Chapter 956: The Golden Leaf King, Nearly Crying with Rage

Outside the palace where many masters had been imprisoned, two kings frowned as they looked inside.

“Why is there no movement at all?” the Green Leaf King said gloomily.

They had waited outside for nearly an hour, expecting at least some conflict, a few killings to intimidate, but there was no sound at all, as if everyone inside had died.

“I find it strange too. If it comes to it, let’s probe with divine sense!” said the Golden Leaf King.

“The other party is a king whose strength is no less than ours. Probing directly with divine sense would be too rude! Besides, if it involves top secrets above, acting rashly like that, I fear it will cause great conflict…” The Green Leaf King’s face was full of hesitation.

If the other party’s strength weren’t comparable to his and they weren’t on a special mission, he would have probed with divine sense long ago, instead of waiting anxiously outside.

“That’s true…” The Golden Leaf King nodded.

Boom!

As the two were speaking, suddenly the ground rumbled, and countless spiritual energies converged toward the central hall.

“What’s going on?” The Green Leaf King looked over.

“Reporting to the king, it seems to be a sound from the Rune Hall…” Tong Yue glanced and turned pale.

The Rune Hall was the core of this entire complex; if something went wrong, all previous efforts would be in vain.

“Rune Hall? Let’s go see!”

Raising an eyebrow, the Green Leaf King was about to give orders when he felt the ground violently shake.

Crash!

Dust rose, smoke curling.

Then everyone saw the buildings before them collapse like an avalanche; the various formations previously arranged melted and dissipated like ice and snow, and many suddenly exploded, heavily injuring several unprepared subordinates.

All formations were powered by the spiritual energy of the Rune Hall. The more powerful the formation, the greater the backlash once destroyed. Like a fully inflated balloon, when the air inside is sucked out, it immediately contracts, leading to unpredictable results.

“My buildings…” Tong Yue’s face turned white, and he nearly burst into tears on the spot.

Over two months ago, after emerging from the seal, they had begun constructing this complex, pouring in countless effort and resources, spending who knows how much, only to see it turn to rubble in an instant. His vision darkened, his chest tightened, and he couldn’t help spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Looking at the ruins, the Green Leaf King also shuddered: “It’s because the spiritual energy of the Rune Hall disappeared, causing the accident…”

With his insight, he could easily see the cause, but such buildings would have the Rune Hall well protected; how could it suddenly collapse without any issue?

While they were puzzled, the Golden Leaf King suddenly changed expression and exclaimed, “No!”

“What’s wrong?” The Green Leaf King and Tong Yue both looked over.

“Look ahead…” The Golden Leaf King, pale, pointed forward.

Frowning, the two looked forward together.

They saw the palace before them had also collapsed, dust floating, a scene of ruins.

“What’s wrong? Although this palace was built solidly with uniform blue steel rock and reinforced with many formations, it’s nothing special. Since everything else collapsed, it naturally couldn’t withstand it…” Tong Yue said in confusion.

“Collapse my ass! What about that guy and those masters? The place has collapsed like this, and they haven’t come out—don’t you find that strange?”

The Golden Leaf King roared.

“This…” The two then realized, their expressions changing simultaneously. Especially the Green Leaf King, who swept his divine sense and stiffened.

The ruins before him were completely empty, not a single person, as if that clansman and the many masters had vanished into thin air.

“Gone…” He looked at the Golden Leaf King, seeing his face livid, teeth clenched, nearly exploding with rage.

“We’ve all been fooled by that guy. Quick, to the Rune Hall!”

Realizing first, the Green Leaf King shouted, ignoring the other two, and flew straight ahead.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the collapsed Rune Hall. After just one look, his vision went dark.

With his insight, he could naturally see that this was not an accident but man-made.

That is to say, someone had been in the Rune Hall, absorbed all its spiritual energy, destroyed the runes on it, and detonated its power, causing the complete collapse of all buildings.

Otherwise, even if the Rune Hall malfunctioned, it couldn’t have turned out like this.

“It’s a master! That guy must be a master!”

Clenching his fists, the Green Leaf King realized.

Except for a master, it would be hard for an ordinary person to see the connection points between the Rune Hall and other buildings, and even if they wanted to destroy it, they couldn’t do it so thoroughly. Coupled with the disappearance of that group, even a fool would know that the other party wasn’t interrogating but rescuing.

“How did they escape? We’ve been guarding, and there were formations protecting…”

The Golden Leaf King also arrived.

As a king of the Alien Spirit Clan, a Saint Realm Level 4 powerhouse, to be toyed with without even knowing it—just thinking about it was infuriating.

“No matter how he escaped, he just destroyed this place and brought so many people; he certainly can’t have gone far. Men, pursue in all directions! Once you find any trace or news, notify immediately, and don’t act rashly.”

The Green Leaf King gritted his teeth and turned to give orders.

With so many old, weak, and injured masters, he didn’t believe they could run very fast!

“Yes!”

Tong Yue and the others acknowledged and shot out in all directions.

“Damn it, damn it, who the hell is this guy!”

After sending out all subordinates, the two kings recalled their previous experience, gritting their teeth in anger, feeling like they were about to explode.

“If it really was a master in disguise, could it be that Master Academy Principal Zhang Xuan they mentioned?”

Suddenly, the Golden Leaf King remembered something and pondered.

At that time, the vice principal Lu Feng had personally said that the guy claimed to be Zhang Xuan, but they thought it was just the clansman deceiving the other party to gain trust and didn’t take it seriously.

Now it seemed highly likely to be true.

“Zhang Xuan?”

The Green Leaf King nodded.

Although they were still unfamiliar with the name, anyone who could become the principal of the Master Academy couldn’t be simple!

“Whether it’s him or not, let them investigate first. When we catch him, I’ll tear him into pieces…”

The Green Leaf King roared.

…

While they were furious, far from this complex, a storage ring fell from the air, and then a figure abruptly appeared.

The figure was a bit stiff at first, then moved and stretched.

“Phew!”

Letting out a breath, he smiled, revealing white teeth. It was Zhang Xuan, who had escaped from the Rune Hall.

“Not bad. These puppets have all reached Saint Realm Level 3 and are fully recharged. From now on, even facing a single Saint Realm Level 4, I won’t be afraid…”

Although his absorption just now had collapsed the Rune Hall, his many puppets had greatly benefited, their internal energy fully replenished, and they had reached Saint Realm Level 3.

With so many strong fighters, even if he encountered a Saint Realm Level 4 in the future, he could win through encirclement.

His means of survival had greatly increased.

“Come out!”

Flipping his wrist, a large group of masters appeared before him.

They were the ones he had taken into the Thousand Ant Beehive.

“Where is this? Have we escaped?”

“It’s the southernmost part of the underground cavern. I’ve been here once… About a hundred kilometers from the complex built by the Alien Spirit Clan.”

“A hundred kilometers away?”

…

The masters quickly determined their location, and after checking that no Alien Spirit Clan members were following, they looked at the figure before them with gratitude.

It seemed what he said was true; he had indeed come to rescue them.

Seeing their gazes, Zhang Xuan changed back from his Alien Spirit Clan appearance, swapped back into his master’s robe, with six stars shining on his chest.

“Thank you, Master Zhang, for saving our lives…” An old master clasped his fists, and the others followed suit.

“No need to be polite. We are all masters; saving others is only right…” Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

These people had risked life and death for the sake of justice; since he encountered them, he couldn’t not save them.

“Now is not the time for pleasantries. We slipped away quietly; the Alien Spirit Clan must have gone mad and started searching everywhere. It’s only a matter of time before they find this place. I suggest you find a place to rest and heal, and by all means avoid being discovered!”

Interrupting their thanks, Zhang Xuan said.

“Rest and heal? No!”

An old master frowned deeply: “The Alien Spirit Clan is building defensive works, and even two kings have come in person. They must be up to no good. We must stop them, or I fear… unpredictable changes may occur!”

The Alien Spirit Clan had come aggressively; it wasn’t yet time for them to rest and heal peacefully.

“You don’t need to worry about them. I can handle it alone!” Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

He had come down this time to deal with the abnormal activity of the tombstone. Now that he had only collapsed the defensive works, with over two hundred Alien Spirit Clan members still alive and well, how could he leave directly?

“You alone? That won’t do; it’s too dangerous…”

The others hurriedly said.

“Given your current condition, if you come along, you won’t be able to help; you’ll only cause trouble! What you need most is to heal. Once you’re better, then fight them!”

Knowing their good intentions, Zhang Xuan still shook his head.

It wasn’t that he didn’t trust them, but the Alien Spirit Clan was too numerous and too powerful; they simply couldn’t contend with such strength.

If they really went, he would probably have to trouble himself to rescue them again.

“This…” The others flushed.

What he said was true. Although they were all peak Six-Star masters, facing over two hundred Alien Spirit Clan members and two Saint Realm Level 4 kings, they were indeed powerless and had no way.

“Master Zhang, even if we can’t do much, you alone will certainly find it difficult! Even if we can’t help with the big things, we can certainly help with small ones. With mutual support, we can definitely give them a hard time!”

“Yes, we are nearly forty people. If each of us kills one more, it will reduce the pressure by a fraction…”

“Please let us go with you. This time, as long as we are careful and not surrounded, we shouldn’t end up as embarrassed as before!”

The others were still worried.