met free Chapter 383
Chapter 383
For flocks of birds to be startled into flight and fierce beasts to flee in panic, this was no small matter. But how did these birds think to come to her for help?Could it be that there were some among them as intelligent and spiritual as Taxue!
"Little Zhu, scan the mountains and see where there might be major risks."
After issuing the command to the system, Yue Fuguang looked at Emperor Mingxi, Huo Ying, and the other officials, saying, "Your Majesty, my lords, according to the information you have gathered, how many people have the noble families mobilized this time?"
Emperor Mingxi and his ministers exchanged glances, then raised their eyes to sweep over the members of the diplomatic mission, who had been standing to the side watching the show without uttering a single word.
Meeting the emperor's gaze, the group merely smiled politely, showing absolutely no intention of taking the hint and leaving.
Yue Fuguang couldn't help but follow Emperor Mingxi's gaze and glance at them. Tsk tsk, as expected of people cultivated by the royal family, their skin was unusually thick.
Regarding Yue Fuguang's question, Emperor Mingxi did not hide anything and directly said, "The noble families have mobilized about two thousand seven hundred people this time. They are all death-sworn assassins and private troops raised by the families, as well as some domestic servants and guards."
To even use domestic servants and guards, it seemed the noble families were truly betting their entire fortunes this time, planning a fight to the bitter end with the emperor.
Since that was the case... "Your Majesty, since the noble families have even sent their domestic servants and guards, have you ever considered that they might have hired assassins?"
Yue Fuguang pointed to the distant mountain forest and said, "Over the course of yesterday, they lost no more than seven or eight hundred people. So where are the rest of them?"
[Master, I found them. There are assassins hiding in multiple locations in the forest, numbering over a hundred. They... the woods around them have been drenched in oil!]
The situation was urgent. Ignoring the energy consumption, the system immediately broadcasted a live feed for Yue Fuguang. When the live broadcast appeared, the monarch and ministers of Great Yan remained relatively calm, as it wasn't their first time seeing it.
The members of the diplomatic mission, however, were so shocked that they staggered back several steps. If it weren't for their years of royal education and martial arts training, which gave them steady temperaments and firm stances, their weak legs would have caused them to collapse to the ground.
Fortunately, although they wanted to watch the show, they also knew not to be too annoying, so they stood a bit further away.
Therefore, regarding their abnormal behavior and pale, ghost-like faces, Yue Fuguang and the Great Yan monarch and ministers unanimously pretended not to see anything.
Emperor Mingxi and his ministers had already discussed in private last night that the members of the diplomatic mission could hear the Junior Preceptor's inner voice, although it was still unknown whether this was a blessing or a curse.
But even if the emperor and his ministers had any thoughts, they had to wait until these people left the territory of Great Yan to act on them.
Fortunately, this matter could not be communicated to those who couldn't hear it, so they were temporarily forced to keep the secret.
Lan Xuan'er and Gan Tang, the two women, supported each other tightly, leaning against one another with expressions of sheer disbelief, yet they couldn't help but look at the scene in mid-air with amazement.
The people from Northern Yue either clenched their fists or tremblingly rested their hands on the exquisite sabers at their waists. Only Yanji and Oshima looked on in bewilderment at the group's sudden change in complexion and slightly trembling bodies.
It was as if they had suddenly suffered some sort of fright. But the two brothers looked up at the sky and all around; the things that were flying in the sky were now obediently squatting on the ground. There was nothing special!
Could it be that there was some hidden meaning in the conversation between the Great Yan emperor and his ministers that they had missed?
Yanji couldn't help but scratch his head, standing on his tiptoes and craning his neck to look inside. Hateful that he was too short; he could only hear the conversation but couldn't see the specific situation inside.
The people from Western Ling turned a blind eye to the comical expressions of these two oddballs from Eastern Yi.
Right now, they were not only frightened by the clear situation of the mountain forest projected in the air, but they also imagined what would happen if this move was used when two armies faced off...
Then the enemy's military formations would have absolutely no secrets left. What would be the point of fighting? Just offering up their heads?
As the scene rotated, the entire image was divided into more than ten smaller screens. Each screen showed varying numbers of people, ranging from ten to twenty. Without exception, there were large, obvious oil stains nearby them.
Everyone's hearts trembled. Was this going to be a fire attack? It hadn't rained for months, and this mountain forest couldn't withstand even a single spark, let alone with oil added!
The system kindly marked the specific location of each point on the map within a hundred miles around the hunting ground.
The monarch and ministers of Great Yan watched with pounding hearts. These dozen or so fire points enclosed everyone within a potential inferno. This was meant to bury the entire mountain forest along with them!
Emperor Mingxi gritted his teeth. The noble families truly had good calculations, and they were ruthless enough!
The complexions of the diplomatic mission members were even uglier than those of the Great Yan monarch and ministers. It wasn't that they were worried about their own safety.
Rather, a sense of powerless despair lingered in their hearts, enveloping them like heavy, sunless dark clouds, pressing down so hard they couldn't catch their breath.
If they still had a trace of guardedness and suspicion towards the Heavenly Voice yesterday, seeing such a scene now made their hearts quail.
Looking again at the smiling Yue Fuguang, an unprovoked sense of dread welled up within them. Great Yan had a Divine Maiden. Let alone talk of swallowing Great Yan, all their previous plots against Great Yan would vanish like bubbles before Yue Fuguang!
The first thing they should be considering now wasn't who to annex, but what they could use to save their own dynasties.
Seeing this encirclement, Yue Fuguang was also filled with lingering fear. Fortunately, these people probably wanted to use their numbers to lure more of the Royal Guards into the woods, thereby burying them all in one fell swoop, which was why they had delayed making their move.
Normally, a fire caused by oil cannot be put out with water. But luckily, the fire hadn't started yet. Yue Fuguang, with her hands behind her back, prepared to solve the problem immediately.
[Master, what do you plan to do? Do you want Little Zhu to strike them with lightning and just hack them all to death?]
Hearing the chilling murderous intent in the Divine Artifact's words, everyone couldn't help but shrink their necks.
"Little Zhu, you can't strike them with lightning. If the sparks ignite the mountains, it'll be troublesome."
[It seems oil can't be put out with water either.]
Yue Fuguang said, "We can use a combo attack."
As her words fell, everyone saw the image in the air suddenly darken. The sunlight in the sky was blocked by dark clouds, and in mere moments, a fierce storm of wind and rain broke out.
The rain had only fallen for a brief moment before turning into heavy, swirling snow. The rainwater on the ground rapidly froze into ice. Especially in the areas with large oil stains, the ice and snow congealed into a yellowish-brown color.
Just as everyone was shocked by Yue Fuguang's methods, rumble—
Rumble—
Crackle!
Crackle!
Lightning flashed and thunder rolled. In the broadcast, those people first held their heads and looked for a place to shelter from the rain, then they were so shocked by the October snowfall that they forgot to hide. Shivering, they stood there blankly, not knowing if it was out of fear or the freezing cold.
Before they could sober up from the successive weather changes, the rumbling sound of thunder came from above their heads.
They instinctively looked up and saw the last glimmer of light in their lives, the lightning that accompanied the thunder.
The lightning illuminated their eyes, and it also took away all the light within them.
By the time the hundred-plus people fell after being struck by lightning, their bodies had already turned into charred corpses, occasionally emitting gray smoke and residual sparks of electricity.
Seeing this, Gan Tang and Lan Xuan'er were so terrified that they stumbled back several steps.
Their originally pale faces were now flushed with an abnormal redness. Large beads of sweat rolled down their temples, hanging precariously from their delicate jaws, on the verge of dropping.