Chapter 229: Ruthless Carefree King, Betrayal, Suspicion_2
"Fall!"
The square-faced monk pressed his large hand downward.
The cultivators of the Zhen'an Division pointed their long spears toward the yellow protective shield below, and thirty-six streams of mana brilliance bombarded the shield continuously like laser beams, causing ripples to splash.
Fu Canglong, with his long hair fluttering, stood in the air as if he were a deity observing all that was happening, deep in thought.
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Inside the Qian Si Yuan.
Shui Lingyue, awakened by Yi Chen, now had a look of excitement on her face. She sat cross-legged on the bed, guiding her mana in circulation.
Suddenly, a sound akin to the shattering of porcelain echoed in her heart, and in just a few circulations, she broke through to the Qi Refinement Realm.
The strange warm flow that had settled in her body hadn't ceased. It continued to lead her mana to grow, climbing all the way to the cusp of the mid-phase before finally calming down.
The mysterious force that helped her succeed in her breakthrough was the harmony of the Yin Scale Blood and Pure Yang Energy within her body.
"Yi Taoist, I've broken through to the Qi Refinement Realm, and I feel like my talents have transformed to the point of reincarnation. It's as if I am reborn, and even my lifespan has increased significantly."
Shui Lingyue excitedly said to Yi Chen, hugging her small quilt.
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Licking his lips while eyeing Shui Lingyue's beautiful curves, Yi Chen also showed a look of 'surprise' and said with bright eyes, "Abbess, why don't we cultivate together once more? If there is still Yin Scale Blood hidden in your body, I fear there may be risks..."
Some people's calculations could be heard loud and clear by everyone in the Great Capital~
Yi Chen advanced toward her, slowly closing the distance, and in a moment, Shui Lingyue's delicate face flushed red as blood once again.
A delicate and exquisite white jade (blank) foot kicked off the quilt, resting against Yi Chen's chest.
"Stop!"
"Not now!"
Just then, suddenly a rumbling sound came, shaking the ceiling so that the dirt particles rained down.
Their expressions changed drastically at once.
After quickly dressing, Yi Chen changed his appearance and hurried to the surface with Shui Lingyue.
By the time he arrived at the ground level, many people had already gathered around Panlong Peak.
Cries and clamors were deafening.
The Carefree King, dressed in a golden robe and wearing a crown, looked impassively at Fu Canglong in the sky.
"Lord Fu, bringing so many experts to my Carefree Mansion in the dead of night, could it be you think the tribute I paid wasn't enough?"
"Tong Carefree, why bother with words when death is upon you? Today, you have no chance of survival." Fu Canglong said indifferently, his voice piercing through the protection of the yellow shield and clearly reaching everyone's ears.
"Lord Fu, you really are confident~"
"My Carefree Mansion will not fall today; the one who will flee defeated will be you, Fu Canglong," the Carefree King said, his face taking on a cunning look. With a chuckle, a massive, two-headed blood serpent emerged from a pool of blood beneath the vast Panlong Peak, breaking through the thick rock layers and suddenly appearing beside the Carefree King. Its four blood-red eyes were fixed on Fu Canglong.
At the same time, the Carefree King's figure flickered, stepping on one of the heads of the blood serpent. His aura skyrocketed instantly, climbing all the way to the peak of the True Person Realm before stopping. Then, the genuine mana within him resonated with the blood serpent underfoot,
and his aura surged once more. For a moment, he seemed to be almost equal to Fu Canglong, with a purple diamond-shaped mark suddenly appearing on his forehead.
"Damn, he's really a demonic human." Yi Chen was utterly shocked; his offhand comment had turned out to be true—the Carefree King was indeed a demonic human.
If he could slay this man, how many Deep Red Points would that be worth?
His eyes darting around, Yi Chen's thoughts began to whirl rapidly.
At this moment, two maids—one dressed in green, the other in pink—led a group of cultivators with stiff expressions to the surface, and four guards in blood armor with dull expressions also followed to the Carefree King's side.
The maids were one thing; the aura from the four blood-armored guards was incredibly terrifying, almost equal to the oppressive force of someone at the eighth level of the True Person Realm.
"Lord Fu, does the strength I have accumulated over the years pass your scrutiny? You didn't expect, did you, that the leaders of the eight underground forces of the Jiangnan Circuit happened to have been invited by me," the Carefree King said.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there's no need to fear, I, the Carefree King, will deal with Fu Canglong. We still have a fighting chance,"
"Kill these damned foreigners, and if it comes to worst, we can simply flee overseas. You will still live the good life, as long as I, the Carefree King, have anything to say in it. If I have a bite to eat, so will all of you."
The Carefree King said somberly to Yi Chen and the others who had arrived at the surface.
Just then, with a sudden laugh from the sky, Fu Canglong began to speak:
"Oh, naive Carefree King, naive Carefree King, when heaven wants to destroy a man, it first makes him mad. Are all you humans and demons this foolish?"
"You have not truly comprehended the Great Dao. At best, you're an anomaly who has temporarily gained power comparable to the ones near the Dao-level."
"You are not my equal!"
"And do you think I chose today to act without reason?"
As soon as Fu Canglong finished speaking, Yi Chen suddenly felt a violent surge of mana beside him. Fortunately, with his extraordinary sense and constant vigilance, he easily avoided it.
Hei Shark was not so lucky. He was standing shoulder to shoulder with the powdered-robe, red-dress beauty, and it seemed they had some sort of private agreement.
Out of nowhere, a jade hairpin shot out of the mouth of the red-dressed beauty, aimed straight at Hei Shark's heart.
If Hei Shark's cultivation hadn't been remarkable, allowing him to react in time and move slightly aside, he would have likely suffered severe injuries by now.
Even so, the jade hairpin still shot into his shoulder, blasting a hole the size of a bowl and exposing chipped white bone:
All at once, five of the eight major forces turned their backs on the alliance.
If you count Yi Chen, this darn guy, that makes six of the eight major underground forces harboring traitorous intentions.
The chief of Sha Ya Pavilion, naturally among those ambushed, remained unharmed due to his usual caution. He looked at the situation in front of him with a bitter smile and clasped hands towards Fu Canglong, saying, "Esteemed Fu, I'm willing to switch sides, may I receive a lighter punishment?"
Fu Canglong pondered for a moment and spoke loudly, "Misguided fools who repent can be spared death, but not punishment. You will hand over half of your wealth and are barred from setting foot in Jiangnan Circuit for life. Let this matter be bygones if so."
"Thank you, sir!" All of a sudden, the young master of Sha Ya Pavilion, dressed as a scholar, energized the long sword in his hand, sending a crescent-moon blade of energy racing towards Hei Shark.
"Together!" The monk with the square face called out once more.
Suddenly, the energy of the stars gathered and flowed on the spear of the Town Peace Office's Marshal, and a star spear of immense size slammed down, shattering the yellow barrier and scattering it across the sky like glimmering glass.
"Fists dominating the mountains and rivers~"
"Carefree King, you face me now!"
A glint of golden light flashed in Fu Canglong's eyes as a gigantic golden fist, as large as a house, smashed down towards the Carefree King.
"Damn all of you, you all deserve to die!"
"You bunch of traitors!"
"Luckily, you were never my main reliance, having you was just gilding the lily. Hei Lao, summon the Bone Demon and my precious one I've raised for so many years!"
In an instant, the Carefree King was furious. He knew some leaders of the eight forces were restless, but he didn't expect as many as five to be traitors.
Enraged, his blood-colored demonic energy surged, and a stench-filled, blood-colored rainbow light directly met the golden fist shadow plummeting towards him.
At that moment, an old man in a black robe appeared, radiating a pressure nearly reaching the ninth layer of True Person Realm. Holding a white bone bell, he shook it mightily while suddenly igniting a blood talisman.
The earth suddenly began to churn.
One by one, colossal white bone demons awoke and emerged from the ground, constructed of a mess of human bones intertwined, their pupils burning with a bloodthirsty light, and wielding twisted white bone weapons, they attacked the crowd.
Meanwhile, blood-colored giant serpents, over twenty meters long, began to burrow out of the mountains as if awakened from their slumber by the blood talisman, and upon appearing, they charged into the air towards the Town Peace Office's men on black miasma.
In an instant, the battlefield became utter chaos.
Two maidservants with dead soldiers from the Carefree Mansion, blood-armored guards, white bone demons, blood-colored giant serpents, and the experts brought by Fu Canglong instantaneously clashed.
The situation escalated into a fever pitch in a blink of an eye, with both sides furiously exchanging blows. Of course, the Carefree King's side suffered heavy casualties and remained at a disadvantage.
But the giant snakes were one thing; those towering white bone demons proved truly bizarre, each possessing immense strength and highly resistant to spells, and they were numerous.
Some even had bone wings, fearlessly entangling with the Town Peace Office's forces in the air.
Yi Chen frowned as he watched the unfolding scene, a flicker of doubt crossing his mind. After a brief consideration, he decisively picked up Abbess Shuiyue and broke through the air to flee.