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Chapter 3667: 4.1267 Striking First
This was a villa located in the suburbs of the capital. From the outside, it looked like a very ordinary commoner's courtyard.
In reality, it was a dungeon used by the Purple Forest Guard to detain special prisoners.
It was built with half-meter thick azurite stones, making it impregnable.
With a soft clang, the iron door was forcefully pushed open by two guards.
A tall, slender figure descended the stone steps, one level after another.
The interior of this dungeon was very spacious, with torches placed on all four walls.
This circular platform, like the main hall of the dungeon, was meticulously clean and brightly illuminated by the torchlight.
If not for the walls being covered with various torture instruments, some still bearing a hint of blood, one truly wouldn't be able to distinguish this place as a dungeon.
"Owww!" A hoarse roar came from within the wooden bars deep inside.
A guard standing outside the door impatiently poked twice into the bars with a long pole, angrily shouting, "Shut up! Don't make a sound."
"Ah!!" The person poked by the long pole onto the bars immediately trembled uncontrollably as currents of electricity struck him from the bars, letting out a horrific scream.
The luxurious, brocade-blue robe on this person's body was now utterly filthy, and he looked as if he had been pulled out of putrid water, permeated with a musty, rotten smell.
Where was his former cleanliness, neatness, and spirited demeanor?
The tall, slender figure descending the stone steps finally stood before this wooden barred cell.
His slightly raised peach blossom eyes were full of mockery and derision.
He just coldly watched the man inside, who was roaring loudly and screaming hysterically.
"What, were the guards here not hospitable enough, to provoke such rage from my elder brother?"
This voice, passing through the wooden bars, felt like a basin of ice water, chilling the person inside to the bone, with a terrifying coldness.
He dragged the heavy iron chains, abruptly turned around, his eyes showing intense shock and horror.
"You! It's you!!"
His hands instinctively reached out to grip the bars.
However, as soon as they touched the bars, they were stimulated by the powerful electric currents emanating from them, causing him to instantly retract his hands and stumble back several steps.
The man in the cell's eyes were wide and round, as if the person before him was not a faintly smiling, handsome young man in simple robes.
But a tiger-wolf, a ferocious beast.
"Rong! Rong Li!" A suppressed roar escaped his throat, and his hands uncontrollably wanted to grasp the bars again.
But instantly remembering the flowing currents of electricity, he flinched back his arms in fright.
His eyes stared intently at the figure outside the bars, enunciating each word, "It's you! You did all this? Why?"
The prisoner was none other than Crown Prince Rong Li of Cangzhou.
Speaking of which, this unlucky fellow had arrived in the suburbs of Longyan City yesterday.
Unfortunately, before he could enter the capital, he was subjected to a powerful attack by a team at Ten Mile Slope.
The other party's movements were extremely swift and they even carried two powerful Divine Stone Cannons.
The accompanying Peak-level Immortal Venerable had no choice but to advise him that the best option was to temporarily retreat under the fierce bombardment of the Divine Stone Cannons.
After all, the strength of that Peak-level Immortal Venerable expert was also greatly suppressed.
It wasn't that he couldn't directly confront the two Divine Stone Cannons, but doing so would incur significant self-damage, making it more loss than gain.
When one reached the level of an Immortal Venerable, they naturally cherished their own well-being more than anyone else, and naturally wouldn't risk their lives for Rong Li over such matters.