Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 431: One Step Away

East Straight Gate, a majestic portal that had witnessed countless merchants and travelers pass through, bearing the prosperity of the capital, had now become a hellish battleground of blood and fire.

The blazing flames from the torches cast flickering light and shadow across the terrified faces of the soldiers. The sounds of battle cries, the clash of weapons, and the dying screams of the wounded intertwined, tearing through the silent night sky of the capital.

A dozen or so agile, ghostlike black figures, escorting a prisoner in chains whose back remained straight as a blade, pierced through the seemingly impenetrable defensive line of the Imperial Guard like a sharp knife.

At the very front was a death-man wearing a bronze mask. He wielded no weapon, yet his seemingly ordinary palms were the deadliest tools of all. Facing three Imperial Guards who flanked him from the side, their long spears leveled, he didn't even spare them a glance. He simply slapped out casually.

*Boom!*

An invisible force erupted violently. The three Imperial Guards, men and spears alike, flew backward as if struck head-on by a battering ram, screaming in agony. Midair, they spat out blood. When they hit the ground, their bones shattered. It was clear they wouldn't survive.

These guards were none other than the Shadow Guards, the ultimate trump card that Yongchang Marquis Chen Yuan had spent ten years secretly cultivating using the elixirs provided by the black-robed man.

Every single member of this group was at least at the early-stage Qi Refining level. Before an army of mortals, they were incomprehensible monsters.

Though the Imperial Guard had the advantage in numbers, they were as fragile as withered autumn grass before the Shadow Guards, easily mowed down in droves. When blades and spears struck the Shadow Guards, they only sparked against their bodies, leaving not even a white mark behind.

The Imperial Guard commander watched helplessly as his most elite personal soldiers had their necks twisted by a Shadow Guard in a single exchange. For the first time, fear and terror crept onto his battle-hardened face."This... this isn't power that mortals can possess!" he roared hoarsely. "Loose arrows! Loose arrows, I command! Shoot them down!"

On the city wall, archers who had been ready for some time released their bowstrings.

*Whir—*

A dense rain of arrows descended like a black storm cloud, covering the sky and the earth, their sharp whistling piercing the air and sending chills down spines.

despair-inducing scene

Arrowheads shattered, shafts snapped. Aside from leaving shallow white dots on their black robes, not a single arrow

circle. Watching this devastating, effortless slaughter before him, the once-dim flame of hope reignited in his eyes and burned

He trembled with excitement.

of death-men, nurtured with countless

head to glance toward the Imperial Palace. The cluster of buildings, appearing even more forbidding in the night, now held

long as I escape this day, before long, I will return with three hundred thousand iron cavalry and repay everything you've done to me today a

of hope blazed fiercely in his

this cage, it would be a wide sea for the fish to leap,

to the foot of the massive

was

the gate!" the Yongchang Marquis growled, barely containing his explosive

lightning, instantly breaking through the last few Imperial Guards blocking him and reaching the massive gate forged from ten thousand pounds

bloody gleam flashed in his eyes behind the bronze mask. The spiritual energy of his late-stage Qi Refining cultivation

"Open!"

thunderous shout, his palm, not particularly thick, slammed heavily against the icy cold

*BOOM—!!!*

terrifying sound so immense it made the

that single palm strike, the colossal gate, along with its massive crossbars, was forced inward, twisted, and deformed! Countless splinters of wood and shards of metal shot toward the inside of the city, tearing apart the soldiers who had been trying to brace

gate burst open

gate was the free, cool, and moisture-laden night air, the endless darkness leading to

joyous light exploded in

taking

Just one step.