I am the villain in the book

“Whoosh!!!”

“Bang! Bang bang!”

The swift wind blew away the black string tying his hair, and the empty Fengyuan City flashed rapidly past him.

Just like when he chased Yan Luona that day, Wei Changtian had already pushed the Floating Step to its limit, not sparing a single bit of his inner strength, each step even causing slight cracks in the bluestone beneath his feet.

To be honest, he looked quite disheveled with his hair down.

However, Wei Changtian didn't have time to care about his appearance.

Because he knew that if his guess really came true...

Then this desolate Fengyuan City would be what Yuanzhou City would look like in six hours.

“Who's there?!”

Not far away, the Great Feng Imperial Palace, which he had visited many times, was right in front of him, and a soldier on the tall Zhengyang Gate tower shouted sharply.

However, Wei Changtian had no intention of stopping, and the next moment he jumped directly onto the city wall, and continued to rush towards the inner palace in the surprised eyes of several Imperial Guards.

“Stop!!!”

“There's an intruder!!!”

“Quick!!”

“Sound the alarm!!”

“Clang! Clang! Clang!”

“.”

The sound of the copper gong made of special material was ear-piercing and loud.

Amidst the sound of the gong, the Great Feng Imperial Guards, who had experienced two "Waterloos" in a row, finally became a little more reliable, and a group of figures quickly emerged from the inner palace, blocking Wei Changtian's path.

“Bang!”

Stopping, he landed heavily on the ground.

In this situation, Wei Changtian certainly couldn't charge in recklessly.

However, he did not stop, but continued to walk straight towards the hundreds of Imperial Guards in front of him, while shouting loudly:

“I am Wei Changtian! I have an urgent matter to see the Emperor!!”

“Make way!!”

“.”

“Whoosh!”

Armor scales rubbed together, and hundreds of Imperial Guards were stunned when they heard the words, but they did not clear the way.

It wasn't that they didn't recognize Wei Changtian, but no one could rush into the inner palace in this way.

If Wei Changtian went any further, they would have to stop him.

“Damn, what a pain in the ass...”

Seeing this, Wei Changtian couldn't help but curse inwardly, but he also knew that he definitely couldn't force his way in.

He was just about to ask the other party to quickly send someone to inform Li Qi, when suddenly an old eunuch hurried towards him.

“Get out of the way!”

“Everyone get out of my way!”

“Young Master Wei, hurry!”

“The Emperor wants to see you!!”

Perhaps because he was too anxious, the old eunuch's already sharp voice seemed a little ridiculous at this moment, like a rooster being strangled by the neck.

However, Wei Changtian couldn't laugh.

Since the other party was like this now, it meant that Li Qi might already know something.

And the result was likely to be very bad.

Perhaps, it was his previous guess.

“Your Majesty!”

Only a hundred breaths later, Wei Changtian finally saw Li Qi in the Zihua Palace.

“She has woken up.”

Thump!

Getting one step closer to the truth, the uneasiness in Wei Changtian's heart deepened.

Subconsciously swallowing his saliva, he took a deep breath and asked:

“Then what exactly does Ning Yongnian want to do?”

“He”

His body swayed slightly, and Li Qi uttered a sentence word by word with extreme slowness.

“Wants to slaughter Yuanzhou City.”

Damn it!

As expected!

His pupils suddenly contracted, and Wei Changtian didn't feel any joy in guessing the truth at this time, but rather a kind of relief after surviving a disaster.

Fortunately, he acted a step ahead!

Although several million people were not a small number, six hours was enough for most people to escape.

“Your Majesty, has this matter been informed to Yuanzhou City?”

“Yes.”

Probably with similar thoughts as Wei Changtian, Li Qi's face also softened a little at this moment.

“A quarter of an hour ago, I ordered General Meng to open all the city gates and supervise all the people in the city to evacuate outside the city.”

“.”

“That's good.”

Breathing a sigh of relief, Wei Changtian and Li Qi looked at each other, and both saw a trace of grief and indignation in each other's eyes.

I have to say.

Compared to Ning Yongnian, Li Qi could indeed be called a "benevolent ruler."

Although Wei Changtian never believed in "good people get good rewards", maybe doing more good deeds from the perspective of heavenly karma might not be wrong?

“Your Majesty, since General Meng has received the news, then this matter will be.”

After a long silence, Wei Changtian wanted to comfort Li Qi a few more words, and discuss what to do next.

However, before he could finish this sentence, an urgent voice suddenly came from outside the closed hall door.

“Your Majesty! Urgent report from Yuanzhou!!”

Huh?

Forcibly swallowing the second half of his sentence back into his stomach, Wei Changtian looked at Li Qi in surprise.

Although this world has mother-child jade, which can basically transmit messages in real time.

But wasn't it only a quarter of an hour since Li Qi gave the order to Meng Shi?

An urgent report came back so quickly, could it be...

Wei Changtian didn't continue to guess, just watched the old eunuch holding an iron tube run closer and closer, and then handed the iron tube to Li Qi.

The latter did not hesitate, and immediately cut open the fire lacquer and shook a small piece of paper out of the tube.

Judging from the size of the paper, this urgent report should not contain much content.

But

“Clang clang clang”

The opened iron tube fell to the ground, rolling far away on the white jade floor.

And falling with it was that small piece of paper.

Looking at the motionless Li Qi, Wei Changtian felt a great sense of foreboding in his heart, and quickly bent down to pick up the small paper to look at.

Then

“Boom!!!”

“Boom!!!”

“Boom boom boom!!!”

Yuanzhou City, North Gate.

A series of loud noises suddenly rang out, one after another.

At first, this movement sounded like huge rocks hitting the city wall, also causing countless people in the city to panic and look to the north, only thinking that the war had started again.

But in reality, it was not so.

“General, this...”

Amidst the constant roaring sound, someone looked in astonishment at Meng Shi, who had continuously struck out dozens of palms, stuttering and unable to say a complete sentence.

He was standing on the city wall at this time, only a few feet away from Meng Shi not far away.

However.

I don't know how many times he trembled and stretched out his palm, and I don't know how many times he touched that invisible "wall".

This "wall" is invisible, but it can be touched.

It was like a transparent large罩 (zhào - cover), which had covered the entire Yuanzhou City from an unknown time, also covering almost everyone's last chance of survival.

“What, what exactly is this...”

“What is it...”

Regarding this question, no one in Yuanzhou City could give an answer, and Fengyuan could not give an answer either.

Even looking at this world, there was only one person who knew.

And this person was actually standing on the Meishan Mountain outside the city, witnessing all this with his own eyes.

“Roar!!!”

A huge yellow dragon that only one person could see was coiled above Yuanzhou City, and the dragon's roar that only one person could hear shook the clear blue sky.

Ning Yongnian stood alone on a boulder, overlooking the city at his feet, with an expression of neither sorrow nor joy on his face.

Locking Dragon Formation.

This was the divine power that he, as the Son of Heaven, could use with the help of the Qi Luck Yellow Dragon.

From an hour ago to Chenshi (7am-9am) tomorrow morning, throughout the entire Yuanzhou City territory, no martial artist below the upper third rank could leave.

Looking at the small figure of Meng Shi, who had already left the formation but was still constantly making moves in an attempt to break the formation, Ning Yongnian shook his head slowly with a complicated expression.

“Looking at this... he already knows?”

“Unfortunately, you are still too late.”