This guy is just too lacking compared to the Fiend Emperor and Zhao Han! He isn’t even as strong as King Qi was back then.
It seems to have only been a few days since he entered the earth immortal rank, so his fighting instincts and experience were both still at the grandmaster rank. He must not have completely stabilized his current cultivation yet.
Those who had been watching were petrified. Their mouths hung wide open as they stared blankly at the sight before them. At that moment, everything was so quiet that one could even hear a pin drop.
Even though practically everyone in the Meng manor had been massacred and the Meng clan’s great ancestor had been slaughtered like a dog, and even the giant gold dragon had been killed, all of that added together couldn’t even add up to the shock they were experiencing right now.
What had they just seen? A glorious earth immortal had been killed by a single slash!
This is a freaking earth immortal we are talking about, the embodiment of the world’s greatest power!
In the past, his majesty, the Fiend Emperor, the libationer, King Qi… which one of those names hadn't shaken the entire world before?
What countless cultivators yearned for was even the slightest chance to become an earth immortal one day. However, most of them knew that was nothing more than an extravagant wish, as earth immortals were exceptionally rare.
And yet now, one such legendary earth immortal had been completely crushed... and by a young man, no less!
Was that earth immortal a damn fake?!
“You actually dare to kill this court’s Imperial Tutor, the clan leader of the royal family? Demon-Eradicating Great Formation, kill him!” Zhuang He roared furiously. His body erupted with light as he shot straight into the air.
The other dukes were alarmed. They quickly activated their own skills, and streak after streak of light rose. Their movements seemed to be activating some kind of mechanism.
The entire capital rumbled with noise. Immediately after, ripples began to appear in the sky, as if something shocking was about to awaken.
The power of destruction that began to gather was enough to make all of the cultivators in the capital tremble. In that instant, they all had a feeling that even an earth immortal trapped in this formation could very well only have death awaiting him.
After all, this was the embodiment of the national power of the glorious Great Zhou Dynasty, the ultimate formation created to defend the capital. It was the final measure to guard the nation against something on the level of an invasion from the Fiend Races’ endless army. As a weapon designed be used on the level of a grand battle, how could it possibly be something a single person could deal with?
The empress was shocked and furious when she heard them. She cried out, “Who permitted you to use the Demon-Eradicating Great Formation?!”
However, the dukes didn’t listen to her at all. They all urged on the formation’s awakening, as if only by doing that would they have any sense of safety.
Zu An sized up the great formation. A hint of surprise appeared in his eyes. Even though he was proficient in formations because of the Baopu Sutra, he had to admit that the level of this formation was very high. It had practically become one with heaven and earth. To a certain degree, the attacks of the great formation could manifest the power of the world.
Suddenly, a streak of green light flew into the sky. Then, a small figure floated into the air with a formation disc in hand. His hand moved around a bit, and the Demon-Eradicating Great Formation gradually faded.
“Yan Xiangu, what are you doing?” Zhuang He exclaimed, feeling shocked and furious. He stared at Yan Xiangu, and yet was helpless to do a thing about it.
After all, Yan Xiangu had participated in the creation of this formation in the past. In terms of control over it, his mastery even exceeded that of Zhuang He.
Those from the capital’s great clans all began to whisper among themselves.
“Sir Yan has appeared.”
“That’s not all. The other academy teachers are also following behind him.”
“It seems they're taking a stand on Zu An’s side.”
“Of course! Zu An is the Royal Academy’s libationer, you know?”
“Hasn't it been said that the academy teachers are all proud and haughty, that they're normally all incredibly arrogant? Does that brat Zu An really have the skill to tame those prideful people?”
…
Yan Xiangu led his group of fellow disciples. He calmly looked at Zhuang He, saying, “Actually, I wanted to ask what the Grand Tutor’s intention was. The Demon-Eradicating Great Formation is to be used against foreign enemies, so why was it used against our academy’s libationer?”
Zhuang He quickly said, “He just killed the Imperial Tutor, the imperial family’s clan leader!”
Jiang Luofu spoke up and replied, “If I am not mistaken, the Imperial Tutor stated earlier that this was to be an equal fight, and that even if he lost, he would consider it to be a sign of his own skills being lacking, and asked others not to get revenge for him. Even though I personally do not approve of that kind of of decision to put lives at stake, I have to admit that with so many people serving as witnesses, it is something that needs to be enforced.”
Zhuang He’s expression changed. He had never expected what Zhao Chen said to actually end up serving as the ultimate bail for this brat.
Taibao Official Yu Rui said, “That’s right. Since it was a fair battle, this matter indeed cannot be blamed on him.”
The other dukes all reacted and spoke up in agreement. At the same time, they wiped away their sweat. Even though Zu An had killed Meng Jing and Zhao Chen, what did that have to do with them? And yet, if they had accidentally ended up being dragged into a battle by that old bastard Zhuang He... With the terrifying power Zu An had displayed, even if the formation ended up killing him, some more of the dukes would definitely die as well. That would really be a huge loss then!
The empress finally found a chance to fly over to them. She declared loudly, “The Meng clan instigated King Dai to scheme against the crown prince, and he greatly harmed the court’s veteran generals. Sir Zu came here on this empress’ orders to investigate the case, but these scoundrels actually committed treason when driven to desperate actions. He has defended the solidarity of our nation and stabilized the capital, establishing great contributions! Thus, he is to be given the title of king!
“Furthermore, he came back with news from his majesty, who entrusted him to assist in ruling the government. He is henceforth granted the title of Regent!”
King Dai immediately cried out, “We’re being wronged here! This bastard Zu murdered a member of the royal family, so why did he freaking end up getting the title of king?! And how did I commit treason? Didn’t you all tacitly agree to my…”
Before he could even finish, with a brush of Eunuch Lu’s sleeves, an invisible force twisted his jaw, preventing him from saying anything else.
Meng Chan’s face also became deathly pale. Now, the Meng clan really was beyond saving. The crime of treason was normally met with nine generations of executions. Previously, even if the Meng clan’s powerful cultivators perished, with the Meng clan’s resources, they would still have been able to rebuild their clan again after some time. But now, the entire Meng clan was about to be pulled up by the roots.
What do we do? I have to save the Meng clan, but what exactly should I do?