Slanting Wind and Drizzle fell upon the official's face, bringing a faint, stinging pain.
He did not know what had happened, but vaguely sensed something was wrong. Before he could draw any closer to the Duke of Lu, he crushed the Talisman Treasure hidden in his sleeve.
Boom! A tremendous explosion!
The ground shook, dust and smoke billowed, and cries of alarm rang out.
Several people standing nearby were hurled away and slammed into the walls.
As the dust gradually settled, the official could be seen sitting on the ground, covered in blood. The bluestone slabs beneath him were riddled with cracks.
At the very moment he crushed the Talisman Treasure, an invisible dome of light had descended from the upturned eaves of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, enclosing him.
Whatever treasure that dome of light was, it had actually trapped the full force of the Talisman Treasure's explosion inside. Every blast of air and all its destructive power had fallen upon the official himself!
A fierce wind rose again. Several distinct finger marks appeared on the official's body, while an iron chain appeared around his wrists-the Pure Heaven Bureau's Origin Energy Lock.
The official could do nothing to stop it. He stared at the Duke of Lu seated in his chair, his eyes filled with utter shock.
That Talisman Treasure had been his deadly weapon for assassinating the Duke of Lu. Who could have known it would fail to blast through even a dome of light!
Could this be the legendary Slanting Wind and Drizzle?
The possibility suddenly occurred to the official. Then he realized that the Court of Imperial Sacrifices had actually been prepared all along. Had this assassination plot been exposed long ago?
"How did you recognize who I was!"
He stared at the Duke of Lu