Chapter 1881: Wanted Notice

After three days of arduous travel, Xu Yang's five-person team finally reached a city-state bordering the Imperial Capital, now only a few hundred kilometers from their final destination.

Xu Yang made a snap decision for the team to rest and recuperate, preparing for their eventual journey to the Imperial Palace. Inside an inn in the city-state, the table was laden with various dishes and drinks. However, as Xu Yang scanned his four companions, meeting each of their gazes, it seemed none of them had touched their chopsticks.

Xu Yang looked surprised.

“What are you doing, staring at me? Eat up! You’ve been through so much on the road, with continuous battles. Everyone’s energy is drained; why aren’t you taking this opportunity to replenish your strength?”

But as soon as he finished speaking, the girl in purple propped her chin on her hand and began to complain.

“Are these things even fit for human consumption? This young lady only dines on the finest delicacies in the sect! And you expect me to get full on this?”

To Xu Yang’s astonishment, the other three members of the team surprisingly mirrored her sentiment, all showing support for the pampered young lady’s opinion. Xu Yang could only sigh helplessly. Considering the true identities of the old emperor and the others, it was hardly surprising.

“Heh, fine, you’re all difficult to please,” Xu Yang said. “Then I’ll eat this whole table of food myself. But if you get hungry during a fight later, don’t come looking for me.”

Xu Yang didn’t stand on ceremony. It had been a long time since he had been able to sit down and enjoy a proper dinner like this, so he immediately began to eat heartily.

Not long after, the city-state’s patrolling martial artists swaggered into the inn. The leader held four wanted posters, which prominently featured portraits of three members of Xu Yang’s team, plus the old emperor.

“Hey! Take a good look, have any of you seen these people?”

Coincidentally, these unobservant martial artists approached Xu Yang’s table. They didn’t clearly see Xu Yang’s face as he was devouring his food, but the girl in purple, having nothing else to do, simply took the four posters and examined them carefully for a while.

“Hey, you guys, come take a look for me,” she said. “Doesn’t that old man up there look a lot like this guy? And this young man and this glutton, they look like they were carved from the same mold!”

The girl in purple, seemingly reveling in potential chaos, burst into laughter. The atmosphere suddenly became extremely awkward.

The martial artists couldn’t have dreamed that what was just a routine show of duty would lead them to actually encounter two major criminals wanted by the Imperial Palace.

“It’s really them! Seize them!”

Xu Yang looked at the dozen or so Golden Core realm martial artists responsible for guarding the city. Beyond a wry smile and a shake of his head, he truly didn’t know what else to do.

“I didn’t expect the Imperial Palace to make a move so quickly,” he remarked. “Wanted posters have already been sent to the major city-states nearby.”

The old emperor beside him also sneered and swung his palm decisively. A powerful force directly sent the two nearest Golden Core realm martial artists flying. This was the first time the old emperor had personally attacked someone in front of Xu Yang and the others.

Of course, the old emperor knew that those he struck were all citizens of his empire, and he hadn’t used lethal force, even though the opponents were merely Golden Core realm ants.

They had merely been knocked unconscious by the old emperor’s palm strike and were not in mortal danger. Seeing that their whereabouts had been exposed, Xu Yang unhurriedly approached the innkeeper and tossed a large amount of silver onto the counter.

Unbeknownst to them, the innkeeper was already cowering and trembling under the table, too terrified to even look up at Xu Yang and his companions.

As soon as the group of five stepped out of the inn, the Golden Core realm martial artists who had surrounded them were already lying on the ground, groaning. Indeed, it was unrealistic for them to try and stop Xu Yang and his group with their level of strength. Not losing their lives at their hands was already a blessing from their ancestors.

They swaggered out of the inn’s entrance. The girl, Little Mushroom, sat on Xu Yang’s shoulder, looking indignant, and continuously made faces at the girl in purple beside her.

“It’s all your fault, you brat!” Little Mushroom huffed. “We could have rested comfortably here for the night. Now, because you exposed our location, we have to keep going!”

The girl in purple actually returned Little Mushroom’s grimaces, with a look that dared her to get angry to death. “Heh heh, I’m not part of your group anyway,” she taunted. “This young lady is just wishing for some Martial God-level experts to appear and flatten all five of you schemers!”

“Heh heh, young lady, your wish might just come true.”

No sooner had the girl in purple finished speaking, than the five of them, who were just across the city-state street, saw dozens of disciples in silver robes blocking their path.

Undoubtedly, the one leading them was also a Martial God-level believer in golden robes. This sight was no longer unfamiliar to Xu Yang.

However, Xu Yang quickly sensed that this batch of dark force disciples possessed far greater combat abilities than any previous group of experts.

As expected, before Xu Yang and his companions could prepare for battle, the Martial God-level believer in golden robes gently waved a hand. In that instant, an extremely chilling and terrifying murderous aura suddenly emerged.

The silver robes of the dozens of disciples flapped wildly, as they astonishingly unleashed a very strange combined martial skill.

A powerful martial aura quickly converged above the heads of the dozens of individuals. It was a divine ability similar to a martial arts summoning.

Before long, the powerful martial force gathered above the dozens of heads formed a huge purple mark in the center. Dawn seemed particularly familiar with this mark.

For she had once relied on this very mark’s power. With a cold expression, she quickly spoke, cautioning Xu Yang and the others.

“Quick, stop them!” she urged. “Otherwise, the martial power they’re gathering will fuse into one, creating incredibly terrifying destructive force. It wouldn’t matter much to us, but this is inside a city-state after all. If a large-scale poison-attribute technique were unleashed, all the common people in the entire city-state would suffer.”

Upon hearing Dawn’s words, Xu Yang immediately took action. The Void Master Divine Artifact once again materialized in his palm. However, this time the Void Master Divine Artifact did not directly leave Xu Yang’s control to charge proactively at the brilliant mark’s halo.

Instead, Xu Yang performed a motion like drawing a bow and notching an arrow, completing a powerful charging action. An incredibly terrifying martial aura rapidly materialized between Xu Yang’s arms.

The powerful martial gale he unleashed caused his teammates to widen their eyes in shock, and instinctively retreat over ten meters away.

Especially the pampered young lady from Changyun Heavenly Sect, who had always been the team’s “bad apple,” was utterly stunned by Xu Yang’s astonishing move.

“Who knew this guy could be so handsome when he’s serious!”