Completely dressed up as Chen Shicheng, Ye Li took Chen Shicheng's token and, together with Zhen Youdao, quickly left the warehouse and walked towards the inner city.
The inner city will be closed a little later after the sun sets. It will be very troublesome to go in at that time, and the two must rush into the palace before closing.
It didn't take much time for Ye Li and Zhen Youdao to arrive at the inner city gate.
Ye Li followed Zhen Youdao and swaggered into the gate of the inner city. He took the token in his hand and waved it towards the guard at the gate.
The guards at the city gates are all sharp-eyed people and can basically tell whether the token is real or not immediately.
After confirming that the token was authentic, they also recognized the identities of Zhen Youdao and Ye Li.
Zhen Youdao is an unparalleled national hero, there are only a few of them, and the guards must know him.
Chen Shicheng was half Li Ruhai's man. After Li Ruhai ascended the throne, Chen Shicheng would go to the palace from time to time and became a familiar face in front of the guards.
The two of them looked calm, so naturally they wouldn't arouse anyone's suspicion.
As they stepped into the city, the two exchanged glances.
Zhen Youdao whispered to Ye Li: "Ye Li, do you see that sentry post at the back? That is the target we must eliminate together tonight. If we cannot kill the people inside at the same time, our actions will be exposed."
Ye Li turned his head and took a look. There were indeed two parallel sentry posts on both sides of the inner city wall. The sentries on both sides could see each other clearly. Once one side was attacked, the other side would immediately discover it.
That's why Zhen Youdao needs help from another person.
"Senior Zhen, let's go to the Royal Library. It's more secluded and less visited, so we shouldn't get into any trouble there."
Ye Li said to Zhen Youdao.
Zhen Youdao was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said: "This is a good suggestion. There are indeed very few people going to the library, and the chance of us being exposed hiding there is very small.
This is a critical moment and everything must be done with caution.”
Afterwards, the two of them quickly came to the library and found a place inside to browse the books separately.
The two waited until the moon climbed over the eaves, then left the library one after the other and began to move cautiously towards the inner city gate. Along the way, the two had checked the patrolling guards. In addition to the fixed guards at the gate, there were six groups of people constantly walking around the gate.
If they were not dealt with first, their plan to attack the city gate guards would soon be discovered.
After a little planning, the two decided to attack the surrounding guards first.
The two of them quickly figured out the movement tracks of the six groups of people. The strength of these guards was not very strong, and the strongest was only at the Void God Stage.
Each group of six people could be killed in one encounter if Ye Li and Zhen Youdao, who was at the Fu Zun level, launched a surprise attack at the same time.
Ye Li and his companions first eliminated the two groups of people at the edge according to the changes in their movement trajectories, and then eliminated the two groups of people in the middle.
Finally, the two groups of people whose tracks were closest to the city gate were eliminated. As a result, the only people on duty near the city gate were the fixed guards on the city wall and behind the city gate.
"Ye Li, did you see clearly? The two people at the two sentry posts behind the city gate, as well as the people on both sides of the city wall, are all places that must be attacked at the same time.
We will start with the two sentry posts behind the city gate. After we take care of them, we will go and take care of the ones on the city wall."
Zhen Youdao said to Ye Li.
After Ye Li nodded, he followed Zhen Youdao and carefully moved towards the two sentry posts behind the city wall.
The guards in the inner city actually did not feel any tension. After all, there had not been a battle in the inner city of the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the guards were used to the normal state of things.
They were not very alert and did not expect that there would be enemies behind them. Almost all of their limited attention was focused outside the city.
Ye Li and Zhen Youdao did not mobilize the power of spiritual energy, but just floated towards the two sentry posts behind the city gate silently with bare hands. Their movements were surprisingly fast and consistent. In just a blink of an eye, they had arrived at the door of the sentry post.
There were two guards at each of the two sentry posts. Ye Li and Zhen Youdao attacked at the same time and rushed into the sentry posts.
Ye Li put his fingers together to form a knife and slashed at the back of the necks of the two men at an incredibly fast speed.
The powerful force completely destroyed the cervical vertebrae of the two men in an instant.
The two men didn't even have time to scream before they fell limply and became two corpses.
After dealing with these two checkpoints, the four guards who were hiding and slacking off under the city gate showed a hint of confusion on their faces, because they seemed to have heard some noise and came over to check.
Before they could get close, Ye Li and Zhen Youdao jumped out from the sentry post and attacked the four people at the same time like lightning.
With their hand knives also waving, these four guards in the Virtual God stage were no match for Ye Li's two men. After just one encounter, they were slapped on the head by the two men, and their brains were shattered.
The overwhelming strength left these guards with no room to resist. After all, they were completely unprepared, and they couldn't even call for help or raise the alarm.
After eliminating the enemies outside the city, the two men climbed up the wall of the inner city quietly.
In addition to the four people at the two sentry posts on the city wall, there were more than a dozen guards who were gathered together to brag and chat.
These people didn't even pay attention to their surroundings. They didn't notice anything until the two sentry posts on the city wall were taken down by Ye Li and Zhen Youdao.
After killing the people in the two outposts, Ye Li and Zhen Youdao finally felt relieved, and spiritual energy gushed out of their bodies.
The two men each drew out their spiritual weapons and instantly jumped into the crowd of guards. Their sudden appearance made the guards stunned for a brief moment.
In just a split second, Ye Li's long sword had already killed four people nearby. When the sword flashed, four heads flew up into the air.
And on his left hand, there was a shining golden light, as if there was a golden axe.
After Ye Li swung his right sword, he had no time to retract it. He half-spun his body and waved his left hand, and two more heads flew out. There were a total of six guards, and they fell to the ground with their heads and bodies separated the moment they met.
Zhen Youdao holds two swords and kills people faster than Ye Li.
I saw a force of cold wind surrounding his two-handed swords, which was instantly transformed into an afterimage by his dance.
The afterimage instantly enveloped the six guards. When the gray gloomy wind disappeared, six more corpses appeared on the ground. From then on, all the guards at the city gates were relieved one by one.