"At first, I doubted this. I thought that maybe someone was trying to frame you, a foreign enemy or someone that, but I guess I was wrong. You coming here to kill Wangâer shows that youâre angry because he caught you and exposed you instead of staying hush. You really are a vile beast, arenât you?" The Emperor told Long Chen.
"That innocent son of yours made up this whole story. Iâm sure of that. But I donât care about it. I couldnât care any less about an idiot trying to frame me. Killing him for that will only be a waste of time for me. Instead, Iâm here to kill him for what heâs about to do," Long Chen replied, "But you can keep thinking whatever you want.
"And what is he about to do?" the Emperor asked.
"He will kill Mingyu! I will stop him at any cost even if I have to go against your entire Empire for that," Long Chen replied, his tone getting grim.
"He will kill Mingyu?" the Emperor asked, but he didnât even wait for Long Chenâs reply before he burst into laughter. "Hahaha!"
"Thatâs the best cover you could come with for justifying your actions? That he will kill Mingyu? Hahaha! You naive kid! Do you think Iâm a young boy who doesnât know my son?"
"That excuse you used is the worst excuse you couldâve come up with. I might even believe your story of him trying to frame you, but him trying to kill his sister? You lost all your credibility with me," the Emperor answered.
"I know you wouldnât believe it. But as I said, I donât care what you think. You believe, or you donât, that has nothing to do with me. Thereâs only one truth in this world. And it is that I will cut every hand that moves towards anyone close to me to harm them. At the moment, that hand happens to be your son. And heâll suffer for that," Long Chen replied.
"Tell me where he is!"
"Where is he? Thatâs none of your concern. Whatever he is, youâll never reach him. Because you will never get past me," the Emperor said as he also brought his sword out.
"Donât worry. I wonât kill you. No matter how bad you are, Mingyu still loves you. I wonât hurt her by killing you. Iâll only imprison you for eternity," he added as he started stepping towards Long Chen.
"You think you can?" Long Chen scoffed at the declaration of Lu Junwei. "I would be happy to oblige, but I still need to find your son. I donât have time to play around with you."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"What?"
A frown appeared on Long Chenâs face suddenly. Something was wrong here. He couldnât understand. What was happening?
No matter how much he tried, his Teleportation didnât work.
"Wondering why you canât run away?" the Emperor asked Long Chen. "Did you really think I wouldnât have thought of a way to stop you after seeing your Teleportation last time?"
An amused smile was on the Emperorâs face as he snapped his fingers. The guards moved to the side to reveal a man standing in the distance with a strange formation painting in his hand.
The formation in the painting was shining in a mysterious light.
"I canât deny, I was honestly surprised to know that you have a second Law. When I fought you, I thought you only had the Law of Illusion. I also thought that you used that to get to Mingyuâs room without being seen by anyone. But I know now, it must be that you used this Law to Teleport to her room that night," the Emperor said, making Long Chen realize that he was wrong.
Long Chen had thought that the Emperor knew about his Teleportation when he had sneaked out of his room. But he knew about it when Long Chen used it to escape last time.
"We used to have a guy that had this Law. But his Mastery was a bit too weak. Still, he was pretty amazing. He used this law to become the best thief on the continent. He even stole the treasures of the biggest of the Emperorâs, making them furious. That was when we came up with this formation. So we could catch him if he tried to sneak in our treasury ever," the Emperor said, smiling.
"Unfortunately, that man was caught in another Empire, and he was killed. This formation never came to use. But seeing you with the Teleportation, it was clear what we could do. Albeit, we hadnât known in advance about this. Or we wouldâve kept it easy in the Throne Room to stop you from escaping last time," he added.
"So you stopped me from escaping, is that supposed to scare me?" Long Chen asked lazily.
Even though he was calm on the outside, inside, he realized that it was going to be troublesome. He had to fight a Saint Realm Cultivator, and he couldnât use his Law of Space. That too when he was only a Heaven Realm Cultivator.
"You should be. Donât think it would go like our training Battle. We both had the same Cultivation. But now, youâre nowhere close to my Cultivation," Lu Junwei told Long Chen.
"Also, do you want to hear another secret? In that battle, I intentionally went easy on you. I donât want to hurt your ego. Otherwise, I could have defeated you instantly."
"Oh?" Hearing the Emperorâs words, Long Chen found himself a bit amused.
"Honestly, I knew about it. You didnât go hard enough. But do you think I did?" a mocking grin appeared on his face as he replied to the Emperor.
"Enough of this Sword. Since weâre getting serious here, let me get a bit more serious too," Long Chen muttered as the Kingâs Sword disappeared from his hand.
Instead, a black rusted sword appeared in his hand.
"Oh? That sword again. I donât know what it is about the sword, but itâs a bit special. The way it has broken the walls last time, it seems to be at least a Saint Grade weapon. Surprisingly enough, I canât sense its grade. You do have some decent treasures," the Emperor commented as he once again saw the sword in Long Chenâs hand that he had previously used when he broke out last time.
"It doesnât matter what grade it is. What matters is one thing. Are you going to step out of my way on your own, or should I remove you myself?" Long Chen asked, arrogantly.