Chapter 683 - Vanquished By The Ultimate Blow (1/2)

The ministers looked at Baili Jia Jue in disbelief.

The two old ministers, who previously knelt before Baili Jia Jue to advocate the political marriage, were especially shocked with their eyes almost popped out of their heads.

Zongzheng Wen Ren appeared to be dumbstruck. He took a few seconds to finally come to his senses. Yet, his expression remained gloomy.

We’ve lost.

We have been vanquished…

Upon hearing the news, Zongzheng Yu Er paled. “Imperial Brother, what should we do now?”

“We need to leave now!” Zongzheng Wen Ren replied in a m.u.f.fled voice. “We are the envoys. There is an agreement between the four kingdoms, saying that the envoys cannot be harmed even if both sides are at war.”

Zongzheng Yu Er nodded, but there was no emotion in her eyes. Her initially-combed hair was now ruffled.

She arrived in a blaze of glory, but she was now going to leave this place with her tail between her legs.

Zongzheng Wen Ren was right. They would be safe as long as they stayed within the War Dragon Dynasty.

However, once they entered the Xuanyuan Kingdom, they would be put under unprecedented hot pursuit!

Baili Jia Jue was certainly a ruthless and brutal man.

Elder Xu Wu regretted immensely to have provoked such a man. He fell onto the ground, appearing despair. He no longer cared about the result of the game and only wanted to save his neck!

The son of King of h.e.l.l stared at him and furrowed his thick brows all of a sudden. “Wait. Something’s wrong!”

“What is wrong?” Helian Wei raised her brows as she sensed the sudden change of air.

The son of King of h.e.l.l extended his hand and a black notebook appeared on his palm. He flipped the book and stopped at the word “Xu Wu” before he furrowed his brows again. “Xu Wu Chang Kong, born in the year of 14, died at the end of 95. This old man should have died a few months ago. Why is he still alive?”

Upon hearing the son of King of h.e.l.l’s words, the reapers, who were standing aside, noticed that the light on Elder Xu Wu’s head had indeed extinguished. The elders often said that, when a person died, their lights would be extinguished. This statement was not groundless, for every person with a living soul would carry a torch on the top of their head. Of course, it was certainly not visible to human beings, nor demons. Only the administrators of the netherworld, namely the reapers, the judges and the King of h.e.l.l, could see it. A bright glow indicated that the person was alive. On the other hand, a dim glow suggested that one’s time was about to run out. Immediately after the light was extinguished, one would stop breathing and the reapers would receive a notification to promptly collect his or her soul. As it was a dead soul, it would naturally be governed by the netherworld.

However, at this moment, it was evident that Elder Xu Wu was a dead soul. Yet, he had not been discovered by the reapers and was able to even remain in his mortal sh.e.l.l peacefully. If the son of King of h.e.l.l did not take a careful look, he would not have been able to notice the slip.

“What is going on here?” The son of King of h.e.l.l would never allow such a terrible blunder to happen under his care.

His dad had promised to let him meet Little Hook if he could successfully achieve the set target.

It was bad enough for a dead soul to stray out of the netherworld. Worse, it was now disguising as a living soul and strolling around the human world. If his father found out about this, he would never get to see his sweetheart ever again!

Terrified by the thought, the son of King of h.e.l.l grabbed a reaper by its collar and shook it violently. “Did you guys do this on purpose? Huh? Are you trying to stop me from seeing Little Hook?”

“Your Highness, we draw souls in accordance to the judge’s order. I reckon that you have to check with the judge to find out how did Elder Xu Wu escape from us.” The reaper appeared more distressed than ever after being held by the King of h.e.l.l!

Without hesitation, the son of King of h.e.l.l commanded in a sombre tone, “Judge, show yourself!”

Immediately, the judge in long robes appeared.