Chapter 658: Dantai Lan's Strike

When that woman's cold shout rang out from deep within the underground palace at the House Luolan Mansion headquarters, the many top-tier powerhouses in Great Xia City who had been spying on this place all felt a jolt in their hearts, and then the image of that seemingly elegant but in reality skilled at overpowering others, the female Mansion Master of House Luolan Mansion, flashed through their minds.

Marquis Lan, Dantai Lan!

These top-tier powerhouses of Great Xia had quite an impression of this Dantai Lan, because while common folk all said Li Taixuan was dazzling and outstanding, only those who had witnessed the former understood that within this House Luolan Mansion family, the most formidable was actually this Dantai Lan.

Although this had something to do with Li Taixuan doting on his wife and deliberately sheltering her, Dantai Lan's own strength and talent were also an extremely important point.

But at this moment, these top-tier powerhouses had no interest in thinking about that. Their greater focus was on why Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan had suddenly appeared?!

Was it their true selves descending, or projections formed by some art?!

But regardless, everyone was at least certain that these two had indeed left some contingencies behind.

All gazes turned toward the House Luolan Mansion headquarters at this moment.

And as Dantai Lan's cold shout rang out, from the two life-bound candle flames deep within the underground palace, sparks rose up, and then, under the gaze of many shaken onlookers, transformed into two human figures—one man and one woman.

The man had a tall, upright build, a face as handsome as if carved by a blade, a gentle smile on his lips, unhurried and composed, his bearing extraordinary.

The woman also had a beautiful, dignified appearance. Her figure was slender, her long hair pinned up. She possessed an elegant temperament, but as her expression now turned slightly icy, a forceful and dashing aura also welled up.

Inside the House Luolan Mansion headquarters, whether they belonged to Li Luo or Manager Pei Hao's faction, everyone was stunned at this moment. They stared blankly at those two figures, their hearts surging with excitement beyond control.

Xu Xu Tianling and Elder Mo Chen, the two honored elders, were so terrified that their legs gave way beneath them, and they collapsed onto the ground in a heap.

Above the headquarters, the Regent King gazed at the two figures that had appeared, and for an instant his focus wavered. So this was the contingency left behind by Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan? But it should only be a projection, not their true selves—after all, they couldn't have crossed the Wang Hou battlefield to descend here.

However, even if they were projection avatars, the Regent King's heart still sank slightly, because when it came to these two, he was indeed filled with wariness.

"The two of you..." he slowly began.

"You ungrateful wretch. Others may treat you as some Regent King, but in my eyes, you're nothing more than a petty clown. Back then, if it hadn't been for the two of us having other reasons and voluntarily going to the Wang Hou battlefield, did you think your petty tricks could have driven us away?"

"Hmph, the moment the two of us left, you dared come bully our child. I think you should just die here today!"

The moment the Regent King's voice faded, Dantai Lan's willow-leaf brows had already shot upward. She had absolutely no intention of exchanging a single word with the Regent King. Then she directly extended her slender jade hand, and that jade hand slapped out across the sky, and immediately brilliant golden light swept forth.

The golden light swept across the void. That golden light was extremely pure, and within it, golden feathered wings seemed to be flapping—wondrously mysterious.

"Golden-Wing Divine Light!"

Wherever the golden divine light passed, the world's energy seemed to vanish into nothingness out of thin air.

The divine light swept directly toward the Regent King.

Seeing this, the Regent King's gaze also hardened. He was, of course, familiar with this so-called Golden-Wing Divine Light—it was Dantai Lan's signature technique.

But Dantai Lan's earlier words, even for the Regent King's composure, brought a flash of fury to his eyes. These past years, he had ruled Great Xia, and no one dared defy his will. Yet in Dantai Lan's mouth, he was belittled like this—truly unbearable.

"Hmph, it's merely a projection, and you dare act so arrogant?!" The Regent King's face darkened. Back when Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan departed, they were only at the fourth-grade Hou De Jing Zhong Jie, while he now was a fifth-grade Hou! And Dantai Lan was just a projection—what gall dared treat him so insolently?!

So facing the sweeping golden divine light, the Regent King did not dodge. He was seen forming a seal with one hand, and from the crown of his head, a wisp of purple qi rose up. Within the purple qi, a purple stone seal materialized. On the bottom of the stone seal, ancient characters as if capable of suppressing myriad ages were inscribed.

"Hou-bestowing Art, Nation-Suppressing Zi Yin!"

The purple stone seal spun round and round, wrapped in surging purple qi, and directly collided with the sweeping Golden-Wing Divine Light.

And at the very instant of collision, the Regent King's pupils abruptly contracted, and towering waves surged in his heart, because he discovered that at the very first moment of contact, as the Golden-Wing Divine Light swept down, the purple qi atop his purple stone seal instantly dissolved. The divine light had only swept back and forth once, and the stone seal had already turned into nothingness.

"How could this be?!"

The Regent King's face changed drastically. His Hou-bestowing Art had only held on for two breaths before being dissolved by Dantai Lan's divine light?!

Yet in his horror, the Golden-Wing Divine Light that had swept away the stone seal had already pierced through the void and attacked again, sweeping down directly onto the Regent King's head.

Space manifested behind the Regent King, and within it, five Hou-bestowing Platforms shook violently. Vast phase force, like a great ocean, swept forth, attempting to resist the Golden-Wing Divine Light.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Golden-Wing Divine Light swept down again and again, and the vast phase force dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye. After a dozen or so breaths, the Regent King noticed that his arms had actually begun to wither, and the essence-blood within his arms was also beginning to dissolve under the sweep of the Golden-Wing Divine Light.

Shock and fury rose in the Regent King's heart. This Dantai Lan was clearly just a projection—why was the Golden-Wing Divine Light she cast so terrifying?

The Regent King's thoughts raced, and without further hesitation, his figure retreated, pulling directly out of the airspace above the House Luolan Mansion headquarters.

And as he retreated, the Golden-Wing Divine Light no longer pursued, but transformed into wisps of golden mist that drifted back and were swallowed by Dantai Lan's open mouth.

The exchange between the two was over in the blink of an eye, and by the time many came back to their senses, they had already seen the Regent King hastily retreating. This immediately stirred horror in the hearts of the many top-tier powerhouses in Great Xia City, because anyone could tell that in the previous clash, it was actually the Regent King who had fallen into a disadvantage!

But one must remember, the Regent King was at the fifth-grade Hou De Jing Zhong Jie!

This absolutely counted as one of the top-tier Hou-bestowing powerhouses in all of Great Xia!

So how could he have been repelled by a mere projection from Dantai Lan?

"Why run? Weren't you being very rampant earlier?" Dantai Lan's almond eyes stared coldly at the Regent King as she sneered.

The Regent King's face was dark as water. He stared at the figures of Dantai Lan and Li Taixuan, faintly sensing that these two projection avatars were not simple at all. Ordinary projections absolutely wouldn't possess this kind of intensity.

"Wife is amazing!"

Li Taixuan gave Dantai Lan a thumbs-up, then his gaze turned toward Seeing Niu Niu Biaobiao's side. The latter was currently being sealed by four Hou-bestowing powerhouses using a strange formation, so he chuckled and threw a punch.

Roar!

A massive dragon shadow was seen roaring forth, its dragon cry shaking heaven and earth, wrapped in an extremely domineering aura, trembling the void, and with a single punch, it blasted the strange formation formed by those four Hou-bestowing powerhouses into pieces.

The four Hou-bestowing powerhouses' faces changed, and they all retreated rapidly, not daring to engage Li Taixuan head-on.

"Anyone who is not of House Luolan Mansion, if you do not leave now, don't blame my wife and me for opening a killing spree." Li Taixuan said calmly.

Hearing this, the four Hou-bestowing powerhouses withdrew without the slightest hesitation. After all, even the Regent King had been forced back—staying here would serve no purpose.

Moreover, they could also see that the moment Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan's projection avatars appeared, the situation had already reversed.

Facing these two, it seemed that even the Regent King had no recourse today.

In Great Xia City, even the fighting outside the House Luolan Mansion headquarters had all come to a halt at this moment.

In a certain street.

Du Ze Yan withdrew his hand and stood. He glanced toward the direction of House Luolan Mansion, and when he saw the figures of Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan, his eyelid twitched. Then, expressionlessly, he looked at the Si Qing opposite him.

At this moment, Si Qing's expression was uncertain, looking rather unsightly, and a hint of fear flickered in his eyes.

"Mansion Master Si Qing, starting to feel regret now? I told you long ago that Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan have tough lives. Even the perilous Wang Hou battlefield may not be able to claim them." Du Ze Yan said calmly.

Si Qing's voice was somewhat hoarse as he said: "It's still a bit early to say that now. Wait until they truly emerge from the Wang Hou battlefield, then we'll talk."

"At that time, Lord Si Qing will have even more of a headache, but Lord Si Qing will probably have to thank me. If I hadn't blocked you here, once Li Taixuan and Tantai Lan discovered you were also launching an attack on the Luo Lan Manor, you might have faced major trouble in the future," Du Ze Yan said with some sarcasm.

The corner of Si Qing's mouth twitched. "There are others with even bigger headaches. For the time being, it's probably not my turn yet."

However, his mood was clearly terrible at this moment, so he simply had no desire to argue further with Du Ze Yan. Instead, with a gloomy expression, he turned and left directly.

When the projected avatars of Li Taixuan and Tantai Lan appeared and drove back the Regent, he understood that the years-long scheme against the Luo Lan Manor had come to nothing.

Those two had long since made all preparations; in this way, it made people like him look rather ridiculous.

As the idle people within the Luo Lan Manor withdrew, Li Taixuan formed hand seals. Streams of flowing light and runes shot forth from his hands, then merged with the protective formation above the Luo Lan Manor headquarters. In an instant, the weakened formation once again bloomed with brilliant light. Finally, the flowing light scattered, continuing to shroud the headquarters.

As the formation gradually dissipated into nothingness, a special sense of suppression reappeared within the headquarters.

Clearly, this formation, previously weakened, had become powerful again under Li Taixuan's hands.

Now, the Luo Lan Manor headquarters had once again become a forbidden ground for Wang Hou-level experts.

After finishing this, Li Taixuan finally raised his head, gazing at the Regent standing outside the headquarters, a smile appearing on his handsome face.

"Gong Yuan, are you still unwilling to leave?"

"Rest assured. When my wife and I return from the Wang Hou battlefield, we will certainly come to have a good chat with you. So before that, you had better arrange your affairs behind you properly," Li Taixuan said with a faint smile.

The Regent stared at Li Taixuan, said nothing more, and simply swept his sleeve and turned to leave.

And with the Regent's departure, everyone understood that the Luo Lan Manor's calamity had finally been weathered.