Chapter 292: Captured Alive!

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Chapter 292: Captured Alive!

A golden bee clung to the large flag on the mast of the damaged Boundless Sky Divine Kingdom's warship in the bizarre mist.

It rested right on the character for "Boundless," calmly observing its surroundings through its compound eyes with incredible patience.

The golden bee stayed like this for a long time, firmly believing that keeping an eye on the warship would be vital due to its role as a positional marker.

Therefore, after Li Yuanchen left, it went to the flag to wait.

Time passed slowly, and eventually, a brilliant light suddenly flashed.

The ray of light was like lightning piercing through the gray bizarre mist!

Pang Jian teleported to the golden bee, swiftly hiding in the darkness, waiting for his prey to arrive.

Whoosh!

A grayish-blue smoke vortex appeared out of thin air.

Li Yuanchen waved his hand to collect the smoke into an iron funnel.

Gasping heavily, he collapsed onto the deck in a mess of blood and tattered golden battle armor as the light in his eyes dimmed.

"That Spirit Condensation Realm cultivator was far stronger than Zhuang Yuyan. The eye on his forehead must be his divine soul!"

Li Yuanchen's scalp tingled just recalling it.

The man cloaked in woven feathers had made him feel utterly powerless.

That man had dealt with Li Yuanchen the way Li Yuanchen had once dealt with Lu Lingchan—with overwhelming superiority.

Li Yuanchen suffered severe injuries from that single blow, with multiple fractures in his ribs and his spirit artifacts all severely damaged.

"My Mystic Heaven Thunder Hammer, my Ice Essence Seal, my Vortex Spirit Funnel," he mourned, staring at the broken spirit artifacts in his hands.

He was on the verge of tears.

Buzz! Buzz!

The golden bee's wings flapped.

Li Yuanchen glanced up at it with a sigh. "The owner of this golden bee is terrifying. They found me so quickly. It seems there's no escaping this time."

The connection between his Vortex Spirit Funnel and the Boundless Sky Divine Kingdom's warship had been the only reason he could return. Unfortunately, his opponent seemed capable of easily locating him with the golden bee.

Despair filled him.

Li Yuanchen swallowed a pill in preparation as he stared despondently at the golden bee.

Boom!

A giant cauldron crashed into Li Yuanchen from behind. The intense flames from the nine blazing suns surrounding it instantly engulfed him.

Whoosh!

Pang Jian appeared with his spear and the Star Crushing Umbrella above his head.

"Are you Pang Jian or Luo Yuan?" Li Yuanchen asked sharply.

"Both."

The dazzling river of stars from the Star Crushing Umbrella descended, and Pang Jian swung his Startling Slaughter Spear to unleash the Chaos Sword Technique.

A sword intent that shattered the natural principles of the Dao and twisted the laws of the heavens and earth surged out of Pang Jian's silver spear.

Conflicting energies simultaneously erupted from the Nine Suns Cauldron, the Star Crushing Umbrella, and the Startling Slaughter Spear to converge on Li Yuanchen.

Li Yuanchen, already barely clinging to life, could only watch helplessly as his golden armor was destroyed.

Only through the appearance of the golden bees and Pang Jian's secret assistance was her mistake rectified, sparing her from a tragic end.

"The smartest decision I ever made was giving Pang Jian a sword token back in the Primordial Wilderness." Qi Qingsong laughed heartily. "That sword token not only earned me the Blue Dream Sword, which allowed me to comprehend the wonders of Dream Sword Technique, but also gained me a friend in Pang Jian."

Zhuang Yuyan's eyes gleamed with anticipation. "I still haven't seen how powerful our junior brother is."

Whoosh!

A cauldron surrounded by small blazing suns came flying from the distance.

The handle of the Star Crushing Umbrella had been inserted into the cauldron so its radiant canopy covered the cauldron's mouth.

Pang Jian stood atop the shimmering umbrella in his normal appearance.

"Pang Jian!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise and excitement.

Once the Nine Suns Cauldron was hovering above the Sword Boat, Pang Jian leaped down and put away the Star Crushing Umbrella.

Pointing at the steadily descending cauldron, Pang Jian said to Dong Tianze, "Go inside and use your soul-searching technique to search Li Yuanchen's thoughts."

"You captured Li Yuanchen alive?" Zhuang Yuyan exclaimed in disbelief.

"What?!" Qi Qingsong flew up on his sword and peered down into the cauldron.

The battered genius of the Boundless Sky Divine Kingdom lay weakly inside, covered in blood and looking miserable.

Not long ago, this same man had killed Lu Lingchan, hunted down the Black Valley Sect disciples, and turned the living dead into a bloody mist.

"Pang Jian, how did you capture him?" Qi Qingsong asked incredulously.

"It was just a stroke of luck, nothing worth mentioning." Pang Jian waved his hand and motioned Dong Tianze to come closer. "Li Yuanchen isn't anything special. I encountered a guy in the Spirit Condensation Realm, riding on the skeleton of a giant mystical bird with a vertical eye on his forehead.

"He was the one who severely injured Li Yuanchen, allowing me to capture him when he fled."

"A person in the Spirit Condensation Realm, riding on the remains of a giant mystical bird with a vertical eye on his forehead..." Zhuang Yuyan pondered aloud, deep in thought. Then, her body trembled. "His name is Fu Wangchen, from the Forsaken Expanse Sect of the Northern Ruin in the First World!"

She paused, then glanced at Fang Boxuan with a peculiar look on her face.

Clearing her throat, she added, "His master is—"

"I know." Fang Boxuan slumped down onto the deck, looking utterly exhausted. Gritting his teeth, he said, "His master is Li Chu!"

Zhuang Yuyan nodded silently.

"Li Yuanchen killed Lu Lingchan on the Sword Boat, and afterward, Fu Wangchen severely wounded him in another area of the bizarre mist and forced him to flee..." Qi Qingsong shook his head and sighed. "Should I call it karma or bad luck? The beloved of the person he killed almost killed him."

"Lu Lingchan wasn't his beloved!" Fang Boxuan snapped angrily.

"Uh, sorry, that's not what I meant." Although Qi Qingsong looked slightly embarrassed, he still continued in a frank tone, "The Lu Clan and the Black Valley Sect dissolved your engagement. Lu Lingchan caught Li Chu's eye and was intended to be given to his disciple, so...Fu Wangchen was supposed to be her husband."

"My Fang Clan never agreed to that!" Fang Boxuan said, voice lacking confidence.

Qi Qingsong replied bluntly, "Your Fang Clan is gone now. It doesn't matter whether you agree or not."

"In any case, without the Fang Clan's agreement, it doesn't count..." Fang Boxuan said weakly.

Bang!

Dong Tianze leaped into the Nine Suns Cauldron and released shadows from his Ghost's Cry that condensed into a gentle, flowing stream around Li Yuanchen's forehead.

As Dong Tianze started to perform his secret arts, he asked, "Pang Jian, does it matter if he lives or dies?"

"It doesn't. Whether he lives or not is irrelevant. The important thing is that we learn everything we can about him—his background and what happened before," Pang Jian said coldly.

Dong Tianze nodded in understanding. "That'll make things much faster."

The stream circling Li Yuanchen's forehead plunged into his mind, transforming into a chain that forcibly extracted his memories.

"His real name is Li Yuanchen. He's the only son of the Armor-Breaking Marquis, one of the three Divine Marquises of the Boundless Sky Divine Kingdom."