Chapter 307 - 301: Death
This was a life-or-death situation! There was no other way out!
He immediately erupted with his full strength. His body blurred into an afterimage as his Inner Qi surged. He struck out with a Monument-Splitter Hand, backed by decades of his Power, aiming straight for Chen Li’s face.
Yet, facing this thunderous blow that could shatter monuments and split stone, Chen Li remained motionless, as if he hadn’t noticed. Not even a flicker of emotion crossed his eyes.
Deep within his sea of consciousness, inside his Divine Hall Acupoint, a Divine Embryo—apple-sized, condensed as if it were solid, and a perfect replica of his own face—took a single step forward.
The Divine Embryo carried with it a vast and boundless spiritual pressure. In an instant, it crossed the several yards between the two men and lunged toward He Mingyun’s Divine Hall Acupoint.
’A Divine Embryo?!’
’The Divine Intent Pass!’
’You’re a Divine Intent Grandmaster?!’
The confidence on He Mingyun’s face instantly froze, replaced by terror and a chilling dread.
He had attacked first precisely to force Chen Li into a physical fight.
When Void Transformation Grandmasters clashed, the commotion was immense.
A battle of a hundred moves would likely tear the Governor’s Mansion to shreds.
’Even if I couldn’t win, the fight would draw the attention of others. With my status as Governor, my opponent’s hands would be tied. He would never dare to kill me.’
That was his path to survival tonight.
But only now, upon seeing Chen Li’s Divine Embryo, did he truly understand how terrifying Chen Li was.
In the face of absolute power, all his schemes were doomed to fail.
His opponent was absolutely confident he could eliminate him in an instant, silently and without a trace. That was why he had dared to come here so brazenly.
Horror and rage flashed through his mind, along with an absurd, suffocating sense of frustration.
’Chen Li, you son of a bitch!’
’If you’re a Divine Intent Grandmaster, why didn’t you show this strength sooner? I would have been scrambling to win you over, not making an enemy of you!’
Even he, who prided himself on his composure and refinement, wanted to curse out loud.
But this would be the last thought to cross his mind before his consciousness was annihilated.
Driven by his survival instinct, He Mingyun frantically burned his Divine Sense. A brilliant light erupted from between his eyebrows.
A seven-foot-tall, slightly ethereal Divine Sense Illusion that resembled him roared and shot out, attempting to flee.
But it was all in vain!
With the Qiankun Ruyi Staff in hand, Chen Li executed a single, simple slash.
"PFFT...!"
Like a bursting bubble, He Mingyun’s condensed Divine Sense Illusion let out an overwhelmed wail under the staff’s blow. It couldn’t even hold on for a moment before shattering inch by inch, dissolving into a shower of light and vanishing without a trace.
"URGH...!"
He Mingyun’s charging body froze abruptly. The light in his eyes rapidly dimmed, filled with endless shock, indignation, and regret.
His body swayed violently, all his vital energy dissipating in an instant. He fell backward, stiff as a board.
With a heavy THUD, he crashed onto the cold ground, kicking up a small cloud of dust. Not a trace of life remained.
He Mingyun, the Governor of Liyang, had fallen.
His Divine Soul was utterly annihilated.
Chen Li’s Divine Embryo returned to his body.
His expression unchanged, he walked forward, bent down, and lifted the still-warm corpse. He then carried it into the pitch-black study.
He arranged the body in the Grandmaster’s Chair He Mingyun usually sat in, making it look as if he had fallen asleep at his desk.
Next, he scanned the study and quickly found a hidden mechanism inside a rosewood wardrobe against the wall.
With a light touch, a partition slid open, revealing a secret compartment.
The compartment wasn’t large. Inside were a number of gold leaves, two Small Jade Bottles, and a few official documents.
Chen Li ignored the gold and silver. He flipped through the documents; they were memorials written to the Court and held little value. The Jade Bottles contained Elixirs, likely for Cultivation.
After a moment of thought, he took out two account ledgers he had prepared beforehand and stuffed them into the back of the secret compartment.
Then, he walked out of the study. With a slight movement and a few leaps, he completely vanished into the night outside the Governor’s Mansion.