975: Chapter 607_2 975: Chapter 607_2 The struggle within the court begins to intensify!
The Emperor’s madness was finally revealed, and the Imperial Palace was on the brink of transformation.
Originally replacing his father to manage the court affairs, the Eldest Prince swiftly secured his position despite the opposition and maneuvers from other Princes’ factions.
After the Emperor fell ill, the person occupying that position couldn’t manage, and the Imperial Physicians had no remedy!
This is a case where terror struck by Heavenly Thunder not only broke his spirit but also harmed his body and mind, making it impossible for even those with superior medical skills to cure such folly and madness!
With the changing of the court, life for the common people at dawn remained unchanged as their prayers for rain were answered.
Eryao punished the Emperor, unaware that his punishment left the Emperor unable to fulfill his role, throwing the Imperial Palace into chaos again!
Those who wanted to seek justice for the Emperor could not find anyone.
Moreover, this type of divine punishment, a Thunderstrike, suggests that the Emperor must have committed misdeeds deserving such a heavenly wrath!
The Emperor’s son, the Eldest Prince, seized this rhetoric and easily stabilized his position to become the Crown Prince and then the Emperor!
Eryao did not realize that his punishment resulted in the Emperor losing his capability to rule, already driven to madness!
This, however, helped the Eldest Prince secure the position of the Emperor.
He might not necessarily be a great ruler either, but surely, he was a bit better than an Emperor who just sought immortality!
Eryao soared into the sky.
When he met his master, he proposed to go to the Hell Palace Magic Artifact to punish the State Preceptor!
Jiang Tang found Eryao’s bowing to the illusion of fruit amusing in its proud temper but didn’t interfere.
Jiang Tang thought the State Preceptor deserved a lesson as he was a scoundrel!
Eryao smoothly entered the Hell Palace and inexplicably threw the State Preceptor into the Magic Artifact!
While encountering so many Demonic Beasts within the Magic Artifact, he arrived precisely during the daytime, coinciding with the appearance of the Red Sun!
That moment was also when Ghosts hid, and the Demonic Beasts emerged in the Magic Artifact to bask under the sun!
The State Preceptor was terrified by these beasts.
When had he ever seen a Lion?
Tigers, wolves, leopards – these dangerous animals seldom seen in forests were staring at the State Preceptor with glowing green eyes in groups!
An additional creature appeared in the Hell Palace; she was a human.
The human who originally controlled the Magical Treasure in the palace had already hidden!
Then a city and a ship entered, those were Half-Human Demons; now another human came in, and the Demonic Beasts felt more intruders were overtaking their territory!
However, everyone entering the Hell Palace, new flesh needed to be put into good use.
Wasn’t it a waste not to let the flesh frolic a bit?
How could they justify their time basking under the sun here or during the dull moments of the night?
So…
the State Preceptor only heard from within the Magic Artifact, all the Demonic Beasts making their beastly noises.
“Ow-woooo”
“Roar roar roar”
Such sounds erupted, making the State Preceptor feel like his ears were going deaf, and all these Demonic Beasts looking at him as if they wanted to devour him!
The State Preceptor felt like his soul was leaving his body!
He had never expected to escape the Imperial Palace and end up mysteriously here!
He didn’t know what Secret Realm this was, nor did he know that such a place with so many Demonic Beasts even existed!
Thinking that Dragon who turned into a youth, he wondered if these Demonic Beasts could change voices or speak?
“Hey, where are you from?
How did I end up here?
Why are you all here?”
The State Preceptor spoke, finding it funny and absurd to talk like this under threat.
Why was he speaking to himself?
Do Demonic Beasts speak?
But she hadn’t seen it before.
In their country, he was the most formidable Heavenly Master, possibly encountering formidable Ghosts!
Demons had also been captured by him, definitely not as ferocious as these!
“From where did you intrude, human?
You must have committed a crime, right?
If not, you wouldn’t have ended up here.
This is the Hell Palace, for criminals only, like us who grew up here!”
The State Preceptor heard a human voice and looked around but realized he was still facing Demonic Beasts.
With so many Demonic Beasts roaring at once, the scene was loud and lively.
Initially frightened and wanting to escape, he didn’t know where to flee!
Suddenly startled in this strange place, he forgot about the Puppet Talisman!
“Who…
who is speaking to me?”
The State Preceptor looked around, not seeing a single human in sight.
Demonic Beasts were physically larger than some wild animals, especially those lions, tigers, leopards, and wolves, which moved in packs!
In their midst, there was truly no sign of humans!
Was the Hell Palace really a hell?
The sun was blood-red, eerily unsettling!
Yet those Demonic Beasts were basking in the sun, seemingly absorbing it for their cultivation!
Could this Red Sun actually be beneficial to living beings?
The State Preceptor thought so much in a flash.
At that moment, a lion emerged from the pride and transformed into a human!
He was the Lion King, capable of taking human form!
The State Preceptor watched in shock as the lion, now a middle-aged man though not imposing, looked almost human.
With spirited eyes, he said to the State Preceptor: “Foolish human, you must have committed crimes to be brought here.
What crimes have you committed?”
The State Preceptor had many thoughts flash through his mind, but he ultimately denied everything, figuring no one here could prove him wrong.
He must ignore these formidable Demonic Beasts!
“I, I was wronged, definitely dragged here by this Magic Artifact for no reason.
Does this Magic Artifact have an owner?
I want to meet the owner of the Magic Artifact, I was wronged!”
“Tsk”
Before the Lion King could respond, another scornful comment came, this time from a wolf!
All eyes turned towards this voice, and at this moment, the Wolf King also transformed into a young man!
“Whether you were wronged or not, meeting our owner is difficult.
We can’t even see the owner.
Hmph, the owner must have had good reason to imprison you here!”
The State Preceptor was dumbfounded, always hearing about this ‘owner’.
Were these animals all owned by him?
Could he even leave this place?
Who was this owner?
The Divine Dragon?
The State Preceptor was at a loss for words!
“You’re right, he was imprisoned here because he committed crimes.
You all want to play with him, just play!”
Suddenly, a child’s voice echoed in the space, familiar to those who knew it was the Artifact Spirit of the Hell Palace speaking.
“Ah woo”
The wolves were the first to not hold back.
Only the Wolf King could speak and the other boys couldn’t speak or transform.
Hearing that they could toy with this human, they eagerly extended their claws!
The State Preceptor was terrified, with so many wolves pouncing, the other creatures motionless, the wolves would devour him!
Realizing he was about to die, in his critical moment, he thought of the Puppet Talisman!
He slapped the Puppet Talisman on himself and immediately, he escaped from the countless Demonic Beasts underground.
The wolves didn’t know!
They just wanted to play with this human creature, using their claws to rip at the State Preceptor’s clothes, then his hair, and his skin!
Noticing this human was motionless?
The wolves thought they had scared him, evoking more playfulness, seeing him motionless, they clawed even harder.
Some wolves even tattered his clothes, biting and dragging him as they ran!
With so many wolves toying with him, the State Preceptor’s clothes were tattered and he was covered in scars, but there was no blood!
When Eryao arrived at the Hell Palace, he saw so many Human Demons and beasts gathered around something entertaining.
Recognizing Eryao, all the myriad Demonic Beasts in the space knew him, and seeing the Divine Dragon, they were stunned!
The few who could speak knelt in worship!
“Greetings, Divine Dragon!”
Eryao nodded at them: “What are you doing here?”