Chapter 206: Cao Zuo’s Silver Lining

“Hmph!”

“Thinking you can escape just by hijacking a spirit energy airship? Pure wishful thinking!”

Cao Zuo snorted coldly, his face filled with disdain and contempt.

Compared to the spirit energy airship, which couldn't even reach subsonic speeds, Cao Zuo's speed was two to three times the speed of sound!

The outcome of the spirit energy airship being caught up was destined from the very beginning!

“Little Brat Su Lang, once I catch you, I'll start by subjecting you to the death of a thousand cuts!”

With a cold laugh, Cao Zuo continued his pursuit, his spiritual perception rapidly spreading out.

Before long, his spiritual perception covered the entire spirit energy airship.

However, after a search, the disdain on Cao Zuo's face completely vanished, replaced by a expression as gloomy as stagnant water.

“Gone!? How is that possible?”

“Could he have escaped from the spirit energy airship halfway?”

“That's not right either! When I was in the city, I could already see the airship from a distance.”

“From start to finish, absolutely no one came out of the airship!”

Filled with intense shock and suspicion, Cao Zuo caught up to the spirit energy airship and squeezed through the crack torn open by that long-haired Martial King.

After searching once more, Cao Zuo's face turned completely black, like the bottom of a pot.

He really wasn't there!

Aside from the pilot Martial Artist and the guard Martial Artists, there wasn't a third person on the spirit energy airship at all!

“What on earth is going on? Could it be that he never boarded the airship at all?”

“No, that's not right either! If he wasn't on the airship, how did he kill my two Martial King subordinates!?”

“Bizarre, it's truly too bizarre. He vanished into thin air at Jiyu Street, and he's silently disappeared here too!”

“Could it be… could it be that he has mastered a legendary Space-attribute Cultivation Technique and can tear through space to teleport!?”

Thinking of this, Cao Zuo's expression changed drastically. “It must be so!”

“For him to actually possess a Space-attribute Cultivation Technique—that's a legendary Divine Rank Cultivation Technique!”

“No wonder… no wonder he dared to kill people in Dongfang City so unscrupulously, and didn't even take me seriously.”

“With a Space-attribute Cultivation Technique, it would be extremely difficult to hunt him down if he wanted to escape!”

“He's definitely long gone by now. Aside from using aura-indexing methods, there's no way to find him through ordinary means!”

“Damn it! You thieving heavens, why did you make me encounter this Su Lang piece of trash!?”

“How can I avenge my son—!?”

Cao Zuo was so furious that smoke was practically coming out of his ears. His eyes were bloodshot, and the veins on his body bulged and trembled incessantly!

As the guardian of Dongfang City and a Martial Emperor.

He actually couldn't even avenge his own son, and was instead led around by the nose and played for a fool!

This was simply a monumental disgrace!

If this matter became known, his lifelong reputation would be ruined in an instant.

He would spend the rest of his life being mocked and looked down upon by others!

Any low-level Martial Artist could talk about him, this useless Martial Emperor, over tea and meals!

“Ah—!!”

“Little Brat Su Lang, you piece of trash, I'll kill you!”

Cao Zuo let out a completely broken roar and was about to destroy the spirit energy airship to vent his anger.

But just then.

Inside Cao Zuo's space ring, his communication jade token suddenly vibrated!

“A bunch of useless trash, you still dare to send me a message!?”

Cao Zuo suppressed his grief and indignation, took the communication jade token out of his space ring, and glanced at it.

And that one glance immediately caused his expression of grief and indignation to freeze.

Following that, a look of wild joy suddenly erupted on his face!

“Little Brat Su Lang!!”

“I didn't expect that you hadn't escaped the city, and you even dared to make a move on my Xinglong Pill Shop!?”

“Hahahaha, great, wonderful! It really is a silver lining!”

“If you had escaped the city, I really wouldn't have been able to do anything to you!”

“But you actually dared to stay in the city; you are simply seeking death!”

“As long as you are in the city, you are a turtle in a jar. I can catch you no matter what.”

“Even if you have a Space-attribute Cultivation Technique, it won't help. Within the barrier formations, there are Space-shackling Formations!”

At this moment, Cao Zuo didn't care at all about the losses of the Xinglong Pill Shop.

Because in his eyes, as long as he could catch Su Lang and get his revenge, no price was too great to pay!

“son of a bitch, you're going to fall into my hands after all!”

A savage smile and killing intent appeared on Cao Zuo's face. “Your life, as well as that Divine Rank Cultivation Technique, will be mine!”

The next moment, he took out the communication jade token to give some instructions, then flew out of the spirit energy airship and rushed toward the city.

At the same time.

Inside Dongfang City, an unprecedented robbery was underway!