Chapter 72 - No Longer Yours (2/2)

What happened?

Yan Zaizen had disrupted the spatial transference, but when he did, he arranged for it to be nearby temporarily. When he reached into chaotic space, he touched the mountain and stored it inside the Meteor Ring thereby cutting the connection it possessed with Lord Xiāo. If Lord Xiāo had been in direct control of the mountain, this would've been an impossible feat, but how could he when it wasn't even in the same plane of existence?

It was like snatching money from a bank with no one there to guard it, and the bank had an open door to your room.

”Hmph.” Yan Zaizen snorted, he originally was going to kill this man, but he realized that the Xiāo City Lord was probably a member of Anima Syndicate. The only indication of this was when he attacked his soul, the Anima Shield appeared to defend his soul form. The Anima Shield was a superior-grade art that was a staple to the Anima Syndicate Members upon introduction. At least, Wu Yuanxu said those were core techniques for all members. He couldn't be certain, but if that was the case, he would spare him even though he didn't have to.

However, he wouldn't spare his spatial ring.

He flew over to Lord Xiāo's unconscious body covered in blood, used a tendril to wrap around and take all of his spatial possessions, and then he left a transmission in his conscious for when he awoke. It detailed that he was apart of the Anima Syndicate and that his life was spared due to this and only this. However, there wouldn't be a next time.

In truth, there was another reason. How long would it take someone to reach the True Essence Realm? How much talent do they need to possess? How much determination must they have? He felt like killing someone who reached this level of cultivation without a deep grudge to be a little wasteful. Of course, if they had a life or death grudge, then to the underworld they go. However, that wasn't the case here.

Yan Zaizen looked at the group of imperial members from afar, his eyes slowly suffusing with viciousness. He sent a message to Prince Ren via soul transmission. ”As long as Lady Di's father lives, I'll make it my life mission to kill all those from the royal palace. Especially you.” His words were spoken with no intent to conceal his murderous desires, and he wanted to make clear his thoughts unlike his original intention of letting them handle it themselves. He couldn't let this root stay unplucked, not to mention, Prince Ren's words from before obviously meant that he called the Xiāo Lord here.

This made him want to kill this bastard immediately, but he held it back.

Just as he was about to leave, he contemplated for a moment, then protectively wrapped his soul energy around the Xiāo's body that should last for a few hours, enough time for him to wake up. He knew the relationship between the royal family and Xiāo wasn't exactly a good one, so he took some precautions.

He took off in flight, disappearing in the distance with a line of silver-blue light trailing behind him like a rainbow and aurora borealis fused into one.

A long distance away, Yan Zaizen met up with Tao. After informing him of what happened, Tao was utterly shocked. He had stayed a long distance away in fear of being recognized, but to think the reverberations he felt before was a battle with a True Essence Cultivator. He readied the skyship and prepared their departure. Due to the circumstances with the mountain transference, it's unlikely that the spatial platform in Xiāo will be functional for a while, so they'll have to travel a few months to the nearest one.

”So, what are you going to do with her?” Tao asked, looking at an unconscious Lady Di on the deck.

Yan Zaizen chuckled evilly, his eyes filled with malevolent intentions. ”Many things.” He answered vaguely. One could tell that Lady Di's fate wasn't going to be a good one.

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Several weeks later, Lady Di's father was sentenced to treason and put to death. Due to many people already looking for an excuse to removed, coupled with Yan Zaizen's combat prowess and the message he left behind, the Emperor was rather decisive. His possessions were taken and he was immediately dealt with accordingly. It wasn't just him, but the entire Yi family line was destroyed to root out any possible threats to the empire.

His death was publicized and many verified it with their own eyes before the entire country soon knew. The new Imperial Commander would be determined in the upcoming month, and many upper-echelon members felt relieved after the affair. Especially after they realized that the Yi family almost caused the Imperial Family to have an enemy Aurora Soul cultivator that could rival a mid-True Essence Cultivator.

If initial-True Essence cultivation puts you at the peak power of the entire country, then mid-True Essence cultivation puts you at the highest point on the continent. In the entire Grux Empire, not a single late-True Essence cultivator exists. The Imperial Commander himself was only at the half-step True Essence Realm, and his position was given to him due to his merits and favoritism of the previous Emperor.

This is why many people dared to desire his position. Besides the Ancient Emperor, Current Emperor, previous Imperial Commander, Lady Bao's father, and the Imperial Scholar, there were no other True Essence Cultivators loyal to the empire. As for mid-True Essence Cultivation, only the Ancient Emperor possessed this level of cultivation.

It is due to this that Xiāo City Lord, who possessed a sky-rank armament with an initial-True Essence Cultivation, was given due respect despite his obvious disagreements with the royal family, and why offending a mid-True Essence soul cultivator for a disliked military commander wasn't a wise move. Yan Zaizen didn't even realize that he could've directly gone to the Imperial Palace itself and demand his head, and after his strength was revealed, they would've done so swiftly to appeal to him and try to recruit him into their kingdom. Unfortunately, they could no longer do this due to circumstances.

As for robbing everyone, no one took it seriously. I mean, which individual had the balls to tackle Yan Zaizen? That's courting death to prom and then trying to take her forcefully after. If that's not asking for death to strike you, then what was?

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