King of Ten Thousand Years

Chapter 307: Chapter 305: Returning to the Azure Cloud Kingdom

"Azure Cloud Kingdom!"

Luo Tian murmured softly.

It was a rare trip far from home, and since he was heading to the Central Domain next anyway, Luo Tian decided to make a detour back to the Azure Cloud Kingdom.

Of course, he was still a wanted man in the Azure Cloud Kingdom.

But Luo Tian’s strength and status were on a completely different level now, so he had nothing to fear.

Naturally, he was just stopping by on his way through and didn’t plan to stay for long.

His main objective was still the Celestial Pride Conference.

WHOOSH!

The Flying Cloud Bird carried Luo Tian forward at a leisurely pace.

Suddenly, Luo Tian caught the foul stench of blood and decay.

In the distance, a desolate, ravaged landscape came into view.

Following that, Luo Tian spotted seven or eight military encampments.

"Hm? The flag of the Qiu Yue Kingdom!"

Luo Tian frowned upon seeing the banner in the camp.

’Isn’t this the Azure Cloud Kingdom’s territory?’

"Who goes there?"

Suddenly, a loud shout that startled the surroundings erupted from the camp.

A bald, middle-aged man shot out, his expression stern and cold, radiating an invisible, murderous aura.

The other soldiers in the camp were also alerted, and they charged out in neat formations.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The Flying Cloud Bird hovered in midair. Luo Tian looked down from his high vantage point and asked, "People of the Qiu Yue Kingdom, why are you here?"

"Hahaha, you seem to be a bit out of the loop. You don’t even know this?"

A burly man laughed.

Another Spirit Level Martial Artist said, "Commander Lu, this person must be here to reinforce the Azure Cloud Kingdom. Let’s capture him first and ask questions later!"

With that, the Spirit Level Martial Artist retrieved a large bow, intending to shoot Luo Tian down.

"Wait!"

The bald, middle-aged man waved his hand, stopping his subordinate.

"Who exactly are you?"

The bald, middle-aged man asked again, his eyes dark and probing.

He could faintly sense that the large blue bird in the sky was extraordinary, and it gave him an intangible sense of pressure.

As for the person on its back, he was obscured by the giant bird, his face hidden from view.

But anyone who could possess such a remarkable flying mount was surely no ordinary person, which was why he hadn’t acted rashly.

"Have the people of the Qiu Yue Kingdom forgotten me so quickly?"

Luo Tian chuckled softly. The Flying Cloud Bird slowly descended, and his face came into everyone’s view.

Everyone from the Qiu Yue Kingdom stared intently at Luo Tian.

After a breath of silence!

BOOM!

A terrifying aura erupted as everyone revealed a frenzied killing intent.

"Luo Tian!"

It was actually Luo Tian!

They never imagined that this criminal, wanted by the Qiu Yue Kingdom, the Azure Cloud Kingdom, and the Chilong Dynasty, would appear here so brazenly!

Luo Tian had killed the son of Prince Zheng of the Chilong Dynasty. If they could capture Luo Tian, they could win Prince Zheng’s favor and annihilate the Azure Cloud Kingdom!

"Capture him!"

The bald, middle-aged man ordered immediately.

The Spirit Level Martial Artist beside him drew his bowstring.

SWISH—TWANG!

A pitch-black arrow let out a sharp shriek as it tore through the air, shooting toward Luo Tian like a bolt of dark lightning.

At the same time, other soldiers also drew their bows or threw their spears.

In an instant, Luo Tian was enveloped by nearly a hundred arrows and spears!

"To think he’d deliver himself right to our doorstep. How foolish!"

The bald, middle-aged man’s eyes gleamed with excitement.

If he captured Luo Tian, he would have performed a great service and would receive a huge reward from the Qiu Yue Kingdom.

But in the next moment, his expression froze completely.

BOOM—WHOOSH!

In midair, facing the attack from the Qiu Yue Kingdom’s enemies, the Flying Cloud Bird showed a look of disdain. With a flap of its wings, a pale blue storm spread out.

All the arrows and spears were instantly shattered into dust, scattering in every direction.

The shockwave of the storm swept across the ground, kicking up dust and stones!

Many soldiers’ helmets were blown right off their heads.

The bald, middle-aged man and the rest of the Qiu Yue Kingdom’s men were all dumbfounded!

’This bird... is this strong?’

"Damn it, Luo Tian actually has such a powerful flying mount. Could he be a Beast Tamer?"

The bald, middle-aged man’s expression was grim.

It was said that Luo Tian had managed to break through the encirclement of the Qiu Yue and Azure Cloud Kingdoms because at the last moment, he had tamed one of the Qiu Yue Kingdom’s flying mounts and escaped with his life.

"Retreat!"

the bald, middle-aged man yelled immediately.

His Cultivation was at the Spirit Sea Realm Seventh Layer, but facing that large blue bird, he felt a strong sense of crisis.

"Kill them all!"

Luo Tian said indifferently.

’There’s no need for mercy with people from the Qiu Yue Kingdom!’

’If I don’t kill them, should I wait for them to report back and attract an Earth Element Realm expert?’

The Flying Cloud Bird let out an excited cry and, trailing a massive stream of blue energy, charged toward the men from the Qiu Yue Kingdom.

It had been quite bored on the journey, and to top it off, it was stuck with a renter who loved to stir up trouble.

WHOOSH!

The Flying Cloud Bird shot through them at extreme speed, like a torrential river washing everything away, instantly breaking the enemy’s formation and killing more than a dozen Qiu Yue soldiers on the spot.

"Retreat! Send a message to the Commander-in-Chief!"

The bald, middle-aged man’s heart pounded in terror.

The power of this large blue bird was beyond his expectations; he probably couldn’t even block a single one of its moves!

"AHH..."

The screams of the Qiu Yue soldiers echoed continuously as bodies fell one after another.

Seeing the Qiu Yue men in the camp about to be completely slaughtered, the bald, middle-aged man’s face filled with despair.

’At my speed, there’s no way I can escape!’

’But, under normal circumstances, as long as you kill the Beast Tamer, the Demon Beast will no longer follow its commands!’

The bald, middle-aged man’s expression turned sinister as his killing intent flared.

LEAP! LEAP! SWOOSH!

His figure leaped back and forth, soaring into midair. With his Ring-Headed Saber, he unleashed a dark red, chilling blade light, slashing toward Luo Tian with ferocious momentum.

The bald, middle-aged man’s all-out attack successfully bypassed the Flying Cloud Bird and shot toward Luo Tian!

"Yes!"

He couldn’t help but exclaim, clenching his fist.

Then, he saw Luo Tian extend a hand, seemingly trying to block the attack.

"Ridiculous! How could my ultimate killing blow be..."

Halfway through his sentence, the bald, middle-aged man’s body trembled. His face was filled with such horror that his jaw almost dropped to the floor!

CLANG!

The bald, middle-aged man’s attack seemed to have struck solid steel, letting out a metallic clang as it was completely blocked.

Looking closely, Luo Tian’s palm was fair and shone with the faint, jade-like luster of green, without a single scratch on it!

"Oh my god!"

The bald, middle-aged man was scared witless!

When Luo Tian fled, he had only just broken through to the Spirit Sea Realm. Even if more than a year had passed, he should be at the Spirit Sea Realm Fifth or Sixth Layer at most.

Yet he, a cultivator at the Spirit Sea Realm Seventh Layer, couldn’t even injure Luo Tian’s palm with his all-out attack.

"Hurry up and kill them. You’re a Half-step Earth Element Realm Demon Beast, don’t let any of them slip through the net!"

Luo Tian said to the Flying Cloud Bird.

The Flying Cloud Bird let out an indignant roar.

As a Half-step Earth Element Realm Demon Beast, it had already been scolded by Luo Tian like this several times.

"What? Half-step Earth Element Realm!"

Hearing this, the bald, middle-aged man stood there in a stupor, giving up all resistance.

SPLAT!

The Flying Cloud Bird charged over and crushed his bald head with one claw.

A dozen or so breaths later, everyone from the Qiu Yue Kingdom at this location had been slaughtered by the Flying Cloud Bird.

"It seems the war between the Azure Cloud Kingdom and the Qiu Yue Kingdom has escalated again while I was away," Luo Tian said flatly.

The Qiu Yue Kingdom and the Azure Cloud Kingdom were already at war to begin with.

In terms of national strength, the Azure Cloud Kingdom was indeed slightly inferior, so it was normal for its territory to be occupied.

Afterward, the Flying Cloud Bird carried Luo Tian deeper into the Azure Cloud Kingdom.

Along the way, he had the Flying Cloud Bird avoid populated areas as much as possible.

News that a Qiu Yue Kingdom encampment had been wiped out spread quickly through both kingdoms.

「At the Qiu Yue Kingdom border.」

Within a massive, imposing city, many high-ranking officials were alarmed.

"What? One of our encampments was completely slaughtered?"

"Damn the Azure Cloud Kingdom! To think they still had the strength to launch a sneak attack!"

"Based on the traces at the scene, it was likely the work of a single person, and probably an Earth Element Realm expert at that!"

Because no other footprints were found at the scene, the Qiu Yue soldiers had been massacred one-sidedly, and the destruction was severe, they concluded that an Earth Element Realm expert had taken action.

"What? An Earth Level Martial Artist?"

Earth Level Martial Artists were the top fighting forces of both kingdoms, and they were few and far between.

The war had been going on for over a year, but no Earth Level Martial Artist had yet made a move!

"The Azure Cloud Kingdom actually sent out an Earth Level Martial Artist first! In that case, we can’t show any weakness either!"

"We implore the Commander-in-Chief to take action!"

The high-ranking officials bowed respectfully toward a burly, middle-aged man in Golden Armor on the high platform before them.

The Middle-aged Man in Golden Armor had his eyes slightly closed. After pondering for three breaths, he suddenly stood up, and a battle-hardened, murderous aura surged out like a tidal wave.

"They wiped out one of our encampments! I, your commander, will wipe out ten of theirs!"

...

Luo Tian never expected that his casual act of destroying one camp would lead the Qiu Yue Kingdom to believe an Earth Element Realm expert had intervened, causing the war between the two kingdoms to intensify even further.

「One day later.」

Luo Tian arrived at the Azure Cloud Kingdom Capital.

Now that the two kingdoms were at war, the Royal Capital was heavily guarded, and entry and exit were strictly controlled.

But to Luo Tian, these measures were as good as nothing.

He put on a human-skin mask to change his appearance and slipped into the Royal Capital as if it were completely unguarded.

With Luo Tian’s current mastery of Body Techniques, no one below the Earth Element Realm could hope to catch him.

Besides, the number of Earth Element Realm cultivators in the entire Azure Cloud Kingdom could be counted on one hand. And with the war escalating, the Qiu Yue Kingdom had dispatched an Earth Level Martial Artist, so the Azure Cloud Kingdom had to send out their own to counter.

Before long, Luo Tian arrived in front of a residence. On the plaque were the two words: "Dongchuan Pharmacy."

Luo Tian felt a little ashamed when he thought of Lin Dongchuan’s family.

Back then, Lin Dongchuan had arranged for Luo Tian’s escape, but he was discovered by the Third Prince, Li Yi. Lin Dongchuan’s two sons were tortured to death, and he himself suffered a great blow, developing a Heart Knot that left him with not long to live.

Luo Tian had come back this time just to stop by and check on him.

The Dongchuan Pharmacy had once been one of the top pharmacies in the Royal Capital, covering an area of ten to twenty mu.

But now, the Dongchuan Pharmacy was two to three times smaller.

SWOOSH!

Luo Tian easily slipped into the Dongchuan Pharmacy.

「Inside a bedroom.」

"Miss Qinghan, this old man has already done all he can."

A Physician stood up to leave, sighing helplessly.

On the bed lay an old man with a deathly pale face, on the verge of death. It was Lin Dongchuan.

Beside him sat a beautiful and moving young woman in a green dress. Her eyes glistened with tears, and her slender hand grasped Lin Dongchuan’s, her face filled with grief.

Outside the room, Luo Tian’s Spiritual Sense perceived the situation inside.

Lin Dongchuan’s Destiny was at its end; he didn’t have much longer to live.

Moreover, his illness was mainly of the heart. Even if Luo Tian had an Elixir of Life that could restore his health, as long as the Heart Knot remained, Lin Dongchuan still wouldn’t live for long. It would be better to let him find release sooner and escape the torment of his Heart Knot.

Luo Tian gazed toward the Imperial Palace and thought to himself, ’I’ll let you live a while longer for now. In the future, I will personally come to take your heads!’

These words were meant for the current Monarch’s entire family!