Chapter 1048: Divine Tiger King, Zhao Zong
The Heavenly Star Plains that were surging with violent energy waves seemed to have turned into a pool of still water. All the vigorous worldly natural energy had been forcefully suppressed by an invisible, giant hand and no more movement was seen.
Most of the Dukes present were well known experts in the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent, but they had all become unusually quiet and obedient quails at this point.
That was to be expected. None of them expected that this clash would attract the attention of Li Jingzhe.
It was a King after all!
There was an unspoken rule amongst all the top forces in the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent. A King would not act easily. This was because their actions had far too many implications. If a battle broke out, it could really destroy both the heavens and earth.
As such, they were all taken aback when Li Jingzhe took action.
The old man was clearly not following that rule.
Zhao Jinwu"s face was pale at this moment. He wiped the b.l.o.o.d.y traces off the corner of his mouth. The energy waves around him were disorderly and weak. Previously, what seemed like a light scratch from Li Jingzhe had gravely injured him. However, he did not dare to show any unhappiness regarding it. He knew that if Li Jingzhe really wanted him dead, he would not have had the chance to escape.
That was how frightening a King was. Zhao Jinwu had truly experienced it for himself.
In the silent s.p.a.ce, Li Luo suddenly sensed movement in the s.p.a.ce in front of him. A moment later, an elderly man stood in the spot.
He had appeared very suddenly, but no one was surprised. It was as if he had been standing there all along.
A series of admirable gazes looked at the cold and serious elder.
"Father!" Li Qingpeng and Li Jinpan bowed politely as soon as they saw him.
"We greet the Dragon Fang Lineage"s Lineage Chief!" Li Jiluo and the Dukes from other lineages bowed down to him immediately.
The Dukes from the other forces also bowed slightly to show their respect for him.
Li Jingzhe"s old face remained nonchalant and solemn. He gave Li Qingpeng and Li Jinpan a glance as he berated, "Useless fools. You can"t even protect a junior."
Li Qingpeng and Li Jinpan smiled in embarra.s.sment as they replied, "Don"t say that, Father. We wouldn"t let anyone bully Little Luo even if it cost us our lives."
On the side, Li Luo quickly added, "Grandpa, do not blame First and Second Uncle. They tried their best to protect me."
Li Jingzhe nodded slightly in response. His face became a little less stern as he said, "Don"t worry. With me here, the sky won"t fall no matter what kind of trouble you"ve gotten yourself into."
They were simple words, but they truly displayed how tyrannical he was.
Li Luo was extremely grateful. He knew that his grandpa had his own set of rules for doing things and always acted in line with them. The old man had broken the iron rule of Kings and made a move to protect him. Whether he had done this due to the regret he felt about the incident with Li Taixuan back then, Li Luo didn"t know, but he was immensely thankful nonethless.
Li Jingzhe swept his powerful gaze across the Dukes that surrounded them. Duke Bergfrieds were still manifested, but the Divine Mist was gradually dissipating.
"Put away your Duke Bergfrieds. They are eyesores," he commanded indifferently.
With these words, all the Dukes could hear buzzes from the Duke Bergfrieds behind them. As if fueled by the feeling of fear, they began to shrink in size and eventually turned into rays of light before disappearing into their world s.p.a.ces.
This scene left countless people on the Heavenly Star Plains shocked.
Everyone could tell that the Dukes had not retracted their Duke Bergfrieds by their own will. They had been put away because of the words from Li Jingzhe.
His words were like ironclad laws that none dared to disobey.
Like an emperor in the secular world, he could easily dismiss the princes and generals.
Zhao Jinwu, Qin Lian, and the rest felt fury towards the domineering actions of Li Jingzhe. However, they did not dare to show it. He was on a completely different level, and there was no way they could force anything out of him.
When facing Li Qingpeng and Li Jinpan, they could leverage their strength and demand for Li Luo to be handed over for interrogation. But with Li Jingzhe present, they did not dare to make a single sound.
His appearance itself was already a resounding message to all of them.
He would protect Li Luo no matter what.
If they still dared to say anything in such a situation, Li Jingzhe might very well make them understand the consequences of a King"s fury.
Just as they fell silent, a loud and majestic voice boomed from the distance.
"Dragon Fang King, you"ve crossed the line."
When the loud voice rumbled throughout the sky, a look of pleasant surprise lit up in Zhao Jinwu"s eyes.
This sudden voice did not catch Li Jingzhe by surprise. He knew that his arrival had already drawn the attention of all the Kings from the various Heavenly Emperor powers. The voice belonged to a King from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Zhao.
The Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Zhao possessed five palaces, a counterpart to the Lineages of the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li. This voice had come from the Palace Master of the Divine Tiger Palace.
Divine Tiger King, Zhao Zong.
Roar!
An ancient tiger"s roar could be heard lingering in the air, and countless gazes turned over. A gigantic tiger appeared, seeming to have traveled through the void. Gradually, it shrank in size until it was just a few feet tall, and a man in golden robes sitting cross-legged on the tiger"s back came into eye level.
The man had a heroic temperament and his eyes scanned the surroundings, causing everyone to feel a chill run up their spines.
"We pay our respects to the Palace Master!" Zhao Jinwu and the others from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Zhao hurriedly knelt down and offered their greetings.
The man on the tiger waved his hands. He looked towards Li Jingzhe as he smiled and said, "Li Jingzhe, I did not expect a law-abiding King like you to break the rule today. You shouldn"t have come here at all. It would"ve been better to let those under us handle this matter."
Li Jingzhe replied indifferently, "We can get straight to the point. Your guys are acting like sore losers and trying to bully the juniors. I"m just letting them have a taste of their own medicine."
Zhao Zong shook his head. "They just wanted to question him. It"s not like they wanted Li Luo"s life. After all, this involves the Origin Reversion Inst.i.tute."
"Do you really think I am a senile old man?" An icy look flashed across Li Jingzhe"s eyes. "The wastrels here are just garbage that couldn"t even squeak before my youngest son when he was around. They couldn"t do anything to Li Taixuan, and now that they"ve found Li Luo, they"re taking the chance to vent it out on him."
Hearing these direct and blunt words, Zhao Jinwu and Qin Lian"s faces turned extremely ugly.
"As for the Origin Reversion Inst.i.tute and the Spirit Eye Other King, they should be going into the depths of the Spiritual Resonance Cave to find out more. Li Luo"s not involved at all."
As he said this, Li Jingzhe"s eyes turned heartless. He stared at Zhao Zong, and his voice gradually became colder.
"I considered the bigger picture and held myself back earlier. There"ll be no second time. Since all of you are watching this, I"ll make one thing clear. The peers will settle matters among themselves. If any of you dare to play any dirty tricks on Li Luo, the Dragon"s Fang Lineage will destroy you at any cost!"
Hearing these words from Li Jingzhe, Zhao Zong"s face turned dark.
"Li Jingzhe, aren"t you being a bit unreasonable? Can the Dragon"s Fang Lineage speak for the whole Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li?" Zhao Zong was a key figure in the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Zhao after all. He held authority, and no one had dared to disobey him in the past. Now that Li Jingzhe was taking such a tough stance, the situation was a little awkward for him as he could not step down without losing face. Li Jingzhe stared at Zhao Zong with emotionless eyes.
"Zhao Zong, are you just going to keep talking? Let"s fight, then!"
As soon as Li Jingzhe finished issuing his challenge, the worldly natural energy in the surroundings started howling. Endless torrents of energy that were hundreds of thousands of miles long swept towards the sky. Everyone was dumbfounded. Was Li Jingzhe trying to start a battle between Kings?