Chapter 408: Great Xia

The entire Hong Sect City instantly fell into dead silence.

Before the outcome was decided, the Cold-Resisting levels in the Nancheng were still chatting very enthusiastically, and there was no lack of bold guesses about who would win and who would lose.

But after the outcome was truly decided, no one dared to speak.

Everyone saw the situation of the two fighting in the sky just now clearly.

Beishuo Lord Yang Zun, lost!

"How is it possible?"

"The Lord lost?"

"How could the Lord lose?"

More than 10,000 people in the Nancheng looked up at Xia Hong, their faces full of shock. A small number of Beishuo Cold-Resisting levels had their pupils dilated, their faces horrified, and even a very small number of Beishuo people started to tremble, muttering "impossible, impossible" in their mouths, obviously unable to accept the result of Yang Zun's defeat.

Before everyone could recover from the unbelievable mood.

The situation in the sky changed again.

No one expected that Qin Feng and Shangguan Yang would be so unruly and attack Xia Chuan and Director Yu Wen Tao, two Cold-Resisting levels.

"This is not planning to admit defeat!"

"Before Xia Hong appeared, the

"Isn't it a bit too excessive to strike at two Yuhan-level experts?"

"What's excessive about it? As long as we can get the benefits, that's all that matters."

"One is a Great Xia Si Cheng and Xia Hong's younger brother, the other is a Si Zheng of the military department in charge of the army. This Xia Chuan and Director Yu Wen Tao are currently the two with the strongest aptitude in Great Xia; rumor has it they both have supreme-grade battle body aptitude. These are all future Xianyang-level experts of Great Xia. Qin Feng and Shangguan Yang are truly vicious enough!"

"What does capturing two people count for? At most, it's just venting anger because they can't swallow their breath. Didn't you hear what Yang Zun said just now? No matter how strong Great Xia is, it's only one town. Xia Hong isn't strong enough to act recklessly at the southern foothills of Mo'ao yet. This is an intention to gather the strength of the Liuzhen to completely break ties with Great Xia!"

"Will Lord Xia Hong compromise?"

"High probability!"

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"It doesn't matter if you lose in strength, but don't lose your face and demeanor along with it. Are you worried that the Liuzhen haven't lost enough face today? Striking at those below you without observing the bottom line, can you bear the consequences?"

Xia Hong did not answer Yang Zun's question, nor did he look at the controlled Xia Chuan and Director Yu Wen Tao. Instead, he stared straight at Qin Feng, Shangguan Yang, and the other ten Xianyang-level experts. His tone was slow and low, and by the time he finally asked if they could bear the consequences, his expression had turned completely grim.

Everyone could hear the threat in Xia Hong's tone. Not to mention Qin Feng and Shangguan Yang who had made the move, even the other ten including Yang Zun who had not acted, had their expressions slightly frozen.

"The Shangguan clan of Jin Shan, the Qin and Ye clans of Wu Chuan, the Yang clan of Beishuo, the Duan clan of Chuishan, the Cao clan of Yangqu, and the Long clan of Longgu—among the seven families, the Shangguan clan has the most flourishing incense, currently seven generations under one roof; the Qin clan follows with six generations, and the remaining five are at least four generations under one roof. My Great Xia has risen for no more than ten years. The six lords might as well guess how many kinsmen Xia Mou has that are available for you to kill?"

When asking that final question, Xia Hong's tone was not only grim but he even inadvertently turned his head to look at the people in the Nancheng; the meaning was self-evident.

Among the nearly two hundred thousand people gathered in the Nancheng at this moment, a small portion came from the eight town cities, and there were inevitably direct descendants of the Liuzhen among them.

As Xia Hong's voice fell, the expressions of the twelve Xianyang-level experts had already frozen.

Especially Qin Feng and Shangguan Yang, who were considered completely trapped. When the two acted just now, they only thought about having to win back their face today and hadn't considered so much at all. Now that they had calmed down, they realized that capturing Xia Chuan and Director Yu Wen Tao not only failed to threaten Xia Hong but would only bring trouble upon themselves. These were clearly two hot potatoes!

"Qin Feng, Shangguan Yang..."

Xia Hong suddenly called out their names in a calm tone, and in the next second, he adjusted his Qi and blood to his throat and roared sternly: "Release them!"

This roar instantly shook away the snow mist above the entire Hong Sect, and almost everyone in the Nancheng was startled.

Crucially, Xia Hong's body seemed to have undergone some change.

After he roared, everyone in the entire Hong Sect City could clearly feel the temperature rising rapidly.

You must know, it is daytime right now!

The Yuhan-level experts in the Nancheng could sense the chill, and as for those hundred-plus thousand Earth-Digging Realm experts, even inside their houses, they had to rely on coal stoves to keep warm.

But after Xia Hong's roar, they instantly could not feel the existence of any chill at all. Those Earth-Digging Realm experts hiding in their houses even felt a bit hot standing by the coal stoves.

"Lord Xia Hong, didn't he show his full strength just now?"

"It must be so. When those Xianyang-level experts appeared just now, only the temperature around the government office building rose. Now it's the entire Hong Sect City!"

"This... how is this possible?"

"So he was just playing with the lords of the Liuzhen just now?"

"But Lord Xia Hong's back is indeed injured!"

"For a Xianyang-level expert, what does this little injury count for? And no matter how heavy Lord Xia Hong's injury is, is it as heavy as Yang Zun's? Yang Zun was stabbed in the left chest and his abdomen was pierced through; he is still bleeding now!"

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Around the government office building, Great Xia's army of over thirty thousand, including the Great Xia people scattered throughout the city, clearly sensed something. Their spirits were immensely boosted, and they all followed behind Xia Hong, opening their mouths to roar.

"Release them... release them... release them............"

The faces of Qin Feng and Shangguan Yang instantly turned the color of pig liver, and their expressions were ugly to the extreme. Especially Shangguan Yang's old face, full of wrinkles, could even be seen trembling slightly; the anger in his heart was clearly rising to the extreme.

He even moved his fingers slightly, seemingly wanting to commit some extreme act against Director Yu Wen Tao in his hands.

"It is Qin Mou who didn't consider things thoroughly. I hope Lord Xia Hong will forgive me!"

Qin Feng was the first to soften his stance.

After he finished speaking, he directly let go of Xia Chuan in his hands and used a clever force to push him directly toward the ground.

Shangguan Yang's full-bodied anger also vanished instantly after Qin Feng's words were spoken. A trace of lingering fear even appeared in his eyes. He first cast a grateful look at Qin Feng, then let go of Director Yu Wen Tao in his hands, imitating Qin Feng by using a clever force to send him back to the ground.

However, in the gap where Xia Chuan and Director Yu Wen Tao were freed from the two's control.

Yang Zun in mid-air suddenly cast a subtle glance toward Chuishan. Duan Hong immediately understood and signaled to Mu Longhe beside him with his eyes.

Mu Longhe moved!

Swish............

In a flash of lightning, Mu Longhe's body shot out. He suddenly drew the silver twin swords at his waist and, one left and one right, thrust two silver cold glints directly at Xia Chuan and Director Yu Wen Tao, who had just flown less than ten meters away.

"Seeking death!"

Is there any difficulty in killing two Yuhan-level experts who are less than ten meters away from him?

He could see that Xia Chuan and Director Yu Wen Tao—the former had 41-mane strength, the latter 39-mane strength. At their age, this strength was indeed brilliant across the Nine Towns; calling their aptitude monstrous would not be an exaggeration.

But aptitude is aptitude after all. As long as they don't break through to the Xianyang level, in his eyes, they are still no different from ants.

So from the moment he struck, Mu Longhe hadn't considered the question of whether he could succeed at all. Even hearing Xia Hong's words "Seeking death," he didn't have the slightest intention of pulling back. The sword glints thrust straight forward, reaching the back of Xia Chuan and Director Yu Wen Tao's necks almost instantly.

Just need to advance another half step...

Swish............

A crimson afterimage suddenly flew out from inside the government office building, bringing out two blood-colored ribbons in mid-air, and collided straight into the two sword glints.

"What is that!"

The moment the blood light and sword glints collided, Mu Longhe let out an exclamation. The killing intent that had already solidified in his eyes instantly came to an abrupt end, turning instead into full horror and shock. He frantically let go, attempting to retreat.

Swish............

Crack, crack!

The speed of both the blood light and the sword glints was too fast. Although their power was extremely strong, because the force was too concentrated, what was emitted after the collision was that kind of extremely harsh and sharp humming sound.

But in this harsh humming sound, it was mixed with two incomparably crisp sounds of bone cracking, making everyone in the audience feel a thud in their hearts.

"Ah... my hands!"

Mu Longhe let out a miserable scream, attracting everyone's gaze. After seeing Mu Longhe's situation clearly, everyone's pupils contracted without exception, their faces full of horror and shock.

Mu Longhe's two hands had actually been severed from the shoulders.

He hadn't even let go of the silver long swords in his two hands; when they fell from mid-air, the veins on the back of his hands were even clearly visible, which shows just how fast those two blood-colored ribbons were!

Swish...

No one paid attention to Xia Chuan and Director Yu Wen Tao who had landed safely anymore.

Because the crimson afterimage that severed Mu Longhe's arms had returned.

The vast majority of people in the audience didn't even see clearly what it was, and it had already returned, and the target was clearly Mu Longhe again.

Mu Longhe, with his arms severed, had two drops of cold sweat seep from his brow. Without the slightest hesitation, he retreated directly to avoid it.

But how could his speed compare to that crimson afterimage?

Clang............

At the critical moment, Yang Zun finally acted.

He appeared directly in front of Mu Longhe, his long spear swept horizontally, directly sweeping the crimson afterimage away by dozens of meters.

"Chirp............"

After the crimson afterimage stopped, it emitted an extremely faint, sharp cry.

A fox-shaped cold beast with a body length of no more than ten centimeters, trailing a fluffy tail over thirty centimeters long, came into everyone's view.

That fox-shaped cold beast was extremely petite, its whole body covered in jade-like, crystal-clear blood-jade-colored fur that was exceptionally eye-catching. A pair of black-and-white pupils were looking at Yang Zun and the other twelve people, and the two sharp claws on its chest that glowed with rainbow light were still stained with the flesh and blood from Mu Longhe's arms.

After seeing the true identity of that crimson afterimage clearly, the pupils of the over ten thousand Yuhan-level experts in the Nancheng contracted suddenly, their faces full of shock and horror.

"That is... a cold beast, it seems to be a Blood Jade Fox?"

"Blood Jade Fox, it is a Blood Jade Fox, the body length is only ten-plus centimeters..."

"I remember, a high-level Blood Jade Fox has a body length of over twenty centimeters."

"In other words, this Blood Jade Fox is..."

"A Beast King-level Blood Jade Fox, Great Xia actually raised a Beast King?"

"This............"

"Gulp... Beast King-level Blood Jade Fox, Great Xia... Great Xia... has the means to tame a Beast King-level Blood Jade Fox?"

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The cold beast breeds in the Mo'ao Mountains overlapped partially with the cold beast breeds identified by Great Xia, and the Blood Jade Fox happened to be one of them.

So many people recognized it at a glance.

Regarding cold beasts, there is a common knowledge in the Frozen Abyss: the smaller the body size, the more terrifying its true strength usually is.

Therefore, even though the Yuhan-level experts below had basically never seen a Blood Jade Fox with a body size of ten-plus centimeters, they could instantly judge that it was Beast King-level.

Combined with the scene where the Blood Jade Fox severed Mu Longhe's arms just now, naturally, no one in the audience would question this judgment.

Great Xia raised a Beast King-level Blood Jade Fox............

After this thought popped into everyone's mind, they were instantly stunned.

Not to mention the over ten thousand Yuhan-level experts in the Nancheng, even the twelve including Yang Zun had faces full of horror at this moment, their pupils trembling incessantly. Several even couldn't help but open their mouths, yet not a single word could pop out; clearly, their hearts were shocked to an extreme degree.

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Slap!

What everyone didn't notice was that inside the Zhao Family Restaurant in the Nancheng, Chen Yiqing, Chu Yan'er, and the other eight from Chen Cang also stood up from their chairs with a thud, as if by reflex, the moment they saw the Blood Jade Fox.

"Taming a Beast King-level Blood Jade Fox!"

"This... how is this possible?"

"Great Xia, has such means?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

The eight people exclaimed incessantly. Even Chu Yan'er, who had shown extreme confidence from beginning to end, could not maintain her composure at this moment.

She tilted her head to look at the Blood Jade Fox in mid-air, her pupils flickering incessantly.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible......"

After Chen Yiqing repeated it several times, he gritted his teeth and said: "I don't believe it, absolutely impossible! Great Xia cannot have the means to tame a Beast King. Little County Lady, this place is too far away; I want to get closer to see clearly."

Chu Yan'er frowned slightly upon hearing this, but soon nodded and said: "Control the distance. Xia Hong and Yang Zun's strength is very strong; once discovered, the trouble will be huge."

"Chen Mou knows!"

Chen Yiqing nodded deeply and walked quickly downstairs.

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"Not a Beast King-level Blood Jade Fox. Although the appearance is the same, there is no aura of a Beast King, and it is too obedient. Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

While everyone's pupils were trembling, Yang Zun in mid-air was the first to notice the abnormality of that Blood Jade Fox.

Since Yang Zun could notice it, Qin Feng, Shangguan Yang, and the other nine Xianyang-level experts naturally soon made the discovery as well.

But even after discovering this point, as they looked at that Blood Jade Fox, the fear and horror in their pupils did not fade in the slightest; instead, it became even more intense.

Regardless of whether it was true or false, the Beast King-level strength that this Blood Jade Fox had just displayed was solid and real.

In fact, at this moment, Yang Zun and the others actually hoped that it was a real one.

They hadn't hunted Beast King-level Blood Jade Foxes before.

If it really were one, they wouldn't be this afraid right now!

The most fatal thing in the Frozen Abyss is the information gap.

Dealing with a Beast King-level Blood Jade Fox whose roots they knew was simply much easier than dealing with this thing in front of them whose true identity they were unclear about.

"Chirp............"

While everyone's expressions were suspicious and uncertain, Xia Hong, who was above the government office building, finally moved after confirming that Xia Chuan and Director Yu Wen Tao were both safe.

The anger on his face had not yet faded; he first waved slightly toward mid-air.