Chapter 310: Remnants of Dong Zhongyings Forces (2/2)

[Yang Essence has been purified. You have obtained 50 million liters of Life Essence.]

Mike groaned as his energy had suddenly been drained, and he was left with an empty tank. Although he still had spare Qi and Essence in his nascent soul, Miaomiao's action practically crippled him, not leaving a path for him to fight back or escape.

Even though Miaomiao had finished sealing the fate of these prisoners, he hadn't done with them yet. He injected several strands of Dragon Fie Qi into their hearts and brains, implanting bombs inside them.

Then, Miaomiao released both Liu Bian and Mike.

”Yeah, I'm done.”

Ma Ping and Jia Shan nodded in approval of Miaomiao's action, ”Okay. We'll leave for whatever vault it is!”

The gang carried Mike and Liu Bian back to the imperial palace, where a proper entrance to the underground pylon tower was located.

…

The group visited the emperor's palace, where it was surrounded by the four season palaces.

As soon as they arrived, Li Jue brought his royal guards to welcome them. The mask old man still looked calm even after the mass-abduction incident.

”Welcome back, seniors. Also, welcome back, your majesty. What had happened yesterday, if I may ask? Also, where is Lord Dong Zhongying?”

Ma Ping waved and shooed Li Jue away, ”There was an unexpected incident, but we've taken care of everything. The emperor has returned in one piece, but that fatty is dead.”

Li Jue nodded. He was happy about Dong Zhongying's death since the fat lord had always gotten on his nerve. However, his eyes fixated on Liu Bian, whose disguise form had been undone. He was now wearing a ragged grey cloth, and his hands were tied by a rope.

”So, is this the heretic prince, Liu Bian?” Li Jue sneered at his former boss, ”Who could have thought that seniors would be so capable. You even captured the heretic for us. We don't know how to express our gratitude for your contribution.”

”Stop with the flattery. We are escorting the emperor to his room. Show us the way!”

”Then, I shall take the prisoner-”

Ma Ping stopped Li Jue from reaching his hand toward Liu Bian. The war hero's killing intent soared as he intimidated Li Jue, ”We will take care of the princes. As for you, lead us to the emperor's chamber, then you can leave.”

”…”

Behind the wooden white mask, Li Jue squinted his eyes as he found Ma Ping's action suspicious. Then, he glanced at Mike, who seemed to be another prisoner.

Li Jue thought to himself, 'I've seen this guy before. He should be Liu Bian's right-hand man. But how did a 7th-stage expert get caught so easily?'

The mask old man's attention shifted to Ju Shoufen next. He ogled her petit body for a moment before he coughed, pretending to be friendly.

”Please follow me. I shall lead you to the emperor's chamber.”

…

When the group arrived at the emperor's chamber, Ma Ping chased Li Jue away.

The latter left quietly, but he paid attention to the suspicious activities. He assembled remaining royal guards and mercenaries, who still worked for him.

Li Jue looked at his men and gave them the emergency order, ”We'll leave this city and contact the Yuan Clan.”

”Sir?”

Several 5th-stage royal guards looked confused. They wondered why they had to leave this city since their jobs required them to protect the palaces.

”The emperor has been killed! All Liu Clan's bloodline in this continent has been purged! We shall inform Yuan Shaoqing!”

”B-But, wasn't that Emperor Liu Xie?”

Several guards had seen the face of Ju Xie and recognized him. They protested as the order didn't make sense.

Li Jue bellowed, ”That was an imposter! Yesterday, the real emperor was abducted, and the culprits were none other than the former war hero and the sword saint! And now, they brought the heretic prince and a stranger over, disguising them as prisoners, but they just entered the emperor's chamber! Do you think their action makes any sense!? They're definitely thieves, scoundrels, rebels, or bandits! We shall inform this to the Yuan Clan and ask for their aid!”

The guards were thrown into an uproar. They looked at each other, gossiping in low voices as they found this new intel unbelievable.

Among the crowd, a 7th-stage cultivator had been lurking there. Although he had been wearing earth-grade plate armor like everybody else, his stature stood out from the rest as he was a physique cultivator with golden skin.

Qiang Sui was among them!

Qiang Sui didn't say anything, but he sneaked a glance at the imperial palace, where Jia Shan and others had entered. He spread his Qi sense to check where they were.

Unfortunately, he couldn't feel them inside the emperor's chamber.

”Hmm?”

…

Among the group of royal guards, Zhang He, a transmigrator who had devoured Zhang Junyi's soul, was there, listening to Li Jue's order.

While his iron helmet hid his expression and sweaty face, his eyes focused on the semi-transparent screens, reading the notification messages.

Ding

[Yuan Hua is currently relaying her order to Yuan Shaoqing and Myriad Cauldron Sect.]

[Yuan Hua has given you new orders!]

[First order, sneak out of the platoon and burn the entire Red Sun City! Make sure nobody finds you!]

[Your second mission is to accompany these royal guards to Yeet City. After that, you must leave the royal guards and report yourself to either Han Wenjie or Yuan Shaoqing.]

Zhang He gulped. His life had been chaotic after his soul transmigrated to this world.

Still, this otherworlder enjoyed the adventurous life. It felt a lot rewarding than sitting in front of a computer all day.

'Alright. What about my reward?'

Ding

[Yuan Hua has promised to give you essence cores and a few immortal-grade cultivation techniques.]

[Also, Yuan Shaoqing's agents will take you to the Holy Land Continent, which has a better environment for cultivation.]

'That's great!'

As Zhang He was communicating with his system, the royal guards dispersed and went to their quarters to pack their belongings.

Realizing that everyone was gone, Zhang He sneaked out of the inner palace, heading out toward the city to finish his mission.

But his feet stopped. Zhang He had doubts since the mission was somewhat evil, 'The mission is the burn the entire city, but do I have to kill the civilians here?'

Ding

[All civilians here are heretics and evildoers. They support the evil prince, Liu Bian. You must eradicate them before they reveal their true forms.]

'What are their true forms?'

[Undead monsters. Don't you think it's odd that corpses and trash in the city always disappeared overnight? It was their doing all along!]

'…'

Zhang He was skeptical about this since the system messages didn't have the feel of an A.I. or the robotic nature of systems. Instead, he felt like he was chatting with someone.

Moreover, the request was dubious. He didn't know if he should complete it.

[The reward for the first task is an immortal-grade cultivation book and 100,000 essence cores.]

Zhang He grounded his teeth and clenched his fists. He felt wrong. However, for the sake of his advancement, he had to dirty his hands.

”Fine! I'll do it!”