Chapter 8: No Blabbering, Just Action

"Prince, are you really going to seek revenge on the Blood Cloud Tower?" Zhong Ling, who had caught up with Xiao Tian, quickly asked.

"Revenge for what?" Xiao Tian shook his head, looking seriously at Zhong Ling. "Your way of thinking is wrong. This is about eliminating harm for the people and promoting justice.

An evil organization like the Blood Cloud Tower, which disregards human life for its own selfish gain, should be swept away with decisive, forceful means.

We are driving out darkness, embracing light, and restoring peace and order to this world."

Listening to Xiao Tian's righteous words, Zhong Ling felt a bit dazed.

For some reason, she suddenly felt that what Xiao Tian said made a lot of sense.

"But the Blood Cloud Tower's branch in our Great Yan, its location is completely unknown..." Zhong Ling voiced another concern.

Xiao Tian waved his hand, signaling Zhong Ling to relax. "It's fine, I can find them."

As he spoke, Xiao Tian glanced left and right, and after confirming no one was around, he relaxed.

He suddenly reached out, grabbed Zhong Ling by the back of her collar, and lifted her up.

Before Zhong Ling could react, she found herself hoisted onto the Prince's shoulder.

Then, she watched as Xiao Tian bent his legs, and the next moment, he pushed off with immense force.

Thump!

A dull, massive sound suddenly erupted, and a terrifying impact force surged forth.

A dreadful pressure swept over her entire body.

Zhong Ling then found herself rising from the ground, the scenery below rapidly shrinking.

The ground where she and the Prince had just been standing rippled like water, and then collapsed.

The scenery below flashed past rapidly, then gradually enlarged.

Boom!

Xiao Tian, landing, was like a cannonball smashing into a hillside, collapsing half of the mountain.

Amidst the flying dirt, Xiao Tian exerted force again and leaped high into the air.

With a single jump, he directly crossed several mountain peaks.

Zhong Ling, hoisted onto Xiao Tian's shoulder, watched the commotion behind them, completely dumbfounded.

In close proximity to Xiao Tian, she felt it even more clearly.

There really wasn't a single trace of Spiritual Qi; Xiao Tian was truly relying on terrifying physical strength to leap through the mountains.

But Zhong Ling gradually noticed that Xiao Tian seemed to be jumping higher and higher, and his time suspended in the air was constantly increasing.

Until he landed again, Xiao Tian stood motionless in a desolate mountain forest.

Just as Zhong Ling wondered what Xiao Tian was going to do, she suddenly heard him speak slowly.

"I seem to have found a certain feeling."

Zhong Ling was completely bewildered. What feeling?

But the next instant, Zhong Ling was astonished to find that the scattered dirt and pebbles around them were slowly flowing and floating upwards.

The ground seemed to be permeated with an invisible fluctuation.

Bang!!!

Xiao Tian shot into the sky again, the gravity that had originally enveloped his body seemed to be disappearing.

"Hahaha, just as I thought!" Xiao Tian, constantly ascending, couldn't help but burst into hearty laughter.

Passing through the clouds, Xiao Tian floated in mid-air. Gazing at the pristine white sea of clouds ahead, bathed in sunlight, he felt refreshed and delighted.

As an Earthling, and coming from a super high-dimensional plane, he had no rule restrictions; escaping gravity to fly was not a difficult task.

And flying by his own power, even Xiao Tian couldn't suppress the exhilaration in his heart.

Zhong Ling, hoisted onto his shoulder, also looked around in surprise. "So... so beautiful."

Hearing the little girl's voice from his shoulder, Xiao Tian was curious. "Aren't you in the Void-Breaking Realm, capable of flying through the air? Haven't you ever come up to see this?"

"Your Highness, flying in the Void-Breaking Realm consumes too much Spiritual Qi. Usually, ten meters off the ground is about as high as we go.

To such a high altitude, I still can't fly up here."

Zhong Ling explained while surveying the never-before-seen high-altitude scenery, her expression unusual.

Before she could take another good look, an extremely strong thrust suddenly hit them, and the surrounding scenery began to recede rapidly.

As Xiao Tian's flying speed continuously increased, the surrounding scenery even began to blur, and Zhong Ling's vision could no longer keep up.

The Spiritual Qi within her body surged out uncontrollably, forming a protective Spiritual Qi barrier to prevent her from being torn apart.

"This... this is... too fast!" Zhong Ling was a little scared, worrying that if this continued, she wouldn't be able to bear it.

Just as Zhong Ling felt she had reached her limit, she realized that the Prince carrying her was no longer accelerating.

Sensing this, Zhong Ling couldn't help but relax.

"The Prince is truly terrifying. He can fly without using Spiritual Qi, and the impact force when flying forward was almost at the limit of what I could withstand.

The Prince's combat power, just how terrifying is it?"

Zhong Ling sighed inwardly, but she didn't know.

She thought Xiao Tian's flying limit hadn't been reached at all.

If it weren't for the System within Xiao Tian monitoring her condition and reminding him to slow down his flying speed,

otherwise, if Xiao Tian had continued to accelerate, Zhong Ling would have been directly shaken to death.

Just as Zhong Ling was feeling dazed, Xiao Tian's voice suddenly came from beside her ear. "We've arrived."

Swish!

The surrounding scenery suddenly froze as Xiao Tian stopped instantly, with almost no deceleration.

"Arrived?" Before Zhong Ling could clearly see her surroundings, she found Xiao Tian putting her down and casually grabbing her by the collar.

Zhong Ling, held up like a little chick, hadn't fully recovered when she found herself lifted high by Xiao Tian.

Then...

"Off you go!" Xiao Tian suddenly flung her, and Zhong Ling, in his hand, flew forward.

"Huh??" Zhong Ling couldn't resist Xiao Tian's strength at all. Her limbs flailing, she shot forward, her face filled with terror.

Whoosh!

Zhong Ling, flying forward, realized that Xiao Tian's speed was even faster; he shot past her and rushed ahead.

Bang!

Xiao Tian, rushing forward, seemed to have crashed into a mirror.

Crack!

In Zhong Ling's eyes, the sky seemed to shatter, revealing a network of cracks.

Crash...

Like a shattered mirror sliding away, the sky before them was no longer empty; the collapsing illusion array (幻阵) revealed a building suspended in the air.

The entire pavilion was like a small island, vermillion all over, quietly floating in the air.

On the large plaque above the building, three blood-red characters were inscribed.

Blood Cloud Tower!

Without the Formation Array defense, Zhong Ling, who had been flung over, quickly adjusted her posture. With Spiritual Qi surging, after a flip, she landed steadily on the plaza in front of the floating pavilion.

Zhong Ling maintained a kneeling posture on one knee, her slender thighs still trembling uncontrollably.

"It's... it's actually a Flying Spirit Artifact! No wonder His Majesty could never find the branch tower's location. It turns out it was in the sky." Zhong Ling, supporting herself on her knees, was utterly astonished.

Xiao Tian reached out again and scooped up Zhong Ling from the ground. "Stay close to me, don't get lost."

"Yes!" Zhong Ling quickly nodded and followed closely behind Xiao Tian. "What do we do next? Should we sneak in?"

Xiao Tian shook his head. He went up the steps and with one kick, directly smashed the Blood Cloud Tower's main door to smithereens.

In the grand hall of the Blood Cloud Tower's branch, pairs of eyes simultaneously looked towards Xiao Tian.

The chilling killing intent from each assassin also surged out and swept towards them.

"Even the weakest are in the Void-Breaking Realm?" Zhong Ling, who was beside Xiao Tian, was utterly horrified after a brief perception.

The Blood Cloud Tower's branch was much stronger than she had imagined.

Inside the building, in the grand hall.

Among the group of assassins, behind the central counter, a seductive woman with bared shoulders leaned gently on the counter.

"A strange face, how rare. Who are you, and what do you want at our Great Yan Blood Cloud Tower..."

Bang!

Before the seductive woman could finish speaking, she was swept away by a terrifying Fist Force. Along with the wall behind her, she was turned into dust.

The assassins, before they could react, saw a pair of crimson pupils flash before them and vanish.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Space itself seemed to freeze. Zhong Ling's eyes widened as she watched twenty-seven assassins directly disappear in the grand hall.

Xiao Tian used his actions to show her what it meant to be utterly annihilated.

He also used his strength to tell her what it meant to "stop blabbering and just act."

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