Chapter 714: Assassinating the King—Only Speed is Unbreakable (Part 3)

Crack…

Daoist Duling let out a half-crazed roar, trying to retreat, but couldn’t, and then saw a mesh in front burst open, and all the surrounding grids shattered immediately.

He could move.

He suddenly felt that his duster and body could move, and without thinking, he flew backward.

Swish…

Only three steps back.

Daoist Duling’s entire body felt as if it had fallen apart, collapsing into a heap of minced flesh.

His mind sank into darkness.

“You like to slice people into thousands of pieces so much, why not taste it yourself.”

Chen Ping’s light chuckle echoed in the great hall.

King Chu Qing struck the ground with his staff, causing the entire Tongming Hall to tremble and shake, creating a huge pit in the ground.

Catching a glimpse of Daoist Duling being pierced into chunks by a sword, he lost all will to fight. Using the momentum of his missed strike, he rushed out of the hall without looking back, shouting hoarsely, “Protect…”

In the distance, a rain of arrows, as dense as locusts, whistled loudly past him, shooting straight behind.

Eight hundred elite guards surrounded Tongming Hall tightly, yet someone broke in. All the leaders and soldiers, despite their anger mixed with fear, did not lose their composure, and reinforcements arrived quickly.

King Chu Qing felt slightly relieved, just fortunate to have escaped alive, howling to the sky, preparing to dive into the crowd.

This was both to vent a stifled breath in his chest and to call high-level reinforcements.

Just as the howl started.

“Uh…”

His voice got stuck in his throat.

He could not howl anymore.

He looked down and saw, at his throat, a snow-bright long sword, its edge dripping blood…

Somehow, while he was running, he had been pierced by a sword.

“How dare you?”

King Chu Qing’s eyes gradually dimmed.

The last thoughts floated by, endless regret surged in his heart.

Perhaps he should not have schemed for the Yan Kingdom’s inheritance, but instead let the Grand Empress Dowager handle it. With the ties between the two kingdoms, it shouldn’t have come to this.

He possessed skills that were never fully displayed, with his Heaven-Supporting Power, he indeed found no equal, but if he couldn’t hit his opponent, what use was it?

“It’s unfair… how could Yan Kingdom’s inheritance be this powerful?”

Until his last breath.

King Chu Qing still couldn’t understand.

If he had known Yan Kingdom’s swift speed was indeed this formidable earlier, where would he have had the courage to covet their inheritance?

“I’ve always thought that true strength lies in people, not in so-called inheritances.”

Chen Ping’s figure in the sunlight flickered, densely packed rain of arrows passed through him, as though passing through a phantom.

Countless people roared, cried, and yelled, the arrow rain shot for over ten breaths before it stopped.

In front of Tongming Hall, the ground was already bristling with arrows, covered in a dark mass.

However, Chen Ping, clothed in green and holding his sword, still stood there, neither attacking nor defending, just watching…

Gradually, the rain of arrows thinned.

In the distance came a cry, “That is no person, it’s a demon…”

Nearly eight hundred people, all shouted as they fled in all directions.

Seeing King Chu Qing being killed before their eyes, and realizing their attacks were futile, the last ounce of courage of the Chu Royal Palace’s guards finally collapsed.

The King of Chu was assassinated, poor protection, what crime is that?

Whatever crime it is?

If one doesn’t escape in time, the entire family’s bound to die.

No matter who takes power.

If you don’t escape now, you’re a fool.

Chen Ping shook his head, reached out and removed King Chu Qing’s yellow robe, drew out an octagonal tower the size of an egg, felt a tremor in his heart, took a deep breath, and his eyes were full of delight.

“Such an excellent divine technique, yet practiced to such a pitiful state, what a waste.”

In front, +1100 Tribulation Value floated past.

Chen Ping did not linger, his body flickered slightly, disappearing into the air.

Only a scene of havoc was left in the original place.