Taiyi Dao Fruit

Chapter 944 190: Clean the King's Side, Azure Dragon vs. Vermilion Bird

He wanted to retreat, but he had to see if Jiang Sikong and the Princess were willing. Each of them was ruthless, previously refraining due to unfavorable circumstances, coupled with the Immortal Queen's backing. Now, there were no such concerns.

If Jiang Li won in Yong Province, upon his return, he would certainly clean up the Meng Family.

If he lost but returned, to stabilize the situation, he would definitely first remove the troublemaker as an example, and the Meng Family was precisely that monkey.

Therefore, they could only strike first.

With Jiang Li not yet returned, the Imperial College Sacrificial Officer was currently confronting Earth Uncle, while they had him wielding a third-grade Dao Artifact, and the hidden strong support from King Shu. At this moment, it was the best time, for missing today would mean there was no chance to turn the tide.

Taking a breath, Meng Jun loudly commanded, "All generals, hear my order, traitorous rebels are attacking the palace city, now follow me, the Grand Commandant, to support the King, clean the King's side, and suppress the rebels."

Those summoned by Meng Jun were his staunch loyalists, and now with a legitimate reason, they instantly shouted in unison, "Understood."

Soldiers marched in orderly steps towards the Imperial City, along the way shouting "Jiang family rebellion, Grand Commandant suppresses traitors," promoting righteousness in all directions.

Meanwhile, Meng Jun waved the Qionghuang Azure Dragon Banner, and an azure dragon soared, whisking him and the Eldest Prince into the sky, flying towards the Imperial City.

Nearing the Imperial City, they indeed saw about a dozen people attacking the palace city, already moving through the air and onto the city walls, yet blocked by the Forbidden Army's formation on the walls.

"Jiang Sikong had long sensed abnormalities among his clansmen, thus relocating most of them to the Divine Capital, having Jiang Family Elders and Dinghu Sect's Yuheng watch them strictly, resulting in the older generation finding it hard to freely enter or leave the clan grounds. Unfortunately, he didn't realize the problem was never with the older generation."

A soft laugh echoed again in Meng Jun's ears, evidently King Shu had stealthily followed.

Regarding King Shu's words, Meng Jun felt both shocked and apprehensive.

Jiang Li's actions were astute and thorough, making things difficult even for the old fox Meng Jun, yet Jiang Li hadn't expected to be caught in a trap himself.

Upon hearing someone from the Jiang family was turned, Meng Jun immediately thought of those old guys. Experienced in the officialdom, these guys mostly prioritize interests, lacking absolute loyalty. Turning them was difficult but required offering enough benefits; conversely, turning them was easy if sufficient benefits were provided.

However, the reality was that no one attempted to turn the old guys; instead, the target was the younger generation.

These young people lacked depth and mostly remained loyal to Jiang Li due to his teachings of Innate Qi, yet ultimately were turned behind the scenes.

No, it wasn't just turning.

Meng Jun's Divine Sense detected the youths attacking the palace city mostly appeared fanatical, clearly abnormal, and evidently subjected to certain Divine Sense techniques.

This made the hidden forces even more elusive, possibly deploying a secret technique to conceal destiny, preventing the cunning Jiang Sikong from discerning the truth.

Meng Jun even suspected that Jiang Li sensed the Jiang family's potential betrayal all along because King Shu or someone behind him deliberately leaked clues. Jiang Li thought responding was enough, but his responses fell short, making it better not to respond at all.

Who would have thought, the real target was a dozen relatively weak youths, and their role wasn't to be the knife stabbing Jiang Li, but mud thrown on the Jiang family.

Expending such effort just for this setup seemed unworthy, yet if effective, it was indeed worthwhile.

At least Jiang Li failed to anticipate this, unable to respond effectively.

As an old fox, Meng Jun understood the cause and effect upon witnessing this scene, shocked yet moving swiftly, the azure dragon soared swiftly and directly flew towards the palace.

If the Emperor were still around, even third-grade couldn't leap palace walls, unfortunately, the Emperor was no longer present.

Therefore, Meng Jun aimed to bring the Emperor back for Great Zhou.

The azure dragon didn't fly towards the Ziwei Hall as the central hub, but instead directly towards the North Gate, targeting the location where the Emperor was sealed.

However, before the azure dragon reached halfway, Divine Fire descended from the sky, with the Vermilion Bird emerging in flames, slicing through the air towards them.

"Princess!"

Meng Jun's face turned solemn, waving the Qionghuang Azure Dragon Banner, seeing the azure dragon coil and stir clouds, azure mist expanding outward like tides, colliding with the incoming Divine Fire.

"Boom!"

Ripples reverberated in mid-air, with Thunderclap appearing from the sky, striking towards the Divine Fire, thunder and fire clashing, producing deafening rumbling.

The Fifth Grade Dao Fruit Meng Jun possessed was the Jishui Leopard from the Azure Dragon Seven Stars, located at the dragon's tail, governing water, and pertaining to wind. While the Fourth Grade Dao Fruit was the Master Wood Star among the Lords of the Five Elements, mastering mountain forests, vegetation, dragon and snake, wind and thunder affairs.

Using water to birth wood, the old Meng Jun was evidently preparing for elevating to the Azure Dragon Dao Fruit.

The Princess, on the other hand, was purely on the Fire Element path, Fifth Grade Fire Mansion Star, Fourth Grade Fire Star Lord, with the next third grade being the Vermilion Bird of the South.

Wood could birth fire, theoretically favoring the Princess, yet at this time of spring, when Wood Element thrived, Meng Jun further transformed the Wood Element into wind and thunder, countering the Divine Fire, in their clash——

Azure Dragon halted!

Unexpectedly, the Princess slightly prevailed.

Clearly, the Grand Commandant's expertise in military affairs didn't translate into superiority in direct confrontation, with Meng Jun being slightly inferior in terms of power.

Meng Jun's face turned grave, suppressing the undulating True Qi, realizing the disparity between them.