Chapter 40

Fei Hou did not speak, and Huang Xiaolong sneered, "Dare to kill the guards of your ducal mansion? Do you want us to stand here and let you kill us? Not even allowed to fight back, right?"

In Duke Meng Chen's eyes, it seemed that people like Huang Xiaolong, these commoners, only deserved to be killed by them.

Meng Chen's face turned cold, and he looked extremely displeased.

"Boy, I don't care who backs you up. Today, you killed the guards of my ducal mansion. No one can save you!" Meng Chen said with intense killing intent. After finishing, he took a step back and said to the two tenth-rank experts, Mr. One and Mr. Two, "Today, no matter what method you use, you must cut off their hands and feet!"

"Please rest assured, Your Highness!" Mr. One and Mr. Two exchanged glances and respectfully replied. The other eighth-rank and ninth-rank guards of the ducal mansion also respectfully responded.

Meng Chen and his son Meng Xia stepped back to the side.

Meng Chen stood to the side, watching coldly. Although he noticed that Huang Xiaolong, a mere child, had a tenth-rank expert as a guard, which suggested he was not an ordinary person, he was not worried. As a duke, his status was revered, and in the kingdom, there were very few people he feared—no more than ten!

Mr. One and Mr. Two slowly approached Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou.

"We two will deal with him. You go and cut off that child's hands and feet first!" Mr. One said to the other eighth-rank and ninth-rank guards of the ducal mansion.

"Yes, Mr. One!"

As Mr. One's voice fell, he suddenly moved, and a giant snake appeared behind him.

This giant snake had a large head and a small body, with a body color of bluish-white. It was his martial soul, the Sky Snake!

The Sky Snake martial soul is a type of snake, generally a seventh-rank martial soul. However, some powerful snake martial souls are eighth-rank, and this Sky Snake is an eighth-rank peak martial soul.

Mr. One summoned his Sky Snake martial soul, and it instantly soul-transformed. His entire body turned bluish-white, covered in layers of snake scales, with blood-red eyes, and he pounced at Fei Hou.

Mr. Two's martial soul, on the other hand, was a rare type, a plant resembling a vine, entirely dark purple, covered in thorns shaped like knives.

This was a poisonous plant martial soul, highly toxic.

Mr. Two also summoned his martial soul, and it instantly soul-transformed, and he pounced at Fei Hou, following Mr. One.

At this moment, the other guards of the ducal mansion also summoned their martial souls and attacked Huang Xiaolong.

"Master, be careful!" Fei Hou said, coldly watching the attackers. Suddenly, he summoned his Galaxy martial soul, which transformed into a river dozens of meters long, wrapping around Huang Xiaolong's body. He continuously struck out with his hands, blocking the attacks from the ducal mansion's guards.

The Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey sitting on Huang Xiaolong's shoulder remained unusually quiet, its blue eyes fixed on Duke Meng Chen and his son Meng Xia.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Martial energy collided, and countless air currents shot out, sweeping through every corner of the second floor of the restaurant. All the tables and chairs were shattered into powder, and the other diners on the second and first floors had already fled.

Mr. One and Mr. Two did not expect Fei Hou to stand there and withstand the attacks of over a dozen people, and their faces turned ugly and angry.

However, Fei Hou's strength exceeded their expectations, and his Galaxy martial soul had reached the fifth level of enhancement, which was impossible for a typical tenth-rank expert, who could only reach the fourth level.

The guards of the ducal mansion were both shocked and angry, and they attacked again.

Although Fei Hou's strength was very strong, he was still no match for four hands. In the end, every time he blocked the attacks of the ducal mansion's guards, his body would tremble, and his face gradually turned pale.

Fei Hou's body had soul-transformed to a degree nearly as fluid as mercury.

Seeing this, Meng Chen and Meng Xia's faces involuntarily showed a smile.

"If you dare to harm my master, you will regret it!" Fei Hou said coldly, looking at Meng Chen and his son's smiles, as he blocked the attacks from the ducal mansion's guards.

Meng Chen sneered, "Regret? I, Meng Chen, have never known the meaning of regret. Not only will I cut off your hands and feet, but after the public display, I will have you dragged to the streets and beheaded! I want to see who can save you!"

At this moment, Marshal Haotian, who had been summoned to the palace by the king of Luotong, returned from the palace. As he approached the marshal's mansion, he sensed the martial energy fluctuations coming from the Delicious Restaurant and was taken aback.

Since the Delicious Restaurant was not far from the marshal's mansion, and Fei Hou was at the peak of the tenth-rank, the martial energy fluctuations could be sensed at the marshal's mansion.

"Peak tenth-rank?" Marshal Haotian frowned.

Although fighting was not prohibited in the capital, it was rare to see a peak tenth-rank expert.

"Marshal, that direction seems to be from the Delicious Restaurant," a guard beside Haotian replied.

At this moment, the captain of the soldiers guarding the front of the marshal's mansion saw the marshal return and stepped forward to salute, "Marshal, a man just came and claimed to be your junior brother, holding your gold token to see you." He then took out the gold token.

"Junior brother!" Haotian took the gold token and his face lit up.

This gold token was the one he had given to his junior brother Fei Hou over a decade ago.

"Where is my junior brother?!" he asked urgently. He hadn't seen Fei Hou in years, and he hadn't expected Fei Hou to come to see him. This time, they could have a good drink together.

The captain hesitated for a moment but still reported honestly, "Marshal, after he came, I told him you were at the palace, and then he left. He said he would wait for you at the Delicious Restaurant."

"Delicious Restaurant!" Haotian's face changed, sensing the increasingly intense martial energy fluctuations from the Delicious Restaurant. Could it be?!

"My junior brother is in trouble!"

Since his junior brother Fei Hou was at the Delicious Restaurant, and now martial energy fluctuations were coming from there, it couldn't be a coincidence. It must be his junior brother! Haotian was almost certain in his heart.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?!" Haotian roared at the captain.

The captain was terrified, as he had never seen the marshal so angry!

"Marshal, I, I!" The captain tried to explain, but Haotian didn't listen. Instead, he shouted to the sky, "Iron Claw Divine Eagle!"

As his voice fell, a loud eagle cry echoed from the sky, and a huge eagle with a gray-black body appeared. This eagle was about four to five meters in size, with feathers like iron, gleaming in the sunlight. Its claws were large, capable of tearing apart a giant elephant with one swipe.

Haotian leaped onto the back of the Iron Claw Divine Eagle and rode it directly toward the Delicious Restaurant.

In the entire capital, only the king of Luotong and Marshal Haotian were allowed to ride flying creatures in the sky above the capital.

The captain saw the marshal summon his tenth-rank mount, the Divine Eagle, and head toward the Delicious Restaurant, and he was so frightened that his body went limp.

Because, Fei Hou had asked him to hold the gold token and go to the palace to inform the marshal, but he hadn't gone!

At the time, he thought there was no war, and the marshal would return from the palace quickly, so he didn't go. He didn't expect anything to really happen, and now it seemed to be a big deal! If the marshal's junior brother really got into trouble, what would be his fate?!

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