Chapter 1017 So Strong? (2/2)

The laughter immediately stopped.

Anyone could see that Qin Lian was very influential and intimidating to the numerous Tianyuan Region Heavenly Sun experts.

“Zhou Yuan’s identity will not change no matter how envious you guys are. If something does happen to him, it will greatly affect our Tianyuan Region,” Qin Lian scolded in an icy voice.

She then looked towards Yi Qiushui and the others. They were still catching their breaths due to rushing here and had exceptionally grave expressions. Qin Lian’s heart could not help but sink a little. Had something really happened to Zhou Yuan?

“Did something happen to Zhou Yuan?” she asked in a slightly downcast voice.

Yi Qiushui looked at Qin Lian and answered without beating about the bush, “Zhou Yuan is fine. He told us to rush here to deliver some urgent news. The Great Five Alliance Army has found the Heavenly Fire Tree King, and they are currently making use of its power to strengthen the entire Chiyun Prefecture battle line. Once they succeed, their power will soar, allowing them to tear through the battlefront.”

The surroundings turned deathly silent.

Even Qin Lian’s pupils abruptly shrank as her expression changed drastically.

After a brief shock, Li Qingyue sternly shouted, “What nonsense! Even grand elder Mu Ni failed to find the Heavenly Fire Tree King. How could the Great Five Alliance Army have found it?!

“Does Zhou Yuan understand the consequences of irresponsibly giving information that will disturb the hearts of the soldiers?!”

The others returned to their senses and voiced their agreement one after another. The news brought by Yi Qiushui was far too alarming. After all, the Heavenly Fire Tree King existed only in legend and had only been mentioned by supreme sovereign Cang Yuan long ago. Such a mythical creature was extremely adept at hiding, and even grand elder Mu Ni’s personal efforts had failed to discover it.

Grand elder Mu Ni was someone with extremely high affinity with plants, and even she could not sense the Heavenly Fire Tree King. How could the Law Domain experts of the Great Five Alliance Army be better than her in this aspect?

Everyone refused to believe it.

“How did you obtain this information?” asked Mu Youlan with doubt in her eyes. Grand elder Mu Ni was someone she greatly respected and admired. How could the Five Great Alliance Army succeed at something that even grand elder Mu Ni failed to do?

Moreover, how had Zhou Yuan obtained such important information?

Yi Qiushui calmly answered, “Zhou Yuan captured the target he accepted from the bounty list, Cao Xiao, and obtained the information from his mouth.”

These words instantly caused another commotion.

Disbelief appeared in the eyes of numerous Heavenly Sun experts. Zhou Yuan had captured Cao Xiao?

That was an expert at the intermediate purple-gold Heavenly Sun stage!

Even among the Heavenly Sun experts present, several would be at a disadvantage against Cao Xiao.

Was Zhou Yuan, an initial heavenly Sun stage expert, really so strong?

They were not the only ones. Even Qin Lian and Mu Youlan were stunned, bewilderment coloring their eyes.

It was not impossible for someone to defeat an opponent of a higher cultivation stage within the Heavenly Sun stage. However, this feat was mostly applicable to practitioners of lower grade Heavenly Suns such as the ordinary and snow-silver grades. Triumphing over a purple-gold Heavenly Sun practitioner was an exceedingly difficult task even for an initial glass Heavenly Sun stage expert.

Li Qingyue’s face twitched. He displayed a superficial smile and said, “Could you guys have gotten the wrong person?”

Yi Qiushui glanced at him and waved her hand. Han Yuan and the others threw out something that had been tightly bound by scarlet-red tree branches. Genesis Qi surged out, breaking the branches, and the object turned into a human figure as it crashed into the ground.

“This is Cao Xiao. I believe someone here must have fought him before and should be able to recognize him.”

The expression of several Heavenly Sun experts present changed slightly as whispers spread. They had already identified that this person was indeed Cao Xiao.

The expression of numerous Heavenly Sun experts changed. Zhou Yuan had really captured Cao Xiao?

Yi Qiushui indifferently said, “Of the three targets Zhou Yuan accepted, Zhang Zihao was killed in a single punch, while Cao Xiao was originally about to be killed but had lost his courage at the last moment and spilled this secret.”

The surroundings fell silent again.

Numerous Heavenly Sun experts could not help but gasp inwardly, traces of shock in their eyes.

Killing Zhang Zihao in a single punch and capturing Cao Xiao alive...

Was he still an initial Heavenly Sun stage expert?!

Even Qin Lian and Mu Youlan looked at each other, seeing the astonishment in the other’s eyes.

Was Zhou Yuan actually so strong?