Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 145 Unexpectedly, the Empress actually went to see the Prince of Xiaoyao in person.
When Mu Yongfeng arrived at the Zhang family's training ground, he was shocked by the tragic scene. The training ground was littered with the corpses of martial artists lying in disarray.

Furthermore, the corpses of those martial artists were missing limbs, and some were even torn in half, staining the entire training ground red with blood.

In the middle of the training ground stood a burly man covered in blood. His eyes glowed with a blood-red light, and his body was overflowing with blood energy. He seemed to have completely lost his mind.

Without any hesitation, Mu Yongfeng directly ordered the Zhenling Guards behind him, "Attack!"

At Mu Yongfeng's command, all the Zhenling Guards rushed forward and surrounded Zheng Kun. Immediately afterwards, several Zhenling Guard commanders wielded special bronze longswords and slashed at Zheng Kun.

The moment they saw Zheng Kun, they knew he was possessed by an evil spirit. Usually, when the Zhenling Guards deal with possession by evil spirits, they would first use something to suppress the evil spirit, such as talismans or black dog blood, to drive the evil spirit away from the person.

However, for those vicious evil spirits, such as the one in front of them that is suspected of slaughtering several villagers, they kill the host that the evil spirit possesses along with it.

Such a ferocious evil spirit must have possessed the person deeply. It might even have become assimilated with the person. If they use the same methods as before, they might not only fail to expel the evil spirit from the person's body, but their leniency might also cause heavy casualties among the Zhenling Guards.

Seeing that the Zhenling Guard had made a move, the old man from the Zhang family leaped up and jumped to the top of the pavilion to watch the battle. Dealing with evil spirits should be left to specialists. Although he could severely injure evil spirits, he found it difficult to kill them.

Several commanders of the Zhenling Guard attacked simultaneously, leaving Zheng Kun with no way to dodge and forcing him to use his bare hands to withstand the bronze swords of the Zhenling Guard.

However, his body, which had been indestructible when facing the Zhang family warriors just moments before, became extremely fragile at this moment. After several bronze swords from the Zhenling Guard commanders struck Zheng Kun's body, black smoke immediately billowed from his body, and black blood flowed from his wounds. Zheng Kun let out a painful roar.

At that moment, Zheng Kun suddenly went berserk, using his hand as a claw to instantly knock away the bronze sword of a commander in front of him, even at the cost of injury.
Although the specially made bronze sword was very lethal to Zheng Kun's body, because Zheng Kun was a grandmaster and had true qi protecting his body, the bronze sword had a hard time penetrating his body.

After Zheng Kun went berserk, he swung his claw directly at the Zhenling Guard commander before he could even dodge. Zheng Kun ripped out the commander's heart and pierced through his scales.

Zheng Kun then repelled several more Zhenling Guard commanders, causing Mu Yongfeng to frown.

What a powerful evil spirit!
This is probably the strongest evil spirit the Zhenling Guard has ever encountered since its founding!
Of course, it's not just the evil spirit that's powerful, but also the body that's controlled by it.

Mu Yongfeng did not know Zheng Kun, but he could sense the aura of a grandmaster emanating from Zheng Kun.

This puzzled Mu Yongfeng. Logically speaking, a grandmaster should have abundant qi and blood, which would suppress evil spirits to a certain extent. Why was this evil spirit able to possess the grandmaster in front of him?
However, this also proves how terrifying the evil spirit is.

Mu Yongfeng gripped his sword tightly, pushed off with his legs, and charged straight at Zheng Kun, yelling, "Get out of my way!"

Mu Yongfeng also realized that those commanders were no match for this evil spirit. Continuing like this would only increase casualties, so he had to take action himself.

Mu Yongfeng rushed in front of Zheng Kun and slashed out with his sword. Zheng Kun hurriedly raised his hand, still trying to block with his body. However, when the bronze sword landed in his hand, his palm was directly cut off.

Zheng Kun roared in pain again, realizing the power of the person in front of him. The next moment, without any hesitation, he ran directly towards the west courtyard of the Zhang family.

Seeing Zheng Kun trying to escape, Mu Yongfeng cried out inwardly, "Oh no, he's trying to run away!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Yongfeng hurriedly gave chase, but Zheng Kun was incredibly fast. Controlled by the evil spirit, his physical abilities had been greatly enhanced, and in the blink of an eye, he had left Mu Yongfeng, a martial arts master, far behind. Soon, his figure appeared in everyone's sight. Mu Yongfeng quickly led his men to search the area around the Zhang family residence, but they still couldn't find Zheng Kun.

The Zhenling Guards searched for an entire night, only finding some black blood on certain streets, but did not discover the figure of the evil spirit.

Because the aura of evil spirits was everywhere, the Ghost-Catching Compass of the Spirit-Suppressing Guard kept spinning, but it just couldn't pinpoint Zheng Kun's exact location.

As dawn broke, Mu Yongfeng, exhausted after a long night, dragged himself home. Upon seeing him, Mu Yunyan immediately went up to him and asked, "Father, did that evil spirit come out last night?"

Considering that the battle with that evil spirit might be a long one in the days to come, Mu Yongfeng did not have Mu Yunyan stand guard at night, but instead had her patrol during the day.

Compared to him, the Spirit Suppressor, his daughter is more efficient at finding evil spirits. Sunlight during the day can suppress the activity of evil spirits, and their strength will be greatly reduced. If Mu Yunyan finds the evil spirit during the day, she can deal with it.

Mu Yongfeng said, "Last night, that evil spirit went to the Zhang family and killed many of them. If it weren't for the fact that there was an old man in the Zhang family at the Grandmaster level, the Zhang family would probably have been wiped out by the time we got there."

Hearing this, Mu Yunyan was slightly taken aback. She hadn't expected that the evil spirit would make a move on its very first night in the capital.

Mu Yunyan then asked, "Then, what about that evil spirit? Did you get rid of it?"

Mu Yongfeng sighed and said, "It got away."

"It possessed a grandmaster, greatly enhancing that grandmaster's strength. Even when I personally intervened, I was unable to stop it."

Hearing Mu Yongfeng's words, Mu Yunyan frowned slightly. Even her father, the Spirit Suppressor, couldn't keep that evil spirit. The evil spirit's strength was too terrifying.

If we don't catch this evil spirit soon, who knows how many more people it will kill next.

Just then, Mu Yongfeng suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, didn't you say last night that you were going to the Prince of Xiaoyao's mansion to ask if the Prince of Xiaoyao had any ways to deal with evil spirits?"

Mu Yunyan came to her senses and said, "When I went there last night, I saw that the Empress's carriage was parked in front of the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion, so I didn't go in."

Mu Yongfeng looked thoughtful. "I didn't expect the Empress to personally go to see Prince Xiaoyao. Could it be that Prince Xiaoyao really has a way to deal with evil spirits?"

"If that's the case, then it seems there was no need for the Prince of Xiaoyao's Mansion to report the appearance of evil spirits in the tomb of the old Prince of Xiaoyao."

Mu Yunyan said, "I plan to go later..."

Before Mu Yunyan could finish speaking, a Zhenling Guard commander's voice came from the doorway, "Zhenling Envoy Mu, we also found a pool of black blood at the entrance of the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion!"

(End of this chapter)