In truth, Li Aoxue was itching to make a move, but the world did not seem to favor her.
On the way there, the army under Li Aoxue's command had encountered a giant snake more than five hundred meters long—and it was a sea snake.
They could only hide among the Coral Colony, trembling so hard they hardly dared to breathe.
Humans might be able to hold their own on land, but in the ocean they would always be the little brothers. Far too many terrifying Mutated Beasts lived in the sea, and humans were tiny before them.
But back to the matter at hand.
When Zhu Chengmian raised the Solar Scepter, the soldiers in ceremonial dress stripped off their finery to reveal golden armor. One after another, they drew their weapons and readied themselves.
Just then, Zhang Ping and the others walked in from outside the square. Awakened surged in from every direction, forming a river of steel.
"Zhang Ping!"
Zhu Chengmian's murderous face suddenly went pale at the sight of Zhang Ping.
Images flashed through his mind: his father stubbornly insisting that Zhang Ping was not dead, and the wide-eyed look of disappointment and fury on his father's face when Zhu Chengmian ambushed him.
"Zhang Ping!"
A flame seemed to burst inside Zhu Chengmian. He glared at Zhang Ping and let out the most unrestrained roar of his life.
He snatched the crown from his head and flung it aside, then leaped from the Heaven-Ascending Tower at astonishing speed.
His physical strength was, in fact, terrifying—enough to crush ninety-nine percent of Awakened. But at that moment he had forgotten everything except one thought: Kill Zhang Ping!
Boom!
He appeared before Zhang Ping in an instant and thrust the Death-Dealing Throwing Knife at his throat. But Lin Renmei seized