Chapter 96 Daji under Siege With King Zhou under attack and already wounded in his back, Lu Renjie, Lei Kun and Lei Peng wrestled to rescue him from the assault, but the three defenders were all murdered. Nevertheless it was enough to King Zhou to flee back into the palace. Meanwhile the two evil traitors, the officials Fei Lian and E Lai, sneaked into the core of the palace and stole the royal seal. They reckoned that presenting the seal to King Wu, who they regarded a benevolent person, doubtlessly would favor them and spare their lives. Already in the palace King Zhou received consolation from his three favorite concubines, the sprites Daji, Hu Ximei, and Wang Guiren. They were telling him that they could square up to the distresses of King Zhou, since they had powerful magic skills, and so could fly out during the night and kill King Wu. Ziya was confident and so did not expected any raid more from the enemy. However in that night the three sprites, Daji, Hu Ximei and Wang Guiren, promoted the chaos on his troops slaying many soldiers. But the sprites failed in their attempt to eliminate Ziya's forces and kill King Wu since the many followers of Ziya carried magic skills and these thwarted the three sprites. Finally when the sprites returned to the palace and reported to King Zhou, he ordered them to flee for their own lives. Then alone, Zhou walked to the Star- Plucking Tower. When the three sprites were then preparing to the flight, Ziya through his magic reckoning discovered their intentions. He ordered the three generals Yang Bliss, Wei Hu and Thunderbolt to capture them. The generals waited in the air until they saw the three sprites floating out of the palace to the sky. The generals chased after them but Nu Wa unexpectedly appeared to block the way of the three sprites.
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