novelraw Chapter 708 - 610: Chen Hong (First Update)
Chapter 708 - 610: Chen Hong (First Update)
"You are talking nonsense!"
Chen Hong shouted.
But she was already blustering at this point.
Xiao Meng wasn't a fool either, and upon hearing Yang Tian's words, she examined the emblem above Chen Hong's chest more closely, her face growing extremely grave: "Chen Hong, I originally thought you were the kidnapped hostage, but unexpectedly, you are the criminal, and even the leader of the criminals!"
"You are talking nonsense, be careful I sue you for slander!"
Chen Hong said angrily.
"At this point, how long can you continue to deny?"
Wu Yue laughed coldly.
However, Xiao Meng beside her was straightforward and pulled out a pair of handcuffs: "Why say so much? Just arrest her first and then force her to reveal the whereabouts of the other missing people."
Seeing Xiao Meng really approaching, Chen Hong's face changed.
She suddenly rolled to the left side of the table, pulled out a pistol from beneath it, and fired a shot at Xiao Meng.
The whole action was completed in one fluid motion.
How does this resemble a kidnapped hostage?
Her movements were so agile, precisely like a trained martial artist.
A trace of cold laughter flashed in Yang Tian's eyes. His figure flickered, and he already grabbed the bullet shot towards Xiao Meng: "Speak, Chen Hong, where did you kidnap them to? You kidnapped half of the Capital City's noble children, and your father reported you as missing. Could it be your father's intention for you to do this?"
"Yang Tian, you know too much, you won't meet a good end!"
While speaking, Chen Hong raised the pistol, pulling the trigger.
BANG!
A gunshot rang out.
A bullet rapidly shot towards Yang Tian.
"You don't cry until you see the coffin, do you?"
Yang Tian laughed coldly, flicked his hand, and the bullet was flicked back, hitting Chen Hong's arm with a crack.
Chen Hong let out a scream of agony as intense as a pig being slaughtered: "Yang Tian, you actually hit a woman? You will die a horrible death!!!"
"Damn it!"
Yang Tian stepped forward and slapped Chen Hong directly with two heavy blows: "I don't just hit women, but I can also kill them. Stop pretending to be pitiful; I'll give you one last chance. Tell the whereabouts of the other missing people, and I'll spare your miserable life."
"You brute..."
Chen Hong wanted to say something more.
But Yang Tian strained his hand, a spirit talisman hit, and with a crack, it ignited on Chen Hong's body.
Chen Hong's face showed pain, shouting repeatedly: "I will tell you everything, please spare me..."
"If you had cooperated earlier, you wouldn't have suffered..."
Yang Tian waved his hand, retrieving the flame from Chen Hong's body.
"Speak, where are the other noble heirs?"
Xiao Meng asked coldly.
"I will take you to find them now..."
Chen Hong said cautiously.
"It's not a trick, is it?"
Wu Yue said doubtfully.
In her eyes, any Chen family descendant competing with Yang Tian was hostile, especially Chen Hong being Chen Shangliang's daughter, so Wu Yue naturally viewed Chen Hong as an enemy.
"Follow me, how could this be a trick? With a twitch of your finger, you could finish me. My father told me, you are terrifying cultivators..."
Chen Hong gazed alertly at Yang Tian.
"Let's go, lead us to find the other missing people!"
Yang Tian said indifferently.
Chen Hong glanced at Yang Tian and then walked ahead, passing through a dark passage, leading them all to a stone cavern.
This stone cavern was quite large, almost double the size of a basketball court.
Throughout the journey, Yang Tian had been observing Chen Hong.
For some reason, Yang Tian vaguely felt a demon breath on Chen Hong.
This discovery made Yang Tian more attentive to the surroundings. And as he entered the stone cavern and saw the stone statues carved on the cavern wall, he frowned.
"The missing people are in this stone cavern..."
Chen Hong said earnestly.
Xiao Meng, Wu Yue, and Ling Ying stepped forward, only to find the stone cavern was empty, not even a ghost silhouette, let alone people.
Apart from the statues on the cavern wall, there was nothing here.
"Chen Hong, are you mocking us?"
Xiao Meng asked coldly.
"I am not mocking you... They were indeed brought here by me... Just how did they go missing..." Chen Hong's face was a bit pale; she advanced toward the center of the cavern only to suddenly wave her hand, and the central stone started rapidly descending.
Chen Hong desperately jumped onto the stone.
CRACK!
Soon, the stone descended, a steel plate quickly closed.
Just like that, Chen Hong disappeared into the stone cavern.
"She got away!"
Such a swift turn of events led Xiao Meng to stomp the ground fiercely.
"Relax, she won't get far."
Yang Tian said lightly.
"Could the direction Chen Hong disappeared be where the missing people are? Yang Tian, let's follow down too, and rescue the hostages first!" Xiao Meng said with some concern. "These hostages are the Capital City's noble children. If they are harmed, we'll have trouble explaining."
Yang Tian used his divine sense to explore below the cavern and soon said, "It's fine, the direction Chen Hong went is a passage leading to the outskirts, the hostages are not below."
"Then where are the hostages?"
Xiao Meng asked an additional question.
Yang Tian remained silent, not answering Xiao Meng's question.
For a moment, Xiao Meng was somewhat outraged: "That Chen Hong is too cunning; once I catch her, I won't let her move so easily!"
"We better hurry to chase after Chen Hong!"
Wu Yue said and then stepped forward.
She glanced at the steel plate on the ground and with a strain, hit it with a spirit talisman.
BOOM!
The spirit talisman exploded, but disappointingly for Wu Yue, the steel plate was unexpectedly sturdy, even the spirit talisman couldn't break it.
"Let me try."
Ling Ying walked up, using a ghost talisman to adhere to the steel plate, attempting to melt it.
But still failed.
For a moment, both Wu Yue and Ling Ying were puzzled: "What material is this steel plate?"
"There's demon breath inside; spirit talismans can't break it."
Yang Tian said.
"Demon breath?"
Wu Yue and Ling Ying exchanged a glance, and they used divine sense to probe within the steel plate. Soon, they discovered indeed a trace of demon breath floating within.
"Not only does the steel plate have demon breath, but Chen Hong also has demon breath on her."
Wu Zetian said.
"Oh? Mistress, you noticed too?"
Yang Tian turned to Wu Zetian.
"Yes, when Chen Hong came into the cavern, I felt a wave of demon breath." Wu Zetian paused but then added, "But what puzzles me is that while apart from the steel plate, there's some demon breath floating here, for a time, I cannot determine where it's coming from. It's as if the entire cavern has demon breath, yet it's not so obvious."
Upon hearing this, Yang Tian suddenly said: "These demon breaths are emanating from the statues on the stone wall."
"What? Demon breath within these statues?"
Wu Yue frowned.
She gazed at the stone wall, observing the statues carved into it, roughly a dozen. Each statue appeared somewhat eerie, only sculpted to have a silhouette, yet lacking facial features.
"That's right, these statues have demon breath; the reason they emit demon breath is that the statues are full of living people." Yang Tian stated: "Chen Hong was indeed right; the missing people are here, merely sealed within the statues."
"What?!!" This time, Xiao Meng's expression changed: "Yang Tian, are you serious?"
Yang Tian said nothing, merely applying one spirit talisman after another onto the statues. Suddenly, a series of cries broke from within them: "Help us..."