Unstoppable Martial Arts: Starting with brother's wife and young sister Chapter 889 477: Liu Sheng and Zhan Tian Join Forces!
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Shen Tong fell silent.
He had assumed his own death would conclude everything, yet his elder brother's look revealed it was far more complicated.
"Humph!"
Shen Chong let out a cold snort, his frustration mounting higher.
He had already roughly figured out Zhan Tian's plan.
However...
"Ah!"
A heavy sigh resounded in his mind, regretting that he hadn't stopped him from leaving the Imperial City years ago.
"All because of my soft heart."
He raged at Shen Tong for stirring up such chaos over a corpse, dragging the entire family into peril.
Deep down, though, self-reproach gnawed at him even more fiercely.
As the Grand Commander of the Imperial Army with true authority in hand, he remained utterly helpless before those ancient monsters.
Any other foe would have granted him face and backed off.
"Head to the Stone Cave!"
"Select ten Dao Realm experts and a hundred Profound Realm cultivators from the clan to accompany you!"
"Stone Cave? So I don't have to die?"
Shock overwhelmed Shen Tong; he had braced himself for death, only for his brother to spring this surprise.
"If you're so eager to die, I'll slap you dead right here!"
Shen Chong bellowed in fury, eyes boring into him fiercely.
Like a dog's brain.
What use is a corpse? Even trash has value, much less a peak sixth-layer Dao Realm powerhouse like him.
His power rivals the early seventh layer!
If death looms anyway, make it count.
Only peak figures in Great Yu grasp such secrets.
Zhan Tian returned him precisely for this purpose.
Great Yu seals many perilous zones, and conditions there have grown dire over recent years.
The highest-ranked forbidden areas suffer worst.
Stone Cave ranks among them.
Else, slaying the Minister of the Three Judicial Departments would have prompted the fiercely protective Zhan Tian to crush him on the spot and storm the Shen Family.
Yet now, he simply dispatched Cai Kun to hand him over.
Refuse this, and doom befalls the Shen Family.
"Ten Dao Realm, a hundred Profound Realm!"
Pain stabbed Shen Chong; this force surpassed half the Shen Family's might, hurled into Stone Cave—how many would return?
The Dao Realm warriors especially, forged with vast resources each.
He drew a deep breath, eyes closing gradually.
Centuries would pass before the Shen Family rebounds.
Shen Tong hung his head, fists balled tight, eyes reddening.
His life means little!
But countless family powerhouses...
"Damn it!"
"Shen Tong... you deserve death!"
Overhead, Shen Chong lifted his lids slightly, gazing at him with sorrow.
Had foresight prevailed, why court this disaster.
Still...
"Before you perish, no family Dao Realm can fall!"
"I'll find a solution."
"Thud..."
Shen Tong dropped to his knees, hand raised in vow, roaring, "Brother, fear not—even if I live, those men won't die!"
"Depart at once!"
Shen Chong closed his eyes once more, reclining faintly, complexion ashen.
"Pain!"
"Never have I endured such agony!"
...
Three Judicial Departments.
"Well done."
Zhan Tian remarked coolly.
"This morning, Shen Chong sent men over."
"How could the Commander of the Imperial Guard fail to grasp Elder Zhan's intent?"
Cai Kun set the freshly poured tea before Zhan Tian.
"But... has the crisis there truly worsened so much?"
Zhan Tian's hand halted midway to the cup, his relaxed demeanor vanishing into grim severity.
"Hardly promising!"
"Ah!"
With a sigh, he lifted the tea and drained it.
"Hoo—"
"Else, why target those factions recently? Not solely for the mines."
Seizing mines was mere surface.
The real test: would they rebel? If yes, exile to peril zones.
Regrettably.
They cowered like meek grandchildren.
"Should've dragged it out."
Regret filled Zhan Tian.
No option—Great Yu's rare Spirit Stones dwindled fast, demanding swift strikes.
He and Liu Sheng had pondered this, balancing factors: speed above all!
Other issues later!
Cai Kun furrowed his brow, confused, inquiring, "Elder Zhan, doesn't a layered array guard it, with hosts of experts?"
"Why sudden upheaval after millennia of calm?"
"Beats me!"
Zhan Tian rolled his eyes.
Great Yu knows little of forbidden depths, save their surging power.
Thus, defenses strain harder, Spirit Stones burn quicker.
Daily, arrays blaze at full might.
Hence the treasury's rapid drain over decades.
Few beyond us old freaks know.
No wonder Shen Chong divined Zhan Tian's scheme swiftly.
"Keep this hushed—you and the Three Judicial Departments. Leak it, and I'll thrash you!"
Zhan Tian rose.
Cai Kun inwardly grumbled; the geezer spares no kindness, endless toil sans reward.
Now threats too.
Outwardly polite, he bowed, "Yes, Elder Zhan. My lips are sealed tight."
"Humph humph!"
"Brat, no sly ideas."
Zhan Tian clapped his shoulder roughly, "Off to the Ritual Department. You grind away—work you to the bone!"