Chapter 786: Breaking the Evil Spell

Li Yang was startled, knowing that he and his companions had been discovered. He quickly stood up, grabbed the prince, and quickly retreated in the direction they came from.

"Go!" Li Yang shouted in a low voice.

The prince and two guards also reacted quickly and followed Li Yang to the exit.

The elders roared angrily behind him: "Stop them! Don't let them escape!"

For a while, footsteps and shouts were heard one after another in the entire underground palace.

Li Yang took out a few talismans from his arms while running and threw them behind him.

Those talismans burned in the air, turning into walls of fire, blocking the pursuit.

"Your Highness... In this state, I'm afraid we have been exposed."

Li Yang said as he ran, "We must leave here as soon as possible and notify the people outside to come for reinforcements!"

The prince nodded and panted and said: "You are right... We must... as soon as possible..."

Before he finished speaking, several men in black suddenly rushed out from the front and blocked the way.

Seeing this, Li Yang was too lazy to recite the spell.

He raised his hand and released the deformed ground spikes.

Countless tentacles covered with mucus drilled out from below, pierced the bodies of those guys and fixed them firmly.

"Go!" Li Yang grabbed the prince's arm and pulled him forward.

The two guards followed closely behind, turning back from time to time to block the pursuers.

Finally, they came to the entrance of the underground palace. The prince hurriedly took out the key and opened the stone door in a hurry.

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly rushed out of the darkness and rushed towards the prince.

"Be careful!" Li Yang shouted and pushed the prince away.

The black shadow pounced on nothing and turned to attack Li Yang.

Li Yang hurriedly dodged, but his arm was still scratched by the opponent's sharp claws.

"Hiss..." Li Yang cried out in pain and took a breath of cold air.

"Master Li!" the prince exclaimed.

Li Yang frowned, took out a pill from his bosom and swallowed it, then shouted to the prince: "Go! Don't worry about me!"

The prince gritted his teeth and was about to say something when he suddenly heard a noise from afar.

"Your Highness the Prince! Your Highness the Prince!"

It was the voice of the Imperial Guards!

It turned out that the prince had made preparations before leaving the East Palace.

If he did not come back within the specified time, it meant that he might be in danger.

The Imperial Guards found that the prince was missing and immediately started searching.

In an instant, hundreds of Imperial Guards rushed into the underground palace.

Hearing that the reinforcements were coming, the men in black panicked and fled in all directions.

Seeing this, Li Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He stood up slightly and said to the prince:

"Your Highness, seal the underground palace as soon as possible and don't let those people escape."

The prince nodded and immediately ordered: "Come here! Seal all exits for me, don't let any of them escape!"

With the arrival of the guards, the entire underground palace was quickly surrounded.

However, when they rushed into the depths of the underground palace, they found that the men in black had disappeared.

The huge bronze tripod was still in place, but the black air in the tripod and the souls floating around it had disappeared.

"Damn it!" The prince hammered the wall angrily, "Let them run away!"

Li Yang carefully checked the surroundings and found some clues.

"If that's the case..." he said, "It seems that there is a secret passage here that we don't know about. They may have escaped from there."

The prince's face became even gloomier when he heard this: "So, there is a traitor in the palace?"

Li Yang nodded: "I'm afraid so... And, according to what the elder said just now, they have other accomplices outside."

The prince took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"Master Li," he said in a deep voice, "what should we do now?"

Li Yang thought for a moment and said:

"First, we must rescue those whose souls have been taken away as soon as possible."

"Although the bronze tripod is gone, I can still find a way to track their souls based on the traces left behind."

"Secondly..." he continued, "you'd better strengthen the vigilance in the palace, especially pay close attention to the movements of the ministers in the court."

"Since the Poison Dragon Cult dared to act in the palace, there must be an insider."

The prince nodded: "Okay, I'll do as you say, but..."

He looked at Li Yang's injured arm, "Your injury..."

Li Yang shook his head: "It doesn't matter, I have taken the elixir and will recover soon."

"There are more important things to deal with right now."

The prince heard this and a trace of gratitude flashed in his eyes.

"That's fine." He said, "In that case, let's start the action immediately."

"I will personally plan this matter and I must avenge my father!"

In this way, a large-scale search for the remnants of the Poison Dragon Cult was quietly launched in the capital.

At the same time, Li Yang also began to track down the missing souls.

Unfortunately, things did not go as smoothly as expected.

Just like before.

After meeting once, the people of the Poison Dragon Cult seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth, and no trace could be found at all.

And the breath of those souls became weaker and weaker, making it difficult for Li Yang to track them.

To make matters worse, as time went by, the physical condition of the guards and palace maids who had lost their souls began to deteriorate.

If their souls could not be found again, I am afraid that their lives would soon be in danger.

Just when Li Yang and the prince were worried about this matter, a shocking news suddenly came from outside the capital.

Unexpectedly, the news that the emperor of Daxing Kingdom had died actually reached the border.

Then the general at the border rebelled and led an army of 100,000 to the capital!

This news was like a bolt from the blue, causing the entire court to fall into great panic.

The prince immediately realized that this was the action on the other side that the Poison Dragon Cult mentioned.

After hearing the news, Li Yang and the prince felt that the seriousness of the situation was beyond their expectations.

The border army rebelled and headed straight for the capital, which was undoubtedly a huge crisis.

The prince immediately summoned important officials in the court to discuss countermeasures.

Li Yang was also invited to the palace to participate in the discussion.

"My dear ministers." The prince said in a deep voice, "The current situation is critical. The border troops have rebelled and are heading towards our capital."

"We must take action as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

The court officials were discussing, some advocated immediately mobilizing troops near the capital to meet the enemy, while others thought that envoys should be sent to persuade them first.

Li Yang listened to everyone's discussion quietly, and suddenly said: "Your Highness, I have something to say."

The prince motioned for him to continue.

Li Yang said: "According to my speculation, this rebellion is likely related to the Poison Dragon Cult..."

"Either verbal provocation or evil magic invasion... In short, they used this to provoke rebellion, and they must want to gain something from it."

"If this is true, then it is not enough to suppress it by force alone."

"We must find a way to break their evil magic, otherwise even if we defeat the rebels, there is no guarantee that there will be no more trouble."

The prince frowned when he heard this: "Master Li is right. But how to break this evil magic?"