Assassination

The Mountain-Boring Beast dug and dug on the tiny Quarry Island, excavating Mountain-Quelling Stone and hauling it back to its home on Crimson Cotton Peak.

Meanwhile, father and son Hong Zhenyuan and Hong Jufeng of Star-Suppressing Island were blazing with fury. They had already mustered their forces and were preparing to charge over. Having enjoyed Penglai's support all these years, they had made quite a name for themselves in the East Sea. Their own sect was also strong in troops and horses, and they swiftly gathered a host of powerful cultivators.

"Father!" Hong Jufeng stood clad in armor, his face brimming with baleful ferocity. "Let me go! Haven't the Quarry Islands always been my responsibility?"

"You can oversee the mining. But for something like this, your father must go in person," Hong Zhenyuan said gravely.

Father and son were like two mountains of flesh, one large and one small. Both wore full divine armor that shone brilliantly. Behind them hovered more than a hundred powerful cultivators of the fifth and sixth realms, along with three seventh-realm elders of Star-Suppressing Island.

"With Father leading the expedition, dealing with those petty wretches from Fuyou Kingdom will naturally be no trouble. I only fear they may have summoned reinforcements, most likely Crimson Cotton Peak's people." Hong Jufeng was slightly worried as he warned, "If Shushan Sect people are there, Father must beware of suffering a loss."

The blow Empress Feng had dealt him last time still ached faintly whenever it rained or the sky turned overcast. His heart was filled with dread toward the Shushan Sect.

"Rest assured. It is one thing for Shushan's people to make little moves in the East Sea, but I am openly declaring war with a fully assembled force. If they still dare answer the challenge, that would