Mingzhi Tian didn't look back, merely stopping his steps. "You should be grateful you're a woman. Nothing else, just leaving a descendant for your Emperor."
His few words stunned Furumura Sakurako. She remained standing there, pondering the meaning of Mingzhi Tian's words, unsure how long she waited.
Before they had even entered the territory, Mingzhi Tian had already detected ten people trailing them. He paid them no mind.
Just fifty meters from where Mia and the others crossed the border, the ten experts could no longer hold back. They leaped out.
"Who's there!" Uncle Long quickly shielded Mia behind him.
A black man in a tailored suit said, "This is the work of the National Defense Corps. Anyone who interferes will be considered an accomplice and executed on the spot."
Uncle Long blinked. "The mysterious elite force of the Swan Country, the National Defense Corps?"
The black man looked at Mingzhi Tian. "Mingzhi Tian, hand over the Glory of Light and surrender. We will spare your life."
Mingzhi Tian chuckled. "With just you lot?"
The black man said, "Give up resisting. You have no chance of winning."
Mingzhi Tian shook his head. "One at the late Great Heavenly Cycle, nine at the late Small Heavenly Cycle. Pathetic."
The black man snorted and waved his hand. "Take him down."
With a series of swift movements, nine figures like a crashing mountain and surging sea swept their legs in a horizontal sweep towards Mingzhi Tian.
Mingzhi Tian wasted no time. With one punch per leg, he broke them, performing a feat of 'moving mountains and filling seas'!
In just a short while, the nine men were incapacitated, lying on the ground clutching their legs and crying out in pain...
The black man muttered to himself, "Not good! I underestimated his strength!"
Uncle Long sighed inwardly, "To think that even the peak Martial God was scared away and fled. Mr. Ming is truly a formidable young man."
Mingzhi Tian looked at the black man in the distance. "Run? Stay!"
Mingzhi Tian casually flicked a pebble. It shot out like a bullet!
A yelp was heard. The black man’s intervertebral disc was injured, and he collapsed on the ground.
Mingzhi Tian walked up to him. The black man snapped, "Mingzhi Tian! Do you want to be enemies with the entire Swan Country?!"
Mingzhi Tian shrugged. "How so?"
The black man snorted, "If you kill me, you will face endless retaliation from the Swan Country!"
Mingzhi Tian said, "And then?"
The black man froze. "Wh-what?"
Mingzhi Tian sneered, "That's it? Killing you would be as easy as flipping my hand!"
Sensing the killing intent, the black man immediately cowered. "No, no, Mr. Ming, Grandmaster, King Ming! I was wrong. Please don't kill me. I was wrong, I beg you not to kill me..."
Mingzhi Tian chuckled, "Begging me is useless. Go beg the King of Hell."
As Mingzhi Tian was about to strike, "Wait! If you kill me, you'll never find out about the Goddess Linna!" The black man, his life hanging by a thread, blurted out whatever came to mind.
Mingzhi Tian, who had raised his fist, paused. "What did you say?"
The black man turned his head to look at him. "Promise me you won't hurt me, and I'll tell you."
Mingzhi Tian grabbed his collar. "Fine, tell me. What happened to Linna?"
The black man caught his breath. "Goddess Linna is currently imprisoned by King Caesar for fifteen years."
Mingzhi Tian's brow furrowed. Linna had been captured because she helped him steal the Glory of Light. He, Mingzhi Tian, couldn't just walk away. He would be plagued by his conscience and feel uneasy.
The black man added, "I know Linna has feelings for you. Otherwise, she wouldn't have offended her father, King Caesar, for an outsider like you. Is that enough? Let me go. You promised, please keep your word."
Mingzhi Tian threatened him. "Take me to her. Do you believe I can send you to meet your God right here, right now?"
The black man shook his head in terror, his eyes wide and white. "No! No, don't."
Mingzhi Tian released him. "Then why aren't you leading the way?"