Chapter 371: Chapter 367: Intercept and Kill Lin Hao
"Watch out, I’m making my move," Lin Hao said calmly. "This time, as you wished, I won’t use a Body Technique."
All five of them jolted.
Just then, Lin Hao struck.
He casually threw out an ordinary-looking punch.
ROAR!
However, in the next moment, the roar of a dragon echoed from the heavens.
Dragon-shaped True Essence materialized, filling the void.
If Hu Rui could have seen this punch, he would have been floored. Lin Hao’s Thousand Hands Phantom Fist had, astoundingly, improved once again.
The sky above the valley suddenly darkened. Even the clouds seemed to stir in response to his punch.
As Lin Hao threw his punch, everything in the valley was commanded by its power.
Boulders flew like paper, trees were torn out by the roots, and the low-lying grass was pressed completely flat against the ground.
Even Yunxi’s robes billowed violently, and she was involuntarily pulled forward two steps. At the same time, the exquisite mask on her face was ripped away by the fierce wind.
Without the mask to hide it, Yunxi’s stunningly beautiful face was revealed.
However, Yunxi didn’t notice her mask at all. She was completely stunned by Lin Hao’s punch.
If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed this was an attack from a Martial Artist at the Eighth Layer of Elemental Realm.
In that moment of stunned silence, she felt an arm tighten around her waist as Lin Hao pulled her into his embrace.
Moreover, Lin Hao’s long middle finger was pressed right against her Qi Sea Acupoint. A scorching heat flooded her body.
Her True Essence stagnated, and Yunxi instantly went limp in Lin Hao’s arms.
"Turtle Egg, let’s go," Lin Hao’s voice rang out.
At that moment, Yunxi’s beautiful eyes were wide with shock. She had just seen what was happening at the valley entrance.
The five Martial Artists from the Mo Yun Kingdom were torn limb from limb, while the figures of Marquis Mo and Moshan appeared at the entrance.
RUMBLE!
The narrow gorge shattered like tofu as Turtle Egg smashed straight through it.
Behind them, the figures of Marquis Mo and Moshan grew smaller and smaller, eventually disappearing from sight.
"Lin Hao, I’m going to kill you!" Marquis Mo’s roar echoed between heaven and earth.
Marquis Mo and Moshan now stood at the spot where the narrow gorge had been. Marquis Mo threw his head back and roared at the sky, his face twisted in utter ferocity.
Just moments ago, he had been so close to Lin Hao, yet Lin Hao hadn’t even spared him a glance.
Not only that, but Lin Hao had annihilated five men with a single punch right after he had appeared.
This was blatant contempt, a direct provocation.
This was the territory of the Mo Yun Kingdom! For an outsider like Lin Hao to venture so deep alone and still act with such audacity was utterly lawless to the extreme.
What made Marquis Mo feel even more humiliated was that in the two-plus days since Lin Hao had entered the Mo Yun Kingdom, he hadn’t managed to so much as touch the hem of his clothes.
When had Marquis Mo ever been so thoroughly humiliated?
For a moment, Marquis Mo felt his blood boil with rage again.
"Crown Prince, Princess Yunxi’s mask fell off." Behind Marquis Mo, Moshan handed him a mask.
Marquis Mo took it, nearly grinding his teeth to dust.
"Moshan, the next time Lin Hao appears, shoot immediately! Remember, use your strongest arrow!" Marquis Mo hissed.
"But, the princess is in his hands," Moshan said, startled and filled with worry.
Marquis Mo shook his head. "He won’t dare use Yunxi as a shield. He must have learned about her constitution. If anything happens to Yunxi, the Ancestor will personally kill Lin Hao. He wouldn’t dare."
Moshan nodded.
"What’s the closest city from here?" Marquis Mo asked.
Moshan replied, "Flame Heaven City. It’s the most prominent of the thirty-six border cities of Moyun. To reach the capital, Flame Heaven City is an unavoidable stop, and you have to pass directly through it. I believe they’ve already received the news and are making preparations."
"Good! Let’s move out! I will capture Lin Hao alive in Flame Heaven City!" Marquis Mo slapped his mount and renewed the chase.
As Marquis Mo and his man set off, Turtle Egg was already carrying Lin Hao and Yunxi, speeding across the vast plains.
Their position hadn’t changed since Lin Hao had first pulled Yunxi into his embrace.
Yunxi had never had such physical contact with a man before. Her entire body was rigid, and she bit her lip, her face flushed crimson with humiliation.
"Lin Hao, get your claws off me!" Yunxi angrily sent to him via voice transmission.
At that moment, Yunxi desperately wanted to summon her Devil Beast, but the thought of Turtle Egg’s capabilities made her abandon the idea.
"You should have said so earlier. Since you were quiet, I thought you enjoyed being held," Lin Hao said, raising his other hand. "Personally, I’d much rather just knock you unconscious."
"Wait!" Yunxi cried out, stopping Lin Hao.
Though Lin Hao’s words had nearly made her choke with rage, his last sentence made her heart tremble.
’If he knocked me out, I’d be completely at his mercy!’
The thought of her pure, untouched body being defiled by Lin Hao made the hairs on her neck stand up and goosebumps erupt all over her skin.
"So you do like me holding you," Lin Hao said smugly, lowering the hand he had raised.
Yunxi’s fists clenched, and she had the sudden urge to tear Lin Hao to shreds.
However, Yunxi was smart enough not to act on it. She didn’t even open her mouth to argue.
She understood now that in a battle of wits with Lin Hao, she would always be the one to lose.
"At this speed, we’ll reach Flame Heaven City in half a day. We can rest for a bit then," Yunxi suddenly sent to Lin Hao via voice transmission after a long silence.
As she said this, a strange glint flashed through her beautiful eyes.
"That was my plan as well," Lin Hao agreed quickly.
But Yunxi failed to notice the glint of excitement that flashed in Lin Hao’s eyes as well.
Each harboring their own secret plans, the two of them headed for Flame Heaven City.
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Flame Heaven City was shrouded in an oppressive atmosphere.
This oppressive atmosphere had begun more than two days prior.
At that moment, inside the City Lord’s Mansion of Flame Heaven City, Mo Yantian, the City Lord himself, was receiving a guest in a secret chamber.
Across from Mo Yantian sat a tall, middle-aged man.
"Master Mo, your presence is a great honor," Mo Yantian said to the middle-aged man, his tone surprisingly respectful.
"City Lord, we both live in Flame Heaven City. We’re bound to run into each other, so there’s no need for such courtesy," the middle-aged man said with a smile, glancing at Mo Yantian.
"Yes, of course," Mo Yantian replied repeatedly, though the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
’In Flame Heaven City, I may be the City Lord in name,’ he thought, ’but my prestige can’t even hold a candle to his.’
The man sitting across from him was Mo Yanwu, the one and only Alchemy Master in all of Flame Heaven City.
Alchemy Masters were incredibly precious in the Mo Yun Kingdom.
Just how precious were they?
More than two days ago, when two Ancestors descended upon Flame Heaven City, the first person to receive the news wasn’t him, the City Lord, but Mo Yanwu.
It was Mo Yanwu who later informed him that a young man named Lin Hao would soon be passing through Flame Heaven City.
The two Ancestors’ intention was for Flame Heaven City to dispatch all of its experts below the Fifth Layer of the Soul Gathering Realm to kill Lin Hao within the city walls.
The two Ancestors had personally appointed Mo Yanwu to oversee this matter.
Mo Yantian wasn’t jealous of this, because not only was Mo Yanwu an Alchemy Master, but his cultivation was also no less than his own.
Not long ago, Mo Yantian received word that Lin Hao had arrived ahead of schedule. He immediately began making arrangements while simultaneously sending the news to Mo Yanwu’s residence.
’So why has Mo Yanwu suddenly appeared here at the City Lord’s Mansion instead of going to intercept Lin Hao?’
Mo Yantian found this rather perplexing.
