At Lang Lang's words, Chen Cheng stopped at once. He turned a savage glare on him and said:
"What do you mean? If anything happens to them, I swear that even if you die, I'll seize your soul and drag it down to the eighteenth level of Hell, where you'll never be reborn."
This time, Chen Cheng's words were no mere threat. He had sworn a god's oath, stirring the unseen Reincarnation Law that governed this world.
A being of Lang Lang's caliber was far more powerful than an ordinary person. He could feel an invisible hostility rise against him from heaven and earth after Chen Cheng spoke.
Sensing that hostility, Lang Lang gave a cruel smile.
"It seems Your Majesty has left me no choice but to commit the treasonous act of slaying my sovereign.
"But rest assured, Your Majesty. Not a shred of your True Spirit will escape this place today. After all, this was formed from the Dao Fruit of Lord Danyangzi's entire life."
As Lang Lang spoke, forty-nine round, gleaming Abacus Beads flew up from beneath the ground across a hundred-li radius. They formed an array on their own. Under his control, they linked the earth veins of the entire Southern Wood Mountain Range, weaving the momentum of heaven and earth into a vast formation.
At the sight of those forty-nine beads, Chen Cheng's expression turned grim.
There was much he did not understand. But during his days on the run with Samlet, Samlet had spoken of quite a few Legendary Rank powerhouses who remained loyal to the Empire, perhaps to bolster Chen Cheng's confidence—or his own.
Danyangzi had been one of them.
Like Ye Rong, Danyangzi was an Enlightened One. Ye Rong had grasped the sword path of ultimate slaughter, while Danyangzi had comprehended the