Chapter 63: Chapter 62: Overbearing Fist Intent! An Astonishing Guess
「Inside the Imperial City, in a secret pavilion.」
"Murong Hai! What a fine Prison Chief you are! To actually let King Zhenyue escape!?"
A middle-aged Beautiful Lady holding a blue Jade Plate, dressed in an ornate cyan robe, spoke with a sullen, mocking tone.
She was a Director from the Demon-slaying Bureau and had always been at odds with Murong Hai, constantly clashing with him.
Now that she had a chance to kick him while he was down, she naturally seized it, showering him with cold sarcasm.
Murong Hai’s fists tightened, and his expression turned even uglier.
But unusually, he remained silent and didn’t offer a rebuttal.
"Enough! This isn’t entirely Brother Murong’s fault!"
Just then, a slender, white-robed youth slowly opened his eyes.
The next moment, with a solemn expression, he executed a Divine Technique: Blood Painting!
Within the painting...
An image appeared, showing King Zhenyue and his party leaving the Imperial City and heading toward the Celestial Fire Demon Cave!
Two or three seconds later, the image cut out!
The white-robed youth’s face went deathly pale as blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
’Using the Painting Revelation Divine Technique with this body is still too strenuous!’
He wiped the blood from his lips, thinking to himself.
"The Celestial Fire Demon Cave..."
Beside them, Chen Tianfeng stood with his hands behind his back, his expression darkening slightly.
"Let’s go!"
Then, under his lead, the group’s figures flickered as they sped toward the Celestial Fire Demon Cave at full throttle!
All four were powerful experts of the Great Xia Dynasty with considerable Cultivation, so they traveled at great speed.
Along the way, the Beautiful Lady activated the blue Jade Plate in her hands, following King Zhenyue’s aura to guide their path.
After a short while, the group gradually slowed down.
The Beautiful Lady looked toward the distant Celestial Fire Demon Cave and said, "According to the Tracking Disc, King Zhenyue’s party should be just seven li ahead!"
The others had varied expressions, but none of them spoke.
Then, the Beautiful Lady stared at Murong Hai and sneered, "I should remind you all that when King Zhenyue rebelled all those years ago, he was already an expert at the Third Level of the Spirit Transformation Realm!"
"Even if his Cultivation hasn’t progressed at all over the years due to the sealing chains, it’s very likely that we are still no match for him!"
At this, even Chen Tianfeng, who had already broken through to the Second Level of Spirit Transformation, fell silent.
When King Zhenyue had rebelled, Chen Tianfeng had just been a minor figure. The King’s immense might and formidable combat prowess...
...had long been seared into the depths of his mind.
This was especially true of the Seventh-Grade Divine Technique that King Zhenyue cultivated!
Celestial Dragon Carrying the Mountain!
Its power was unbelievably formidable, practically unstoppable!
Murong Hai spoke in a low voice, "I have already notified Lord Xu, the Astronomer!"
"He should be on his way right now!"
"Lord Xu..."
Hearing this, the Beautiful Lady’s expression shifted slightly, and she murmured the name softly.
Deep in her eyes lay a profound sense of fear!
Then, she spoke again, "And what will you do if we can’t stall until Lord Xu arrives?"
After all, with King Zhenyue’s immense Cultivation, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to shake them off.
Murong Hai stated resolutely, "Then we’ll stall him with our lives!"
"I am the Prison Chief of the Great Xia Prison. I cannot escape responsibility for King Zhenyue’s escape!"
"When we move to capture King Zhenyue, I will be the first to strike!"
"Even if it means my body is shattered to pieces, I will absolutely hold out until Lord Xu arrives to capture this Demon!"
"You talk a good game!"
The Beautiful Lady remained relentless, continuing with a sneer, "In a moment, I’ll be watching!"
"Let’s see just how Lord Mu plans to stall King Zhenyue!"
The white-robed youth at their side remained silent.
"Enough!"
Chen Tianfeng, however, released a wisp of Spirit Transformation aura and spoke in a deep voice.
’At such a critical moment, this Director of the Demon-slaying Bureau...’
’Zhan Taiyue!’
’As a high official of Great Xia, she’s actually mocking her colleague!’
’What has become of our decorum?’
Under the pressure of the Spirit Transformation aura, Zhan Taiyue’s body trembled slightly, and she quickly shut her mouth.
Faced with the powerful and overbearing Chen Tianfeng, she didn’t dare speak recklessly.
’She knew very well!’
’Once Chen Tianfeng was provoked, he wouldn’t care about her status!’
’He would definitely strike without hesitation!’
’And things would get ugly then!’
When faced with Chen Tianfeng, who held the deep trust of Emperor Xia, even the Spirit Transformation Great Powers within the Demon-slaying Bureau wouldn’t dare to say a word against him.
WHOOSH!
The group’s figures flashed forward, and they soon arrived at the Celestial Fire Demon Cave.
"Huh? What’s this?!"
Upon arriving at the Celestial Fire Demon Cave, the group saw that the center of the cave was wreathed in dense Demonic Qi.
This Demonic Qi swirled around a blood-stained pile of rubble, yet it hesitated to draw near.
Large numbers of Demon Fiends were rushing in from all directions, some even drifting in from the sky, to gather at this spot.
They stared greedily at the rubble pile, but as if fearing something, they dared not make a move.
BOOM!!
Chen Tianfeng’s aura surged as he struck out domineeringly!
He unleashed a crimson Palm Seal!
It blasted away the Demonic Qi, carving a direct path through it!
As the group approached the rubble pile, they made a horrifying discovery.
Lying within the blood-soaked pile of shattered rocks was a person.
An extremely Overbearing Fist Intent lingered on his body.
It was this Fist Intent that made the surrounding Demon Fiends wary, too afraid to move rashly.
And this person was none other than King Zhenyue!
Heavens!
The King Zhenyue they had been pursuing was actually dead!
His head was gone! His body was shattered!
They were stunned speechless!
"Who did this? Could it be a hidden expert from our Great Xia Dynasty!?"
The Beautiful Lady’s expression was one of terror. She looked at King Zhenyue’s gruesome corpse, her body trembling slightly in disbelief.
In a trance-like state,
she seemed to see a world-shaking Great Power, seated high above the Nine Heavens, calmly throwing a single punch at the despairingly roaring King Zhenyue.
One punch!
As if it could sunder the heavens!
It killed the renowned King Zhenyue on the spot!
Shock!
Horror! Trembling! It was beyond words!
The Beautiful Lady remained lost in her vision, silent for a long time.
Meanwhile, upon seeing the Fist Intent lingering on King Zhenyue’s body, Murong Hai suddenly seemed to have thought of something.
His expression changed dramatically!
’Why does this Fist Intent look so similar to the Fist Intent on those other escaped prisoners?’
’Could it be...’
’...that the one who struck was that mysterious Seventh Prince again?’
At this thought, Murong Hai’s face flushed with an excitement that was impossible to describe with words.
He took a deep breath, then thought to himself.
’Yes! It must be him!’
’The Seventh Prince of Great Xia has been diligently cultivating in the depths of the prison for a hundred years!’
’In a hundred years, with his talent, it’s not impossible for him to have broken through to the Spirit Transformation Realm!’
’And that immense, shocking breakthrough phenomenon from last time... only a breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation Realm could have caused that, right?’
’After all, the phenomenon when I broke through to become an Innate Grandmaster was nowhere near as grand!’
The more Murong Hai thought about it, the more he felt...
...that the possibility was growing stronger and stronger!
As for the white-robed youth, his face fell and his heart pounded with horror when he saw King Zhenyue’s corpse.
’Damn it! Who the hell did this? Who killed King Zhenyue?’
He was shocked, but he was also cursing inwardly.
King Zhenyue’s sudden death had completely ruined their subsequent plans!
They would have to reconsider everything from the start!
Unlike the other three, Chen Tianfeng merely frowned as he looked at King Zhenyue’s corpse.
"The Seventh Prince..."
He sensed the Overbearing Fist Intent.
Something about it just felt... odd.
And when Murong Hai voiced his astonishing speculation,
the Beautiful Lady snapped back to her senses, stunned on the spot.
"What? The one who did this... was the Seventh Prince!?"
