Chapter 346: The Sovereign Demands a Subject's Death

No one paid any attention to Pan Zhen.

Qing Long and Zhu Que, the two of them, one on the left and one on the right, held their Power Swords against Pan Zhen's neck.

Bai Hu and Xuan Wu, meanwhile, pulled two barbed Hooks from their own robes.

"Pierce his shoulder blades!" Qing Long said coldly.

As the words fell, Bai Hu and Xuan Wu did not hesitate to drive the Hooks into Pan Zhen's shoulder blades.

This immense pain made even Pan Zhen unable to help but groan, his whole body trembling incessantly; it took a full few minutes before Pan Zhen finally adapted to the pain.

"You are going too far!" Pan Zhen said, gritting his teeth.

"There is no one who insults people like you do!"

Qing Long did not speak, but simply walked over to the unconscious Di Leina and Liu Chuang, hoisting them onto his shoulders, one in each hand.

After finishing all this, Qing Long then said, "Where does this talk of insult come from?"

"We only pierced your shoulder blades, and furthermore, piercing your shoulder blades was only to prevent you from escaping; the Chief Engineer has ordered you to be captured alive."

Having said this, Qing Long headed in the direction of the imperial palace.

The other three followed closely behind, bringing Pan Zhen with them.

A moment later, the 5 of them returned to the Lieyang Imperial Palace.

When Pan Zhen arrived at the Lieyang Imperial Palace, his heart instantly turned to ash.

Because he saw the originally magnificent palace stained with a layer of bright red at this moment.

And that layer of bright red was the blood of Lieyang Warriors; not far away, dense piles of corpses were stacked up.

Moreover, these corpses were all corpses of Lieyang Warriors; there was not a single corpse of an Earth warrior among them.

Seeing this, Pan Zhen could no longer bear it and fell to his knees on the ground with a thud.

"This, how is this possible... how is this possible..." Pan Zhen's voice trembled, filled with despair.

"My warriors!"

These warriors were the most elite warriors in Lieyang, but now they had turned into cold corpses, just lying there quietly.

This was completely different from what Pan Zhen had imagined.

In Pan Zhen's imagination, the worst-case scenario was that both sides would fall into a stalemate, absolutely not a one-sided slaughter like this.

No one paid any attention to Pan Zhen, leaving him to kneel there alone.

Qing Long brought the unconscious Liu Chuang and Di Leina to Ye Cang.

"Chief Engineer, mission accomplished, it's just that Liu Chuang and Di Leina are unconscious."

Ye Cang glanced at the two lying on the ground.

"Send Liu Chuang to the military doctor, and tell him to recover well once he wakes up."

"Di Leina stays."

Qing Long agreed and left the area with Liu Chuang.

Afterwards, Ye Cang scooped up a basin of ice water and poured it directly onto Di Leina's face.

The unconscious Di Leina sat up abruptly, then gasped.

"Damn it..."

Subsequently, Di Leina subconsciously manipulated the Sun's energy to evaporate the moisture on her body until it was completely dry.

After doing all this, Ye Cang then spoke.

"Di Leina, Pan Zhen has been captured alive; go, settle things with him."

Having said this, Ye Cang pointed at Pan Zhen, who was kneeling there.

Upon seeing Pan Zhen, Di Leina was clearly a bit slow to react.

After a 3 or 4-second pause, she finally came to her senses.

"I understand." Di Leina replied sullenly, then stood up and walked behind Pan Zhen.

Pan Zhen, kneeling on the ground, heard the footsteps behind him and said without turning his head: "Leina, look at all this!"

"Lieyang has been destroyed by your own hands, the Main God! From now on, Lieyang no longer exists!"

"Are you worthy of your father, your grandfather! Do you know how much they sacrificed for Lieyang to reach this day!"

"But you, the Main God of Lieyang, brought invaders and destroyed everything with your own hands!"

At this moment, these words from Pan Zhen did not stir even the slightest ripple in Di Leina's heart.

She had heard these kinds of words countless times and was already sick of hearing them.

Di Leina did not answer Pan Zhen immediately, but came to stand before him.

"Look up, look at me, Pan Zhen."

Di Leina's voice was cold, devoid of any emotion, yet it sounded full of majesty.

This made Pan Zhen involuntarily lift his head to look at Di Leina.

Only then did Di Leina say: "Pan Zhen, it was not me who destroyed Lieyang, it was you!"

"It was you who personally facilitated all of this! If you hadn't usurped power, how could today have happened, how could all of this have come to pass!"

"It was you! Pan..."

Di Leina did not finish her sentence before being interrupted by Pan Zhen's angry voice.

"Leina! At this point, you are still spouting nonsense and refusing to see the truth!"

"When did I ever usurp power! If I had wanted to usurp power, would you still be alive standing here, talking down to me!"

"I have served three generations of your Di family! Is that how little you trust me! Leina!"

Pan Zhen's words made Di Leina sigh softly.

"Look at the things you've done; how could I trust you!"

"When I was in the imperial palace, Xuantianji dared to barge into my bedchamber, and the other civil and military officials acted as if I didn't exist. I am the Main God of Lieyang! I haven't done anything heinous; even if they are dissatisfied with me, where is the basic respect?"

"Hmm?" Pan Zhen was stunned.

"Xuantianji barged into your bedchamber?"

"Why don't I know about this! Leina, Xuantianji is already a dead man. There is no need to pin things that didn't happen on a dead man!"

"Heh!" Di Leina replied with a cold sneer.

"Pan Zhen, look at yourself. You still say you haven't rebelled, yet you don't even believe the words of your Main God!"

As she spoke, Di Leina crouched down and looked Pan Zhen straight in the eyes.

"Pan Zhen, if things continue as they are now, even if you haven't rebelled, sooner or later your subordinates will force you to rebel. With the Yellow Robe draped over you, you will have no choice but to rebel!"

"Nonsense!" Pan Zhen's angry voice resounded throughout the entire imperial palace.

"Such a thing is absolutely impossible! Di Leina! Stop spouting nonsense there, and stop making excuses for your own behavior!"

Di Leina ignored Pan Zhen's roar; she simply took out her Long Blade in silence.

Upon seeing the Long Blade, Pan Zhen was stunned for a moment, then burst into loud laughter.

"Hahaha, Leina, are you so impatient to kill this old man to cover up your mistakes?"

But Di Leina did not pay attention to Pan Zhen; she merely turned her head to look at Ye Cang.

"King!" Di Leina's opening words shocked Pan Zhen.

"Di Leina! You are the Main God of Lieyang! How can you call someone else King! This is..."

Ignoring Pan Zhen, Di Leina continued: "King, could you please release Pan Zhen? I want to have a final showdown with him."

"You may." Ye Cang granted Di Leina's request without hesitation.

How could Ye Cang not understand that the reason Di Leina called him King was specifically for Pan Zhen to see.

Ye Cang waved his hand, and the Hook that had pierced through Pan Zhen's shoulder blades vanished.

At the same time, Di Leina threw the Long Blade in her hand in front of Pan Zhen.

"Pan Zhen, you keep saying that you haven't rebelled!"

"Since that is the case, then the words of this Main God should still be useful, right!"

"I want you to commit suicide!"