Even a Yuanying expert such as Yun Chenghua was awed by Lei Chenghu's righteous attitude under the protection of hundreds of personal guards. It was not until a long time later that he realized what was going on. His face so gloomy that water was almost dripping out of it, he gnashed his teeth and said, "Marquis Liaohai, you must be kidding me!"
He seemed rather eager to step forward and grab Lei Chenghu.
But Li Yao, who was behind Lei Chenghu, stared at him with unpredictable eyes. He felt that his internal organs were being stabbed by icicles. He couldn't help but complain in secret, wondering where Lei Chenghu had found such a special expert to help him.
"Do you not see the situation clearly, Fellow Cultivator Yun?"
Unhurried, Lei Chenghu continued walking to Yun Chenghua, the warden of the Godly Might Prison. "Now that I am standing before you, it is evident that the Godly Might Prison has been thoroughly infiltrated. It is not a secret that I am caged in this place at all!
"As early as half a month ago, the news that I was here had been secretly spread out. Right now, the special team made of the Thunder Fleet and the royal guards loyal to the queen is tearing apart the four-dimensional space and jumping to the Mystic Ice Sector. They are about to launch a destructive strike on the Godly Might Fleet!
"Trust me. Now that we are bold enough to gamble, there is absolutely no possibility of failure!
"Besides, tremendous captives of the Holy League are rioting deep inside the Godly Might Prison right now. Suppressing the riot alone is enough to consume most of your strength. How are you going to resist the assault of the Thunder Fleet and the royal guards? Or are you going to resist stubbornly to the end and be destroyed together with the Godly Might Prison?
"Hehe. Even if you are determined to be the dutiful son and loyal subject of the four Kurfürst families, you should think about the disciples around you and the jailors and guards outside. Do you want so many people to die for nothing?
"I swear in the name of the 'God of War' that, if I do not leave this place in broad daylight today, the whole planet will turn into an ocean of fire. Even the icebergs that have not melted for ten thousand years will boil. Everybody here, both the jailors and the prisoners, will be buried with me!
"Fellow Cultivator Yun, the lives of hundreds of thousands of people are in your hands. Do you still think that I am joking?"
After every question mark that Lei Chenghu threw out, he would step forward and crush the warden like a mountain.
Yun Chenghua, the warden of the Yuanying level, had a higher combat ability than Lei Chenghu's, but cold sweat the size of beans was all over his head.
"The Thunder Fleet and the royal guards loyal to the queen?"
Yun Chenghua struggled to roll his eyes. "That … That's impossible …"
"You will know very soon whether or not it is possible."
Lei Chenghu said coldly, "Had it not been for the fact that so many people were about to perish, why would I have come to this place to persuade you to surrender? I could've hidden myself deep inside the Godly Might Prison and waited for an opportunity to escape!
"This is the last chance for you and so many people in the Godly Might Prison. I will not be so merciful every time. Seize it, Fellow Cultivator Yun.
"In my opinion, you don't have a chance to be a loyal subject of the four Kurfürst families even if you want to. Look at the rampant captives of the Holy League on the light beam. They have almost destroyed half of the Godly Might Prison. That is a tragedy that has never happened in the dozens of wardens of the Godly Might Prison in the past hundreds of years, but it happened on your watch.
"Somebody has to be responsible for such a serious riot and prison break. Even if they are not beheaded, they will certainly be skinned. Who else can take the blame except for you, Fellow Cultivator Yun, as the warden of the Godly Might Prison?
"As the warden of the Godly Might Prison as a dual-talented Yuanying expert, you have the intention of being sent to the frontier in the first place. With such a huge blame on you, you will never be able to rise again in the system of the four Kurfürst families.
"Not just you. There are also the personal guards who are loyal to you and who are bold enough to point their guns at us when they know that a battle-type Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator is behind me. Tsk, tsk, tsk. They are all the best warriors. It's a pity that they have such a leader like you. They will have to suffer for decades in the cold land with you, or they will be wasted as cannon fodder for no purpose!"
Yun Chenghua's face couldn't have looked more awful. His hands that were full of veins clutched the saber on his waist so hard that he could've cut Lei Chenghu's throat after a gentle wave, but he could not draw it out at all.
"Fellow Cultivator Yun, you know very well that every word I said is true. The post of the so-called 'warden of the Godly Might Prison' was made to be a scapegoat on the crater of a volcano in the first place."
Lei Chenghu said casually, "If I do die miserably in the Godly Might Prison today, all the local troops including the Thunder Fleet will certainly be agitated when the news is out. The four Kurfürst families will certainly catch a few scapegoats to appease the public. Guess whose head will be enough to shut the mouths of the warlords? You, Fellow Cultivator Yun!
"Therefore, from the day I was locked in the Godly Might Prison, whether or not an accident happened, you were going to be the scapegoat. I can't believe that you have been working for the four Kurfürst families dutifully!"
Yun Chenghua's previously pale face blushed. Veins as thick as earthworms popped up and cramped violently.
His personal guards around were silent, too. Panic and confusion flashed in their eyes.
"The greatest problem that the Imperium has come to a dead end today is that we cannot make the best use of the talents of the people and the resources!"
Lei Chenghu went on. "A Yuanying expert who boasted both battle and management talents led hundreds of loyal, tough soldiers. If he were under my command, he would've conquered dozens of planets in more than ten years, and the glittering medals wouldn't even be enough to hang on his chest!"
"But in the past ten years, I have barely heard the name 'Yun Chenghua'. Perhaps he will be as unknown in the next hundred years. I feel sorry for you and your hot-blooded men. I feel sorry for the Imperium!"
"D-Don't talk anymore!"
Yun Chenghua unsheathed half of the saber on his waist. His eyes bloodshot, he gnashed his teeth. "Marquis Liaohai, what do you want exactly?"
Li Yao stared at Yun Chenghua's saber hard. His unstoppable eyes seemed to be able to stab two holes on the edge of the saber.
Lei Chenghu, however, did not even bother to look at the coldly glittering saber. Staring at Yun Chenghua with the most sincere and scorching eyes, he extended his remaining right arm to him and said, one word after another, "The Imperium today is exactly like the Godly Might Prison right now. Bring all the hot-blooded men under your command who are eager to make contributions and save the Imperium with me. The Imperium needs you to make the right choice!"
"Well …"
Yun Chenghua's face was gloomy. The saber that he had unsheathed froze in midair. He said solemnly, "Even if you can conquer the Godly Might Prison, so what? What are you going to do next?"
"As long as the Godly Might Prison is conquered, the Thunderous Plans will be activated incessantly until we can make our voice heard in the Council of Elders and even have our own position. In the process of conquering the Godly Might Prison, the smaller the price we pay, the higher the odds of success of the next phase of the plan will be. Therefore, your role is of paramount importance!"
Lei Chenghu suddenly turned his eyes to Yun Chenghua's side. In the meantime, he changed the topic. "However, our strength is far beyond your imagination. Our fellow Cultivators are in every critical post in the entire Imperium, including the Godly Might Prison. Otherwise, why do you think the strength to rescue me came so quickly?
"The opportunity is fleeting. I have no time for nonsense. If you are still stubborn, a lot of people will replace you. Let's have a pleasant cooperation!"
Greatly alarmed, Yun Chenghua had completely fallen into Lei Chenghu's rhythm. He was even adjusting his breath and heartbeat along with Lei Chenghu's breathing.
His eyes followed Lei Chenghu's eyes and slightly moved to his right rear.
Standing on his right rear was, as it turned out, Luo Wenyao, the deputy warden.
Under Lei Chenghu's scorching gaze, Luo Wenyao's breathing became disordered, and his face was somewhat unnatural, as if he were under tremendous pressure.
Yun Chenghua immediately sensed the subtle changes of his deputy.
Thinking back to the sneaky behavior of this guy earlier, the alarm bells in his mind immediately rang.
Right then, Lei Chenghu suddenly bulged his eyes and bellowed, "Do it!"
His voice was as loud as thunder, raising a lot of blood.
Poor Luo Wenyao. Although he was a mole that Li Linghai had bribed a long time ago and asked him to assist in the rescue of Lei Chenghu, he had never thought of attacking the warden in person.
He was already suspicious in the first place. With a thread floating in midair, he couldn't have been more nervous. His right hand was cramping nervously on the mini storm bolter next to his thigh.
Caught unprepared by Lei Chenghu's roar, his natural reaction was to draw his gun. But after he did, he was somewhat at a loss, not understanding what Lei Chenghu meant.
Yun Chenghua had long noticed everything behind him under the guidance of Lei Chenghu's eyes.
His nerves were keener than a bird that was startled by the twang of a bow. His saber had been drawn in the first place, but when he sensed that his deputy was about to draw his gun, the alarms in his head turned into shrieks. His saber was unsheathed as fast as lightning. He turned, waved, and spun. Yuanying's magnificent flames of spiritual energy surged out and condensed into an unstoppable saber aura, which brushed past Luo Wenyao's wrist where he had just drawn his storm bolter and cut his neck.
Deputy Warden Luo Wenyao was immediately stiffened. Two thin and long traces of blood appeared on his wrist and neck and circled around them. His eyeballs that looked like dead fish protruded inch by inch, too.
Huchi! Huchi! Huchi! Huchi!
Warden Yun Chenghua breathed hard. The seemingly plain attack had consumed too much of his mental strength.
Lei Chenghu, on the other hand, stood where he was without moving at all. He did not do anything except roar, "Attack!"
Li Yao was still standing behind Lei Chenghu, with the four black crystals hovering around him, ready to take his place at any moment. His mission was to protect Lei Chenghu. As for Deputy Warden Luo Wenyao's life, it was naturally not within his consideration. Besides, he did not expect that Lei Chenghu would suddenly play such a trick. How could he have stopped a Yuanying's almost instinctive attack in time?
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