Chapter 248: Supreme White Robe

"It is said that the Black Dragon Prince of the South Sea might be recuperating near Sanqingshan. Someone once saw a black serpent as large as a mountain ridge in the mountains," the Black Ox informed them.

"Sanqingshan," Chu Feng frowned. This place is extraordinary, a famous mountain in Jiangxi and a sacred Taoist site. Calculating the time, Hei Teng must be nearly recovered. As for the whereabouts of the Peacock King, neither of the oxen knew; it was very mysterious and difficult to track.

The Yellow Ox, despite his young age, was always cunning. He suggested, "Don't rush to settle scores with them. Take your time. Since you're operating in secret, it's better to approach them one by one and eliminate them quietly."

"That makes sense," Chu Feng smiled, as he had similar thoughts. There was no need to expose himself as a target. Wielding lightning to strike down enemies while maintaining his mystery was the best approach.

The Black Ox also advised him to remain calm and not act rashly. "Wait for my news," he said. "Recently, the Northeast Tiger has been getting along very well with certain members of the Sea Race. I'll have it investigate whether the Black Dragon Serpent is still in Sanqingshan." At the same time, the two oxen planned to help him gather precise information on some beast kings and human kings, intending to have one of them struck by lightning. Chu Feng smiled; this was exactly what he wanted.

"I've been in the wilderness so much lately, I'm practically a wild man," he quipped to himself as he traversed the mountain forests. This was originally a modern society, but everything had changed since the world transformed. He should have been navigating bustling cities and towering skyscrapers, living in a modern urban environment. Instead, he was now hiking through vast mountains, battling powerful king-level creatures. Chu Feng decided to find the nearest city for a brief rest while he waited for news from the two oxen.

Hongdu, the largest city in Jiangxi, was very close to Meiling. At Chu Feng's current speed, he could reach it in a short time. The news that the Crow King had been struck by lightning truly astonished everyone. The human world's reaction was predictable, as the Crow King was widely loathed; many people were dumbfounded, then cheered. Even the kings of the mutated species were speechless. Was this truly possible? Their initial reaction was suspicion. However, reports from Meiling confirmed that the sky had indeed been overcast with thunder and lightning, though it quickly dissipated.

"Was he really struck by lightning? The Crow King must have accumulated too much bad karma to be struck down by heaven; perhaps he truly did too many evil deeds," a mutated being sighed. This incident was somewhat bizarre but not entirely unbelievable, as lightning and fire often occurred in the mountains. "Perhaps it was a heavenly tribulation!" another mutated being commented with a solemn expression. At the king level, they had learned a great deal. According to myths and legends, creatures like them would have been considered great demons in ancient times, and such demons were said to be struck by lightning every so often.

Clearly, many did not see it that way. Human kings and some top-tier mutated experts felt something was amiss, suspecting the Crow King had been ambushed.

Sanqingshan, with its beautiful scenery, ancient pines beside waterfalls, and mists resembling a celestial paradise, was truly a blessed land. In a mountain range, old trees were sparse but robust and tall. On a plateau, a black serpent, hundreds of meters long, lay basking in the sun. Its scales were like black gold, and a single horn grew on its head, making it resemble a black dragon coiled there.

"Chu Feng, are you still alive? I truly wish you return in one piece so I can slowly tear you apart!" Hei Teng whispered. For the past few days, it had been recuperating here and was now almost fully healed. It utterly hated Chu Feng. As a formidable member of the South Sea Dragon Clan, a supreme expert who had broken six shackles, it had nearly been killed last time because an old injury prevented it from using its full power.

"If the Crow was killed by your hand, don't even tell me. Once I emerge from seclusion, I will definitely come to kill you!" Hei Teng vowed, unable to wait any longer.

Outside Hongdu City, in the Jinhai Villa District. Inside a luxurious villa, a man in white sat in the living room, a smile on his face. He was handsome and refined, exuding an ethereal and otherworldly aura.

He sat leisurely on the sofa, with a Xingyi fist manual on the table. "The Crow King is dead. I don't think it was an accident. While the concept of mutated beings undergoing heavenly tribulations existed in ancient times, it's too vague. I only believe in evolution. Perhaps our target has appeared."

"Are you saying Chu Feng is back?!" asked an extremely handsome and enchanting man seated on another sofa, his purple hair flowing freely. A divine light emanated from the vertical eye on his forehead as it opened and closed.

"Very likely," the man in white nodded.

"Excellent. I'll go kill him and avenge Hei Teng!" The purple hair of the three-eyed man flared with light, and his entire body became enveloped in a sacred glow, radiating a terrifying aura. At that moment, his vertical eye opened, and a terrifying golden beam shot out, instantly immobilizing a blue dagger on the coffee table, drawing it back into his hand.

"I'll flay him alive, piece by piece! That puny human who broke four shackles caused my flying saucer to crash on Longhushan. It's hateful! Even if he had a hundred lives for me to take, it wouldn't compensate for that flying saucer being intact!" The three-eyed man sneered, thrusting the blue dagger into the coffee table. The entire coffee table exploded into ashes! Every time he thought of the destroyed flying saucer, his heart bled. Even with numerous relics in the ocean depths, few Sea Race experts had ever unearthed a flying saucer.

"Calm down," the man in white said placidly, smiling faintly. "Everything is still just speculation; it's not certain that he's truly back. But even if it is him, why should we bother searching? Wouldn't it be better if he came to us willingly to die?"

"He'd be that obedient?" the three-eyed man asked, surprised. He knew the man in white was always composed and had exceptional methods, never speaking idly.

"He will. He'll have no choice but to come to his death," the man in white said, setting down the fist manual and smiling faintly. "Every human has a weakness."

"Tell me," the three-eyed man said, now calm, his earlier murderous aura fully reined in.

"He has always been very concerned about his parents. Remember, his rise to fame began because of them. He went to Panshan without regard for the consequences, engaged in a bloody battle with the old weasel who possessed sword manipulation techniques, and ultimately flattened the mountain and destroyed the stronghold, shocking all quarters." The man in white recounted this slowly, unhurriedly.

As soon as the three-eyed man heard this much, he understood. His eyes lit up, and a smile spread across his face. "Use his parents as leverage?"

"Precisely. Have someone act in Shuntian. We don't necessarily have to kill them, but we must make a real move, truly act, to make Chu Feng lose his composure," the man in white smiled.

"Then he'll obediently come to his death?" the three-eyed man asked.

"The person acting in Shuntian must fail, be repelled, reveal their tracks, and let it slip that people from Jiangxi are orchestrating this."

"Oh?"

The man in white continued, "It must be natural, not forced, as if things simply fell into place without a trace. That's what makes it most deadly. Let a beast king from Jiangxi be the 'mastermind,' preferably one of those who ambushed Chu Feng last time, someone very aggressive who would genuinely want to kill his parents."

The three-eyed man asked, "So, to make the act convincing, wouldn't we first need to control a beast king and make him appear to be the mastermind?"

The man in white nodded, a faint smile playing on his lips. "Exactly. Under his 'direction,' Chu Feng's parents will be frightened and injured, enraging Chu Feng and making him eager to level the mountain and destroy the stronghold, unleashing a massacre!"

"Will he?" the three-eyed man hesitated.

"He will. Given his nature and how much he cares about his parents, he will definitely do this — level the mountain and destroy the stronghold to deter others from harming them. Moreover, he once swore that anyone who dared to touch his parents would be crossing his unscalable scale, an offense even more severe than targeting him directly, and would face his merciless slaughter and retaliation!" The smile on the man in white's face deepened.

"Interesting!" The three-eyed man laughed.

"To deter other hostile individuals and ensure his parents' safety, he will certainly act with ferocity. And that will be our opportunity: we'll wait there, quietly anticipating his arrival to his death!" The man in white's gaze turned cold, and his smile vanished.

"Heh, excellent. I look forward to him delivering himself to his death," the three-eyed man nodded, then added, "I'm on my way to Sanqingshan to visit Black Dragon. Should I tell him this interesting and meaningful news about hunting down Demon King Chu?"

"Of course you should tell him, because he also needs to be involved. Then, the three of us strong individuals can join forces to take down Chu Feng," the man in white stated.

"Is that necessary? I can easily slaughter him alone," the three-eyed man said indifferently, disdaining Chu Feng and not considering him to be on the same level, a hint of a sneer and contempt in his tone.

"For security's sake, call Black Dragon. I prioritize stability in my actions, and we must secure him without giving him a single chance. Otherwise, if he escapes, it would be very troublesome," the man in white insisted, his eyes gleaming.

"Alright, as you wish. I'll go to Sanqingshan. On the way, I'll pick a suitable beast king to be our fall guy, the 'mastermind,' heh heh!" The three-eyed man stood up. He was already planning to go to Sanqingshan, but now he was even more impatient.

Since the world's transformation, prices for top-tier villas outside the city had plummeted, with no one interested due to the lack of security. Now, many ancient mountains stood abruptly outside the city. From a distance, one could hear the cries of apes and the roars of tigers. Who would dare live in suburban villas anymore?

Chu Feng walked through this area, planning to rest nearby rather than enter the city, to avoid being recognized. However, he had just detected a powerful energy fluctuation, which would be terrifying to other king-level experts.

"An expert who has broken six shackles?" His heart trembled; he was greatly surprised.

That terrifying fluctuation was caused by the three-eyed man shattering the coffee table with the blue dagger in his anger, and Chu Feng had clearly detected it. With his greatly improved strength, his divine senses were alarmingly acute; he sensed it immediately, even from five or six *li* away from the villa area. Chu Feng moved silently like a ghost towards the area, leaping into the villa district and hiding in the gardens, staring intently at a specific spot. The fluctuation his divine senses had first captured originated from the most imposing villa.

Shortly after, he saw a man in white escorting a purple-haired man out.

"Vast and terrifying qi and blood are dormant within them. These two are not simple. And one of them is leaving?!" Chu Feng's eyes gleamed. Then, his gaze sharpened, as he saw that the purple-haired man had a vertical eye on his forehead, indicating he was definitely not human.

Unfortunately, he did not know that this was the owner behind the flying saucer that had pursued him on Longhushan. However, Chu Feng realized that this man in white might not be a benevolent person. Associating with such a powerful mutated being and coming to Jiangxi, he might even be there for Chu Feng himself.

With a roar, the three-eyed man sped away like a bolt of purple lightning, leaving the villa district at an astonishing speed, truly a peerless expert. Chu Feng remained still, lurking there. Since merging his mental and physical energies, he possessed a peculiar ability to seemingly blend with his surroundings, rendering other kings' divine senses ineffective against him.

Last time, during the night assassination of the ten kings, he was able to escape at the last moment precisely because he integrated his mental energy throughout his entire body along the way, leaving no trace of his presence, making it impossible for the kings to track him.

"This man in white has a gentle smile; he's truly handsome," Chu Feng thought, surprised. He was a rare and peerless beauty!

However, he somehow felt that this person was not benevolent, a gut feeling reinforced by seeing him with the three-eyed man, which made it even harder for Chu Feng to develop a good impression. The two oxen had told him that some powerful Sea Race members had arrived, including dragonesses, Sea God Tigers, and members of the Three-Eyed Race. Could the purple-haired man with three eyes be from the Sea Race?

"Sea Race!" Chu Feng's gaze chilled slightly. He truly had no good impression of the Sea Race.

Earlier, in Shuntian, a white eel calling itself a white dragon had attempted to kill him, acting aggressively merely out of suspicion that he possessed breathing techniques. But in the end, Chu Feng had counter-killed both the eel and a lobster. Not long ago, he encountered the black python, who claimed to be the Black Dragon Prince of the South Sea. It had intervened on behalf of a friend to take his life, resulting in a brutal battle. It was precisely this battle that severely wounded Chu Feng, leading to him being surrounded and nearly killed.

"No matter who you are, being so close to the Sea Race likely means you're no good. I'll give you a hammer blow from behind and knock you down first!" Chu Feng decided.