"What a pity! What a pity! Saber Lord, you were a meritorious noble of the nation, with a boundless future. Why insist on taking the wicked path?"
Zhen Tianlai spoke almost word by word, with infinite bitterness, but his expression gradually firmed. "All Heavenly Yamen Embroidery Guards, find Luo Hanzong's ritual altar as quickly as possible. Do not let him cast his spell arts at leisure! Inner Palace Direct Hall Directorate, arrange your arrow formation. Spare no bolts for any God-Slaying Crossbow. Send men to relay orders, too, and withdraw the surrounding Imperial Guards as quickly as possible."
He reckoned these Imperial Guards would be unable to withdraw before the fighting ended.
Although every one of the surrounding Great Ning Imperial Guards was eighth-rank, they would still need time to run a hundred li away.
Zhen Tianlai's voice rang like iron. "And Bu Chaowu, have your men immediately deploy the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Heaven-Covering Dragnet Sword Formation. Not one person is to escape this place today!"
Bu Chaowu, Commandant of the Inner Palace Imperial Stables Directorate, looked solemn and cupped his hands slightly. "Rest assured, Eunuch. They are already on their way. The sword formation can be completed in the flick of a finger! None of them will escape. Never mind a person-not even a fly will get out."
Qin Xiyan's heart tightened at those words.
The Inner Palace Imperial Stables Directorate maintained nineteen groups of fourth-rank swordsmen, the Nine Heavens and the Ten Earths, numbering seven hundred and sixty in total. They were the directorate's most elite force, with an illustrious reputation!
Their Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Heaven-Covering Dragnet Sword Formation could envelop a hundred-li radius. It was reputed to be seamless as heavenly robes, with wall upon wall and lock upon lock, watertight and inescapable