After several hours of traveling, Ye Liangchen and his party finally left Tiandou Imperial City. At this moment, they had arrived at Tiandou Plain, a hundred kilometers away from Tiandou City.
At this moment, in a palace in Tiandou Imperial City, Prince Xuexing was extremely anxious. The eight strong men he sent out late last night mysteriously disappeared. Now his men were looking around, but no news came.
"Report!"
At this moment, one of Xuexing's men hurried over to report.
"What's the situation?" Prince Xuexing asked coldly.
"Your Majesty, the palace guards found the bodies of Commander Oton and the backbones in the moat in the east of the city."
"And the Jiuxing Haitang family and the Dugu Bo family have long been deserted, as if they disappeared overnight. Our people have not found any clues."
At this moment, the man reported the matter to Prince Xuexing tremblingly, not even daring to breathe.
"Pah..."
The teacup in Xuexing's hand fell directly to the ground and broke into several pieces.
The leader of the Shadow Squad and several key members were the super elites that he had secretly cultivated. The lowest level of their cultivation was Soul King. In order to capture a mysterious boy named Lan Chen, 8 of them were killed in one fell swoop. Even the leader, Aoton, died. He was a Soul Saint of level 72!
At this moment, Xue Xing felt a headache and a tightness in his chest. He felt so aggrieved.
"How did the members of the Shadow Squad die? Are there any signs of poisoning in the bodies?" Xue Xing asked. If they were killed by Dugu Bo, they would have more or less carried some toxins.
"Reporting to the prince, the bodies of Leader Aoton and his men have been brought back to the secret base. We are investigating the cause of death."
"I will go and see for myself."
Hearing that the palace guards had brought back the bodies of the Shadow Squad, Xue Xing immediately went to investigate for himself to see how they died.
When Xue Xing arrived at the secret base of the palace, several family generals were doing an autopsy. When they saw their master coming, they immediately saluted respectfully.
"Your Highness!"
Xue Xing waved his hand and asked several of his subordinates: "How did Commander Orton die? Was he poisoned?"
"Your Highness, Commander Orton was not poisoned. The eight of them seemed to have been killed by some sharp claws."
A Soul King-level commander reported the autopsy results to Prince Xue Xing.
"Not poisoned? Killed by some sharp claws?"
Upon hearing what his subordinates said, Prince Xue Xing was stunned. If Dugu Bo didn't kill them, then another strong man must have done it.
Xue Xing didn't know that Dugu Bo's martial soul had evolved into a dragon and the poison was gone. He thought his shadow team was killed by another strong man.
Dugu Bo killed those members of the shadow team before by using the soul skill of the dragon claws, which killed those killers and left behind terrifying claw marks.
Prince Xuexing was confused now. In his understanding, there were many kinds of claws after the spirit possessed the body, such as dragon, tiger, cat, leopard, and eagle. Now he couldn't find out who killed his men.
"Let's sort out Orton and the others and bury them! Hang some money outside and give it to their families."
Xuexing shook his head helplessly, ordered his men to deal with the aftermath, and then returned to the hall of the palace in dejection.
"Xue Beng, you fool who betrayed your uncle."
"Just to find out the details of that kid, I lost so many strong men at once."
"Pah!...Hua La Hua La..."
Xuexing thought of this and felt very aggrieved. He slapped the coffee table and broke it.
At this time, Xue Beng rushed into the palace from outside and asked his uncle about the situation. As for Lan Chen, he always wanted to kill him.
"Uncle, how is Lan Chen? Did you catch him?"
Seeing Xue Beng, the guy who betrayed his uncle, Xue Xing was furious and slapped him in the face.
"Well..."
Xue Beng was slapped by his uncle, and a five-finger handprint suddenly appeared on his face, bright red, and it looked very painful.
"Uncle, is something wrong?"
Although Xue Beng was slapped, he did not dare to complain. After all, he could only rely on his uncle to protect himself now, otherwise he might be killed by his brother one day.
"Lan Chen is a very evil kid. This time I dispatched 8 members of the Shadow Team, but I didn't even see the other side."
"Commander Orton and his seven men are all dead and thrown into the moat, and it was not Dugu Bo who killed them."
"It seems that Dugu Bo did not lie to me before. There is a mysterious strong man to protect Lan Chen. That kid doesn't take our royal family seriously at all. You should stop causing trouble in the future. If you continue like this, you might be killed by others one day."
Xue Xing reminded his nephew that it was okay to play the role of a playboy, but don't commit suicide. When you meet a man like Lan Chen who is fearless, the royal majesty will be useless.
"Uncle, I understand."
Xue Beng calmly left the hall and walked outside, but he said fiercely in his heart: Lan Chen, I, Xue Beng, will not be a human being if I don't take revenge. When I seize the throne one day, I don't believe that I won't be able to find you.
At the same time, in another mysterious manor in Tiandou City, Xue Qinghe, played by Qian Renxue, was also checking the news sent by his subordinates.
"Haha, Xuexing, Xuexing, you lost 8 members of the Shadow Squad all at once, and even your Shadow Squad leader Orton died. It's really surprising!"
Qian Renxue was very happy about Xuexing's loss of strength. After all, she was the young master of the Spirit Hall, and the dead were not her subordinates. The more strength the Tiandou royal family lost, the better it would be for her.
"Young Master, let's not investigate the boy named Lan Chen."
"This boy is definitely a monster. He seemed to have already calculated that we would go to Dugu's mansion. He had the Ye family and the Dugu family leave in advance. He disappeared from Tiandou City overnight. This method is really terrible."
"The eight members of Xuexing's Shadow Squad were killed quietly. According to the information sent by our spies in Xuexing's palace, they did not die at the hands of Dugu Bo."
"Young Master, Lao Long and I suspect that Lan Chen may be the boy we met in the Sunset Forest before. If that's the case, the young master will definitely die if he fights him."
Snake Spear and Thorn Porpoise walked out of a room and told Qian Renxue what they had guessed in their hearts, and also advised their young master not to commit suicide.
"The two elders are right. I will be careful."
Qian Renxue can't find out Lan Chen's true identity now, but she believes that sooner or later she will figure it out, after all, the Spirit Hall is behind her.
Dugu Bo and the Nine Star Begonia family disappeared from Tiandou City, and soon the people of Emperor Xue Ye knew about it, so they reported it immediately.
"Your Majesty! This old servant has something urgent to report."
An old eunuch came to the outside of Emperor Xue Ye's bedroom in a panic and reported to his master.
Emperor Xue Ye, who was discussing the movement of life with several concubines in the bedroom, was frightened by the screaming voice of the old eunuch.
"Agui! What's the matter?"
Emperor Xue Ye stood up, asked the concubine to help him put on his clothes, came to the outside of the bedroom, and stared at his servants coldly.
"Your Majesty, yesterday Dugu Bo resigned from the royal family's service, and also asked his granddaughter and the little girl of the Ye family to drop out of Tiandou Royal Academy. One night later, the Dugu family and the Ye family disappeared from Tiandou City."
"What? Such a big thing, why are you reporting it now?"
"Your Majesty! This matter is handled by Prince Xuexing and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and this old servant only found out now."
"Humph! What is Xuexing doing? He can't even keep Dugu Bo? The Nine-Hearted Begonia Spirit Master is very important to our empire, how could he just disappear like that?"
Emperor Xue Ye had been playing well with several concubines before, but was interrupted by the old eunuch. He was still very angry, but after hearing what the old eunuch said, his anger immediately disappeared, and he strode out of the palace.
"Hey! Your Majesty's problem of failing at critical moments is getting more and more frequent. He can't even play a game well, and the sisters can't have fun."
After watching Emperor Xue Ye leave, several concubines showed resentful expressions.
"Isn't it? Sisters, don't worry about His Majesty, let's play games by ourselves."
The next moment, several concubines smiled, then took out various objects and started playing various games, thinking that without you, Zhang the Butcher, I can't eat pork?
Emperor Xue Ye returned to the palace and immediately sent someone to summon Prince Xue Xing to find out how his royal brother lost his talent? Especially Dugu Bo, that is the only titled Douluo of the Tiandou royal family. The royal family worshipped him like an ancestor, but now they are not willing to do it.
"Brother, what's the matter with calling me here?"
Although Prince Xue Xing knew that his emperor brother would ask about what happened yesterday, he still pretended to ask after coming to his brother.
"Brother, why did Dugu Bo leave?"
Emperor Xue Ye has not been poisoned by Qian Renxue yet, his thinking is still normal, and he has the majesty of an emperor. The temperament of Emperor Tiandou is controlled by him.
"Royal brother, this is what happened..."
Xue Xing had no choice but to use Dugu Bo's previous rhetoric to deal with her brother, the emperor.
"Humph! This Dugu Bo, our royal family treated him well, but he just left, and even took the Nine Star Begonia Family with him."
"Royal brother, he is a Titled Douluo, he can come and go as he pleases, and we can't stop him! But this matter is related to a teenager named Lan Chen, that kid is simply a monster, I think he is no more than 15 years old, but he already has a soul power of level 49. As soon as he came to Tiandou Royal Academy, he defeated Avalanche, and he didn't take our imperial family seriously at all." "
How unreasonable! How dare he hit my son? Who is this kid? How dare he be so bold."
"I don't know, that kid seemed to appear out of nowhere. I sent people to investigate secretly last night, but I didn't even see a hair. Instead, I lost 8 masters, one Soul Saint, three Soul Emperors, and four Soul Kings. My heart is still bleeding."
"What? So many masters of my empire died in an instant, how unreasonable!"
"Royal brother, calm down. Dugu Bo once warned me that there is a powerful mysterious Title Douluo behind this boy. Once we take action against him, the royal family of the Heaven Dou Empire may no longer exist. At first I thought Dugu Bo was bragging, but I sent someone to test it last night, and the result is like this. My men were killed by the person behind this boy, not Dugu Bo. We have to be careful."
"Oh! I am the dignified Heaven Dou Empire, but I was slapped in the face by someone, and I can't do anything about it."
After Xue Ye heard his brother's account of the whole incident, he suddenly felt as if he was slapped in the face, and it was burning painful.
This is a matter of great importance to the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xue Xing did not hide anything. Everyone can fight internally, but everyone will unite against the outside world.
After the two brothers analyzed the situation, they decided to wait and see for the time being. It is not appropriate to investigate on a large scale. Facing an unknown powerful force, they must be cautious.
(End of this chapter)
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