273: Chapter 277 Revenge

Qiao Wei took one step after another.

Slowly, she walked into the Imperial Palace.

Behind her...

...were fallen corpses.

Along the path she had walked...

...a river of blood gradually formed.

The commotion grew larger and larger.

Qiao Wei only killed those who stood in her way and attacked her.

Those who fled...

...she did not pursue.

Seven minutes later.

She reached the Inner Court, which was defended by the Imperial Guards.

All the guards on this level were now in full defense mode.

The two guards who had been joking earlier were now as tense as if facing a formidable foe.

They had previously felt that the opponent would never be able to reach them.

However, when they saw the person approaching...

...they couldn't help but widen their eyes.

It was just a woman who looked frail and weak.

Yet she killed as if mowing down grass.

Those guards were like melons and vegetables being chopped before her.

No one could withstand a single exchange.

From beginning to end.

Her footsteps never faltered.

She didn't even pause once.

The first line of defense in the Inner Court...

...consisted of guards who were all Martial Artists at the fourth layer of the Acquired realm or higher.

The Commander was a Martial Artist at the seventh layer of the Acquired realm.

Just like her first strike...

...Qiao Wei killed the Commander in a single move.

He was no different from anyone else.

Seeing this, the two men...

...immediately screamed frantically and fled.

There were four layers of defense in the Inner Court.

The final layer was guarded by two Martial Arts Grandmasters.

Within fifteen minutes, Qiao Wei had already reached the second gate.

By now, the entire Imperial City had been alerted.

All defenders had received the alarm.

Soon.

Qiao Wei broke through the third gate.

In just half an hour.

More than two hundred Imperial experts had died.

She was now approaching the fourth gate.

Guarding it were two Martial Arts Grandmasters.

One of them, a Vice Chief Commander...

...looked at the Chief Commander and asked.

"Sir, do you think she can be a match for us?"

"To break through four gates of the inner and outer courts within half an hour is no small feat. I don't believe I could do it."

The Chief Commander was a middle-aged man in his early forties.

He was two meters tall.

There was a deep scar on his face.

His eyes were eager for a fight.

When he heard the question from the Vice Chief Commander, who was also a Martial Arts Grandmaster...

...he only replied calmly.

"We shall wait and see."

He was full of confidence in his martial arts and combat strength.

Even if a top-tier Martial Arts Grandmaster appeared before him...

...he wouldn't even blink an eye.

Soon.

All the guards gathered at the fourth gate.

The two Martial Arts Grandmasters saw a woman slowly walking toward them.

Her face was somewhat unclear.

Something feels wrong about this woman, the Chief Commander thought.

Yes.

He was the Emperor's closest supporter.

He was also one of those who had ravaged Qiao Wei back then.

So when he saw her...

...she looked somewhat familiar.

But his brain just couldn't recall that person.

Nearly a hundred years had passed since that event.

Over these years...

...he had defiled countless women.

To the point that his memory had become somewhat blurred.

From the first moment Qiao Wei saw that Chief Commander...

...the bloodthirsty instinct within her body began to lose control.

Bloodlust is the instinct of a Ghostly Entity.

Especially for a powerful Ghostly Entity like Qiao Wei.

A terrifying pressure...

...caused everyone to freeze in place.

It was as if every cell in their bodies had fallen into fear.

Giving up resistance.

Everyone at the fourth gate of the Inner Court was at least an Innate realm Martial Artist.

But the combined effect of the Ghostly Qi pressure was too powerful.

It was more than they could bear.

Even the two Martial Arts Grandmasters were paralyzed.

That Chief Commander could only cry out...

"Help!"

Then his tongue hung all the way out.

Qiao Wei's figure vanished.

She appeared in front of the Chief Commander.

She hadn't used spatial teleportation.

It was just that her speed was too fast.

Those people couldn't see it.

For the first time since entering the Imperial Palace...

...she removed the veil from her face.

As soon as the Chief Commander saw that face...

...every cell in his body screamed of danger.

He remembered this face very clearly.

They had tortured her for seven days and seven nights in that mountain.

This was all part of the Crown Prince's plan.

Furthermore...

...Qiao Wei was, after all, a member of the Qiao Family.

How could they possibly forget her face?

Qiao Wei grabbed his neck.

She lifted him into the air.

His neck was on the verge of snapping.

Chief Commander Tong Wei tried to open his mouth...

...to say something.

"It was Your Majesty who ordered us to do that. Spare my life..."

But Qiao Wei listened to nothing.

She simply reached out... another... hand with a calm expression.

She grabbed the opponent's vi...tals.

With a single pull... she... ripped... it... off.

Tong Wei let out a piercing scream.

But Qiao Wei didn't stop at all.

She thrust her hand into his chest.

She pried apart his ribs.

Then she took out his internal organs one by one.

Then she grabbed his trachea and tore it out.

The trachea and lungs were ripped out of the chest cavity together.

The guards watched this scene in a daze.

Although they had experienced quite a few bloody battles...

...this kind of extreme torture was another matter entirely to them.

Some could not even maintain their sanity.

They collapsed directly to the ground.

After finishing off Tong Wei...

Qiao Wei looked at the Vice Chief Commander.

She cut off his head with a single strike.

She didn't want to waste time on the others.

However, shortly after...

...fourteen even more powerful auras...

...all at the level of the previous Chief Commander...

...appeared before her.

These fourteen people were all Martial Arts Grandmasters.

Ninety years ago...

...the Imperial Family had eight Martial Arts Grandmasters.

And those culprits had later all become Martial Arts Grandmasters through some Opportunity or another.

Among them...

...was the Crown Prince from back then.

Who was also the current Emperor.