Chapter 908: Have You Come to Take My Life?

Have You Come to Take My Life?

Meanwhile.

At another imperial palace.

Two dazzlingly golden Imperial Remnants—one holding a sword and the other a bowl—stood midair, looking down with furrowed brows at every corner of the imperial palace, as if carefully searching for something.

Inside a palace hall they hadn't noticed, Bai Ye carefully laid Sun Bumian's body flat on the ground.

At this moment, Sun Bumian's face was completely drained of color, and his breathing was incredibly weak, looking as if he would die before long... Bai Ye wiped off some sweat and muttered:

"It has to work this time..."

Bai Ye pressed the liver in his hand against Sun Bumian's stomach once more. After concentrating his perception for a moment, a flash of white light occurred, and the liver in his hand vanished.

Bai Ye stared at his stomach for a while, then his whole body relaxed as he let out a long sigh of relief...

"My liver... and thieves... cannot coexist under the same sky..."

Bai Ye: ...

Boom—!!!

A massive explosion echoed from the sky above, causing the entire imperial palace to tremble violently.

Sun Bumian regained consciousness as if startled awake. He staggered to a sitting position, looking around blankly. "What happened? An earthquake??"

"...No, it's not an earthquake."

As if sensing something, Bai Ye's brows furrowed deeply. He looked toward a corner of the sky outside the palace hall doors. "This is... the aura of the Nine Lords?"

"The Nine Lords?" Sun Bumian raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Lord of the Red Dust or Lord of Wuji?"

"Neither."

"Neither? Has a third one of the Nine Lords awakened in this world?"

Bai Ye didn't answer. Although he could sense the aura of the Nine Lords, he couldn't identify exactly who the owner of that aura was. After all, they had fallen into slumber hundreds of years ago, and no one in this era had ever seen them take action.

The moment that booming roar appeared, it was as if a gap had opened in the sky above. But from the perspective of Bai Ye and the others, they couldn't clearly see what had happened...

But what was certain was that regardless of which of the Nine Lords had come, the other party had likely punched straight through the outer shell of the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path and entered the third level, "Flying Dragon in the Sky"!

The two Imperial Remnants pursuing Bai Ye also looked toward the sky at the same time. Even though their facial features couldn't be seen clearly, one could feel their solemnity.

Bai Ye muttered to himself:

"The Nine Lords taking action... It seems something major is about to happen in the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path."

Sun Bumian was just about to say something when the roof of the great hall they were hiding in was suddenly torn off. A giant golden sword looked down at the two of them inside the hall like a living creature. Upon discovering them, dazzling golden light suddenly flashed!

Not good!

Bai Ye hadn't expected his location to be exposed so quickly. He grabbed Sun Bumian and was about to flee outward, but just as he dodged out of the great hall, a giant bowl inverted over them from above, as if it had been waiting for a long time!

A suction force enveloped the earth. Bai Ye and the weak Sun Bumian only felt a wave of dizziness before instantly vanishing into the mouth of the bowl, as if swallowed by a black hole.

The giant bowl floated lightly back into the hands of one of the Imperial Remnants. Without the slightest hesitation, the two of them ascended directly into the clouds, entering "Flying Dragon in the Sky."

...

Sensing the gravity of the situation, the emperors who had just personally suppressed Li Fu also experienced a drastic change in expression. Having no mind to care about a Li Fu who had lost his Ritual Artifact, they hurriedly ascended toward "Flying Dragon in the Sky"!

Seeing the emperors' carriage gradually disappear into the horizon and the golden chains dissipate bit by bit, a trace of color returned to the eyes of Li Fu, who lay covered in blood on the ground, having already prepared himself to die.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ling in the distance couldn't help but click his tongue.

This Li Fu was truly hard to kill... Just a moment ago, he had been thinking that it seemed impossible for him to survive, but who could have expected that one of the Nine Lords would suddenly strike the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path, relieving him of the siege.

This made Chen Ling even more certain that he had been right not to blindly pursue Li Fu. Until the future Ying Fu chased him down in the Timeline Save File to complete the time loop, he could not be killed.

Chen Ling could sense the aura of the Nine Lords and roughly knew what was happening above, but the others couldn't.

Wu Qiong and the other Emperor Candidates watched the Imperial Remnants spare Li Fu and hurriedly ascend to the sky, not knowing what had happened. They looked at each other in dismay...

Li Fu took a deep breath and staggered to his feet.

He cast one last glance at Zhu Zhong, whose head had been blown apart on the ground. Without showing the slightest expression, he just silently wiped off the splattered blood on his cheek and walked away into the distance alone.

As he approached, those figures who had been engaged in the chaotic melee just moments ago stopped their actions. In the deathly silence, they unconsciously made way for him...

Even the several Emperor Candidates didn't dare to stop Li Fu, only silently watching him leave.

It must be known that Li Fu, relying on the destiny of an ordinary person, had single-handedly slain Zhu Zhong. Although he seemed to have fallen into decline now, no one could say for sure what other mysterious trump cards he had. There was no need for them to take such a huge risk for someone who was destined to never become Emperor.

[The 'King' you followed has died]

When this line of text appeared before the eyes of all of Zhu Zhong's followers, they finally realized what had happened, their faces turning incredibly pale.

With Zhu Zhong dead, the faction they belonged to had also vanished. Those who had never changed camps were fine, as they still had the opportunity to choose another master. But those who had previously defected from Li Fu to Zhu Zhong's camp had completely become displaced refugees with nowhere to go.

"Brother Li, Brother Li! Please take us in once more!"

"Yeah, Brother Li, we are willing to follow you to become King!"

"Brother Li..."

Urgent voices rang out from the crowd, but Li Fu didn't turn back. He silently left the crowd and walked toward the alleyway in a desolate corner...

That was where Ah Qian was.

After Li Fu had gone far away, Wu Qiong and the others also snapped back to reality. They immediately began to win over those figures who were originally under Zhu Zhong, expanding their own factions as quickly as possible.

With Zhu Zhong dead, the power of the other Emperor Candidates wasn't much different. Now that the Path of Ascension was not far away, everyone wanted to give it a try... Who would emerge victorious was still unknown.

Noisy sounds came from behind, but Li Fu never looked back.

As he turned a corner in the alleyway, his body trembled slightly...

On the other side of the path, a ghostly Great Crimson Theatrical Robe was swaying silently in the wind.

Li Fu looked at Chen Ling, his expression shifting from surprise, to bitterness, to helplessness, to calm... He remained silent for a long time, eventually speaking to break the silence:

"Have you... come to take my life?"

Li Fu had already exacted his revenge, yet Chen Ling chose this moment to appear. According to their previous agreement, it was hard for Li Fu not to overthink things.

Chen Ling looked into Li Fu's eyes. The latter showed absolutely no intention of backing out of his debt. It seemed that with a single order from Chen Ling, he would commit suicide according to their agreement and return his life to Chen Ling.