Chapter 157 : You Too Deserve to Die
Chapter 157: You Too Deserve to Die
“Buzz!”
With a sweep of her sleeve, Li Yunqing’s Pure Yin force instantly surged.
Like flawless moonlight, it spread vast and boundless, directly enveloping Xiaolan and Ying Qianqian, rising into the sky and heading straight for the imperial palace.
“Junior Sister!”
Ying Qianqian was startled.
She had never expected that her junior sister had silently broken through to the Profound Realm.
But when she saw the direction was the imperial palace, her heart suddenly tightened.
If Sword Saint Martial Uncle and her father, the Sword God, were still present, blocking the gates of the imperial palace once more would be nothing.
But now that both of them were gone, heading to the imperial palace like this was practically equivalent to declaring war.
For the sake of rule and the dignity of the imperial family, the Divine Realm experts of the royal clan would certainly take action.
“Senior Sister, be at ease. Nothing will happen!”
Li Yunqing’s voice was gentle yet firm. Her speed was astonishing—within moments, she had already arrived before the imperial city.
Without the slightest pause, she directly entered the imperial palace.
“Who dares trespass into the imperial palace!”
“Reckless madman, courting death!”
Almost instantly, the soldiers atop the imperial city walls shouted in unison.
Rows of bows and crossbows were aimed directly at Li Yunqing.
“Whoosh!”
With a flick of her sleeve, her Pure Yin force condensed into a bright moon.
Like a falling star, it descended from the sky.
“Boom!”
Large sections of the city wall collapsed, countless figures tumbling down like dumplings, their screams unending.
Yet Li Yunqing did not spare them a single glance. With Ying Qianqian and Xiaolan, she stepped straight into the imperial city and arrived before Fengtian Hall.
“Dog Emperor, come out and face your death!”
Her clear and melodious voice rang out like thunder, instantly echoing throughout the entire Capital.
At that moment, the entire city fell silent, countless people looking toward the imperial city in shock.
“What’s happening?”
“Someone wants to kill His Majesty?”
“That voice… isn’t that the Number One Beauty Under Heaven?”
For a time, the entire Capital erupted in discussion.
Even the Divine Realm experts within the city were alarmed.
Streams of consciousness rose into the air, gazing toward the imperial palace from afar.
Within a bamboo forest courtyard, Feng Lao suddenly raised his head, a trace of astonishment in his voice.
“Your disciple has charged into the imperial palace!”
“It must be that emperor who provoked her!”
Beside him, Ghost Granny responded without hesitation, her gaze also turning toward the imperial city, a trace of concern appearing in her heart.
“Feng Lao…”
Ghost Granny had just begun to speak when a furious shout suddenly rang out from within the imperial palace:
“Outrageous! Are you trying to rebel!”
It was the voice of the current emperor, Yu Taiyan, though it carried a hint of forced bravado.
“Imperial Guards, where are you? Seize this madman!”
Yu Taiyan stepped out from Fengtian Hall, his expression extremely grim.
He had never expected that Li Yunqing would dare to charge into the imperial palace in broad daylight.
But at this moment, the situation was more beneficial than harmful to him.
Since someone had already stormed the palace, even if that old ancestor was unwilling, he would have to act for the sake of the Yu clan’s rule.
Otherwise, the entire imperial family would become a laughingstock, no longer able to command the world.
“If one Divine Realm expert can’t take you down, what about two?”
Yu Taiyan’s heart pounded like a drum.
He was both anxious and afraid, yet also incomparably excited.
“Clatter…!”
At that moment, dense black masses surged in from all directions.
Every figure wore armor, held long spears, had horizontal blades at their waists, and carried iron bows on their backs.
A full two hundred thousand Imperial Guards, like a raging flood, rushed in from all directions.
“Spring growth! Summer expansion! All things flourish!”
Facing such a vast number of Imperial Guards, Li Yunqing did not hesitate in the slightest, directly activating her Pure Yin force.
An invisible power spread outward from her like ripples, rapidly expanding in all directions.
In the blink of an eye, it covered a radius of ten li.
And she did not stop.
Facing two hundred thousand Imperial Guards, the experts within the imperial palace, and that Divine Realm ancestor of the royal clan—
she showed not the slightest hesitation, erupting with full force in an instant.
She could not gamble, nor did she dare to.
The moment she acted, she had to suppress everything completely!
Absolute suppression—without room for resistance!
At this moment, there was no room for hesitation.
“Buzz!”
Li Yunqing rapidly formed hand seals with both hands.
The Immortal-Martial Power within her chest surged forth, spreading into the heavens and earth.
It stirred the spiritual energy of the entire world into violent turbulence.
A spell!
Facing two hundred thousand Imperial Guards, she did not want to show the slightest weakness.
Nor did she wish to expend excessive energy—so she directly cast a spell she had never used before.
In the blink of an eye, winds rose and clouds surged across the sky. Endless spiritual energy gathered like tides and whirlpools, rushing in frenziedly.
The heavens changed color, the sun was obscured by clouds, and violent winds roared, pressing down upon the imperial city.
When the final hand seal settled, Li Yunqing suddenly raised her head and shouted:
“In my name, I command all vegetation!”
“Ten Thousand Wood Prison… rise!”
“Rumble…!”
From the ground of the entire imperial palace, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted.
Like a dragon turning beneath the earth, the entire world seemed to tremble.
The next moment, countless stone slabs were overturned, the ground cracking open.
Roots of plants shot into the sky, growing wildly under the amplification of the spell and Pure Yin force.
Like countless black raging dragons bursting from the earth, they spread rapidly in all directions.
“Boom!”
Palace halls collapsed one after another.
Amidst the dust, thick plant roots spread like long serpents.
In the blink of an eye, countless roots writhed densely, covering the surroundings of the imperial palace and forming a pitch-black cage.
The Imperial Guards charging in were instantly swallowed within it.
“Hiss! This is a wood-element spell?”
“She can actually cast spells?”
“Hasn’t the path of the immortal Dao already been severed?”
“How is this possible?”
“How can she still use spells?”
“This is impossible!”
Witnessing this scene, all the experts—including the consciousnesses of Divine Realm experts—fell into stunned silence.
All of them stared in disbelief at the scene within the imperial palace.
Countless palaces collapsed, the earth overturned, and endless plant roots shot skyward, spreading throughout the palace.
Forming a cage, directly trapping two hundred thousand Imperial Guards.
Such a scene—let alone Divine Realm experts—even the martial artists and common people who rushed over upon hearing the commotion were completely stunned.
This was simply not something human power could contend against.
Those pitch-black plant roots grew at astonishing speed, as if possessing endless vitality.
Even when cut by blades and swords, they rapidly regrew.
Some roots were incomparably tough, like bronze and iron, sweeping through everything without obstruction.
The entire world changed color, the sun completely shrouded by endless dark clouds.
This was the power of immortal Dao spells!
Beyond everyone’s imagination.
“How could this be?”
Within the ruins of Fengtian Hall, Yu Taiyan stood utterly stunned, looking at the figure in midair in disbelief.
He had never imagined that Li Yunqing possessed such power—that with a single shout, endless plant roots would overturn the imperial palace.
Two hundred thousand Imperial Guards, along with those Profound Realm Grandmasters, were almost entirely trapped within it.
Looking around, the once magnificent imperial palace had been reduced to ruins, filled with cries of shock and screams.
The only intact place left was half of the gate tower at the palace entrance, recently repaired.
Everywhere else was nothing but broken walls and devastation.
This was no longer merely storming the palace—
this was flattening it in an instant.
“Buzz!”
Li Yunqing glanced around before directly moving toward Yu Taiyan.
This was already the result of her restraint.
As long as those soldiers did not desperately try to escape or attack her,
those plant roots would not harm them.
But if they continued obeying the emperor’s orders and attacked her, Xiaolan, or Ying Qianqian—
then they deserved death.
They would not be allowed to live.
At this moment, both Ying Qianqian and Xiaolan stood frozen.
Standing beside Li Yunqing, they did not move at all, as if still unable to believe that such a scene had been created by her with a mere gesture.
“Li Yunqing, do you intend to slaughter the emperor of a nation?”
“Do you know how great the karmic consequences would be?”
Just as Li Yunqing approached, a furious shout that resounded across the entire city rang out from not far away.
The next moment, Luo Xuan appeared not far from Yu Taiyan.
“Why hasn’t he appeared yet?”
“They’ve already stormed the palace!”
Luo Xuan’s arm trembled as he deliberately spoke loudly, intending to force a Divine Realm expert to act and suppress Li Yunqing.
After all, relying on himself alone, he could not suppress her.
Especially after seeing her capable of casting spells, Luo Xuan felt his scalp go numb, his heart trembling with fear.
“Karmic consequences?”
“If one fears karma, what is the point of living?”
Seeing Luo Xuan appear, Li Yunqing’s gaze remained calm and unmoving, her voice echoing across the entire city:
“Luo Xuan, you too deserve to die!”