Chapter 440 Kidnapping [Two in One]

The chaos in Hongyufang came very suddenly. The cup that Qi Delong smashed was like a spark. Each party had hidden a little explosives, but no one expected that when added together, there would be so much.

As soon as the battle broke out, the pedestrians on the surrounding streets took off their clothes and put on the distinctive flag-colored uniforms of the imperial army. They evacuated the truly irrelevant people and surrounded the building.

This was part of Liang Yue's plan. Red Fish House was located on the bank of Qingjiang River, and there were many pedestrians, so it was difficult to clear the area in advance. If practitioners fought in such an area, it would bring great danger to ordinary people.

The large group of imperial guards brought by the prince can come in handy at this time. They can disguise themselves as civilians and quickly disperse the crowd once the war breaks out. They can also prevent Yuan Fukang from arranging an ambush by the Yihuo Sect and help the people in the building clear out the Yihuo Sect rebels.

The imperial guards completed the first half of the mission very well. The common people had a natural fear of the imperial army. They changed into uniforms and drew their swords and guns. There was no need to clear the area. Everyone ran away... Of course, most of them only ran a few streets away and then stopped and looked back to watch the excitement.

Although it seems very dangerous, it is still worth watching if there is any fun.

As for the second half of the mission, things were not going smoothly.

Because after the imperial guards rushed to Hongyufang like wolves and tigers, they were all a little dazed.

At this time, the poor Red Fish House's gate and walls had been smashed almost to pieces by the heroes who suddenly rushed out. The four sides were transparent, and the situation inside could be seen at a glance from the street. But even if you squatted there and looked around, you might not be able to understand the situation inside...

Who should we fight?
This incident made the imperial guards suspicious.

Two grandmaster-level priests from the Wei family, one attacked Yuan Fukang, and the other attacked Zhou Baihe.

However, Zhou Baihe also brought two grandmaster-level priests. Under his command, the two attacked Wei Lingfeng at the same time. Wei Lingfeng hurriedly shouted for his priests to retreat and protect himself.

The two priests fought to a draw, but Zhou Baihe himself was also a powerful Confucian cultivator, crushing Wei Lingfeng. Now that the two sides had already torn their faces apart, he also wanted to kill Wei Lingfeng in the chaos.

So Zhou Baihe used his magical powers to crush Wei Lingfeng.

He clasped his hands together and released a powerful stream of true energy, which swept towards Wei Lingfeng like a long snake.

Wei Lingfeng's response was also like that of a patriarch. He rolled backwards without changing his expression, and shouted, "Your Highness the Crown Prince! Save me!"

Originally, the Wei family was asked to help suppress Yuan Fukang, but now not only can they not help, but Old Hu also has to distract himself to rescue him.

Here, Hu Delu was deploying a formation to suppress Yuan Fukang in the hall, making it impossible for him to escape. Yuan Fukang sacrificed his holy fire, and the blazing flames covered the sky and the sun. He rushed left and right in the formation with a vigorous momentum.

If it weren't for Lao Hu's formation blocking it, these fires would have dyed half of the river bank completely red.

While Lao Hu was trying to rescue Wei Lingfeng, Yuan Fukang seized the opportunity, suddenly gathered the flames in the sky, condensed them into a huge red-gold sword, and stabbed forward fiercely.

The sound of the void shattering was heard, fire exploded, and a tiny gap was created in the formation.

Hu Delu snorted coldly, "An ant in my palm, you want to escape?"

As a first-rank priest in the imperial city, although Lao Hu is not well-known, his Taoism is truly at the peak of the eighth realm, worthy of the title of grandmaster.

Grandmaster and Grandmaster seem to be the same realm, the only difference is whether they have reached the peak or not. However, because the next level is the immortal realm, many Grandmasters cannot break through the realm and can only improve their cultivation and combat power infinitely within the framework of the eighth realm.

Therefore, there will be huge differences between two grandmasters, let alone between a grandmaster and an ordinary grandmaster.

People like Wang Rulin who claim to be able to fight against the gods under certain circumstances, or Zhu Renwang who is at the top of the Tongtian list and is known as the fourth in the world, are all grandmasters, and strictly speaking, they are all in the eighth realm.

However, killing those ordinary Grandmasters who have not reached the peak level is not much more difficult than killing stray dogs on the roadside.

Although Hu Delu is not on the Tongtian list, he is definitely one of the best among the grand masters, which is why he was sent to be the prince's protector. His strength is definitely up to this important task.

After the energy returned, he flipped his hand and the formation pressed down again. Yuan Fukang had just created a crack and had no time to escape when he was heavily suppressed by an invisible big hand.

boom!
His spine cracked, and he had no choice but to shout, "Don't capture the prince yet! Form a formation, save me!"

The group of Yihuo Sect's assassins were all the core followers he brought from Yuezhou. Although there were only dozens of people, they were powerful, fearless of life and death, and each of them was a skilled fighter.

However, after this group of assassins chased Liang Yue into the single room, they were killed by a group of people who rushed out from the other side like cutting melons and vegetables.

The sturdy man opposite was obviously no ordinary fighter. He held a broadsword in his hand and his eyes were cold and ruthless. With a casual wave of his hand, he could at least chop one assassin into two. His sword energy could often chop more than one person. If two or three people were hit by the sword, they would be cut into four to six pieces in a blink of an eye.

This is horrible.

Although the assassins were not afraid of death, they did not want to die in such an unclear manner, so they immediately left the room.

Yuan Fukang happened to be asking for help in the hall, so the remaining assassins formed a formation immediately. Flames gushed out and condensed, igniting their blood. With Yuan Fukang as the center of the formation, they instantly sacrificed a ferocious wolf head!
"Roar--"

With the power of the formation, Yuan Fukang finally stood up from under Lao Hu's palm and shouted loudly: "The holy fire is shining, shining in the sky!"

boom!
The wolf opened its mouth and the huge flames that gushed out instantly engulfed the Red Fish House!
This attack of unparalleled power overwhelmed even Yuan Fukang and his men. If they were hit by this firepower, I'm afraid no one would survive.

This is a conspiracy.

If Hu Delu could accept the death of most people, he could just fly up and escape by himself. But he couldn't, so he had to close the formation.

As expected, Old Hu twisted his hands together, and the formation gathered together, wrapping the wolf-head divine fire within it and suppressing it alive.

He had no choice but to do this. If he didn't do so, most of the people in the building and the surrounding imperial guards would have died under this great magical power.

But in this way, Yuan Fukang finally broke free from the shackles of the cage and turned around to escape into the air.

But it was not so easy for Old Hu to let him go. Although the formation was gone, he was still there. Hu Delu's palm overturned, and a cloud gathered in the sky, like the hand of a god, pressing down again.

"Ah!" Yuan Fukang shook his body, and a fiery Dharma image stood up, temporarily holding up Lao Hu's Dharma palm. His real body flew forward, ready to leave without caring anything!

The chance to escape is fleeting. If I hesitate for a moment, I'm afraid I'll die here today.

But at the moment when his body flew out, a flash of sword light suddenly appeared in front of him. In an instant, he was able to condense his true energy but was unable to activate the Dao rhythm.

what is this?
Yuan Fukang was shocked.

However, he could feel that the swordsman's cultivation was far inferior to his own, so he immediately released all his true energy and exploded.

Bang—the explosion successfully sent the person in front of him flying. The sword didn't hit him, but he just dodged it.

Hu Delu's big hand pressed down on his head, and without saying anything, he grabbed Yuan Fukang in his palm.

……

The sword that suddenly appeared was the virtual Liang Yue.

When he saw a group of Yihuo Sect soldiers rushing towards him, he made a quick decision, retreated and hid in the back room. At this time, there were also people rushing out from the other side, and he immediately turned invisible and escaped the chaos.

The two groups thought the other side was ambushing, so they immediately fought each other. The bloodiness of the fight made Liang Yue gasp in amazement.

Although he was in a virtual state, he was also worried about being affected, so he flashed to the hall. The fight here was also a mess. The four priests of the Zhou and Wei families each had their own camps, and their magical powers were flying everywhere. The surrounding walls had already been shattered into powder.

They say it's happening in the Red Fish House, but actually it's almost like they're fighting in the wild.

Liang Yue originally wanted to lie in wait carefully, but when he saw Yuan Fukang setting up the formation, he broke the formation, used his Dharma image to hold up Lao Hu's big hand, and was about to escape.

If he were allowed to escape today, then this Hongmen Banquet would be in vain, and the previous calculations would fail. It would also take a lot more effort to wipe out the Yihuo Sect afterwards.

So Liang Yue took action brazenly and blocked Yuan Fukang's way.

He was not reckless. Although the other party's cultivation was much higher than his, Yuan Fukang was a Qi Refiner. Liang Yue happened to have a sword technique that was most effective against Qi Refiners, the first of Wang Rulin's three unique swords!
One sword to seal the immortal!
However, he was in a virtual state at this moment, and would not attract Yuan Fukang's attention before he drew his sword. This ensured that his sword intent could suppress Yuan Fukang.

What followed was that stunning sword strike!
Even though his cultivation was much higher than Liang Yue's, Yuan Fukang was not on guard against the virtual Liang Yue. The first attack after he appeared was easy to get close to him and separated Yuan Fukang from the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, making it difficult for him to use his magical powers.

Then, he should have been stabbed in the chest by a sword, but unfortunately, his opponent was a powerful Grandmaster after all, and the detonation of his own true energy was enough to knock Liang Yue away.

The violent blast sent Liang Yue flying, and the sword-sealing immortal skill consumed a lot of his cultivation. He was unable to protect himself in the air and crashed into the wall across the street with a loud bang.

But this sword was effective. Yuan Fukang was blocked unexpectedly and stayed in the air for a while before falling into Lao Hu's palm.

At this point, the arrest of the leader of the Righteous Fire Sect was a complete success.

Liang Yue, who was in the dust, relied on his strong physique and was not seriously injured, but his cultivation was deficient. He was about to stand up when suddenly a cold breath wrapped around him, and instantly penetrated his whole body like a cold current, making him unable to move.

At the same time, a cold voice sounded in my ears, "Your Highness, I'm sorry."

……

The battle in the field was still going on. After hearing the shouts of "Don't catch the prince first", the heroes of Bashan led by Shi Pan also realized that they seemed to have hit the wrong person.

Just at this moment the imperial guards rushed in, and they started fighting with them again.

Shi Pan was like a god from heaven, and it was easy for him to hack and kill the soldiers of the Imperial Guards. Even though they had formed a formation, the soldiers of the Imperial Guards, whose blood was surging, were still no match for him.

It was not until Hu Delu captured Yuan Fukang that he had time to fight the strong man.

Old Hu pointed his finger down, clouds gathered in the sky, and Shi Pan drew his sword fiercely. The two collided and exploded into pieces.

The Red Fish House, one of the ten buildings on the river, was completely reduced to ashes.

Shi Pan's feet left two long grooves on the ground. Just as he was about to rush forward to fight Hu Delu, a voice suddenly came from his ear, "We got it, hurry up!"

He then paused and stopped.

Just as Hu Delu was about to use his magical powers again, a strange black python suddenly jumped out of the air, like condensed ink, soared into the air, and then exploded with a loud bang!

boom--

As a result of the explosion, everyone's eyes and ears seemed to be blinded in an instant. They could no longer hear or see, and all five senses were in darkness.

Only a faint, gloomy voice penetrated the black light and echoed in the room, "We will take His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back first! If you want to take him back, come to Bashan for a walk!"

When the situation recovered, all the heroes of Bashan had already evacuated, and even those who died in the battle had their bodies carried away.

The entire operation was swift and efficient, much more efficient than that of the Yihuo Sect's death squad.

"Leaving?" Hu Delu frowned, turned around to look at the two priests who were still fighting, and shouted angrily: "Stop fighting!"

He flicked his sleeves and a gust of wind separated the four people. The imperial guards also surrounded them and temporarily controlled the situation.

"Is it done?" The prince walked out from a safe place, looked around, and asked carefully.

"Got him." Hu Delu flipped his hand, and Yuan Fukang's figure was vaguely visible in his sleeves.

Zhou Baihe had already rushed up and shouted, "Your Highness! The Wei family colluded with the Yihuo Cult and intended to take advantage of the chaos to kill people!"

"Nonsense!" Wei Lingfeng also stepped forward and said, "It's clear that the Zhou family is colluding with the Yihuo Cult to harm Your Highness!"

The two of them tore their faces and argued here, but the prince didn't care, he just asked anxiously: "Where is Liang Yue?"

Hu Delu looked across the street and saw only a broken wall, but Liang Yue was gone. Moreover, when he scanned the area with his spiritual sense, he could not find any trace of him.

Thinking of the voice just now, he said in a deep voice: "It seems that he was kidnapped by the gang of thugs who claim to be the mountain bandits."

"What?" The prince was shocked when he heard this. "If Liang Yue gets hurt, no matter how much we gain today, we can't make up for it!"

Seeing the Crown Prince's grief-stricken look, Hu Delu comforted him, "Your Highness, please don't lie. Liang Bandu is resourceful and will not easily fall into danger. We should first clean up the mess and then find a way to rescue him."

"He is in danger for me. If anything happens to him, how can I feel at ease?" The prince said in panic, "No, we must rescue him!"

Amid the chaos on the floor, a tabletop was suddenly pushed open.

Qi Delong, who was hiding under the table, shook his head and shook off the vegetable leaves on his head. He looked up at everyone with disheveled hair and dull eyes. "Is the fight over? Can I go home now?"

(End of this chapter)