Chapter 339: Accidental Killing

Upstairs.

The Cult Leader was being held back by Chen Che inside the room; the Follower Leiji attacked Chen Che over and over again to rescue the Cult Leader, yet was repelled by Chen Che time after time.

Chen Che looked back at Princess Laila on the bed; the Ghost Gate Needle had already dispersed the drugs in her body, and she would wake up soon.

Taking advantage of Chen Che's distraction, Leiji lunged again. This time his moves were even more vicious; his five fingers formed claws, and True Qi burned like flames at his fingertips. As long as he hooked into skin, he could pierce instantly and damage the internal organs.

And the place Leiji's ten fingers aimed for was still Chen Che's throat.

"Puchi!"

Chen Che swung his long arm, and a hand-blade wrapped in lightning slashed out an arc, cutting a bloody groove across Leiji's chest.

Leiji spat out a mouthful of blood and, at the moment he was about to touch Chen Che, was sent flying backward again.

This strike injured Leiji's foundation; he slumped on the ground, clutching his chest and coughing, unable to launch a decent attack ever again.

A burst of hurried footsteps came rushing over, and Commander Yuri finally arrived.

The moment she saw the Follower Leiji, her expression was one of great shock; then she saw Chen Che guarding the door to Princess Laila's room, as well as the Cult Leader sprawled at Chen Che's feet, and she was stunned once more.

Before she could even ask, the Follower Leiji spoke first: "Quickly kill him! This person wanted to harm Her Highness the Princess, was discovered and stopped by the Cult Leader, and now he wants to kill to silence the witnesses!"

The Follower Leiji's words exploded in Yuri's ears like a thunderclap. She looked at Chen Che with a face full of astonishment, and through him, caught sight of Princess Laila lying on the bed.

Swish!

Surging True Qi filled her blade, pointing at Chen Che. Yuri roared: "You bastard! What did you do to Her Highness the Princess?!"

Chen Che did not want to pay attention to this brainless commander. He tilted his ear slightly and heard the footsteps downstairs, proving that the people in the banquet hall were finally coming up.

In fact, he could have killed Leiji and the Cult Leader long ago. Through the exchange just now, it could be confirmed that Leiji was at the Grandmaster Realm, while this sanctimonious Cult Leader was just an ordinary person.

Killing them would be easy for Chen Che.

It was just that, after all, this was in Ansili, and it was such a special holiday today; furthermore, this Cult Leader had a special status.

If Chen Che rashly took action to kill him, there would be even more trouble ahead.

Therefore, in terms of both emotion and reason, this matter should be left to King Abdullah to handle. After all, he was an outsider; saving the princess was already doing his utmost, and the rest was their family business—it was not appropriate for him to participate.

However, Commander Yuri, who had long held a prejudice against Chen Che, could not think that much. The Cult Leader's status in Ansili, combined with the precedent of Chen Che previously molesting the princess, made her believe the Follower Leiji's words implicitly.

Seeing Chen Che not speaking at this moment, she was even more convinced that he was unable to defend himself.

"You are not a friend, you are an enemy! I will never let you go for hurting Princess Laila!"

Yuri kicked off the ground, her True Qi exploding from her body, and she slashed at Chen Che with her blade.

Chen Che retreated, grabbed her wrist with one hand, and with a shake of his arm, the combat blade fell away.

His arm rotated rapidly, and he slapped Yuri's lower abdomen with a palm—a strike that was neither light nor heavy, just enough to knock her back without causing her injury.

However, Yuri was blinded by anger and clearly did not notice Chen Che's mercy.

With her blade gone, she shook her arms and spread her ten fingers; sharp steel needles extended from the tips of her Finger Stalls, and the needles were wrapped in True Qi.

Yuri slapped her hands on the ground, leaving ten claw marks, and her figure leaped up, lunging at Chen Che again.

Not only that.

The Follower Leiji seized the opening while Chen Che was defending against Yuri and also rushed over again.

Chen Che narrowed his eyes; his right hand, wrapped in lightning, opened and slapped toward Yuri's hands, shattering the steel needles on the Finger Stalls.

Chen Che pressed the back of his hand against Yuri's shoulder and gave a forceful shove; Yuri, who was mid-air, slammed into the wall with a bang.

Leiji attacked Chen Che's lower path along the ground, but his target was not Chen Che; it was the Cult Leader under Chen Che's feet.

Leiji grabbed the Cult Leader and threw him outward with force, but he himself was stomped on the lower back by a downward kick from Chen Che and pinned to the ground.

Leiji grimaced in pain and looked up abruptly, only to happen upon the Taiyi Sect Token that had fallen into the corner.

"Gulp!"

Leiji's eyes widened, his heart gave a violent jolt, and it could no longer stop.

In an instant, countless images and sounds flooded his mind, and his head felt like it was splitting.

"Ah!!!!"

Leiji curled up his body, his hands frantically pounding his skull, clutching his head and banging it against the floor; his painful screams spread throughout the entire palace.

Chen Che frowned, looking at the huddled Follower Leiji in confusion.

Taking this opportunity, the Cult Leader hurriedly stood up, leaned against the wall, and fled with a limp.

"Quick! Over here!"

The massive crowd finally arrived at this moment.

Xie Wanning flashed over, grabbed the Cult Leader's shoulder, and flung him backward.

The Cult Leader, who had only run a few steps, had his body fly back like a fallen leaf.

"Puchi!"

For a moment, everyone froze.

Xie Wanning's eyes widened, and Yuri, who had just climbed up while clutching her forehead, dropped her jaw wide open.

The massive crowd all froze in place; King Abdullah, Queen Fatima, General Hogan, and all the guests who followed behind were all filled with astonishment, dumbstruck!

Chen Che looked at the Cult Leader in front of him in disbelief; the Cult Leader's face was full of terror, his eyes staring in shock at the location of his heart.

Just now, under Xie Wanning's palm, the Cult Leader who wanted to escape flew back, but he collided directly with Chen Che.

Chen Che's hand-blade, wrapped in lightning, had pierced through the Cult Leader's heart.

The lightning on his right hand extinguished, and Chen Che withdrew his palm; the Cult Leader swayed a few times and fell backward to the ground.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Cult Leader's body twitched a few times, blood gushed from his mouth, and after a few painful groans, his head tilted to the side and he closed his eyes.

"Chen, you..."

Amidst the silence, a timid voice entered his ears.

Chen Che turned his head to look; Princess Laila, who had finally woken up, was looking over here, her small face filled with bewildered panic.

"Clang!"

The war blade was pressed against Chen Che's neck; General Hogan wore a ferocious expression and said coldly, "Distinguished guest, you are in big trouble!"

………

"Clatter!"

The metal door of the imperial dungeon closed, and Chen Che and Xie Wanning were thrown inside.

Chen Che picked a clean stone bed to sit on, while Xie Wanning remained standing.

"From envoys to prisoners, we've certainly brought honor to our teacher's wife."

Chen Che teased self-deprecatingly.

Xie Wanning, however, looked serious and asked, "Stop grinning, what exactly is going on?"

Chen Che dangled his legs and pointed at Xie Wanning's ankle: "That's exactly what's going on; the True Qi Restrictor is on, we've been locked up, and we might even be executed."

"I know my own strength very well; it was impossible for that Du'e Cult Leader to have collided with you."

Xie Wanning did not take the bait and said.

"I didn't do anything either."

Chen Che expressed his grievance, "First, that Follower let out a scream as if he were dying, and then when I looked up, that beastly Cult Leader lunged at me."

"Besides, I'm not stupid; killing him does us no good. Even if I wanted to kill him, I could have done it long ago. Why wait until everyone was present to do it? That would just be asking for trouble."

Chen Che paused and continued, "And I really am innocent; I went there to save the Princess."

Xie Wanning furrowed her brows: "I naturally believe you, but now we need the people of Ansili to believe it too."

"The Due Sect is the state religion of Ansili. You saw the scene at the celebration; although King Abdullah has been weakening the Cult Leader's status in the hearts of the people over these years, most Ansili citizens remain faithful believers."

"Now that the Cult Leader is dead, no one can imagine what kind of insane things these believers might do."

Xie Wanning was completely baffled, "But then again, it couldn't be that the Cult Leader was looking for his own death, could it?!"

Chen Che rested his hands behind his head and lay back on the stone bed: "I always feel this matter isn't that simple, and that Cult Leader and the Follower... they also reeked of something sinister, making them impossible to fathom."

"Clatter!"

At this moment, the metal door of the dungeon opened again, and Chen Che and Xie Wanning turned their heads to look at the same time.

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