Chapter 2408: Being Played to Death by the Unorthodox King

Mogade looked at Zu An doubtfully. He didn't know if the other person was genuinely guessing or trying to hide something, but in any case, this person gave him a feeling of inscrutability.

The Mermaid Queen also recovered at this moment and said coldly, "Your Excellency is, after all, a renowned figure in the world. Yet you now hide your true identity and intrude into a woman's bedroom at night. Are you truly not afraid of becoming a laughingstock if this gets out?"

As she spoke, she secretly summoned the guards outside. She needed to make a scene; once more people saw what was happening, the other party would be forced to hold back. Unfortunately, she called for a long time, but there was no movement from the guards outside. Her heart sank.

Mogade laughed heartily, "The Queen could set up a soundproofing barrier when she visited the Sifang Palace. Do you think I wouldn't be able to do the same?"

"What exactly do you want?" the Mermaid Queen asked, though her eyes were subtly scanning her surroundings, trying to figure out how to break out.

"Escape is forbidden here!" Mogade clearly saw through her thoughts and directly declared a rule.

The Mermaid Queen immediately felt her body sink; something unseen seemed to begin binding her, and if she tried to escape, the restraints would instantly tighten.

"Does the Queen believe I would come here and leave empty-handed?" Mogade sneered.

"I've just explained clearly that I am not the assassin from the Sifang Palace. What exactly do you want, Your Excellency?" As the Mermaid Queen spoke, her hand subtly rested on the strings of the Deep Sea Zither.

"We both know what that explanation was about. True, I don't have proof to show everyone that it was you, but sometimes the world doesn't need proof," Mogade sneered.

The moment he finished speaking, he lunged at the Mermaid Queen. The Mermaid Queen was shocked; she plucked the zither strings and instructed Zu An and Cherry, "Run!"

She knew she was no match for Mogade, but as long as they made contact with the outside world, Mogade wouldn't dare to act so recklessly. The moment she finished speaking, she remembered that he was a liar and wondered why she was bothering to care about him.

She continuously played dozens of note traps, placing them in front of her, trying to slightly hinder Mogade. Who knew that Mogade was merely feigning an attack? He pretended to strike her, but his body suddenly changed direction in mid-air, and he launched a palm strike towards Zu An, who was standing nearby.

As his palm moved, it seemed to expand at an incredibly fast rate, descending upon Zu An like Mount Tai crushing something. The mere wind pressure generated by it caused many tables, chairs, and vases in the room to shatter.

Cherry wanted to run, but she couldn't move; her body had gone completely limp with fear.

"Oh no, oh no, with this palm strike, I'll probably be flattened into a pulp.""And the Queen's husband will also be flattened into a pulp with me. If our flesh mixes together, I wonder if the Queen will get jealous.""Queen, I really didn't mean to."

In that instant, countless chaotic thoughts flooded her mind. She even found herself a bit ridiculous, thinking about such things when she was about to die.

"Huh, wait, why am I not dead yet?"

She looked up in confusion, only to realize that Mogade's palm had already descended. However, halfway through its descent, it was blocked by the Queen's husband raising his hand.

Blocked?

Her eyes instantly widened like barbells.

The Queen's husband is that powerful?

Not only her, but even the Mermaid Queen was momentarily stunned. Although she had guessed he was hiding some abilities, this was perhaps too well-hidden.

Mogade's expression changed dramatically at this moment. He felt as if his overwhelming palm strike had landed in a void. Yet, his palm had clearly connected with the other person's hand! He soon realized it wasn't a void, but a black hole—a black hole that absorbed everything. He even felt his internal energy becoming unstable, as if it could pour out at any moment. A flash of light emanated from him, and he forcibly shook off the other's hand, flying back several feet as he stared at the person with shock and uncertainty.

He secretly rejoiced that he had held back some of his power as a precaution; otherwise, he might have been completely drained the moment they made contact.

"Who exactly are you?"

Although they had only exchanged one move, he could tell that the other's cultivation was incredibly high. Such power surely belonged to one of the most prominent figures in the world, someone he couldn't possibly not know.

Zu An smiled, "It seems everyone loves asking that question today."

Hearing this, the Mermaid Queen couldn't help but roll her eyes, yet her mood somehow lightened. When Mogade first appeared, she had indeed been tense all over. But upon seeing how powerful that silly guard was, she suddenly stopped worrying. Although he had deceived her, for some reason, she believed he wouldn't harm her. She had no basis for this belief; it was perhaps just a woman's natural intuition.

Mogade was stunned. 'Could you at least respect my question? Why are you two exchanging flirtatious glances?'

"So, who exactly are you?" he cursed under his breath, gritting his teeth.

Mogade's rage points: +110, +110, +110...

"I'd like to answer, but unfortunately, I can't," Zu An replied, feeling frustrated. He hadn't expected to encounter such a problem when traveling through different times and spaces.

"Are you toying with me?" Mogade's face darkened, and he immediately began to cast a Rule Spell, "Here, forbidden..."

But just as he was halfway through, he suddenly heard a voice say, "What are you looking at?"

"What's it to you?!"

Mogade's heart jolted. What was going on? He quickly sped up, "Here, forbid..."

"What are you looking at?"

"What's it to you?!"

Mogade: "..."

Cherry: "???"

She blinked her big eyes, wondering how the scene before her had become so incomprehensible. The King of Illicit Affairs, a renowned figure and one of the world's top experts, and the Queen's husband, whose identity was unknown but was clearly unfathomable. Shouldn't two beings of such caliber cause earth-shattering commotion when they fought? Why did they now seem like two street thugs bickering?

A smile appeared in the Mermaid Queen's eyes. This guy had also interrupted Mogade's spellcasting with that same phrase when he rescued her from the Sifang Palace before. At the time, she had wondered why a figure like Mogade would fall for such a childish trick. Now, it seemed this move was a very powerful rule-based technique, specifically countering Mogade's Rule Spell.

Mogade was far more experienced than her, so he naturally understood this now.

"You..."

"What are you looking at?"

"What's it to you?!"

Mogade: "..."

'I wasn't even planning to cast a Rule Spell! Are you going to let me speak normally?'

Mogade's rage points: +119, +119, +119...

Zu An gave an embarrassed smile. "Just a conditioned reflex. Go ahead and speak."

Mogade looked at him warily, and only after confirming he wasn't intentionally causing trouble did he cautiously ask, "You can use law-level skills? Which world are you from, truly?" Having fought in this world for many years, he knew almost all the famous experts from the demon, devil, sea, human, and beast races, but none of them resembled this person.

The Mermaid Queen's heart stirred, and her beautiful eyes turned to Zu An, her expression softening slightly. 'No wonder he never said anything before. It turns out he's from another world and will eventually leave. He kept his distance because he was worried about hurting me.' 'He's so considerate, and yet I misunderstood him.'

Novel related.

Found where you can best collect it.