Hurt my loved ones? I'm not guarding this country's borders anymore!

Previous Chapter Recap: The Zhou family was destroyed, and Shen Jinglong swore an oath in the darkness, aiming his sword at his last enemy—the Zheng family.

The Zheng family.

The last powerful fortress in Cangcheng.

At this moment, the Zheng family mansion was brightly lit, yet it exuded an indescribable desolation and despair.

"Feed? Hey! Your Highness! It's me, Xiao Zheng! Say something!"

Zheng Tai gripped the burning red phone and shouted hysterically into the other end.

There was only a busy tone on the other end of the phone.

"Snapped!"

Zheng Tai smashed the phone to pieces.

"Abandoned pawns...we've all become abandoned pawns!"

Zheng Tai gave a bitter laugh and slumped onto the sofa.

Zheng Tai dominated Cangcheng for thirty years, boasting of his infallible strategies, but unexpectedly ended up being betrayed and abandoned by everyone.

"Master, let's run!"

The butler, tears streaming down his face, said, "Under the cover of night, take a speedboat by water to the capital to find those important figures..."

"run?"

Zheng Tai staggered to his feet, a glint of madness flashing in his eyes. "Under the whole heaven, all land belongs to the king. Since that man surnamed Shen dared to publicly nail Zhao Wuji to death, Cangcheng would have been surrounded by his troops like an iron barrel long ago! Where can we run?"

"Bring out all the offerings!"

"Set up those heavy machine guns!"

"You want me dead? I'll knock two of his front teeth out!"

Zheng Tai roared until his voice was hoarse.

……

The night was darker.

Outside the two alloy gates of the Zheng family's house, which were said to be able to withstand rocket-propelled grenades.

Shen Jinglong stood quietly.

He wasn't holding a gun, but rather a Black Dragon Token.

"Commander Long, the Zheng family has activated all their defense systems, including infrared sensor mines."

Qinglong glanced at the tablet in his hand and reported to his supervisor.

"Clay chicken and earthenware dog."

Shen Jinglong uttered four words calmly.

He tossed the Black Dragon Token in his hand.

"boom!"

The token traced a black arc in the air, unleashing a visible shockwave that slammed directly into the alloy door.

Amidst a terrifyingly loud bang.

That supposedly indestructible door, as if made of paper, dented inwards and then collapsed with a crash!

Along with the dozen or so armed guards behind the door, they were crushed into a bloody pulp.

"kill!"

No nonsense.

Zhuque took the lead, her red figure like a ghost.

The so-called "master of offerings" that the Zheng family was so proud of couldn't even last a single move against her.

"Who goes there! Stop right there!"

A bald old man jumped down from the roof, wielding a pair of judge's pens; he was clearly a martial arts expert.

"I am the Iron Pen of Cangzhou..."

"puff!"

He hadn't finished speaking.

The short blade in Suzaku's hand had already sliced ​​across his throat.

"You talk too much nonsense."

Suzaku didn't even turn his head, continuing to harvest.

Shen Jinglong didn't even make a move.

He walked with his hands behind his back, as if he were strolling through his own backyard, step by step toward the Zheng family's main building.

Wherever they went, whether it was machine gun fire or expert ambushes, they were all dealt with as easily as cutting melons and vegetables by Qinglong and Zhuque.

This is the foundation of the Northern War God.

Any one of his four top generals could easily sweep through the underworld of a city!

at last.

Shen Jinglong stood in front of Zheng Tai.

Zheng Tai was the only one left in the hall.

He pointed the gun at Shen Jinglong, but his hand was shaking like a leaf.

"No...don't come any closer!"

Zheng Tai pulled the trigger.

"Click".

Empty sound.

He forgot to claim his insurance, or rather, he was so scared that he forgot.

Shen Jinglong looked at him as if he were a pitiful insect.

"Seven years ago, when you held a knife to my father's neck, were your hands trembling?"

Shen Jinglong's voice was soft, but cold.

"I……"

Zheng Tai knelt down with a thud.

His psychological defenses completely collapsed.

"Uncle Shen... that's a misunderstanding! Those were orders from above!"

"What are the orders from above?"

Shen Jinglong's eyes narrowed, and he took a step forward, stepping directly on Zheng Tai's wrist.

"Snap!"

The sound of bones cracking was crisp and pleasant.

"ah--!"

Zheng Tai let out a bloodcurdling scream, "I'll talk! I'll talk! It's Prince Anle! It really is Prince Anle!"

"He gave us a death order: we must wipe out the Shen family! And we need to find... find something!"

"What is that?" Shen Jinglong pressed down harder with his feet.

"I...I don't know exactly what it is! It seems to be a list...or some kind of special prescription!"

Zheng Tai was in so much pain that snot and tears streamed down his face. "And...and what happened back then wasn't just about our four families; there were also people from the capital! They were all dressed in black with red flames embroidered on their chests!"

Blood Flame!

Blood Flame again!

Shen Jinglong's killing intent intensified.

"That's all?" he asked coldly.

Looking into Shen Jinglong's murderous eyes, Zheng Tai felt that death was imminent.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck him, and he remembered a life-saving trick.

He suddenly raised his head, his face covered in blood, and shouted with utmost sincerity:

"Don't kill me! I know Anle King's secret stronghold in Cangcheng! Only I know the location of that 'Shadow Tower'!"

"Sir! Spare me! I can still be saved!"

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Shen Jinglong's foot, which was about to step down, stopped in mid-air.

Shadow Tower.

That was the core of the King Anle's intelligence network.

If we can remove this nail, we can learn more about King Anle's secrets and even find out the whereabouts of that mysterious object from back then.

"very good."

Shen Jinglong withdrew his foot and turned to Qinglong, saying, "Take him away. Don't let him die. Take everything out of his belly."

"yes!"

Qinglong stepped forward and dragged Zheng Tai out like a dead dog.

The Zheng family was thus completely wiped out.

Shen Jinglong walked alone to the rooftop terrace of the Zheng family building.

The wind is very strong.

The wind blew the hem of his clothes.

He held in his hand a strange jade pendant that he had just taken from Zheng Tai.

That was a token.

He gazed towards the north.

That's the direction of the capital.

There sat the all-powerful King Anle.

"King Anle"

Shen Jinglong gripped the jade pendant tightly, his knuckles turning white. "I've wiped out all your henchmen in Cangcheng. Now, we'll play around."

……

In the shadows not far away.

Princess Huimin slowly walked out, looking at the figure standing atop the tall building.

Even from this distance, she could still feel the loneliness and domineering aura emanating from that man.

"The sky over Cangcheng has changed."

She murmured to herself, "Shen Jinglong, this knife is sharper than I imagined. I just wonder if it will end up cutting the person wielding it?"

"Pass down the order."

The princess turned around, her eyes sharpening. "Shen Jinglong has already entered the game; our plan can begin now."