head.

  Boom!

  The body of the guard was still in mid-air when it exploded, with flying blood and flesh shooting straight at the two gate guests who were chasing Tang Yin.

  "Huh?"

  Two guests at the door involuntarily cried out in surprise.