Chapter 394: Ruthless Character (1/2)
The masked man in black slowly raised his head in a manner that resembled a death G.o.d, his chilling gaze cast towards the faces of those present, as though a.n.a.lyzing corpses. Finally, it landed on Wei ChengPing's body, and after pausing for a while, it seemed to recognize the owner as it slowly asked, ”Wei ChengPing?”
That person's voice was full of arrogance, as though he was a G.o.d high above all of them, holding their lives in the palm of his hand. Within the great hall, a hundred-odd people huddled with a look of extreme fear in their eyes. While they all held weapons in their hands without exceptions, there was no one who even dared to breathe loudly, let alone step forward!
Under the pressure of the masked black-robed man, all of them seemed to have turned into docile little sheep!
”You… who are you? What are you trying to do?” Wei ChengPing was still the crown prince of a nation, so while he was scared, he consciously controlled the tone of his voice, putting on a tough front. However, his body betrayed him by s.h.i.+vering continuously, unable to control his retreat.
The sword in the masked man's hand vibrated, and the last drop of blood on it was shaken off, flying with great speed and splas.h.i.+ng onto Wei ChengPing's face. The scent of blood almost caused him to retch, but then he heard the masked man icily saying, ”Wei ChengPing, I had originally thought you were a capable person, but to think that you would ask such a childish question. Having done something that you shouldn't, you would of course have retribution. Offending someone you cannot afford to offend will also have the same consequences. Today is your doomsday, but before that, let me tell you a piece of good news…”
The screams from the outside started to intensify, followed by a loud scream. ”Him, that's him! He killed the Emperor! The Emperor has been sent to heaven!”
”Your Majesty! The Emperor has died!”
”Catch them, capture the murderers!”
”Ah! That's the concubines… this hoodlum, he actually… ah!” Another cry sounded, and obviously the previous speaker had also followed his master on the eternal journey...
”You heard that, didn't you? Your father is already dead, which means that you're the monarch of Northern Wei now! This is something you wished for, so are you happy?” The tone used by the masked man was much like a cat playing with a mouse!
”What… what sort of people are you? Why? Why do you have to do this to us? Who instructed you? Now that my Imperial Father has pa.s.sed away, I'm the monarch of Northern Wei. No matter what your conditions are, I can promise to fulfill them!” Under the extreme stress, Wei ChengPing miraculously grew calmer, the despair in his eyes clearing up to form a small ray of hope!
Would he be able to persuade his a.s.sailant?
The answer would be a resounding no!
”The lives of the people in the world lie in our hands, the First Pavilion under the heavens themselves!” The masked man slowly recited a cold gleam in his eyes. ”Your words are simply too childish and too laughable. Let me tell you this. You, the new monarch, are the actual target of our mission this time! Prepare to enter the Yellow Springs, Wei ChengPing! The name of First Pavilion will use the demise of your entire Northern Wei to once again shake the lands!”
The manner in which the latter spoke could be summed up in two words, Definite Death!
The imperial palace of Northern Wei turned into a sea of fire in a night, raging for three days straight. Everything was turned into ashes! On the first day the palace caught fire, the fire rushed up over ten feet into the air, heatwaves radiating from the source as the smell of corpses burning spread all over a few hundred miles around the area!
Of the close to three thousand people in the Imperial Palace, those who were lucky enough to survive numbered less than 500! Of those with the lineage of the Imperial Family, none remained! The crown prince Wei ChengPing was dismembered of all limbs and left hanging naked in front of the city gates, not a single piece of skin left intact! The people who executed this plan were all ruthless to the point the citizens were shocked!
The reputation of the First Pavilion spread throughout the entire Heavenly Star Continent once again, maybe even to all under the skies! Everyone trembled in fear upon hearing this group acting once again after going underground for a year! Furthermore, with such an earth-shattering entrance! Under their sharp swords, the hegemon like the Northern Wei actually had no resistance at all, and was completely eliminated!
What kind of strength was this?!
At the same time, rumors spread throughout the continent that this was the plan of the number one family in Northern Wei, the Yu Family, hiring the First Pavilion to annihilate them so as to dominate the area and the continent! Some rumors spoke instead of the Water of Heavenly Wind hiring those in the First Pavilion to take action, in order to remove the support of the Yu Family, so as to deploy their troops into Heavenly Star!