Chapter 816: Chapter 816
Immediately, countless ice spikes pierced through the void, penetrating everyone’s hearts, leaving only Wang Hao standing.
Zhang Yao took a deep breath, removed the saber from a Heavenly Immortal of the Han Family, held it in her hand, and slowly walked up to Wang Hao.
By now, Wang Hao had fully understood this layout and had to marvel at the flawless precision of this scheme that killed two birds with one stone!
As the Great Heir, if he died under the Tyrant Blade of the Han Family, along with the corpses of Demon Clan experts, a seemingly perfect reason could be fabricated.
The Tyrant Blade Han Family colluding with the Demon Clan, joined by all the prestigious nobility under its banner, murdering the Princely Heir—thus setting the stage for the Ice-breaking Wolf Riders to march out and flatten all aristocratic families!
In this way, Zhang Yao’s obsessions and grievances could be scattered, allowing her to break through to the True One realm, condense her true body, and be reborn!
Two birds with one stone, a flawless plan indeed!
Though this excuse may seem a bit far-fetched to the outside world, at least it provided a pretext for the Ice-breaking Wolf Riders to be deployed!
No one would question why the Han Family would collude with the Demon Clan or why they would brutally kill the Princely Heir because the big picture had been set, and his own younger brother would inherit everything!
"Does the Princely Heir have any last words?"
Zhang Yao dismissed the ice columns, grasped the Tyrant Blade in hand, looked into Wang Hao’s eyes, and asked softly.
"The winner takes it all, the loser is vilified. I have nothing to say, just please spare my Princess Consort mother!"
Zhang Yao firmly gripped the Tyrant Blade, lifted her hands, and brought the blade down. Wang Hao’s body fell heavily to the ground, a penetrating wound on his chest spouting blood, staining the ground red.
Zhang Yao felt some regret. Wang Hao, originally the Great Heir, residing in the Eastern Mansion, was the sole candidate for the Prince’s position. He controlled all the affairs in the Ice Cold City, wielding immense power.
Why then did he need to ally with the Demon Clan and develop unnecessary forces?
In the past, the Han Family desired to marry into the Eastern Mansion’s Princely Heir’s line, knowing that Princess Consort Zhang Yun was inherently suspicious. Using the excuse of Wang Yun holding military power, Zhang Yao was secretly killed.
First, Zhang Yao hailed from the direct line of the Zhang Family, and if the marriage succeeded, it would shake the position of the Princess Consort’s collateral line within the Zhang Family.
Second, the Tyrant Blade Han Family was highly esteemed in Ice Cold City, and all the prestigious nobility in the city, except for the previous dynasty’s Yang Family and the Jinshi Zhang Family, looked up to the Han Family.
If they were pulled into an alliance, it would form an immensely powerful force, critical enough to rival Wang Yun’s command of a hundred thousand Ice-breaking Wolf Riders.
But everyone overlooked one point: the attitude of the Guardian Sun King, Wang Siyun!
Although Wang Siyun never intervened in any affairs, leaving all decisions to the brothers Wang Hao and Wang Yun, it did not mean that Ice Cold City could tolerate a second voice!
This was something Wang Siyun could never tolerate.
Just like the Jinshi Zhang Family, two voices must eventually be unified!
Wang Yun’s wisdom lay in understanding and following Wang Siyun’s arrangements entirely, knowing well what could and couldn’t be done.
But Princess Consort Zhang Yun failed to see this.
She only focused on continuously pulling in forces for Wang Hao, even negotiating with the Outer Realm Demon Clan for mutual benefit.
She wanted to use the Demon Clan to eliminate Wang Yun and seize control of the Ice-breaking Wolf Riders, unaware that everything was crystal clear to Wang Siyun!
In fact, Wang Hao did not have to die. If someone else had approached Wang Siyun with this plan, it would have been tantamount to courting death. But Wang Yang was different.
From Wang Hao, Wang Yang saw the erosion of Demon Clan bloodline, and Wang Hao would soon fully demonize, something only Wang Yang could perceive.
This was why Wang Siyun did not oppose.
Rather than waiting for Wang Hao to demonize completely later, it was better to have Wang Yang handle it now.
With a loud noise, Luo Hu’s figure was thrown back violently, smashing into a medicine rack, his entire body stained with blood, and the White Tiger Killing Patterns became very dim, almost withered.
The black-robed man’s true identity was revealed; it was a middle-aged woman, her entire body covered in crimson runes, with a Blood Sea surging in her pupils.
A blackish-brown dragon-shaped jade pendant hung around her neck, emitting a force that made her body incorporeal, disconnecting the Sealing Force of the Great Formation!
"Unlock the Grand Formation, or I’ll kill both of them!"
The woman pointed at Luo Hu and Zhang Yao, coldly said, knowing that they were merely pawns in this setup, and the true orchestrator in control of the formation was definitely someone else.
"I never expected the Demon Clan Saintess’s protector to be a Demon God, but I’m curious, shouldn’t you be by Wang Ru’s side, not leaving her for a moment? Why are you here?"
Wang Yang’s figure suddenly appeared on the first level, before the woman, asking with great interest.
Logically, as a protector, she would never leave the Demon Clan Saintess’s side, otherwise, Wang Yang wouldn’t have been invited to the Commandery Princess’s Mansion for tea and conversation.
"Who exactly are you? Why do you know so much about my clan?"
The woman did not answer Wang Yang’s question but shot back, recognizing that the Demon Clan forces outside had probably perished entirely.
"Like you, I come from the Outer Realm, the Great Desolation World!"
"Are you under the command of a Saint?"
The woman exclaimed in shock, not expecting the Primordial World to discover their activities in this square world after so many years.
"Oh? So your status in the Demon Clan must be quite important, but it ends here!"
"Hehe, just the three of you? Who can challenge me?"
The woman laughed coldly, knowing that as long as she killed the one who set up the formation, it would naturally dissipate, as it hadn’t been complete and required the presence of its creator to sustain it.
"You do have the confidence, but it means nothing; if I want you dead, you have only one path left: death!"
"Wang Ru sent you here merely to break through to sanctity quickly, devouring the Ancient Elixirs’ resources. I suspect you aim not just to absorb the bloodline spiritual power of the Han Family’s True Immortals but all the prestigious nobility here!"
Wang Yang’s words exposed Wang Ru’s plan, shocking the woman!
Indeed, once she established a foothold here, Wang Ru could set up the Demon Clan’s Blood Sacrifice Array, sacrificing all the True Immortals present to help Wang Ru break through to sanctity.
Capital Luoyang had already sent word that the Saint Realm Demon Dragon prepared for the Demon Clan Saintess had been refined and consumed!
With the Demon Dragon lost, Wang Ru found breaking through to sanctity much harder, but this sudden golden opportunity couldn’t be missed.
The original plan was for the woman to entrap all the True Immortals, lay down the Demon Clan’s Blood Sacrifice Array, then summon Wang Ru.
To her surprise, she was trapped by Wang Yang’s Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation, while Wang Ru was confined by Wang Siyun in the Commandery Princess’s Mansion, unable to leave.
Now exposed, the woman had to leave immediately to get Wang Ru to Capital Luoyang.
"I have no time to waste with you. Once you’re dead, the formation will dissolve itself!"
"Kill me? Just a Demon God like you?"
Wang Yang’s eyes were full of disdain, his hands swiftly forming seals. Instantly, a black and a white Wang Yang appeared on either side.
"One Qi Transforms into Three Purities!"
The woman recognized Wang Yang’s technique at once, her face changed, and she dashed forward quickly!
"Six Paths of Reincarnation, Lock!"
Wang Yang swiftly sealed, and from within the Six Paths Stone Gates, six chains burst forth, their intertwined Great Dao Law turning from the illusory to the real!
As they solidified, the woman’s incorporeal body revealed and was entwined by the six chains. The black and white Wang Yangs moved in unison, establishing a tripartite stance with the original Wang Yang!
"Taiji Yin Yang, Bagua Heaven, Seal the Great Void, Seal!"
The Three Pure Ones Incarnations jointly formed seals, and in the void, two Yin Yang Fish, one black, one white, merged into a closed black-and-white loop, descending!
The loop locked the woman’s body instantly. Numerous runes coursed over her, spreading across her entire body!
The runes emanated a terrifying Sealing Force. Wang Yang’s joined hands trembled, and he shouted toward Luo Hu!