Chapter 530: 17th on the Holy Rankings (1/2)

Chapter 530: 17th on the Holy Rankings

Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations

”How can he possibly know this?” Chi Hong squinted as he thought about what happened a few days ago.

Fang Zhengzhi had just entered the city.

That was the day...

That was the day Fang Zhengzhi confronted then Minister of Law Wan Chong and had him arrested for corruption.

If these events were not coincidences, this would mean that Fang Zhengzhi knew the unspeakable secrets of many in the city.

Chi Hou get a shiver down his spine. If this was true... the capital would be in for a ride.

Fang Zhengzhi never did things through the conventional routes. He was a maverick, someone who acted without considering the consequences.

Most importantly...

He was an independent with no known allegiances.

Just as he was thinking about this, he heard a loud sound in the distance. The crowd was streaming back to the palace.

Chi Hong's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. Disbelief and shock filled his face almost instantly.

He was not alone.

The rest of the officials, the Royal Guard, and the crowd who stayed behind were in shock and disbelief as well.

They saw two figures dressed rather messily.

One man and one woman.

They were both in their twenties.

Furthermore, the two of them kept struggling and screaming bitterly. They looked as though they feared for their lives.

”It's true?!”

”Fang Zhengzhi... wasn't lying?!”

”How could this happen? How did he know that they would be at the Qingtian Motel? How is this possible?”

The officials couldn't believe their eyes. They stared at the two figures being dragged over by the crowd.

Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was stunned. He recognized the two figures instantly and was equally in disbelief.

He turned to look at Minister of Finance Yue Hu almost immediately.

”Not good!” When he saw Minister of Finance Yue Hu's expression, the Crown Prince knew that things were about to take a turn for the worse.

Yue Hu was extremely pale. His body was trembling and the aura around his body was highly unstable.

”Sh*t!” He spat out a mouthful of blood.

Then, his face turned purple and green as the veins on his forehead throbbed. He looked like he was going to explode at any moment.

”No way! Xiaotian would never do this to me!”

”This is impossible...”

”Liu Lan! Liu Lan! I have treated you well! Why would you seduce my son?!”

”No... why?!”

Minister of Finance Yue Hu bellowed as his bones began to crack. His hair was extremely messy.

His white hair was dancing in the wind.

The officials knew that things were going to get messy. Yue Hu was quickly approaching his breaking point.

”Fang Zhengzhi, I will kill you!”

After he muttered to himself, Yue Hu's expression darkened and he snarled ferociously. A green ray of light shot out from his body.

”No!” Crown Prince Lin Tianrong wanted to stop it instinctively but it was too late. Yue Hu had attacked.

”Are you going to attack me just because I told you the truth?” Fang Zhengzhi knew how flustered Yue Hu was. After all, Yue Hu was the Minister of Finance.

However, Fang Zhengzhi didn't move. He simply smiled as he watched the ray of green light shoot towards him.

At that moment...

A red light lit up behind Fang Zhengzhi. It looked like a red crystal screen that extended from the ground. It flew to the front.

Yan Xiu had struck.

Yan Xiu reacted the moment Yue Hu attacked.

”Boom!”

The green light crashed into the red screen in a flash of white. Then, a huge wave of power dissipated through the air.

Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was stunned.

The officials, the Royal Guard, and the crowd was equally stunned.

Even the adulterous couple was stunned by what they saw.

They never expected that things would end up this way. The Minister of Finance had attacked Fang Zhengzhi in front of other officials and the Emperor.

This was...

Punishable by death!

Everyone watched the two days of light clash. They were shocked by the turn of events and shocked that Yan Xiu would try to block the attack.

”Yue Hu is in the nascent Rebirth State!”

”Yan Xiu... actually blocked it?”

”He blocked an attack from a raging Yue Hu? How did he do it?”

”Could it be... is Yan Xiu already...”

All of the officials were in disbelief. After all, Yan Xiu was only 18-years-old. If he could go up against a Rebirth State cultivator...

”No! He didn't!” One of the officials exclaimed in shock as his eyes widened.

Everyone's jaw dropped when they heard this. After the wave of power dissipated, they saw the green light pierce through the red screen.

However...

It had drifted slightly!

This ray of light was no longer trained on Fang Zhengzhi. It brushed past his neck and headed straight for the person behind him...

”No! Crown Prince, your highness, watch out!”

”Protect the Crown Prince!”

”Block it! Block it!”

All of the officials were panicking.

However, the ray of green light was traveling too quickly! It was in front of the Crown Prince within moments.

Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was stunned.

He never expected this to happen. Why would Yue Hu attack him? He didn't prepare for this.

In fact, even if he did, he would not have managed to block this attack.

Even though he was powerful as the Crown Prince, his cultivation state was mediocre. He was only in the Supernatural State. He would not be able to block this attack.

Terror and shock.

He didn't want to die but the ray of light was traveling too quickly.

”Save me!” Crown Prince Lin Tianrong screamed in desperation.