Taking advantage of the chaos, Yi Chen's figure continued to rush towards the outer edge of the courtyard, towards the walls that surrounded the palace grounds.
Normally, this region was filled with guards who were on regular patrols, but because of the fire alarm, all guards were in disarray.
This was especially because the status of both the emperor and Cao Li had yet to be confirmed.
'Those twenty hidden guards should be rushing towards the throne room now…' Yi Chen thought with a smirk as he kept moving.
However, despite his caution, a few alert ones were still paying close attention to the exit routes.
As a result, just when Yi Chen was about to climb up the walls and escape, he was discovered by one of them.
"Stop! Who are you?!"
The guard who was at the second Qi Absorption Stage exclaimed, ready to launch an attack towards him.
"This…" Yi Chen gritted his teeth in regret and immediately slashed his hand in the man's direction.
