Dragon Tamer

And the voice of that Puppeteer Princess sounded somewhat familiar.

Lu Mu, the courtesan??

The Advanced Thanatophile whom he himself had reduced to ashes??

Could it be that she was not a real person, but just a puppet of this princess?

No wonder she didn’t resist or plead for mercy, nor did she divulge any valuable information.

At that time, Zhu Minglang had also used the Purgatory Pupil Domain for the first time; his control was not yet proficient, and he had not specifically checked the body of said Advanced Thanatophile. It never crossed his mind that she was just a puppet sent to assassinate him!

Not bad, Zhao Yin Ge…

You’ve made some progress, to actually hire such a formidable Puppeteer Princess to deal with me.

Zhu Minglang’s attention then focused on An Qingfeng and the Puppeteer Princess.

Perhaps Zhao Yin Ge was still the worthless Zhao Yin Ge, and the truly formidable ones were An Qingfeng and this Puppeteer Princess.

If he got angry about the assassination and went to Zhao Yin Ge for accountability, he would fall right into their trap.

“Does this guy need to be alive or dead? If alive, it will take more time; he’s not weak. If dead, that’s simple,” the Puppeteer Princess asked.

“Keep him alive for now. Zhu Huo still holds some value.”

“What value can he have? This time he didn’t even have the chance to go to the Zhu Gate Secret Area. Hmph, Zhu Minglang really underestimates me, Zhao Yin Ge, to actually send such trash against me?” Zhao Yin Ge said disdainfully.

These words reached Zhu Minglang’s ears, and his expression immediately changed.

Zhu Gate Secret Area…

Whether it was the departure to the secret area or the personnel involved, it was all highly confidential within Zhu Gate.

How did Zhao Yin Ge know that they had gone to the Zhu Gate Secret Area a few days ago, and how did he know that Zhu Huo was excluded??

There were only eight people who went together that day.

Zhu Wangxing, the four Elders, Zhu Minglang, Zhu Rongrong, and that quiet female Hall Master.

Among these eight people, was there an inside traitor???

Waves surged in Zhu Minglang’s heart!

That was the Zhu Gate Secret Area, the most hidden and sacred of grounds, and in the entire Little Inner Court, no more than these eight people were qualified to step into it!

Zhu Huo could basically be ruled out as a suspect.

“First of all, the fact that we went to the secret area could not possibly be known to anyone besides us eight…”

Zhu Minglang pondered carefully and finally determined that there must indeed be a traitor among them!

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In the tea field, Zhu Huo was still desperately holding on, his injuries gradually mounting.

Facing so many thanatophiles, Zhu Huo did manage to kill a few, but escaping was unlikely.

As the injuries increased, the swordsmanship Zhu Huo could perform was limited; his speed slowed down, and his agility was not as sharp as before.

Just as he was nearing exhaustion, Zhu Huo saw a tiny crystal gleaming with a crystal luster, oddly floating near him…

As a core member of Zhu Gate, he was quite familiar with what these tiny crystal particles were: the Wind Crystal Dandelions. But this was a tea field, so why were these spirits here?

Suddenly, a bottle of crimson liquid was thrown from somewhere, striking the ground heavily. Following that, a terrifying heat erupted from this tiny bottle of flame liquid, instantaneously setting the tea field he was in ablaze!

Zhu Huo was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to his senses.

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He immediately raised the sword in his hand and ferociously chopped toward those wind crystal particles at high speed.

As the wind crystal particles shattered, they immediately swept out strong gusts of wind!

There were over a hundred of these particles, and once they were all smashed, a terrifying wave of energy suddenly arose in the tea fields!

The wave was incredibly torrential and fierce, as it engulfed the terrifying molten flame heat, intensifying the energy within the flames!

A flame explosion carrying hurricanes rampaged and spread, instantly devouring the elegant hills and fields.

The thanatophiles ambushing Zhu Huo had never seen such power and were all burned to death by the fiery breath produced by the combined force of the molten flames and shattered wind crystals!!!

Zhu Huo knew better than anyone what these two things were and immediately hid in the opposite direction of the wind breath, escaping toward another direction in the tea hills amidst this astounding fiery outburst…

The tea pavilion wasn’t far from the tea fields, and Zhu Huo had deliberately swept the wind crystals in this direction, so this extremely agitated and powerful breath of blaze headed straight for Zhao Yin Ge, the Puppeteer Princess, and An Qingfeng!

The three of them were also completely unprepared and were engulfed by the fire wave. The tea pavilion vanished into nothing, and despite using everything they had to save themselves, they were still blasted away and scorched all over by the strong fiery breath!

They were further away and had higher cultivation bases, so they barely avoided being burnt to death on the spot.

But none of the experts ambushing Zhu Huo survived; they didn’t even understand what had happened, only witnessing an explosion of breath as terrifying as Dragon Flame before being burned to nothing but ash!

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Zhu Huo reached the top of the hill and looked back at the tea fields now turned into a sea of flames, eyeing Zhao Yin Ge and the others who had also been severely injured by the fire…

He clenched his teeth, yet showed no intention of leaving.

Holding his sword, he prepared to go back and fight.

For the sake of regaining trust, he must kill Zhao Yin Ge, not to mention that someone who dared to assassinate the sole heir of Zhu Gate, if not eliminated, would be an insult to Zhu Gate!

Zhu Huo steeled his heart, even if he would be buried in the sea of flames, he was determined to slaughter Zhao Yin Ge.

“Don’t go,” suddenly, someone stood in Zhu Huo’s way.

“My lord!” Zhu Huo looked at the person before him with astonishment in his heart.

It was only at this moment that he realized the one who had helped him escape and had created this feast of fire, was none other than Zhu Minglang.

“My lord, this is a great opportunity to kill Zhao Yin Ge, and there’s even a chance to eliminate An Qingfeng…” Zhu Huo said.

“Zhao Yu is nearby, let’s go, you’ve already done well,” Zhu Minglang shook his head.

Zhu Huo naturally knew who Zhao Yu was, a prince on the verge of being crowned. If he was present, it would be impossible for him to successfully assassinate anyone.

Indeed, while lingering on the mountaintop, Zhu Huo saw a Holy Candle Dragon appear at the edge of the spreading flames. The dragon’s cultivation was terrifying; it was stopping the rampaging flames with its body…

Zhao Yin Ge, An Qingfeng, and the Puppeteer Princess were protected by this Holy Candle Dragon, barely escaping the continuous burning threat, but Zhu Huo did not see any other person emerging.

“That’s the Holy Candle Dragon King!!” Zhu Huo exclaimed in utter shock.

Thankfully, Zhu Minglang stopped him in time; otherwise, if he had just leaped in, he probably would have crashed directly under the claws of the Holy Candle Dragon King and been killed instantly!

Zhu Minglang was already satisfied for having forced Zhao Yu to show himself.

Whether Zhu Huo could kill Zhao Yin Ge was not important to Zhu Minglang; what mattered was his willingness to do it…

“The traitors are not only Wang Xiao and Miao Sheng, they are just the small fry. The real traitor within Zhu Gate is among the eight of us who are headed to the secret area,” Zhu Minglang said to Zhu Huo.

Zhu Huo was somewhat incredulous at Zhu Minglang’s words.

The eight who journeyed to the Zhu Gate Secret Area were revered authorities of the Qin City Small Courtyard!

If there were traitors among them, wouldn’t the Little Inner Court be in grave danger!!!

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