<h4>Chapter 1379 The World is Unpredictable</h4>
Fierce mes raged.
The nauseating stench of blood saturated the air. On Emerald Cloud Peak there were only scenes of misery and devastation as if it was a purgatory. Shrill screams, furious roars, sobs, and wails rang out one after another.
It was a scene of carnage.
The Qin n, one of the seven high ns of the empire, met with cmity tonight!
Lin Xun stood in midair, his expression neither sad nor happy.
This enmity had been dragged on for far too long. This time, he wanted to put an end to it all.
<i>Shua!</i>
With a sh, he vanished into the darkness of the vast night.
“The Zuo n and the Qin n can’t possibly turn things around now, but those aplices...even if they are exemptible from the death penalty, they can’t escape punishment. Tonight, I will teach you a lesson that you will never forget!”
Lin Xun strolled in the void, his dark eyes unfathomably cold.
His spirit sense was released like a tide, spreading in every direction, presenting the great Forbidden City to his mind.
Before Lin Xun came here, Spirit Vulture had provided Lin Xun with a list of aplices who had yed a role in attacking the Lin n over the years.
At this moment, the list appeared in Lin Xun’s mind.
“The Xue n of the Forbidden City, Xue Tianren, the head of the Xue n and a vassal of the Qin n. Three years ago, on the frontier battlefield, he abused his power andmanded the burial of three hundred members of the Lin n under a military order.
“Hou Taizhen, the head of the Hou n of the Forbidden City and a vassal of the Zuo n. Eight years ago, in a battle against an army of monster-beasts, he caused the death of one hundred and fifty-four elites of the Lin n.
“Hong Xing, the head of the Hong n of the Forbidden City. One year ago, he seized nine mines from the Lin n.
“Forbidden City...”
Information about the enemies, including their background and status, shed through Lin Xun’s mind.
They were all aplices!
But Lin Xun didn’t care about exactly what they had done to the Lin n.
For him, anyone who dared to touch the Lin n had to pay the price.
That night was full of killings!
The lion built its prestige from catching prey, but who would pity the poor elk?
In the world, the weak were always prey to the strong. This was thew of the jungle.
Lin Xun’s heart was filled with hatred. He had to avenge his n and so he had to kill. Kill every single one of them. Kill until the world was turned upside down!
He had to kill until all the powerful, influential forces were scared witless and would never dare to be an enemy of the Lin n!
In short, it was better to be hated by everyone than for no one to know their name!
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Each one of the seventy-two peaks of the Mountains of Aristocratic ns was upied by an influential force, and the weakest still wielded power of a mid-level aristocratic n.
They represented the strongest powers of the Forbidden City in the Ziyao Empire, and their people could be found all over the empire’s territory. Many citizens of the empire could only obey and look up to them.
The Xue n of the Forbidden City was one of the mid-level aristocratic ns.
Cloud Shadow Peak.
The main hall of the Xue n.
Xue Tianren’s eyebrows knitted together in a worried frown. “I just received a message that Lin Xun was spotted in the Forbidden City.”
All the senior members of the Xue n had gathered in the hall. They looked perplexed, wondering why they would be summoned sote at night.
But when they heard the name Lin Xun, they immediately narrowed their eyes. The head of the Mind Cleansing Peak Lin n, whose name had shaken the Forbidden City, had returned!
“How is that possible? Everything has pointed to the fact that the boy can never return again! If he’s really back, then why hasn’t there been any news about it?” argued someone, refusing to believe the news.
“Head of the n, where did you hear it from?” someone questioned.
“He Yanqiu, rune master of the Rune Master Association,” stated Xue Tianren.
“Hmph, that old man He Yanqiu is known to bluff. Can we believe him?”
Many people spoke out.
Xue Tianren’s frown slowly rxed. Thinking about it carefully, he seemed to have overreacted.
So what if Lin Xun returned?
Even if the sky copsed, the Zuo and Qin ns would hold it up!
Xue Tianren couldn’t help but smile.
<i>Pu!</i>
A beam of sword qi rushed into the hall like a waterfall and instantly shed his throat and took off his head.
The smile was still hung on his face, which made him look even more disturbing and terrifying.
The sword qi vanished right away.
In the hall, the atmosphere turned heavy and silent. The senior members of the Xue n all watched wide-eyed as Xue Tianren’s head tumbled to the ground. A feeling of fear flooded them.
<i>What...what is happening?</i>
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Forbidden City, Hou n.
Hou Taizhen, the head of the Hou n, was anxiously waiting for news. He had sent someone to the Qin n to discuss the benefits that the Hou n would receive after the destruction of the Lin n.
But what came for him in the end was a beam of sword qi.
A sword descended from the sky and beheaded him without any effort!
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Forbidden City, Hong n...
Following that, the n leaders of different ns in the Forbidden City suffered the same fate. Every n leader who wielded the power of the n was beheaded.
A total of neen ns in the Forbidden City were affected, of which six were mid-level aristocratic ns and thirteen were lower aristocratic ns.
As long as they had targeted the Lin n over the years, Lin Xun would not let any of them off.
All this waspleted in a quarter of an hour!
“There’s still nine ns...”
Under the cover of darkness, Lin Xun put his hands behind his back, his clothes fluttering, and strode across the void like a celestial, leaving no trace.
Tonight.
He was ready to go all in to kill!
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Meanwhile, the news about the catastrophe that had befallen the Zuo and Qin ns spread in the night of the Forbidden City at a terrifying speed like andslide.
As some of the most high-profile high ns in the Forbidden City, the Zuo and Qin ns had met with catastrophe one after another. How would this news not spread like wildfire?
For ordinary people in the Forbidden City, this night was no different than usual.
But to the major forces at the top, this night was beyond terrifying.
The Chi n.
As one of the high ns in the city, they almost immediately received news about what happened to the Zuo and Qin ns.
<i>Bang!</i>
A cup slipped out of Chi Lingxiao’s hand and shattered on the ground.
His face was ashen as he sat there petrified. After a long while, he still did not snap out of the shock.
As the head of the Chi n, he had always been cautious about revealing his emotions on his face, but this time, he lost control of himself.
Next to him, Chi Cangmei’s pretty face was also pale and her eyes lifeless.
The moment she heard the news, she was so shocked that her blood seemed to freeze, and she thought it was a dream.
“He single-handedlyunched a bloodbath in two high ns and beheaded old monsters of the King Stage one by one...”
After a long while, Chi Lingxiao muttered, “Is he...really the same boy from back then?” His voice trembled uncontrobly.
“Father, the news is true,” Chi Cangmei said in a low voice.
“I never saw iting. I haven’t seen him in more than ten years, but the ant has transformed into a dragon and stirred up chaos across the Forbidden City tonight...”
Chi Lingxiao’s emotions churned uncontrobly like the sea.
He crushed even the Zuo and Qin ns with ease. Who could stop him if he turned up at the Chi n?
This thought sent a shudder down Chi Lingxiao. He shouted, “Hurry, gather all the elders and ancestors in the n!” Only then did Chi Cangmei realize that her father, who would never bat an eyelid even if a mountain copsed before him, could also lose his head out of fear...
Before long, a group of king stage old monsters and influential figures of the Chi n gathered.
When they learned what happened to the Zuo and Qin ns, everyone was terror stricken, unable topose themselves.
In the hall, panic broke out.
All of it felt very unreal to Chi Cangmei. <i>There are times when these big shots would also be scared, worried, and panic. </i>
The shock and panic did not end there.
News came one after another.
“What? The head of the Xue n was beheaded?”
“Even the head of the Hou n was also killed?”
“The Hong n, Chu n, Xu n, Xing n...The leaders of a total of neen aristocratic ns have been beheaded?”
At first, everyone in the Chi n was aghast. In the end, they all looked numb and lifeless.
The atmosphere in the hall was no longer noisy or chaotic, but instead bizarrely silent, stifling and depressing.
The king stage old monsters all froze, their souls leaving their bodies.
The high and mighty influential figures were all pale-faced and terrified out of their wits.
The struggle for power in the Forbidden City had its own rules.
No matter how theypeted and fought, it was rare for someone to start a bloody conflict.
For example, it was unheard of that someone, in one swoop, could storm and ughter two high ns and then behead dozens of n leaders of various other ns!
It was too crazy!
One person went on a killing spree alone. Did he want to destroy the world?
“We...what should we do?”
After a long while, Chi Lingxiao asked in a hoarse voice, breaking the silence of the hall.
Everyone looked at each other in dismay.
Everyone knew that, in recent years, the Zuo and Qin ns had joined hands to oppress the Lin n and even tried to annex the Lin n. Recently, the Lin n had even been charged with ‘treason.’
If everything went as they nned, then soon, the Lin n would have been utterly destroyed.
But now, this had been reversed!
Lin Xun suddenly appeared and solved the predicament by himself. In one swoop, he crushed two high ns, the Zuo and Qin ns, ughtered several king stage experts and influential figures, and caused a bloodbath!
Undoubtedly, even if the Zuo and Qin ns survived this, their names would be removed from the Forbidden City!
“In recent years, our Chi n has not participated in the operation against the Lin n, so we should not need to worry,” uttered someone in a low voice.
“Don’t forget that when that kid first came to the Forbidden City, our Chi n sent forces to assassinate him under the orders of the ninth prince Zhao Jingzhen. Although we failed in the end, that created bad blood between us.”
Some people were still worried. “If the kid held a grudge because of that, our Chi n will also be targeted!”
Everyone was chilled to the core again.
In the end, Chi Lingxiao took a deep breath and made a decision. “No matter what his stance is, our Chi n must show enough sincerity to resolve this grudge from back then.”
His voice was resolute and resounding. “Tomorrow, I will personally go to the Lin n in person, no matter what demands Lin Xun makes or whatpensation he wants...we will meet them!”
Everyone sighed in their hearts. The Chi n was going to suffer a huge loss this time...
But it could not be helped. The world was unpredictable!
Who would have thought that a youngster could turn so terrifyingly strong after disappearing for more than ten years?
In this world, power was always king!