Xiao Jianfei was just as astounded.
“I was under the impression that you were looking for me,” the masked soldier removed his concealment, revealing a dashing face alight with rage, “So here I am, you filth. It’s time we settle our score!”
“Li Mu?!”
Lei Cang gasped.
So shocked that he could not believe his eyes.
“This is the Lord Governor’s court! The most carefully-guarded place in this city! How dare he disguises himself and slip in here!
“Is this courage or just pure recklessness?!
“Or is he possessed?!”
Li Mu strode past him and effortlessly undid the manacles that held Xiao Jianfei. Next, he injected spurts of Natural Qi of Easterly Vitality into the wounded lieutenant of the Trailblazer Corps. Everything he did, he did with such nonchalance and casualness without any hint of concern for his own safety and whether Lei Cang would escape.
Which he did try.
“No, please, Li Mu! Please! Spare me! Treat me like a dog! Anything you want! It’s a mistake—my mistake! Please!” Lei Cang caterwauled for mercy.“Oh? Wait up. So you were thinking that you’re negotiating for your life as an equal to me? Heavens, I’m so sorry. In my eyes, you’re nothing more than a mongrel. A mongrel that’s even worse than that stupid husky—so stupid that you just can’t remember your past lessons. I can spare you now that you’ll come back to bite me, a glutton for punishment.”There was not even one bit of kindness flashing in Li Mu’s icy stare as he attacked again.He made well sure that each and every single one of Lei Cang’s ribs were shattered.“This is for the Trailblazers who were slaughtered like sheep at the staging station.”Li Mu went on to fracture more bones in Lei Cang’s body.The sheer agony itself from the torture left a curling Lei Cang writhing grotesquely like an a
The sight was macabre enough for everyone to feel themselves shivering unconsciously.Not yet a Deity-realm champion, Lei Cang nevertheless was very much the heir to one of the Sons of Lightning. His might as an Upper King-realm Cultivator would have easily had him pegged as one of the best in his generation. Yet here he was, being trounced by Li Mu like a whipped dog. Not one man present could deny feeling unnervingly intimidated.At the same time—Plop!The pair of champions chaperoning Lei Cang crashed to the ground like twin fallen oaks with foaming blood trickling out of their mouths.They were dead.The sound of their dead bodies hitting the ground struck every person like a pair of sledgehammers, resonating fiercely with their hearts and minds and stunning them into oblivion.“L-Li Mu! Y-You filth! What have you done to me?!” a maniacal Lei Cang bellowed throatily as he writhed w
Inside the city.In one of the darkest back lanes one could ever find.“Li Mu?! Where are we going now?! What are we to do?!”Xiao Jianfei looked at Li Mu, his eyes quivering with indecision and doubt.“I think it’s best if we see you out of the city first,” said Li Mu.Xiao Jianfei knew what that meant: Li Mu plans to get him out of the picture as quickly as possible and he intended to stay longer in this city—alone. “What courage is this? Is this recklessness?! Does this young man fear nothing?!”“That won’t be easy. The Drakonids would be all scouring the city with a fine-tooth comb. But I know a few channels to get out of town—discreet and safe ones,” said Xiao Jianfei, pondering his options. More importantly, he wished to bring Li Mu with him. Li Mu just could not afford to commit more slaughter here. The more blood was spilled, the more difficult it would be for them to clear their names.
“What in Heaven’s name— Who’s that?!”Jiang Buping stopped in his tracks when he heard the voice. His head jerked in the direction of the sky with astoundment.He was not the only one; Ye He, Ye Ying, and Lin Jingxin all looked up at once.Wearing long robes of shaded lead, an elderly stranger whose long pale beard and hair gleamed in the sporadic glow of the crackling lightning bolts encircling him floated in mid-air. His eyes flared with snapping electricity, without any warmth, without any emotion—like a god descending from the skies to exact his judgment upon feeble mortals.“Master Ming?!”Jiang Buping gasped the name of the intruder with a deep frown forming on his forehead.“Of all people…”Ye He’s eyes betrayed a hint of wariness and dread.She quietly communicated telepathically with her sister, “Whatever happens later, let me do the talking. Do not say a word.”
The dark of the night never looked so somber and yet enigmatic.Ye He was on her way back to their accommodations with her sister Ye Ying. She has questions craving to be answered, yet somehow her voice just mysteriously got lost somewhere up her throat before she could even speak.“You want to ask about Li Mu, aren’t you, sister?” chuckled a jovial Ye Ying who was in a tremendously good mood.Ye He shook her head. “It’s a waste of my breath. You clearly know no more than I do. Li Mu’s complicated and I anticipate great trials await him but things are not as superficially simple as what we see right now. Something tells me that the Sons of Lightning have kicked the hornet’s nest.”“You’re exaggerating, sister. Li Mu might be powerful but there’s no way he can come close to threatening the Sons of Lightning. Their power and influence extend farther and wider than just the domain of Man.”“I’m not sure…” responded
Li Mu’s heart sank to the bottom of the ocean the moment he saw Oststern now a heap of smoldering rubble from as far as dozens of miles away. Rage and disbelief took him like a wave, overwhelming him completely.Whoosh!Li Mu landed on the ground.The tiny and peaceful little hamlet that he had been staying in for the past few months was gone. Now utterly razed to the ground.Li Mu surveyed the dead bodies scattered everywhere and recognized the fatal wounds on the bodies: they were caused by strokes delivered using sabers.The faces of the slain villagers were twisted tapestries convoluted with terror and frustration. Some were killed trying to shield their loved ones and more were killed when they were begging for mercy. Yet none were shown to these defenseless peasants. All of them were murdered most savagely.Li Mu looked like he had just fallen into a bottomless abyss, plummeting so quickly and
“Li Mu, you monster! Get out here this instant!”A Drakonid Prefect—the one with middling stature and size—was glowering furiously from the other side of the aureate shield of the Column Barrier ward, hurling angry words and blows at the Column Barrier with enraged fervor.The rest of the Drakonid champions mirrored his sentiments by glaring at Li Mu.Heaven forfend that glares and stares could kill, and Li Mu would have long been reduced into strips or confetti already.“You’re not getting out of here, Li Mu. Surrender that poor child! You’ve killed her family, isn’t that enough?! Out of respect that you’re a champion too, you are hereby offered the chance to duel against a Justiciar of the Drakonid Cohort! That should be an honor to die for!” the pallid Drakonid general yelled loudly.Drakonid regulars surrounded the whole area, making sure that Li Mu would not slip past their fingers.Li Mu calme
Six days before winter came, in the Year of Man 12789 in the Battlefield of Chaos—equivalent to the Year of Mutants 13247, the Year of Beast 1987, and the Year of Angels 12789 respectively—ten Justiciars of the Military of Man attached to the Drakonid Cohort garrisoned at Lauffeuer have their first contact with the Traitor of Man known as Li Mu. A fierce battle broke out in the desolate wilderness outside that ended in the Justiciars grievously wounded and humiliatingly defeated.This was the third time the Justiciars were defeated since the inception of the institution of Juticiars.The first and second defeats of the Justiciars were at the hands of the High Chieftain of the Beast Race Zhong Dajun and the High Champion of the Mutant Race Lin Zidong respectively. Both humans at first, their names were not yet known to the rest of the world of the Battlefield of Chaos until their triumphs over the best fighting force the Military of Man could field. T
Li Mu's cultivation nowadays was at the peak of the Golden Immortal, and his battle power could cut down the first generals.If one were to obtain a drop of Immortal Marrow, one could instantly leap into the peak of Immortal Generals, and at that time, even if one were to face an Immortal King, one would be able to defeat him in battle, not to mention traversing across the major state capitals, even if it was the entire Eastern Sacred Continent, the heavens and the earth were vast, and one could go to it.At that time, it would be like a fish out of water to find Wang Shiyu, Hua Wanyong, and the others.At that thought, Li Mu immediately became desirous of this Immortal Marrow."One drop of Immortal Marrow, one great realm, so if a bottle of Immortal Marrow were all swallowed, wouldn't it directly soar into the Immortal Emperor, Immortal Emperor or even Immortal Lord realm?" Li Mu said.Xia Jing was stunned and then giggled."I didn't expect that
Uh-huh?What a scene of déjà vu.Li Mu all of a sudden, remembered the legendary Liu Huangshu Baidicheng entrusted the orphan.It's a pity that the Emperor is not Uncle Liu.And Li Mu is not Zhuge Kongming.Li Mu said indifferently, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I can make a dao oath that I won't taint the imperial power of Huangji Cliff for the rest of my life.""Cough cough cough ......" the emperor coughed, hastily said: "I ...... am not using words to frame you, I... ...In the chaotic world, there is no strength, sooner or later ...... sooner or later is the death ...... of the disaster ...... wood brother you if you are the emperor, or you may be able to ...... preserve a trace of my bloodline, I ......"Li Mu said, "Your Majesty's meaning, I understand, but my words remain the same, I will never dye the royal fist, Emperor Chen will be a bright ruler."The emperor sighed and said, "I understand ...... all ...... all stand down ....
Reimu smiled.Snap your fingers.Phew.A golden stream of light flashed by.Emperor Zhen, who was roaring at the top of his lungs, his voice came to an abrupt end, and his hands covered his neck, a splash of blood seeped out, followed by golden flames, which spewed out from his body."You ...... you dare to kill me?"He looked at Li Mu incredulously and eventually turned into a puff of flying ash.In the great hall, there was an instant dead silence.The horrific images, although they had ended, the aftermath was still like a hurricane, still madly hitting everyone's nerves over and over again.Prince Wood actually went out and killed someone?He actually made a move?Killing a royal son with royal blood flowing in his body right here in this great hall?He dared.He really dared.All the ministers felt that their bodies were cold, as if they had fallen into an ice cave, like the cold winter of the t
The other ministers in the hall, hearing such words, could not help but look at Zheng Yuan with shocked gazes.The so-called Emperor Tatsu's son is a wild seed, this kind of thing, if you don't explode it sooner or later, and you don't explode it at this time, what is the intention?Besides, it's not certain whether it's true or not.Saying such words in such an important meeting of the court was tantamount to slapping the emperor's face in public and rubbing the emperor's majesty, on the ground.What a nerve.On one side, Servant Yin's face changed wildly as she shook her head and argued, "No, it's not like that, Chen'er is His Majesty's child ...... "When the Emperor intended to set up Emperor Chen as the Crown Prince just now, she vaguely realized that this was a dangerous signal, the treacherous darkness of the palace court was not something she could resist as a small servant girl.But I didn't expect the slander and danger to come so
"Tatsu-chan!"Servant Yin was filled with a huge surprise in her chest and subconsciously rushed over to the little boy and held him in her arms."Mother, you're here too ...... Mother, I've seen father."The little boy dug into Squire Yin's arms with delight.His first words had to do with his parents.But many snickers resounded clearly and audibly in the great hall.Although no one said anything, the meaning was clear: 'Father' is a word you call, too?Servant Yin, however, didn't pay that much attention.In the instant she saw her son, her heart, without the slightest bit of nervousness or panic, held her son firmly in her arms, and the only thought in her entire life and soul at that moment was to protect her son at all costs."Do not make a noise and stand aside."The Grand Eunuch opened his mouth to chide.The little boy then kept his mouth tightly shut.He was foolish and hadn't seen much of the world, b
A cold aura flickered.A sword to the death.The sharp sword was about to pierce the young maid's brow.Just then, a sudden change occurred.Suddenly space and time seemed to freeze, and the black-clothed assassin realized that his immortal sword, after all, was no longer able to progress the slightest bit.What's going on?He was alarmed in his mind.And yet the next moment--Ding!The sword body incredibly broke apart and turned into countless shards.The tip of the sword flew backward and penetrated the black-clothed assassin's throat.Before the blood could soar out, his body erupted into a ball of golden flames, which then turned into flying ash and dissipated into the air.The little maid looked at what was in front of her in shock.In that moment just now, she thought she was bound to die.It turned out to be the assassin who died.Who saved me?She gasped in horror and looked arou
The Emperor was sitting on the throne of the Nine to Five, a little tired.The fact that he was poisoned was not revealed to the public.So until now, no one has known.But the toxin was eating away at his body so frantically that his energy was declining so much that his entire body felt extremely tired at all times.The sound of ministers' ears arguing seemed near and far away in the ear.The hand-wringing Prince Tatsu was led by the great eunuch and stood on the side of the dragon chair.Eight or nine year old boy, for the first time out of that small compound, face full of fear, timid, like a small goat caught in a wolf pack, not knowing what to do, lowered his head, twisted the corner of his coat, did not even dare to come out of the atmosphere.This look, in the eyes of the ministers, is even more unbearable."Your Majesty's intention to establish a Crown Prince is a major event, and should not be done in haste, perhaps it should
The little boy did not return until late afternoon.The young maid tried to inquire about the news several times, but was mercilessly stopped by the palace's close guards guarding the entrance of the firewood courtyard.She had been until, herself, she was secluded.This alarmed the young maid even more.What the hell is going on?What kind of terrible things would Tatsu'er face if he went to the palace?The Empress and the Noble Consorts, they won't poison him, will they?Why did His Majesty suddenly summon Chen'er to the palace?She speculated in her mind in fear, her tears were like a fountain that she could not control at all.It's a mother's love for her son.Humble but great love.Kneeling on both knees in the courtyard, she looked up at the Hao Sun that was gradually setting in the sky, and at the silver full moon that had already risen, shedding tears and silently praying with her life and soul."Tatsu'e
The Emperor was at the half-step Golden Immortal level of cultivation, and although this realm was forcefully instilled with various resources and secret techniques, the realm was enough after all.The lifespan of a half-step Golden Immortal could be more than five thousand years.So the Emperor never thought that he would have to face death head on, so soon."It's so ...... ungrateful."He smiled bitterly on his face and sighed deeply on the inside.But in the end, you have to face reality.The biggest problem to consider today was who should inherit the throne of Huangji Cliff after his death.He had only ascended the throne as emperor for just over two years, and because he was diligent in his political affairs and too young, he had not even considered the matter of the succession of the throne.In the harem, there are but one wife and two concubines.These three women were not his true love, but were allied for the sake of pr