Chapter 69: Da Jinmao Has Gone Mad
And she wasn’t the only one.
At the Imperial City gate, every soldier who saw this scene rubbed their eyes in disbelief. When they realized it wasn’t a hallucination, they all fell to their knees, shouting with tears in their eyes, “The Zhanshen is not dead! The Zhanshen has returned!”
“He’s back! He’s really back!”
“It must be the protection of the Shoushen! Protecting the Zhanshen, protecting Zhongyang Xing! Only then could such a miracle occur!”
“Zhanshen…”
Kaiselin was just about to crawl up when she saw Asilan land and retract his wings. Then, he tightly pulled Su Miantang into his arms by her slender waist.
His possessive posture left her dumbfounded in an instant.
They…
How is this possible?
This how is possible?
Even if Su Miantang has the greatest skills in the world, she couldn’t possibly have captured the Zhanshen!
He was the protector of the Empire, the SS-grade top-tier mutant of the Earl of El family. How could she be worthy???
She collapsed to the ground, as if she were utterly crushed by the sight.
“Gongzhu?”
Asilan spoke slowly, his cold voice carrying a hint of wicked rebellion that made the woman shudder. She was instantly terrified.
Just now, she had cursed Su Miantang and tried to hit her. Did he see everything?
Since their relationship was so intimate, then…
She hurriedly crawled over, her voice trembling as she apologized. “Zhanshen… you can just call me Little Linlin.”
“?”
Su Miantang’s eyebrow jumped.
“I’m sorry. I just…”
Unfortunately, she no longer had the chance to explain.
Asilan had no patience for her excuses. With a light wave of his hand, she was sent flying like a shooting star. With a ‘ding’ sound, she quickly vanished into the horizon.
Su Miantang: “…”
She finally understood why Lanlan had asked her before if he wasn’t obedient enough.
Now it seemed he was quite obedient.
In Zhongyang Xing, Imperial Power was supreme, and the dignity of the Imperial Family was inviolable. As the Eldest Princess, Kaiselin was arrogant and domineering. If anyone made her even a little bit unhappy, she would punish or kill them at will. No one dared to resist her, and no one could.
But the moment she saw him, she actually knelt in fear. And now… she’s gone.
This style—how could it be anything other than arrogant?
“Where did she go?”
“Depends on her luck.” Asilan said. “Maybe a snake cave in a mountain valley, maybe an ant colony in the white forest, or maybe a marshland.”
Snake cave, ant colony, or a marshland?
Su Miantang shuddered. For a moment, she didn’t know which one to choose for her.
But seeing the usually overbearing princess so terrified she was shaking—and then being launched like a firework into the sky—it was quite satisfying.
“Thank you, Lanlan~”
She smiled and stood on her tiptoes, rua-ing his moon-white hair.
Asilan hadn’t expected to be rewarded so suddenly. Moreover, she was so happy, which likely meant she had been mistreated in the palace.
“The electronic handcuffs from before—was she the one who put them on you?”
“Mm-mm.”
“What did the Imperial Family do to you?”
The man’s long eyes narrowed, a hidden murderous intent beneath them. Su Miantang was just about to speak when she saw a ball of raging fire beginning to gather in his left palm.
It looked like he was about to burn the place down.
“Lanlan, what are you doing?”
“Since they dared to hurt you, I’ll wash the palace in blood.”
Wash in blood?!
As expected, there was nothing he couldn’t do.
“No, no! No one hurt me! Kaiselin just likes to bicker with me.” She hurriedly pulled him. “And those handcuffs—I was willing to wear them because of a bet.”
“Really?”
“Really!”
Su Miantang nodded sincerely, fearing that if her expression showed even a hint of a flaw, he would destroy the place.
Is that so?
Asilan withdrew his hand and looked at her thoughtfully. “So Susu likes to play with tools? Then do you like weapons?”
Su Miantang’s mouth twitched. “What are you thinking!”
Heh.
The man let out a low laugh, thinking of scenes he shouldn’t be thinking of.
“And if you really did something here, you’d be labeled a rebel.”
“Rebel?”
Asilan let out a light snort.
The powerless Imperial Family had been declining for years; they were already an empty shell. To him, the supreme throne was something he could take whenever he wanted. The reason he didn’t want to sit on it was because it was too boring.
“That’s not called a rebellion. It’s called an ascension.”
“If Susu likes the title of Wangfei, we can hold the ceremony as early as tonight.”
“…You arrogant tiger. You can easily take down everyone else, but what about Wanghou Zhanni? She’s the same rank as you.”
“Then I’ll have to rely on my Cizhu.”
Asilan lowered his head, intimately rubbing his head against her hair, just like the little tiger that used to act spoiled.
“My Cizhu will definitely protect me, right?”
“Ah? Me?”
Su Miantang pointed at herself in disbelief. Her expression was exactly the same as Benbo’erba being told by the Nine-Headed Bird to go and kill the Tang Monk and his disciples.
“Mhm.”
“Then you should just kill me first!”
“Haha…”
The two of them walked toward the Imperial City, chatting and laughing. Before they reached their destination, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted from the East Palace.
The sound was hysterical, mournful, and full of despair. It was laden with a thick aura of slaughter, causing some lower-grade beastmen to tremble in fear.
It was the roar of a lion!
The roar echoed into the Shoushen Diantang, causing Wanghou Zhanni, who was praying, to open her eyes. She clutched her chest in pain.
(Yin’er!)
What happened to him?
Mother and child were connected.
She could feel his extreme agony at this moment.
In the Changgan Gong, Hua Rong, who was dealing with government affairs, also stood up.
Big brother?
“Big Golden Retriever?”
Su Miantang recognized the voice. Her footsteps faltered.
Was it his voice?
It sounded like him, but she had never heard him let out such a heart-wrenching roar, as if he were on the brink of despair.
Was he in some kind of danger?
Asilan also sensed an extraordinary aura. An SS-grade Xiongxing lion? There was such a prince hidden in the palace. Interesting.
“Awoo—”
Deep within the East Palace, in the massive cage, the lion whose eyes were stained with blood no longer had clear blue pupils. They were full of an eerie, murky darkness.
The last shred of his reason as a human had vanished. He had completely turned into a wild beast.
At this moment, he only wanted to destroy this world!
With his paws, he easily twisted the indestructible Xuantie cage. The heavy palace mechanisms before him were like nothing. Hundreds of Imperial Guards stationed outside were crushed beneath his paws before they could even react, letting out cries of agony.
“Big brother!”
“Big brother, what’s wrong?”
A group of princes who heard the commotion rushed over. Seeing his red eyes and his wild nature revealed—and that his mind had clearly collapsed and he no longer recognized them—they hurriedly tried to stop him.
But even though they were all excellent S-grade Xiongxing, they were instantly defeated by the power of his double pupils.
Translator’s Note: Jun Chengyin has finally lost it—it’s a “double pupil” berserk mode! And Asilan… well, he’s ready for an “ascension” at any moment. A quick note: Benbo’erba is a minor demon character from Journey to the West, often used as a metaphor for someone tasked with an impossible mission. I hope Su Miantang can stop the lion before he destroys everything!
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