At the main gate of the imperial palace, everything had descended into complete chaos.
Besides the city defense troops loyal to the imperial family who had arrived earlier, along with the Star Crown Clan Soul Masters led by a Soul Douluo, the guards from the southern gate—who had long since been bribed by the Star Crown Clan—had also arrived and joined the battle.
The situation had reversed yet again, and the scales of victory once more tipped toward the Star Crown Clan.
Although the guards from the other three gates had taken down a great many Star Crown Clan Soul Masters and their subordinates, their own losses had been equally severe.
The Star Crown Clan's martial soul, the "Star Crown," could both attack and support. With enough people, they could stack buffs on one another and send their combat strength soaring, making them exceptionally suited for group battles. Even after fighting a major battle beforehand, they remained immensely powerful. They had stubbornly held on until the southern gate guards arrived, still retaining formidable combat strength. This brought the battlefield back into balance before they gradually regained the upper hand.
Meanwhile, Dai Mubai, who had declared before the battle that he would "continue charging into battle and directing from the front lines," never returned to the front after he and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the rear and received treatment from healing-type Soul Masters.
This time, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had truly escaped death by a hair's breadth. They had been only a tiny step away from being killed. Had the reinforcements arrived even a little later, they would have been beheaded on the spot.
When they calmed down and recalled the life-and-death situation on the battlefield just now, their hearts immediately trembled with lingering fear.
This was the first time