Chapter Sixty-Three: Blocked!

Outside the gates of Heaven Dou City, a man with an extremely cold expression suddenly stopped in his tracks...

This man was none other than Xu Sheng, who had journeyed all this way!

Lifting his gaze slightly toward the familiar, bustling streets ahead, Xu Sheng murmured, "I never expected that after walking for half a day, I would still end up back in Heaven Dou City."

His original plan, after visiting Shrek Academy, was to head straight for the Capital of Slaughter.

However, as fate would have it, there were no direct routes to the Capital of Slaughter, which was surrounded by one massive canyon after another.

Therefore, the only way for Xu Sheng to reach the Capital of Slaughter was to pass through Heaven Dou City and then change direction.

As he slowly walked into Heaven Dou City, Xu Sheng's brows furrowed involuntarily. "Hmm? Martial Soul resonance?"

Just as he was feeling puzzled, heavy, deep, and uniform footsteps echoed from directly ahead...

"Thump... thump... thump..."

When this fully prepared troop of a hundred soldiers approached to within some fifty meters of Xu Sheng, he finally managed to catch a clear glimpse of their appearance.

Hundreds of soldiers were tightly guarding two exquisitely crafted sedan chairs. Needless to say, the identities of the occupants within must be exceptionally noble.

Xu Sheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought to himself, *Forget it, I'll just leave first.*

He had no desire to invite unnecessary trouble right now!

With that, Xu Sheng quickly turned around and detoured toward another direction...

***

Leading the procession in front of the sedan chairs, the soldier beneath a rusted suit of armor locked his eyes on Xu Sheng, who was about to leave, and shouted loudly, "Hurry, quickly stop that man! There is definitely something wrong with him!"

The moment he had first laid eyes on that man, the fellow had clearly intended to walk toward the sedan chairs...

Yet the second he encountered their troop, he immediately turned around and left. There was definitely something fishy about it!

Coupled with the previous orders issued by the Crown Prince, he decisively made his judgment!

At worst, if he was wrong, he would merely receive a scolding. But if the guy he caught turned out to be a criminal, he would render a massive service!

Promotion and wealth would no longer be just a dream!

The soldiers under his command shouted in unison, "Understood!"

As the words fell, nearly fifty soldiers broke into a sprint, running forward to seal off the area around Xu Sheng...

When Xu Sheng, who had just sensed something was amiss, looked around again, these soldiers had already surrounded him tightly...

He stared at the soldiers with freezing eyes and spat out a single chilling syllable, "Hmph?"

He wanted no trouble, yet foolish idiots always seemed to seek him out.

An intense, terrifying aura of slaughter burst forth from his body to the absolute extreme...

Targeted by this overwhelming killing intent, the soldiers felt their legs begin to tremble uncontrollably, as if they were being stared down by an ancient, monstrous beast from the abyss...

***

A few seconds later, "Thud." Finally, some soldiers could no longer hold themselves together and began to drop to their knees one after another...

Before long, they had actually formed a neat, circular ring of kneeling men!

At this moment, the surrounding pedestrians halted in their tracks, looking on in utter astonishment.

"Hiss, who on earth is this guy? To actually make the Crown Prince's subordinates kneel like that!!"

"Just kneeling would be one thing, but they even knelt in a circle! This person's background must be terrifyingly high!"

A young woman pointed at Xu Sheng with infatuation and slowly said, "Hey, hey, look everyone, that man is so handsome! But just looking at him makes me inexplicably cold."

Another woman's face flushed red. "It's true! This handsome guy has such temperament, and his status must be so noble. If only I could be with him..."

The man standing beside them couldn't bear to watch any longer and retorted coldly, "Stop daydreaming! Would a person like that ever look at you?"

***

Sensing the commotion outside, Xue Qinghe lifted the curtain and asked, "What is happening outside?"

Ning Fengzhi also looked over with eyes full of curiosity...

The leader of the soldiers cupped his fists and explained respectfully, "Reporting to Your Highness the Crown Prince and Sect Master Ning, we have discovered a suspicious person up ahead!"

"Oh? Have you managed to stop him?"

A flash of shock flickered beneath Xue Qinghe's calm eyes, and he thought, *Could they have really run into him? Could this person be the mastermind behind the resonance of my Martial Soul?*

The soldier glanced forward, then quickly pulled his gaze back, speaking with a nervous expression, "It's just... this fellow is a bit strange, Your Highness the Crown Prince, Sect Master Ning, you had better see it for yourselves!"

Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe exchanged glances, then both slowly stepped down from the sedan chair...

Meanwhile, Gu Rong, who was in the other sedan chair, had already emerged from his meditative state the moment he felt the intense killing intent erupting ahead...

In the next instant, his figure vanished like a phantom...

The reporting soldier lifted the curtain of the other chair and hurriedly said, "Bone Dou—Huh?"

However, he found the interior completely empty...

***

"Be careful, Fengzhi. The person ahead is no ordinary character!" Appearing beside Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe in a flash, Gu Rong crossed his arms and warned Ning Fengzhi with a solemn expression.

This intense killing intent had even surpassed his own!

However, his primary duty was to protect Ning Fengzhi, so he could not blindly leave to investigate.

Seeing that even Uncle Gu considered the situation extraordinary, the corners of Ning Fengzhi's lips curled up slightly. "Understood!"

He then looked at Xue Qinghe beside him. "Qinghe, let's go. We'll head over and take a look."

He, too, wanted to know who could possibly make his usually unflappable disciple care so much.

Xue Qinghe replied respectfully, "Yes, Teacher!"

Were they finally going to meet that person?

Yet what was the meaning of this fierce and yearning sensation suddenly emanating from his Martial Soul?

***

"Audacious miscreant, do not be arrogant! Once the lords arrive, you won't be able to escape!"

"This guy is too terrifying! I feel like my limbs are shaking!"

Xu Sheng gazed indifferently at the people kneeling on the ground and asked coldly, "Why did you block my path?"

One of the kneeling soldiers said with utmost terror, "It was an order from His Highness the Crown Prince! If we encountered any suspicious person, we were to intercept them immediately!"

Xu Sheng's eyes narrowed. "The Crown Prince? Xue Qinghe?"

"That's right! His Highness Crown Prince Xue Qinghe!"

In his memory, the only Crown Prince he knew of was named Xue Qinghe.

Moreover, that person was merely Qian Renxue disguised using a external skull bone!

On the other side, Ning Fengzhi, walking abreast with Gu Rong and Xue Qinghe, caught sight of the somewhat familiar figure ahead...

He felt as though he had seen him somewhere before!

Yet he was entirely different from the impression left in his memory!

Ning Fengzhi frowned and looked at Gu Rong, asking, "Uncle Gu, do you recognize him?"

Gu Rong also looked toward Xu Sheng, narrowing his eyes. "He certainly looks familiar, but for the moment, I can't tell who it is."

The current Xu Sheng was completely different from the one three years ago. Not only his appearance, but even the aura around him had turned bone-chillingly cold.

No one would ever associate him with the person from three years ago...

"Teacher, do you know this man?" Xue Qinghe asked in surprise upon hearing their conversation.

Such a powerful aura! Furthermore, standing this close to the man, the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul felt even more excited!

Ning Fengzhi smiled wryly and shook his head. "I just feel like I've seen him somewhere before."

The elegant Xue Qinghe bit his thin lips. "Is that so?"

Countless bones materialized around Gu Rong's body as nine soul rings suddenly emerged beneath his feet...

"Fengzhi, I'll go test him and find out!" With those words, his entire body surged forward toward Xu Sheng!