Double penetration: This Three Kingdoms has dragon energy

Chapter 182 Killing
At the same time that Dong Zhuo was afflicted with the dragon blood curse, a clanging sound like metal striking metal suddenly rang out between heaven and earth.

Then, seventeen figures suddenly appeared around Dong Zhuo's personal guards.

They formed an array of the Big Dipper and the Eight Trigrams, their black Confucian robes fluttering without wind, and the jade pendants at their waists emitting a dragon-like hum.

Each figure exuded a powerful aura, as majestic as a mountain.

The seventeen powerful auras merged together through the formation, creating an unparalleled pressure that made everyone afraid to look directly at them!
"Third-rank junior scholars?! How can there be so many third-rank junior scholars in the palace?"
Wang Yun, did you mobilize the experts from the powerful families behind you?
"I have always treated you well, why did you betray me?" Dong Zhuo said in shock and anger.

Wang Yun sneered, "Dong Zhuo, I have never surrendered to you, so how could I have betrayed you?!"

You deceived the emperor, poisoned the young emperor, and slaughtered all the officials. Your crimes are heinous, and everyone in the world has the right to kill you. I, in particular, wish I could tear your tendons out, peel your skin off, eat your flesh, drink your blood, grind your bones, and scatter your ashes!

After saying this, he pulled out a bright yellow scroll from his sleeve, slowly unfurled it, and loudly read: "By the mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: The treacherous minister Dong Zhuo, with the heart of a wolf, has committed wicked deeds since entering the court."

Initially, he forged an imperial edict to enter the capital, using the pretext of serving the emperor to carry out his rebellion.

He arbitrarily deposed the young Emperor Liu Bian and poisoned Empress Dowager He, bringing shame upon the imperial family and causing the ancestral temples to be neglected. This was one of his great crimes.

In the imperial court, he wantonly slaughtered officials, and anyone who disobeyed him was killed.

The Imperial Censor, who was accused of disturbing the emperor, was beaten to death on the spot simply for not removing his sword before the audience.

Minister Zhou Bi and Commandant Wu Qiong were loyal to the country, but were unjustly suspected and killed by the sword.

This caused all the civil and military officials to live in fear, and the discipline of the court was completely destroyed. This is the second major crime.

In Luoyang, he allowed his Liangzhou soldiers and Qiang and Hu troops to burn, kill, loot, and commit all sorts of atrocities.

He raped princesses and palace maids, disgracing the royal family.

They plundered the people's property, causing widespread suffering.

It was also during the second month of the lunar calendar when people were worshipping the Earth God. The people gathered in large numbers, and the army charged into the crowd, killing men, seizing carts and oxen, and forcibly abducting women. They used the heads of the people as military merits. Their bloody and atrocious acts were outrageous and this was the third of their great crimes.

Even worse, to eliminate future troubles, he sent Li Ru to poison Liu Bian, the Prince of Hongnong.

At that time, Liu Bian was in the prime of his youth, wise and intelligent, yet he could not escape the clutches of evil and died unjustly.

The people of the world wept upon hearing this, for the bloodline of the Han dynasty had been tragically murdered; this was the fourth of their great crimes.

Furthermore, seeing the righteous actions of the princes in Shandong, and to prevent them from uniting in rebellion under the pretext of "restoring the Prince of Hongnong," they brazenly coerced me and my ministers to move the capital to Chang'an.

During the migration, millions of people were forced to travel westward. Trampled by carts and horses, suffering from hunger and disease, they died one after another, with corpses piling up along the roads, a scene of unbearable horror.

Upon reaching Luoyang, they set fire to palaces, temples, mansions, and residences, reducing everything within a 200-mile radius to rubble.

Sending Lü Bu to excavate the tombs of emperors and high officials and steal treasures resulted in the destruction of important artifacts inherited by the Han dynasty. This is the fifth of his major crimes.

Within Chang'an, he appointed himself Grand Tutor, calling himself "Shangfu," and his carriages and clothing were no different from those of the Emperor.

In the imperial court, the officials knelt and bowed, but did not return the courtesy.

Officials from the Ministry of Personnel, the Censorate, and the Imperial Seal Bureau would all come to report on official business from the mansion, acting as if they were the emperor.

The laws were harsh, yet false accusations were tolerated, resulting in the wrongful deaths of thousands.

He also minted small coins, causing prices to skyrocket. A bushel of grain cost hundreds of thousands of coins, and the people suffered terribly. This was his sixth major crime.

Dong Zhuo deceived the emperor, poisoned the young emperor, and slaughtered all officials. His crimes are heinous and he should be executed immediately to atone for his sins to the world!

After the imperial edict was read, Wang Yun's silver hair flew wildly, and a chilling glint flashed in his eyes: "You who aided and abetted the tyrant, if you surrender and lay down your weapons, you may be treated leniently; those who stubbornly resist will be punished the same as Dong Zhuo!"

"Hahahaha!"

Dong Zhuo suddenly burst into laughter, his thick body trembling violently from the laughter. He pointed at Wang Yun and said disdainfully, "Why are you talking such nonsense?"
Since Emperor Gaozu slew the white snake, which dynasty wasn't built on piles of bones?

Guilty or innocent? It's all just a matter of the victor taking all!

Wang Yun, do you think you've already won today?

Don't forget, I still have 200,000 Xiliang cavalry outside the city!
"I've already given them the signal. In no more than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they'll storm the palace, and then you'll all be dead!"

"Men, form the Xuanwu Formation!" Dong Zhuo shouted.

He was cursed with dragon blood and could no longer use the dragon energy within his body.

But this does not mean that he was powerless to resist.

Because he had personal guards by his side.

Although there are only three hundred guards, these guards are no ordinary men.

They were all high-ranking scholars of the sixth rank, and all had cultivated the secret techniques of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. If placed among his 200,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, they could all serve as mid-level officers!

With these three hundred guards here, I dare not say that we can turn the tide and win today, but we can definitely hold out for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn!
"The Black Tortoise is invincible!"

The three hundred guards roared in unison, their black iron shields clashing together with a deafening sound, like a series of thunderclaps exploding from the ground.

The soldiers in the front row crouched in a shield wall, their tortoise-shell shields, forged from fine steel, interlocked, with barbs gleaming with a cold, eerie blue light between them.

The long spearmen in the rear row emerged like a dense forest, their eighteen-foot spears gleaming crimson in the blazing sun. The moment the formation was complete, the ground suddenly trembled.

The guards slowly retreated in perfect unison, each step like a heavy hammer blow to everyone's heart.

The Taotie pattern on the shield wall glowed red with their movements. At the center of the formation, the commander of the guards raised the wolf-head banner high. As the banner fluttered, a phantom of a Xuanwu with bared fangs appeared faintly in the formation. When its scales opened and closed, it brought up gusts of bloody wind, making the robes of the seventeen soldiers flutter wildly.

"When the Xiliang cavalry tramples Chang'an, that will be your day of reckoning!"

Dong Zhuo stood at the center of the formation, his aged roar carrying a powerful aura that shook the roof tiles off the eaves.

"Hold your ground and hold out until reinforcements arrive!"

The three hundred guards responded in unison, their voices soaring into the sky and startling birds within a ten-mile radius.

Looking at the imposing Dong Zhuo and his three hundred personal guards, Wang Yun's face showed no change, he simply uttered, "Overestimating themselves!"

Then, with a swift movement of his arm, he shouted, "Kill!"

Upon receiving the order, the seventeen junior third-rank scholars sprang into action. One of them rapidly formed hand seals with both hands, chanting incantations. As he uttered the last syllable, he suddenly raised both hands high, pointing them straight to the sky.

In an instant, the sky darkened, as if shrouded in a huge shadow.

Immediately afterwards, countless crimson fireballs tore through the clouds, falling densely like a meteor shower, forming a sky-covering rain of fire that poured down upon Dong Zhuo's personal guards' Xuanwu Formation. The burning fireballs pierced the air with ear-piercing shrieks, leaving scarlet trails in their wake. The air was filled with scorching heat, and the dust on the ground was distorted and deformed by the intense heat.

The fiery rain crashed down on the Xuanwu Formation, causing the formation patterns to flash red light and form a solid light shield.

The moment the fireball struck the light shield, it unleashed a deafening roar, sending sparks flying everywhere, like millions of bombs exploding simultaneously.

The blazing flames surged wildly on the light shield, attempting to devour the barrier, but they could not break through. They could only burn futilely outside the formation, scorching the surrounding air. Meanwhile, the Xuanwu Formation remained unmoved, steadily resisting the onslaught of fire rain.

Another gaunt scholar stepped forward, a chill emanating from beneath his dark blue robe.

His ten fingers were as graceful as orchids, and the jade bracelet on his wrist suddenly glowed with a faint blue light. As he lightly touched the air with his fingertips, the temperature in the world dropped sharply, and the air made a faint cracking sound.

In an instant, countless ice crystals condensed from the clouds, their edges gleaming with a chilling light, like sharp ice swords, carrying a biting cold as they shot toward the Xuanwu Formation.

Ice crystals ripped through the sky with a sharp shriek, leaving trails of frosty white in their wake. They crashed heavily against the red light shield of the Xuanwu Grand Array, producing a crisp cracking sound, as if ten thousand bronze mirrors were shattering simultaneously.

The cold air collided with the red light of the array patterns, producing a dense white mist that enveloped the entire battlefield.

However, the red light shield trembled slightly, completely dissolving the impact of the ice crystals. The shattered ice crystals fell like snowflakes, while the Xuanwu Formation remained unbreakable. The flowing red light seemed to be silently mocking this futile attack.

Another burly scholar strode forward, slamming his rough hand heavily onto the ground.

In an instant, the bluestone slabs of the training ground cracked like a spider web, and the cracks spread wildly from him, rushing toward the Xuanwu Formation.

The ground rumbled with a dull thud, as if an ancient behemoth had awakened from its slumber, and the dust it raised obscured half the sky.

As he pressed his palm down again, a deafening roar came from the ground, and the land beneath the entire formation suddenly bulged up, forming dozens of sharp stone spikes.

As the stone spikes broke through the soil, the sound of the air being torn apart rose and fell, like a thousand horses galloping in.

The light shield slammed into the Xuanwu Formation, and the resulting explosion was so loud that it hurt everyone's eardrums, and dust and debris flew everywhere.

However, the Xuanwu Grand Array, shimmering with red light, remained completely still.

Ripples spread across the surface of the light shield, completely dissipating the impact of the stone spikes. The sharp stone spikes crumbled inch by inch before the great formation, turning into dust and scattering across the ground.

The Dong Zhuo guards in the formation stood firm as a rock, their arms holding shields with bulging veins, yet they maintained their formation. The red light of the formation grew ever brighter, as if proclaiming its unshakeable nature.

Then, a pale-faced, beardless scholar stepped forward and let out a shrill, inhuman shriek.

In an instant, invisible sound waves spread out in visible ripples, causing the air to distort and tremble wherever they passed, and the blue bricks on the ground to shatter into dust.

The sound waves crashed against the Xuanwu Formation like a raging tide, and the resulting roar made the guards dizzy. Some even bled from their ears and noses.

However, the surface of the array, which was shimmering with red light, rippled, dissolving the power of the sound waves layer by layer, leaving only a buzzing sound echoing in the air.

There were also scholars dressed in plain-colored long robes who put their two fingers together and suddenly drew a line towards the sky.

Instantly, dark clouds surged, and streaks of crimson-gold lightning tore through the sky, crashing down like raging dragons.

Lightning struck the array, purple and red light flashing and crackling, deafeningly loud, and the ground was scorched black wherever the lightning touched.

However, the Xuanwu Grand Array suddenly surged with red light, completely engulfing the lightning, and the array patterns flowed without causing any damage.

Then, a short scholar suddenly disappeared from his spot and reappeared at the edge of the formation, his hands forming a hand seal.

In an instant, the space around the great formation twisted and deformed, and countless dark cracks spread like a spider web, attempting to crush the great formation along with its guards.

The crack made a teeth-grinding "sizzling" sound when it opened and closed, but was forcibly closed the moment it touched the red light.

The great formation remained completely still, and the force of the recoil sent the scholar flying backward, spitting out blood.

Then a veiled woman raised her jade-like hand, and instantly a phantom image of thousands of troops appeared before the battle.

The roar of clashing swords and the thunderous beat of war drums resounded throughout the heavens and earth. Phantom soldiers, wielding spears and broadswords, charged madly towards the great formation.

But with a flash of red light, the phantoms vanished, leaving only streaks of white on the surface of the array, which disappeared in an instant.

……

Third-rank junior scholars are indeed extraordinary, especially those who have mastered offensive secret techniques. Each of them can be considered a powerful weapon on the battlefield, capable of determining the outcome of a small battle.

Their combined efforts were extraordinary, and in the blink of an eye, they turned the palace into a living hell.

However, Dong Zhuo's personal guards were no ordinary men. They were not only well-trained and experienced on the battlefield, but also possessed advanced sixth-rank cultivation. Furthermore, they formed the Xuanwu Formation, one of the Four Symbols Formations.

Then, relying on the super strong defensive power of the Xuanwu Formation, it blocked the successive attacks of seventeen rank-three beginner scholars, rendering their attacks ineffective!

Upon seeing this scene, Dong Zhuo burst into laughter, once again mocking Wang Yun's overestimation of his abilities and reiterating that it was impossible for him to break through the Imperial Guard within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

After an incense stick's time, the Xiliang cavalry will enter the city, and Wang Yun will surely die without a burial place.

If Wang Yun wants a quick and painless death, then he should surrender as soon as possible!

Wang Yun ignored Dong Zhuo's provocation and showed no sign of being in a hurry.

Firstly, because the Xuanwu Formation cannot be broken in a hurry.

This formation, one of the Four Symbols Formations and renowned for its defensive capabilities, has virtually no weaknesses in defense; it can only be worn down little by little by time.

Secondly, he knew that Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry was destined not to arrive in time.

With Lü Bu holding back the Xiliang cavalry outside Chang'an, how could the Xiliang cavalry possibly enter the city?

Therefore, he has enough time to slowly deal with Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry at all; slow and steady wins the race!
Time passed slowly as both sides attacked and defended.

The time it takes for an incense stick to burn is quickly up.

But Dong Zhuo did not receive the arrival of the Xiliang cavalry, which made his expression turn somewhat unpleasant.

However, it wasn't particularly bad, because he had already anticipated that since Wang Yun dared to launch a rebellion, he must have made arrangements for the Xiliang cavalry outside.

Although he kept saying that the Xiliang cavalry would arrive in no more than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, that was just to put pressure on Wang Yun.

In truth, he knew very well that the Xiliang cavalry could not possibly arrive so quickly.

However, it's not that the Xiliang cavalry can't come.

Because he also had backup plans among the Xiliang cavalry, he believed that the Xiliang cavalry would definitely come, it would just take a while!
(End of this chapter)