Chapter 2342: Chapter 2342 Add Fuel To the Fire
After escaping, Ye Liuyun and his clone quickly concealed themselves and returned to the scene to observe both sides’ reactions.
Liu Meng arrived with several martial experts from the City Lord Manor and beat up the patrolling soldiers without asking anything before dragging Liu Tianhe back to the City Lord Manor.
Soon after, Wen Xingtang received a report from the patrolmen that his son had been killed. He immediately mobilized his troops and rushed to the scene.
Upon seeing his son’s gruesome death, he was enraged. After questioning the surviving followers, he gathered his forces and marched toward the City Lord Manor, demaning for justice.
Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun and his clone had already made their way to the City Lord Manor ahead of time. He made everyone disguised in soldier’s uniforms.
Inside the grand hall, Liu Tianhe was being berated by Liu Meng. "The competition is just around the corner, can’t you stay out of trouble for a few days? Once you secured your place to the Yonglie Mansion, you’ll have all the time in the world to indulge yourself..."
At that moment, Liu Meng’s subordinates heard the news about Wen Zihao’s death and Wen Xingtang was arranging men to prepare to attack City Lord Manor.
Upon hearing this, Liu Tianhe could not help but gloat and said that karma finally caught up with Wen Zihao!
But Liu Meng immediately sensed something amiss.
His expression turned grave as he asked Liu Tianhe with a piercing stare. "This is getting out of control! Tell me the truth. Did you arrange someone to kill Wen Zihao?"
At the same time, he unleashed his realm suppresion, forcing Liu Tianhe to answer honestly.
"What?!" Liu Tianhe was taken aback but quickly protested. "How could I? Even if I despised him, I wouldn’t go that far!"
"Are you sure?" Liu Meng pressed.
"I swear! I had nothing to do with this!" Liu Tianhe reassured.
Liu Meng gave a curt nod and turned to his subordinates. "Mobilize all martial experts and guards in City Lord Manor to prepare for battle! Send words to the heads of the major factions to bring in reinforcements at once."
"Yes, sir!" The subordinates responded promptly and dashed out.
Liu Meng then urgently turned to Liu Tianhe. "Get back to your quarters immediately, activate the defensive formation and don’t you dare step out! Cut off all contact with those good-for-nothing friends of yours! That’s the only way you’ll stay alive!"
"Is it really that serious?" Liu Tianhe still seemed skeptical.
Liu Meng’s eyes flashed with anger as he snapped. "Of course! You’re the prime suspect for murdering Wen Xingtang’s son! If he gets his hands on you, you’ll be lucky to escape with your life. Else, you’d be half dead!
If that madman loses control and marches straight into the City Lord Manor, we might not even able to stop him!"
"What?" Liu Tianhe did not expect things to turn out to be that serious and was afraid. Without a word, he bolted towards his quarters.
Just then, the thunderous marching of troops echoed through the streets, growing louder as they approached the City Lord Manor. The sound sent a fresh wave of terror through Liu Tianhe.
He sprinted back to his quarters and hastily activated the defensive formation. But what he did not know was that Ye Liuyun had concealed himself and slipped into the City Lord Manor without anyone noticing. Ye Liuyun was closing in on him.
While all the martial cultivators rushed outward to reinforce the manor’s defenses, Ye Liuyun moved against the current, heading straight for the inner courtyard. Thus, no one noticed him.
Meanwhile, Liu Meng led his forces to block Wen Xingtang’s furious advance towards the City Lord Manor. He was desperately trying to reason with Wen Xingtang by telling him that it was a setup and someone was trying to frame them.
Wen Xingtang, consumed by grief over his son’s death, was not listening. Seeing that Liu Meng refused to bring out Liu Tianhe for questioning, he ordered his troops to charge forward.
Seizing the chaos, Ye Liuyun signaled Liu Jing to hurry and dismantle the formation.
"Hold them back!" Liu Meng realised Wen Xingtang was beyond reason and did not want to listen to his explanation. He commanded the City Lord Manor’s elite experts to repel the advancing soldiers.
Yet, he cautioned the martial practitioners to restrain their strength in order to not escalate the conflict. The soldiers were merely forced back by the City Lord Manor’s martial practitioners and none of them were seriously injured.
Awhile back, Liu Meng’s divine sense detected a surge of formation energy pulsed from within the City Lord Manor. Before he could react, Ye Liuyun unleashed twenty armored warriors, storming into Liu Tianhe’s quarters and cut him down in a merciless flurry of blades.
Ye Liuyun’s act of adding fuel to the fire completely shattered Liu Meng’s composure, pushing him into a blind rage.
When Wen Xingtang saw the city lord manor’s martial cultivators repelling his soldiers, he immediately ordered his troops to form battle formations and charge through their defenses.
"Wen Xingtang!" Liu Meng’s divine sense had just witnessed Liu Tianhe being slaughtered to death by soldiers and he was convinced it was Wen Xingtang’s doing. With a guttural roar, he lunged at Wen Xingtang, intent on taking his life.
A squad of soldiers rushed forward to protect their commander, but Liu Meng swatted them aside like flies, reducing them to mangled corpses in a spray of blood and gore.
"Kill them! Leave no one alive!" Liu Meng bellowed, commanding his martial cultivators to join the slaughter.
The martial cultivators initially thought they were only meant to defend. However, they immediately followed along and charged into the fray after seeing Liu Meng’s merciless assault.
After slaying Liu Tianhe, Ye Liuyun did not stop. He immediately turned his blade towards the other martial cultivators within the City Lord Manor.
"Attack from all sides and leave no one alive!"
Wen Xingtang, watching his soldiers fell before his eyes, gave an order. The garrison troops and the city lord manor’s martial cultivators clashed in a brutal melee. The garrison troops from all sides surged toward the manor as well.
Though the City Lord Manor’s cultivators were higher in realm, their numbers were too little. The soldiers were pouring into the City Lord Manor, slaughtering anyone in their path.
The battlefield erupted with deafening war cries, shaking the entire Lunaris City to its core.
All the while, Ye Liuyun was observing Liu Meng’s movements.
Liu Meng led a group of elite martial cultivators and had slaughtered countless soldiers. But the sheer weight of the garrison forces gradually pushed them back into the City Lord Manor, trapping them in the front courtyard.
"Follow me and kill Wen Xingtang!" Liu Meng could no longer concern himself with the chaos inside the manor. His sole focus was on ending Wen Xingtang’s life.
Wen Xingtang with his fury bloodshot eyes, met with Liu Meng head-on. Both men fought like madmen, each convinced the other was the murderer of their kin.
The City Lord Manor was filled with endless wails of agony, with countless martial artists and soldiers lying dead or wounded.
Seizing the opportunity, Ye Liuyun’s men were busy looting valuables and stripping corpses. Ordinary soldiers mistook them for allies, paying them no heed.
Meanwhile, Liu Meng had suffered grave injuries at the hands of Wen Xingtang.
As a ruler who seldom engaged in combat, Liu Meng lacked the battle experience compared to Wen Xingtang. A single misstep leading to a slash across his chest by Wen Xingtang.
The strike not only tore through Liu Meng’s flesh but also jolted his internal organs, disrupting the flow of his genuine energy.
"My lord!"
Several martial artists from the City Lord Manor rushed to Liu Meng’s aid, shielding him as they fought their way out.
Ye Liuyun and his men had already planned their escape route while preparing for an ambush. In an instant, Ye Liuyun and his clone launched a divine soul attack on one of Liu Meng’s martial practitioners, imprinting him with a slaving seal.
Under the cover of the chaos, the possessed martial practitioner drove his sword straight through Liu Meng’s back, channeling genuine energy into the blade to shatter Liu Meng’s heart.
"You..."
Liu Meng never imagined he would betrayed by and died on his own man’s hand.
The traitor swiftly stashed Liu Meng’s body into a spatial world before charging toward Ye Liuyun’s group, feigning an attack.
Ye Liuyun and his men pretended to falter, letthing him passed before chasing after him from behind.
