Be Passive In The High Martial World

Chapter 38: Setting Fire to the City

A bright and shining scheme.

The imprint formed by the command token glowed in the palm of his hand, its pure golden color extremely dazzling.

Of course, this imprint was only an external symbol.

Even if Chen Kuang's hand was cut off right now, the connection between their lives would still exist. With just a thought, he could instantly make those cultivators bury themselves with him.

This was the deepest and most solid connection. Perhaps someone could sever it, but that did not include Shen Xingzhu, who had stepped into the Profound Spirit Dao Gate.

Shen Xingzhu looked at him with deep eyes.

"I naturally know," she said.

"She wanted to hide it from me, and after I left, she planned to blow up the entire imperial city, burying over two thousand people from the Liang Kingdom palace, along with Su Yu's body."

When Chen Kuang heard this, he chuckled, his expression somewhat playful.

Li Hongling's little actions, she really knew about them!

And this was exactly what she wanted to see, and personally induced.

Using the guise of compassion, once Li Hongling really detonated those explosive thunderbolts, Shen Xingzhu would immediately kill her without leaving any room for escape.

What Shen Xingzhu was enjoying was this kind of game of killing.

If she showed even a hint of suspicion, Li Hongling would be wary, not daring to act, due to the prestige of the Profound Spirit Dao Gate. But she just had an indifferent attitude.

Unfortunately, in the end, Li Hongling died at Chen Kuang's hands.

And Shen Xingzhu herself had also been corrupted by Chen Kuang.

Everything she had planned had turned into an unpredictable mess because of Chen Kuang.

When Shen Xingzhu heard his laughter, a trace of annoyance suddenly arose in her heart.

Again...

Why?

This guy, clearly his cultivation had fallen back to the Aperture Opening Realm, and he should be in extreme pain due to his injuries, trapped in a desperate situation. He should be in unbearable pain, so why was he still laughing?

Shen Xingzhu stared at him, emphasizing her tone.

"I naturally know about Li Hongling planting the explosive thunderbolts. But if you think you can threaten me with this, you're just being presumptuous."

Chen Kuang smiled brightly. "What do you mean by that, Fairy?"

Shen Xingzhu said, "At this moment, there are no ordinary people left in the city. Whether these cultivators volunteered or were deceived by you, they have entrusted their lives to you. If you don't want them to die because of you, you just need to spare the ordinary people."

"If you don't know, then the blame is on me. But you know very well that you're just using others to do your dirty work."

Her tone was indifferent. "If they die because of you, it's your fault, what does it have to do with me?"

"What a clever way to use others."

"You really understand it well. It seems that Fairy is indeed not easy to fool."

Chen Kuang sighed. "However, I don't plan to save the Human Immortal children in the imperial city. So..."

"The people of the entire Liang Kingdom, and even the world, should Fairy save them or not?"

Shen Xingzhu's gaze narrowed, and the slight annoyance in her heart suddenly grew.

Just like disrupted music, like ripples caused by a stone in a calm lake, it could no longer be calmed.

The entire Liang Kingdom, and even the world?

You, a small person in the Aperture Opening Realm, dare to talk about the world?

Simply outrageous!

If this were in the past, when Shen Xingzhu heard a cultivator in the Aperture Opening Realm talking about worldly matters, it would be like hearing an ant saying it wants to trip an elephant, she would simply ignore it, not even considering it as a joke.

However, at this moment, when Chen Kuang said these words, Shen Xingzhu couldn't ignore them.

She even had a faintly default idea in her heart.

What this guy said, he really dared to do it, and he really could do it!

But... what exactly was it that could make him use the world as leverage?

After a long time.

Seeing Shen Xingzhu remain silent, Chen Kuang smiled.

"Why hesitate, Fairy?"

"I am just a despicable person, talking nonsense. Why take it seriously? It would be better to just cut off my head with a sword right now and put an end to Fairy's worries."

The more confident he was, the more Shen Xingzhu hesitated.

Shen Xingzhu took a deep breath, suppressing her annoyance, and said coldly, "What exactly do you want to do?"

Chen Kuang reached out and placed his hand on Chu Wenruo's thin shoulders. "Fairy, have you ever heard of a secret?"

"A secret that perhaps only the Liang Kingdom royal family is qualified to know."

Shen Xingzhu frowned and looked at Chu Wenruo.

Chu Wenruo widened her eyes, seemingly not expecting that the secret she had mentioned earlier to save Chen Kuang's life would now play a crucial role.

Chen Kuang continued in a low voice, "Since Fairy knows about the hidden passage where the explosives are buried, you should have discovered it long ago. Those passages are filled with a large amount of spiritual energy."

Shen Xingzhu felt even more uneasy. "So what? All the passages are arranged according to the Qian Kun technique, clearly to maintain the formation that protects the imperial city."

"Oh?"

The Qiankun technique... another term I don't understand.

However, it seems that others view the existence of spiritual energy in the secret passage in the same way.

Chen Kuang calmly said, "Now that the national barrier has been broken, Fairy, can you still see the spiritual energy in the secret passage?"

Shen Xingzhu's breath hitched.

Chen Kuang understood in his heart and smiled, "It seems that it's still there."

In an instant, Shen Xingzhu appeared beside Chen Kuang, holding a long sword to his neck. She asked, "What is the purpose of the formation in the secret passage?"

Chen Kuang originally wanted to tease her a bit more, but considering the time, he shrugged and said,

"Just below the prison, there is a Monster Suppressing Prison, sealing an ancient beast with transcendent cultivation."

"With the power of those mountain-breaking thunderbolts, it only takes an instant to break the seal."

Chen Kuang grinned, "In a way, Fairy should thank me."

"If Li Hongling really detonates those mountain-breaking thunderbolts as you suspect, then your situation will be more than what it is now..."

And it will be a hundred times more tragic.

After all, in that case, it would be entirely because of her selfishness that the Great Monster was released, causing widespread suffering.

Her Dao heart would be shattered.

However... the current situation doesn't seem to be any better.

Shen Xingzhu's pupils contracted as she looked at the silent ruins of the imperial city.

Chen Kuang clicked his tongue, "An ancient Great Monster, I wonder how strong it is? How does it compare to a Saint?"

Shen Xingzhu suddenly turned around, and with her long sword, she cut open Chen Kuang's neck.

Chen Kuang smiled and raised his hand, clenching his fist with force.

Golden light burst from his palm.

"Boom!!!"

In the center of the imperial city, a loud noise erupted, and flames soared into the sky.

The raging fire ignited the remnants of the imperial city, quickly spreading and engulfing half of the grand city.

The ground rumbled, and where the secret passage was, the foundation had been completely blown open, turning into a dark abyss-like crack.

A terrifying and eerie aura emanated from it.

Vaguely, within the deep darkness, a pair of huge cyan eyes slowly opened, with crimson vertical pupils that were extremely strange.

"This is the first one."

Chen Kuang chuckled, "There are still twelve more people left. As long as I want, they will immediately activate the remaining mountain-breaking thunderbolts."

"Fairy, now you can choose—"

"Kill me, or turn around and return to the imperial city to reseal that Great Monster."

"The few cultivators died because of me, but the people of the world who will die because of this Great Monster will die because of you."

Shen Xingzhu now understood where his confidence came from.

He had a fire in his hand that could burn down this city and ignite the world.

Chen Kuang maliciously said,

"There is a saying that I will return to you as it is."

"If you don't know, then the blame is on me. But you know very well that you are just using me as a scapegoat."

Shen Xingzhu's face turned pale, "Those people came to save Liang Kingdom..."

Chen Kuang nodded and smiled gently, "That's right, they are now dying to save Liang Kingdom."

"They willingly let me decide their life and death. They died as they deserved."

Shen Xingzhu took a deep breath and stared at Chen Kuang's smiling face.

"You are... a devil."

After saying that, she put away her sword and turned into a streak of light, rushing towards the imperial city that was already engulfed in flames.

Chu Wenruo, who had been trembling all along, was taken aback and let out a sigh of relief, "She's gone! Mr. Chen, are we... safe now?"

"Ah!"

She suddenly exclaimed because Chen Kuang actually slapped her buttocks.

A blush instantly spread across the beautiful woman's face, and she bit her lip, forcing herself not to make a sound.

"Not yet."

Chen Kuang's voice was tired as he leaned forward and heavily leaned against Chu Wenruo's back.

"Run fast, do you remember what I just said? Hold onto the reins and run forward, don't look back."

His voice became lower and lower.

Chu Wenruo's heart tightened, and only then did she realize that her back was wet and sticky, warm and hot.

That wasn't sweat... it was blood.

Her face turned pale, and she reached out to grab the hand that Chen Kuang had placed on her shoulder, only to touch a pool of red.

-End of Chapter-

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