Beijing, the top of the Forbidden City, Heavenly Apex Hall.
The air in the hall seemed to be grasped by an invisible big hand, making it suffocating. The ground was covered with Golden Brick, which could reflect human figures, but at this moment, the figures of the officials in the hall looked distorted and panicked under the swaying candlelight.
The news came back half an hour ago.
Not through normal military intelligence channels, but a "soul jade" enshrined deep in the royal ancestral hall shattered without warning.
That soul jade belongs to Wei Yuan.
Great Xia Dynasty is one of the few remaining Martial Apex Realm enshrinements, known as "Immortal on Land", the last Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle of the royal family.
When the old eunuch responsible for guarding the ancestral hall rolled and crawled to bring the soul jade fragment to the main hall, all the civil and military officials in the court felt that their heavens had collapsed.
On the dragon chair, the Lord of the Great Xia Dynasty, Emperor Xia, wearing a golden robe of nine dragons, has an expressionless face.
He didn't look at the handful of fragments, or even at the frightened old eunuch. His gaze penetrated the dome of the Heavenly Apex Hall and looked towards the distant south.
He was over seventy years old, but his face was rosy, and he was in the prime of spring and autumn. His long black hair was tied up with a purple gold crown, and his calm and dignified face was now covered with a layer of dark clouds that could not be resolved.
Your Highness, it was deathly silent. The officials even deliberately suppressed their breathing to the lowest level, for fear that the slightest sound would attract the emperor's thunderous wrath.
"Trash... it's all trash!"
Finally, Emperor Xia spoke. His voice was not loud, even a little hoarse, but the anger contained in it was like a volcano about to erupt, making everyone feel a tremor from the depths of their souls.
He stood up slowly and walked down the nine-story dragon platform step by step.
Every step is like stepping on everyone's heart.
"My Great Xia Dynasty maintains tens of millions of soldiers, supports dozens of the Martial Grandmaster Realm, and even has Immortal on Land sitting in command. What's the result?"
He walked up to the commander of the Imperial Guard who was in charge of intelligence. The third-grade general, who was usually majestic and powerful and held the power of life and death, was shaking like chaff in the wind at this moment.
"Runan Commandery, gone. My biological brother, Prince of Runan, was slaughtered by everyone! Now, even my tribute, my Martial Apex Realm, has been slaughtered like a chicken!"
"And you."
Emperor Xia's eyes swept across the audience, so cold that he didn't have any emotion at all, "What else can you do besides trembling here?!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
The Minister of Household Affairs came out of the queue tremblingly and kowtowed. "Master Wei Yuan is the pillar of the country. His fall is really my Great Xia Dynasty's misfortune. But... but that traitor is so cruel that even Martial Apex Realm can fight against him. His strength is probably..."
"Are you saying that my worship is incompetent, or that my vision is incompetent?"
Emperor Xia interrupted him coldly.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance suddenly sweated like rain, and kowtowed like pounding garlic. "I don't dare! I absolutely don't dare!"
"Your Majesty!"
An old minister with white beard and hair, a veteran of three dynasties, was crying and kowtowed with tears streaming down his face:
"I think this Beyond Law and Heaven behaves without any scruples. It is clear that he does not take my royal family and my Great Xia Dynasty laws into consideration! This wind will not last long! If it is not used with thunder, If we destroy him by thunderous means, where is the majesty of our royal family? Where is the law of my Great Xia Dynasty? The country will not be a country! I beg your majesty to use the wrath of thunder and execute the madman Lingchi, punish his nine tribes, and serve as a warning to others!"
These words finally spoke to Emperor Xia's heart.
Anger can no longer solve the problem. What he needs now is to save his face and rebuild the royal dignity that was stepped on the ground and rubbed by Lin Feng!
He took a deep breath, and the rage in his eyes gradually faded away, replaced by an almost cruel calmness.
"Very good."
He turned around and walked onto the dragon platform again, but did not sit down.
He bit his fingertip violently, and bright red blood dripped down with a faint golden halo.
Then he used his finger as a pen and his own Imperial Dragon Qi essence and blood as ink to draw a bloody edict filled with endless killing and curses in the void!
The moment the Talisman Edict appeared, the whole Tianji Palace changed color, and there was lightning and thunder outside the palace, as if even the heaven and earth were afraid of it!
"Preach my will!"
Emperor Xia's voice was no longer suppressed this time, but was like rolling thunder, resounding throughout the entire imperial city and even beyond.
"In the name of the Emperor Great Xia Dynasty, I award 'Imperial Blood Soul Pursuit Edict'!"
"All my Great Xia Dynasty people, whether they are officials, gentry, soldiers or bandits, good or evil, whoever see 'Sword Ghost' will be killed without mercy!"
"This order is connected with the fate of the country with my essence and blood, and comes with ancient tracking secrets. No matter where the madman escapes to the ends of the world, as long as he is still within my Great Xia Dynasty territory, his aura will be invisible, just like Bright Moon in the dark, clearly visible!"
"Whoever can take his head will be rewarded with tens of millions of gold, and will be granted the title of marquis of ten thousand households! He will be given a national surname and will be admitted to the imperial family! Three generations of his family will enjoy glory!"
Boom!!!
As soon as this order came out, the whole world was shocked!
A thick bloody beam of light soared into the sky from the Heavenly Apex Hall, tearing apart the clouds in the capital, and exploded above Nine Heavens!
Billions of bloody lights, like meteors and fire showers, instantly cut across the sky at a speed that exceeded the limits of space, spreading to every corner of the Great Xia Dynasty!
At that moment, on the shore of the Eastern Sea, the swordsman who was meditating suddenly opened his eyes, with sword intent soaring into the sky.
Western Regions In the desert, a caravan riding camels looked at the vision in the sky in horror.
In the snow-capped mountains of the north, in the sect that was hiding from the world, the old monster who had been in seclusion was awakened.
Southern Frontier In the dense forest, the evil giant who associates with poisonous insects showed a greedy smile.
In the minds of countless people, a face wearing a ferocious bronze ghost mask clearly emerged, as well as a reward that was enough to make anyone, even Martial Apex Realm, crazy about it!
From this moment on, Lin Feng is the enemy of the whole world!
Demon Suppression Division Headquarters, Heart Inquiry Pavilion.
On the top floor of the attic, the commander-in-chief Wei Zheng was calmly looking at the secret report in his hand. A trace of imperceptible sarcasm and smile flashed through his eyes that seemed to be able to see through all things.
"Emperor Xia... After all, he was carried away by anger and used this ban."
He picked up a white piece and gently dropped it on the chessboard in front of him. The sound of the piece falling was crisp and decisive.
"Sir, what should we do now?"
A confidant elder stood behind him with a worried look on his face.
"As soon as Imperial Blood Soul Pursuit Edict comes out, Lin Feng will surely fall into a place of eternal disaster. There are probably more people in the world who want to kill him than there are crucian carp crossing the river. Do we..."
Wei Zheng shook his head, his eyes shining with wisdom like an old fox.
"This Soul Pursuit Edict seems to be a decisive victory, but in my opinion, it is also a huge opportunity."
He raised his head, looked out the window at the bloody light that penetrated the sky and the earth, and said slowly, "Your Majesty's move may seem majestic, but in fact it reveals his weakness and fear. He no longer has the confidence to control the overall situation, and can only use this most primitive and brutal way to vent his anger and maintain his ridiculous dignity."
"He has already lost the first move in this game of chess."
Wei Zheng stood up, walked to the window, and stood with his hands behind his back.
"The chess piece Lin Feng is sharper and easier to use than I thought. Not only did he kill Wei Yuan and destroy Prince of Runan, but more importantly, he completely disrupted His Majesty's layout, forcing him to reveal his trump card in advance."
"Give me the order to start the plan immediately."
"From today on, all Demon Suppression Division demon-suppressing envoys walking outside will also pursue and kill Lin Feng with all their strength. But remember..."
"Just chase, don't kill. You can create conflicts, you can get him injured, but you can't let him die."
"My subordinates don't understand."
The confidant elder was even more confused.
A meaningful smile appeared at the corner of Wei Zheng's mouth, "I want to make this already turbid water even muddier. I want everyone in the world to know that I, Demon Suppression Division, am still His Majesty's most loyal eagle dog."
"At the same time, I also want to see what kind of bloody path this perfect chess piece, which can overturn the entire chess game, can carve out and how far it can grow in this storm sweeping the world."
"Go ahead and make this hunt more interesting."