Proud Sword Soaring Clouds

Chapter 426: Chapter 305: Kill

Ling Xiao frowned slightly and said to Clown, "Go down and take a look!" With a cry, Clown dove downward.

For some unknown reason, Ye Zi, sitting on Clown’s back, suddenly felt a pang of anxiety. She had faced perilous situations and even terror with Ling Xiao before, but she had never experienced a heart-pounding sensation like this. She couldn’t even put her finger on what was making her so worried.

Ye Zi nervously clutched Ling Xiao’s hand. Ling Xiao sensed that something was amiss with her and thought, ’It seems the bond between mother and daughter is a powerful thing. That saying isn’t wrong at all. Ye Zi has never acted like this before.’

The massive Flying Magical Beast caught the attention of the people below. The group of Beastmen among them erupted into a thunderous cheer upon seeing Clown. The sound startled the High Priest in her small wooden hut nestled in the trees.

The High Priest opened the door, her face a mask of calm. She glanced several hundred meters away at the Beastmen who were fighting to the death to protect her. But her heart was anything but as tranquil as her expression; her hands were clasped so tightly together that her palms were slick with sweat. She wasn’t afraid of death. She was simply unwilling to die, not before she could kill her enemies with her own hands, and not before she could see her now-adult daughter just once! ’That lad, Ling Xiao... she should be safe with him,’ she thought. ’He won’t let her be mistreated.’

At the thought of Ling Xiao, a happy smile touched the High Priest’s face. She admired that young man greatly. ’He’s a good person. My daughter definitely won’t suffer any grievances with him!’

However, the dense forest canopy above obscured her view, so she didn’t see the massive Flying Magical Beast gliding overhead. Naturally, she didn’t know why the Beastmen were cheering.

However, the High Priest’s Spiritual Power was extremely formidable. As she extended it outward, she sensed what felt like a familiar presence! Her heart jolted, and a look of disbelief flashed in her eyes. ’I was just thinking of that boy, and he’s already here?’

The High Priest understood perfectly well who had come to assassinate her. ’The Zhe Family... they finally found me!’ she thought. She didn’t know how they had tracked her down, but she had a guess. ’Perhaps when I appeared in Cameron Town, too many people saw my face, and word got back to them. It wouldn’t be surprising. I was just too careless back then.’

’It wouldn’t be difficult at all for a Sword Emperor Level expert to find this island. They just have to keep flying, and they’ll eventually discover it. But for now, the two Sword Emperor Powerhouses who have arrived probably haven’t found me yet! Otherwise, they would have already begun slaughtering the Beastmen!’

At that moment, in a clearing in the forest, a large group of Beastmen from various races had tightly surrounded two elderly humans. Growls rumbled in their throats as they stared ferociously at the two.

One of the two men was holding a portrait of the High Priest. Seeing this, even the dimmest among the Beastmen knew that these two were looking for her. And it was obvious they didn’t have good intentions!

Those two Sword Emperors were both from the Zhe Family!

Speaking of these two Sword Emperors, they had actually set out several months ago along with two others. Ever since losing a significant number of their top experts on the Qin Family Island, the Zhe Family had kept a much lower profile. However, they had never for a moment given up on taking revenge against their old enemies.

Discovering the High Priest’s whereabouts was a complete coincidence. The Dragon Valley Gou Family were the backers of Li Wu Zhi, the Crown Prince who was now the Emperor of the Lanyue Empire. It was from him that they learned of a large group of Beastmen in the Penzes Swamp, all led by a human woman.

A liaison who once worked between the Crown Prince and the High Priest had seen this woman. He described her as having a heavenly, unforgettable beauty, and he was so captivated that he drew a portrait of her to keep. He later presented this portrait to Li Wu Zhi.

Li Wu Zhi’s collusion with the Dragon Valley Gou Family had only begun in recent years. To curry favor with them, he told them the story as a curious little tidbit.

This happened to be around the time the hidden aristocratic families and sects were preparing to hold a grand exchange conference. When the Patriarch of the Dragon Valley Gou Family, Gou Shuang, saw the portrait, he was instantly captivated by the woman’s heavenly beauty. Her identity was also exceptionally unique—she was the High Priest of the Beast Race! This piqued his interest, and he asked for the portrait. Li Wu Zhi had just ascended the throne and was overwhelmed by domestic political affairs and veiled opposition from all sides. He was therefore eager to curry favor with the Dragon Valley Gou Family, and so the portrait ended up in their hands.

Later, on the Qin Family Island, the members of the Gou Family were killed by the Western Li Family, who exposed their collusion with the Crown Prince right then and there. After everyone from the Gou Family was dead, a Sword Emperor from the Zhe Family stealthily took Gou Shuang’s Space Ring. Upon seeing the painting inside the ring, the members of the Zhe Family felt a chill run down their spines. They were all too familiar with the woman in the portrait! Almost all of them present that day had participated in the massacre of the High Priest’s family years ago. They could never forget that enchanting and beautiful woman. Thus, their first instinct upon seeing the portrait was that they absolutely had to send people to eliminate her after they returned.

And so, of the six Sword Emperor Powerhouses who returned from the Qin Family Island, two—the City Lord of Seven-colored City, Zhe Shixun, and another Sword Emperor—went back to the family estate. The other four split into two groups. One went to Penzes City to kill Ling Xiao, while the other headed for the Penzes Swamp.

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