Chapter 17: Crowning Ceremony Gone Wrong Pt.2

Everyone immediately got down and flung their arms over their heads in some form of protection. Wails and ear piercing screams of those who got wounded were the only things everyone could hear at the moment.

The Heavenly Officials however, were trying their best to scout the area to find the source of the ambush. The ward that was put up wasn't breached or even torn, so the attackers must have hidden somewhere in the courtyard.

Finally, Chen Biming caught sight of a person hiding behind a large pillar. He wasted no time and instantly lunged forward. "YOUR HIGHNESS, WAIT! WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH!" the Heavenly Officials yelled as they saw Chen Biming rush forward.

He immediately unsheathed his sword and stabbed the person. The 'person' didn't even get harmed. No blood poured out of the wound. The only damage it did, was puncture a hole through its 'body'. Chen Biming was horrified, "What in the..." 

Next moment the 'person' started to disintegrate and not long after was turned into nothing more than a pile of dust.

Wei Jinhai, who had the best angle and was able to see exactly what happened, was equally as horrified. The minute the 'person' turned into a pile of dust, the Demonic scent was so bad he had to pinch his nose and pulled a face of disgust. 

Every demon had a Demonic scent. Most demons like Wei Jinhai, Mo Dingbang, Qi Chaoxing and the rest only had a tinge of Demonic scent. Demonic scent worked like this, the more vile the demon, the greater the stench would be. But this amount of stench really was too terrible! Just what kind of horrid thing was this demon?! 

Chen Biming was still recovering from his moment of shock. He quickly snapped out of it and yelled, "IT'S A DEMON ATTACK! BUT THIS ONE IS A BIT DIFFERENT! JUST STAB IT WITH YOUR SWORD AND IT WILL BE DESTROYED!" 

The Heavenly Officials were thoroughly confused, "That's it? We just have to stab it?? What kind of demon is this???" 

Even with their disbelief, they never once doubted their King and immediately rushed forward. All they had to do was get one hit on the demon. Couldn't be that hard, right? 

Wrong.

They couldn't even get near the damn thing! Let alone stab it! Every time someone got near it, it would dodge them like it was nothing. This thing was exceptionally fast! Chen Biming was starting to run out of ideas. Now that the demons were aware that the Heavenly Officials knew about them, they had their guard up and couldn't be caught anymore. 

Suddenly, an idea flashed to Chen Biming. He yelled, "Evacuate everyone and take them inside the Palace!" Three Heavenly Officials nodded and started to lead everyone away from the war zone.

Chen Biming spared no time and rushed over to Headmaster Shen, "Master Shen, would it be all right if we used some of your students to help out. Before you ask, not everyone had to help, just the ones that you think are capable enough." 

Headmaster Shen thought very carefully about this. In the end, he replied, "That's fine. I'll send the third years and a few of the second years to help assist." 

Chen Biming sighed in relief and responded, "Thank you, this will be of great help to us." 

Headmaster Shen gave a small nod, "As long as it's the best solution to help the people, I will always be more than willing to help." 

"Again, many thanks," Chen Biming said before turning to the rows of students. "Can all the third years please stay behind. First years must go and join the evacuation group." 

Headmaster Shen added, "I would also like Wei Jinhai, Mo Dingbang, Qi Chaoxing, Chen Liwei, Jin Fu, Song Tengfei and Xie Zhixin to stay behind as well. The rest of the second years must also go and join the evacuation group." 

Once the rest of the students have gone and everyone has evacuated, Chen Biming made an announcement, "The plan is, all of us will stand in front of the Palace Gates, those who can bend earth will create a wall around the courtyard to trap the demons so they can't run anywhere else. Once the demons are trapped, all those who have swords will run forward and attack. Now that we have limited their ground, they won't be able to escape." 

One Heavenly Official added, "But how are we going to get them out of hiding?" 

"With this," Chen Biming took out a small flute.

At first no one understood, until one person spoke up, "Is that the Demon Summoning Flute?" 

Now everyone completely understood. The Demon Summoning Flute is a spiritual device that could summon demons if the player played it correctly. Not only that, if one specific tune was played, they would even be able to control the demons and make them do whatever they wanted. However, no one knows what the tune was, as it had been forbidden hundreds of years ago and was never heard of again.

It was no wonder that the demons looked at that flute with mixed emotions. Qi Chaoxing questioned, "And what about the demons here? Wouldn't we also be influenced?" 

"That's why we are going to give these to each of you," Chen Biming then started to hand out cotton buds to every demon. They were resistant at first, but the minute Chen Biming picked up the flute, they immediately stuffed the buds into their ears.

Chen Biming then started to play the melody. Nothing happened at first, but soon after, a demon swooped down and slowly walked towards them. Not long after that another bunch swooped down. In the end, there were about thirteen of them, each of them slowly making their way towards the group.

Once they were close enough, Chen Biming gave the signal and all the earth benders, including Wei Jinhai, the other demons and some of the spirits, punched the ground. The ground rumbled underneath them and a giant rock wall emerged and surrounded all around them, trapping them.

Chen Biming was still playing the flute, but due to the slight earthquake just then, the demons snapped out of it and regained their conscience. They immediately turned to run away, but they didn't get far before realising that they were trapped! 

Chen Biming stopped playing the flute, since it's effects were useless now and yelled, "NOW!" 

All the angels charged forward and unsheathed their swords. They stabbed and sliced through the demons. The demons tried to scratch at them, but it was no use. Soon, piles of dust littered the floor. All the demons were gone.

"Huh? That was easier than I expected," Qi Chaoxing said, "We didn't even do much." 

"Looks like they only have the advantage when they are in an open area," Wei Jinhai responded, but also thought to himself, 'Wasn't that too easy though? Something doesn't feel right about this...' 

He then walked over to the piles of dust. He still had to pinch his nose, the smell really was too terrible. He examined it all over, but still couldn't figure out what demon it was. Only thing he knew, was that this was no ordinary demon.

Something like this wasn't able to pose as a threat, so what was its purpose? To cause trouble? Did someone send them here? Because there is no way those things were smart enough to pull something like this all on their own. If it's true, then what were they trying to gain? Were they trying to send a message?