Before Xue Beng had finished speaking, the three men behind him rushed at Xue Qinghe, whom Qian Renxue was impersonating.
Several ministers standing nearby turned pale with horror and shouted.
"How dare you!"
"Xue Beng, are you trying to rebel?"
At the same time, the surrounding ministers unleashed their Soul Power, trying to stop Xue Beng's three guards.
But in the Heaven Dou Empire, powerful Soul Masters usually served as military commanders.
Civil officials like them were either low-level Soul Masters or had utility Martial Souls with little combat strength. How could they stop two Soul Emperors and a high-level Soul Saint?
As the three closed in on Xue Qinghe, wild joy and anticipation spread across Xue Beng's face.
"Die, die! Just die!"
Once Xue Qinghe was dead, he would be Heaven Dou's new emperor!
But the next instant, the two unremarkable old men beside Xue Qinghe moved. Each gave a seemingly weightless flick of the hand.
Bang! Bang!
Two blasts of force, laden with immense Soul Power, struck the Soul Emperor guards. They flew backward like kites with severed strings and slammed into the ground more than ten yards away, their bodies mangled and bloody.
Even Yuan Fang, a high-level Soul Saint, was sent flying by a single palm strike.
Of course, Qian Renxue had planted him beside Xue Beng to goad him into this desperate gamble. His attack on Xue Qinghe had been nothing but an act.
Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo had held back as well.
But from Xue Beng's perspective, his strongest confidant had fallen in a single exchange against two plain-looking old men at Xue Qinghe's side. His face froze, and dread surged through him.
It's over!
It's all over!
*Where did Xue Qinghe find these two old monsters? How can they be so