<h4>Chapter 1369 – Half-King</h4>


    Stone Pagoda sighed. He really did not want to do this as it could reveal some of the things he had been hiding.


    But these two could be thest few members of that n that they would meet. If Qin Yu killed them, their n would be wasted.


    Taking a deep breath, Stone Pagoda started to activate the power he had sealed and kept hidden all these years. A slight hatred and pain emerged within him. But together with these emotions, there was also an indescribable happiness.


    Pain!


    A pain that felt like one’s bones were being grinded emerged from his soul. Then cold…a chilling aura added on to the pain. In a moment, it was enough for Qin Yu to regain his awareness. The redness in his eyes faded.


    Stone Pagoda said calmly, “Master, in order to wake you, I had no choice. Please forgive me.”


    Under this calmness, there were a lot of other things that were hidden intentionally. He regained his consciousness and the memory that had been blocked appeared in his head. Qin Yu took a deep breath, “You did well.”


    However, that immense pain kept reying in his mind along with the chilling power.


    Stone Pagoda. What was he hiding? That feeling just now was horrible. Qin Yu felt a chill run through him at this moment.


    Simply put, it was like a straw pierced through him and released a bone-chilling poison. It was the kind that would stun prey and then…absorb them!


    Letting out a deep breath, he suppressed this chilling feeling in his heart. Qin Yu’s gaze fell onto the cultivator, whose face was filled with despair.


    “Whoever you are and wherever youe from, my n will find you and tear you into pieces!” Fear and anger tangled within him, causing him to be extremely emotional. His voice was piercing as if it had broken. This conveyed the bitter resentment that he was feeling.


    A ruthless feeling emerged from within him as the color on his face returned and it seemed like he was recovering.


    Qin Yu clenched his fists and continued to remind himself that he was letting the cultivator go in order to cause more damage to that group in the future. It was only in this manner that he could suppress the murderous feeling threatening to emerge.


    He could spare him from death, but not without a punishment. He had to take some interest.


    “Since you put it that way, I can only tear you into pieces and turn you into ashes to repay you.” With a sneer, Qin Yu lifted his hand and stepped forwards. The strong energy restricting the cultivator started to shake. His body started to bend awkwardly and his hands and legs bent at strange angles. ‘Crack’. ‘Crack’. The sound of bones cracking filled the air. His bones were being turned to dust from the immense pressure!


    “Aaah! You devil! You monster! My n will not let you go, we will never let you go!” That cultivator cursed out loud.


    Qin Yu’s face was deranged and sinister, “Did you call me a devil? But this is only the beginning, I will soon let you know what fear and despair are!”


    As his bones were turned to dust and his flesh was being torn, fresh blood poured out from his injuries and flowed to the ground.


    “Kill me! Just kill me!” His shouts were losing energy as he started to beg.


    Qin Yu looked up andughed menacingly, “Begging me? Hahaha! Fine, then let me give you a good ending to your pain!”


    Lifting his hand, a ck fire appeared and emitted a silent and deadly coldness, “You can howl and perish in the fire!”


    Right at this moment, Qin Yu’s expression changed. With a ‘bom’, a shapeless thing struck and he flew back.


    Pfff –


    Spitting out fresh blood, there was shock and anger in his voice, “Who is it?” He reached out and gestured. The ck me flew back to him. He then escaped without any hesitation, disappearing in an instant.


    After the me disappeared, all that was left was a puddle of rotten bones and fleet. Because he had been burnt by the me, there were ck streaks all over.


    “Fire of Eternal Night…” A weak voice filled with hatred could be heard. ‘Bom’ an explosion could be heard as fresh blood flowed out and formed a ball before disappearing into the air.


    At this moment, Qin Yu, who had just run away, was extremely calm as he stood and watched the area where the cultivator left. His expression was icy.


    s – he was born to be an actor!


    He had started to act after he regained his consciousness. From torturing that cultivator, his overall demeanor, and even thest part where he pretended to take a hit and run away. They were all part of his brilliant acting skills.


    Of course, anger was still raging in him and a lot of it had been channeled into his acting, making it more exciting and without any loopholes.


    At this point, the second step was done. Now he just had to wait for the West Deste and that group to react – Soaring Sky and the others were ready to enter.


    Woosh –


    Qin Yu turned and left. He had to prepare…this time, he was going to make the two groups fight to their deaths!


    ……


    They had found the killer!


    One of their members had returned severely injured. He only managed to maintain consciousness for a short while before he fell into deep sleep and waited to be reborn. However, this time was enough to tell the rest who it was.


    The West Deste!


    It was actually the West Deste!


    Moreover, before the killer murdered him, he summoned the Fire of Eternal Night. The Fire of Eternal Night was one of the strongest skills in the World of Darkness and was naturally in the possession of the West Deste.


    A very clear lead. There was no doubt!


    The entire group was fuming.


    A lot of them reacted at this moment. They should have thought about this sooner. Other than the West Deste, who else would be able to hurt them in the fragmented area?


    Damn it! How did the West Deste do it? They did not know how entirely but they had some suspicions. They must have nned to do it for a long time and made lots of preparation before finding out how to inflict severe damage.


    Moreover, they had always been fighting internally to obtain the southwest fragmented area and control the West Deste. They had a motive and the position to do so. They looked at the Mysterious n as a mortal enemy!


    Another thought popped into their heads – their spy had found out about the West Deste losing the Inextinguishable me. Could this be a plot as well?


    But this also meant that the Inextinguishable me was still in the West Deste’s hands. It was all to lure the Mysterious n out and fall into the trap that they prepared.


    Of course, the West Deste did it to chase them out of Bounded Zero ce and get the chance to create the treasure in the Mountain of mes. If not, the Mysterious n found it very hard to believe that the West Deste would suddenly dare to expose their cards and attack the Mysterious n when they had lost the Inextinguishable me.


    Previously, they had not suspected the West Deste because of this reason.


    But it seemed like they had been tricked from the start. Not only were they being led around in circles, if their n member had not been lucky enough to still remain slightly conscious, they would still be in the dark.


    The more they thought about it, the angrier they became!


    West Deste, West Deste, they had to pay for what they did.


    Their n Leader ordered for the strongest members of their n to speed up preparations and not hold anything back to enter Bounded Zero ce.


    Didn’t the West Deste want to kill them?


    Hehe, did they really think that our n has not found a way to deal with their darkness puppets after all these years?


    Today, my n will make you pay for every one of our members that you killed. With interest!


    ……


    Li Soar returned back alive. He was severely injured; a huge part of his body had been damaged and he barely managed to escape.


    “Your Highness, I have to see Your Highness!”


    Seeing someone so severely injured yet still calling out miserably to meet the prince, everyone knew that it was something important.


    Moreover, after the sixth prince mercilessly got rid of a group of cultivators earlier, everyone was afraid.


    Without any dy, Li Soar was brought in front of Li Zhouyi. One of his eyes was blind and the other was bleeding heavily. With both hands, he could not stop hitting the ground, “Where is His Highness? Where is His Highness?”


    He waspletely blind.


    Li Zhouyi’s expression changed slightly. He did not care that his hands would get bloody as he went over to hold Li Soar’s hands. “I am Li Zhouyi, I swear to get revenge on whoever did this to you!”


    Under everyone’s gazes, this was called high EQ. With one action and one sentence, he made everyone watching think of him favorably. Maybe the sixth prince had his reasons to get rid of those people. Moreover, they were the third prince’s people and did not have good intentions.


    Tears of blood flowed down Li Soar’s face. Hearing this sentence, it made him feel that whatever he had gone through was worth it!


    “Your Highness, listen to me. That group has colluded with the rogue cultivators. I witnessed it myself and that is why I was hunted!


    “And that group has already found a way to hurt our actual bodies through our puppets. You have to be careful!”


    As he said this, it was as if he had used hisst bit of energy as he fell to the ground. His body did not disintegrate and turn into ck energy and disappear. Instead, it remained like an actual corpse in front of everyone.


    The expressions of the people from the West Deste changed drastically. There was only one exnation for this. Li Soar’s actual body had died!


    With his death, he provided evidence for what he had just said. That group had found a way to kill them.


    This meant that his previous words about how that group was colluding with the rogue cultivators were most likely true!


    If that was the case, then those people they had sent out to kill the rogue cultivators were in extreme danger!


    Swish –


    Swish –


    Numerous eyes focused on him.


    Li Zhouyi’s expression was ashen as he gritted his teeth. Of course, he was just putting on a front. He had actually already known this.


    Li Soar’s return was just like a truth hammer knocking this fact in. There was no doubt.


    “Pass down my order. Call all West Deste cultivators to return. Prepare for battle!” As for why he did not choose to call them back when he first found out about this, it was because he was not willing to let others know that he had found out. He wanted to give himself more time to prepare.


    And now, the news had reached the West Deste. He was confident that he would be able to convince the previous West Deste King and soon stronger cultivators from the West Deste would arrive!


    When that time came, he would be the one who saw through that n’s plot and beat them at their own game. He would then have a lot of contributions and would be able to make up for his past mistakes. He might even be able to turn the tables and get the recognition of the West Deste King from this.


    Now, Li Zhouyi was not afraid of going head to head. If that group wanted to act, thene!


    It was perfect; he could be famous by leading the West Deste cultivators into the bloody battle and fighting without backing down. He would be on apletely different level to his third brother who enjoyed plotting and had gonepletely missing!


    Moreover, when the stronger cultivators from the West Deste arrived and idently found out about his third brother colluding with that group and the rogue cultivators, it would be even more perfect.


    So juste, I am ready!


    ……


    Third Prince finally entered Bounded Zero ce. As for the keys, the woman simply took one from the two True Saints that died. There was even one extra.


    Suppressing his emotions, Third Prince subtly sent out a summon. He had imagined that everyone woulde as he called like an army responding to a signal. However, all of Bounded Zero ce was silent. Except for a few beasts, there was no one.


    Where was everyone? Where the hell did they go?


    The five Saints all frowned slightly as a heavy look appeared in their eyes. They could sense that something was not right.


    Peachy’s second body…okay, this name was troublesome and we can’t keep calling her ‘that woman’. She had long ago given herself the name Soft Peach.


    Actually, this was not a name that she had given herself. Somehow, she felt like this was her name. asionally a scattered image would appear in her mind, and she was always called this in that.


    But it was not important how this name came about. As she looked at Bounded Zero ce, vitality asionally shed through her eyes.


    “So this is Bounded Zero ce, interesting, interesting…wooo. It seems like someone very strong died here a long time ago.”


    Li Four Seasons forced himself to hide the gloominess he felt as he hurried to reply, “Lady Soft Peach, your sense is very urate. Bounded Zero ce was formed because the small world that a past Ruler died in fragmented.”


    Soft Peachy’s lips curled to the side, “Ruler…it seems like I am at the right ce. If I am lucky, I may get something good.”


    As she said this, her expression changed slightly as she lifted her head and looked straight.


    Bom –


    A low sound could be heard as if a huge stone had fallen from the top of a mountain and thennded on a surface covered in leather.


    A heavy and low sound travelled outwards along with violent trembles.


    In the next moment, the sky copsed.


    More urately, it was the sky in Bounded Zero ce – which had already been badly shattered by the turbulent space waves – that copsed due to a strong external force.


    A silhouette appeared. A majestic and powerful aura exploded in that moment and caused all the broken rules within Bounded Zero ce to sh violently.


    Several loud sounds could be heard exploding from beside him. The space was continuously being broken, split apart, and segmented, forming a circle where nothing else could get near. It was as if wherever that person stood, there was an invisible power surrounding him that was preventing everything from getting close.


    Li Four Seasons’ expression changed as he shouted, “That group!” His face paled as numerous beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. The person who had arrived was powerful. So powerful it exceeded the imagination.


    That person was…a Half-King!