497: I want you to help me practice!

“Losing composure?”

Wang Chen's face showed a hint of mockery when he heard Inao Kazuhisa spouting nonsense with his eyes wide open.

“Commander Daowei, isn't that explanation a bit far-fetched?!”

“As a dignified Seven-Turn Professional, you're not trying to tell me that you misidentified it at such a close distance, are you?”

Wang Chen looked at Inao Kazuhisa indifferently and asked without ceremony.

“This…”,

It was indeed a mistake.”

Inao Kazuhisa was annoyed, but at this moment, he could only pinch his nose and say so.

“Hahahahaha!!”

Wang Chen sneered, his tone mocking:

“Are you perhaps looking at my youth and thinking I'm easy to deceive?”

“That was clearly the unique Qi of your Sakura Country's ninja just now. Commander Daowei's ability to lie with his eyes open truly impresses me!”

“Is a dignified Seven-Turn Professional perhaps blind?!”

“You…”

Hearing Wang Chen's unceremonious words, Inao Kazuhisa's face turned ashen with anger. His chest heaved violently, and he wanted to retort but couldn't think of suitable words.

“What do you want?”

With a sinking expression, Inao Kazuhisa suppressed his anger and asked in a low voice.

“To find the true culprit, of course.”

“It was a ninja from your Sakura Country who made the move, so you definitely can't escape responsibility. Perhaps that ninja is currently hiding among you, or has returned to that manor.”

“This Commander will inspect each and every one of you.”

Wang Chen put forward his demand without ceremony.

Hearing his words, Inao Kazuhisa's fists clenched, making a creaking sound:

“Wang Chen, it's just the life of a mere native. If he dies, he dies. Why make such a fuss?”

“Besides, Count Ansuosi previously tried to renege on the payment for your Dragon Country's assistance. Is it necessary to fall out with my Sakura Country over him?”

“Heh heh!”

Wang Chen sneered, dismissing Inao Kazuhisa's words with disdain.

“That is also a life. Since I saw it today, I naturally cannot ignore it.”

“Commander Daowei, I'm giving you a chance. Take your people back to the manor, and this Commander will inspect it later.”

“If you can investigate and find the culprit yourself, then you can just hand them over!”

“If not, then don't blame this Commander for being impolite!”

He said at this moment with an indifferent tone.

“Oh?”

Inao Kazuhisa was startled upon hearing this, not expecting Wang Chen to let them return to the manor for self-inspection.

Isn't this giving them a chance?

At that time, casually pushing someone out to take the blame, or activating the defensive formation and ignoring it, would both be good choices.

“It seems this kid is just putting on a show to win people's hearts.”

Inao Kazuhisa thought with a cold sneer as his gaze swept over the moved faces of the several Count's guards.

“Good!”

“I will give Commander Wang an explanation for this matter.”

“Let's go.”

Inao Kazuhisa nodded, turned, and led his subordinates away from the city wall.

“Commander?”

At this moment, watching Inao Kazuhisa's back, Li Yujiu walked to Wang Chen's side in confusion and asked in a low voice:

“We had a complete chance to instantly kill Inao Kazuhisa and keep his thousand-man unit here.”

“Now letting him return to the manor, won't it just add many complications?”

“It's fine.”

Wang Chen shook his head, a cold sneer appearing on his face:

“If we don't let them go back, how will they relax?”

Taking action now could indeed eliminate Inao Kazuhisa and his thousand-man unit, but it would inevitably result in casualties for themselves. Moreover, the city wall was narrow, and if Ice Purity were to use her Ice Hell skill, it would also envelop their own side.

Wang Chen certainly didn't want to become a lone commander right after becoming one.

“Next, we will rest directly in the city. We will make our move closer to evening.”

He instructed Li Yujiu, then turned to look at the still-suffering butler:

“Count Ansuosi's body is not yet cold; we will certainly seek justice for him.”

“Next, Your Excellency, we will trouble you to prepare a station for us.”

“Ugh… You are too kind, sir.”

The butler wiped his tears and climbed up from Count Ansuosi's corpse:

“That Your Excellency is willing to preside over justice for the Count is a profound kindness to this humble one.”

“Please follow this humble one.”

The butler, with an expression of utter heartbreak, summoned the guards to collect the Count's body and then led the way.

They continued forward.

He directly led Wang Chen and his group to the Count's manor.

…

…

Inside the Count's manor.

Upon arriving there, Wang Chen delegated all subsequent trivial matters to Li Yujiu and found a quiet room for himself.

He had long since realized that after Count Ansuosi's death, none of the soldiers in the entire Count's territory, including the butler, were genuinely sad.

They appeared to be grief-stricken, but in reality, they were probably laughing internally.

But this was normal…

Count Ansuosi was a fool, and he was also tyrannical, sinister, and insatiably greedy, having long lost the hearts of his territory.

There was no need to guess. When the butler brought everyone to the Count's manor, Wang Chen knew that this guy was treating him as a powerful ally, and the next step would be to produce the remaining wealth of the Count's manor and pledge allegiance.

Wang Chen naturally couldn't be bothered with such matters. Besides, he had more important things to do.

His Rank had already reached the Rank 4 limit; it was time to proceed to 5th Rank.

Entering the quiet room, he summoned Ice Purity Su Su and her Protectors. Wang Chen then took out various Materials from his spatial ring and began drawing the Awakener transfer array on the ground.

When a Awakener reaches 5th Rank, they do not need to go to the Divine Stone to accept a Awakener transfer quest; they only need to prepare the advancement Materials themselves to successfully transfer.

The quality of the advancement Materials will determine the benefits and strength increase a Awakener gains during the transfer, as well as the breadth of their future growth potential.

Using inferior advancement Materials for Awakener transfer will cut off a Awakener's future Dao, and they may even be unable to reach the Eight-Turn level for their entire lives.

However, Wang Chen did not need to worry about this problem.

The Blood Clan Prince's Blood Core—there were probably very few people on the entire Blue Star who had such treatment when reaching 5th Rank. It could be said to be far exceeding the standard.

Soon.

The Awakener transfer array was completed, and the entire floor of the quiet room was filled with intricate magical patterns.

Wang Chen sat cross-legged in the center of the array, waving his hand to take out a crystal core that emitted a violent blood Qi.

Blood Clan Prince's Blood Core!

In an instant, Wang Chen felt as if an boundless sea of blood appeared before his eyes, and hoarse, evil voices continuously echoed in his ears.

At the same time, an indescribable pressure emanated from the Blood Core, impacting his mind like a tidal wave.

However, Wang Chen's strength was now far beyond what it used to be. When he first saw it, this violent blood Qi would have plunged him into a blood sea illusion, and if Marshal Yang hadn't been by his side, he might have been shocked into an idiot.

But now, after calming his mind, he was no longer affected by this violent blood Qi.

“Hehe!”

“A mere dead object trying to disturb my mind?”

“Come on, I need you to help me cultivate!”

Thinking playfully, Wang Chen clutched the Blood Core and pressed it directly onto the intersection of the magic patterns on the ground.

Buzz buzz buzz!!

In an instant, the entire magic array was directly illuminated by the violent blood Qi.