Lin Xiao leaned closer. The pedestrians on the roadside didn't notice anything unusual, but as Lin Xiao walked, he increasingly felt a repulsive aura gathering ahead.
The aura was suffocating, and though it wasn't particularly powerful, only at the level of a beginner Martial Dao Grandmaster, it made Lin Xiao feel a sense of danger.
It was as if this aura itself represented destruction and oblivion.
What kind of existence was this? Lin Xiao, filled with curiosity, walked closer.
Soon, he discovered a formation-like barrier in front of him.
Ordinary people could pass through without issue, but as he approached, Lin Xiao felt the formation trying to devour him.
The spiritual artifacts around were being absorbed by this formation.
This feeling… Lin Xiao found it eerily familiar, like when he was cultivating.
"You… actually didn't kill them."
Yan Zhi Fei followed Chu Feng out of the hotel. She trailed behind him, her voice timid. The events that had just transpired had not yet settled her emotions. As she spoke, she stole glances at Chu Feng's profile, afraid he might show any displeasure.
"I have no reason to kill them."
Chu Feng walked out of the hotel and surveyed his surroundings. He then walked over to the car they had arrived in, tossed the keys to Yan Zhi Fei, and asked, "Can you drive?"
"Ah… yes."
Yan Zhi Fei took the keys and nodded quickly.
"Good, then drive. Get out of here. You must leave the capital within an hour." Chu Feng said, preparing to leave.
"Wait a moment!"
Yan Zhi Fei didn't know why she suddenly called out to Chu Feng. After shouting, she froze for a long time, unsure what to say.
"You should know, you're running out of time."
Chu Feng glanced at Jiang Yuan, who was listless and had lost all color in her face. He said, "Her condition is not good."
"Thank you."
Yan Zhi Fei bit her lip. It was all she could say.
"No need for thanks. Your lives, and hers, are thanks to yourselves. It has nothing to do with me. If you had done anything prior, you would already be dead." Chu Feng shook his head, staring at Jiang Yuan. "Even though Jiang Yuan always seemed hostile towards me, since she hadn't committed any grave wrong, she didn't deserve death."
Did not deserve death.
This situation had likely left an indelible psychological scar on Jiang Yuan.
The scene just now had been too terrifying. Even Yan Zhi Fei felt her stomach churn when she recalled it, though she was in better condition than Jiang Yuan.
"Like those people upstairs, I didn't kill them because they didn't deserve death." Chu Feng checked the time. "It's time to go. Take her and leave the capital. Don't come back."
"Okay."
Yan Zhi Fei nodded quickly. At this moment, she would absolutely obey anything Chu Feng said.
...
The Zheng Family.
Once the foremost noble family in the capital, whose members could make the outside world tremble with a mere word, the Zheng family was now in mourning.
In the courtyard of their ancestral residence, a group of people were seen leaving, each carrying large bags and packages, preparing to depart.
This was not an isolated scene. Throughout the capital, members of the Zheng family could be seen hurrying away, seemingly preparing for an exodus.
"Patriarch, all members of the family, both main and collateral branches, who could evacuate have been evacuated," the old butler reported with his head bowed in Zheng Qingshan's room.
"Good."
Zheng Qingshan sat in his chair, gazing out the window with a distant look. His eyes fell upon the setting sun in the distance.
"Old Niu, the sunset, it's truly beautiful."
Butler Niu remained silent, standing by his desk.
"The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it heralds the coming dusk."
Zheng Qingshan said, shaking his head. "I never imagined that my Zheng family would be reduced to this state because of a single descendant of the Chu family."
"Patriarch, it is not your fault," the old butler quickly stated.
"Yes, it's not my fault. I merely made a decision to ensure the Zheng family's continued existence."
"Chu Feng didn't do it for himself; he's merely seeking revenge for the fallen souls of the Chu family, and that's why he's here."
"Then who is to blame?"
A self-deprecating smile crossed Zheng Qingshan's face. "The blame lies with the weakness of my Zheng family."
Butler Niu dared not speak.
The Princess was dead.
Not only the Princess, but one of her Grandmaster bodyguards had also died.
Even if the two of them were dead, it wouldn't have troubled Zheng Qingshan so greatly.
The most critical point was that Sun Xiaozhu was also dead.
Just moments ago, not only the Zheng family but almost everyone had learned of this news.
Sun Xiaozhu, dead in the Imperial Hotel.
Along with the Princess.
Who killed Sun Xiaozhu?
Zheng Qingshan knew very well.
Chu Feng.
This person had come directly from the Dongfang family and attacked the Zheng family.
And not long before this, he had also received news that the Zhou family was no more. No one in the Zhou family had survived.
At this moment, Zheng Qingshan, who had been meticulously planning, believing that he and Sun Xiaozhu could ensure Chu Feng's eternal demise in the capital, suddenly came to his senses.
He knew that even with a Grandmaster like Sun Xiaozhu invited, he had still underestimated Chu Feng.
And now, he had a rough idea of Chu Feng's identity.
Across the entire Dragon Country, someone so young, possessing such powerful subordinates, and capable of killing a Grandmaster, could only have one answer.
The War God.
The current generation's Dragon Country War God!
In the Dragon Country, anyone who could be called a War God must possess the strength of a Grandmaster.
Furthermore, from the time Chu Feng's situation began until now, countless War God troops had appeared across the country, even within the capital.
These were the War God troops! They were the force that had propelled the Dragon Country's strength to the top of the world!
Before, he hadn't understood why these War God troops had suddenly appeared. Now, he understood.
They were flanking the War God, waiting for the War God to charge into the capital and annihilate the Zheng family as well.
He also finally understood why, as so many families across the Dragon Country were destroyed, the figure in power had never spoken out, nor even bothered to acknowledge the matter.
From the very beginning, he had no intention of intervening, and might even have been planning to use this opportunity to reshuffle the families of the Dragon Country.
He, regardless of which side he was on, was merely a pawn.
Even if you were the most important piece on the chessboard, the "General," you were ultimately at the mercy of others.