Chapter 541: An Easy Kill

After Huo Du arrived at the great hall, it was visible to the naked eye that he was extremely excited and nervous. After all, back in the Great Capital, Huo Du had already learned of Zhu Ying's formidable strength.

Originally, Huo Du had no desire to come to the Great Capital, but he had no choice. The Golden Wheel Dharma King had insisted that Huo Du serve as the envoy. After all, for Tibet at that time, if they did not enter into peace talks with the Ming Empire, they would naturally be no match for Tibet's current strength.

Thus, the Golden Wheel Dharma King had no other option. The only thing he could do was send Huo Du to the Ming Empire to attempt to reach a peace agreement with Zhu Ying as much as possible.

When Huo Du saw Zhu Ying, he naturally did not dare to hesitate for a moment. He hurriedly cried out toward Zhu Ying, "Huo Du pays respects to the Grandson of the Ming Emperor!"

Zhu Ying cast a glance at Huo Du and then said unhurriedly, "If I remember correctly, you should be the disciple of the Golden Wheel Dharma King, right?"

As Zhu Ying's voice fell, Huo Du immediately nodded and said, "Reporting to the Grandson of the Ming Emperor, this lowly one is indeed the disciple of the Golden Wheel Dharma King. I implore Your Highness to consider the presence of the Golden Wheel Dharma King and reach a peace agreement with Tibet!"

"If Your Highness agrees, Tibet is willing to accept any conditions set by Your Highness!"

After Huo Du revealed his purpose for coming, Zhu Ying's expression remained quite calm.

Of course, Zhu Ying did not grant Huo Du's request.

Instead, he turned to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao beside him and asked, "Grandfather Emperor, Father, what are your thoughts?"

Zhu Yuanzhang swept a glance over Huo Du and said with a face full of disdain, "Looking at this fellow's attire, he does not seem to be one of our Central Plains Han people. Since he is not from the Central Plains, he shall naturally be exterminated!"

Once Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Zhu Biao also nodded repeatedly and said, "Since Imperial Father has already decided, your son naturally has nothing to say. We shall simply act according to Imperial Father's wishes."

Zhu Ying turned his gaze back to Huo Du and said unhurly, "Huo Du, you heard him. Grandfather Emperor does not agree."

"I can tell you right now: your Tibet has only two choices. The first is surrender, and the second is national destruction."

"Consider these two choices for yourself."

It was clear that Zhu Ying gave the Golden Wheel Dharma King no face at all. He continued coldly, "Furthermore, even if your Tibet is willing to surrender to my Ming Empire, the Golden Wheel Dharma King himself should be the one to come."

"You, Huo Du, are completely unqualified!"

Undoubtedly, once Zhu Ying uttered these words, Huo Du's expression instantly turned ugly. At this moment, Huo Du felt that he had undoubtedly suffered a great insult!

Huo Du roared at Zhu Ying, "A man can be killed, but not insulted!"

With that said, Huo Du directly drew his weapon—it was an iron fan!

In truth, Huo Du had come to the Great Capital with two missions in total.

The first mission was naturally to conduct peace talks with the Grandson of the Ming Emperor, Zhu Ying. As for the second mission, it was naturally to assassinate Zhu Ying.

After all, for Tibet, if they were unable to reach a peace agreement with the Grandson of the Ming Emperor, it meant that the Ming Empire would eventually attack Tibet. In that case, the Golden Wheel Dharma King had decided to strike first!

Seize the initiative!

At this moment, while Huo Du was conversing with Zhu Ying, he was unaware that another Tibetan martial arts expert had secretly infiltrated the imperial palace. This person's name was Darba!

Little did he know that none of this could escape Zhu Ying's eyes.

Zhu Ying was, after all, an expert of the Divine Ability Realm. With his current strength, he could naturally sense the changes occurring within the world.

Naturally, Zhu Ying also sensed Darba's aura.

However, Zhu Ying did not expose him, for he wanted to see exactly what Darba intended to do.

Back in the great hall, Huo Du hurriedly said, "Your Highness, do you truly not wish to form an alliance with my Tibet? I implore Your Highness to reconsider."

Just as Huo Du finished speaking, a tall, large-framed guard slowly appeared in the hall.

Zhu Ying had clearly noticed this.

In fact, Zhu Ying knew very well that this person must be the disciple of the Golden Wheel Dharma King.

"I have already said enough. The Ming Empire will not enter into peace talks with Tibet."

Immediately after Zhu Ying finished his sentence, Huo Du suddenly shouted, "Darba! Go!"

As Huo Du's voice fell, Darba immediately sprinted toward Zhu Ying at a full-out dash!

In the next second, Darba unleashed the so-called Supreme Great Strength Dharma!

Unfortunately, Zhu Ying had long sensed Darba's arrival. Therefore, the moment Darba made his move, Zhu Ying had already reacted.

With a sudden flash of movement, Zhu Ying utilized the true qi within his body to easily dodge Darba's attack!

...

At this very moment, within the Great Capital, the experts of the Mongol Yuan, the Two Mysterious Elders, had also arrived.

Clearly, the Two Mysterious Elders also seemed to have sensed something unusual within the imperial palace.

Thus, without any hesitation, the two of them immediately sprinted toward the palace with lightning speed.

Simultaneously, Qin Hui, the envoy of the Song Kingdom, had also arrived in the Great Capital.

"Prime Minister, it seems I caught a glimpse of the Two Mysterious Elders," a guard suddenly said to Qin Hui inside the carriage.

However, upon hearing this, Qin Hui's expression remained quite calm.

Clearly, for Qin Hui, he had already anticipated this outcome!

In Qin Hui's view, it wasn't just the Song Kingdom that had dispatched martial arts experts to assassinate Zhu Ying; other nations were doing the same!

"Ignore them. Where are Wang Chongyang and the Seven Perfect Daoists?" Qin Hui was more concerned with Wang Chongyang's whereabouts.

Qin Hui knew very well that neither Huo Du nor the so-called Two Mysterious Elders could be a match for Zhu Ying.

In fact, in Qin Hui's eyes, these people were merely delivering their own heads to Zhu Ying.

To truly inflict a heavy wound on Zhu Ying, one would actually have to rely on Wang Chongyang. After all, at this time, Wang Chongyang was a peak Grandmaster.

"Reporting to the Prime Minister, we are also not quite sure of Wang Chongyang's tracks. Logically speaking, since Wang Chongyang and the Seven Perfect Daoists are martial arts experts, they possess top-tier lightness skills."

"If nothing goes wrong, they should have arrived long ago."

As the soldier finished speaking, a sudden gust of wind swept through the Great Capital. In the blink of an eye, a person dressed in Taoist robes appeared before Qin Hui.

Furthermore, behind this Taoist stood seven other Taoists.

Without a doubt, they were Wang Chongyang and the Seven Perfect Daoists!

"Lord Qin, I heard you were looking for this poor Daoist?" In truth, Wang Chongyang and the Seven Perfect Daoists had arrived in the Great Capital long ago. The reason they had not shown themselves was primarily to avoid alerting the enemy.

At the same time, they wanted to observe the reaction of the Song Kingdom's envoy group.

Now, having heard Qin Hui inquiring about his whereabouts, Wang Chongyang simply decided to reveal himself!

It must be said that Qin Hui held a certain level of respect for Wang Chongyang. When Wang Chongyang suddenly appeared before him, Qin Hui hurriedly said, "Daoist Wang, I have long heard of your reputation. I did not expect to meet you here in the Great Capital today."

The reason Qin Hui respected Wang Chongyang so much was simple: Qin Hui needed Wang Chongyang to save him!

If danger were to arise, Wang Chongyang could use his strength as a peak Grandmaster to cover for him...

After all, this was the Great Capital, not the Song Kingdom.

Moreover, Qin Hui was merely a mortal without any martial arts mastery.

Therefore, Qin Hui naturally had to rely on Wang Chongyang.

Wang Chongyang bowed to Qin Hui and then informed him of the current situation.

"Lord Qin, you are late. An envoy from Tibet has already arrived at the imperial palace. However... it seems the negotiations between the Tibetan envoy and the Grandson of the Ming Emperor have not been successful."

Upon hearing Wang Chongyang's words, Qin Hui's expression instantly grew tense. He hurriedly asked, "May I ask, Daoist Wang, what exactly is happening inside the imperial palace?"

Faced with Qin Hui's questioning, Wang Chongyang did not respond.

...

Meanwhile, inside the imperial palace.

Darba could not find any trace of Zhu Ying at all. Although Darba's internal strength was quite profound, he had a weakness: his movements were far too slow.

He was absolutely no match for Zhu Ying!

"Come out!"

"Aren't you known as the Grandson of the Ming Emperor? Why do you only know how to run?" Seeing that Zhu Ying was not engaging Darba head-on and was failing to show himself, Huo Du grew visibly anxious.

Huo Du knew very well that when Zhu Ying was in the Northern Capital, he had used this very method to suddenly kill Ouyang Feng.

Now, it seemed Zhu Ying intended to use the same tactic. To disrupt Zhu Ying's strategy, Huo Du resorted to mockery.

Little did he know that with Zhu Ying's current strength, killing Darba and Huo Du would be as easy as crushing an ant.

The reason Zhu Ying had not acted yet was mainly because he wanted to play around with the two of them for a while!

Suddenly, Zhu Ying appeared before Darba. Upon seeing him, Darba immediately used his ultimate technique, the Vajra Prajna Skill!

However, just as the so-called Vajra Prajna Skill struck Zhu Ying's body, Darba's hands completely lost all sensation in the next second!

This was the extent of Zhu Ying's power!

A massive amount of true qi radiated from around his body; no one could get close to him!

"Is this all you've got? It seems I overestimated you."

In the next second, Zhu Ying lightly flicked his finger. Instantly, the power of the One Yang Finger forcibly pierced through Darba's body!

Just like that, Darba lost his life.

【Detected host has killed Darba, reward: 1 Attribute Point】

As Zhu Ying killed Darba without breaking a sweat, the system panel issued a reward. At this moment, Zhu Ying turned his gaze toward Huo Du.

To be honest, seeing his senior brother killed so easily by Zhu Ying, Huo Du was undoubtedly terrified.

One must know that Huo Du's own internal strength was actually no match for Darba's.

Therefore, since Zhu Ying could kill Darba so easily, he could naturally kill him as well...

"Grandson of the Ming Emperor, have mercy!"

"I was blind to not recognize a great man! Huo Du will never dare again!"

Huo Du did not attempt to attack Zhu Ying; instead, he knelt directly before him. It must be said that Huo Du was indeed a clever man, but Zhu Ying said disdainfully, "Now you know how to beg for mercy? What were you doing earlier?"

"It's too late!"

In the next second, Zhu Ying flicked his finger once more!

*Swish!*

In an instant, the finger force of the One Yang Finger struck directly into the center of Huo Du's forehead!

The disciple whom the Golden Wheel Dharma King relied upon most was thus easily killed by Zhu Ying!

At this time, Zhu Ying spoke to the Commander of the Imperial Guard, Guo Zhen: "Drag these two bodies away. Then, cut off the heads of Huo Du and Darba and deliver them to the Golden Wheel Dharma King of Tibet."

"Then, tell the Golden Wheel Dharma King: this is the consequence of opposing the Ming Empire!"

Clearly, for Zhu Ying, he wanted to make every monarch in the entire Wuxia world understand how terrifying he was.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had witnessed the entire fight between Zhu Ying, Huo Du, and Darba, hurriedly praised, "As expected of Xiongying! Truly impressive. I didn't expect that entering the Divine Ability Realm would be this terrifying!"

"It seems I must work hard as well."

Having witnessed all of this, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally energized; in fact, for Old Zhu, he hadn't seen enough.

"Xiongying, to be honest, this is much more exciting than watching television, hahahaha! Satisfying! Truly satisfying!"

Zhu Ying smiled and said, "Grandfather Huang, do not be in such a hurry. The best part is yet to come!"

"Two Mysterious Elders! Come out quickly!"

Clearly, Zhu Ying had long sensed the aura of the Two Mysterious Elders.

At this moment, the Two Mysterious Elders exchanged a glance and immediately stepped out from the shadows.

...

Within the Great Capital.

Cheng Shifei had also arrived. Cheng Shifei's realm was merely at the peak of the Minor Grandmaster stage, and he was not even a match for Wang Chongyang.

Initially, Cheng Shifei was quite unwilling to come to the Great Capital.

But now that things had reached this point, Cheng Shifei had no way to disobey the orders of the Iron-Fisted Marquis. Thus, he had no choice but to come.

At this moment, Wang Chongyang also sensed Cheng Shifei's aura. With a sudden flash of movement, Wang Chongyang appeared instantly before Cheng Shifei.

"If this poor Daoist is not mistaken, you are Cheng Shifei, one of the four great secret agents of the Dragon Protection Villa!"

Seeing that this Taoist had recognized his identity, Cheng Shifei was somewhat surprised.

Cheng Shifei hurriedly pressed Wang Chongyang, "Who are you? How do you know my name?"

Facing Cheng Shifei's questioning, Wang Chongyang smiled faintly and said, "This poor Daoist is Wang Chongyang, the Sect Leader of the Quanzhen Sect. I have come here today to assassinate the Grandson of the Ming Emperor!"

Undoubtedly, after Wang Chongyang finished speaking, Cheng Shifei was startled. He hurriedly asked, "So you are the famous Wang Chongyang! That's great. In that case, how about we join forces?"