The palace's grand hall lay in ruins, with broken walls and drifting dust.
Wang Chengze leaned on the Bēng Xuě Spear, its shaft still humming and trembling, like a wounded silver dragon growling low.
He raised a hand and wiped away the winding line of blood at the corner of his lips. Its scarlet brightness was painfully glaring.
Nine Divine Manifestations surrounded him. Some crackled with violent thunder, some blazed with resplendent holy light, and others exuded a chilling frost—illuminating the hall as though a divine court had descended.
Wang Chengze knew perfectly well that he had no chance of overpowering nine princes head-on. He could only rely on [Ni Ming] to stall them while waiting for reinforcements.
Thus, after blocking their first wave of attacks, he did not counterattack but instead adopted a defensive stance.
Although they had failed to kill Wang Chengze at the first opportunity, the nine princes had no intention of giving up.
In fact, according to their original plans, the two experts sent by that deity should have come with them to Kalan Country, killed Wang Chengze, and wiped out the two Imperial Guard Armies!
Afterward, they would look for a chance to break them apart, then surround and kill Li Fei.
But those two experts who had "descended from the heavens" did not listen to their commands at all.
"Even if we kill everyone sent by the Great Blue Dynasty in this battle, as long as Li Fei does not die, the Western Continent cannot be considered victorious."
That was the "divine revelation" those two experts had brought.
Then the two of them had gone straight to find Li Fei.
If they went to surround and kill Li Fei, even if the princes present and the dozens of dukes outside went together, they would