Chapter 686: Chapter 686: Flames Of Fury

On this Dreamy Swampland, everyone got their own schemes.

Zen wanted to take Margaret away and escape, while Eddie wanted to kill Zen and seize Margaret. Simon, on the other hand, wanted Margaret to die, and as for Zen, he didn't really care how he would end. If he died, Simon wouldn't benefit from it at all. All of Zen's possessions would be taken by Eddie, so to him, it didn't matter if Zen died or not.

With his current speed, Zen would be able to close out the ten-mile distance in an instant.

And truly, soon enough, Zen was able to see a large cave below them. This cave was surrounded by moss and ferns. Because of the lush vegetation around it, there was almost no light that could come into the cave, and so all they could see was a dark hole, which was the entrance of the cave, and nothing else.

Without hesitation, Zen once again carried Margaret and entered the cave.

“Huh?” When Eddie suddenly could not sense Zen's life vitality, a puzzled look appeared on his face. Simon sneered in secret, but he pretended that he was surprised by Zen's sudden disappearance. In no time, they reached above the cave.

“This brat actually entered this underground palace!” Simon said in a feigned surprised tone.

Upon hearing this, Eddie's eyes narrowed. He turned to Simon in confusion and asked, “How did this kid know that there is an underground palace here?”

Simon shook his head and replied, “This underground palace is very dangerous. I don't know how he knew about it - maybe he knew that he couldn't escape from you and so when he found out that there happened to be an underground palace here, he just entered it without much thought.”

After hearing what Simon had to say, Eddie gave him a suspicious glance. For so long, Zen had been going at one certain direction, but suddenly, he turned around and somehow knew of this underground palace, which he then entered. This didn't really sit well with Eddie.

To be fair, he was a very skeptical man in the first place. Aside from doubting what Simon was telling him, he was also thinking whether Simon had told Zen about the underground palace in advance. As much as he wanted to confront Simon about it, he did not have any kind of evidence to prove his accusation. Moreover, it was unwise for him to argue with Simon right now, so he just nodded and said, “Even if he entered the underground palace, he won't be able to escape!”

At that moment, the warriors at the Virtual Tribulation Realm caught up with them.

Eddie glanced over and after a while he said, “Two are missing from the group. What happened to them?”

Indeed, there were two people missing from the group of martial artists at Virtual Tribulation Realm. Upon being asked where the two were, one of them said, “One was killed by Zen, while the other one accidentally entered the lair of a water dragon and was devoured by it.”

The Dreamy Swampland was home to some extremely powerful and vicious beasts. As everyone went deeper and deeper into those beasts' territory, the beasts that they would encounter would only be stronger and fiercer than what they had seen before.

“Water dragon?” Eddie said, showing a lot of interest. “I'll take care of that later,” he muttered to himself, smiling maliciously. “But first, I'll go into the underground palace and take Zen's life!”

And with that proclamation, Eddie took the lead and entered the underground palace. Simon and the other Virtual Tribulation Realm martial artists followed closely behind.

Since there was no light in the underground palace, Zen had to constantly rely on his senses other than the sight in order to progress through it.

Perhaps this underground palace was built by some ancient sect. The road was meandering and spiraling, and it was like a huge maze.

Zen knew Simon was not the kind of person who would help him out of good will. But as he seemed to have no way to get rid of Eddie, he had no choice but to follow his advice.

There were countless paths in this complicated underground palace, and almost every route had three or four diversions. Zen did not know whether there were dangers ahead, the only thing he could do was to brave it out and charge ahead. After all, the more diversions there were, the less possible it would be for Eddie to come and find him.

Thinking about this, Zen's face darkened, and his heart sank to the bottom of his stomach. He had gone through many hardships and was finally able to return from the Sea God Continent. But things didn't look good for him back here, and now he was being pursued by Eddie and his group who were determined to kill him. His morale was down. ȓάNŐꞖЁʂ

It was at this moment that Margaret started to pester him once again. “It's so dark here,” she started, the disgust in her voice evident. “I don't like it.”

Unexpectedly, Lavender did not taunt Margaret for her complain. Instead, in the darkness, she calmly stared at Margaret, scoffing at her peevishness in her heart.

Zen didn't say anything either and just kept traveling through the underground palace. He fled in any path he could take without really thinking about what could be ahead of him.

“Could you find a way out? I don't want to stay here any longer!” Margaret said once again.

In her head, Lavender couldn't help but sneer as she was already feeling Zen's fury seething inside him. Lavender was very observant and intelligent and so she knew whenever Zen was already extremely agitated. And at this moment, he really was. However, the idiotic young lady of the Xi Clan kept on nagging and was as irritating as a fly. If this continued, Zen would surely lose his patience sooner or later!

'You know what? It would be best if Zen would end up killing this woman in a fit of rage, ' Lavender brooded resentfully.

“Get me out of here! Zen!” When she saw that Zen wasn't going to say anything, Margaret's childlike temper worsened. She had completely forgotten that the reason Zen was being chased all the way to the underground palace was entirely because of her!

Boom!

Zen suddenly threw Margaret to the ground, with a force so strong that

Margaret's supple body then hit the ground.

As Margaret was at the primary level of the Internal Elixir Realm, the impact of her fall wasn't enough to injure her.

However, this unprecedented act of violence from Zen made Margaret dumbstruck. When she finally came back to her senses a few moments later, she suddenly screamed, “What are you doi-?”

Pah!

Just before Margaret could finish what she was trying to say, Zen had already planted a slap across her face!

Everyone knew that Zen was a man of powerful strength. If he had concentrated his full strength on the slap, he would be able to smash Margaret's head into pieces. However, Zen was able to control his strength, but the slap had still left a clear hand mark on her face.

“If It hadn't been for you, do you think I would ever have come here?” Zen said, shaking. There were very few people who could anger him. Other than Eddie, who was his sworn enemy, Zen was rarely genuinely upset by anyone.

Actually, the predicament they were in today wasn't something unconquerable to Zen. Throughout the years, he had already experienced many other life or death crises that were ten times more troublesome than this! He knew there was still a gap between his and Eddie's strength, but in a fight between warriors, no one could be one hundred percent sure as to who would be the winner. But if he were to go all out to fight Eddie, he might have a chance to defeat him!

But somehow, Zen's flames of fury were successfully ignited by this foolish woman. It seemed like it was her talent to annoy and push people to their limits.

Margaret slowly caressed her throbbing cheek and glared at Zen, saying, “You - how dare you hit me!”

Back in the Xi Clan's castle, Zen had only used his malicious aura to suppress Margaret, but he didn't actually hit her.

“Ever since you were a little kid, you have never been beaten by anyone, right?” Zen blurted out before Margaret could continue her rant.

“Yes! No one has ever dared to hit me in my entire life!” Margaret shouted, as she began hysterically crying.

Pah!

Just as Margaret finished speaking, Zen slapped her again.

With that slap, Margaret's beautiful hair became undone. She became a mess. Under the dim light in the cave, she glared at Zen with her brown eyes. She gritted her teeth and said, “Zen! I, I... I'll fight you to the death!”

Her voice was shaking but determination was obvious in her eyes. She stood up. Slowly but surely, she took on a stance that was ready to fight.

“Let me see how you fight me!”

Zen suddenly rushed forward. He grabbed Margaret's neck with one hand and pushed her against the wall, causing a loud bang. Lightly, he pointed his fingers towards her underbelly, sending a stream of life vitality into her body.

Her cultivation level was far lower than Zen's. After Zen's life vitality was injected into her underbelly, it immediately disturbed Margaret's life vitality and stopped it from working.

Zen then flipped his hand and grabbed the collar of her clothes. He lightly pinched it and ripped her white dress off, tearing it into pieces.

“What are you trying to do?” Margaret's eyes were wide open. She couldn't believe what Zen was doing to her.

Gash! Another ripping sound was heard.

“What am I doing? I'm going to take away your virginity energy!” Zen sneered. He stretched out his hand and the sounds of clothes being ripped filled the cave. In an instant, all of Margaret's clothes were ripped, and she was stark naked.

Margaret had never been with any man before. She was greatly astounded, seeing Zen savagely strip all her clothes off. Her body was completely naked now, and all the blood in her body surged to her head. Her face was completely red, half because of rage and half because of embarrassment.

“Zen, you're no different from a wild beast!” Margaret screamed.

But Zen had already turned a deaf ear to Margaret. He knew her struggle would be completely futile, as she was weaker than him in the first place—as a cultivator merely at the primary level of the Internal Elixir Realm. The truth was, even when Zen was still a nature creature, he had a high chance of defeating her!

Moreover, now her life vitality had been sealed by Zen, and she wouldn't have the strength to resist.

Soon after, Zen held onto Margaret's shoulder and pushed her to the ground. The place might not be very clean as they were in a wet and cold cave, but at this time, Zen couldn't care about anything else.

Lavender held onto her spear, floating beside him like a ghost, a cold smile on her face.

“I've told you long ago to just take away her virginity energy yourself. If you had listened to me earlier, we wouldn't have gone into so much trouble, being chased by that Eddie guy,” Lavender said, as she shook her head. The customs of the Demon Night seemed to be very different from that of the human race. They didn't have any notion of taboo. Like now, unlike any human girl who would be too ashamed to see a scene of intimate intercourse, Lavender fixed her beautiful eyes on the entangling bodies on the ground. There was not a trace of embarrassment on her face, and she was clearly not trying to avoid seeing it. Instead, she took great interest in what was happening and had enjoyed watching the scene in front of her thoroughly.