Chapter 353: Elimination
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
"Fang… Fang Zhengzhi?!" This time, Wu Feng was truly stunned.
After the instant when he saw the Southern Mountain Range lady leave, he had already considered many possibilities. For example, him being tricked by Chen Feiyu and falling into his trap.
Or, the person in front of him might be an envoy of the demon race.
However, he had never considered that the person who appeared would be Fang Zhengzhi.
Why would this guy be in the Thunderous Lion Settlement?
This isn't right!
Wasn't Fang Zhengzhi not supposed to be participating in the combat examination? Or, even if he had secretly managed to participate, it would still be impossible for him to appear in Chen Feiyu's Thunderous Lion Settlement!
Could it be that Fang Zhengzhi had allied with Chen Feiyu?
The possibility of that is even lower.
Furthermore, even if something like that had truly occurred, Chen Feiyu had already turned around to attack his Yan Ya and Shi Zun main settlements Shouldn't Fang Zhengzhi be following him?
Wu Feng truly couldn't understand what was the meaning of Fang Zhengzhi's appearance at this place.
However, not understanding was one thing.
There was one more thing that he understood very clearly.
Fang Zhengzhi's appearance here definitely wasn't a good thing. Hence, he instinctively wanted to leap out of the wooden pail and grab the jade flute on the weapon rack as fast as he could.
However…
Just as he prepared to leap, his expression froze once again.
"Huh? Where is… my jade flute?!"
"Young Master Wu, are you looking for this? Don't worry, I'm only a little curious. Let me do some research before returning it to you." Fang Zhengzhi seemed to know very clearly what Wu Feng was thinking and spoke in a calm manner.
At this moment, Wu Feng also noticed that his jade flute seemed to be…
Hanging off Fang Zhengzhi's waist.
"You… Return my jade flute, else, don't blame me for not giving you any face!" Wu Feng's chest tightened. Without the jade flute, his powers fell by a huge proportion.
This was similar to the case of a swordsman without a sword.
And compared to that case of a swordless swordsman, Wu Feng's current situation was clearly even more serious.
"Ha ha." Fang Zhengzhi smiled faintly. After which, he turned around and disappeared outside the door.
"Fang Zhengzhi, don't run!" Just as Wu Feng prepared to charge out of the door, he sensed the faint smell of blood coming from the door.
This caused him to feel somewhat uneasy.
Before he had the time to think through, a low animal growl came from the door.
Immediately after, a huge head popped in from the door. That was a beast with a head of a wolf, and on the forehead of that beast, there was a sharp lone silver horn.
It's huge body squeezed into the door, almost completely blocking off the entrance.
On the back of that huge beast, there was a soldier in rattan armour. His skin was pitch-dark and his strong, defined muscles bulged.
"Silver… Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry!" Wu Feng was completely startled.
Of course, he knew what this was. One of the strongest forces of the Southern Mountain Range in which every single Silver Horned Wolf was equivalent to a human of the Heavenly Reflection State.
In addition to the cavalry riding on the Silver Horned Wolf, that was a living nightmare.
"Fang Zhengzhi, you dare to betray the country!" Wu Feng roared angrily in denial. If he still didn't understand what was happening at this stage.
Then that could only be described as cute.
Outside the door.
Listening to Wu Feng's hoarse screams, Fang Zhengzhi twitched his mouth spitefully.
"Why is it that every single person would say the same thing when they see me? Don't tell me that they didn't know how to look at faces? Which part of me looks like a betrayer of my country?"
A Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry charged into the room.
Very quickly, a second Silver Horned Wolf charged in. Not too long later, there were three wolves, four wolves…
"Boom!"
A loud explosive sound rang out.
The room began to crack apart from within. Debris and broken stones flew in all directions. Very quickly, a figure charged out from within the shattered stones, his body covered in scratches.
Of course, this wasn't the main point.
The main point was that he was completely naked. He wasn't even wearing his underwear!
"He he he… Look, he isn't wearing any clothes!"
"His figure isn't too bad!"
"Just that he is a little too white. Unlike our muscular warriors of the Southern Mountain Range, he looks like a toy boy!"
Outside the stone house, a group of Southern Mountain Range girls dressed in rattan skirts instantly covered their mouths and began to giggle when they witnessed this scene. Occasionally, there were even girls who bravely stared for a moment.
"Fang Zhengzhi, I am going to kill you!" Wu Feng's face instantly flushed red. He would never have imagined that Fang Zhengzhi actually gathered so many girls to witness the battle outside the stone house.
Furthermore, most importantly, the settlement chief and the elders who were initially in the main room of the stone were all sitting around the perimeter of the house at this moment, each of their faces bearing a faint smile.
It was very obvious that this was all prepared.
How could one person…
Reach such levels of shamelessness!
"Young Master Wu, you are really powerful. Number three in the Rising Dragon Roll. If I don't make proper preparations, how could I take you down in one move?" Fang Zhengzhi patiently explained with a smile on his face.
He feared that Wu Feng would not understand the trouble he went through.
Wu Feng was so filled with anger that his lips began to quiver.
His knuckles cracked under the tightening of his fist. However, he didn't have much time to continue arguing with Fang Zhengzhi. Because, he had already discovered that other than the Southern Mountain Range women watching the fight.
There were a few hundred Silver Horned Wolves outside the stone house.
"Why would things be like this? Why are there so many Silver Horned Wolves? Didn't the Southern Mountain Range only possess three thousand Silver Horned Wolves? There are… at least five hundred here!" Wu Feng couldn't understand.
The Silver Horned Wolves were the creme of the Southern Mountain Range, yet why would five hundred of them listen to Fang Zhengzhi's orders?
If there were only one or two, that could be explained as a coincidence. However, what about five hundred? No matter how he looked at the situation, it was nothing close to a coincidence.
"I want him alive!" Fang Zhengzhi casually waved his hand.
"Roger!" Teng Shisheng instantly accepted the order.
"Fang Zhengzhi, this isn't fair. If you dare, come fight with me one to one! I don't fear you!" Wu Feng was truly in denial upon hearing the low growls around him.
Because, he wasn't even able to use the technique he was most skilled at!
Man can be defeated.
However, losing in such a grieved manner was a little too tragic. At the very least, Wu Feng wanted the jade flute to be returned to him so that he could display his abilities before being defeated.
"Relax, you will have the opportunity." Fang Zhengzhi consoled in a sincere manner.
"Opportunity? I… Ah!" Wu Feng didn't complete his sentence. A Silver Horned Wolf had already launched a sneak attack from behind his back. Its sharp claws slashed towards him, carrying along with it a force that could tear apart the air.
Wu Feng could dodge.
However, he had no way of continuing his argument with Fang Zhengzhi while dodging.
Of course..
After dodging this attack, he still had no way of focusing his attention anywhere else. Because, there were even more Silver Horned Wolves pouncing towards him one after another.
"Awoo, awoo awoo…" Howls rang out one by one from the Thunderous Lion Settlement.
At the same time, the main roads of the Thunderous Lion Settlement were piled with huge stones that appeared out of nowhere, blocking them off and causing the movement of the soldiers travelling into the Thunderous Lion Settlement to slow to a crawl.
Wu Feng actually had the heart to struggle on.
However, he didn't have the strength. After losing the jade flute, there wasn't much difference between him and someone of the Heavenly Reflection Peak Stage. The only difference was that his techniques and movements were a little more ingenious.
However…
He simply had no way of unleashing his strongest technique, the Dao of music.
He couldn't be whistling in front of a group of Southern Mountain Range girls naked!
Speaking about being naked.
This was the pain that Wu Feng felt most deeply at this moment. As a man, no matter how thick his skin was, it was impossible for him to focus completely under the circumstance of being completely naked.
Fang Zhengzhi gazed at Wu Feng's awkward movements, trying his best to cover up his body, and lightly shook his head. He was indeed a little too young. If it was Fang Zhengzhi himself.
The boldness of his execution would definitely stem from his superb skill!
Hmm…
His psychological cultivation is too weak!
Without the jade flute, and without any clothes covering up his body, Wu Feng didn't manage to hold the Silver Horned Wolves for very long before being pinned down onto the ground by a group of howling wolves.
After which, he was naturally tied up by a metal chain.
"Fang Zhengzhi, I don't accept this!"
"Unfortunately, you are still eliminated." Fang Zhengzhi replied somewhat helplessly.
"Ah!" Wu Feng bellowed in anger towards the sky and let out a mournful roar. Blood rushed through his chest and finally, spurting out a mouthful of blood, he fainted on the ground.
…
In the dark basement.
Wu Feng woke up groggily. Then, he noticed another "fellow sufferer" who was also tied up like a metal dumpling.
"Chen… Chen Feiyu?!" The shock that Wu Feng received was definitely comparable to that of when he saw Fang Zhengzhi. Because, from what he imagined, Fang Zhengzhi should have taken advantage of the time Chen Feiyu gave up the Thunderous Lion Settlement to attack the Shi Zun and Yan Ya Main Settlements to set up his ambushes in the Thunderous Lion Settlement."
"Sigh…" Chen Feiyu glanced at Wu Feng and sighed heavily.
"What are you doing here?" Wu Feng finally asked the question in his heart.
"The same reason as you of course. However… I arrived slightly earlier than you. I was already here since last night." Chen Feiyu felt injustice, great injustice.
There was never a time before this when he felt even more grieved than his moment.
"Last night? Don't tell me you…" Wu Feng's expression changed once again.
"I initially wanted to fight it out one-to-one against you, Unfortunately, along the way, a Fang Zhengzhi appeared." Chen Feiyu's heart began to bleed upon recalling the scene in which he was captured by Fang Zhengzhi.
"Young Master Wu, Young Master Chen, this medication is specially prepared by General Fang for you two. Furthermore, General Fang had already given instructions to release both of you after news of your elimination is sent out, and then treating you with courtesy."
Right at this moment, the door of the basement opened.
General Wang, dressed in armour, walked in with a tinkling sound. Then, he fished out two bottles of medication and two hearty plates of food.
"You? What did you just say? General Fang?! That means that you have already…" Wu Feng's eyes instantly widened. Of course, he recognised this person in front of him. It was General Wang, the person he trusted and favoured most in his army.
"Young Master Wu, this is inevitable. Based on the rules of the Court Examination, we must follow whoever eliminates you." General Wang nodded.
"But… Fang Zhengzhi didn't participate in the combat examination. During the distribution of troops in the Yan Capital, he hadn't arrived on time. Hence, you guys don't have to follow him at all!" Of course, Wu Feng knew the rules of the combat examination. However, he was truly still somewhat in denial.
"No, you are wrong. Even though Fang Zhengzhi didn't manage to arrive on time during the distribution of troops, the Emperor didn't strike off Fang Zhengzhi's name in the combat examination. Hence, his name is still among the list of people participating in the combat examination!"
"Didn't strike off his name?!"
"Two young masters, please press your fingerprint here so that I can release both of you!" General Wang fished out a dark green paper from his pocket as he spoke.
"Yes, it is indeed time to press my fingerprint…" Wu Feng gazed at the dark green paper in front of him and the light in his eyes finally extinguished. Without much further hesitation, he finally pressed his finger onto the dark green paper.
At the instant Wu Feng pressed his finger down, a faint glow flashed across the dark green paper.
Wu Feng gazed at the faint light flashing across the paper as a look of anguish filled his eyes. Because, he knew that this time, he had truly been eliminated…
…
The afternoon sunlight was somewhat powerful. However, compared to a powerful and swift piece of news, that sunlight was clearly nothing in comparison.
In a mountain valley of the Southern Mountain Range where wild flowers bloomed.
Su Qing, dressed in a black official robe, was walking towards a large and exquisite military tent embroidered with a silver dragon. His face was ghastly pale. When he reached the entrance of the military tent.
He still stopped in his tracks.
From his expression, it could be inferred that he was extremely hesitant.
This expression was actually rather rare on Su Qing's face. However, at this moment, this expression was clearly displayed.
"Who is outside my tent?" Within the military tent, a rather lazy voice rang out.
"Your Highness, it is Su Qing quietly waiting outside the tent!" A soldier at the entrance of the tent instantly replied Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's question.
"Oh? Su Qing is here? Is he coming with more good news?" When Crown Prince Lin Tianrong heard this, he casually called out.
Su Qing's expression instantly changed.
However, he still managed to pluck up his courage and enter the military tent.
Inside the tent, Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was lying on an exquisitely crafted chair, playing with a golden-yellow coloured flower in his hand.
"Crown Prince, Your Highness." Su Qing respectively bowed towards Crown Prince Lin Tianrong.
"Su Qing, if you have anything to say, just say it." Crown Prince Lin Tianrong didn't even glance at Su Qing. Instead, he placed the flower in front of his nose and gently breathed in its aroma.
"The latest news of the combat examination, Chen Feiyu and Wu Feng are eliminated!" When Su Qing reached the end of his sentence, his voice clearly trembled slightly.
"Oh, I see. I already know that Chen Feiyu has some talent, however, he would ultimately still be a little weaker in comparison to others. It is normal for him to be eliminated. As for Wu Feng… Wait a minute, who did you say was eliminated along with Wu Feng?!" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong replied lazily, however, after saying the two words, Wu Feng, he seemed to have suddenly woken up.
"Chen Feiyu and Wu Feng!" Su Qing evidently knew that Crown Prince Lin Tianrong would be taken aback. Because, he was also taken aback when he heard this news.
However…
He knew one more thing. This wasn't the truly shocking news.