Mutated Tao

Chapter 578: Drum

Li Huowang was perplexed. The Heavenly Mater has taken pity on the people? Wait, am I even dealing with the White Lotus Sect, which was infamous for burying people alive?

Li Huowang didn’t know what happened to the Heavenly Mater. He put two to two together and came to the conclusion that the Heavenly Mater had another Heavenly Dao before.

“All right, but you must know your limits. If anything goes wrong, you must run away from me. Don’t get close to me because things will become dangerous if you do so.”

“Don’t worry. We will protect the Saintess. You don’t have to worry about her.” Lian Zhibei huffed with a hint of dissatisfaction.

Li Huowang ignored her and added, “Your life is the top priority. Once we're done with the issue today, we can slowly figure out the rest.”

Li Huowang then hugged Bai Lingmiao. While he was enjoying Bai Lingmiao's warmth, Bai Lingmiao suddenly changed, revealing a gnarly smile. Her mouth grew wide, and a blood-red tongue emerged between her lips, wriggling in the air as if it would enter Li Huowang’s ear in the next moment.

“Second Mom?”

“What?” Li Huowang let go of Bai Lingmiao and saw Li Sui staring at them.

“No, Second Mom is gone. It’s just Mom.”

Bai Lingmiao kissed Li Huowang’s cheek and gently hugged Li Sui. “Suisui, have you been obedient?”

Li Sui took off her head and extended her tentacles upwards. “Mom, is my new head pretty? I love it. I like being a human, but my dad doesn't want me to keep it.”

“Don’t listen to him. What does he know? Just keep wearing it. You look much better now.”

“I think so, too. No one is afraid of me like this, and I can talk to people, too.”

LI Huowang sighed when he saw Bai Lingmiao taking care of Li Sui. Fortunately, Bai Lingmiao appeared to be normal.

Bai Lingmiao’s appearance had astonished him too, and he was planning on discussing that with Li Sui soon.

“Come with me. We'll meet at the east wall.” The Chief’s voice suddenly rang next to Li Huowang’s ear, making him flinch.

He looked around and saw that the others were looking around as well. Clearly, the Chief's voice had echoed in their ears as well.

“Li Sui, let’s go,” Li Huowang said, opening his mouth. Li Sui’s dense tentacle wriggled out of Princess Anping’s corpse and entered his body through his mouth.

“Chief, I thought you needed two hours? I don't think it has even been two hours,” Li Huowang said, speaking to the air.

“Too late. Shai Zi is doing something. He’s planning on destroying all of us as soon as possible instead of biding his time.” The Chief’s voice echoed within Li Huowang's brain.

“Where's that Shai Zi?”

“In the barracks.”

“What?!” Li Huowang stiffened, and he felt cold. The next instant, Peng Longteng materialized and threw him high into the air.

As Li Huowang streaked across the air, he looked down at Shangjing. He could see everything in Shangjing from up here. He saw a massive group of people beyond the east wall of Shangjing. They looked like ants in the distance, and there was a massive centipede in the middle of the ants.

Those aren't ants! Those are the military troops! And that’s not a centipede... that's Shai Zi!

Shai Zi had decided not to fight them head-on, and it was a decision that Li Huowang was supposed to have seen coming. Shai Zi had decided to use his identity to deceive the military!

Li Huowang landed on the ground safely, and the Chief appeared beside him without any warning.

“No time to waste. Let’s talk while moving. Shai Zi intends to trick the entire Liang Kingdom into believing that he’s the new emperor. If everyone believes in him, we'll have to fight everyone.”

Shai Zi wanted to obtain the entire Liang Kingdom in addition to the Dragon Vein.

To make matters worse, Shai Zi was technically the newest emperor of the Liang Kingdom, and Li Huowang couldn't do anything to convince everyone otherwise.

Li Huowang gritted his teeth and started running. “Are you sure your plan is going to work? It's all over if it doesn't work!”

“I have my own plans. If you want to save the Liang Kingdom, you should have to listen to me!” the Chief exclaimed, and he floated like a ghost next to Li Huowang.

“Fine! What should we do first? I have to know what's going to happen now, as things might get messy later!”

The emperor was leading an army from the outside to take over Shangjing. The civilians were terrified to hear the footsteps of the massive army outside; gossip and rumors spread like wildfire, but it couldn't be helped, as everyone was unsure of what was happening.

Li Huowang used Li Sui's tentacles to scale the city walls.

The White Lotus Sect and the Ao Jing Sect quickly arrived as well, while the rest of the Surveillance Bureau was starting to converge on the eastern wall.

Even though they had many incredibly powerful people on their side, the bloodlust and killing intent of the huge army before them made everyone’s heart beat wildly against their chest.

There was a reason why the Liang Kingdom was the greatest nation in the world, and they didn’t reach that position through diplomacy alone.

Li Huowang and the others weren’t sure of what to think upon seeing the golden banners of the army.

“If we were to fight them, we'd lose many people on both sides. Shai Zi doesn’t care about winning at all. He just wants to get rid of as many people as possible. The outcome of this war is sitting on your shoulders,” said the Chief.

Li Huowang made a sidelong glance at the Chief, asking, “There are so many Strayed Ones out there, so why have you chosen me? Are you thinking of using me for something else?”

The Chief’s plan was simple and easy, but Li Huowang couldn’t help but be wary of it. After all, he had been backstabbed so many times by now.

“Regardless of what my plan is, we still have to deal with Shai Zi. Don’t forget that you're technically part of the reason why we're here today.”

Li Huowang looked away to stare at Shai Zi sitting on the throne. If it wasn't for him, Zhuge Yuan would still be alive, and the world would still be at peace!

“You can use me on one condition: Shai Zi must die!”

Bom, bom, bom!

Rhythmic drumming noises pervaded the air, and everyone felt their heartbeats synchronizing with the beat as if their heart were the drum itself.

“The Surveillance Bureau is working together with the White Lotus Sect to kill the emperor! Kill them all!”

The army below the city wall slammed their weapon to the ground in unison as dense killing intent swept across Li Huowang and everyone else.

“Kill! Kill! Kill!”

The catapults launched three-meter-tall cavalries clad in heavy black metal armor toward the city wall! [1]

1. No, you did not read that wrong. They literally launched heavily armored soldiers using the catapults ?

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