"Hehehe... Let's go,"
Hun Changqing said to Medusa and the other two as he emerged from the dark, abyss-like sea of trees.
Hai Bodong, staring blankly at the sea of trees before him, his eyes wide, was brought back to his senses by Hun Changqing's voice. He looked at Hun Changqing, then at the sea of trees, swallowed hard, and quickly went behind Hun Changqing, wiping the sweat from his brow.
Hai Bodong was stunned by the sheer power Hun Changqing had displayed, destroying most of Black Seal City with a mere wave of his hand.
Although he had previously frozen a city when he was a Dou Huang, the strongest person in that city was only a Dou Ling, and it was a small border town similar to Wutan City, incomparable to the colossal city of the Black Corner Region.
Moreover, if Hun Changqing so desired, he could easily ravage Black Seal City once more, reducing the entire city to ruins.
Medusa showed no reaction to this scene. She had witnessed the terrifying power of the Taiyin Black Death Wood when she was still the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python. Back then, she had even helped Hun Changqing by striking the wood spirit, only to be repaid with ingratitude; after helping Hun Changqing, she was directly taken care of by him.
Medusa crossed her arms, using her hands to shield her large breasts, her expression cold, and asked Hun Changqing,
"Beast, you didn't just kill that person so easily, did you? I should have done it myself; you let him off too easily."
Medusa was somewhat dissatisfied, thinking that Hun Changqing had simply used the Taiyin Black Death Wood to obliterate the man, feeling it wasn't enough to vent her anger. Based on the things that man had said, if Medusa had intervened, she would have tortured him to the point of wishing he were dead.
"Heh heh... Don't worry, don't you know my methods? Don't bring out those old tricks you used to torture people with. Let me do it..."
Hun Changqing scoffed at Medusa's methods, licking his lips and speaking to her in a contemptuous tone.
"Hmph, only a beast like you would research such things!"
Medusa snorted coldly, annoyed by Hun Changqing's disdain. Only this beast would come up with so many tricks all the time, even in bed...
Thinking about it, Medusa's thoughts drifted away from the topic. Her fair cheeks flushed involuntarily, and her lower abdomen felt warm.
After a while, Medusa, who had been imagining certain scenes, suddenly came back to her senses, startled. To suddenly think of such things while outside made her feel incredibly ashamed.
Medusa felt that this was definitely not her fault, but because of a certain beast. Yes, that's right, it's all Hun Changqing's fault!
Medusa, having affirmed herself in her heart, suddenly gritted her teeth and glared angrily at Hun Changqing. Hun Changqing was utterly bewildered; he'd only said one thing to her, why was she so angry?
"Let's go."
Scratching his head, Hun Changqing, not understanding what Medusa was imagining, ignored the awkward Medusa and led the two away, heading towards Maple City where Han Feng was.
The survivors present watched Hun Changqing and the others leave, their hearts filled with fear and relief. They were all far from the Sea of Trees, and seeing that figure in black robes, surrounded by black mist, like a demon god, filled their hearts with terror, as if shrouded in death.
The survivors emerged one by one, each soaked in sweat, their bodies trembling slightly, their eyes filled with fear, yet their faces were full of relief.
No one spoke; their mouths were dry, their throats as if blocked by fear, unable to utter a sound.
At this moment, the once vast Black Seal City auction house had long since been reduced to ruins by Hun Changqing's indiscriminate attack of black trees, becoming a cratered wasteland.
Most of the Black Seal City's terrain was utterly destroyed. Even after Hun Changqing and his group left, the black trees persisted, absorbing the energy of heaven and earth and transforming it into death energy.
Perhaps in the near future, Black Seal City would become a completely dead city, and its events would leave behind a chilling legend in the Black Corner Region.
Meanwhile, the owner of the Black Seal City Auction House, Yuan Yi, the leader of the Eight Doors, stood in the distant sky, looking down at the ruined auction house, his face ashen. Just now, Hun Changqing's main target was the Blood Sect members. The auction house was merely collateral damage, but the attack wasn't severe. Yuan Yi easily escaped from the terrifying black wood, but his auction house, which he had painstakingly built, was completely destroyed.
"Damn Fan Lao, you idiot! It's only because you're dead that I dont make you feel like you're living a life worse than death! You useless piece of trash who's a good for nothing!"
Yuan Yi was extremely frustrated, suffering an undeserved disaster. He wanted to curse Fan Lao's ancestors several times in his heart.
...
After the three of them "friendly" asked several passersby for directions, they finally arrived at Maple City, hundreds of thousands of miles away from the Black Seal.
They reached the secluded bamboo forest in the center of Maple City, the place where Han Feng was.
Standing in front of the bamboo forest, Hun Changqing activated his soul perception to search for Han Feng's location. After a moment, a look of doubt appeared on Hun Changqing's face.
"Huh? Where is he? Not here? Gone on vacation?"
Hun Changqing was puzzled, but didn't think much of it. Whether someone went on vacation or not was their own business. He hadn't made an appointment beforehand, so it was normal to run into someone who wasn't there.
He then sensed the aura of the guards in the bamboo forest, locked onto them, and appeared in front of one of them in a flash.
The black-armored guard was terrified when someone suddenly appeared before him. He was about to cry out when he felt a sharp pain in his throat, and no matter how hard he tried, he could only manage a few low, dry coughs.
The guard looked down and saw a white, jade-like hand gripping his throat. Looking up at the dark figure before him, the guard's eyes were filled with intense fear.
Hun Changqing's black sleeves billowed again, and black chains extended once more, piercing through the guard's voice. Because the guard's soul was too weak, he couldn't even scream. He only felt as if a sledgehammer had struck deep into his mind before losing consciousness.
Through some of the Soul Clan's tricks, Hun Changqing probed the guard's memories.
"Did he gather some leaders of the Black Corner Region, discuss something in this bamboo forest, and then leave?"
Hun Changqing was somewhat helpless. He hadn't expected Han Feng to actually go on a trip, and it seemed he wouldn't be back anytime soon. He scratched his head and turned to leave.
After settling down in Maple City, Hun Changqing set up a secret room. After showing Medusa his back, he left her outside the room, not letting her in. This made Medusa, who had finally managed to be alone with Hun Changqing and wanted to tease him, grit her teeth in anger.
Hun Changqing sat cross-legged in the secret room, took out the black storage ring, and said to it,
"Alas, Elder Yao, bad luck. Han Feng just happened to be out. It seems you'll have to wait a while to get your revenge."
"Sigh~"
As Hun Changqing's words fell, a sigh containing complex emotions came from the storage ring, and then a rather solidified white soul body floated out of the ring.
Yao Chen's resentment towards Han Feng had reached unprecedented levels over the past decades, but for some reason, upon arriving in Feng City and being only one step away from revenge, his mind was filled with conflicting thoughts.
Images of Han Feng as a child kept flashing through his mind—he had taken him in as an infant, carefully nurtured him, and watched him grow and mature before his very eyes. It could be said that Yao Chen loved Han Feng even more than his own son.
But all of this changed after he acquired the Burning Flame Technique…