Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Making Dai Mubai Disappear
As Zhou Chen approached to take Dai Mubai's life, everyone in the hotel lobby was frozen in shock. Dai Mubai's dual pupils widened in fear, and he shouted, "I'm the third prince of the Xingluo Empire! If you kill me, the Xingluo royal family will never let you go!"
"Haha, as if sparing you would stop the Xingluo royal family from sending assassins after me," Zhou Chen sneered, stopping three meters before Dai Mubai. "Dai Scumbag, I'm Zhou Chen, Chen as in 'Stardust.' Since I was six, your Xingluo royal family has been sending people to kill me!"
"So your threats are meaningless."
"You..."
Dai Mubai was instantly terrified, exclaiming, "You're the one who caused the celestial anomaly..."
"Correct, but the prize for guessing right is death," Zhou Chen chuckled. "By the way, your elder brother Davis would probably be grateful if I killed you."
With that, Zhou Chen raised a fist, golden light swirling around it!
"Zhou Chen!" Zhu Zhuqing suddenly cried out, her eyes filled with hesitation and reluctance.
Though she despised Dai Mubai's cowardice and infidelity, she couldn't watch him die, someone she had known since childhood.
At the moment Zhou Chen turned to look at Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai seized the opportunity. He pushed off the ground like an arrow, darting out of the hotel's doors and disappearing from sight.
Seeing Dai Mubai escape, Zhu Zhuqing breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhou Chen didn't pursue.
There was no need; he had already arranged for the Purple Star Palace members to intercept Dai Mubai outside the hotel.
The reason Zhou Chen had spoken so much earlier, and deliberately turned when Zhu Zhuqing called, was to give Dai Mubai a chance to flee.
This way, Zhou Chen's hands wouldn't be stained with blood in public, thus preserving his pure and noble reputation.
Moreover, humans aren't emotionless. Killing Dai Mubai here would certainly cast a shadow over Zhu Zhuqing's heart, potentially ruining Zhou Chen's pursuit of her.
Better to let the evil tiger be slaughtered out of sight!
"Alright, Zhuqing, I let him go, for you," Zhou Chen turned back to Zhu Zhuqing, looking at her with affectionate eyes, speaking with sincerity.
"Tha... thank you," Zhu Zhuqing blushed at the public declaration, but bravely met Zhou Chen's gaze, accepting his feelings.
She had always been a girl who dared to love and hate!
"Be together! Be together!" Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu cheered excitedly, while Tang San and the hotel's other guests and staff applauded Zhou Chen, impressed and supportive!
Everything was picture-perfect, except for Dai Mubai, who was fleeing for his life...
Dai Mubai dared not take the main roads, choosing small alleys to avoid Zhou Chen's potential pursuit.
Moreover, Soto City housed Shrek Academy's principal Flender's pawnshop, making the small paths a quicker route.
Dai Mubai believed that Principal Flender could protect him!
However, as he entered a narrow alley, something felt off.
The alley was deserted and eerily quiet!
With his experience, Dai Mubai knew there was an ambush!
"Who are you? Show yourselves!" Dai Mubai demanded coldly, feeling a chill run through him.
In his current state, with one arm shattered and his chest and lungs severely injured, he could barely muster thirty percent of his strength.
"Very perceptive."
A cold voice rang out, and suddenly, over a dozen soul masters, dressed in white with purple cloaks and adorned with the Big Dipper insignia, blocked all exits of the alley, with even more watching from the rooftops.
In front of Dai Mubai stood a pale yet handsome young man in a blood-red cloak.
The young man elegantly bowed, his voice chilling, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Xiao Chenyu, commander of the Tianji Guards under the Purple Star Palace."
As he spoke, five soul rings—one white, one yellow, two purple, and one black—rose beneath Xiao Chenyu's feet!
"Soul King!!"
Despair gripped Dai Mubai. He hadn't anticipated that this young man, only a few years his senior, was over level 50—a Soul King!
What Dai Mubai didn't know was that just days ago, Xiao Chenyu had been a level 47 Soul Ancestor. It was with Zhou Chen's bestowed Blood Fiend Art that he had surged to level 50, and after acquiring a ten-thousand-year soul ring, he officially became a level 51 Soul King!
"Who sent you to kill me? Was it that guy from before? Or my brother Davis?" Dai Mubai leaned against the wall, shouting in despair.
"Why ask such questions? Those who kill are destined to be killed. Your Xingluo royal family is tyrannical and cold-blooded, even hunting a child. You should be prepared for retribution!" Xiao Chenyu sneered, ceasing further conversation and activating the Blood Fiend Art, launching his attack!
Today, he had a legitimate reason to feast on human blood—the blood of the Xingluo royal family's Evil-Eyed White Tiger!
Absorbing Dai Mubai's precious bloodline could very well boost his soul power by a few more levels!
Translators note: Ziwei Palace=Purple Star Palace
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