Chapter 305 - Thousands Arriving at the Heavenly Palace (1/2)

They all knew that the next time the crone showed up, taking her out would no longer be so easy. In truth, unless a massive military force was mobilized, there was no way the military could win against a cultivator of Airborne Realm powers.

Everyone would most probably end up killed.

Only a sizeable military force would deploy heavy weapons like rocket-propelled grenades and missile launchers, as conventional small arms would not be able to do anything against someone at the Airborne Realm.

Even if heavy weapons were deployed, there were still little conventional fighting forces could do, so long as said Airborne Realm fighter was willing to evade attacks. By then, the only way for such a force to take such beings out would be to deploy the likes of nuclear weapons—weapons that could do massive damage to a huge area in an instant.

There was no other way to hurt an Airborne Realm being who was all ready to evade attacks otherwise.

The best way to take out an Airborne Realm being was simply to employ another Airborne Realm being to do the job. No other way would work better.

That news of that battle spread among the cultivators like wildfire. Everyone came to know that other than Lu Xuan, there was yet another Airborne Realm being who had appeared before everyone.

The identity of that crone quickly came to light as well.

She had something to do with that Luo Clan that Lu Xuan had snuffed out all those years ago.

Luo Ying, the only survivor of the now-dead clan, employed one such top-notch fighter from that other heavenly place just to exact her revenge.

Many came to be able to vaguely see that there seemed to be another otherworldly force getting involved; it was a monstrous force that revealed a small fraction of itself.

They were a sect or clan isolated from the world.

That crone was just a fighter that Luo Ying managed to employ from one such isolated sect or clan, yet the powers the crone displayed frightened many nonetheless.

Lu Xuan heard about the matter when he returned to the Heavenly Palace base.

Duan Shan, who had recovered from most of his injuries, told Lu Xuan everything about the matter.

“So, it’s Luo Ying, then,” Lu Xuan narrowed his gaze and said.

“Indeed. I saw it very well with my own eyes. It was most probably that Luo Ying both Military Governor Zhang and Military Governor Yang talked about before,” Duan Shan replied.

“Both of them were right. That woman was indeed a bringer of disaster.”

Lu Xuan waved dismissively and added, “No matter. It’ll be difficult for me to find her if she’s unwilling to show herself. But if she does show up yet again, it would definitely be her last time.”

He gave it some thought. While he deemed Luo Ying to be beneath his notice before, she nonetheless kept looking for trouble with him. She had indeed caused him a lot of trouble, yet nothing amounted to more than a minor nuisance.

However, if she were to show up yet again, he saw it fit not to let her escape again.

Things would be easy if she were to just show up. People left tracks wherever they went, after all.

Lu Xuan had Duan Shan look into other matters with the base while deploying all the other fighters from the base to search for the whereabouts of the crone and Luo Ying.

However, someone else showed up at his door before long.

That man was none other than the Dragon, who was chief of the Special Task Force.

The Dragon looked glum and serious when he showed up.

“Chief Dragon!” Lu Xuan asked, “To what do I owe the pleasure of having a boss like yourself coming to see me personally?”

The Dragon was slightly relieved to see Lu Xuan around and remarked, “It’s good to see you home, Mr. Lu!”

“Is something troubling you, Chief Dragon?” Lu Xuan asked.

“Well, actually, it’s that crone that you got on the bad side of,” Chief Dragon added.

Lu Xuan shot the Dragon a glance and said, “I’d take care of the crone, but that doesn’t quite explain why you would need to come here personally.”

“The Inner Palace is furious with what just happened, and they would like you to see her dealt with as soon as possible,” the Dragon explained.