Chapter 154: Trial of Life and Death! (1/2)

Wang Chong had been looking for the ‘Demonic Emperor Old Man’ all along, but he didn’t expect for it to be under such a dire situation. This was something he hadn’t expected at all.

At this moment, Wang Chong was very certain that the old man before him was the ‘Demonic Emperor Old Man’ whom he had been searching all around for. The malevolent aura that he exuded, the callousness of viewing human lives as insignificant, and the ‘bastard’ he mentioned… More importantly, he didn’t think that there was anyone who could subdue him so easily despite possessing a lower cultivation.

Wang Chong wasn’t even able to react. The other party’s experience, reaction speed, and judgemental ability far surpassed his. Through this, he was certain that the other party’s cultivation must have once reached an astonishing level, a level even above that of him when he was at the peak of his strength.

The only one who fulfilled all of these conditions was the mysterious Demonic Emperor Old Man.

After confirming the identity of the old man before him, Wang Chong also realized that he had made a huge blunder. He had been tapping into all available resources to find the Demonic Emperor Old Man, but he failed to consider the fact that the man before him was still a demon who had no regard for human lives.

Finding the Demonic Emperor Old Man and obtaining the 《Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art》 was not as simple as he thought, and huge risks were involved in the matter.

Humans can change.

The Demonic Emperor Old Man did become a kind person in the future, even going to the extent of giving up his unparalleled cultivation and his own life to fulfill another person.

But this change wasn’t something that could happen in a single day. The Demonic Emperor Old Man had just undergone betrayal, and given his skeptical personality, it would be more dangerous than ever to approach him at this moment.

Wang Chong just had to meet him when he was at his most unstable and aggressive state.

What was even worse was that he realized that he had underestimated the Demonic Emperor Old Man.

Even though the other party was severely wounded, he still possessed his means, dexterity, mental resilience, and wariness.

Wang Chong had stationed his men around the Eastern City’s Zhou Ji Charcoal Wine Brewery to look for the Demonic Emperor Old Man, but the other party saw through his arrangements in an instant. This matter had become a sharp dagger placed against his neck instead.

If Wang Chong couldn’t find a good reason to convince him, all that awaited for him was death.

“The most powerful divine art… I should have known that it wouldn’t be so easy to obtain them!”

This was the only thought left in Wang Chong’s head.

The more powerful a martial art was, the more difficult it would be to obtain it. Even though Wang Chong possessed the advantage of knowing the future, this logic still held.

The surrounding was completely silent, and a tense atmosphere loomed over the area.

At this moment, Shen Hai arrived at the scene, and upon seeing the situation, his complexion immediately turned incomparably awful.

Trading gazes around, everyone came to a decision that as long as that old man were to make a move, they would immediately charge forward to tear him to shreds.

“Old man, you’re mistaken. I’m not whatever you’re speaking of!”

With a pale face, Wang Chong replied calmly.

This was the second time that Wang Chong felt that the embrace of death was just a single touch away. The humongous pressure the old man was exerting on him felt as though the Sword of Damocles was hanging right above his head, threatening to fall at any moment.

The Demonic Emperor Old Man might abandon evil and turn to kindness in the future, but that is then, now is now. At this very moment, he was still that brutal Demonic Emperor Old Man.

Wang Chong knew that his next words would determine whether the Demonic Emperor Old Man would spare him or not.

“Hmph, feigning ignorance before me? Looks like you’re tired of living!”

The Demonic Emperor Old Man sneered coldly, and frigid killing intent flashed across the depths of his gaze. Did this lad think that he would be able to fool him?

He abruptly tightened his grasp. Kacha, it sounded as though something within Wang Chong’s body snapped.

“Stop!”

“How dare you!”

“Release the young master!”

…

Shocked and infuriated, the faces of the crowd flushed in agitation. They wanted to charge forth and slay this old man, but they were afraid that the other party would do harm to their young master.

Of the entire group, Meng Long felt exceptionally frightened.

He was the one who informed Wang Chong on the news of the old man, and he was the one who followed Wang Chong here as well. Just a moment ago, the group was even thinking of bringing him to the Charity Hall to treat him, yet, in the next instant, such a matter occurred.

“Old man, you’re really mistaken! I’m looking for someone here, but the person isn’t you!”

At such a dire moment, Wang Chong calmed down instead.

The Demonic Emperor Old Man was a cunning and skeptical person. Wang Chong knew that he couldn’t leave this matter in the hands of fate; he had to utilize all of his wits to escape from the present situation.

“The truth is that I’m looking for the assassins from the Assassin Pavilion who managed to escape the onslaught of the Imperial Guards. They had once sent their men after me, but I managed to borrow the might of the Imperial Army to destroy their nest. However, a few days ago, I received news that they might be hiding in the eastern part of the city. If you don’t believe me, you can ask around.”

Wang Chong calmly pushed everything to the Assassin Pavilion. He didn’t fear the Demonic Emperor Old Man seeing through his lies. Even though he had deployed many men for this operation this time around, the order that most of them received was just to take note of suspicious individuals.

Other than Wang Chong’s close aides, no one knew what was going on.

“Furthermore…I don’t know who the bastard you spoke of refers to, but given that I come from a clan of generals, there’s no reason for me to listen to the orders of another.”

As Wang Chong said so, he retrieved the Wang Clan token by his waist with trembling hands. It was around the size of a palm, and amidst a background of clouds, a gigantic tiger head stood imposingly at the very center. On the other side, a huge ‘Wang (王)’ character was inscribed.

This was a typical token the members of a general clan carried!

This was also Wang Chong’s final resort!

And fortunately, Wang Chong’s plan worked. Upon seeing the token belonging to the clan members of an official of the Great Tang, the malevolent killing intent of the Demonic Emperor Old Man retreated by a portion.

“To think that you are an offspring of the Wang Clan!”