As Sima Qing and the three others channeled their Martial Venerable energy, strong winds began to swirl in the square, tossing their hair and clothes, as well as Lin Fei's.

The fierce winds kicked up dust, which filled the sky.

A storm of battle was brewing, suffusing the entire square with its tension.

"Lin Fei, it seems you're not willing to hand over the Martial Saint Heart Sutra?" Sima Qing asked coldly, staring at Lin Fei intensely.

Lin Fei smiled, "Sima Qing, you got it wrong. I don't have the Martial Saint Heart Sutra. I have never even seen it.

When I mentioned it to you today, it was merely to deceive you, to make you fall into my trap and fight amongst yourselves. Don't you get it yet?"

Sima Qing's face turned unsightly, realizing that they had been tricked by Lin Fei, leading to the self-destruction among the Capital City's Four Monstrosities.

Fury boiled within him, recognizing now that Lin Fei never had the Martial Saint Heart Sutra, but merely played them for fools.

Such a valuable thing as the Martial Saint Heart Sutra was probably only with Lin Zheng.

"Dare to toy with us, today we will make you wish for death!" Sima Qing clenched his fists, shouting angrily.

In an instant, a tempest of violent Martial Venerable energy erupted from him, turning the winds in the square into a full-blown storm.

"Brother Gongsun, Brother Wuya, Brother Bai, today this brat caused us to fight each other, almost turning us against one another. Let us deal with him together. I'll cripple his martial arts, you decide how to punish him?"

Gongsun Lan's face was grim as he gritted his teeth, "I want to gouge out his eyes and cut off his nose, so he can neither see nor retain his looks!"

"I'll break both of his arms!" Hei Wuya's eyes flashed maliciously.

Bai Yingtang said coldly, "I'll break his legs!"

Gouging out his eyes, cutting off his nose, breaking both arms and legs, and crippling his martial arts, the Four Monstrosities from Capital City intended to make Lin Fei wish for death.

This made those from the Deng family and the Liu family standing on the steps of the distant palace secretly worried for Lin Fei.

"Grandpa, will Lin Fei be alright?" Deng Ziyu asked anxiously, her face pale, turning to Deng Fangzhen.

Deng Fangzhen himself wasn't sure how to answer Deng Ziyu.

When Lin Fei was up against Duan Xing, a Ninth Layer Martial Emperor capable of injuring a First Layer Martial Venerable, Deng Fangzhen had already felt concerned for Lin Fei's safety.

Yet Lin Fei had unexpectedly turned the tables, using Duan Xing's deadly move against him and defeating him.

Lin Fei's strength was unpredictable, often surprising people when he seemed about to lose, emerging victorious by unexpected means.

However, this time, Lin Fei's opponents were four Martial Venerable powers, which made it hard for Deng Fangzhen to feel at ease.

"Ziyu, your Grandpa Chen will shortly arrive with the big army. By then, Lin Fei won't have to fear the Four Monstrosities from Capital City." Deng Fangzhen could only offer this reassurance to Deng Ziyu.

But in his heart, he wasn't reassured at all. If Lin Fei couldn't withstand the Four Monstrosities, even Chen Wuyue leading an army wouldn't be able to handle such Martial Venerable level opponents.

Deng Fangzhen's brow knit tightly, his gaze filled with unease as he watched Lin Fei and the Four Monstrosities from Capital City on the square.

The Four Monstrosities had already fully unleashed their Martial Venerable energy, and a massive storm more than ten meters wide appeared in the square.

Within the storm, Sima Qing let out a cold shout, as if Thunder was exploding in the sky: "Go!"

In a flash, the Four Monstrosities' silhouettes shot towards Lin Fei like lightning.

The storm intensified, becoming chaotic and dark, exuding an overwhelming, suffocating aura.

Deng Fangzhen, Deng Ziyu, and others could barely see Lin Fei's blurry figure within the storm.

Rumble.

The storm was earth-shattering, seemingly making the entire Forbidden City tremble.

At this moment, amidst the chaotic, menacing storm, came the sounds of fists and palms clashing: "Bang, bang, bang..."

The sounds were like thunder, shaking the hearts of all. Each clash made the storm fiercer, and the Martial Venerable energy formed a massive pressure around them.

The thunderous sound of fists and palms consistently emanated from the storm, causing Deng Ziyu, Deng Fangzhen, and others to grow increasingly anxious and worried.

Just then, a loud crash like the tearing of heaven and earth resounded from the storm.

A scream followed from within the storm, and Deng Ziyu and others were all shocked, immediately wondering if the cry was from Lin Fei being hit by the Four Monstrosities.

Swoosh.

Just as they were deeply worried, they saw a figure flying out of the storm like discarded chaff. Under the starry moonlight, Deng Ziyu and others saw it was not Lin Fei but Sima Qing who was flung out.

They all breathed a sigh of relief.

Bang.

With a loud crash, Sima Qing smashed through the eastern palace wall, and with such momentum, the entire front wall collapsed. Following this, the impacted palace crumbled with a roar, burying Sima Qing beneath.

Deng Ziyu, Deng Fangzhen, and others were completely stunned: Sima Qing crashed down the palace, and the collapsing building buried him?

Everyone thought their eyes were playing tricks, but when they shook off their shock and looked again, they confirmed that indeed half of the eastern palace had collapsed, dust rising thickly after.

All this told them it was real!

Bang, bang, bang.

At this moment, multiple loud crashes and several screams erupted simultaneously from the terrifying storm in the square.

Next, Deng Ziyu and others watched in amazement as three figures were blasted out from the storm, shooting towards three different directions—south, north, and west like projectiles.

As people from the Deng family and the Liu family stood in front of the northern palace, they were horrified to see a figure flying toward their palace.

They clearly saw the one flying towards their palace was Gongsun Lan.

Gongsun Lan flew at incredible speed, ten times faster than a projectile, leaving the Deng and Liu family members with no time to dodge.

With a thunderous boom, Gongsun Lan nearly skimmed over their heads, crashing through the palace gate and landing heavily inside the great hall, causing Deng Ziyu and others to feel the whole hall tremble slightly.

All of them felt as though they narrowly escaped a disaster.

At the same time, the other two figures flying towards the western and southern palaces also crashed with loud booms, partially collapsing those two palace buildings.

After the successive collapses of several palaces, silence enveloped the surroundings.

Deng Ziyu and others looked at the unconscious Gongsun Lan lying on the hall's floor, then at the significantly collapsed eastern, western, and southern palaces, stunned into silence for a long time.

And at this point, the storm on the square had dissipated, revealing under the starry moon a defiant, upright Lin Fei, exuding an aura of invincible majesty.

Deng Ziyu, Deng Fangzhen, Liu Wei, and others could hardly believe their eyes: Lin Fei was unscathed!

At that moment, a buzzing sound filled the air above the Forbidden City, as military helicopters flew in.

Simultaneously, thousands of elite soldiers marched in step, holding rifles, quickly entering the Forbidden City and surrounding the square.

Seeing the dozen helicopters in the air and the troops surrounding the square, Deng Fangzhen, Deng Ziyu, Liu Yunzhen, Liu Wei, and everyone else's faces broke into smiles of relief.

"This is a great victory! The Great Victory of the Forbidden City, hahahaha..." Deng Fangzhen laughed joyfully.

Liu Yunzhen also stroked his beard, exclaiming with admiration, "The Cloud-Entering Peak battle of over a decade ago, and now today's Forbidden City battle—truly exhilarating and grand!"

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