"Roar… "
The insect made a roar like a wild beast but with a very hoarse sound. The armor on its upper body was extremely colorful. Even its lower body was not disgusting at all, but looked somewhat crystal clear. Its four wings were even more exceptionally gorgeous. It seemed to be trying to resist Ji Yuan's hands.
“Sizzle…”
A purple lightning flashed, and the strange insect trembled, and the sense of struggle was reduced a lot.
Except for the immortal masters, all the ministers, eunuchs, palace maids and concubines in the Golden Palace looked extremely panicked.
"Your Majesty!" "What is this?"
"From the Emperor..."
"It looks so scary..."
As Ji Yuan pinched the Insect Emperor in his hand, the restraints on Emperor Zu Yue suddenly dissipated, and he collapsed on the dragon throne. Even though his body was soaked with sweat and he felt powerless, he still subconsciously reached out to Ji Yuan.
"Give it back to me, give it back to me, this is my elixir, it is my elixir, elixir... Protect me, protect me..."
"Your Majesty!" "Quickly call the imperial physician, call the imperial physician!"
Several eunuchs nearby hurriedly supported the emperor to prevent him from falling off the dragon throne. While carefully watching out for Ji Yuan, they also ordered others to call the imperial physician.
"Protect the emperor... and take back my elixir..."
The emperor's voice was rapid and weak. The moment the Insect Emperor left his body, he was pale and weak, even breathing was difficult. He forced himself to shout a few words before passing out.
"Protect the emperor and evacuate. Protect the emperor, you, and you, quickly!"
The eunuchs' power was completely dependent on the emperor. The old eunuch was obviously much more loyal than the immortal masters in the palace. He directed several other young eunuchs to carry the emperor and carefully left the Golden Palace under the tense vigilance of a group of guards.
Ji Yuan held the Insect King in his hand and watched the emperor and his entourage leave without saying a word. As soon as the emperor left, most of the guards in the palace also left the Golden Palace. However, more and more sounds of armor and weapons were heard outside the palace, and it was obvious that there were quite a few imperial guards surrounding the Golden Palace.
Others left, but the so-called immortal masters in the hall could not leave, or dared not to leave. No power or divine light could be seen from the people who came, but they certainly could not be mortals. The level of their Taoism was simply difficult to estimate. The immortal sword's sword intent covered the entire place, and its sharpness made them feel a slight tingling in their skin and minds, as if they would be hit by the sword if they moved. No one dared to gamble at this time.
Ji Yuan looked at the so-called immortal masters around him and asked with a smile.
"Since you are already the subjects of Zuyue, aren't you afraid that your Majesty will encounter an accident that will affect Zuyue's national destiny and thus affect your cultivation?"
"Sir, you are joking. How can the fate of the Zuyue Kingdom be affected by the life and death of such an emperor? If it is better than Dazhen, it will turn from decline to prosperity. If it is defeated, everything will end."
This did make sense. Ji Yuan even felt that the emperor was just a hindrance by sitting in the seat. Without saying anything more, Ji Yuan put the Insect King into his sleeve, turned around and walked out of the Golden Palace. Min Xian and Jin Jia followed him.
But before Ji Yuan could take two steps, a series of "da da da da da da da da da" sounds with sporadic metal collisions came from outside the palace. Teams of imperial guards rushed into the Golden Palace shoulder to shoulder, and even imperial guards entered from the rear.
Weapons and shields were lined up like a wall, and arrows were already on their strings in the back. The imperial guards were all looking at the three people in front of the golden palace with nervousness. In fact, their vigilant eyes were not only directed at Ji Yuan, but many people were also looking at the dozen or so Zu Yue Immortal Masters on one side of the palace.
Outside the Golden Palace, there were also countless footsteps. It was obvious that there was a three-layered encirclement.
These imperial guards have witnessed the horror of immortal masters, and the three in front of them are obviously not ordinary people. Comfort makes people lose their will. They have been neglecting training for a long time, and lack the bloodiness of brave soldiers on the battlefield. They have no confidence in encircling and suppressing immortals, demons and the like.
"Haha, what, you still want to keep Ji?"
Ji Yuan smiled and could have just escaped, but after thinking about it, he turned around and looked at the dozen or so so-called immortal masters, then glanced at the golden armor on the side.
Feeling Ji Yuan's gaze, the silent man in golden armor took three steps forward and looked forward with his signature indifferent eyes. He didn't even look at any of the imperial guards. He gently raised his right arm, and then without any warning, he suddenly bent his knees and swung his fist to the ground.
There was a loud "boom..."
next moment.
The ground of the Golden Palace seemed to be covered with a layer of bright yellow ripples, as if a huge rock had smashed into a calm lake. The ripples spread in an instant, and for a moment, the ground inside and outside the Golden Palace shook violently.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble…
"Ah..." "Bang..." "Ping-pong..."
"Bang..." "Be careful..."
"Ouch..." "Be careful..."
…
There was chaos everywhere, inside and outside. The sounds of weapons and armor hitting the ground were mixed with screams of panic. Even the dozen or so immortal masters in the golden palace were unable to stand steadily. Even when they cast spells to stabilize their bodies, they were shaky and lost their balance.
The vibration was extremely violent, but it went away quickly as it came. After only four or five breaths, it had quieted down. The golden armor slowly stood up, but the ground of the golden palace that he had hit was completely unharmed.
But what just happened was definitely not an illusion. Dust was falling from all over the palaces in the Imperial Palace, and all the imperial guards surrounding the Golden Palace were lying on the ground, dazed and weak.
Ji Yuan looked at the golden armor's right arm, which had already revealed golden scales. As he stood up, it was slowly changing back into normal clothes. He nodded in admiration.
"Not bad, your strength control is excellent, and you have made progress again!"
After saying this, Ji Yuan took another step forward, followed closely by Min Xian and Jin Jia. They stepped over the fallen imperial guards, walked slowly to the outside of the Golden Palace, and then ascended to the sky on the wind.
After Ji Yuan left, a dozen immortal masters with numb feet looked at the imperial guards. After a long while, after confirming that Ji Yuan had really left, they dared to discuss it worriedly.
"Is this person also a strong supporter of Dazhen?" "If he is in Dazhen, how can we win?"
"Yes, this Mr. Ji seems to be an incredible swordsman. The spiritual power of his sword is really terrifying!"
The demon who had the courage to talk to Ji Yuan before shook his head.
"Don't worry, everyone. How could this gentleman be a minister of Dazhen? If he has already obtained the Tao, why would he need to seek the Tao? Let's take a step back. If he is a minister of Dazhen, would we still be alive now?"
"Do you know him?" "Who is this person?"
The devil grinned.
"Didn't fellow Daoist Min Xian say that it was Mr. Ji? He is so powerful that we cannot afford to offend him. That's enough for us to know. Everyone, I'll take my leave now!"
As he spoke, the devil turned into a stream of evil spirit and fled to the back of the Golden Palace. The other immortal cultivators looked at each other, then looked in the direction outside the palace, and retreated as well. As for the imperial guards who were staggering and slowly getting up, no one paid any attention to them.
Ji Yuan flew on the wind and took out the Insect King again in the sky more than a quarter of an hour after leaving Datong City. Because it was struck by purple lightning, the insect looked a little listless at this moment.
"Sir, this insect is the source of the insect technique. Once this insect dies, all other insects will die, and the insect technique will collapse without any attack."
Min Xian said this from the side. Ji Yuan glanced at him without saying much. Purple lightning flashed in his left hand, and the Insect King was electrocuted with a "sizzling" sound.
“Roar… Roar… Crack… Crack… Crack… Roar…”
The originally listless Insect King struggled violently again in the face of life-and-death crisis, and even kept trying to attack Ji Yuan's fingers with his mouthparts and limbs. The ferocious look and strength surprised Ji Yuan slightly. If he had not learned from the old beggar how to restrain the Insect King with the Mountain-Suppressing Finger Technique, he would not have been able to do it so lightly in another situation.
"Wait a minute!"
A low and solemn voice suddenly appeared, causing Ji Yuan to pause what he was doing, and also startled Min Xian, who was watching intently on the side. He looked around, but did not see Jin Jia beside him speaking. Moreover, since the voice was meant to stop Ji Yuan, it certainly could not have been Ji Yuan himself who spoke, but there was no one else around as far as he could see.
Ji Yuan frowned, and after waving his sleeves, a scroll flew out of his sleeves and fell into Ji Yuan's right hand. Then he shook his right hand, and the scroll unfolded directly, revealing the silent Xiezhi on the painting.
"Xiezhi, do you have anything to say?"
When Ji Yuan asked the question, his eyes swept towards Min Xian. Could it be that this man dared to deceive him and the solution of killing the Insect King was wrong? Although Ji Yuan had a telepathic thought before, he knew that this should be the correct solution, at least one of the correct solutions.
Although Ji Yuan's use of the thunder magic in his palm to kill the insect was just an experiment at this moment, the sound of the Xiezhi made Ji Yuan think more.
Xiezhi's voice was as serious as ever, and he did not comment on any solution to the insect technique.
"Ji Yuan, since you want to kill this golden-armored flying insect, why don't you give it to me as a snack? This thing tastes great, and four-winged ones are rare. It would be a waste to kill it directly."
The Xiezhi on the scroll was not vivid at the moment, but its mouth opened and closed, making sounds.
“Is this delicious?”
Ji Yuan looked at the Insect King in his hand in surprise. How could this appearance be delicious
"You can try it yourself. If you eat it yourself, I won't ask you for it."
Xiezhi was not domineering at all, and Ji Yuan waved his hands repeatedly when he heard it.
"No need, no need. Since you want to eat it, I'll give it to you. Open your mouth."
As Ji Yuan spoke, he threw the Insect King directly into the painting, but deliberately did not transfer any magic power into the painting. As a result, a black fire suddenly ignited at the mouth of the Xiezhi scroll. After the Insect King approached the scroll, he was struggling to flap his wings when he was bitten by a mouth full of sharp teeth inside and dragged back into the scroll.
“Crack, crack… Crunch, crunch, crunch…”
The sound was just like eating some crackers, it smelled very delicious, Ji Yuan thought it was interesting, but Min Xian on the side felt creepy and got goose bumps.
The Insect King refined by the master was as hard as diamond, but it was eaten so easily, or by a painting? There was not even a ripple, and there was no expected follow-up reaction
Min Xian's panicked look also attracted Ji Yuan's attention. His pair of pale eyes remained calm as he looked at him with a smile, which made the hairs on his body stand on end.