Zi Yuan fiercely broke free from the chains, but was hit by a wave of spiritual energy aftermath. Her figure became unstable, a mouthful of blood sprayed out, her face instantly pale as paper.
At the same time, an almost imperceptible poisonous gas entered her body through her lower abdomen.
“Fellow Daoist Zi Yuan!”
Chen Ping, seeing this, his eyes bloodshot with rage, wanted to rush over to help, but was slapped on the back by Liu Kun, spraying another mouthful of blood, staggering and kneeling on the ground.
“Chen Ping! Now you know this old man’s prowess?”
Liu Kun walked in front of Chen Ping, stepping on his back with one foot, sneering. “Hand over the Dragon Slaying Sword and the divine soul, this old man might let you die quickly.”
Chen Ping lay on the ground, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes still firm.
He looked at the injured Zi Yuan not far away, then at Liu Kun’s smug face. The anger and unwillingness in his heart erupted like a volcano.
He suddenly raised his head, a trace of golden light flashed in his eyes, the dragon crystal on his chest lit up again. This time, the light was more brilliant than ever before.
“Ah—!”
Chen Ping let out a dragon roar-like howl, the golden dragon bloodline in his body fully erupted, golden scales emerged from under his skin, a huge golden dragon condensed behind him, the cave instantly filled with golden light.
His aura soared, temporarily suppressing the spirit-eroding poison, bursting out with strength close to first rank Human Immortal Realm.
Liu Kun was shaken back repeatedly by this sudden force, shock appeared on his face. “Golden dragon true form? Impossible! You are clearly poisoned, how can you still erupt with such strength?”
Chen Ping ignored him, his figure flashed, rushing to Zi Yuan’s side, picking her up in one go.
At the same time, he wielded the Dragon Slaying Sword, golden sword energy erupted, forcing back the black-clothed cultivators besieging Zi Yuan.
“Liu Kun, today’s humiliation, this Chen remembers! One day I will repay it a hundredfold!”
Chen Ping roared angrily, the indestructible golden body enveloping his whole body, Imperial Fire Step activated under his feet, carrying Zi Yuan crashing towards the cave top.
“Boom!”
The rocks at the top of the cave were smashed to pieces, Chen Ping holding Zi Yuan rushed out, flying towards the depths of the mountain forest.
Liu Kun reacted, roaring in anger. “Chase! Must catch them!”
The black-clothed cultivators unfolded their figures one after another, chasing towards the direction Chen Ping escaped.
But Chen Ping, with the speed from the golden dragon bloodline eruption, was extremely fast. In no time, he threw off the pursuers behind.
He held the weakly breathing Zi Yuan, speeding all the way, until confirming he had completely shaken off the pursuers, then stopped in a hidden valley.
“Fellow Daoist Zi Yuan, how are you?”
Chen Ping placed Zi Yuan on the ground, asking anxiously.
Zi Yuan was covered in wounds, also poisoned, her breath weak, already fallen into a coma.
Chen Ping quickly took out healing pills, pried open her mouth to feed them in, and circulated the divine dragon power to help her refine the medicinal power.
Looking at Zi Yuan’s pale face, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in Chen Ping’s eyes. “Liu Kun, this enmity is irreconcilable! I must expose your conspiracy, make you pay blood for blood!”
Liu Kun led the pursuers searching in the mountain forest for a full hour, always no trace of Chen Ping, had to return to the prime minister’s mansion in frustration.
In the study, Liu Kun paced back and forth, his face gloomy enough to drip water—Chen Ping escaped, meaning his plot was exposed. Once Chen Ping found Wu Hao to report the truth, he would surely fall into eternal doom.
“Sir, what now? Chen Ping escaped, if he goes to the sovereign to complain, we are in trouble!”
A black-clothed cultivator asked anxiously.
Liu Kun suddenly stopped, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes. “Panic what! Chen Ping is poisoned and injured, even if he finds Wu Hao, he may not gain trust. Moreover, I have long prepared a backup plan.”
He turned to look at his trusted advisor. “Prepare the carriage immediately, I am going to the palace to see the sovereign.”
In the inner hall of the palace, Wu Hao was worried because Chen Ping had not returned for a long time. Hearing that Liu Kun requested an audience, he could not help but feel puzzled. “Liu Kun coming to see me at this time, what is the matter?”
