Chapter 288: Chapter 288: A Great Victory, Yin Ye Arrives
At Lu Chao’s words, Dean Lion pointed a trembling finger at him. "You... you... you..."
He was rendered speechless...
Finally, he couldn’t help but roar, "If you all weren’t wearing masks, I would have taken you down with me, even if it cost me my life!"
But he had already been struck by an arrow and no longer had the strength to kill Lu Chao.
Hearing this, Sky Cliff Chi Yun stepped forward and took off her mask. "Hilarious. General Lu Chao wore a mask precisely to prevent your desperate attacks. What ’if’? There are no ’ifs’ in this world."
That was right. They had all worn masks to prevent Dean Lion from identifying his target.
They had numbers, but not a single top-tier master who could contend with Dean Lion. If Dean Lion had managed to single out Lu Chao, it would have been an incredibly dangerous situation.
If things went wrong, Dean Lion might have killed him and still escaped unscathed. Even if they took each other out, it would have been a net loss.
In this Heavenly Destiny World, it was extremely dangerous for a commander to not be powerful enough. A supreme expert could emerge at any moment and take the commander’s life...
Dealing with an assassination attempt from a powerful expert required pulling out all the stops. Naturally, Lu Chao was very experienced in this regard.
At that moment, Lu Chao said indifferently, "Dean Lion, do you have any last words?"
At these words, Dean Lion trembled violently, his aged face pale and colorless.
He couldn’t help but stand up. "Fake Lu Chao, you can’t kill me! I am the number one master in the Lion Flame Kingdom!"
"Once you’re dead, the second-best master in Lion Flame will become the first," Lu Chao replied casually.
Dean Lion trembled again and growled in a low voice, "If you kill me, you’ll be making an enemy of the entire Lion Flame Academy!"
To this, Lu Chao just gave another indifferent smile...
"Why would I stop at making an enemy of the Lion Flame Academy? I’m already an enemy of the entire Beast Flame Inner Courtyard. But why did it come to this?"
"It was you people, who plotted against us again and again with no bottom line..."
"Did you really think that just because you’re the top masters of the Hundred Countries, or even this entire region, you could do whatever you please? Did you really think that even after pushing us into desperate situations time and again, we would at most put up a little resistance and never dare to truly strike back?"
"I’m sorry, but now it’s my turn to push you into a desperate situation. And you are the first."
With that, Lu Chao wasted no more words and gave the order to have Dean Lion... executed by arrows on the spot!
Before he died, Dean Lion let out a heaven-shaking roar, "I can’t accept this!"
Then, as he fell, he was consumed by deep regret.
Only now did he realize that the Fake Lu Chao was someone who took revenge. He realized the Fake Lu Chao remembered every single scheme plotted against them back at Beast Flame.
It was just as Lu Chao had said...
Back then, the upper echelons of Beast Flame, including him, Dean Lion, all felt they were high and mighty.
Even if they failed to destroy the Fake Lu Chao and the Dragon Flame Academy, they, the leaders of Beast Flame, would be fine. The Fake Lu Chao and the Dragon Flame Academy were completely powerless against them...
They had arrogantly refused to treat the Dragon Flame Academy as an equal.
They had self-righteously believed that only they could bully others, while others would, at most, resist but never dare to fight back and take revenge.
Only now did he understand. It wasn’t that the Fake Lu Chao didn’t seek revenge, but that the time hadn’t been right.
Dean Lion was dead, becoming the first high-ranking member of the Beast Flame Inner Courtyard to be slain by Lu Chao.
As Lu Chao gave the order to continue toward the Lion Flame Royal Capital, Sky Cliff Chi Yun and the others stared at his back once again.
’Back in Sword Tooth City, the six great commanders oppressed him and Fan Jinhua. Now, three of them are dead.’
’At Beast Flame, the deans of the Seven Great Inner Courtyards relentlessly targeted the Dragon Flame Academy. Now, Dean Lion has been slain by General Lu Chao.’
’And during the Chaotic Hundred Countries, the Six Great Flame Kings went back on their word, one after another, refusing to give the descendants of the Azure Flame Sect a place to survive...’
At this point, Chi Yun shivered violently and didn’t dare continue her train of thought.
In any case, with the assassination problem solved, they could now truly march on Lion Flame City.
「One day later...」
Lu Chao, leading the soldiers and horses of Sky Cliff and Liyan, arrived at the Lion Flame Royal Capital.
For the past two days, the Dragon Flame Academy, along with troops from several Small Kingdoms, had fiercely withstood the frenzied attacks from Lion Flame. They fully converged with Lu Chao, and soon after, troops from a few more Small Kingdoms arrived at the Lion Flame Royal Capital...
The entire Lion Flame Royal Capital was completely surrounded.
And when Lu Chao threw out Dean Lion’s corpse, a pall of gloom hung over the entire Lion Flame Royal Capital.
Inside the Lion Flame Royal Capital, Wu Yiyi was trembling violently...
’The dean is dead! That Fake Lu Chao actually dared to kill the dean!’
’That dog Zheng Zhuhe! I contacted him and told him to come find me, but he didn’t even reply!’
Wu Yiyi didn’t know that Zheng Zhuhe had now awakened his Saint Bone and was being forced by Zheng Liling and others to relentlessly temper his Martial Dao.
’What should I do? Even if the Fake Lu Chao spares me, Wu Caicai will never let me off the hook.’
’If the city falls, I’m dead for sure.’
’Damn it. It looks like I’ll have to swallow my pride and beg Wu Caicai, promising her anything she wants.’
She was filled with endless hatred, but she still resolved to plead with Wu Caicai for mercy. There was no other way... Her father wasn’t in the Royal Capital right now, so he couldn’t protect her personally.
Just as Wu Yiyi was waiting anxiously, a guard suddenly rushed in. "Miss Yiyi, the Fake Lu Chao has withdrawn his troops!"
At these words, Wu Yiyi asked in pleasant surprise, "Withdrawn? They’re not attacking?"
Her guard nodded emphatically, but he didn’t know the specific reason for the withdrawal.
Half a day later, Wu Yiyi found out the full story through various channels...
It turned out that the Lion Flame King himself had ascended the city walls, released all the hostages, and handed over the Beast Flame higher-ups who had repeatedly attacked the Dragon Flame Academy during the battle for the Beast Flame qualification spots. Only then did he persuade the Fake Lu Chao to withdraw his army and leave.
"Hahaha..."
’He actually withdrew just like that? Damn it, he scared me half to death!’
’Wait a minute. During the battle for the Beast Flame qualification spots, I also played a role in attacking the Dragon Flame Academy. He only asked for the higher-ups from the Lion Institute and didn’t even mention me. He ignored me... Damn him to hell!’
Incredibly, Wu Yiyi was resentful about being overlooked.
Then, she sneered, "Just you wait, Fake Lu Chao. I will conquer you."
The words had barely left her lips when... BANG!
A guard burst into her room again, shouting, "Miss Yiyi, this is bad! Lion Flame City has fallen!"
"What the fuck, why?"
Terrified, Wu Yiyi collapsed to the ground and asked in a trembling voice, "It’s... it’s not because of me, is it?"
The guards gave her a strange look. ’Because of you? Who do you think you are?’
Of course, the guard didn’t dare say this out loud. Instead, he quickly replied, "It wasn’t the Fake Lu Chao who broke through. It was Dragon Flame Marquis Jilong, Yin Ye! He suddenly arrived with Dragon Flame Soldiers and Horses and breached the city gates!"
Hearing this, Wu Yiyi was completely bewildered.
’Where did this Marquis Jilong, Yin Ye, come from? Wasn’t the Dragon Flame Kingdom not sending any troops?’
...
Elsewhere, the Lion Flame King asked in a quavering voice, "Marquis Jilong, Yin Ye, what is the meaning of this?"
He was baffled, too. He had just seen off the Fake Lu Chao, and now a Marquis Jilong had appeared.
Yin Ye smiled. "It’s nothing, really. Lu Chao is in charge of the fighting, and I’m in charge of the cleanup. After all, Lu Chao is heading straight for the battlefield of the Three-Academy Competition. I can’t very well let him have thorns at his back, can I?"
