My gorgeous wife-Chapter 1717 - 1688: Fury

"What? Someone has received news that the powerful figure who caused a stir in Ciran City is heading toward Nanxiang Prefecture?"

Within the City Lord’s Mansion, Ling Canghai’s face was full of anxiety.

He couldn’t help but be anxious.

It wasn’t that he was cowardly, but if that powerful figure was indeed Li Chen, then he could pretty much say he was done for.

Back when he went to Earth, he had seen that group of madmen from the Lower Realm, each one seeming to regard him, a Heaven-level expert, as nothing, even daring to join forces to attack him.

And the look in that young man’s eyes at the time still made Ling Canghai feel a lingering fear to this day.

He had never seen such a terrifying gaze, one that harbored madness mixed with calm, calm yet exuding a chilling killing intent.

So much so that even though he lost an arm, he had spent years in closed-door cultivation to heal his injuries and seldom ventured out.

The experience not only inflicted physical trauma but also caused significant damage to his psyche, even weakening his Martial Dao Heart.

Ling Canghai even believed that if it weren’t for that experience, he might have already broken through to the Heaven Following Realm by now.

"What do I do? What do I do?"

In his anxiety, Ling Canghai paced restlessly within the manor.

"You’re afraid of a single person?" Behemoth’s voice carried a hint of surprise.

"You don’t know how terrifying this kid is! Even back when he was just an Earth-Level Warrior, he was frighteningly fierce. Now his cultivation surpasses mine, and he will surely come to take revenge on me!" Ling Canghai shouted angrily.

He didn’t explain the matter of taking away Lin Yi since it was not something he could easily bring up.

"Is the grudge between you so great?" Behemoth asked.

In theory, Behemoth should know Li Chen because back in the minor world, Behemoth fought a brutal battle with Li Chen and all the strong ones from the minor world. However, this Behemoth acted as though he had no acquaintance with Li Chen.

"Irreconcilable!" Ling Canghai mumbled.

"Then, what are you waiting for?" Behemoth inquired.

Hearing this, Ling Canghai was taken aback: "You mean..."

"Set off." Behemoth spoke calmly: "This Heaven Realm is no longer your refuge, but I can offer you a new sanctuary and even bestow immense power upon you. Why persist in keeping a position as a Prefecture Master here, which bears no significance?"

Upon hearing Behemoth’s words, Ling Canghai’s expression turned uncertain.

Leave?

Behemoth’s words were clear. The departure he spoke of wasn’t simply leaving Nanxiang Prefecture or even the Earth Prison Star Continent.

His departure meant leaving the entire Heaven Realm!

From Behemoth, he learned that the Heaven Realm wasn’t the only existence in this Starry Universe.

Alongside the Heaven Realm, there also existed the Immortal Realm, Divine Realm, and Demon Realm, and he, Behemoth, hailed from the Demon Realm!

"Moreover, I also discerned that your temperament seems more suited to our Demon Realm than the Heaven Realm," Behemoth said with a slight smile.

"Once in the Demon Realm, are you truly willing to give me what you mentioned?" Ling Canghai asked almost word by word.

He was cornered, seeing Behemoth as a last straw to grasp at survival. Yet he still harbored caution.

However, this caution seemed laughable to Behemoth.

Clearly having made up his mind, yet still hesitantly probing—such a person could achieve nothing significant.

"But it serves well; inglorious tasks are best suited to such people." Behemoth mused to himself.

"I swear by my soul, there’s no falsehood in what I said before." Behemoth stated calmly.

Upon hearing Behemoth’s words, Ling Canghai fell silent. After a while, he bit down hard and said, "Alright! I’ll do this!"

"No time like the present; you should start moving now." Behemoth advised, "Judging by appearances, this enemy of yours is not to be underestimated. If you don’t leave soon, I fear you’ll be captured and find yourself unable to escape."

"Alright!" Ling Canghai agreed immediately.

"Prefecture Master." When Ling Canghai, wearing a stoic expression as usual, arrived before a pavilion, two guards bowed to him.

Though they were temporarily assigned by the Star Palace, at this moment, they were guards of the City Lord’s Mansion and had to abide by the rules here, despite a deep-seated disdain for this Envy Heaven Realm fellow.

"Hmm." Ling Canghai nodded slightly, "Activate the teleportation array, I need to go out."

"May I ask where the City Lord is heading?" one guard suddenly inquired.

"Presumptuous!" Ling Canghai glared: "Are you the Prefecture Master, or am I? Do I need to report my destination to you?"

"Not at all, not at all!" The guard was startled; it was the first time seeing this usually timid Envy Heaven Realm Prefecture Master vent his anger, leaving him momentarily stunned.

"Enough, make way!" With a cold shout, Ling Canghai strode into the pavilion.

This place was the unique teleportation array established only within the mansion of the City Lord.

Of course, it was just limited to short-distance teleportation within the Earth Prison Star Continent. Although such minor teleportation arrays couldn’t compare to the Star Continent level teleportation arrays, they were equally demanding in resources and effort, thus uncommon in ordinary City Lord’s Mansions, available only in large cities or a Prefecture City Manor.

"Where is that seal located?" Standing in the pavilion, Ling Canghai silently asked in his heart.

"It’s what you mentioned, Remnant Cloud Forest." Behemoth’s voice bore no emotion, as if mocking or reflecting on something.

"Remnant Cloud Forest?" Ling Canghai frowned, "The closest to Remnant Cloud Forest is Baiyue City, but Baiyue City... seems to have no teleportation array, right?"

"Forget it, heading to other towns near Remnant Cloud Forest is fine too, let’s move quickly." Ling Canghai tightened the ring in his hand.

Earlier, before leaving, he had already taken away all the city lord’s valuables that he could touch.

Evidently, under such immense pressure, Ling Canghai had entirely gambled everything. Regardless of whether he succeeds this time, even if unsuccessful, there is no way back for him.

Once it’s exposed that he took away the city lord’s treasures before leaving, he can no longer hold the position of Prefecture Master either.

"Buzz~~"

Ling Canghai placed several spirit crystals into a stone recess beside him, locked onto his desired destination, and immediately activated the teleportation array.

The teleportation array shook momentarily, and in the next instant, Ling Canghai’s figure totally vanished from the city lord’s mansion.

However, just after Ling Canghai disappeared from the city lord’s mansion, a terrifying power suddenly appeared in the sky above Formless City.

"Crack!!"

Nearly all the residents of Formless City heard a dreadful tearing sound above their heads.

In the next moment, in their shocked gazes, they found in horror that the city defense array originally guarding Formless City had abruptly been torn open.

"What’s going on?!"

"What happened? Is someone attacking Formless City?"

"How is this possible?!"

Nevertheless, no one noticed that at the moment the city defense array in Formless City was torn apart, two figures appeared within Formless City at a pace they couldn’t perceive.

And in the blink of an eye, these two figures appeared above the city lord’s mansion.

"Who... are you?"

Before the people in the city lord’s mansion could react, a terrifying power suddenly enveloped the entire mansion.

This is... the domain of the Heavenly King!

"Tell me, where is Ling Canghai!" Li Chen coldly glanced downward, his voice echoing in everyone’s ears in the city lord’s mansion.

Upon arriving here, his domain had already sensed everything here, yet... he didn’t find Ling Canghai.

As the Prefecture Master of Nanxiang Prefecture and also the city lord of Formless City, since Ling Canghai was not in Formless City, where did he go?

The city lord’s mansion sank into an eerie silence. Clearly, these suddenly appearing experts came for Prefecture Master Ling Canghai, seemingly unrelated to them, but crucially, they really didn’t know where Ling Canghai went.

"Hmm?"

A cold glint flashed in Li Chen’s eyes, "Old Bai."

"Understood."

Within Li Chen’s selfless domain, another layer of scarlet domain descended upon the city lord’s mansion below, this... was Bai Shi’s power domain.

Originally, Li Chen’s domain only made the people in the mansion feel pressured, but after Bai Shi’s domain descended, it was not just simple pressure.

A powerful squeezing force crazily surged from all directions, almost as if it would crush them entirely.

Even those martial artists with great cultivation had popping veins on their foreheads, protruding eyeballs, and faces flush with an unnatural red.

"I will not ask a third time, tell me, where did Ling Canghai go?" Li Chen’s voice sounded like a death knell, echoing in the ears of the crowd once more.

"I! I saw him enter the teleportation array, hurriedly leave directly, but... he didn’t say where he was going!" At this moment, the two guards originally watching the teleportation array finally couldn’t withstand the terrifying power anymore, shouting toward the sky.

Upon hearing the guard’s words, Li Chen’s face darkened but still turned to look at Bai Shi.

"Old Bai, retreat."

Simultaneously, Li Chen and Bai Shi withdrew their domains, and the people in the city lord’s mansion who seemed almost about to be crushed burst into cold sweat and knelt on the ground, displaying post-catastrophe expressions. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Perhaps their understanding of top-level powerhouses was not entirely clear before, but today, they finally comprehended how strong these powerhouses truly are.

It felt like turning into an ant, possibly crushed at any moment!

With a flash, Li Chen directly appeared in the city lord’s mansion’s study. As an array master, the mansion’s restrictions seemed utterly simple in his eyes, easily breaking them casually.

However, seeing the unprocessed information on each jade slip left by Ling Canghai in his hurried departure, Li Chen’s face turned ashen.

"Ling Canghai, and... Yue Gouchen!!" Li Chen clenched his fist and slammed it down, instantly turning the entire table and everything on it into dust.

"Swish—"

Without a single extra word, Li Chen, who had just arrived in Formless City, promptly grabbed Bai Shi and teleported away at the earliest opportunity.

And this time, his direction was... Remnant Cloud Forest!