Asking the future queen, the former Saintess of the Dragon Temple, and a top human powerhouse, Princess Jung Yeon, to plant a time bomb was really overkill.
But there was no other way, she was the only one who could do it.
The Yelan Principality's Heaven Sacrificial Dragon Altar was heavily guarded even in the middle of the night. If one wanted to sneak in and replace a stone slab inside without being discovered by anyone, it would be extremely difficult.
In addition to martial arts, one also had to have a very high level of mental power.
Although Grand Duke Lanshi hadn't arrived yet, the entire Heaven Sacrificial Dragon Altar was filled with Mental Masters. Only a top powerhouse like Jung Yeon could capture the blind spots covered by mental power.
And Jung Yeon was really strong. Replacing a stone slab that weighed 50 kilograms only took less than three seconds.
From prying up the original stone slab, to placing the timed explosive stone slab, to sweeping away all traces, it only took less than three seconds.
When she returned to the Shadow Pavilion's secret base (hotel), she even brought the original stone slab.
"Is it exactly the same?" Søren asked.
"Exactly the same," Jung Yeon said.
Søren tapped the surface of the stone slab with his finger and listened carefully. It was no different from the stone slab that he had prepared with the timed explosive.
He was completely relieved. When the time came, even if someone asked him to knock on every stone slab to check, there wouldn't be any flaws.
Søren suddenly said, "The consequences of assassinating a country's monarch are very serious, right?"
Jung Yeon nodded.
Søren said, "Aren't you worried about something?"
Jung Yeon shook her head and said, "If you aren't worried, why should I be worried?"
…
The next day, 9 AM!
The Yelan Principality's monarch, Grand Duke Lanshi, left the Yelan Palace under the protection of tens of thousands of soldiers and went to the Dragon Altar to worship the heavens.
Søren stood on the window on the second floor and looked into the distance.
Grand Duke Lanshi's procession passed by the central avenue a few hundred meters away.
The Yelan Palace and the Dragon Altar were both on the main road in the capital of the Yelan City. They were a dozen miles apart, so there was no need to take a detour.
At this time, the area of a few hundred meters on both sides of the central axis road had been completely cleared. All the people could see from afar was the majestic procession.
There were more than twenty thousand people in the team, and they were two to three thousand meters long.
From Søren's point of view, he could only see a huge crown. King Lan Shi should be inside the golden crown. If he was not mistaken, Grand Duchess Mo Ping should be inside as well.
There were hundreds of warriors and tens of thousands of soldiers protecting the golden crown.
This kind of guard was completely impregnable and airtight.
If one were to set off from here to assassinate Grand Duke Lanshi, even if he was the human's number one expert, the chances of success would be zero.
There was a limit to the Dragon Power. After killing hundreds of warriors, it would be exhausted.
The warriors of this world were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered after losing their Dragon Power.
After a full hour, the team of more than 20,000 people finally passed by. It was truly a huge display.
Søren looked at the scenery of the capital of the Yelan Kingdom, Orchid City.
He had been in this city for two days, but he had been working and recuperating in his room. This was the first time he had seen the city's scenery.
This city was smaller than the Furious Waves Royal City, but it was small. It was also a huge and prosperous city.
According to the information, Orchid City had a population of about 700,000, which was equivalent to about 70% of the Raging Wave Kingdom. It was also one of the big cities in the entire human kingdom.
Compared to the Royal City, the foreign culture here was much stronger. Almost all of them had blond hair, blue eyes, white skin, brown skin, and even one-tenth of black skin.
However, as the ruler of the Yelan Principality, the Lan Family was a typical Oriental race, not much different from Søren. On the other hand, the Ashi Family had a very obvious foreign bloodline.
Søren could not sneak into the place of worship, so he could only wait in this hotel, waiting for that loud explosion!
After the explosion, Søren had to escape immediately. So, this was his last chance to see the scenery of Orchid City.
…
Around 10: 30 in the morning.
Grand Duke Orchid's troops had already entered the Dragon Altar.
The Dragon Altar was huge, covering an area of more than a thousand acres. However, there were few buildings. The only eye-catching thing was the Towering Monument that was more than a hundred meters tall.
The reason why it was built so tall was because it hoped that it could convey the wishes of humans to the Dragon in the sky and receive the protection of the Dragon.
Almost every country had a Dragon Altar like this.
Every country's monarch had to worship the heavens at least once a year.
An army of more than 20,000 people surrounded the entire Dragon Altar.
More than a thousand warriors guarded every vital point of the city.
More than hundreds of mental strength masters, mental strength cultivators of the Dragon Temple, used their mental strength to monitor every corner of the Dragon Altar.
On the huge square, tens of thousands of soldiers lined up neatly like nails.
In the middle of the square was the Heaven Altar with 99 steps.
The hundred-meter-tall Heaven Reaching Stele was on the Heaven's Altar.
…
11: 30!
The Heavenly Official shouted, "Go!"
Immediately, Yelan Country's monarch, Grand Duke Orchid, led hundreds of civil and military officials up the 99 steps. Their speed was neither fast nor slow, it was solemn and dignified.
Grand Duke Orchid walked at the front alone.
As the Grand Duchess' wife, Princess Mo Ping of Western Liang was not favored by her husband, but it could not change the fact that she was the mother of the country. She was only three steps behind Grand Duke Orchid.
As the side wife, Ji Hui was nine steps behind.
Hundreds of civil and military officials were ten steps behind.
In such a strict hierarchy, the entire ruling class of the Yelan Principality surrounded and protected King Orchid as he ascended the Heaven Altar!
…
11: 45 in the morning!
Grand Duke Orchid walked up the 99 steps and arrived at the Heaven Altar.
The Heaven Altar had an area of 300 square meters.
In the middle stood the Towering Monument that was 100 meters tall. Below it was a huge cauldron that was lit with incense.
The jade floor in front of the cauldron was the one that Søren had replaced. There were 15 kilograms of explosives hidden in it.
Indeed, there were no signs of anything strange or unusual.
However, Grand Duke Orchid was still more than ten meters away from the jade floor.
There were only him and the main wife, Princess Mo Ping, on the entire Heaven Altar.
Hundreds of civil and military officials were waiting on the ten steps below, including the side wife, Princess Ji Hui.
The celestial official shouted, "Play music!"
Immediately, hundreds of musicians on the other side of the stairs played elegant music.
It was solemn and beautiful!
At the same time, King Orchid began the three kneels and nine kowtows!
"Kneel!"
Grand Duke Orchid knelt down and kowtowed three times to the Towering Monument. Three meters behind her, the main wife, Princess Mo Ping, also knelt down and kowtowed.
"Rise!"
Grand Duke Orchid stood up, and so did his wife, Princess Mo Ping.
"Let's go!"
Grand Duke Orchid took three steps forward, and his wife, Princess Mo Ping, followed.
"Kneel!"
Grand Duke Orchid knelt down and kowtowed three times.
Just like that, he took three steps, knelt once, and kowtowed thrice.
After three kneels and nine kowtows!
Grand Duke Orchid had already arrived in front of the cauldron under the Towering Monument. He stood on the jade floor that Søren had replaced.
The main wife, Mo Ping, was three meters behind him.
He was stepping on the time bomb that Søren had made.
According to the plan, it would detonate at noon!
…
The time was 11: 55.
There were still five minutes before the detonation!
At this moment, all the elegant music stopped!
All the officials were silent.
More than ten celestial officials stared at the hourglass, watching the last golden sand flow away.
As the sun moved bit by bit, the shadow of the Towering Monument became shorter and shorter.
At noon, the sun would be in the middle of the sky.
At that time, because the Towering Monument pointed directly at the sun and shone in the middle, there would not be any shadow.
This time was said to be the closest to the heavens, so it was also the most suitable time to pray to the heavens.
Time passed second by second.
The entire place was dead silent, waiting for the final moment to arrive.
Four minutes.
Three minutes.
Two minutes.
One minute!
It was twelve o 'clock at noon.
The golden sand in more than ten hourglasses had completely flowed out.
The sun shone on the Towering Monument, but there was no shadow.
The time bomb that Søren had made did not explode on time.
Grand Duke Lan Shi knelt on both knees, took out the words of worship, and began to chant loudly!
"Majestic Heavens, illuminate my land! Azure Dragon, bless my people! Gather the spirits of the land, rain and rain fall. Each in his place, commoners live in groups. Each in his place, from the present to the past … "
It was hard on Grand Duke Lan Shi. His body was weak and sickly, but he could still chant the words of worship so clearly that the hundreds of civil and military officials on the steps could hear it clearly.
Only the main wife, Mo Ping, who was a few meters behind him, could see his slightly trembling hands.
The entire words of worship were less than a thousand words.
The first few hundred words did not mention war, only the Dragon's kindness, the heaven and earth's kindness, the people's blessings, and so on.
It was only until the last few hundred words that the war of national humiliation was mentioned!
He hoped that the Dragon would protect him, and the heavens would protect him, so that the Yelan Principality could wash away its national humiliation and reclaim its homeland.
In the beginning, Grand Duke Lan Shi had some difficulty reciting the words of worship. However, as he recited, he recalled the humiliating war from 20 years ago and felt his blood boil.
He then recalled that his son, Prince Lan Tu, had led 300,000 troops to attack Helan Pass and was about to take it down.
Before he left the palace, he had just received a report.
Rouran City Lord, Ashita Liren, had personally gone to the battlefield and was highly skilled in martial arts, raising the morale of the Rouran troops. However, the Rouran troops had been slacking for close to a decade and their combat strength had been greatly reduced.
After a few days of intense, sleepless battles, the Helan Pass troops had suffered heavy casualties and were at the end of their tether, on the brink of collapse.
Crown Prince Lan Tu had written in his report that Helan Pass would be conquered in three days at the latest!
Once Helan Pass was conquered, the entire Rouran Province would be like an uninhabited land and they would be able to reclaim their homeland in a month at most.
At the thought of this, Grand Duke Lan Shi's blood boiled!
The humiliation of the past could finally be completely washed away!
He had already issued a decree to Crown Prince Lan Tu to capture Rouran City Lord, Ashita Liren, alive!
He had always heard that she was the number one beauty in the world. Even though she was already weak, Grand Duke Lan Shi still wanted to have a taste of her.
Today, he wanted to return the humiliation that the Ashi family had brought to the Yelan Principality a hundredfold!
Hence, the more Grand Duke Lan Shi recited, the louder and more forceful. Two scenes kept intersecting in his mind.
One moment, it was the moment when his father, Grand Duke Lan Mu, died in battle 20 years ago.
The next moment, it was him ravaging Ashita Liren to avenge the humiliation of the past.
It was not only Ashita Liren but also the Suo family!
Back then, his father, Grand Duke Lan Mu, was personally killed by Count Sauron outside Rouran City!
And this time, he was able to destroy the Ashi family and take back Rouran City because he had obtained the tacit approval of Crown Prince Zhi Li.
In the future, when Zhi Li succeeded the throne and destroyed the Suo family, he would skin Søren and the others and cook them alive. The Yelan Principality must also have a share of the loot and eat Søren's flesh alive to avenge his father's death!
The prayer to the heavens was finished!
It was now 12: 03 am!
However, the timed explosive brick under his feet still did not explode.
Grand Duke Lan Shi stood up. He had wanted to retreat at this time. However, he turned around and looked at the hundreds of civil and military officials on the steps and the tens of thousands of troops on the square.
He suddenly pulled out his sword and pierced it into the sky. Grand Duke Lan Shi shouted, "Take back our homeland and wash away the humiliation of the nation. Kill the Ashi family and exterminate their entire clan …"
At this moment …
The stone slab under his feet was inside the timed explosive glassware.
"Drip …" A droplet of water fell almost soundlessly.
The white phosphorus in the water was completely exposed to the air.
At the same time, the water level under the glassware rose and soaked the quicklime inside.
In an instant, an intense reaction occurred. The temperature in the entire glassware rose and ignited the white phosphorus.
The burning white phosphorus instantly ignited the fuse of the kerosene.
Although there wasn't much air inside, it was enough to burn it.
Just half a second later, the fuse ignited the fifteen kilograms of gunpowder bricks.
"Kill the Ashi family and exterminate their entire clan!" The hundreds of civil and military officials below shouted.
On the altar, Grand Duke Lan Shi's blood was boiling and his murderous intent soared to the sky!
Then …
"Boom …"
There was an earth-shattering explosion and a sky full of flames.
The ground under Grand Duke Lan Shi's feet suddenly exploded!
Grand Duke Lan Shi's body was instantly smashed into pieces.
As for Princess Mo Ping, who was three meters away from him, her body was blown away for more than ten meters like a paper kite, spurting out blood in the air.
The entire audience was dead silent. They couldn't believe the scene in front of them.
Their monarch had actually been smashed into pieces in front of everyone's eyes. He had completely died.
And their mistress, Princess Mo Ping, was violently spurting out blood. Her flesh was badly mutilated and she had perished.
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