Chapter 496

Chen Qixian of Da Hong, who had previously been pinned to the high-rise building by Xu Jin, was originally only wounded and not dead.

But suddenly, his head drooped, and he lost his breath.

He was dead!

Following that roar that erupted from the crowd, the Da Hong rogue cultivators gathered on the street, including the Da Hong elites of complex origins, as well as the common people of Da Hong, instantly became enraged!

The Chen people had already angered everyone by unilaterally starting the war and killing a large number of Da Hong elites.

Now, they actually dared to kill people in the streets of Changle City, the capital of Da Hong!

It was simply arrogant to the extreme.

Their audacity was also extreme.

Did they really think the people of Da Hong were made of mud?

Many onlookers had similar feelings.

Just as someone in the crowd instigated them at this very moment, public sentiment instantly became indignant.

With someone taking the lead, the Da Hong elites, rogue cultivators, and commoners gathered from all sides began to attack the mission with all their might.

This attack was a real, solid attack.

It was no longer vegetable leaves and eggs!

In an instant, all kinds of brilliance filled the sky, bombarding the Da Chen mission.

At the same moment, Xu Jin's figure appeared behind the high-rise building where Chen Qixian had been pinned to death.

Behind the high-rise, a Da Hong cultivator at the peak of the Sixth Tier, Ninth Layer, was leaving quickly.

Almost the moment he saw Xu Jin, the Da Hong cultivator's expression changed drastically.

Instinctively, he accelerated, wanting to escape!

But Xu Jin had come specifically for him.

The moment he arrived, a touch of green burst forth from the void.

A special star technique brought by the Wood Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern below the Eighth Tier: Green Shadow Thousand Weaves!

In an instant, hundreds and thousands of green star lights crazily sprouted from the void, each one like a green poisonous python, binding this true murderer into a green cocoon.

Furthermore, a green light shot directly into the scoundrel's mouth, stuffing it full so that he couldn't make a single sound.

At the same moment, Xu Jin picked up Chen Qixian's corpse and the captured murderer, instantly returning to the mission.

The moment he returned, Xu Jin sent a voice transmission to Li Zhi, the military commandant escorting the mission, "Disperse the perpetrators immediately, or bear the consequences yourself!"

Da Hong military commandant Li Zhi was a soldier himself, a young man, and the hot-blooded type.

He was already angry that the mission wouldn't listen to them, and now that Xu Jin told him to disperse the perpetrators, he was even angrier.

"You dare to kill my Da Hong citizens in the street and then ask me to clean up your mess? Do you want me to betray Da Hong? Keep dreaming!" Li Zhi roared.

Not only did he not take action, but he also ordered his two thousand men to stand by and watch.

"Idiot!"

Xu Jin sneered and gave a loud order, his voice like thunder, "Da Chen mission, you are free to counterattack!"

Upon receiving the order, the Da Chen mission immediately felt a boost in spirit.

They had been forced to take a beating passively, and they were feeling extremely stifled.

Almost in an instant, Ying Ge's flying sword shot into the sky and killed a Fifth Tier archer who was shooting at them from the high-rise building with one strike!

At the same moment, on both sides of the street's high-rise, someone saw the living captive and the corpse in Xu Jin's hands and immediately became anxious, "Stop him!"

In an instant, four Sixth Tier and two Seventh Tier experts lunged from all directions, killing toward Xu Jin.

But each of them was shouting loudly, "The mission has killed again, kill them!"

Xu Jin sneered and met them head-on.

Below, the military commandant Li Zhi's expression truly changed.

He wasn't stupid either.

The mission had killed people, so they were in the wrong.

But if the chief envoy were to be killed in Changle City, he didn't know if others would have a hard time, but he would definitely bear major responsibility.

"Stop!"

Roaring, Li Zhi could no longer stand by and watch, and he instantly shot into the sky.

At the same moment, Xu Jin's figure flashed and instantly accelerated; with a thought, a golden spear light condensed out of thin air, instantly bombarding the six people rushing toward him like an angry arrow.

The four Sixth Tier experts were skewered by Xu Jin's angry spear without suspense and pinned to the high-rise building along the street once again.

No matter how they defended or how they activated their star power, it was useless.

There was no way around it; the gap was too large.

Xu Jin's Earth Lei Lei Yuanxing Pattern above the Eighth Tier and Earth Lei Xiangxing Pattern above the Eighth Tier had their relevant star patterns strengthened to the Eighth Layer, and his star power was vigorous; his Primordial Spirit cultivation had already reached the peak of the Primordial Spirit.

Under layers of augmentation, even an ordinary Angry Spear star technique, when unleashed by Xu Jin, had terrifying power.

However, the two Seventh Tier experts were not so easy to deal with.

One early-stage Seventh Tier and one mid-stage Seventh Tier, with their star power erupting, barely managed to shatter Xu Jin's Angry Spear star technique.

They avoided the fate of being pinned to the high-rise building.

But at the same time, Xu Jin had already flown past them, and Green Shadow Thousand Weaves erupted again.

In an instant, they were bound into two green cocoons again.

Captured alive once more.

Da Hong military commandant Li Zhi, who had just shot into the sky wanting to rescue Xu Jin, was instantly dumbfounded!

He even rubbed his eyes in disbelief!

Under the siege of four Sixth Tier and two Seventh Tier experts, one of whom was a mid-stage Seventh Tier, he had actually won completely!

A complete victory!

It was simply incredible!

However, this was not the end.

Almost the moment Xu Jin bound the two Seventh Tier experts into cocoons, a streak of fire light bombarded Xu Jin from the sky like a meteor.

The aura was as vast as the sea.

The moment it flew over, the fire light instantly erupted into nearly a hundred fire-line meteors, bombarding Xu Jin from afar!

That terrifying momentum made everyone's heart tremble.

Seventh Tier peak!

It was a Seventh Tier peak powerhouse.

Li Zhi was instantly stunned.

He recognized this aura; it was the Marquis of Taikang of Da Hong.

Sensing the aura of this Seventh Tier peak powerhouse, Xu Jin's expression grew colder; the real mastermind behind the scenes had appeared!

Because he sensed that the target of those fire-line meteors was not him!

It was the captives he was holding!

This was an attempt to silence them now that the matter had been exposed!

In the distance, Marquis Gong Bo of Taikang of Da Hong, who had just appeared and taken action, was also extremely helpless.

The foolproof plan had actually failed!

He had completely not expected that this envoy would not only have unparalleled combat power but also astonishing keenness.

Originally, even if the matter failed, he could have retreated silently.

But who would have thought that the people he sent to do the dirty work would be captured alive by Xu Jin.

A group of his trusted aides attacked simultaneously, wanting to take down the chief envoy Xu Jin.

But he didn't expect that they would all be captured alive by Xu Jin!

The moment he saw this scene, Marquis Gong Bo of Taikang's heart collapsed!

He also didn't expect that he was just trying to stir up trouble in secret and take revenge on the side; he didn't expect the matter to blow up so big!

Xu Jin watched the overwhelming fire-line meteors attacking, and just as he was about to take action, suddenly, a point of starlight appeared, turning into an overwhelming giant hand that instantly covered the entire street and the chaotic attacks flying in the sky.

Xu Jin's eyes narrowed instantly.

Eighth Tier!

And an Eighth Tier late-stage one! Xu Jin instantly activated the Fish Curtain Golden Bell to the extreme, and the space in front of him was folded into two layers at the same time.

The Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain Shield was ready to be unleashed.

At the same time, Xu Jin's mind had already sunk into the Earth Lei Xiangxing Pattern, and the Earth Heart Earth Rhyme had been triggered by Xu Jin.

It could be injected into the Fish Curtain Golden Bell at any time to significantly enhance defense.

The next instant, this suddenly appeared giant hand rotated and gripped lightly.

In an instant, the hundred-plus fire-line meteors from Marquis of Taikang of Da Hong, as well as the overwhelming attacks from the Da Hong elites and rogue cultivators from all directions, including the star technique attacks from the Da Chen mission, were all gathered back by this huge starlight hand.

With a slight grip, all the star techniques were annihilated!

"Grand Steward Wei!"

Marquis Gong Bo of Taikang exclaimed and turned to leave, but the starlight giant palm that had just appeared followed like a shadow, instantly gripping the Marquis of Taikang in its palm.

At the same moment, the terrifying aura of the Eighth Tier late-stage rippled toward all directions like waves.

Wherever it passed, all the Da Hong elites and rogue cultivators revealed expressions of horror and stopped their attacks one after another!

Many officials, including military commandant Li Zhi and his subordinates, bowed simultaneously, "Greetings, Grand Steward Wei!"

"First, escort the mission to the Four Directions Pavilion."

Wei Zhong, the Grand Steward of the Inner Court of the Da Hong Imperial Palace, gave a light shout and then looked at the string of captives Xu Jin was holding, "Envoy Xu, leave these people to me to deal with."

"I won't trouble the Grand Steward with this!

As for spoils of war, I don't have the habit of letting others keep them for me!" Xu Jin smiled.

"Hmm?"

Wei Zhong's gaze sharpened, his eyelids lifted, and a vast Primordial Spirit aura pressured Xu Jin.

Xu Jin's gaze was like a torch, looking directly at Wei Zhong, not afraid in the slightest.

Under the impact of Wei Zhong's Primordial Spirit aura, he didn't move at all.

Wei Zhong's gaze was slightly startled.

"Grand Steward Wei! Our Da Chen mission entered the city according to the rules of Da Hong, yet today we were nearly assassinated and almost died in the street; I ask the Grand Steward to give our Da Chen mission an explanation!"

Speaking of this, Xu Jin smiled, "Or, we will find this explanation ourselves slowly."

Wei Zhong's gaze swept over military commandant Li Zhi, and while the latter was terrified, Wei Zhong said, "Envoy Xu, rest assured, the Emperor already knows about this matter and will definitely find out the truth!"

The next instant, the Grand Steward of the Inner Court of Da Hong turned and left.

With an Eighth Tier late-stage expert appearing and speaking, no matter how wild the Da Hong people were, they didn't dare to make trouble anymore.

The key was that the mastermind behind the scenes had already been caught.

Especially since the evidence was still in Xu Jin's hands.

Chen Qixian, who was rumored to have been killed by the mission, was actually killed by the Sixth Tier expert Xu Jin captured first.

At this time, the residual aura of star power was still inside Chen Qixian's corpse.

As long as an expert sensed it slightly, they could make a judgment immediately.

The subsequent journey went smoothly.

Half an hour later, the Da Chen mission safely moved into the Four Directions Pavilion.

At the same time, inside the Da Hong Imperial Palace, the Emperor of Da Hong looked at the Marquis of Taikang kneeling on the ground with a gentle expression.

"Marquis Gong, I know that your clansmen died in the war started by Da Chen, and I know even more that you advocate for war with Da Chen, to the death.

However, this mission was approved by me; there was no need for you to jump up and slap me in the face, right?"

The Marquis of Taikang, who had been captured alive, touched his head to the ground and complained, "Your Majesty, I absolutely did not have that intention! It's just that I didn't expect this envoy to be so strong, causing my subordinates to fail repeatedly, leading to the situation spiraling out of control."

"Sigh, you doing this makes it very difficult for me." The Emperor of Da Hong smiled faintly.

"I deserve death, I ask Your Majesty to punish me!" Marquis Gong Bo of Taikang bowed.

"You come from the Star Palace; I don't have the authority to punish you directly!" The Emperor of Da Hong said.

"I am Your Majesty's subject; Your Majesty can punish me however you wish." The Marquis of Taikang hurriedly said the polite words, but his heart was already settled.

The reason he had the confidence was also because of his background in the Star Palace.

Even the Emperor, if he wanted to punish him, would need to ask the Star Palace's opinion first.

Many times, it would just be left unsettled.

However, before the Marquis of Taikang Gong Bo could settle his heart, the Emperor of Da Hong suddenly said, "It's just that this matter is of great importance and involves diplomacy; I cannot make the decision. This matter can only be reported truthfully to the Tianyang Xingjun, and I ask the Tianyang Xingjun to deal with it."

"This... Your Majesty, there's no need to disturb the Tianyang Xingjun with this matter." The Marquis of Taikang was a bit anxious.

The Emperor of Da Hong didn't speak, but took out the Star-Plucking Token himself, described the matter exactly as it was, and then sent the starlight transmission to the Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang.

He asked for instructions from the Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang.

Not long after, a starlight transmission appeared on the Emperor of Da Hong's Star-Plucking Token.

It was the transmission from the Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang.

"Marquis Gong, the Tianyang Xingjun's punishment for you has arrived.

The Tianyang Xingjun says that you have lost face and dignity, and have failed the national character; you are stripped of your title and sent to the latest Eight Desolations defense line of the Star River Battlefield to serve!" The Emperor of Da Hong smiled.

"Grand Steward Wei, follow the Tianyang Xingjun's wishes and pass down the decree."

"This old servant obeys!"

In an instant, Marquis Gong Bo of Taikang became anxious.

Especially when he heard the punishment of being sent to the Eight Desolations defense line, he was truly anxious.

The Eight Desolations defense line would be the front line of the upcoming war; it is said that there will be dozens of Eighth Tier experts participating.

Once the war starts, it will be a meat grinder!

If he goes to that place, he's finished.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of this old subject's loyalty, I ask Your Majesty to plead for me..."

The Emperor of Da Hong waved his hand silently, and someone dragged Marquis Gong Bo of Taikang away; there were decrees and personnel to strip him of his title.

"Loyalty?"

The Emperor of Da Hong sneered.

"I'm afraid it's loyalty to the Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang."

"Your Majesty, please be careful with your words."

Wei Zhong, the Grand Steward of the Da Hong Imperial Palace, reminded him in a low voice, but he casually cast a starlight to isolate the inside from the outside.

The Emperor of Da Hong's expression grew colder, "These people from the Star Palace are becoming more and more presumptuous; they even dare to scheme against the mission I invited right under my nose. They are taking me less and less seriously."

"Your Majesty, do not be angry; the world of Da Hong is ultimately Your Majesty's."

"Go, deal with it according to my wishes; it can be considered an explanation to them."

"Yes." Grand Steward Wei nodded.

Just before Grand Steward Wei was about to leave, the Emperor of Da Hong suddenly said, "Is that chief envoy Xu Jin really that strong?"

Hearing this, Wei Zhong turned back and bowed, "Your Majesty, in this old servant's view, let alone the Sixth Tier, I'm afraid even an ordinary Seventh Tier is no match for this chief envoy Xu Jin!

When Your Majesty meets the mission in three days, a martial arts demonstration has already been arranged, and the mission has been notified.

But based on this Xu Jin's performance, I'm afraid no one can suppress him!

Why not cancel the martial arts demonstration."

"Cancel?

Why cancel it!

Xu Jin is a disciple of the Da Chen National Dao Academy; let the Star Palace of Tianyang solve this difficult problem.

Go find Grand Elder Wang Kan and have him solve the selection of candidates for the martial arts demonstration!" The Emperor of Da Hong said.

"This old servant obeys."

(End of Chapter)