Chapter 383 - 380: Sun Yaowen Captured

Chapter 383: Chapter 380: Sun Yaowen Captured

The Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms truly lived up to its name as a fierce and powerful martial art. Once the dragon-shaped energy was unleashed, it was unstoppable.

Meanwhile, the Celestial Eagle Team’s army was composed of fifth and sixth rank Root-cutting Mages. Each one had a fatal weakness, leaving them completely unable to withstand a high-level Seventh Rank Mage like Barbarian Three Punches.

"City Lord, what’s the situation?" Barbarian Three Punches shouted to the City Lord in the sky as he held off the Mages from the Celestial Eagle Team.

City Lord Zhong Yuntao had been holding back due to the situation on the ground. But with Barbarian Three Punches’ arrival, he could finally go all out against Feng Qianxing.

"He’s the one who competed against me for the City Lord position back in the day. I don’t know when he joined the Celestial Eagle Team, but he’s here for revenge!" Zhong Yuntao responded in a low voice, forcing Feng Qianxing back with a swing of his sword.

"Damn, all this for that?" Barbarian Three Punches asked, dumbfounded.

"Who the hell knows what he’s thinking," Zhong Yuntao grunted, gritting his teeth. "Xiaoman, hold the line down there for me. I swear I’m going to kill him today!"

Barbarian Three Punches didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. "But I came for reinforcements! The situation at the academy is even worse than it is here."

"What?" Zhong Yuntao’s expression changed. He glared at Feng Qianyun and demanded, "Feng Qianyun, what exactly are you trying to do?"

"Heh heh." Feng Qianyun gave a sinister smile, his gaze mocking. "I didn’t bring all these people here just for revenge. If all went according to plan, the Five Provinces Academy should already be under the control of the True God Sect."

"The True God Sect is here, too?" Zhong Yuntao’s face fell. He instinctively glanced toward the Five Provinces Academy, his eyes filled with worry. "Damn it, what are you people trying to do? If you’ve got a problem, deal with me alone!"

"Hahaha... I never thought you’d see a day like this." Feng Qianxing laughed maniacally. "And don’t you worry. The entire Five States City is now enveloped by an array. No one, including you, is getting out of here alive."

Startled, Zhong Yuntao instinctively extended his Divine Sense into his Listening Stone. His face grew even more grim.

"You bastards, you’re planning to massacre the entire city!" Zhong Yuntao exclaimed, his face ashen.

"Congratulations, you guessed it. Too bad that knowledge is completely useless," Feng Qianxing said, his eyes full of scorn. "If the Old City Lord knew Five States City would be destroyed at your hands, he’d probably be angry enough to claw his way out of his coffin, don’t you think?"

"You... you... you!" Zhong Yuntao trembled with rage. With a furious roar, he charged at Feng Qianxing once more.

...

Meanwhile, Feng Hao and Xie Kuangfeng rode a *Mansa* toward the alchemy department.

As their flying car ascended, the full extent of the disaster in Five States City was laid bare before them. As far as they could see, plumes of smoke rose from all corners of the city. A constant barrage of artillery fire rained down, and the streets and alleys were littered with corpses, staining the city red with blood.

Seeing these tragic scenes, even two grown men like Feng Hao and Xie Kuangfeng couldn’t stop their eyes from turning red.

"Damn it, what the hell is happening!" Xie Kuangfeng said through gritted teeth.

"From the looks of it, these bastards are trying to wipe us all out." Feng Hao unconsciously clenched his fists and urged the vehicle to go even faster toward the alchemy department. "I hope Old Sun isn’t in the department right now. If he is, I’m afraid he’s in serious danger."

"Shouldn’t Teacher be in the Elder Hall?" Xie Kuangfeng asked, stunned.

"Normally, yes. But a few days ago, he told me he was going to continue his research on demonic creatures. It’s very likely he’s at the alchemy department’s laboratory right now," Feng Hao said with a wry smile.

Hearing this, Xie Kuangfeng’s expression immediately turned grim.

At some point, Three-second Fire had popped out of Feng Hao’s sea of consciousness. Gazing at the endless barrage of explosions outside the window, it couldn’t help but gasp. "Jeez, the human world really is a dangerous place. Why don’t we just hide in the [Origin Secret Realm] and wait this out?"

"You think I don’t want to?" Feng Hao snapped. "The entire Five States City is covered by an array that’s blocking all nodal fluctuations. We can’t get in."

"Holy shit, why would you humans even research an array like this? Are you trying to dig your own graves?" Three-second Fire asked, horrified.

"How should I know?" Feng Hao gave a bitter laugh and continued toward the alchemy department.

Ten-odd minutes later, the *Mansa* arrived at the alchemy department. Just as Feng Hao had predicted, the attack was indeed aimed at the [Demonic Toxin Antibody], making the alchemy department the most heavily targeted location.

By the time Feng Hao and Xie Kuangfeng arrived, the alchemy department had already been reduced to rubble by the bombardment. Fortunately, the department had never been very populated, and they only saw a few scattered bodies.

"Let’s check the lab first." Feng Hao and Xie Kuangfeng exchanged a glance and hurried toward the laboratory.

With the rest of the alchemy department reduced to ruins, the once-secluded laboratory now stood out conspicuously.

Not far from the laboratory, Xie Kuangfeng sensed the presence of others through his student ID card. "There are people inside," he reported, "a lot of them!"

"That’s great! It must be the alchemy department’s teachers and students." Feng Hao was overjoyed and rushed toward the laboratory.

He had assumed that with so many survivors, Sun Yaowen must be safe. But when he burst into the laboratory, he realized things weren’t that simple.

Inside the massive laboratory, the atmosphere was unbearably oppressive. Numerous alchemy students were huddled together, looking distraught.

In a corner, Yang Caide and a group of instructors sat cross-legged on the floor, their faces pale. They were clearly seriously injured. Among them, however, there was no sign of Sun Yaowen, and even Miao Feng was missing.

"What happened? Where are Dean Sun and Miao Feng?" Feng Hao’s expression darkened as he hurried over to Yang Caide to ask.

Yang Caide’s cat-like eyes were hollow and lifeless. She shook her head bitterly. "The Dean went with the people from the True God Sect and the Celestial Eagle Team to protect us. Then, for some reason, they took Miao Feng as well."

"Damn it, it really is those bastards from the Root Cutting Cult!" Xie Kuangfeng roared through gritted teeth. "Where did they take Teacher? Tell me! I’m going to save him!"

"We don’t know either." Yang Caide shook her head with a wry smile.

Hearing this, Xie Kuangfeng flew into a rage. Feng Hao quickly stepped in to stop him. "Brother Kuangfeng, calm down. Since the people from the Root Cutting Sect didn’t kill them on the spot, it means they’re safe, at least for now."

After hearing Feng Hao’s analysis, Xie Kuangfeng gradually calmed down. "Then what do we do now?" he asked, his expression grave.

Feng Hao pondered for a moment. "With our current strength, we obviously can’t rescue them. We should head back to the main combat department and discuss this with the Elders."

"I suppose that’s our only option," Xie Kuangfeng sighed in resignation.

Feng Hao continued his analysis, "Besides, the bombardments outside are still going. This means the Root Cutting Cult has more than one objective. They won’t be leaving Five States City anytime soon, which gives us enough time to prepare."

"Then what could their other objectives be?" Xie Kuangfeng asked with a frown.

’I’m not sure yet.’ Feng Hao shook his head inwardly, then turned to the injured instructors. He took out several high-grade Healing Elixirs and handed them over. "Teacher Yang, these are some special elixirs I made. They should help with your injuries."

"Thanks." Yang Caide wasn’t one for false modesty. She nodded her thanks and immediately began distributing the elixirs to the others.