The Immortal Emperor Returns

Chapter 655 - Interlocked Stratagems

Chapter 655 Interlocked Stratagems

Ke Shanming and his companions arrived as fast as lightning. They only found Ma Shijie and Ma Shiyu lying on the ground. The air smelled like blood. It was obvious that the group of the Ma Family was all dead.

“What a ruthless skill.” Ke Shanming’s face darkened.

After going separately from the group of the Canyang Guild, the group of the Ma Family was all killed. Not to mention the Ma Family, even ordinary people wouldn’t believe the killer had nothing to do with the Canyang Guild.

Long Wenli’s face darkened. They separated from the people of the Ma Family about 30 minutes ago. The killer moved so fast. On hearing the booms, they rushed over, but the killer had already killed the group of the Ma Family and fled.

“Sixth Presbyter, should we dispose of their bodies?” Wang Qian asked.

Ke Shanming and Long Wenli were distressed. Whether disposing of the bodies on the spot or not, they would be suspected.

“Forget it,” Long Wenli said. “Let’s leave this place as soon as possible.”

If they were seen on the spot, they wouldn’t be able to prove their innocence.

Just about to nod in agreement with Long Wenli, Ke Shanming’s expression suddenly changed. He turned his head to look in a certain direction, only to see several figures coming as fast as lightning.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a gloomy face. After he approached and saw the bodies of Ma Shijie and Ma Shiyu, his aura soared. His clothes fluttered and sounded without wind.

“Canyang Guild!” He roared and caused the ground to tremble.

Ke Shanming and Long Wenli exchanged a glance. They found they had fallen into the trap of interlocked stratagems.

“Brother Shiwen, it is a mistake,” Ke Shanming tried to explain.

“A mistake?” Ma Shiwen was Ma Shiyu’s elder brother. Seeing his younger brother’s body in front of him, how could he listen to the other party’s words? He couldn’t stand and furiously bellowed, “Ke Shanming, how dare you? Do you really think my Ma Family is easy to bully?”

“Brother Shiwen, this really is a misunderstanding. Please listen to me,” Ke Shanming said hurriedly. “We hurried here because we heard the sounds of a fight. By the time we arrived, the fight was already over, and we found Brother Shijie and Shiyu were killed.”

“Don’t talk nonsense here. In my opinion, you killed them.” An expert of the initial stage of the Gold Immortal Realm from the Ma Family roared angrily.

Ma Shiwen’s face darkened. “Collect the bodies of Shijie and Shiyu.”

Ke Shanming cupped his fists and stepped back a few meters, letting the Ma Family move the corpses away.

“These are the Storage Rings of them.” The expert of the initial stage of the Gold Immortal Realm from the Ma Family handed the two Storage Rings to Ma Shiwen.

Ma Shiwen’s expression darkened when he found only one Sound Retention Stone left inside.

A Sound Retention Stone?

Ma Shiwen took out the Sound Retention Stone and activated it. Then it sounded. They heard a conversation between Ma Shijie with the person blocking the way.

“Ke Shanming, you old fogey, how dare you say that it had nothing to do with your Canyang Guild?” Ma Shiwen was furious, and his eyes turned red.

He didn’t believe that Ke Shanming was kind-hearted at all. How could he hurry over to take a look upon hearing the sounds of a fight?

After hearing the conversation, the faces of Ke Shanming and the others changed drastically as well.

“Brother Shiwen, someone wanted to frame us. Please think about it carefully. My cultivation level is close to that of Brother Shijie. If I were the killer, how could I kill him without getting hurt?” Ke Shanming explained hastily.

“How could I know your schemes?” Ma Shiwen’s voice was cold, filled with bloodlust. “Canyang Guild, listen to me! You have killed the people of my Ma Family two times already. Today, on behalf of the Ma Family, I declare war on your Canyang Guild.”

Ke Shanming’s expression darkened. The other party had declared war. But the Canyang Guild wasn’t ready for that yet.

“Kill them!” Ma Shiwen bellowed and was the first to rush over to Ke Shanming, with his aura surging and killing intent raging.

Ke Shanming’s face was darker. Ma Shiwen’s cultivation was slightly higher than his. Ke Shanming immediately shouted, “Retreat!”

How could Ma Shiwen let them go? He raised his hand and shot a row of ripples of Internal Breath at Ke Shanming.

Ke Shanming furiously ran his cultivation and struck out with a palm print.

Boom!

An earth-shattering explosion erupted. A blast surged, and the ground exploded.

Ke Shanming grunted, and his body was sent flying a thousand meters away. His cultivation was really no match for Ma Shiwen’s.

Ma Shiwen forced Ke Shanming back with one blow and turned to punch at the others of the Canyang Mercenary Guild. His palm hit the ground and created a huge hole. Long Wenli coughed up mouthfuls of blood, sent flying. Wang Qian screamed as half of his body was destroyed. Quite a few disciples of the Canyang Mercenary Guild died on the spot.

“Ma Shiwen, you’re going too far!” Ke Shanming roared and went back to attack Ma Shiwen. Other than Ke Shanming, no one here could resist Ma Shiwen.

The two fought against each other, and the dull sounds of collision kept ringing out. The bluestones on the ground burst, and the buildings around were shattered one by one.

“Kill these scumbags!” The expert of the initial stage of the Gold Immortal Realm roared and rushed to Long Wenli with his men.

Boom!

Two figures flew backward at the same time. They were Ke Shanming and Ma Shiwen. Blood was on the corners of Ke Shanming’s mouth. He was injured, with cultivation a little lower than the other party.

“Ke Shanming, I will use your heads as a sacrifice to the Ma Family’s dead disciples today!” Ma Shiwen bellowed.

Ke Shanming’s face became darker and darker. “Ma Shiwen, don’t be so arrogant. Since you want to fight, we Canyang Guild will fight you to the death.”

At a time like this, he didn’t want to speak soft words anymore.

Ma Shiwen and Ke Shanming pounced on each other at the same time.

The other people of the Ma Family pounced on Long Wenli and his companions.

“Go to hell!” Suddenly, Ke Shanming roared. He brought out a golden talisman that shone resplendently, illuminating half the city.

In an instant, Ma Shiwen and his companions were enveloped by the golden light.

Ma Shiwen’s face darkened, and he blurted out, “Damn it! It’s a Talisman of Destruction made by an expert of the High Immortal Realm!”

Ke Shanming didn’t even spare him a glance. “Retreat!” He roared.

In the group of the Canyang Guild, only Ke Shanming, Long Wenli, and Wang Qian were still alive, and they fled as fast as possible.

The expert in the Gold Immortal Realm couldn’t easily resist the power of the Talisman of Destruction made by an expert in the High Immortal Realm. In the enchantment formed by the Talisman of Destruction, thousands of golden sword shadows moved.

Miserable shrill cries resounded. All experts in the Earth Immortal Realm died in an instant. The expert of the initial stage of the Gold Immortal Realm got hurt.

Ma Shiwen was like a wounded beast. “Ke Shanming, you old fogey! I will fight you to the death...”

He bellowed, took out a palm-sized golden sword, and put a drop of blood on the sword. The palm-sized golden sword suddenly shone with golden light, suppressing the light of the Talisman of Destruction.

“Slash!”

Ma Shiwen waved his hand and slashed down fiercely. The small golden sword flew out. With a sizzling sound, it easily tore the enchantment open. Then he rushed out with the expert at the initial stage of the Gold Immortal Realm.

“How are you?” Ma Shiwen asked.

The shoulder of the expert at the initial stage of the Gold Immortal Realm had a deep cut, which was so deep that his bones could be seen. He ran his cultivation to stop bleeding, shook his head, and said, “It doesn’t matter.”

“Good! As expected, you are worthy of being from the Ma Family. I swear to kill Ke Shanming. They are also injured, and they won’t go too far. Let’s find them!”

The two turned into two bolts of lightning and chased in the direction of Ke Shanming and his companions.

Ke Shanming fled towards the Forest of Misfortune with his two injured companions, but Wang Qian was badly hurt. He couldn’t move fast.

On the way, Ke Shanming and his companions were caught up. Ke Shanming knew that the Talisman of Destruction could not trap Ma Shiwen for long. Ma Shiwen also had his master card. Ke Shanming didn’t expect the other party to keep chasing and want to battle to the death.

Another bloody battle broke out. Wang Qian was killed. Ke Shanming was slightly injured, and Long Wenli was seriously injured. Ke Shanming had no choice but to use another Talisman of Destruction to trap Ma Shiwen and flee frantically with Long Wenli.

The battle lasted for a whole night.

In the morning, Ke Shanming and Long Wenli shouted excitedly. They finally saw the Forest of Misfortune. Although the Canyang Mercenary Guild was just a subsidiary of the Canyang Guild, there was an expert whose cultivation was similar to Ma Shiwen’s. They would be saved.

“Brother Ye, please save us!” Ke Shanming shouted as he ran his cultivation.

His voice rolled like thunder and spread out. All the warriors near the Forest of Misfortune were alarmed. Their faces turned pale with fright. They found Ke Shanming, an expert at the intermediate stage of the Gold Immortal Realm from the Canyang Guild, being chased.

Ye Huiling was cultivating in a room behind the Canyang Guild. Logically speaking, he could hear Ke Shanming’s cry for help. However, purple ripples occasionally flashed out of the transparent enchantment outside the room, isolating the sound.

Ke Shanming shouted several times. Ye Huiling hadn’t come yet, but Ma Shiwen had already caught up with him. Ke Shanming felt anxious.

“Ke Shanming, you old fogey, where do you think you can go?” Ma Shiwen chased after Ke Shanming and struck a palm across the air. An energy chain tore through the air and flew at Ke Shanming’s back.

Ke Shanming roared, turned around, and struck out with his palm. The aura around him surged violently.

Boom!

The two forces collided in mid-air and exploded with a boom. A terrible storm swept over the place.

Ke Shanming coughed up large mouthfuls of blood and fell backward.

Ma Shiwen was incomparably arrogant. “Bastards from Canyang Guild, go to hell.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he launched a palm attack. The air twisted, and an energy chain rumbled toward Long Wenli.

Long Wenli’s face turned deathly pale. He couldn’t withstand Ma Shiwen’s attack at all.

At the critical moment, a purple fist print flew across the sky. The terrible force made the air in a radius of several miles twist and the ground tremble.

Boom!

The purple fist print shattered Ma Shiwen’s attack.

A black figure suddenly appeared and stood with his hands crossed behind his back.

“Mr. Liu,” Long Wenli yelled in surprise. He didn’t expect the person saving him to be Liu Tianhe, the Killing God.

Chu Xun looked at the two of them and said, “You look embarrassed.”

“I’m ashamed to be so embarrassed in front of you, Mr. Liu.” Ke Shanming didn’t dare to be arrogant. He just called Chu Xun Mr. Liu.

“Who are you?” Ma Shiwen looked at Chu Xun warily. Since the person could save Long Wenli from thousands of meters away, Ma Shiwen dared not underestimate Chu Xun.

“Liu Tianhe.”

“Liu Tianhe? Are you the Killing God?” Ma Shiwen frowned. He didn’t know that Ke Shanming had told Ma Shijie that Chu Xun also needed the Seven Luminaries Celestial Milk, or he would investigate on the spot.

“Liu Tianhe, do you want to go against my Ma Family?” Ma Shiwen bellowed.

Chu Xun said indifferently, “I don’t care about the relationship between you. I released a task in the Canyang Guild, wanting a few precious materials. These materials are useful to me, and only the Canyang Guild can find them. If you kill Brother Shanming, who can help me find these materials?”