When the Jianghu fighters who had fought their way out from behind the wall drew within a few yards of Wan Qingteng amid the melee, he waved his hand. The bodies of the few fighters closest to him suddenly shuddered, all their meridians severed, and they fell dead to the ground.
"Stop!" Suddenly, shouts rang out from the direction of the Imperial Study.
The combatants all withdrew, watching their opponents warily.
With the wall's collapse, the experts in front of the Imperial Study naturally saw Huang Xiao and the others outside. With their keen eyesight, they naturally spotted Wu Longfeng and Wan Qingteng.
When He Dongkun caught sight of Wu Longfeng, his body trembled slightly before wild joy spread across his face.
He had never imagined that his sect master would personally come to the Imperial Palace. With the sect master here, none of these people-whether from Shaolin or Dragon Tiger Mountain, the Dragon Guard, or Tong Jiuyang-could dream of leaving alive.
Unlike He Dongkun, Tong Jiuyang and the others instantly looked exceedingly grim.
Wu Longfeng's arrival was wholly unexpected. Their plans had assumed that he was unlikely to come in person, but now he was here.
Wan Qingteng's arrival, on the other hand, did not particularly concern Tong Jiuyang and the others. As the Hall Master of the Medicine King Hall, he at least had no ties to the Imperial Court, nor any disputes with Shaolin or Dragon Tiger Mountain.
Of course, Tong Jiuyang also saw Huang Xiao, and judging by the situation over there, Huang Xiao had clearly encountered Wu Longfeng.
"This is bad!" Tong Jiuyang frowned, then said to Perfected Being Xuyan beside him, "Perfected Being Xuyan, could I ask you to protect His Majesty?"
Perfected Being Xuyan glanced at Huang Xiao in the distance and asked,