"Jiang Haitian!"
Li Xuanxiu was so enraged that she broke down and lunged at him without thinking.
"I'm going to kill you!"
"Oh ho, you're in such a hurry already? Haha."
Jiang Haitian smiled and took a few steps back to avoid Li Xuanxiu's attack.
But the next second, Li Xuanxiu directly activated his true energy, intending to finish off his opponent with a single blow.
Puff——
Suddenly, a figure appeared out of thin air, grabbed Li Xuanxiu, and plunged a Heaven-Rank dagger into his abdomen.
"you--"
Li Xuanxiu stared in disbelief at the man wearing a skull mask beside him.
*Pfft, pfft, pfft*
The ghostly figure stabbed wildly, and Li Xuanxiu's eyes widened as blood kept gushing from the corner of his mouth.
In the end, they actually stabbed Li Xuanxiu to death in the main hall.
After doing all this, the ghostly figure instantly transformed into a cloud of smoke and dissipated into the air.
This scene came so suddenly that not only the entire court, but also Li Minshuang, Wu Xiulin, and even Luo Pianhong were stunned.
Jiang Haitian remained calm, shaking his head as he looked at Li Xuanxiu lying on the ground covered in blood.
"Feudal superstition is deadly! It scared me half to death. I really thought you were invulnerable to swords and spears."
Having said that, he leisurely twirled the magic bead in his hand and walked towards Luo Pianhong with a smile.
"presumptuous!"
Wu Xiulin, who was the first to react, was furious and immediately unleashed his Imperial Might.
"How dare you commit murder and violence within the Heavenly Saint Palace? Does your Demon Realm really think my Dao Realm is without anyone?"
Jiang Haitian sneered: "Then what do you want? I'm warning you, I represent the Demon Breath Palace. If you dare to lay a finger on me today..."
That's tantamount to starting a war with Demon City. If you want to provoke a war between our two nations, go ahead and try to mess with me.
"Are you trying to scare me? I'd like to see if the Demon Realm would actually dare to wage war against the Dao Realm for an ant like you!"
Provoked by Jiang Haitian's words, Wu Xiulin became even more enraged.
"Enough!"
Seeing the situation becoming increasingly tense, Luo Pianhong gave a deep shout, stopping Wu Xiulin's actions.
"This is my Heavenly Saint Palace. Do you all disregard me?"
The divine might of the Goddess of the Luo River instantly suppressed the imperial aura of the martial arts cultivator.
Wu Xiulin glared resentfully at Jiang Haitian, who had a playful expression on his face, and then said to Luo Pianhong, "Your Majesty, this man committed a crime in the palace, completely disregarding the laws of the Holy Dynasty. He should be apprehended and executed immediately."
Jiang Haitian: "You piece of trash, are you kidding me? I deserve to be punished for committing murder in the palace."
So how do we account for the fact that this fallen piece of trash wanted to kill me before?
It was just self-defense; were I supposed to just stand there and let him kill me? Heh…”
The scornful laughter was a veiled mockery of Wu Xiulin's ignorance.
Wu Xiulin took a deep breath: "That's because you provoked him with your words, which is why he became angry and embarrassed."
"May I ask which law you violated by verbally provoking me? How dare you, you piece of trash, just shout like that?"
If people could kill others just because they were annoyed by a few insults, then this world wouldn't be any better than this, there wouldn't be any living people left.
Besides, I was just stating a fact. He went crazy and tried to kill me, and I killed him in return, so why would he blame me?
Jiang Haiqi remained calm and composed, completely disregarding Wu Xiulin's angry attitude.
"Enough! Do you all intend to disregard me?"
Luo Pianhong spoke up again, scolding him.
"Alliance Leader Wu, in this Heavenly Saint Palace, I am still the one who calls the shots!"
Wu Xiulin glanced at Li Xuanxiu's corpse on the ground, then looked at Luo Pianhong with eyes full of rage.
"Very well, for Your Majesty's sake, I will not pursue the matter further. However, Your Majesty, I urge you to give the Heavenly Dao Alliance a satisfactory explanation, otherwise this matter will not be settled amicably."
Then he glared at Jiang Haitian.
"Don't be too arrogant. This matter won't be over so easily, hmph."
After saying that, he turned and walked out of the hall.
"hehe!"
Jiang Haitian sneered. The mirror reflected only Wu Xiulin's departing figure.
"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, then I shall take my leave."
Li Minshuang rose, bowed to Luo Pianhong, and then calmly left Tiansheng Palace.
Luo Pianhong: "Someone, tidy up this place and give the envoy a seat."
Soon, the hall was tidied up.
Jiang Haitian sat down, took out the agreement that Leng Qingcheng had given him from his pocket, and threw it onto Luo Pianhong's table.
"Your Majesty, this is the mission that our Empress entrusted to me before she departed. Is there anything else you would like to add?"
From the moment she started watching, Luo Pianhong had been secretly observing Jiang Haitian.
After probing with his divine sense, he discovered that Jiang Haitian had no cultivation whatsoever.
This surprised him, but also made him admire his courage.
To remain unfazed even when facing a Great Emperor-level being—such a person certainly deserves to be looked upon differently by the Dragon Han Empress.
She glanced at the contract casually, closed it, and asked, "There's nothing wrong with the contract, but I'd like to ask you, how do you plan to explain the Tianque Pass matter to me?"
"Tianque Pass will be returned to the Empress intact, but on the condition that Her Majesty withdraw all troops from the Victory Capital. After all, the Holy River Valley is now my territory, Jiang Haitian's territory."
"So, you're threatening me?"
"With such tempting conditions, does Your Majesty still need to hesitate?"
I also want to remind you that Yue Beiqing is no pushover either; cooperating with him will only lead to your own destruction.
Jiang Haitian's words made Luo Pianhong fall into deep thought.
In her previous life, when Lin Feng stormed into the Dao Domain, she sent someone to the Demon Abyss Forest Domain to ask the Demon Abyss Emperor Yue Beiqing for help.
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