"Take the Seven Kill Sect Master! Once I've traced the lost medicinal formula, I'll decide what to do!"

Dai Li's words caused an uproar throughout the hall once more.

The civil and military officials stared wide-eyed at Dai Li, unable to believe what they were seeing. Even Tang Wei, the First Elder of the Clear Sky Sect, looked at Dai Li in disbelief.

A thought rose in everyone's mind, all at once...

Had Dai Li gone mad?

The so-called royal secret medicine and lost medicinal formula he'd mentioned weren't things the people present were stupid enough to believe. How could they not know that these charges were completely fabricated?

Of course.

Everyone understood the reason.

A man is innocent of a crime until he possesses a treasure.

The pill in Chen Fan's hands, the one capable of creating a Titled Douluo—that was what Dai Li truly wanted!

But the problem was!

Even with these baseless charges and the promise of shared benefits, you still needed overwhelming force to seize someone, didn't you?

Besides Chen Xin, the Seven Kill Sect had Xu Wensu, a Titled Douluo. That meant two Titled Douluos in total!

Even if they called upon the Clear Sky Sect's First Elder, he couldn't claim he was certain to take them down, could he?

Had Dai Li gone mad?

Did he think he could seize someone with an excuse like that?

"Your Majesty, this..."

An elderly official couldn't help trying to dissuade him, but before he could finish, Dai Li glared him into silence with a cold look. "Did none of you hear what I said?!"

Dai Li swept his gaze across the hall, his voice cold and sharp. "Guards!"

"Take the Seven Kill Sect Master! Once I've traced the medicinal formula, I'll decide what to do!"

Yet after he said this, the hall fell deathly silent.

The palace guards looked at one another, but not a single one dared step forward.

What kind of joke was this?

With two Titled Douluos standing guard over there, what difference would it make if these palace guards, none of whom were above Soul Emperor level sixty-something, went up there except to throw their lives away?

"Your Star Luo Imperial Family can produce this thing?"

Chen Fan understood that much too, but without overwhelming force on their side, how could Dai Li dare do this?

Could it be that there was another expert here?

"Of course I'm certain!"

Dai Li snorted coldly. "If I recall correctly, the retainer who betrayed my imperial family back then and stole the medicinal formula had the surname Chen!"

"And now you're parading this pill around my Star Luo Imperial Palace. How dare you question me?"

"Is that so?"

Chen Fan didn't answer. Xu Wensu, standing beside him, turned around instead.

He brushed the dust from his robe and raised his head. His cloudy eyes now shone brightly, sharp as a hawk's. "This old man has lived in Star Luo City for over a hundred years, and I've never heard of the Dai Family having a secret medicine capable of helping someone break through to Titled Douluo."

"If such a thing really existed, why has your Dai Family produced only two Titled Douluos in the past four hundred years?"

Dai Li was struck dumb by the question. His face flushed red.

"Outrageous! You're a subject, yet you dare question me?!"

"A subject?"

Xu Wensu gave a cold laugh. "This old man may not be your subject anymore."

Before the words had even faded, Xu Wensu moved.

A level ninety-three Titled Douluo's speed was almost too fast for the naked eye to follow!

Dai Li only saw a blur before a hand, thin as a withered branch, was already gripping his throat!

"Ugh—!"

Dai Li was lifted into the air, his feet dangling off the ground as his face turned crimson in an instant.

He didn't even have time to release his Martial Soul, let alone perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Empress Zhu!

In this era of Douluo I, before a level ninety-three Titled Douluo with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, a mere level eighty-nine Soul Douluo was as weak as a baby.

"Your Majesty!"

Empress Zhu cried out. Soul Power surged through her as she tried to rush in and save him.

However.

Xu Wensu didn't even turn his head. With a casual wave of his hand, a streak of starlight swept her away.

"Bang—!"

Empress Zhu and her chair were sent crashing into the wall. She spat blood, her face deathly pale.

Her Soul Power Level was only eighty-five. Against a level ninety-three Titled Douluo with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, she couldn't withstand even one move!

"Cough... cough, cough..."

With Xu Wensu's hand around his throat, Dai Li desperately tried to pry his fingers away, terror filling his eyes.

Of course, he knew they were outmatched in strength. But he'd thought that since this was Star Luo City, even two Titled Douluos could be worn down!

But he'd never imagined it!

The palace guards had no intention of throwing their lives away to drain the mana bars of two Titled Douluos.

And what's more!

Xu Wensu didn't bother with any invincible tactics. He'd simply gone straight for the king!

In the end, Xu Wensu's wealth of experience at court had allowed him to see through Dai Li's plan, so he'd made his move at once.

Of course!

What Dai Li hadn't expected most of all was this.

Xu Wensu... really wanted to kill him?

"Dai Li, I saw through your crude little trick long ago."

Xu Wensu smiled faintly. "Allow this old man to send Your Majesty on your way!"

Hearing this,

Dai Li's mouth hung open as he made a "huh-huh" sound, terror filling his eyes.

At that very moment!

He truly felt death closing in, squeezing the breath from him!

However.

Just as Xu Wensu was about to crush Dai Li's throat!

"Impudent!"

An elderly voice suddenly rang out from deep within the hall.

The voice wasn't loud, but it carried an incredibly terrifying surge of Soul Power. The entire Taihe Hall trembled!

Several officials standing nearby were knocked straight to the floor. The cups and dishes on the tables shook violently, spilling tea across the ground!

Xu Wensu sensed the surge and his expression abruptly changed. One of the nine Soul Rings behind him immediately lit up, a black ring.

In the next instant!

The Star Crown Martial Soul shone with starlight, forming a golden barrier of stars before him!

Almost as soon as the barrier took shape,

a translucent White Tiger phantom slammed into it. The barrier held for only a moment before cracks spread across it; then it shattered with a crash, and the phantom struck Xu Wensu hard.

"Pfft!"

Xu Wensu was sent staggering backward. His feet carved two deep furrows in the ground, and he retreated more than a dozen steps before dropping to one knee in front of Chen Fan, barely managing to steady himself!

Then,

a mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips, splattering across the floor tiles in a shocking crimson stain!

"This..."

"A Titled Douluo?"

Xu Wensu looked up in astonishment. Sensing the lingering force, his eyes filled with shock.

Just then,

the sudden turn of events left everyone in the hall stunned. They instinctively looked up.

From the shadows beside a side door, a white-haired old man in hemp clothes slowly walked out, accompanied by an old woman.

The old man was gaunt and hunched, leaning on a black cane. He looked like an ordinary elderly man who might be buried at any moment, but his eyes were sharp as a hawk's.

With every step he took, a Soul Ring rose behind him. When he had taken exactly nine steps, he stood about two meters in front of Xu Wensu.

His Soul Ring Configuration was two yellow, two purple, and five black!

Clearly, he was a Titled Douluo!

"Dai Renfeng, Zhu Buchun?"

"You two old fossils are still alive?!"