Chapter 961 - Exchange

Li Huowang lay low in the bamboo forest, using the stalks as cover while waiting for Qing Wanglai to make his move.

Time crept by, and the pain in Li Huowang's injured hand grew sharper and harder to ignore.

Yang Na, gripping the enemy’s gun, noticed something was wrong with him. “What’s wrong? Are you alright? I can bring you out of here for now.”

Li Huowang shook his head and slammed his broken arm onto the ground. The intense pain shook him up.

“No, I can’t trust them. If we lose now, the Baiyu Capital is finished. Where could we even escape to if it’s destroyed?”

Li Huowang got closer to Yang Na to shield her a little. “Don’t worry, it just hurts a little. I won’t die as long as you’re here.”

Seeing her concern, he forced himself to reassure her, as if his wounds weren’t serious. “Besides, my hand will return as long as we kill Fu Shengtian’s Simings.”

However, he wasn’t truly confident. He wasn’t sure which of Fu Shengtian’s Simings had been responsible for the events leading to his broken arm.

Yang Na’s face brightened. “And what about your eye? Will it grow back if we win?”

Li Huowang froze momentarily before touching his empty eye socket. “I don’t know. Maybe.”

Yang Na nodded happily. “Yes. It will return for sure!”

She clenched her fist, convincing herself to do whatever it took to restore his lost eye—an eye that represented Chaos.

Suddenly, they heard loud noises in the air. Three drones with blinking green lights flew past them, attracting everyone’s attention.

Li Huowang felt a surge of joy.

The Three Ancient Ones have made their move.

He quickly rolled on the ground while dialing them on his phone. He also directed Yang Na to run to the mansion’s first-floor window.

“I’m moving now! Cover me. The Heavenly Dao of Death is with me! The people you kill won’t die unless we are the ones who kill them!”

Gunshots whizzed past the sky and shot down the drones, but it was too late. Li Huowang and Yang Na already reached the mansion.

Li Huowang gripped his knife tightly before breaking the glass window and jumping into the darkness.

It was both dark and dirty. It appeared that renovation works had stopped halfway.

Li Huowang heard the sound of gunshots coming from above. He gripped his knife even more tightly as he slowly approached the stairs.

As adrenaline coursed through his veins, the pain in his body faded, and his senses sharpened.

They were about to reach the upper floors, but the sound of approaching police sirens suddenly cut through the air.

“We need to move faster! The Rules are here!”

He refused to accept that things would end right then and there.

Li Huowang made haste and found the attic. He climbed up and saw an open window. The two shooters had climbed through the window to reach the roof.

He steeled himself and slowly approached the window to launch a surprise attack on the two Simings.

He had just raised his head when he touched a strand of almost invisible line. It broke on contact, and he immediately shouted, “There’s a trap!”

Just then, the sound of a gunshot rang out. The bullet shattered a part of Li Huowang’s skul, and he flew backward from the impact.

Thankfully, Yang Na was there to grab him, stopping his fall.

“I’m... fine!” he said, his blood streaming from his forehead and obscuring his vision in a crimson haze.

“Damn it! They know we’re here. We need to act now!”

Li Huowang took off his shirt and threw it out of the window.

Bullets rained down and tore his clothes to pieces. When the gunshot stopped momentarily, Li Huowang jumped out of the window.

Through his bloodied vision, he saw a blurry figure. Without hesitation, he drove his knife into their neck. Warm blood soaked the shoelace on his arm, and the shooter collapsed. He had finally killed one of them.

Li Huowang swiveled around to find the second person, but no one else was on the roof.

Just then, a wire suddenly looped around Li Huowang’s neck. The other shooter was trying to choke him.

Struggling desperately, he heard a gunshot, and suddenly, the wire slackened. Yang Na had taken the shot.

Li Huowang sighed in relief now that the two shooters were dead. He pulled the wire off that had been partially embedded into his neck and started coughing.

The two shooters are dead now. Qing Wanglai and the others should be able to fight more easily now that the pressure is gone.

Li Huowang walked toward the edge of the roof. As he thought, Qing Wanglai and the others were having an easier time now that the shooters on the roof were gone.

The sirens were getting closer, but at the very least, the Simings from Fu Shengtian hadn’t achieved any notable results. Their ambush had failed.

Li Huowang looked down, wiping the blood from his eyes. He was getting ready to help them below.

Suddenly, someone pushed him off the roof!

Li Huowang waved his arms around until he caught onto the drain pipe on the roof. If not, he would’ve fallen onto the ground.

“Nana, be careful! There’s one more person!”

Just as Li Huowang shouted, he caught sight of the person above him. It was an old beggar with a rod.

Bam!

The old beggar hit Li Huowang’s hand, cutting it up with the sharp edges of the drain pipe.

Li Huowang refused to let go. The old beggar reached into his pockets to bring something out.

Li Huowang tried to climb up, but his other arm was broken. He didn’t have the strength to pull himself up.

In the final moments, his blood once again obscured his eyes, casting his vision in a crimson hue.

Li Huowang saw Li Sui, dressed in red Daoist robes, standing between him and the old beggar.

Li Huowang shouted urgently, “Suisui, what are you doing? Go away! Run away!”

“The Chief of the Surveillance Bureau heeded the orders of Zhuanxu, commanding Nan Zhengzhong to oversee the Heavens and manage the Simings!”

Xuan Pin’s red robes flew high in the air, revealing his true form. “The Surveillance Bureau was established for the sake of this very day!”

All of Xuan Pin’s heads chanted in unison, “The standards of generals and ministers cannot be questioned when it is difficult to attain righteousness! It may be found among the Immortals and Simings, in the suffering of the mortal realm, or in the uprightness of those ascending to Immortality and Divinity!”

Xuan Pin raised two tentacles with tiger skulls high up into the air. An extreme amount of murderous aura poured down from the Heavens, enveloping Li Huowang.

The sound of thunderous war drums could be heard while soldiers came from all different directions. They were chanting and howling in unison with Xuan Pin.

“Grant me the sword of the Superior Divine Beings to guard the four corners of the Heavenly Jade Gate!”

Without anyone noticing, millions of soldiers equipped with armor and swords stepped into the Tianchen Kingdom, bringing an incredibly intense murderous aura.