Chapter 416: It’s You
Chapter 416: It’s You
The look in Lin Zichen’s eyes made a faint smile creep onto Long Chen’s face.
Using the Soul Swallowing Gaze, Long Chen looked around and indeed, the two elders who had followed Lin Batian here were hiding in a patch of trees not far away. The winner of the fight for the throne had already been determined. Lin Batian’s face was ashen gray.
Lin Zichen dashed towards Lin Batian and arrived in front of him in an instant. He looked at Lin Batian in amusement and said, “Big Brother, it looks like your soldiers aren’t very useful. You have lost. You should be able to accept this defeat, right?”
Lin Batian huffed coldly without saying a word. The most perplexing thing to him was still Long Chen’s behavior. Even now, he had no idea what was going on with Long Chen.
Lin Batian’s lack of reaction angered Lin Zichen, who had always been the ultimate prodigy since he was young. No matter how much noise Lin Batian made, Lin Zichen had never seen him as an equal. Now that the brat had officially lost to him and was still being stubborn, Lin Zichen felt irritated.
“Whatever. Father said I must not kill you, but …”
Slap! He slapped Lin Batian’s right cheek, which turned red instantly!
Lin Batian was stunned again as he felt the burning pain on his cheek. His eyes turned blood-red. “Lin Zichen, how dare you hit me!”
“Why wouldn’t I? It looks like you cannot see reality for what it is. You’re trash that has been eliminated. From today onwards, there is no space for you in the Imperial Capital. You’re the dog that lost the fight; you’ll always be trash. This is reality, Lin Batian!” Lin Zichen said with a cold smirk.Lin Batian shuddered when he heard those words. It was true that he was not as strong as Lin Zichen, and his war contributions were lesser too. Lin Zichen’s words could likely become reality!
He could be trash for the rest of his life.
That was when Lin Zichen suddenly saw the footprint on Lin Batian’s face, which shocked him. He asked teasingly, “Eh? What’s up with the mark on your face?”
“I did that,” said Long Chen, standing behind Lin Zichen.
Lin Zichen turned to look at Long Chen in confusion. He had thought it was strange that Long Chen was nowhere to be seen when he fought the Dark Moon Tiger. Though he did not care because he had never taken Long Chen seriously anyway.
Right now, Long Chen’s statement attracted all eyes once more.
From their conversation, the people of Ginger City knew that Lin Zichen was a prince, and one that was stronger than Lin Batian. So why was Long Chen here to cause trouble? What was going on?
“You were the one who stepped on his face?” Lin Zichen asked again in disbelief.
“Have you gone deaf? Like I said, I did that,” Long Chen answered flatly.
“You’re brave! Now I’m interested. Could you tell me why?” Lin Zichen asked with great interest.
“I will kill the royals one by one, but Lin Batian has never really offended me, so I stepped on him only as a small lesson. You’re next. Lin Zichen, if you’ve got the guts, follow me down there. It’s time to resolve the grudge between us anyway.” Then Long Chen leaped off the building and landed on the battlefield.
Long Chen’s words left Lin Zichen and Lin Batian puzzled.
“Isn’t he a helper you found? What happened?” Lin Zichen asked coldly.
“I don’t know either, but he’s challenging you. Are you brave enough to go?” Lin Batian asked mockingly.
Lin Zichen ignored him and leaped off the wall too. Long Chen was walking ahead slowly, and Lin Zichen caught up while looking at him in confusion.
More than ten thousand citizens of Ginger City, as well as the three thousand Ghost Riders and Lin Batian, watched them walk into the center of the battlefield.
Under the gazes of the large crowd, Long Chen turned around and looked at Lin Zichen, who approached and stood twenty meters away from him.
“You say there’s a grudge between us? Do we know each other?” Lin Zichen really wanted answers.
“Of course there is. Today, only one of us will live,” said Long Chen with a small smile.
“Oh?” Lin Zichen eyed him up and down for a while, then he said, “Whatever. I don’t want to waste time speaking nonsense with you. If you want to fight, hurry up. Don’t pretend to be scary with that cultivation level of yours. You can be as mysterious as you want, but the moment we fight, everything will be revealed.
Long Chen looked in the direction of the two elders sent by the Sword Emperor and said, “You still need to wait a moment.”
Immediately after he spoke, two screams came from that direction, then two black objects were tossed into the air from the forest. A moment later, they were pulverized.
Then an excited wolf’s howl was heard. Everyone watched a black demonic wolf shoot out of the forest and stop far away. It growled once at Long Chen and then sat down. No one saw the tiny girl sitting on the wolf’s ear.
She was Ling Xi.
Long Chen had sent her to get Xiaolang and kill the two hiding elders, who were eventually going to be problems. Killing them first was best as Long Chen could have a true duel to the death with Lin Zichen!
When they saw the Sun Devouring Wolf, Lin Zichen and Lin Batian paled. Lin Zichen recalled someone from a memory and eyed Long Chen once more. However, while his figure was similar, his face was far too different from Long Chen’s.
“That beast, why isn’t it with Long Chen?” Lin Zichen asked solemnly with furrowed brows.
Long Chen smiled and glared coldly at Lin Zichen. He did not answer the question. Instead, he said, “I came back to take revenge. The Sword Devil in the Counter Essence Realm was only my first kill, and you, Lin Zichen, will be my second!”
“You killed Royal Uncle?! Who the hell are you?!” Lin Zichen was utterly shaken. His face changed from amusement to killing intent.
It didn’t matter who Long Chen was. To him, Long Chen was dead!
“Who am I? When you cornered me at the foot of Demon Emperor Mountain, you didn’t expect that I, Long Chen, would return one day, right?!” Long Chen laughed maniacally and tore the human skin mask off his face. His face was once again revealed to the world!
Lin Zichen was startled by his words, and he instinctively took a step back when Long Chen tore off his mask. Lin Batian, despite being far away, took many steps back in disbelief!
Who was Long Chen?
Although the First Prince had never met Long Chen personally, Long Chen was very famous. He had become a legendary figure in the Cangyang Kingdom despite not being at a high cultivation level. He was only at the Fourth River Stage when he killed the Sixth River Stage Ninth Prince, and when he fled, he killed the six commanders and annihilated the dwarf family, which was one of the three major clans. In the end, he even escaped from Lin Zichen after enduring his attacks! This person had returned to the Biyang Imperial Capital and killed the Sword Demon, one of the top three masters of the imperial family, taking two Heaven-tier spiritual herbs in the process.
Lin Batian now knew that he had been tricked by Long Chen. He had said that he wanted Heaven-tier spiritual medicine, but they were actually in his hands. All of it was only to trick Lin Batian, but why? Lin Batian didn’t know until he squeezed his brain dry thinking of every interaction he had with Long Chen. He finally recalled a questionable event, which was the death of the First Commander. Since Long Chen was powerful enough to kill the Sword Devil, killing the First Commander wouldn’t be an issue at all. It was the First Commander’s death that had led to him and Lin Zichen coming to Ginger City!
His target must be Lin Zichen. Long Chen is extremely bold, and he laid out such an airtight plan. If he dared to infiltrate the palace just to lure Lin Zichen out, he must be very confident in winning! Lin Batian stumbled several steps back with a pale face as he stared at the teenager! He never would have guessed that a teenager who was younger than Lin Zichen would be this terrifying! Both his strategy and cultivation level were scary!
When he first met Long Chen, he had killed an Eighth River Stage cultivator instantly. With such strength, it wasn’t at all surprising that he could withstand Lin Zichen’s attack that night in the palace!
Lin Zichen was even more shocked than his brother. Unable to hide the look of astonishment on his face, he eyed Long Chen once more and drew in a sharp breath when he confirmed that it was indeed Long Chen’s face. “So, it’s you. Long Chen, you’re bold! You’re very bold! So why did you infiltrate the palace and then reveal yourself here?”
“To lure you here and kill you in a place where the Sword Emperor cannot see you. It’s a simple concept; can’t you figure it out?” Long Chen huffed.
“No wonder that idiot Lin Batian came to me that night. You were the one behind it. To be honest, I’m quite impressed that you chose to appear in front of me as an Eighth River Stage cultivator. However, since you’ve decided to make an enemy out of me, things won’t turn out well for you.” Lin Zichen sneered, licking his lips.
“Today, with ten thousand people as my witnesses, I will kill you. Everyone will see how people who offend me end up, and they will learn who the strongest cultivator of the Cangyang Kingdom’s younger generation is!” Long Chen’s voice grew louder and louder, until everyone could hear him.
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Get him!