Chapter 1194: Beneath Mid-mountain

Beneath Mid-mountain

Among the mountain ranges on the other side.

Chen Ling withdrew his gaze from Wushan Town in the distance, and glanced at the time on his phone...

"You should give up." Fu Kun, bound hand and foot and thrown aside, spoke in a sorry state. "His Majesty won't come... We are but subjects. If a subject encounters danger, how could it make the Emperor personally lead a military expedition?

If you want to kill me, just kill me, directly give me a quick death!"

With a snap, Chen Ling put away the flip phone.

"You're wrong."

Chen Ling turned his head, his gaze leisurely looking toward a certain direction amidst the hazy clouds and mist. "...He's here."

Fu Kun was taken aback, raising his head to look at that patch of rain clouds.

"Your... Your Majesty?" Seeing that figure, Fu Kun was stunned in place for a moment.

He hadn't expected that Ying Fu would truly come.

Ying Fu's complexion was as gloomy as a rain cloud. Those sharp eyes first swept past the sorry-looking Fu Kun on the side, then stared fixedly at Chen Ling. His robes fluttered and rolled under the wind, rain, and imperial might, an emperor's domineering aura sweeping out horizontally!

"Chen Ling, Us originally did not plan to kill you today, yet you insist on seeking death?"

Overnight, Ying Fu's oppressive feeling had soared once again. Although he had not broken through the barrier of the Seventh Order, whether it was imperial might or the strength of his Spiritual Power, both had extremely tremendous improvements... It seemed last night's Palace Examination, while allowing him to obtain a large number of subjects, also fed back to himself.

Chen Ling's robe corners agitated under the emperor's coercion, yet his gaze was incredibly calm. His figure rooted in place like a mountain, not affected by Ying Fu in the slightest.

"I said before, if you dare to touch some people... I will fight you to the bitter end," Chen Ling spoke coldly.

Ying Fu's brows subconsciously furrowed, as if pondering and recalling.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to care about me!" Fu Kun immediately spoke. "He might have set up traps in the surroundings... You must absolutely not fall for it, Your Majesty!"

Ying Fu coldly snorted.

"Traps? Us rather wants to see, what methods do you still have?"

Having undergone the improvement from last night's Palace Examination, Ying Fu's strength had leaped forward. Facing Chen Ling who was only Fifth-Tier, naturally he couldn't shrink back in fear. Moreover, it was Chen Ling who provoked him first by kidnapping his subordinate. For him to just leave like this was impossible.

Ying Fu raised his hand and pointed at the rain cloud. Purple thunder suddenly wandered within it, like a swimming dragon in a deep pool. It suddenly swept out, shooting straight at Chen Ling's face like a purple Long Spear!

Chen Ling had never seen this kind of ability. It was mostly likely something Ying Fu had just obtained from his subjects last night. Without hesitation, he transformed into Red Paper and drifted into the air. In the next moment, he flashed out several hundred meters!

Boom——!!

The purple Long Spear blasted into the earth. Fine and dense electric arcs instantly covered more than half of the mountain peak.

"You cannot escape." Ying Fu raised his hand again. That mountain full of electric arcs unexpectedly gathered instantly like a large net, blockading Chen Ling's surroundings from all directions, wrapping toward the center!

Feeling the airtight killing intent, Chen Ling gave up continuing to dodge. A Domain directly opened under his feet!

[Judgment Court]!

As Chen Ling pulled the trigger, a gap was forcefully torn open in the large net of electric arcs. Deafening roars resounded through the sky.

Fortunately, Chen Ling specifically chose a location far from Wushan Town. Exchanging blows with Ying Fu here wouldn't affect the town, nor would it attract too much attention. His figure swayed, disappearing without a trace from that gap.

Ying Fu's gaze swept across the surroundings, as if seeking Chen Ling's location. In the next moment, as if having sensed something, the soles of his feet violently stomped on the earth. Under the interweaving of electric arcs, a golden Long Spear was reshaped out from the ground!

Clang——!!

The Long Spear and the Bone-Stripping Knife clashed fiercely. Dazzling sparks splashed in the air!

Chen Ling's Great Crimson Theatrical Robe fluttered in the wind. Like a ghost, he stood behind Ying Fu holding the knife, his voice incredibly low and deep:

"Where is Shen Nan?"

"Shen Nan?" Ying Fu remembered that name on the list, and coldly snorted. "Where he is, how would Us know?"

"You didn't make a move against him last night?"

"What Us did, on what basis must I tell you?"

Thump——!!!

The wrestling between the two directly caused the mountain ground beneath their feet to crack inch by inch. Under the terrifying shock aftershocks, the two figures bounced apart separately!

Chen Ling looked at Ying Fu's figure holding the Long Spear, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes...

Having dealt with Ying Fu so many times, Chen Ling could be considered to have some understanding of him. Judging from Ying Fu's reaction just now, it seemed he didn't go looking for Shen Nan last night... Said this way, Shen Nan's disappearance had nothing to do with Ying Fu?

Then the only possibility left, was only...

Chen Ling's peripheral vision looked toward the direction of the Mid-mountain Hotel.

...

The red "error" sign constantly flashed on the screen. Inside the dull elevator, Sun Bumian's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"What place is this going to?" Sun Bumian turned his head to look at the staff member beside him. "Isn't the meeting at the Mid-mountain Hotel?"

"Yes, Mr. Sun, but it is underground of the hotel."

"Underground?"

Sun Bumian's eyes behind the small Round Sunglasses narrowed. "This isn't as simple as underground anymore right? This depth of descent... probably the entire mountain has already been hollowed out."

"Mr. Sun, the specific reasons will be personally explained by Director Sun at the conference. Please be patient."

The elevator slowly stopped. With the opening of the doors on both sides, a dim stone corridor appeared in front of Sun Bumian.

Even though the guests had all arrived, no one could be seen inside the stone corridor either. Everything was empty, only at the end of the stone corridor, bursts of conversing sounds could faintly be heard coming from.

"Mr. Sun, the conference room is just ahead, please." The staff member walked out of the elevator, respectfully making a "please" gesture.

But Sun Bumian did not leave the elevator.

His eyes reflected the dim stone corridor, slowly speaking:

"I want to see Sun Zhongliang."

"Mr. Sun, Director Sun will be here immediately, please go to the conference room to wait first..."

"I said, I want to see Sun Zhongliang right now." Sun Bumian directly interrupted him. "Otherwise, I'll return to America right now."

While speaking, Sun Bumian pressed the 1st floor button of the elevator. But soon he discovered that no matter how he pressed the button going to the 1st floor, there was no reaction... as if this was only a one-way elevator heading underground.

The staff member spoke helplessly, "Mr. Sun, don't be willful... At this critical juncture, how about we cooperate for now?"

Sun Bumian's complexion became increasingly gloomy. He swept a cold glance at the staff member, stepping out of the elevator with one step.

Wisps and threads of colored flames drifted from Sun Bumian's temples. The Awakened Lion Head-dress pendant on his wrist also began to bloom with faint light, the aura of the Seventh Order sweeping out!

Under the oppressive feeling of the Seventh Order, the staff member's complexion instantly became incredibly pale. He basically couldn't stop Sun Bumian. Being lightly bumped, he fell to the side...

"If you don't bring him to see me, then I'll go look for him myself."

"Today... he must give me an explanation!"