This time, unlike before, the Imperial Guards were prepared and held a firm belief to kill. Even after witnessing the immense power of the Buddha Bone Powder and seeing their comrades being killed, they showed no signs of retreating!
On the contrary, once they realized that the effect of Buddha Bone Powder only extended to a radius of about ten meters, they quickly adjusted their strategy.
Their intention was clear!
You want to blow up your body? Able to incapacitate people within a radius of ten meters? Come on then!
Excluding Phyllis, there were eight of them in total. Julia had no martial arts skills, leaving only seven Bloody Wolf Group members. And with Pupil Wolf and Spirit Wolf responsible for the killing, only five, led by Spirit Wolf, could act as human bombs!
Just now, another one had exploded! Leaving four left!
And Spirit Wolf! He stayed beside Julia and Phyllis, responsible for their safety!
So, calculating, it seemed that only the remaining three Bloody Wolf Group members could explode. Facing the siege of over nine hundred Imperial Guards, how many could they kill with their self-destruction? At most, they could incapacitate a hundred!
However, with only Pupil Wolf and Spirit Wolf responsible for killing, no matter how many they killed, before they could finish off those hundred or so, the remaining eight hundred Imperial Guards would have already charged and annihilated them!!!
Just as the Imperial Guards leader had said earlier! The difference in numbers was too great!
Even in a war of attrition, the Imperial Guards could still kill Pupil Wolf and others here!!!
Boom! The members of the Bloody Wolf Group instantly understood the intentions of the Imperial Guards. They knew that they wouldn’t escape death today. However, in their eyes, there was only overwhelming rage and chilling intent to kill, without a trace of fear. Before Pupil Wolf and Spirit Wolf could finish off the first wave of incapacitated guards, another silhouette dashed forth with a whooshing sound, charging into the second wave of guards, detonating his own body on the spot.
This was the third member of the Bloody Wolf Group to self-destruct!
Without any surprise, the blast of dark energy swept away the flesh and blood of the Bloody Wolf Group member, scattering it in all directions. The Buddha Bone Powder mixed within it brought a momentary pause to the onslaught of the Imperial Guards.
But even if Pupil Wolf and Spirit Wolf tried their utmost to kill, disregarding everything else, they simply couldn’t kill all of these people!
Furthermore, these well-trained guards adapted quickly. Those affected by the Buddha Bone Powder and temporarily incapacitated quickly retreated from the battlefield as soon as they saw that Pupil Wolf and Spirit Wolf couldn’t get to them. They ran faster than rabbits!
As soon as they left, the third wave of guards surged forward!
Over nine hundred men, wave after wave, kept charging!
One wave would explode, one wave would run, and then another wave would come!
There were too many! The Imperial Guards were just too many!
The few members of the Bloody Wolf Group simply couldn’t explode enough of them, and Pupil Wolf and Spirit Wolf couldn’t kill enough of them. They could only detonate as many as they could and kill as many as they could.
If they were going to die, they would die spectacularly!
Julia, under the protection of Spirit Wolf, stood at the back of everyone, holding Phyllis tightly in her arms. However, this time, she didn’t cover Phyllis’s eyes, letting her witness everything.
She cried. Phyllis cried too.
Her body was shaking fiercely.
Phyllis’s voice had gone hoarse from crying, her eyes swollen. She was on the verge of fainting. She was just a little girl over four years old, a well-behaved and understanding child who had just experienced a painful parting with Cecilia. Now, she was watching the uncles who had been taking good care of her die one by one to protect her. Their deaths were so horrific, their bodies shattered, blood and gore everywhere.
Reality was so cruel. How could Phyllis bear it?
“Good!”
“They died well!”
“Kill!”
“Kill for me!”
In stark contrast to the situation here, upon seeing the members of the Bloody Wolf Group one after another self-destructing but still unable to stop the onslaught of the Imperial Guards, a few of the late-stage Imperial Guard leaders stood in front of the palace gates, outside the battlefield, giving orders. Their faces were full of excitement, unable to help but laugh loudly.
It was thrilling! It had been a long time since they had been so thrilled.
“Charge!”
“Keep charging!”
“Cleanse these rebellious traitors, leave no one standing!”
The guard leader who was confronting Pupil Wolf and others just a moment ago was the most excited, as if he was commanding an army of thousands. His satisfaction was beyond words.
“Ha ha!”
“Ha ha ha ha ha…”
His laughter was incredibly arrogant, echoing miles away, causing a great commotion among the crowd outside the palace gates.
However, just as he was laughing, suddenly, a silhouette shot out from the crowd, like a bolt of lightning, with an ear-piercing whoosh, charging at him with lightning speed.
Then, the second, third, fourth shadows emerged from the crowd!
A total of a dozen people!
They were led by Tim Lewis, from the Four Great Families!
Finally! After weighing the pros and cons and struggling with his thoughts, Tim Lewis decided to lend a hand!
“Who’s there?”
The commotion behind them immediately alarmed the few guard leaders. Their hearts thumped sharply, they spun around, and the mocking laughter abruptly ceased!
But! Tim Lewis was heading straight for them!
Just as they turned around, they saw, in the blink of an eye, a shadow flashing. Tim Lewis was already in front of them. The guard leader’s face changed dramatically. Before he could speak or react, Tim Lewis unleashed a punch without hesitation, striking directly at his temple!
This punch! It was filled with Tim Lewis’s full fury and the powerful dark energy of a Complete Stage practitioner! Its power was unimaginable!
Boom! Without any surprise, Tim Lewis’s punch shattered the guard leader’s head like a watermelon. The brain matter splattered out just like the red flesh of a watermelon!
And so!
Everyone witnessed the shocking scene. The head of the guard who was laughing boastfully just moments before was now shattered, his life lost in an instant!
Fast! The death was too swift!
So swift that he didn’t even have the chance to scream!
After his head exploded, his body remained standing there as blood spurted out from his severed neck like a fountain!
Thump! A few seconds later, his headless corpse collapsed backward!
Whoosh! Tim Lewis’s punch was so sudden and powerful that it left the other guard leaders stunned. It also caused a wave of screams among the onlookers!
Whoosh!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
Apart from Tim Lewis, the people from the four major families ignored the situation here and directly rushed into the encirclement of over nine hundred guards to rescue Pupil Wolf and others!
Clearly! This was the plan they had discussed before taking action. A few guard leaders were left to Tim Lewis to handle, while the others aimed to rescue Pupil Wolf and others in the chaos!
At least! They wanted to save Spirit Wolf and Phyllis!!!
Spirit Wolf! He could save their lives!
As for Phyllis! She was Sean’s daughter, they had to save her. If Sean happened to survive, saving Phyllis would be a great merit!
“You! How dare you!”
Seeing their companion’s death, and the people from the four major families rushing towards Pupil Wolf and others, the remaining guard leaders, in their horror, all turned their gaze to Tim Lewis, gritting their teeth and saying, “You dare to kill a guard leader in front of the imperial city gate and rescue traitors, are you tired of living?”
They! Naturally, they could feel the terrifying aura emanating from Tim Lewis. They knew that Tim Lewis was a Complete Stage practitioner. Therefore, although they were angry, they did not rush to take action!
“Yes, I’m tired of living!”
Tim Lewis said in a deep voice, “But before I die, I want to take a few of you down with me. I presume you won’t mind, right?”
Once he decided to help, Tim Lewis naturally cast aside all his concerns! Just do it!
So! The moment his words fell, his seemingly old body, like a fierce cheetah, charged directly at the few guard leaders!
The battle! Had again taken a dramatic turn!
Although there was only one realm difference between the Complete Stage and Late Stage, it was as vast as a chasm. Even if outnumbered, Tim Lewis was confident and capable!
On the other side! When the people from the four major families reached Pupil Wolf and others, only Pupil Wolf, Spirit Wolf, and another member of the Bloody Wolf Group were left!
The other four! All perished in self-explosion!!!
Had they been a moment later, the next one to choose self-destruction would have been Spirit Wolf!
A dozen people dispersed. Five of them were responsible for protecting Julia and Phyllis, while the other seven or eight went to assist Pupil Wolf and Spirit Wolf: “Sorry, we arrived too late!”
The sudden appearance of people from the four great families, to be honest, took them by surprise. After all, this was not an ordinary battlefield. Once involved, they could potentially face the immense risk of complete annihilation!
They, of course, were aware that the people from the four great families should have been there all along! However, they had been hesitating! Who wouldn’t hesitate in such a situation?
Therefore, they now had no reason, no mood, and no time to blame the people from the four great families for coming too late, hence allowing the members of the Bloody Wolf Group to self-destruct and perish!
“Get Phyllis out of here!”
After a long period of extreme combat, Pupil Wolf was now drenched in sweat and gasping for breath, covered in blood from head to toe. She turned her head to look at the master of the Young family, Benedict Young, and said, “Don’t worry about us!”
Upon making eye contact with Pupil Wolf, Benedict Young’s pupils abruptly narrowed in fright! Pupil Wolf’s eyes at this moment were completely blood-red, so much so that her pupils were invisible! The sight was terrifying!
Moreover, blood tears were streaming from Pupil Wolf’s eyes, mixing with the blood splattered on her face from the enemy, and continually flowing down her cheeks!
Pupil Wolf’s eye technique was powerful, capable of both confusing people’s minds and enhancing her own perception and fighting strength during battles, but it was also a forbidden technique!
Each use came with substantial side effects, especially for Pupil Wolf, who wasn’t particularly advanced in her technique. The side effects were even more severe when she forcefully used the technique!
Last time, in Crane, Pupil Wolf had forcefully used the technique once to search for Sean’s body in the raging river, and blood tears had flowed then!
Sean had repeatedly warned Pupil Wolf not to use the technique forcibly again!
However, Pupil Wolf did not heed Spirit Wolf’s warning and Sean’s admonition!
Yesterday, in the Palace of Wolf, she had forcefully used the technique once again!
Today, in the Imperial City, she once again forcefully put it to use, not for anything else, but to kill one more enemy and increase the chances of getting Phyllis out of the Imperial City alive!
She was willing and resolute, with no regrets!
Each time, she fought with the determination to die, not even fearing death, so what was there to fear about losing her sight?
All of this, Benedict Young, and the others didn’t know!
However, Pupil Wolf’s current state still deeply shocked them. In surprise, they gritted their teeth and said, “Miss Pupil, rest assured, since we are here, we will surely get Mr. Mason’s daughter out of the Imperial City alive!”
“Not just her!”
“You too!!!”
Those who rushed over from the four great families were all elites. Aside from Tim Lewis at the Complete Stage not being mentioned, half of these dozen people were Late Stage practitioners!
The other half were at the same middle stage as Pupil Wolf and Spirit Wolf!
With this kind of lineup, they certainly couldn’t win a war of attrition against the more than 900 Imperial Guards, but if they were determined to escape, the chances of success were high!
Hence, in the following few minutes, with the help of the people from the four great families, Julia and Phyllis were protected in the center. They began to fight back fiercely, step by step advancing towards the palace gate!
This increased the pressure on the Imperial Guards!
As Pupil Wolf and the others charged to a point only a few tens of meters away from the palace gate, Tim Lewis at the gate had already successfully killed several of the Imperial Guard leaders. Then, from the other side, that is, from behind the Imperial Guards, he charged and formed a pincer attack with Pupil Wolf and the others!
Among these Imperial Guards, consisting of early and middle-stage practitioners from the Dark Realm, Tim Lewis stood out like a crane among chickens!
His joining was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, a fox into a chicken coop, and in an instant, he broke the formation of the Imperial Guards!
At this point, the citizens outside the Imperial City who were watching the battle were completely stunned, frightened, and some timid ones even wet their pants from hundreds of meters away!
Among the crowd, there were many members of the capital’s major families!
Among them, of course, were practitioners under Roscoe’s command!
“Your Highness!”
Someone holding a mobile phone was calling Roscoe, speaking with a serious expression, “More than half of the members of Sean’s Bloody Wolf Group have died, only the last three remain!”
“Originally, they were in a desperate situation!”
“But, the practitioners from the four major families in the capital suddenly stepped in to rescue them. What’s strange is that the royal guards in the Imperial City have remained silent!”
“At this rate, they might rescue Sean’s daughter from the Imperial City!”
“Should we intervene and stop them???”