Chapter 281
One fatal thrust!
Zhao Yajun had never imagined that one day, he would be killed in the Hero Palace before so many grand elders.
While people were still in shock, Jiang Chen was struck by a tremendous force and hit a mountain wall.
The hard rock cracked right away. The longest crack was as long as thirty feet.
Jiang Chen kept spitting blood after landing. He had fractured something.
It was Grande Elder Shui Yuan who had attacked him. He had flown into a rage when he saw Jiang Chen killing in front of so many people. He wouldn’t care even if he had killed Jiang Chen.
Nan Gong and a few other grand elders who knew of Jiang Chen’s deal with the Hero Palace looked at each other. They wanted to help him, but didn’t know how.
In short, they wouldn’t allow Jiang Chen to die, but Shui Yuan had been injured by Whitty.
And Whitty had escaped from him. Many people thought it was because Shui Yuan was too weak.
This was where part of his anger came from.
His anger had culminated when Jiang Chen had killed Zhao Yajun.
“What he did was inexcusable. If we excuse him, there will be no rules in the Hero Palace.
“He has to die!”
Shui Yuan waved his arm and said, “We should kill him without showing any mercy!”
Nan Gong and the other grand elders shook their heads. The Hero Palace had only told the secret to some of the elders with consideration to their characters.
“Jiang Chen was framed and targeted. He killed out of anger. Zhao Yajun started all this and was the one to blame. I don’t think we should kill Jiang Chen!” opposed Nan Gong.
Soon, the innocent-and-guilty group and the noble-and-cheap group evolved into groups in favor of killing Jiang Chen and against killing him.
It was the group in favor of killing him that was at an advantage.
The public wrath would be impossible to cool if Jiang Chen didn’t die.
“Haha, I was in the Time Palace doing my best to work for the Hero Palace and I finally made a breakthrough after a great effort.
“But the Hero Palace can’t even protect my Whitty.”
Jiang Chen laughed loudly. He coughed intensely due to his injury, but he didn’t care.
“You’d better kill me!”
He stared at Shui Yuan and said, “Otherwise, I’ll kill you, and you!”
He directed the last two words at Du Yue. He was eager to draw his sword out again. If he hadn’t been injured, he would have attacked them right then.
“Jiang Chen!” Nan Gong became anxious. It was really bad timing to threaten them.
“How dare you!”
Shui Yuan flew into a towering rage. He was going to kill Jiang Chen then and there!
“Wait.”
Suddenly, a voice was heard, but no one appeared. It was only a sonorous voice echoing in the mountain.
“Leader!”
Everyone became serious. They greeted the voice altogether with respect.
The leader of the Hero Palace?
Jiang Chen looked around, but saw no one.
“Shui Yuan, why is Jiang Chen guilty?” the leader’s voice came again. It seemed his voice was everywhere.
What?
The leader’s question shocked everyone, although they had anticipated the leader had come to prevent Jiang Chen from being killed.
It looked he didn’t even want Jiang Chen to be punished.
“His mount…” Shui Yuan hurried to say.
“What’s wrong with his mount? Are you expecting a monster not to fight back at the risk of its life?” the leader interrupted him.
Jiang Chen had said the same thing, but it had hardly changed anyone’s mind.
Now that the leader had said it, the whole audience started to ponder upon that and agree to it.
The noble-and-cheap group stopped talking and started to reflect on their earlier attitudes.
“Zhao Yajun and the other five caused the Hero Palace a great loss due to their stupidity. You want to punish Jiang Chen instead of them. I can’t begin to understand why.
“Let me ask you again. Did his mount hurt others except you after that?”
Shui Yuan thought for a while and shook his head. “No.”