Chapter 718: The King Gives Chase

Duan Zisuan's eyes were bloodshot. "You wretched couple—you crippled my son?! I'll tear you both to pieces!"

The gigantic disaster-grade lifeform pounced toward them again, but Red Comet forced it back with its speed.

The king of the east mobilized all the guards in the vicinity. They rose into the sky like stars, surrounding Zhang Lie and Li Qianlin.

Li Zongming bowed politely. "Thank you for stalling for us, Miss Dong. Leave the rest to us!"

𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

As Li Zongming walked to the front of the guards, he commented with some surprise, "A fifth-level beast! I don't know where you're from or why you've come, but everything is meaningless. You're surrounded now—give up."

Zhang Lie glanced at the guards and clutched Li Qianlin even more tightly. "If I want to bring her away, none of you can stop me."

Sensing the strength of Zhang Lie's genetic energy, Li Zongming continued, "Qianqian, don't make such a fuss. Come over here."

However, the usually obedient Li Qianlin shook her head immediately.

Zhang Lie smirked. "King Li, don't you care about the safety of your guests?"

Li Zongming frowned. "What are you implying?"

"Nothing. Well, consider this a gift from me to you, dear father-in-law." Zhang Lie snapped his fingers, and thousands upon thousands of beasts responded to his command.

They appeared from all corners of the land, then rushed toward the tallest mountain in sight: Mt. Yun.

Earth shook and trembled underneath their feet. At the base of the mountain, a stampede of beasts was quickly forming, one made of superior- and peak-grade lifeforms in such large numbers that the Jinghun would have overthrown the king in an instant if they had such a force behind them as they stormed the capital.

The citizens of east and west were shocked by the presence of so many beasts, as was the king of the east, Li Zongming. Where had so many beasts come from? Why were they gathered around Mt. Yun?

Rationally, Li Zongming understood that they hadn't gathered around Mt. Yun, but rather that there were so many of them that they gave off the visual illusion of having congregated there, but Li Zongming simply didn't understand how, despite being the king of the realm and having the ability to sense it in its entirety, that he hadn't noticed such a large group of lifeforms.

Zhang Lie could see through his thoughts. "A king of the realm's sensory abilities aren't foolproof. As long as there's a source of greater mental energy around, the king will be blinded by his sight."

Li Zongming wanted to laugh. "You claim that your mental energy is stronger than mine? I'm backed by the entire world!"

As the sea of beasts rushed up Mt. Yun, Zhang Lie lowered his head. "What a pity. The guests gathered here to witness a wedding—their lives will all be forfeit!

"Lots of powerful people have gathered there, haven't they? I'd estimate that about thirty percent of those in charge of the realm are present. How large a blow do you think it would be if they were all to perish here?"

Atop the mountain, the aliens of the Milky Way were now all but certain that the man who had snatched away the bride was none other than Zhang Lie.

Despite the beast stampede, these aliens panicked less than the indigenous races.

The starbeast representative noted that the lifeforms' foreheads were each studded with a purple crystal, a sure sign that the Jinghun were responsible. The representative headed to his Jinghun counterpart, who was leisurely drinking wine.

The Jinghun had also been invited to the wedding, and it was thanks to that invitation that Zhang Lie had managed to sneak inside. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to do so as silently as he did.

The starbeast sat down by the table and asked, "This is your doing, isn't it?"

The Jinghun representative was none other than Ren Kunjing. He smiled and asked, "What are you referring to, Warlord Xing Ying?"

Xing Ying was 30th on the warlord leaderboard, stronger than even Ren Kunjing himself—but even more shockingly, what the other races of the Milky Way considered a superlative ranking, Xing Ying and the four prime races themselves considered low.

Xing Ying rolled his eyes. "What else? Who else besides the Jinghun could control such large numbers of genetic lifeforms?"

Ren Kunjing smiled as he drank more wine. "Who knows?"

Others might not, but he knew very well who else could—Zhang Lie! And not only could he control genetic lifeforms, he could even control humans.

Xing Ying frowned. "Only the Jinghun would cause a shard of purple crystal to appear on the lifeforms' foreheads. You can't deny that, surely."

Ren Kunjing sighed. "As you say, Warlord."

Xing Ying nudged him and whispered, "How did you Jinghun end up working with Zhang Lie, and just what are you up to? Why did he suddenly snatch this bride? She's a beautiful woman, there's no doubt about that, but she's nothing more than a member of an indigenous race in the third realm..."

"I only met the champion of mankind, Zhang Lie, by coincidence. As for why he's doing this, well, it's not a topic I feel comfortable getting into myself. You'd better ask him if you want the full details. Right, when the beasts rush up toward the mountain, please don't target them. They won't attack any of you, either. Once this is over, we can split the lifeforms among us all."

Xing Ying laughed. "Of course! We'll do anything to support the champion of mankind. You know that the four prime races have always been allied with him, and we'll hardly desert him in a time of need. We all know Zhang Lie's name in the Milky Way by now, at any rate."

The world federation had declared that they were now in an age of limit fragments, an age of Zhang Lie's making.

Xing Ying patted his chest. "On behalf of the champion of mankind, and with the reputation of the four prime races, no alien here will attack the lifeforms. We'll all sit back and watch the show—in fact, I'll let the other three prime races know now."

Xing Ying got up from the table and moved through the crowd.

Li Qianlin asked, "This is your goal?"

Zhang Lie smiled. "Whether or not it's my goal depends on your father's actions."

Li Zongming's face darkened. He commanded the guards, "Go protect the guests and deter the beasts' advance. I and the king of the west can resolve matters here by ourselves."

As the guards departed, the only people remaining in the sky were the king of the west's gigantic disaster-grade lifeform, Red Comet, the king of the west's guards, and the king of the east himself.

Li Zongming cried out confidently, "Even if you've lured my guards away, nothing will change. I've taken care of countless presumptuous aliens like you before—and in this world, I'm the only undefeatable existence."

How many members of an alien race, how many warlords, had tried to stir up trouble in the world of the east? To Li Zongming, Zhang Lie didn't seem particularly strong—just absurdly bold.