Chapter 774: No Progress

The face of the black-robed man after he took off his mask made the prince beside him gasp.

Although the face looked a little old, the outline of the facial features was vaguely discernible, and it was somewhat similar to the prince!

"You...you are..." the prince said tremblingly, "Third uncle?"

"Hehe..." the black-robed man laughed, "Now that things have come to this, there is no need for me to say more."

"I am the younger brother of the current emperor, that is, your third uncle!"

Hearing this, Li Yang was stunned for a moment.

He didn't care about the politics of this world, let alone the power struggles of these royal family members.

But he still didn't expect that this mysterious black-robed man was actually a member of the royal family, and the prince's uncle...

Struggling for power to this extent...

Although it's a bit exaggerated...but it doesn't seem to be wrong.

"Why?" the prince asked painfully, "Why do you do this? Father has always trusted you, why do you..."

"Why?" The black-robed man sneered, "How can you, who are born in a blessed situation, understand my difficulties?"

"For many years, I have been assisting your father and making great contributions to Daxing. But what? In the end, I got nothing!"

"And you, a kid who is still wet behind the ears, can enjoy the fruits of others' labor and inherit the throne just because you were born a few years earlier!"

The black-robed man became more and more excited, with a crazy light flashing in his eyes: "Is this fair? Is this reasonable?"

"So I decided to change all this with my own hands!"

Li Yang finally sighed with relief when he heard this.

Now he finally understood the real purpose of this guy...

Sure enough, it was to usurp the throne and seize power!

"You...you killed your father?" the prince asked tremblingly.

The black-robed man snorted coldly: "Humph, that old fool should have abdicated long ago, I just... helped him get rid of it in advance."

"Beast! Beast!" the prince roared, "I will never let you succeed!"

"Haha, just you?" the black-robed man said disdainfully, "You are not even as good as an ant now!"

As he said that, he waved his hand violently, and a powerful force knocked the prince away and hit him heavily against the wall.

"Oh no..." Li Yang hurriedly helped the prince up, while staring at the black-robed man vigilantly.

"Boy, you do have some skills." The black-robed man turned to Li Yang, "Why don't you surrender to me? I can promise you a brilliant future."

Li Yang sneered: "This... you'd better dream! I really have no interest in what you said."

"Hehe... you don't know how to raise your head!" The black-robed man laughed in anger, "Then don't blame me for being cruel!"

After that, he made a seal with his hands, and a strong black gas surged out of his body, instantly covering the entire secret room.

Li Yang felt that the air around him became sticky and it became difficult to breathe.

He hurriedly activated the "Taiyuan Xuanzhang" to try to resist this force.

However, the guy's strength was still far beyond Li Yang's imagination.

Even with the help of Jiulongyu and the "Taiyuan Xuanzhang", Li Yang still felt powerless.

At this moment, a sudden noise came from outside the secret room.

"Not good!" The black-robed man's face changed, "Why would anyone come here?"

Li Yang was delighted, knowing that this must be the chaos created by Bai Feng and his daughter.

Taking advantage of the black-robed man's distraction, Li Yang suddenly mobilized the power in his body, condensed into a golden light and shot it at the black-robed man.

"Bang!"

The black-robed man was caught off guard and was hit in the chest by the golden light. He staggered back a few steps.

"Damn kid..." The black-robed man roared and was about to fight back.

Suddenly, the door of the secret room was kicked open with a "bang".

"Master Li!"

Bai Ling's voice sounded, followed by Bai Feng's exclamation: "Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Behind the two, followed a large group of fully armed guards.

Seeing this, the black-robed man's face suddenly changed: "You... Damn, I actually fell into your plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"

Li Yang took the opportunity to help the prince up and quickly retreated to the side of Bai Feng and his daughter.

"Uncle San, you have no way to escape!" The prince stood up with all his might, "Hurry up and surrender!"

The man in black robe looked around and found that he was surrounded. A trace of panic flashed across his face.

But soon, he regained his composure: "Ridiculous! Do you think you can trap me like this?"

As he said that, he took out a strange jade pendant from his arms.

Li Yang saw this and his pupils shrank suddenly: "Be careful! That is..."

Before he finished speaking, the man in black robe had crushed the jade pendant.

"Boom!"

With a loud noise, the whole secret room was shaken.

A powerful energy wave burst out from the fragments of the jade pendant and instantly enveloped the entire space.

Li Yang hurried forward and summoned a twisted lettuce several meters high from the ground.

A large umbrella like flesh and blood rose from the heads of the crowd, and then formed a barrier around them.

Although it could not resist the frontal attack, this thing could still effectively resolve the rest of the damage.

However, the energy was too strong. Even at this level, everyone present still felt dizzy.

When everyone opened their eyes again, they found that the man in black had disappeared.

"Tsk..." Li Yang raised his hand and removed the huge ball of bloody lettuce, muttering to himself, "Let him run away."

Bai Feng hurriedly comforted him: "Master Li, don't blame yourself. Saving His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is already a great achievement."

The Crown Prince also nodded: "Indeed... Thanks to the help of Master Li and Lord Bai, otherwise I am afraid I can't escape this disaster."

Li Yang took a deep breath and calmed down:

"That's right. The top priority is to stabilize the situation and prevent the Third Prince from making trouble."

Then the Crown Prince nodded solemnly: "Yes, we must return to the palace as soon as possible and summon the ministers to discuss countermeasures."

Then, a group of people escorted the Crown Prince and quickly left the underground palace.

After returning to the palace, the Crown Prince immediately summoned the important officials in the court and made the Third Prince's rebellion public.

When the ministers heard about this, they were all shocked.

"I didn't expect the Third Prince to do such a treasonous thing!"

"He is so crazy! We must punish him severely!"

The prince raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "My dear ministers, the most important thing right now is to stabilize the court and prevent the Third Prince from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos."

"I think..." an old minister stood up and said, "We should immediately send troops to search for the Third Prince to eliminate future troubles."

The prince nodded: "That makes sense, Lord Bai!"

Bai Feng hurried forward: "I am here!"

"You immediately lead the imperial guards to thoroughly investigate the capital and make sure to bring the Third Prince to justice!"

"I obey your order!" Bai Feng took the order and left.

The prince turned to Li Yang again: "Master Li, please give me a hand to deal with the Third Prince together."

Li Yang clasped his fists slightly and nodded: "Well, get rid of him as soon as possible, and it will be a permanent trouble."

For a long time afterwards, the whole city was actively searching for that guy.

However, the Third Prince seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth, and there was no trace of him.

After several days, the search operation still made no progress.

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