The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 255 - 254: Expelling Wolves and Swallowing Tigers

Chapter 255: Chapter 254: Expelling Wolves and Swallowing Tigers

Qi Fang watched Qi Rui go, then walked into the dungeon behind him with a joyful smile.

Within the dungeon, countless iron cages were hanging mid-air, each imprisoning young boys and girls.

These boys and girls, all were handsome and beautiful — it was clear from their appearances they hailed from wealthy households, where they had been pampered from childhood.

"Ha ha, if any of you young lords and princesses are thirsty, just tell me. Here, I have the Morning Dew Wine of the Imperial Capital; if you’re hungry, I will immediately have the finest food delivered by the best restaurant in the Imperial Capital."

Qi Fang cheerfully addressed the boys and girls in the iron cages.

There were more than five hundred such cages in this dungeon, each holding a direct descendant of a military marquis from the Shenwu Kingdom.

These boys and girls were all treasured descendants loved by their military marquis fathers.

Each of their fathers held considerable military power in the Shenwu Kingdom, commanding forces of tens of thousands.

On the ground below the cages, the Qi Family Army stood in order, hands on spears, their postures suggesting they were ready to take action at any moment.

At first glance, there were close to a thousand soldiers.

And these were the elite troops of the Qi Family Army, each of them possessing strength equivalent to the Fifth Level of Earth Martial Realm.

The combined strength of these thousand men could form the Great Array, a force potent enough to challenge an experienced warrior of the Heaven Martial Realm.

"Qi Fang, your Qi Prince’s Mansion dares to hold us captive!"

"Damn it, Qi Fang, release me immediately, otherwise I will tell my father and have him accuse the Qi Prince’s Mansion before the emperor!"

"Is the Qi Prince’s Mansion planning a rebellion? Imprisoning the descendants of lords and princes!"

"You insolent man, let me out!"

"May your Qi Prince’s Mansion meet an ill fate!"

"Our Zhao Royal Mansion will not rest until you’re all dead!"

"So will our Li Royal Mansion!"

"Chu Royal Mansion will definitely seek justice from the Qi Prince’s Mansion!"

The young lords and princesses glared at Qi Fang angrily while yelling continuously.

Qi Fang calmly laughed, "Shout, shout. Since your Dantian is sealed, you can only screm louder."

"You young lords and princesses, go ahead and shout all you want. If you need anything, just command my men. "

"I’m going to rest now."

With these words, Qi Fang entered a rest area nearby, laughter in his stride

"Qi Fang, you beast, come back! If you dare, let me out and face me one-on-one!" A slightly more mature-looking teenager shouted angrily at Qi Fang.

Qi Fang glanced at the boy with amusement, laughing, "Ah, it’s the Chu Royal Mansion’s young lord. Now that your Dantian is sealed, what are you thinking to take on? Just rest."

The young prince of the Chu Royal Mansion was named Chu Jiangliu.

The Chu Royal Mansion was one of the military marquis mansions in the Shenwu Kingdom, possessing an army of over a million soldiers. Following the Qi Prince’s Mansion, the Chu and Lin Royal Mansions were the two most powerful, each boasting an army of a million forces.

The sons of these two mansions were the primary targets Qi Rui intended to capture.

"Bastard! When I get out, I’ll tear you apart!" Chu Jiangliu roared over and over again.

"We can talk about that when you get out." Qi Fang didn’t take Chu Jiangliu’s threats seriously.

Because, if Chu Jiangliu managed to get out, that would mean the Chu Royal Mansion had submitted to the Qi Prince’s Mansion. At that time, Chu Jiangliu would naturally not dare to lift a hand against Qi Fang.

After all, Qi Fang held a key post in the Qi Prince’s Mansion and was an important figure in the army.

If the Chu Royal Mansion didn’t submit, Chu Jiangliu would never get out for the rest of his life.

...

Lin Bai stood in the dimly lit outside, eyeing the rows of soldiers at the entrance of the prison with cold eyes, "I wonder how many soldiers are guarding inside."

In the darkness, a strange light flickered in Lin Bai’s eyes.

Lin Bai reached out, picked up a rock from the stone wall, and slammed it heavily on the ground.

"What was that sound?"

The line of soldiers was indeed startled and all turned to look outside the dungeon corridor.

"Zhang Yun, go check."

The centurion guarding the dungeon ordered coldly.

"Yes!" Immediately, a soldier from the troop, with a sharp spear in his hand, stepped into the darkness. Under the gaze of the centurion, he vanished into the dark.

That soldier, named Zhang Yun, approached.

Just as he stepped into the darkness, Zhang Yun began to sweat profusely. A fear of being stared at by death made his complexion change drastically.

Whoosh!

At that very moment, a face suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Who is... "

Before Zhang Yun could cry out, the person in front of him instantly clasped his hand around Zhang Yun’s throat, pulling him into the darkness.

That person was indeed Lin Bai.

"Soul Searching!"

Lin Bai pulled Zhang Yun into the darkness and immediately struck the top of his head with his palm.

Zhang Yun’s memories, as vast as the ocean, were quickly scanned by Lin Bai.

Ten breaths later, Lin Bai released Zhang Yun, who had already lifelessly fallen to the ground.

"There are actually close to a thousand soldiers guarding inside, and all these soldiers belong to the elite troops of the Qi Prince’s Mansion, directly commanded by Qi Fang and only listening to the orders of Qi Rui and the Qi Prince."

"Although each of the thousand soldiers had cultivation around the Fifth Level of the Earth Martial Realm, if they all rushed out together, it would be extraordinarily terrifying."

"Moreover, these over a thousand soldiers can form a combined attack formation called ’Fierce Tiger Tearing Sky Array’ for every hundred people. They are incredibly powerful and can challenge warriors above the Fifth Level of the Heaven Martial Realm."

"No, it seems that I cannot brute force this."

After obtaining these memories, Lin Bai’s eyes grew solemn.

Originally, Lin Bai had planned to rush into the dungeon and save all of them if there weren’t too many soldiers. But now, with more than a thousand soldiers, all of whom were elite troops from the Qi Family’s Army, he was worried about what would happen if he charged.

Standing at the entrance, Lin Bai contemplated for a moment, then said in a cold voice, "I guess the only option left is to trick the wolf into swallowing the tiger."

"Hmph."

"I wonder if Yi Han and the warriors from the Canghai Yuntai Palace are still in this dungeon corridor."

"If they are still here, I will give you a big surprise."

Lin Bai gave a faint smile, turned around and went into the darkness to look for Yi Han and the warriors of Canghai Yuntai Palace.

The centurion, seeing that Zhang Yun had not returned for a long time, went out to search for him: "Zhang Yun, Zhang Yun, Zhang Yun... Zhang Yun, what’s wrong with you?"

The centurion quickly discovered Zhang Yun, who had already died and was lying on the ground.

"No good, something’s about to happen."

As an experienced centurion, he immediately knew that Zhang Yun had been killed.

That meant that someone had discovered their operations.

"Go inform the colonel."

The centurion shouted in alarm, hurried into the dungeon, and told Qi Fang everything that had happened.

Meanwhile, Lin Bai was rapidly moving through the corridor.

"Damn it, who got bored and dug all these tunnels here? It’s making my head spin."

Just as Lin Bai was racing through the tunnel at full speed, he suddenly heard a frustrated curse from Yi Han.

"Hehe, found you."