C15 Black bamboo forest

Gu Hao remained unmoved as he struggled to hold his parents' corpses, and cried sorrowfully.

Of course, at this moment, even if he wanted to, he couldn't move.

The blades of the surrounding soldiers had already flashed with a cold light and pierced towards Gu Hao.

If it had hit Gu Hao, then he would definitely be bleeding profusely. For the current Gu Hao, once it hit him, he would definitely die without a doubt.

However, right at this moment, an angry shout sounded from the distance.

Whoosh!

Boiling elemental energy light pillars descended from the sky, and when the blades closed in on Gu Hao, they enveloped Gu Hao and blocked countless of them.

At the same time, a figure flew over and landed beside the group of people. His brows were furrowed as he angrily shouted, "All of you, retreat!"

This shout startled all of the officers and soldiers in the area and made them retreat.

"Jung! Do you want to rebel? "

Wu Yi's angry voice sounded out from mid-air. The current him was enraged to the extreme. She had never thought that the person who would block him at the end would actually be her childhood teacher!

"Your Majesty! Gu Hao cannot be killed! "The Jung was not afraid at all as he cupped his hands towards Wu Yi and advised. Gu Hao is very loyal to my Wu. Now that His Majesty has killed him for his own selfish desire, I am afraid he will be shocked by the sight of one million deaths! "

"Bastard!" The reason we killed Gu Hao was also for the common people of the Wu. "Besides, if killing him can scare out a million traitors, I will kill him as well!"

Although Wu Yi was infuriated, she did not attack the Jung. Instead, the surrounding elemental energy boiled even more. This was because if she were to make a move, the Jung's status in the Wu would be extremely good, and even more so, it would harm his own reputation if he were to make a move. Secondly, more than half of the black lines from the World Cauldron had been forced out. It looked like they could be expelled at any moment. If she were to be distracted now, it would not be worth it.

Jung had obviously seen through Wu Yi's thoughts and became more relaxed. He waved his right hand and a paper appeared in front of him. On it, many words were written densely.

"Please have a look Your Majesty, this is the petition of my Wu's Lin, Liu, Li and Ren Families, jointly with over a hundred of our merchant guilds, begging Your Majesty to spare Gu Hao. From that, it can be seen that Gu Hao cannot be killed!

The Jung cupped his hands again and said righteously.

"Humph!"

Wu Yi shouted coldly and did not reply, but the killing intent in her heart overflowed to the heavens. He was the noble ruler of a country, yet she was being forced to her death in front of the eyes of all the commoners in the city? This was something he could not tolerate.

Therefore, he no longer paid attention to the Jung, and used all of his strength to fight for the World Cauldron s. He wanted to escape, and then punish those who went against him.

Whoosh!

With Wu Yi using her full strength, the elemental energy was even more boisterous as it crazily surged into the World Cauldron. This caused the strange black lines in the World Cauldron to be driven out even faster.

"Your Majesty..."

"Shut up!"

Jung still wanted to speak, but was stopped by Wu Yi. And Wu Yi, at this time, finally managed to expel all of the strange black tendrils from the World Cauldron. Then, with a wave of her left hand, Wu Yi kept the World Cauldron.

He was afraid. The situation earlier caused a deep sense of dread to well up within him. Therefore, after he regained control of the World Cauldron, he kept it away without any hesitation. Although there were still some dark threads that had fused with the World Cauldron, as long as they could control the World Cauldron now, they could be slowly removed in the future!

"Humph!" We would like to see just who you are! "

Wu Yi snorted coldly and threw a palm towards the floating pendant.

Roar!

Origin Energy gushed out of Wu Yi's palm and instantly transformed into a huge dragon. It roared and bit towards the pendant.

As for the pendant, even though it was an inanimate object, it seemed to have a soul. In the moment that the giant dragon attacked, it nimbly spun in mid air, dodging the giant dragon. It then quickly charged towards Jung on the city gate tower.

Although Jung had just arrived, he knew how terrifying this pendant was. As the Honored Warrior, Wu Yi was still afraid of it, not to mention Ye Xiao who was in the Sky Origin Stage.

As a result, in the instant the pendant attacked, Jung flew up without hesitation and dodged it.

Even though he clearly knew that the person behind him was the Gu Hao that he had just saved.

Even if he knew that Gu Hao, who was behind him, would probably lose his life if he dodged this attack.

However, he still dodged it without any hesitation. After all, in his heart, only his own life was the most important.

However, the pendant did not hit Gu Hao as Jung had expected, but instead, when it went inside Gu Hao, its entire body released countless strange black lines, instantly wrapping around the dying Gu Hao along with Han Meng's corpse. He didn't stop at all as he swiftly flew towards the south!

"Where do you think you're going!"

Wu Yi bellowed, wanting to stop him but it was already too late. Without the World Cauldron's restraints, the pendant wrapped around Gu Hao and his parents' corpses. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the clouds, leaving behind a black shadow which slowly dissipated.

"Zhan Tianchang!"

In vain, Wu Yi suddenly turned her head, staring straight at Jung, he shouted angrily.

"This official is here!"

Jung descended from the sky, and after he steadied himself on the city gate tower, he replied while cupping his hands.

"You …"

Wu Yi glared angrily as she opened her mouth to say 'you' but she didn't continue speaking. She closed his eyes slightly, and when she opened them again, the anger had already dissipated, and she smiled as she landed on the city wall, looking at Jung.

"Your Majesty, if you have something to say, please speak frankly." Jung replied respectfully.

Wu Yi laughed and waved towards Jung, saying, "Forget it. On account of the fact that you are also doing it for my Wu, I shall forgive you this time around. "

"Thank you, your majesty!"

Jung immediately knelt down on one knee and kowtowed as he spoke.

"Yes." Wu Yi nodded, with a wave of his right hand, the petition in Jung landed in Wu Yi's hand.

"Lin Liu, Li Ren, led by the Four Great Families, allied with hundreds of merchant guilds and petitioned to me. This is probably the only time my Wu has been established in the past three hundred years, right?"

Wu Yi stared at the petition in her hand with a trace of viciousness in her eyes. However, she still continued to smile as she spoke.

"Yes." The Jung replied.

Wu Yi didn't say anything else. She turned around with her hands behind her back and looked towards the south. The corner of her mouth curled up slightly as she looked at the fading black shadow in the distance.

"Although we weren't able to keep Gu Hao, we forced the person with second thoughts out. Except, what I didn't expect was that they've already developed to this extent. Looks like the days of peace in Wu have indeed been long. "

"Your Majesty! Please reconsider! "

Jung, who had just gotten up, was shocked at his words. He knelt down on one knee again and cupped his hands as he shouted.

"Your Majesty! Please reconsider! "

On the city gate tower, several thousand soldiers shouted in unison.

Wu Yi turned her head and looked at the officers and soldiers that had collapsed on the ground. A bright and strange smile suddenly appeared on her face.

… ….

The State of Yan was located in the northern part of the Sunscorch Continent. It had been established almost a thousand years ago, and its territory was vast, twice the size of the Wu.

The Wu was divided into two cities and thirteen counties. The Yan Kingdom, on the other hand, was divided into six cities and twenty-four counties. From this alone, one could see just how powerful the Yan Kingdom was.

Flame Nation, Mo Zhujun.

"Grandfather, grandfather!"

In the endless dark bamboo forest, an eight to nine year old boy, wearing coarse hemp clothes and carrying a bamboo basket on his back, was excitedly running and shouting while holding a bamboo shoot that he had just dug out.

A few meters in front of the boy, an old man dressed in flowery armor was also wearing hemp clothes and carrying a bamboo basket on his back. He was leaning against a thick piece of ink with his eyes closed in order to rest.

The boy's shout had obviously alarmed the old man.

The old man slightly opened his eyes as he looked at the boy who was running over. He had a kind smile on his face as he said: "Slow down. Slow down." Don't fall. "

The boy quickly ran to the old man's side and handed the bamboo shoot to him with a face full of pride. He said excitedly, "Grandpa, look, I just dug it out myself. Isn't it too big?"

"Yes, yes!" The old man happily received the bamboo shoot from the boy and carefully examined it before placing it in his bamboo basket. He said, "Alright, Qing'er, it's already noon. It's time to go home and eat."

With that, the old man supported Mo Zhu and slowly stood up. Qing`er acted in a very sensible manner as she supported the old man, asking in a light voice, "Grandfather, what shall we eat today?"

The old man kindly patted Qing'er's head and said, "Today, let's eat … …"

Before the old man could finish his words, a strong wind suddenly blew in the sky.

Whoosh!

The strong wind caused the black bamboo to sway crazily and the bamboo leaves to hustle and bustle. The old man fearfully pulled Qing`er into his embrace as he collapsed onto the ground.

"Whiz!"

A strange black ball of light descended from the sky, landing in front of the Black Bamboo Forest.

Boom! *

Dust flew in all directions, and the bamboo leaves swayed.

The black ball of light slowly dissipated. Three figures were quietly lying in the bamboo forest.

"Cough cough, grandfather, are you alright?" Qing`er poked her head out of the old man's embrace as she asked in a concerned tone.

The old man narrowed his eyes and shook his head. After confirming that the wind had died down, he released Qing`er and stood up together with her from the ground.

"Grandfather, look! There's someone here!" Qing`er who had just stood up raised her hand and pointed ahead as she excitedly spoke.

The old man was startled and quickly looked over to see that there were three figures quietly lying on the ground in front of them.

A gentle breeze blew, causing the bamboo leaves to flutter.