A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 333: Chapter 262 Let the Flames Purify Everything!_3

However, Zasara didn’t expect that Duanmu Huai would play so unpredictably. He didn’t plan to enter the castle for a fight to the death with Zasara, instead, he set fire to the castle!

By the time Zasara heard about this, the fire had already spread throughout the castle. Although the castle was largely made of stone, it was not entirely fireproof. By the time Zasara realized something wasn’t right, the fire had spread to nearly half of the castle, extinguishing it was out of the question. So, he had no choice but to take his subordinates and flee from this hellish place in disarray.

“That bastard, I will kill him…”

Looking at the corridor behind him being swallowed by heavy smoke and flames, Zasara was on the verge of tears. The castle was the fruit of their family’s sweat and blood, a crystallization of countless bits of history, yet now, it was being thoroughly destroyed by the fire. This made Zasara so heartbroken that he could barely breathe!

“Boom!!”

Frantically pushing open the door, Zasara finally managed to escape from the castle through a secret passage. However, before he could catch his breath, a voice rang in his ear.

“I guessed right, indeed, rats from anywhere like to burrow holes.”

Hearing this voice, Zasara looked up and saw a tall, terrifying man standing in front of him, coldly staring at him.

“It’s you…!”

Upon seeing the man, the anger over the destruction of the castle surpassed his fear, and Zasara yelled out, pointing at Duanmu Huai.

“Kill him!!!”

At Zasara’s command, two attendants cloaked in long robes immediately disrobed, revealing their bodies – not human bodies, but hideous monsters with insect-like limbs and heads which stood nearly two meters tall! They opened their jaws, screeched, and their wings immediately flapped. The next moment, the two insect monsters flew up, raised their sharp claws, and pounced on Duanmu Huai!

“Hmph!”

Facing the monsters rushing at him, Duanmu Huai stood still, coldly watching them. The monsters pounced right in front of Duanmu Huai, their claws ripping his outer cloak and tried to pierce his body – only to be suddenly repelled by his solid, strong muscles.

Before the two monsters could react, Duanmu Huai had already raised his hands and grabbed their heads, crushing them with force.

“Boom!!”

The next moment, the heads of the two insect monsters were crushed by Duanmu Huai and their bodies helplessly collapsed to the ground.

Duanmu Huai stepped over the two bodies and strode towards Zasara, who was retreating in terror at his approach.

“You, don’t come over here! Don’t come over!!”

However, Duanmu Huai obviously didn’t care about what he was saying. He walked forward, kicked out, and landed right on Zasara, who was then sent flying like a football and heavily crashed into the castle wall, losing all motion after screaming out in pain.

“Clap… Clap… Clap…”

At this moment, applause sounded from behind Duanmu Huai. He turned his head and saw a man in blue gold-edged robes holding a strange magic wand, standing there. Beside him stood a beret-wearing special soldier.

“Sir, you are indeed formidable.”

The man looked at Duanmu Huai and spoke with a smile.

“Honestly, I feel it would be a waste to kill you here.”

“With just you two useless people?”

“Oh, please don’t misunderstand.”

As he was saying this, the man snapped his fingers, the special soldier turned around, pulled a girl in front of him, and aimed a gun at her head – it was Ashley.

Then, the man looked at Duanmu Huai, his expression full of confidence as he spoke.

“I… just want to make a trade with you.”