Free Web NovelChapter 2194: Chapter 2229: Must Escape
This is truly a reversal of black and white, utterly ridiculous. Do they really see our Zhong Family as nothing more than a lowly Fourth or Fifth Grade power to be bullied at will?
Zhong Zhiqing and the others looked exceedingly grim, while Zhong Zhigang maintained a deep reserve, with no change in expression. He raised his hand to stop the elder behind him from speaking, looked at Herr Rufeng, and said, "Are the two ladies saying the exact opposite of what happened? Our young family head of the Zhong Family died in the Tomb of Emperor Yelang, the murderer was from your Tianmu Sea, and it happened at the back of our home. Moreover, later on, two of our elders were harmed by Herr Qianjun; Zhong Wushang even died in your Tianmu Sea. What do you want us to account for in such matters?"
"Let me speak!"
Herr Ningshuang patted Herr Rufeng’s shoulder, and Herr Rufeng stepped back. Herr Ningshuang stepped forward with a slight smile, "Elder Zhong, do not confuse the concepts. This matter, I, Herr Ningshuang, have followed throughout, and it’s entirely clear."
"Zhong Wugu tried to kill me in the Tomb of Emperor Yelang, and Ding Fan, my bodyguard, killed Zhong Wugu to protect me. But later, when your Zhong Family attempted to kill Ding Fan, who is from our Herr Family, Uncle Qianjun intervened to protect us and harmed your elders. Uncle Qianjun had the chance to kill your Zhong Family experts, but he restrained himself, giving your Zhong Family considerable face."
"As for the death of Zhong Wushang, we don’t know who the mysterious expert was. If you want revenge, go find that person. It has nothing to do with our Daozhen Family. Does that make you understand?"
The tone of Herr Ningshuang was calm, her voice crisp, giving an inexplicable sense of trust, as if someone so charming and beautiful could never lie.
Her words quickly caused a sensational stir in the city. Was the event really as she described back then?
"What a joke!"
Zhong Zhiqing could no longer hold back, fuming with anger, he said with a cold sneer, "Miss Ningshuang, you are unclear on the concept. You claim Zhong Wugu tried to kill you in the Tomb of Emperor Yelang? That’s just your own claim. Wugu is already dead — an unchangeable fact — and you are not dead. No matter what you say, you can’t change that fact, can you?"
"Just my own claim?"
Herr Ningshuang chuckled, her eyes suddenly turned towards the Zhong Family courtyard, and she clearly called out, "Sister Xiner should be in the Zhong Family courtyard now, right? Could you please come out and have a chat?"
Sister Xiner referred to Zhao Xiner. Herr Rufeng and Herr Ningshuang were the pearls of Tianmu Sea, whereas Zhao Xiner was a princess of Shenwu Country, the first memorable goddess of Shenwu Country, the goddess in the hearts of countless men in Shenwu Country.
"Whoosh!"
Since she was mentioned by name, Zhao Xiner naturally couldn’t hide in the courtyard. She flew out from the Zhong Family’s courtyard, a golden chariot appeared in the sky, and Zhao Xiner stood on it, lowering her voice in greeting, "Xiner greets Sister Rufeng and Sister Ningshuang."
Today Zhao Xiner wore a light blue long dress, with a yellow ribbon around her waist. Her dark hair was casually tied up, with a blue wooden hairpin, making her appear both gentle and beautiful. Her bright eyes seemed to speak, looking utterly captivating.
Herr Ningshuang and Herr Rufeng hurriedly returned the greeting. Herr Ningshuang smiled and said, "Sister Xiner looks radiant and truly beautiful. It seems your injuries have fully healed. However, Sister Xiner, I wonder if you still remember the battle at Emperor’s Tomb Mountain?"
Zhao Xiner lightly sighed, "Of course I remember. Young Master Ding saved my life. How could Zhao Xiner dare to forget?"
"Oh, Sister Xiner still dares to speak the truth!"
Herr Ningshuang nodded, looking at Zhong Zhigang, "Elder Zhigang, on that day at the Imperial Tomb, Zhong Wugu was possessed by a demon and not only tried to kill me, he almost killed Sister Xiner, Miss Tian Qianlian, Young Master Tian Zhiqing, and Young Master Lin Zixuan. What I want to say is, if it weren’t for Ding Fan, you’d have a huge problem on your hands now, as all your Zhong Family members would be long dead, so you not only shouldn’t kill Ding Fan, but you should thank him!"
"Wow!"
The Zhong Family Fortress erupted in commotion. Zhao Xiner didn’t speak, which indicated she agreed with Herr Ningshuang’s words. And Herr Ningshuang also said Tian Qianlian, Tian Zhiqing, and Lin Zixuan almost died at Zhong Wugu’s hands. How could this be nonsense? This could be corroborated by the survivors, and given Herr Ningshuang’s status, she couldn’t possibly be lying in front of so many people.
So is it all true?
Zhong Wugu was possessed by a demon in the Tomb of Emperor Yelang and wanted to kill all the young nobles? If that were the case, Ding Fan’s killing of Zhong Wugu was not only blameless, but thanks to him, the Zhong Family could survive.
Just think, if all the young nobles from the major powers were killed by Zhong Wugu, the Zhong Family would certainly be wiped out by the enraged major powers, leaving no stone unturned in the Zhong Family Fortress.
Zhong Zhigang was a bit confused, and Zhong Zhiqing had nothing to say. Zhao Xiner and the other young nobles hadn’t spoken about it; how would they know?
Having occupied the moral high ground, the situation now flipped. Zhong Wugu became the villain, and Zhong Zhigang didn’t know what to do next.
The key to this matter was Zhao Xiner...
Zhao Xiner came as a representative of the Zhao Family, originally thought to support the Zhong Family, but unexpectedly Herr Ningshuang brought her to testify, catching the Zhong Family off guard and leaving them speechless.
Without having grounds, it meant the Herr Family could openly come to the Zhong Family Fortress for a legitimate battle against the Zhong Family. If unresolved today, the Zhong Family might be removed from the ranks of Fifth Grade powers.
"Hmph!"
Seeing Zhong Zhigang remain silent, Herr Ningshuang opened her mouth and said, "Elder Zhigang, why are you not speaking? Do you want to explain to us? If you can’t decide, then let the head of the Zhong Family come out."
"What do you want?"
A beastly roar came from within the Zhong Family courtyard, followed by silhouettes bursting forth, with the leading person emanating boundless murderous intent. They flew out of the Zhong Family courtyard and stood before Zhong Zhigang and the others.
Zhong Zhiyong was like a king of beasts, his cold eyes locking onto Herr Ningshuang as he said, "My grandson is dead, our Zhong Family lost an elder, two elders were incapacitated, little girl Herr, what do you want? Do you want me, Zhong Zhiyong, to cut off my head for you? Fine! No problem, here I am, a great head, come and take it!"
Zhong Zhiyong’s words made the entire field tense, the air seemed to solidify, and the experts of the Zhong Family quietly released their killing intent, as if war would break out if a single word was wrong.
But thinking carefully, it’s understandable, no matter how things progress, Zhong Wugu is deceased, the Zhong Family lost three elders, their face is entirely lost, now Herr Ningshuang and Herr Rufeng are here seeking justice, even a good-natured person would get angry.
"Oh!"
Herr Ningshuang’s face showed no change, and Herr Rufeng’s face showed not a trace of fear, but rather a hint of anger on her beautiful face. Herr Ningshuang coldly looked at Zhong Zhiyong and said, "The Zhong Family Head is truly impressive and intimidating, meaning you’re bullying us Herr Family because we have no one, right?"
"Whoosh!"
A dazzling white light flew from Herr Ningshuang’s hand towards the sky, exploding in the air like fireworks.
"Whoosh!"
Twelve samurai rose up from the mountains outside the Zhong Family Fortress, eleven colorful divine weapons appeared, eleven people following an old man with a skyward braid flew in, and before they even approached, a killing intent like a sea of corpses and blood loomed high, terrifying the entire Zhong Family Fortress.
"The head of the Zhong Family is indeed quite majestic!"
Herr Wanzhan with the skyward braid flew into the city, proudly standing in the air, coldly smiling, and said, "Even the ancestor of our family doesn’t dare to speak so loudly to little Ningshuang, you’re quite bold, come on, if you want to shout, shout at my head, I, the old man, want to see how capable your Zhong Family is!"
A bright white pill flew out from Herr Wanzhan’s abdomen, it was a nine-colored pearl, extremely small like a finger, but the moment the pearl appeared, it seemed the whole world vanished, as all eyes were drawn to the pearl.
It was a transformation of a Sixth Level divine weapon of the Divine Realm, reaching the Sixth Level in the Divine Realm, this was the form of the divine weapon, killing one with every ten steps, leaving no act across a thousand miles, this pill was the manifestation of the Sixth Level of the Divine Realm, Herr Wanzhan even brought it out, if Zhong Zhiyong couldn’t make himself clear, then the Zhong Family might indeed be exterminated this time.
"Elder Herr!"
Zhao Xiner was anxious, not worried about her safety, Herr Wanzhan didn’t dare harm her. She came here to mediate the matter, and she definitely didn’t want a war to break out just like that.
She controlled the chariot to fly to the center of the square, saying, "Zhao Xiner greets the Great Elder He, I represent the Zhao Family to mediate this matter. The agreement between Tianmu Sea and the three royal families has always been in effect and very harmonious in recent years. Please do not make a fuss over a trivial matter and treat life as child’s play."
Herr Wanzhan coldly glanced at Zhao Xiner but didn’t speak. Zhao Xiner had no choice but to bow to Herr Ningshuang and said, "Sister Ningshuang, I know why you are here this time, so how about I mediate and let everyone make peace?"
What Herr Ningshuang wanted was this statement, she said in an extremely firm tone, "Sister Xiner, if he is fine, this matter is considered settled. If he dies, someone from the Zhong Family will accompany him in death!"
"Who is this he?"
Many people were confused, but Zhao Xiner and her family knew who was being talked about, and of course it was Ding Fan. The reason Herr Ningshuang made this trip was precisely for Ding Fan, and she went to great lengths to prevent Ding Fan from getting hurt.
Zhao Xiner looked at Zhong Zhiyong with a hint of pleading as she said, "Zhong Family Head, consider this Xiner’s request to you, alright?"
Zhong Zhiyong blinked and finally waved his hand and said, "Zhong Ziqi, give the order, spare that boy’s life."
Zhong Ziqi, however, did not move. Seeing people looking at him, he smiled bitterly and said, "It’s probably already too late now. Half an hour ago, information came from the Wu Family Fortress that the fight had already started over there. Although there’s a Fifth Level Expert from the Herr Family over there, I’ve already arranged a backup plan, that boy is likely not going to survive."
"Nonsense!"
Herr Wanzhan didn’t wait for Zhong Ziqi to finish before angrily cursing, "We, the Herr Family, only came with twelve people this time, all of whom are here. When did we send people over there?"
"Whew~"
Herr Ningshuang, Herr Rufeng, and Zhao Xiner’s faces all turned extremely ugly, Wu Qingxia’s face turned pale without a trace of blood.
...
Over at the Wu Family Fortress, both Ding Fan and Mu Gaosou felt the murderous intent, it was already too late to think about escaping now.
Two Fourth Level experts from the Divine Realm had arrived, one of whom could even be confirmed as a mid-level Fourth Level expert; against experts like these, let alone Ding Fan, even Mu Gaosou could not stand against them.
If only one Fourth Level expert from the Divine Realm had come, Mu Gaosou might be able to hold them off while Ding Fan escaped, but with two arriving at once, Mu Gaosou had no chance at all.
"We must escape!"
No matter what, they couldn’t just die here. Ding Fan clenched his jaw, charging wildly toward the inside of the Wu Family Fortress, shouting to Mu Gaosou as he gulped down empty coffee, "Mu Gaosou, don’t worry about me, escape by yourself, I’ll destroy my soul in death."
Mu Gaosou hesitated not at all, immediately releasing his divine weapon, escaping in a different direction. This time, the two Fourth Level experts from the Divine Realm were certainly sent by the Zhong Family to deal with Ding Fan; if only one pursued him, he might still survive.
