Zhang Ruochen’s hand, resting on his chin, said, “According to you, as long as someone is able to force the Empress to make a move, wouldn’t she fall?”
Han Qiu smiled and said, “The reasoning is such a reasoning, but what I said just now are just rumours, who knows if they are true or not? It may be that the court is deliberately spreading the news to lure those who are bold enough to go to their deaths.”
“Besides, in the entire Kunlun Realm, there are only a few people who can force the Empress to personally take action, and which of them aren’t old monsters who have been cultivating for hundreds or even thousands of years? They are the ones who treasure their lives, no one will gamble, once they lose, it’s a dead end, the cost is just too great.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Everyone has fear, the Empress has accumulated power for many years, even if, she just sits still, she can still scare countless people into kneeling down.”
Han Chu nodded and added, “Actually, this rumour, is still quite believable.”
“Oh?”
“Think about it, this time, when the passageway to the netherworld was opened, causing such a huge loss to the Eastern Region, the Empress didn’t even show up, isn’t that a bit too weird?”
“With the Empress’s previous iron fisted methods, she must have already killed all the ghost kings of the netherworld, and even the saints of the Deadly Zen Sect and the Immortal Blood Race with a thunderous force, so how could she allow them to plague the Kunlun Realm?”
“The Empress has been painstakingly managing her empire for hundreds of years to have the current flourishing empire, if she wasn’t being held back, how could she possibly tolerate being destroyed?”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed as he nodded and fell into deep thought.
Han Chu’s words still had some truth to them.
Next, Han Chu told Zhang Ruochen a few more things, such as, after Shao Lin died, Huang Yichuan, who was the First King, took his place and became one of the Nine Great Sect Sons.
Learning this news, Zhang Ruochen was still happy for Huang Yichen, being able to become a Sector Son, he would definitely be able to receive the best training. Such an opportunity was quite rare, and would benefit her endlessly.
Not only that, Han Chu also told Zhang Ruochen that Huang Yichen had brought his mother, too, to the Central Domain.
Originally, Zhang Ruochen had planned to make a trip back to the Eastern Domain Sacred City to properly resettle his mother. Since Huang Yichen had taken his mother to the Central Region, it in turn made Zhang Ruochen less worried.
Zhang Ruochen’s biggest worry was that those enemies of his would go against his mother when they learnt that he was not dead.
It was definitely safer for his mother to stay by Huang Yichen’s side than by Zhang Ruochen’s side.
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Roughly three hundred miles away from Shentai City, a group of soldiers riding Red Flame Red Leopards, neatly arranged in a straight line, appeared at the top of the foothills.
Immediately after, four Fire Cloud Dragon Leopards pulling a chariot appeared on the horizon, causing the earth within a radius of tens of feet to completely burn.
Wan Ji sat in the chariot, and between his hands, he held an Octagonal Sacred Eye.
The Octagonal Sacred Eye was as huge as a basin and was divided into eight sides, each of which was quite smooth, as if it was a mercury mirror full of spirituality.
It was naturally not just as simple as just eight mirrors, but, rather, a treasure refined by the Divine Works Ministry to detect the enemy.
By injecting one of the enemy’s Saint Qi into the Octagonal Saint Eye, then, as long as the enemy was still within a thousand miles, the Octagonal Saint Eye would be able to find him out.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s figure appeared above one of the mirrors of the Octagonal Sacred Eye.
Wan Ji’s gaze looked at the Octagonal Sacred Flame, and a smile appeared on his diamond-cornered face, “As expected of this king, Zhang Ruochen has indeed come to the Two Eyes Sect.”
“Your Excellency is wise.”
Cao Feng bowed and showed a very admiring look.?On the other side, Cao Gu asked in a rather puzzled manner, “My subordinate is really curious, how did Your Excellency guess that Zhang Ruochen would be heading to the Two Yi Sect?”
Wan Ji snorted coldly, “The intelligence system of the Ministry of Military Affairs, someone has already analysed all aspects of information and surmised that Zhang Ruochen is most likely the pride of the Two Yi Sect’s heavenly son, Lin Yue. Zhang Ruochen’s appearance at the outskirts of the Two Yi Sect undoubtedly confirms this.”?”What? Zhang Ruochen is Lin Yue?”
“Lin Yue made a name for himself at the Boundary Son Banquet, and step by step, he helped Huang Yichen, ascend to the position of Boundary Son. Many people say that his natural talent is not below the Sword Emperor’s descendant, Xue Wuyi.”Cao Gu said.
Wan Ji said, “Isn’t that Huang Yichen, Zhang Ruochen’s fiancée? Why Lin Yue didn’t dare to be a boundary son is not because, he didn’t dare to meet the empress at all. With his disguise, he can hide it from others, but how can he hide it from the eyes of the Empress?”
“Wow…”
The Saint Qi in Cao Feng’s body, worked like crazy, and a Saint Soul rushed out of his body, presenting itself behind him as he said, “Since Zhang Ruochen is in that abandoned city, let’s go and capture him immediately, lest he escapes again.”?”And slow down.”
Wan Ji’s expression was serious and quite cautious as he said, “The Two Yi Sect is the leader of the Ten Thousand Sects in the Eastern Domain, and in the sect, there are experts like clouds, so how could it be possible that there isn’t anyone who can see through Lin Yue’s disguise?”
“Is Your Excellency worried that the Two Yi Sect is deliberately sheltering Zhang Ruochen? The Two Yi Sect has that much guts to defend someone that the Empress ordered to be arrested?”Cao Feng said.
“Fear not, fear not. It’s best if we don’t alert the Two Yi Sect, and no matter what, this time, we absolutely cannot let Zhang Ruochen escape again.”
Wan Ji’s eyes, incomparably cold, immediately ordered, saying, “Leopard Qian, Leopard Kun, Leopard Dragon, and Leopard Tiger, the four of you will each lead a team of men to set up a White Mist Concealment Formation in the four directions of that abandoned city. Cao Feng, Cao Gu, the two of you carry Earth Martial Saint Light Cannons and set them up in the east and west. This king will personally enter the city to capture Zhang Ruochen, the key criminal of the imperial court.”
This time, the soldiers that Wan Ji had brought out were all among the Leopard Army, first-class elites, all of them at least at the cultivation level of the Fish Dragon Realm.
The four of them, Leopard Qian, Leopard Kun, Leopard Dragon, and Leopard Tiger, were even at the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation Realm, and were strong individuals who had experienced countless killings and blood baptisms.
Soon, the sergeants of the Leopard Army, layered in four units, quickly dispersed.
In the Divine Platform City.
Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual power, which was already close to the forty-sixth rank, and his perception ability naturally surpassed that of Mu Lingshi and Han Qiu, and he soon detected that something was wrong.
Mu Lingshi saw that Zhang Ruochen’s face looked different, so, she asked, “What’s wrong?”
Zhang Ruochen’s brows furrowed as he quickly stepped out of the pavilion and came to the centre of the street, looking upwards.
Only to see that layers and layers of white smoke were surging from all directions, blocking the sunlight in the sky, and soon enveloping the entire Sacred Terrace City.
“Why did such a big fog suddenly rise?”
Han Chu stared with a pair of beautiful eyes, feeling quite surprised.
The terrain of Shentai City was very high, and even in the morning, there was rarely this much fog, let alone at midday.
Such a bizarre fog really made people feel uneasy.
“There’s definitely something wrong, leave this place immediately.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Right at this moment, a strong Holy Qi fluctuation appeared within the white fog. Vaguely, a tall figure could be seen standing at that location.
“Zhang Ruochen, there is simply no place for you in the world, where else are you going to escape to?”
“Ta da.”
Crisp footsteps rang out, that was the sound of metal battle boots hitting the ground and making a sound.
That tall silhouette walked out from the white mist, wearing a heavy armour that invisibly exuded an icy, domineering holy aura.
Wan Ji’s icy face was revealed, with narrow eyes, a hawkish nose, a thick beard, and a blood-red murderous aura surrounding his body.
Standing in front of such a strong man, even with Han Chu’s cultivation, she felt a massive pressure, as if a huge mountain stood in front of her, making it a little difficult for her to breathe.
“Damn!”
In Han Chu’s heart, she cried out.
She knew at a glance that the other party was a great figure from the Ministry of War. Such a powerful existence had personally rushed to capture Zhang Ruochen, so with Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation at the Fish Dragon Realm, how could he possibly escape?
Her gaze stared over towards Zhang Ruochen, but she realised that Zhang Ruochen did not show the slightest bit of fear and appeared very open.
“Lord Wanji, your sense of smell is too keen to have caught up so quickly. Can you tell me how you found my trail?”
As Zhang Ruochen spoke, he released his spiritual power and soon realised that there were two other Half-Saints in the Divine Platform City besides Wan Ji.
It should be the duo of Cao Feng and Cao Gu.
Cao Feng and Cao Gu were both at the cultivation level of Second Stage Half-Saint, so logically, they would not pose much of a threat to Zhang Ruochen. However, for some reason, Zhang Ruochen detected an extremely threatening aura on their bodies.
Could it be that the two of them were carrying some kind of powerful battle weapon on their bodies?
Wan Ji gave a cold smile, ”A prisoner of the rank and file is also qualified to question this king? Zhang Ruochen, it’s hard for you to fly even with your wings this time, if you don’t want to die, you’d better tie your hands. Lest you move your hands, this king is worried about accidentally …… killing you.”
“What a big mouth, Wan Ji, don’t you know that Zhang Ruochen’s master, the Xuan Gui Sword Saint, has already come to life, aren’t you afraid of offending his old man?”Mu Lingshi said very nonchalantly.
Wan Ji glanced at Mu Lingxi and said, “Demon Sect Demoness, with you, how dare you threaten this king? Cao Feng, kill her first, so that she doesn’t have to make a nuisance of herself here.”
“Lead the way.”
Cao Feng stood at the top of the city wall in the west and raised his hands, using his Saint Soul, he mobilised the heaven and earth aura of hundreds of miles in a radius, condensing a great white river of Saint Qi and injecting it into the Earth Martial Saint Light Cannon.
Within moments, the Earth Martial Holy Light Cannon had gathered enough energy to gush out a three-foot diameter pillar of light, emitting a loud “rumbling” sound as it struck towards the location of Zhang Ruochen, Mu Lingshi, and Han Qiu.
The Earth Martial Sacred Light Cannon was a rather powerful forbidden weapon that was developed by the imperial court and could only be used by the Ministry of Military Affairs, and it was specially used to deal with Half-Saint level powerhouses.
The thicker the holy qi condensed in the Earth Martial Sacred Light Cannon, the more powerful the power that erupted from it, the more powerful it would be.
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