Chapter 285: Imperial Martial Tournament – Part 4 (1/2)
Despite unleashing her poison fire Qi, Ju Shoufen controlled the flow of her Qi strands and avoided Liu Xie, protecting him from getting burned.
As for the chairs, tables, decoration, projector orb, and various furniture, they were instantly burned to crisps.
The loli grandma was infuriated. She couldn't stand child abusers!
Meanwhile, Dong Zhongying was taken aback when he witnessed Ju Shoufen's super saiyan mode. He thought that the loli was just a weak 6th-stage cultivator, but the fire bird behind her revealed that she had a dao god backer.
Moreover, Ju Shoufen came together with Jia Shan and Ma Ping. Provoking her was equal provoking both these masters!
”THIS IS A MISUNDERSTANDING! A MISUNDERSTANDING!”
Dong Zhongying groveled on the floor and slammed his forehead to the ground, begging Ju Shoufen for her forgiveness, ”PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU ASKED HIM TO SIT! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE THIS STRONG!”
”If I weren't this strong, you would have killed me!? Is that what you're saying!?”
Ju Shoufen's anger intensified. Dong Zhongying had used the wrong wordings.
She pointed her palm at Dong Zhongying and directed her poison fire Qi, activating her skill.
Purgatory Fire Bullet!
”NOOO!!”
Dong Zhongying screamed and summoned a dao avatar of a giant pig with a long dong. It squealed and roared, creating a Qi shield to cover his body.
BOOM
A dark hand at the size of 2 meters suddenly emerged from Dong Zhongying's shadow and caught the incoming bullet. Then, it pulled the corroding fireball into the shadow.
Next to Ju Shoufen, in front of Liu Xie, an old man rose from the former's shadow. Dark wiggling shadow from his feet expanded and covered the entire throne room's floor.
A strange nascent soul cultivator had appeared!
Ju Shoufen could sense the sinister domain power of the old man, but she couldn't move.
The strange shadow bound her and restricted her Qi circulation. Her dantian was petrified!
Meanwhile, Ma Ping and Jia Shan were still fine. They drew their weapons, expanding their domain, and contested the old man's power, so the mysterious [Shadow Petrification Domain] couldn't reach Ku'er, Miaomiao, and Ma Moxi.
The old man, aka Wang Yun in his disguise form, smiled at everyone in the throne room. He patted Ju Shoufen's head and bowed toward Dong Zhongying and Jia Shan's group.
”My apologies for interrupting you, but we're here to participate in a banquet, not starting a bloodbath in the middle of the imperial city. How about we forgive and forget, so everybody can walk away and pretend that nothing has happened?”
Wang Yun winked at Dong Zhongying, gesturing that he had come to help him.
Dong Zhongying also remembered the guy. Wang Yun was another guest that he had invited to the imperial palace since he was another rare nascent soul realm expert.
Also, Dong Zhongying remembered that Wang Yun had escorted his granddaughter to join this event. The former had promised that the girl could enter the tournament without going through the preliminary round because of the connection with this nascent soul expert.
”Right! Right! I'm sorry if I wronged you. I promise that I won't do it again!”
Dong Zhongying picked up the hint right away. He was glad that he made friends with this expert. Still, even though the fat minister was apologizing, he sneered at Ju Shoufen, who suddenly became a hostage of Wang Yun.
Jia Shan and Ma Ping only gave Dong Zhongying and Wang Yun a resentful glare as they were afraid that Wang Yun might kill Ju Shoufen on a whim.
Currently, Ju Shoufen was too close to Wang Yun. If they made a wrong move, such as pushing their domain range, Wang Yun might turn around and kill her with his mysterious domain power within a split second.
”Let the emperor and the girl go, and then, we can talk.”
Wang Yun raised his eyebrow. The speaker neither Jia Shan nor Ma Ping. Instead, it was Miaomiao, who tramped forward and stood in front of Jia Shan and Ma Ping.
The youth unsheathed his katana, determined to rescue his woman.
”Oho? You dare to unsheathe a sword in front of me? Do you even realize what your action implies?”
”Right back at you. Your mouth spat peace, but your ass farted shit. If anything happens to her, I'll make sure you and your family can experience hell.”
”An essence gathering weakling threatening a nascent soul expert, what has this world come to? I don't know if you're bold or simply stupid, but I hope you're ready for the consequences.”
Miaomiao spread his black feather wings, which he had been hiding. The dark feathers glittered as they received Miaomiao's dragon fire Qi and his life essence, getting ready to activate Miaomiao's Asmodeus bloodline ability.
Had it been the past, Miaomiao would have yielded and ignored Ju Shoufen's safety for his survival. But now, he sincerely cared for his family members, especially his precious wives.
BOOM!
Next to Miaomiao, Ma Moxi also transformed into a golden dragonewt and summoned the Gate of Babylon behind him, preparing for an all-out battle. He, too, wasn't fond of getting bullied by an overbearing senior.
Unlike Miaomiao, Ma Moxi had already calculated pros and cons before he acted.
First, two nascent soul experts were here with them, so they could afford to take risks.
On the other hand, Wang Yun seemed to be bluffing. He didn't have a reason to provoke their faction, but he simply wanted to guard Dong Zhongying for something.
Secondly, Wang Yun and Dong Zhongying didn't seem close since the fat minister looked surprised when he saw this old man.
Therefore, Ma Moxi deemed that Wang Yun couldn't afford to kill Ju Shoufen and provoke them. Or else, the imperial palace would be terraformed into a wasteland by the hands of Ma Ping and Jia Shan. Even his family members might be forced to get involved in his mess.
Thinking this far, Ma Moxi called out Wang Yun's bluff.
”You have three seconds to let them go, or we'll start leveling the imperial palace and slaughter everybody here.”
”…”
Wang Yun was taken aback by the abnormal abilities and the courage of these two youngsters. They reminded him of the marine colleagues in his previous life, who never abandoned their comrades no matter how dire the situation was.
He admired their spirit and friendship. It would have been a great sin if he were to kill them now.
For the sake of his ideal world, which he had been plotting behind Liu Bian's back, Wang Yun decided to keep them alive.
The old man turned toward the Jia Shan and Ma Ping. He cupped his hand and retracted his shadow domain.