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Chapter 59: Billowing Dark Clouds
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Qiu Changjian's eyes darted back and forth between the Granduard Chen—the scene was highly suspicious
"Tell , his expression cold
With one look, Bai Qixiong was shaken His eyes stung, and he was unable to look Qiu Changjian in the eye! Bai Qixiong wanted to run and hide but, under the direct gaze of Qiu Changjian, his courage to lie about the situation completely vanished! Even a monarch neveron, Qiu Changjian's eyes darkened; "Follow jian swiftly flew to the imperial capital!
At the ied ard appearance and ht arazed up at the distant skies through the Heaven's Prison skylight
"Xianer and Yu-er should already be settled, by now" The Prisoner's appearance had changed rateful expression
He was the Duke of Xianyu! His forer existed; only a thin, hollow, desolate, and lonely shell was left
Crash—
The cell door lock was broken The cruel, steel-faced prison warden entered, followed by two burly men
The Duke of Xianyu, expressionless, calmly turned around His voice was hoarse but calet rid of hi awaited and prepared for this day With Xianer and Su Yu safe and sound, he was at peace and could calht, the iht and die, his expression caluilty of conspiracy and rebellion This is a monstrous criht!" The judge grie spoke again; "Any last words?"
Though the Duke of Xianyu had been reduced to a lowly prisoner, his aristocratic bearing and dehtest His head slightly upturned, the Duke of Xianyu gazed at the starry sky; "Last words? Tell the First Prince that, someday, someone will take his head for rateful srand life, one of my proudest achievements was notloyalty is like a mountain—one day, he will return to the ie me!"
The Duke of Xianyu fire scoffed; "Shae will behead you today and tomorroill behead Su Yu—you all conspired to commit treason and murder of the royal heir, and therefore you all deserve to be put to death!"
The detached expression of the Duke of Xianyu slightly froze; "Su Yu?"
If they were able to threaten to put Su Yu to trial the very next day… was Su Yu in the capital?!
The executioner sneered; "Duke of Xianyu, you still do not know—your son-in-law is at the Holy Meet, atte vainly to seize the Holy Crown so he may save you"
"What?" The unshakable Duke of Xianyu's eyes widened!
The sudden news struck the Duke's heart like a bolt of lightning To save him, Su Yu came all the way to the ioing against the imperial power could only lead to death? Did he did not know the ihold? Su Yu would never be able to escape! His plan to take first place at the Holy Meet was hopeless—ould he atte so insane?!
The Duke of Xianyu was intensely ed body trembled as tears streamed from his eyes! The Duke of Xianyu's lips quivered as he was overcoic sorrow
The Xianyu Prefecture was a thousand miles away from the imperial capital; Su Yu must have hurried to travel that distance in order to e to rest while on his way to the capital? Had he been cold at night as he rushed to save hi to save the Duke's life in the Holy Meet
As his thoughts circled, the Duke of Xianyu felt guilty and indignant His chest strained with self-blame; he had once iht Su Yu would avenge him, but he didn't think that Su Yu, in order to save him, would unexpectedly coht!
"Yu-erYouWhy are you so foolish? Does this weary old body deserve you?" The Duke of Xianyu faced upwards and hoith grief as tears streae callously yelled the coreat saber—its cold blade eht!
"Yu-er! Yousaber dropped the Duke of Xianyu, tears strea, howled in desolation
A head, cut clean at the neck, flew through the air in a poignant arc
At the Holy Arena, the ultiht carried on! Su Yu and Du Yuntian! One was an unknown, the other idely renowned Su Yu was exhausted, and Du Yuntian was on top of his gaer or weaker by skill alone, it see before the battle had even begun
Du Yuntian held a cold long sword in his aret to this point, not bad But it stops right here!"
Schwing—
The long sword in Du Yuntian's hand ca the dark sky Su Yu comprehended a Saint Level technique, and therefore Du Yuntian saw it as appropriate to finally draw his sword But! Du Yuntian only drew his sword—he did not attack!
"A Strea sword cut doard The sheen of the sword's light was chilly and oracefully streaked across the air, aiht for Su Yu's heart!!
All the inspectors paled siress expressly stipulated that it was strictly prohibited to kill another competitor But, with this maneuver, Du Yuntian was evidently in contempt of the Holy Meet's stipulation—Du Yuntian was about to publically htly treained its cold indifference; "The sword has no eyes, why fuss over nothing? Du Yuntian has his own discretion!"