Dragging Dai Mubai into the Imperial Palace, Star Luo City Erupts, Shocking the Entire City

Bang!

"Urgh!"

Dai Mubai clutched his stomach and screamed in agony.

A slap and a kick had already beaten him so badly that he had no strength left.

"H-He's so strong..." Zhu Zhuqing stared blankly.

Dai Mubai was even more incredulous, panic written all over his face. "H-How is that possible? He's clearly about the same age as Zhu Zhuqing, yet he... he actually..."

Aiven had already rolled up his sleeves. Dai Mubai panicked. "Y-You! What are you going to do? I'm Dai Mubai, the Star Luo Empire's Third Prince!"

"If you dare hit me again, you're dead!!"

Aiven said coldly, "What the hell is an Imperial Son? I'm beating up an Imperial Son."

"What?"

That single sentence completely stunned Dai Mubai.

What? He wasn't even afraid of an Imperial Son?

Did he even know what an Imperial Son was?

Bang!

Aiven's fist smashed viciously into Dai Mubai's face.

"Arghhh!"

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Dai Mubai screamed without pause.

Aiven pressed him to the ground and gave him a brutal beating, punching and kicking him.

Dai Mubai was beaten into a miserable state.

Zhu Zhuqing was dumbfounded by the sight.

She had never expected Aiven to dare beat up an Imperial Son like this. This was an Imperial Son!

Wasn't he afraid of the Star Luo Royal Family?

Zhu Zhuqing was even worried for Aiven.

But for some reason, she felt... This feels so good. So satisfying!

"Kneel!"

Before long, Dai Mubai's face was swollen and bruised, his body covered in injuries. Aiven yanked him up and forced him to kneel upright on both knees.

He knelt before Zhu Zhuqing.

"Didn't you want to beat him up? Do it now!"

"I-I..." Zhu Zhuqing hesitated.

Aiven shouted, "Hit him!"

That shout filled Zhu Zhuqing with a sudden, inexplicable courage.

"Ahhh!"

She screamed to bolster herself, rushed before Dai Mubai, and began wildly slapping his face.

Slap! Slap! Slap!

Slap!

"Arghhh..."

Zhu Zhuqing crazily slapped Dai Mubai dozens of times.

She suddenly stopped, breathing heavily as her heart pounded wildly.

She stared at her own hands in disbelief. She had actually done something so insane, so willful, something that had come straight from her heart.

Yet after she was done, all the gloom, pressure, and pent-up negative emotions in her heart seemed to be released in that instant!

She felt a joy unlike anything she had ever known!

Freedom! Liberation!

Dai Mubai had already been slapped unconscious. He lay on the ground, frothing at the mouth and twitching.

Aiven asked, "Feel good?"

"It felt great! But... but we beat him up like this. The Star Luo Emperor will definitely kill you!"

"Beating up an Imperial Son beneath the capital city walls is the same as slapping the Star Luo Royal Family in the face!"

"Y-You should run while you still can!" Zhu Zhuqing was beginning to feel afraid.

She understood perfectly well what their actions meant.

Beating up an Imperial Son in the capital of the Star Luo Empire was equivalent to grinding the royal family's dignity beneath their feet. It was a crime punishable by death!

"Run? Since I promised to help you break free from your fate, I'll keep my word." Not a trace of fear showed on Aiven's face.

He called to Zhang Fei outside, "Zhang Fei, come in and drag this Imperial Son away. We're going to the Star Luo Imperial Palace!"

"Yes!"

"What?"

"The Star Luo Imperial Palace? I-Isn't that walking straight into a trap?"

"Wait! You... you..."

Zhang Fei had already dragged Dai Mubai out of the room, and Aiven walked out as well.

Zhu Zhuqing knew she could no longer stop them.

She also felt that she had dragged Aiven and the others into this. It's over... This has gotten completely out of hand.

Zhu Zhuqing's heart was full of unease, anxiety, and fear. If she hurried home now and ignored whatever happened next,

perhaps her life would not be in danger.

But if she followed Aiven and the others to the Imperial Palace, she would probably lose her head as well.

Zhu Zhuqing stood frozen in place. A few seconds later, she gritted her teeth, gathered her courage, and followed Aiven. "If I die, then I die!"

It was now midnight.

There were still some citizens walking along the deserted streets of Star Luo City.

Aiven walked down the center of the street.

Zhu Zhuqing followed on his left.

Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Zhao Fei, and Jiang Wei followed behind them, while Zhang Fei dragged Dai Mubai along the ground, wearing nothing but his underwear.

None of them made any attempt to hide themselves. They simply walked out into the streets in broad daylight.

Zhu Zhuqing was already incoherent. "This is way too blatant, too crazy!!!"

They headed all the way toward the Star Luo Imperial Palace.

Naturally, passersby along the way saw Aiven and his group dragging along a youth who had been beaten black and blue and was wearing nothing but underwear.

"Hey! Who are these people? They're way too arrogant! They beat someone up like that and still dare drag him through the streets!"

"This is Star Luo City, the imperial capital, not some small town!"

"What did that kid do? Why is he only wearing underwear?"

"Isn't it obvious? He must have done something shameful and gotten caught!"

"Wait! Look! Doesn't that person look like Dai Mubai, the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire?"

"Holy shit! It really is His Highness the Third Prince!!"

"Damn! They've gone insane!"

"These people dared to beat up an Imperial Son and treat him like this."

"Fuck!!!"

The passersby had recognized Dai Mubai, who was being dragged along the ground, and were utterly stunned.

Once people saw this, word quickly spread throughout Star Luo City. One person told ten, and ten told a hundred!

The news also swiftly reached the Star Luo Imperial Palace.

The Star Luo Emperor, who had been sleeping soundly with one of his consorts in his arms, was awakened by someone outside his door. "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!!"

The Star Luo Emperor woke up, his expression darkening with irritation. "What is it in the middle of the night? Can't it wait until tomorrow?"

"Your Majesty! The Third Prince... His Highness the Third Prince has been beaten!!"

"He's being dragged through the streets wearing nothing but underwear!"

"What! Outrageous!!"

The Star Luo Emperor instantly lost all sleepiness. His expression turned incomparably ugly as he roared in fury, "They beat up an Imperial Son and dragged him through the streets. They are trampling the dignity of our royal family into the ground!"

"Who are these people? How dare they show such contempt for the Star Luo Royal Family!"

"They are all unfamiliar faces we have never seen before, but they should not be from Spirit Hall!"

Upon hearing that they were not from Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Emperor was relieved. Then his rage erupted at once, murderous intent surging around him. "Mobilize our forces immediately! I will personally behead these scum who have humiliated my royal family's dignity!!"

The Star Luo Emperor dressed himself and strode out of his bedchamber, radiating killing intent.

The Imperial Guards in the palace were all soul masters.

They were rapidly gathering in the vast palace square, awaiting the Star Luo Emperor.

Meanwhile,

the entirety of Star Luo City had erupted!

Complete chaos had broken out!

The whole city was shaken!

In less than an hour, news that Dai Mubai had been brutally beaten, dragged through the streets in nothing but underwear, and that his attackers were heading for the Star Luo Imperial Palace had spread through nearly the entire city!

The head of the Netherworld Cat Zhu Family and Zhu Zhuyun, the eldest daughter, also rushed toward the Imperial Palace overnight.