Chapter 1931: Chapter 1916: The Mystery of Xuan Hu’s Imprisonment
"Hur Tai! You then. Let this Human Clan brat have a good chance to show off your strength!" Black Cloud Great Sage’s eyes moved as he casually picked out a Demon Commander at the Mid Ninth Stage of Realm King Realm.
"Subordinate obeys!"
Hur Tai clasped his fists, stomped down with one heavy step, and the entire prison shook once.
Seeing Hur Tai step forward, Yun Ben and Hur Chimei’s faces both changed drastically.
They were both born of the Tiger Clan, so they naturally understood the true strength of these Tiger Clan figures.
Speaking purely of combat power, this Hur Tai was only middle-tier among the many Demon Commanders under Black Cloud Great Sage; he was not the strongest.
However, if you talked brute force and killing power, this Hur Tai was absolutely one of the foremost Demon Commanders in Black Cloud Great Sage’s hands.
In the current situation, with Ye Zhen standing there without moving, without dodging or evading, he could absolutely allow Hur Tai to unleash his strength to the extreme.
But at this point, the two of them worrying any further was pointless.
Yun Ben knew Ye Zhen’s strength, but after all, they hadn’t met in many years. Ye Zhen’s strength had already broken through to the Dark Palace Realm; who knew if Ye Zhen still had that same monstrous power as before.
Hur Chimei had already started biting his lips, constantly sizing up Hur Xiaomao and Ye Zhen, making the worst preparations.
"Can you give me a quarter of an hour to heal Xuan Hu’s injuries? It’s not good to stop halfway now!" While Hur Tai was challenging, Ye Zhen replied without even lifting his head.
Hur Tai couldn’t decide and looked toward Black Cloud Great Sage.
Black Cloud Great Sage instead started laughing. "Fine. Once the battle starts in a while, you won’t have any chance to treat Xuan Hu’s injuries. I too am a man of ruthless sentiment and absolute righteousness, so I’ll give you this chance!"
"Many thanks!"
As Ye Zhen responded, he continued focusing on cutting away the rotten flesh on Xuan Hu’s body, his knife moving like flying.
Xuan Hu’s chest, however, was heaving violently.
He understood that Hur Tai’s strength.
He also understood Ye Zhen’s fierce combat power, but like he’d said, his understanding of Ye Zhen still remained from ten years ago.
As for whether the current Ye Zhen still had that same monstrous combat power as before, he wasn’t clear.
To be honest, being locked in this Black Prison and tortured for so long, Xuan Hu had been thinking of leaving here every moment.
So at the beginning, he didn’t go against his will to stop this; he wanted to see, to see whether Ye Zhen had any chance of saving him and taking him out of here.
But when he saw Hur Tai making a move, Xuan Hu could no longer hold back.
Xuan Hu still desperately wanted to leave this place, but he did not want Ye Zhen to lose his life because of him.
Even so, Xuan Hu still didn’t speak, until over half a quarter-hour later, when Ye Zhen had finished treating all the injuries on his body, wrapping him into a thick white dumpling. Just as Ye Zhen was getting up, Xuan Hu suddenly grabbed him.
"Wait!"
"What is it?" Ye Zhen squatted back down in front of Xuan Hu.
"Got any wine and meat?" The usually taciturn Xuan Hu suddenly asked.
"Yes!"
Ye Zhen had quite a bit of roasted meat and fine wine with him. The wine went without saying; as for roasted meat, so long as he had the chance, Ye Zhen would prepare a good amount for that gluttonous little cat.
"Drink a few cups with me!" Xuan Hu said.
Looking at the burning intent in Xuan Hu’s eyes, then glancing at Black Cloud Great Sage who was watching this scene, Ye Zhen hesitated for a moment, then took out three jars of wine. He handed one to Xuan Hu, kept one by his side, and tossed the last one to Black Cloud Great Sage.
"You and I share a drink. No objections, right?"
After that, Ye Zhen took out a roasted beast leg weighing over a hundred jin and handed it to Xuan Hu.
Xuan Hu first took a long, deep sniff, then opened his mouth and began wolfing it down. While chewing he mumbled, "First time I’ve realized this stuff could taste so damn good. Come, drink!"
With a clink of his wine jar against Ye Zhen’s, Xuan Hu tipped his head back and gulped down great mouthfuls.
Watching this scene, Black Cloud Great Sage slapped open the clay seal on the wine jar Ye Zhen had thrown him, took a long sniff, and praised, "Good wine!"
"You lot share it!" He casually tossed the wine jar to the Demon Commanders behind him.
"Xuan Hu, there are countless delicacies in this world. Over this past year, you should have thought it through by now, right? Actually, as long as you come around and nod your head, not only can you leave this place from now on, all the delicacies, fine wines, and beauties under heaven, this Sage will let you pick as you please. Wouldn’t that be a joy?" Black Cloud Great Sage suddenly started persuading Xuan Hu.
At this persuasion, Ye Zhen, who hadn’t cared before, along with Yun Ben and the others with Hur Chimei, also became curious.
To be honest, even they, as people of the Tiger Clan, couldn’t figure out why Black Cloud Great Sage was making things hard for this fierce general Xuan Hu.
This Xuan Hu, though an outsider, was top-tier in both Bloodline and ferocity within the Tiger Clan.
Such a fierce general would be treasured by other Great Saints; they wouldn’t have enough time to cherish him. Why, then, would Black Cloud Great Sage lock him up to torture him to death?
Xuan Hu, who was in the midst of drinking, heard Black Cloud Great Sage’s persuasion again, and his gaze suddenly turned cold.
He first glanced at Ye Zhen, then fixed his stare on Black Cloud Great Sage. In his eyes, derision and mockery were written all over.
"You... will never understand..."
That gaze, anyone present could see, was filled with disdain toward Black Cloud Great Sage.
"Some things, some people, you’ll never have in your whole life! But to me, so long as I’ve had them once, I’ll have no regrets!"
Bang!
The wine jar in Xuan Hu’s hand shattered into pieces. Xuan Hu swayed as he stood up, and from many of his freshly treated wounds, blood spurted out in an instant.
"This is an internal matter of our Tiger Clan. You stay out of it. I’ll handle it myself!" The moment he stood, Xuan Hu called out to Ye Zhen; at the same instant, his Divine Soul Telecommunication rang out in Ye Zhen’s Dark Palace.
"Don’t worry about me, and don’t waste your life for nothing! Remember, after you leave this place, you must help me check on Qing Tong. She lives in Qingqiu. And tell Qing Tong’s child, just tell him that Uncle Xuan Hu won’t be able to visit him anymore!
But Uncle Xuan Hu believes he will definitely grow into a brave man!" Xuan Hu instructed.
"Qing Tong has a child?"
Ye Zhen was stunned by this news. He hadn’t expected that in these eight or nine years, Hu Qingtong had actually had a child.
Back then, Hu Qingtong had had a one-night dewy couple’s relationship with him; who would have thought she already had a child now.
This entrustment filled Ye Zhen’s heart with a hundred mixed flavors, giving him an indescribable feeling.
And in that split second, Xuan Hu suddenly pointed at Hur Tai opposite him. Though sickly, his old domineering air seemed to return at that moment.
"Hur Tai, right? You sissy in the Tiger Clan. Grandpa here will let you have one arm! If you’re a man, come over here and let Grandpa crush your balls!"
"Courting death!"
Hur Tai’s face instantly flushed red. With a tiger’s roar, he was about to attack Xuan Hu without regard for anything.
But just then, a palm chopped down onto the back of Xuan Hu’s neck. Xuan Hu’s body tilted and he passed out on the spot.
After knocking Xuan Hu out with one palm, Ye Zhen stepped forward slowly. "Your opponent is me!"
Hur Tai gave a muffled snort, two streams of white air spraying from his nostrils as all the joints in his body crackled explosively.
"Great Sage, before the fight starts, I want to make one thing clear. As long as I stand in place, not dodging or evading and take three moves from Hur Tai head-on, I can take Xuan Hu out of Black Prison, correct?"
"Of course. So long as you don’t dodge or evade and take three moves from Hur Tai head-on without dying, you can take Xuan Hu out of Black Prison!" Black Cloud Great Sage said.
"Your word is iron?" Ye Zhen confirmed.
"Nonsense. When this Sage speaks, it’s naturally as good as nine tripods!" Black Cloud Great Sage barked.
"Good!"
"Come on!"
Spirit Light surged violently around Ye Zhen’s body. As a layer of inky-black Protective Spirit Force enveloped him from head to toe, layer after layer of black Scale Armor began condensing on the surface of his body.
"Remember, within three moves, I want him dead!" At the same instant, Black Cloud Great Sage’s telepathic voice sounded in Hur Tai’s Dark Palace.
"Rest assured, Great Sage!"
In the next instant, Hur Tai spread his arms. Amid furious tiger roars, his arms suddenly transformed into mighty tiger arms over a hundred meters long and ten meters wide, covered in pale-gold tiger fur!
Roar!
The two pairs of tiger arms came crashing down toward Ye Zhen’s head like two small mountains!
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