In another corner of the dance studio, Wei Lan, who was holding onto Tian Yi's corpse, was bawling her eyes out. She cried for a long time before finally coming to her senses. This general's wife no longer cared about etiquette and image as she rammed her head into Tian Qing, who was still in a daze, "You bastard, you actually beat your own son to death. Are you even human …"
She cried and screamed, pulling and pulling. Tian Qing was already in a state of rage, so he impatiently waved his hand and flung Wei Lan into the corner of the room.
"You still have the face to cry and scream!"
Tian Qing's anger was not normal. "Since ancient times, a loving mother has always spoiled her son. If you hadn't spoiled him, how could this have happened today?"
Tian Qing turned around as he spoke. By the time he finished speaking, his expression had already calmed down. He looked at Ding Meng with a calm gaze, but this calmness hid a trace of coldness. His anger had already reached its limit.
Boom!
Tian Qing's entire body erupted with a fierce aura. His Origin Energy was completely activated, and his entire body was covered in invisible flames. "For ruining my Zhu 'er's innocence, you must die today!"
Ding Meng looked at him calmly. "You should have known that this would happen. When that peasant girl was humiliated, why didn't you uphold justice?"
Tian Qing angrily said, "How can a lowly peasant be compared to a daughter of a general's family?"
Ding Meng shook his head and sighed. "Even now, you still don't have the slightest bit of remorse. Originally, I wanted to let you live a little better because you fought so many battles to protect your country, but now it seems that there is no need for that."
Tian Qing angrily said, "Today, I will make you repay the pain that my children have suffered a thousand times over."
Ding Meng looked directly at him. "You have no chance at all!"
Tian Qing did not waste any words. He secretly gathered energy in his palm, and after condensing it for a moment, he suddenly slashed it at Ding Meng.
He was a standard thermodynamic Origin Energy user. The energy contained in this palm not only ignited the entire dance studio, but it also completely locked down Ding Meng and Wei Lan.
"Bang!" A muffled sound rang out. This sound was like the sound of steel plates colliding.
Ding Meng raised his hand to guard his front. Tian Qing's hand blade landed on the edge of Ding Meng's palm. Ding Meng stood there unscathed, but Tian Qing bent over in pain. He could feel that his right palm was completely shattered and numb.
Ding Meng said faintly, "You didn't expect that the farm boy you mercilessly killed would one day defeat you effortlessly."
Tian Qing did not answer. Instead, he let out a furious roar, and his body once again ignited with visible crimson Origin Flames. Then, he shot up like a cannonball and crashed into Ding Meng.
This was his ultimate move, the Barbaric Charge. He used his head to crash into his opponent. This move was not only powerful, but it also carried a fearless and ferocious aura. On the battlefield, he had fallen into countless desperate situations. His opponents were either forced to retreat or killed by this move.
Ding Meng calmly raised his hand. A white light appeared in his palm, and Tian Qing's head was firmly sucked into his palm. His entire body was suspended in midair, unable to move. Fortunately, the room was burning, and the guests had already retreated. Otherwise, their jaws would have dropped to the ground if they saw this scene.
The wise, mighty, and arrogant General Tian was like a helpless trapped beast in front of this farm boy. He was even more like a stupid wild boar, unable to do anything to his opponent.
After all, the difference in strength was too great. A Battle-Saint like you did not even have the qualifications to fight with an interstellar warrior.
As the light in Ding Meng's palm spun like a cross for a long time, the Origin Flames on Tian Qing's body gradually dimmed until they disappeared. Finally, his body went limp and fell to the ground with a plop.
Tian Qing was like Bai Langfei not far away. He curled up on the ground, unable to muster any strength. He looked up in horror. "What did you do to me?"
Ding Meng retracted his hand. "Nothing.
I only absorbed the Origin Energy in your body. From today onwards, you are no longer General Tian. You have become an ordinary person. Whether you live or die, it is up to the heavens to decide! "
"You!"
Tian Qing's eyes were about to split open. Hundreds of years of cultivation had been reduced to nothing in an instant. This was even more unbearable than killing him directly. He roared again and tried to attack, but as soon as he stood up, he fell to the ground with a plop. He was indeed crippled.
However, Ding Meng and Ji Chenxue could not be bothered to look at him again. They turned around and walked out side by side. A cold wind blew in from outside the window, and the fire began to grow. The fierce flames immediately flooded the dance room.
In the Tian family's manor, the lake was still clear and the bonfire was still burning brightly. However, there was not a single person at the birthday banquet. All the guests had fled, and all the servants had fled. The snowflakes in the night sky became bigger and denser, as if the Milky Way was washing the land. Meanwhile, the fire in the manor burned even more fiercely. The soaring flames lit up the night sky like countless dancing butterflies.
Looking at the burning manor, Ding Meng took a jar of wine from a banquet table, broke the seal, and slowly poured it on the ground.
After a long time, the wine was poured out. Ding Meng looked up at the night sky and murmured, "Brother Ding Meng, Miss Zheng Ming, your sea of blood is deep. Today, Brother Ding Meng has finally gotten justice for you. May your souls in heaven rest in peace. May I still be able to meet you in the next life …"
His voice was choked with sobs when he said the last few words. Beside him, Ji Chenxue's eyes also turned red. She understood Ding Meng's feelings. He had finally gotten his revenge, but Ding Meng was not happy. If he could, he would like to turn back time and return to 30 years ago to live with Aunt Zheng Ming and Aunt Qiao, living a poor, hard, and happy life as a woodcutter.
People would always miss the past because the meaning of life was always the existence of "people". Those people, especially the friends who shared weal and woe in the beginning, and the brothers who relied on each other in desperate situations, no matter how time changed, it was always difficult to forget them. Whether it was glory, splendor, wealth, or poverty, it was not the true meaning of life, but the kind of people who accompanied you through what kind of years.
Ji Chenxue turned to look at Ding Meng and said, "Let's go!"
The reflection of the fire jumped on Ding Meng's face. He nodded and said, "Okay!"
Beside the bonfire in the manor's courtyard, the vivid image of a boy and a girl from a farm family vaguely appeared. Aunt Qiao had a kind and simple smile on her face, and Zhen Ming also had a kind and friendly smile on his face. Looking at the backs of Ding Meng and Aunt Zheng, they seemed to be whispering,
"Live well …"
As soon as they walked out of the gates of the Tian Family's manor, Ding Meng stopped in his tracks. He had just retracted all of his telekinesis, and the force field in this place had been removed.
On the snow-covered lawn outside, a large group of people appeared. All of them were clad in armor and wielding weapons. They were so densely packed that one couldn't even see the end of them. These were the imperial guards of Tianjing City. Clearly, the commotion caused by the Tian Family was too big and had alarmed the royal family.
At this moment, Jiao Gu was surrounded by a group of people and stood in front of the imperial guards. He no longer looked like he was in a daze, and he put on a "hehe" posture again. "Little friend, I advise you to surrender and accept the punishment of the kingdom's criminal law."
Ding Meng laughed. "You people are really fence-sitters. You think you're high and mighty just because you brought in tens of thousands of imperial guards?"
Jiao Gu laughed and said, "That's because you're too inexperienced. You don't know the strength of my Tianjing imperial guards."
Ding Meng carefully glanced at the black mass of people and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
When he was young, he had chopped firewood in the remote mountains. It wasn't that he had never seen the imperial guards of the royal family. If there was a difference between the imperial guards and ordinary soldiers, it would be that their armor was more luxurious, and their weapons were more varied. This was because there was no lack of experts at the level of War Reverends and War Masters in the imperial guards. They were much stronger than ordinary soldiers.
However, the imperial guards in front of him had one thing in common, and that was "black". They wore black armor, black spears, and black helmets. Only their eyes were exposed. This kind of attire made Ding Meng and Ji Chenxue think of the Hidden Front.
Jiao Gu gently waved his hand, and the tens of thousands of Imperial Army soldiers immediately rushed to the entrance of the manor. When they didn't move, they were like still statues, but now that they were charging, all of them more or less erupted with a violent aura.
Ji Chenxue said in surprise, "The aura of Demons?"
Ding Meng nodded. He had already sensed that these soldiers were all tainted with the aura of Demons. However, it was not as strong as the aura of Henning and the other Demon Generals. It could only be said that these auras were very shallow.
Ding Meng looked at Jiao Gu and said, "I've long felt that there was something wrong with the Cang Ming army. I didn't expect you to be involved with the Demons. I've really underestimated you. However, don't be too proud. You're only here to die."
As he spoke, he used his telekinesis. This time, he used the Astral Codex's "Spiritual Wind Array" psychic power. Twenty meters in front of Ding Meng and Jiao Gu, the air seemed to be diluted and became even more transparent. It was like an invisible bubble was rolling around.
All the charging soldiers were sent flying as soon as they collided with this bubble. The "Spiritual Wind Array" was a very simple defensive psychic power. It gathered the surrounding air to create a flow of air that distorted space. However, Ding Meng did not have any intention of killing these imperial guards, so he only sent them flying with a fan. If he had been more violent, Ding Meng would have slapped the lawn in front of him and turned it into a sea of fire. No one would have survived.
Seeing the Imperial Army soldiers being sent flying like grains, Jiao Gu was once more dumbfounded. In less than five minutes, the tens of thousands of Imperial Army soldiers had been tossed onto the grass behind him. Although none of them had lost their lives, most of them were bruised and battered, their bones shattered, and they couldn't even stand up.
Ding Meng slowly walked forward and said with a smile, "Mister Jiao Gu, you're better at talking than fighting. If it weren't for your special status, I would have burned a hundred thousand people like you to ashes."
Jiao Gu's legs began to tremble again. "What do you want?"
Ding Meng stared at him. "Lead the way!"
Jiao Gu asked suspiciously, "You want to enter the city?"
Ding Meng said, "You're a smart person. You should know where the king is, right?"
Jiao Gu's eyelids twitched. "The king has been ill for many years. He went out to seek treatment and has yet to return."
His subtle expression did not escape Ding Meng's eyes. Ding Meng continued to stare at him coldly. "It's fine. I can find someone else to lead the way. As for you, since you like to lie so much, General Tian, Deacon Bai, and the others must be lonely in the underworld. I'll send you down to chat with them!"