Chapter 174 - Kill Lei Shan

Chapter 174: Chapter 165 Kill Lei Shan"Your Majesty, Lei Shan has already crossed the Langyuan Plane and is fleeing towards the Chengxing Plane."

"Your Majesty, Lei Shan has fled to the Guangheng Plane, and the Golden Lion is still in pursuit."

"Your Majesty, Lei Shan has successfully hidden in the Xiangnan Plane. I have arranged for the Black Guards to guide the Golden Lion to catch up with him again."

"Your Majesty..."

"Your Majesty..."

News of Lei Shan’s escape continuously reached Konstantin’s hands from the outside world. Konstantin deeply appreciated Lei Shan’s arduous escape. This fellow could really run; if it were anyone else, the Golden Lion would have caught and killed them in minutes. No one expected the seemingly arrogant Lei Shan to have hidden so many magical tools in his storage ring, probably for just such a day to escape successfully.

"Keep everything as it is, allow the Golden Lion passage," Konstantin wished to order the garrison of various planes to block the teleportation arrays. Though this would leave Lei Shan with nowhere to run, it would offend the Eagle Alliance directly. The Pulo family had just gone through a cleansing of the Eight Great Families and still needed time to digest the results, unable to withstand such a disturbance.

A few days later, Questasa hurriedly entered the main hall and knelt down on one knee, saying, "Your Majesty, the latest news from the front line states that Lei Shan was forced to use the hidden dark forces within the empire to intercept the Golden Lion. He has now safely escaped."

"Dark forces..." Konstantin squinted his eyes slightly. Any power would cultivate its own underground forces. For instance, the Black Guards were Konstantin’s eyes, and these eyes were spread across countless planes. He was not surprised by Lei Shan’s actions of planting spies and even found a reason to pressure the Eagle Alliance. Using dark forces against an ally country was simply unacceptable.

"This is truly a good opportunity to weaken Lei Shan." Konstantin pondered for a moment and said, "Give the order immediately to intercept all of Lei Shan’s dark reinforcements. If we can kill them, leave none alive!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Although Lei Shan’s fleeing plane was very far from the empire, Konstantin’s information could reach any corner of the empire within a minute under the operation of the state machinery.

Thus, just as the Golden Lion was intercepted by a group of strong Third Transition Early Stage warriors, the battle had barely begun when a large number of Black Guards charged in from all directions, helping the Golden Lion quickly eliminate Lei Shan’s dark forces.

"Your Highness Zhen Luo King, I greet you on behalf of His Majesty." A Third Transition Black Guard slightly saluted the Golden Lion and unfolded a star map, saying, "Lei Shan has fled to the Nugema Plane."

"Hmm." The Golden Lion nodded. He understood Konstantin’s meaning but couldn’t help mocking Konstantin’s covert assistance, "Konstantin is quite interesting. I guess he wants to kill Lei Shan too but is too embarrassed to do it himself?"

"Replying to Your Highness Zhen Luo King, we dare not presume His Majesty’s thoughts. We have prepared the portal to Nugema for you, and someone will guide you to Lei Shan’s location once there."

"Tch." The Golden Lion shook his head. These Black Guards were Konstantin’s most loyal subordinates, and joking with them was truly pointless: "If you want to help, just cut off Lei Shan’s escape route, can’t you? Don’t open the portal for him!"

"Your Highness, please pursue quickly; Lei Shan is running fast." The Black Guards didn’t want to chat with the Golden Lion either. Though they weren’t extremely powerful, there were many of them. If Konstantin didn’t have reservations, Lei Shan would have been hacked to death by the Black Guards long ago, without needing to borrow someone else’s hand.

The other party was ushering him, and the Golden Lion chuckled and boldly stepped into the teleportation portal opened by the space mage beside him, not worried about any ambush.

As soon as he passed through the portal, the Black Guards in Nugema bowed and unfolded the plane map, pointing, "Lei Shan is currently hiding in this mountain range."

As for Lei Shan, he was lying in a cave, gasping for breath, "Damn it, once I escape back to the alliance, I’ll surely make Konstantin pay!" Lei Shan wasn’t foolish; every time he used a magical tool to shake off the Golden Lion, the other side always managed to find him. If there wasn’t interference from the empire helping them, how could this be possible? Understanding this, Lei Shan’s escape route had to shake off all eyes and opt for desolate wilderness as much as possible. Only when crossing planes would he appear in towns. After all, he was still a Duke of the First Rank, and Konstantin could only secretly meddle without daring to obstruct openly.

Lei Shan hadn’t rested long when a deafening lion’s roar echoed.

Lei Shan was startled, "Damn, the bastard caught up again?"

While the Golden Lion hadn’t yet located him, Lei Shan quickly pulled out a teleportation scroll. After a short spellcasting, he opened a portal and jumped through.

"Over there, Your Highness Zhen Luo King!" A space mage among the Black Guards detected spatial fluctuations pointing directly to Lei Shan’s hiding spot.

The Golden Lion rushed over like an arrow and smashed the mountain with one punch, only to see Lei Shan halfway through the portal.

"Lei Shan! Don’t think you can escape!" Having just spotted him, and now he’s running again? The Golden Lion was furious.

"Please, Your Highness Zhen Luo King, quickly enter the portal; I will hold it for you!" The space mage pressed a hand firmly on the nearly disappearing portal, and a surge of magic power forcibly tore it open again.

The Golden Lion didn’t waste time and dove in.

Lei Shan had already set a row of magical traps on the other side. The moment the Golden Lion landed, flames, ice, and lightning spells sealed in scrolls exploded like fireworks.

In the distance, Lei Shan grinned as he watched the traps being triggered, "Damn, with so many skills hitting you, even if you’re of the Lionheart royal family, you’ll be crippled if not dead. Let’s see how you can continue to pursue me."

Unfortunately, before Lei Shan could celebrate for long, the Golden Lion walked out of the magic storm unscathed.

"Damn! Damn! Damn it!" Lei Shan swore repeatedly. Without a doubt, Eferot awakened a similar innate ability as Bare, magic immunity!

The Golden Lion’s gaze swept around sharply, spotting Lei Shan standing tall on the horizon, "See where you run now!"

Scared to tears, Lei Shan hurriedly fled, "What is wrong with you? You’ve chased me across so many planes. What’s the grudge between us?"

"Grudge?" The Golden Lion sneered. Lei Shan probably would never figure out the grudge even if he died. This was revenge for Lu Hong. Carrying the Lionheart lineage made him a member of the Lionheart Tribe. The grudge of a murdered tribesman couldn’t be tolerated by the royal Lionheart family. Initially, the Golden Lion requested the Lion King to mobilize the army to bloodily cleanse Yuanhua, but his proposal was rejected. Yuanhua was an internal plane of the empire; if the Beastman Empire forcibly attacked it, it would inevitably trigger a war between the two empires. Moreover, they didn’t possess the coordinates to reach Yuanhua; asking Konstantin directly would’ve been impossible, right?

Consequently, the Golden Lion had a heated argument with the Lion King, nearly coming to blows. With more information about Yuanhua Plane flowing into the Beastman Empire, the Golden Lion understood Konstantin’s forced choice. If Lei Shan hadn’t stepped in to protect, the family that killed Lu Hong would’ve been executed by Konstantin long ago. How could this debt not be settled on Lei Shan?

Relying on numerous magical tools, Lei Shan repeatedly escaped the Golden Lion’s chase. This cat-and-mouse game lasted for several months, and Lei Shan’s hope for survival drew closer. Though the Golden Lion grew anxious, all he could do was watch Lei Shan slip away like an eel.

Had it not been for the Black Guards’ covert assistance throughout, the Golden Lion might’ve lost Lei Shan early on.

"Lei Shan, you die!" The Golden Lion punched out, and Lei Shan, summoning magic power to defend, coughed blood and rolled seven or eight times on the ground, struggling to stand.

The Golden Lion was also panting at this point. The border between the Eagle Alliance and the empire lay just ahead. Luckily, in the final moments, Lei Shan finally depleted his reserves; otherwise, he might have escaped after all.

"You can’t kill me," Lei Shan said, panic-stricken, continuously warning the Golden Lion, "I’m a Duke of the First Rank from the Eagle Alliance. If you kill me, the Eagle Alliance will go to war with you!"

"You think I’m scared?" The Golden Lion sneered, crushing Lei Shan’s leg bones with a heavy foot, while on the Eagle Alliance border, the troops Lei Shan commanded had already amassed.

Following Konstantin’s arrangements, the empire’s troops stationed at the frontier were opposing them, denying Lei Shan’s forces any step over the line.

"Get out of the way!" yelled Kedel, the first brave general under Lei Shan. "If you don’t, don’t blame me for unleashing bloodshed!"

The empire’s border general sneered back, "Step forward, and you’re in the territory of the Sacred Empire. Do you want to start a war between two countries?"

"Our master is being chased by the Beastmen, can’t you pigs see?" Kedel fumed with rage but couldn’t bear the charge of starting a war, resorting to a frustrated roar at the border.

"Ha, I’ve seen nothing of the sort. Do you claim that person over there is Duke Lei Shan? How could that be? According to the schedule report, Duke Lei Shan isn’t due to reach the border for at least a couple of months. Don’t worry; I’ll arrange a grand farewell ceremony then." The border general Xie’an pointed at the crippled Lei Shan left by the Golden Lion and laughed, "This is merely a vendetta assassination, General Kedel. You’ve got the wrong person!"

"Wrong my ass!" Clashing against another disabling blow from the Golden Lion on Lei Shan, Kedel burst out, "Brothers, follow me to save our master!"

An earth-shattering battle erupted at the border. Over four million troops along the extensive frontier line plunged into chaos. Meanwhile, like a War God incarnate, Kedel carved a bloody path straight towards Lei Shan.

The Golden Lion looked indifferently at the chaotic skirmish on the border, smiling at the half-dead Lei Shan, "Now your final value is spent, time to send you on your way."

The torment of Lei Shan by the Golden Lion was deliberate. Although Konstantin assisted along the path, it was merely for self-interest. If inciting a war between the Sacred Empire and the Eagle Alliance through killing Lei Shan benefited the Beastman Empire in every manner, why not indulge?

Regarding his own safe escape from the empire afterward, there was nothing to worry about. Before leaving, the Lion King gave him a treasured artifact, secured at the bottom of his chest. This treasure allowed him to teleport back to the Beastman Empire from any distance, ensuring his life was safe. Ample capability to stir trouble, Eferot lacked not.

"Please don’t kill me, I beg you, don’t kill me. I’ll do anything you say; I can submit to your Beastman Empire as long as you spare me..."

Faced with death, Lei Shan, once arrogant, crumbled and begged bitterly, eyes wide as the Golden Lion’s foot stomped towards his head.