Chapter 375: Storming the Palace

"Princess Yuri has been taken hostage by the people of Xia! Quick! Seize the people of Xia and rescue Princess Yuri!"

Burton shouted at the top of his lungs. The guard soldiers swarmed up one after another, surrounding Chen Che and the other two, with one dark gun barrel after another aimed at Chen Che and Xie Wanning.

Yuri deliberately took a step back, pressed close to Chen Che and Xie Wanning, spread her arms wide, and roared, "Let's see who dares!"

For a moment, the soldiers only held their guns, none of them daring to pull the trigger. Yuri was too close to the two of them; firing rashly would very likely hurt Yuri.

Burton aimed his gun for a long time, but truly had no confidence he wouldn't hurt Yuri. He urged anxiously, "Princess Yuri, you have returned; His Majesty the King will surely be happy. Please go see His Majesty the King quickly; Princess Laila is also waiting for you in the main hall!"

Yuri's brows twitched, and she stared fixedly at Burton: "Burton, go tell Hogan now to bring Laila out and hand her to me, otherwise I will die here today."

Burton furrowed his brows, feeling a headache coming on, and shouted to the soldiers: "Put down your guns, draw your blades and seize the people of Xia!"

Swish, swish, swish...

One battle blade after another left its sheath, closing in on the three of them.

Yuri also drew a blade and held it against her own neck: "Who dares to come any closer?!"

At this moment, Chen Che patted her shoulder, lowered her hand, and said, "We only let you bring us back to the imperial palace because we didn't know the way; we didn't ask you to use death as a threat. Besides, when dealing with enemies, using death as a threat is useless."

In Yuri's astonished gaze, Chen Che walked to the front and faced Burton: "You are Hogan's confidant? Very good, take us to see Hogan."

"Damnable people of Xia, you killed the Du'e Cult Leader, murdered the former King Abdullah, and now you are holding Princess Yuri hostage, intending to plot against the new King..."

Burton aimed at Chen Che's forehead, "Guilty one, go to hell!"

"Bang!"

The bullet left the chamber, the ear-piercing sound vibrating the eardrums.

Yuri was shocked and was about to pounce forward, but was held back by Xie Wanning, and the thing that happened in the next second was completely beyond her expectations!

It was seen that the bullet did not hit Chen Che, but hovered two centimeters in front of his brow.

What was even more eerie was not the bullet, but the people.

Including Burton, all the guard soldiers were frozen in place, as if ice-sealed, unable to move a muscle.

Burton widened his eyes, looking at Chen Che with a face full of astonishment, and with difficulty spat out a few words: "You... what have you... done...?"

Chen Che plucked the True Qi Bullet hovering in front of his brow and flicked his finger.

"Shoo!"

The bullet shot into Burton's knee, the True Qi on the bullet exploded, and Burton's left knee was completely crippled.

Burton's face turned pale, but even though blood flowed like a river and his left leg lost all sensation, he did not fall down; a force that did not allow for defiance was controlling him.

Yuri looked around in disbelief, and finally her gaze landed under her feet: "What is this?"

Xie Wanning smiled: "An Array."

"An Array?"

Yuri nodded suspiciously. She had heard legends about mysterious Eastern powers before, but had never believed them. Now that she saw it with her own eyes, she had to believe it.

Burton was at the Post-Heaven Earth Master realm; being able to freeze him was already remarkable, let alone these countless soldiers.

So strong!

Yuri stared blankly at Chen Che, muttering in a daze: "Is he... still human?"

"That sounds like an insult, but you aren't exactly wrong; he..."

Xie Wanning looked at Chen Che with a proud face, "is considered half-human, half-god."

"Oh... so amazing..." Yuri replied with her mind elsewhere.

The pain coming from his knee made Burton almost faint. His face was covered in fear, and he stared at Chen Che, drenched in sweat, trembling as he said: "Are you... are you even human...?"

Chen Che smiled harmlessly: "That depends on who it is."

However, the person whose mentality was most broken at this moment, besides Burton, was Zanpu Dunzhu, who was hiding in the shadows.

Chen Che had broken through to Heavenly Master Great Perfection, and the range the Array Diagram could expand had also grown. Even though he had been very careful, he had still entered the range of the Array Diagram.

Although he was currently severely injured and not yet recovered, he could still manage to break free from the Array Diagram, but if he did that, Chen Che would immediately notice the anomaly.

"Damn it!"

Zanpu Dunzhu clutched the document bag in his arms. He had gone through so much trouble to obtain these, and he would soon be able to return to Xia to make a comeback; how could he be willing to give up?!

He must leave here!

Zanpu Dunzhu decided to take a gamble. He raised his left hand and held up two fingers to circulate his technique.

In an instant, the dead soldiers locked in the dungeon and the corpses of the believers who had been executed by hanging and had not yet been recovered, all wore ferocious expressions, let out wild roars like evil ghosts, and swarmed toward the palace like a swarm of wasps.

Chen Che kicked Burton's bleeding knee and asked, "Where is Hogan?"

Burton was in so much pain his face turned green. He didn't speak, but subconsciously glanced at the tightly closed doors of the main hall.

"He should be in the main hall," Yuri said.

Chen Che nodded and grabbed Burton's arm: "In that case, you can help us knock on the door."

"Whoosh!"

As soon as the words fell, Burton flew toward the doors of the main hall like a shooting star...

"Duang~~"

Inside the main hall.

The mother and daughter, reunited after a long separation, embraced and wept.

Hogan was pushed to stagger by Fatima. Already annoyed, he became even more furious and roared: "Fatima, you actually dare to push me? Have you forgotten your status?!"

Fatima held Laila and looked at Hogan: "Hogan, you promised me not to hurt Laila! I won't allow it!"

"You won't allow it?! Fatima, what kind of thing do you think you are?! What qualifications do you have to negotiate with me!?"

Hogan grabbed Queen Fatima's hair and pushed her down forcefully, "Abdullah is already dead; now I am the King. All you need to do is obey!"

Swish!

Hogan pulled out his belt and lashed out again and again.

Fatima screamed in terror, burying her daughter in her arms, bearing the whipping alone.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

The sound of the belt echoed in the empty great hall, leaving one bloody welt after another on Fatima's body.

"No! Don't! Stop hitting! Stop hitting!"

Laila cried out helplessly; she wished someone could save her at this moment, save her mother.

"Bang!!!"

A loud crash came from the hall doors; Burton slammed into them, flew inside, and fell to the ground, his head broken and bleeding in a ghastly sight.

Hogan started, looked up, and Fatima and Laila, mother and daughter, also looked over subconsciously.

With just one glance, Laila locked eyes with Chen Che.

Her tear-streaked face was filled with disbelief; she could not believe someone would come to save her, and even less could she believe that the one coming to save her would be Chen Che!

Is this a dream?

Laila stared blankly at Chen Che, still feeling it was so unreal, but when that familiar voice reached her ears, she finally realized this was not a dream!

"Princess Laila, long time no see."

Chen Che smiled at Laila; Princess Laila was stunned for a moment, then her eyes filled with hot tears: "Chen! Chen!"

Laila wept with joy, sobbing loudly; the guilt for having wronged Chen Che before and the grievance of being humiliated by Hogan all surged up at once.

She cried until she was out of breath, stammering between sobs: "Chen... Chen... I'm... I'm sorry... I'm... I'm sorry..."

Laila did not know how to express the emotions in her heart, only washing her face with tears, crying like a child.

Fatima also saw clearly who had broken in at this moment and immediately shouted: "Yuri! Save Laila! Quickly save Laila!"

Yuri rushed toward Fatima and Laila at the first opportunity; when he saw the wounds on Fatima's body, he looked up and glared viciously at Hogan: "Hogan, I will kill you!"

Swish!

Yuri drew his scimitar and lunged at Hogan.

Hogan easily swatted Yuri back with one palm, glanced at the unconscious Burton, then looked at Chen Che and Xie Wanning, saying: "Yuri, are you now joining forces with outsiders to deal with me? To deal with your own biological father?!!"

"Bah! You rebellious sinner, you are not worthy of being my father at all!"

Yuri roared.

"You are wrong, Yuri, they are the rebellious sinners."

Hogan pointed at Chen Che and Xie Wanning, "Whether it is the Du'e Cult Leader or Abdullah, they were both killed by them."

"Now you still want to shift the blame onto us? Even if people have no bottom line, there should be a limit." Chen Che said.

Hogan sneered: "People of Xia, I am the king now; whatever I say, the public will believe. Even if you know the truth, so what? The people of Ansili will not believe your words, they will only believe mine."

"I know you have great abilities, but so what? I am the king now; do you have the ability to break into the royal palace, do you have the guts to kill me?"

Hogan's expression was contemptuous, "By killing two successive kings of Ansili, do you want to disregard the prestige of Xia and the situation of the Xia Empress?"

Chen Che picked at his ear and walked forward slowly: "That doesn't require your concern, and even if I don't kill you, I have ways to make you wish you were dead."

Hogan retreated step by step until he slumped onto the throne: "I am the king; here, no one is allowed to dare offend my authority!"

"Come out! Kill them!"

Hogan moved his thoughts and let out a loud roar.

Rumble...

The entire royal palace began to tremble, the stomping sounds were as deafening as thunder, and within these footsteps, there were mixed in beast-like roars.

Xie Wanning turned around abruptly and saw the tide of death servants once again; she shouted in panic: "It's the death servants!"

The torrent of death servants surged into the great hall, and Zanpu Dunzhu took the opportunity to dash against the current toward the palace gates.

Chen Che's heart trembled; he turned to look outside the great hall, and a familiar back flashed by.

"It's you???!!!!"