Looking at the four Rune Puppet stones that had their heads blown off not far away, Lin Hao had mixed feelings in his heart at the moment.
The strength of a blind Sword Saint was already able to withstand the thousands of troops on their side, and the situation in the field was completely tilted on one side.
"Without a talisman puppet beast, this time I want to see how you can show off."
Yan Hongyi seemed to smile, staring at Lin Hao and said indifferently.
In this engagement today, whether it was General Qin Xiong or the fourth prince Yan Chen, he didn't put it in his eyes.
Only Lin Hao could make him feel the flavor of a competitor.
That kind of fun of being equal to each other, as if they were competitors in chess.
Every time the pattern changed, it was difficult to figure out each one's next move.
"Ah!!!"
Right at this moment, a miserable scream suddenly rang out.
However, he saw that not far away from the battle circle, the Fire Scaled Tiger violently pounced on Sun Mu's body, and with a mouthful of lockjaw, he directly bit his neck off.
Snort-!
Scarlet blood splattered in all directions, further stimulating the primitive animal nature of the Fire Scale Tiger, causing its biting to be crazy and vicious!
In just a few short breaths, this ninth level powerhouse was bitten to death alive, and even his corpse was swallowed alive by the Fire Scaled Tiger.
"Sorry, my pet, seems to be a bit hungry."
The corner of Lin Hao's mouth spread a playful smile, disliking Yan Hongyi in return.
Seeing this, Yan Hongyi, however, didn't even frown a bit, his expression indifferent.
It was as if that dead Sun Mu was like an insignificant chess piece to him.
In the chessboard, a rank nine martial artist, in exchange for killing the other party's four rank nine talisman puppets, was not at a disadvantage.
However, now that the Blind Sword Saint's favor had been returned, he wouldn't be able to help again.
The change of the situation in the field was also due to Lin Hao's influence, and his original strategy, which was completely skewed.
If the fight continued, the probability of winning was not high.
It seems that one can only hope for the last dangerous move!
As his mind turned, Yan Hongyi suddenly raised his head.
He looked at the sun that had risen to the middle of the sky and muttered, "Time ... is almost up."
"Clang--!"
When Yan Hongyi's voice had just fallen, deep within the imperial palace, there was suddenly a loud and clear bell chime that resounded.
Clang! Clang! Clang ...!!!
Immediately afterward, the bells sounded one after another, gradually becoming urgent.
The sudden sound of the bell immediately caused the faces of Qin Xiong, Gu Lie, and the many high-ranking officials in the arena to become solemn.
Listening to the direction of its bell, it was clearly the ancestral hall in the northern city of the palace.
There, there was a tripod of ancient bells, but whenever a successive monarch passed away, he would send someone to immediately ring twenty-four times to sacrifice his achievements.
For a while, the killing, which had lasted for several hours, only gradually came to a halt.
Regardless of whether it was the close guards, the city defense army, the security army, or the imperial forest army, all of the soldiers dropped their weapons in their hands with great tacit understanding, and looked in the direction of the depths of the palace.
"Could it be that His Majesty he ..."
Qin Xiong's thick eyebrows were frowning, his mood was quite heavy.
"Father!"
Fourth Prince Yan Chen's expression tightened, unwilling to believe what was in his heart.
The corner of Yan Hongyi's mouth, however, had a subtle arc that rose slightly.
He even closed his eyes, that heavy bell sound, echoing in his ears as if it was melodious music, his expression extremely enjoyable.
"This guy, could it be that he has some scheme again?"
Lin Hao's eyes sank slightly as he glanced at Yan Hongyi, vaguely having a bad premonition.
And then, as the twenty-four bells ended.
Three black shadows swept out from the gate of the imperial city at the high platform.
The three of them were none other than the three group leaders of the Underworld Pavilion.
Dark Eagle, Long Jiu, and Feng Ming.
And under the gaze of the crowd, Dark Eagle walked to the edge of the high platform.
"It is officially announced that His Majesty has passed away just now."
He swept his gaze indifferently towards the center square below, then made a loud announcement in an official tone.
The moment these words came out, the entire audience was shocked!
"What? His Majesty is dead?!"
"He was fine just now, how did he suddenly ..."
For a while, the sounds of shock and disbelief in the arena rang out one after another.
Qin Xiong faced the Imperial City and suddenly knelt down on one knee, saying with a composed expression, "Please rest in peace, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty rest in peace!"
The vast majority of the military generals and palace officials also fell to their knees at this moment, shouting in unison.
"How exactly did Father die?"
Yan Chen raised his head, his eyes reddening as he stared at Dark Eagle, inquiring.
"After the imperial physician's examination, the cause of His Majesty's death, it is highly likely that he was poisoned with some sort of chronic poison, and just a few moments ago, he suddenly poisoned himself to death."
Dark Eagle's voice, remained cold.
As an assassin, he viewed life and death, and had long been as flat as water.
"Chronic poison?"
Yan Chen's face was slightly stunned, and he said in shock and anger, "Who poisoned him?!"
"It's unclear, this chronic poison, it is estimated that it was already swallowed by His Majesty several days ago."
Dark Eagle shook his head and said in a cold voice, "So within a short period of time, it's difficult to track down the murderer."
Hearing this, Lin Hao raised his eyebrows lightly and glanced at Yan Hongyi who was not far away.
He couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart.
This fellow, he was really vicious.
No, to be exact, it should be an animal that had already lost its humanity!
Not only did he design to kill his two elder brothers, but now even his own father was poisoned to death by him!
"As far as I know, since the death of the Crown Prince, Father did not make another will for the succession of the throne."
At this time, Yan Hongyi's faint voice suddenly rang out.
His kind of words, in this atmosphere at this moment, were extremely piercing.
However, Yan Chen's anger that was suppressed in his heart was seen to erupt in an instant.
"Yan Hongyi, are you an animal!"
Yan Chen's eyes were covered in blood, angrily glaring at the Third Prince, his face flushed red as he sternly roared, "Father's corpse is not yet cold, and you're even still coveting the throne!"
Yan Hongyi spread his hands and blandly said, "A person's death cannot be resurrected, as the saying goes, a home cannot be without a master for a day, and a country cannot be without a ruler for a day."
"Now that father is dead, we must reestablish the new Yan King as soon as possible to reorganize the dynasty."
Saying this, Yan Hongyi actually took out a yellow booklet from his storage ring with the four golden colors of 'Yan Clan's Royal Genealogy' written on it.
"According to the clan rules of our royal lineage, Article 108 is recorded."
As he spoke, he flipped the booklet open in a light manner and spoke with a righteous air, "But whenever a king dies suddenly and violently when he hasn't yet made a will, the next throne will be succeeded by the first son of the direct line."
Hearing this, Lin Hao's eyes sank slightly, vaguely guessing something.
It was simply a vicious heart!
"And now, both royal brothers have died."
As expected, he heard Yan Hongyi continue, "According to the rules of the clan, there is an order between the eldest and youngest, I should inherit the position of the late emperor."
"That's right, Third Highness ascending to the throne is justified, we all support it!"
Captain Wang raised his long sword and shouted with an exuberant face.
"Support Third Highness to succeed the throne!!!"
In a flash, the rebels present raised their weapons and roared in unison.
That kind of impassioned voice resounded through the clouds!
Listening to the sounds of support echoing in the square, Fourth Prince Yan Chen's face, at this moment, was gloomy to the extreme.
His body also couldn't help but tremble due to his violent anger, his right hand gripping his longsword tightly as killing intent filled the air!
The princes and nobles on the high platform, one by one, all fell silent and did not refute.
Because, according to the royal family rules, there was indeed such an explicit order.
Some people with strict minds also finally realized that Yan Hongyi's final plot was actually this!