Chapter 554: A Crime

"Are you all ready?"

"Everything is ready."

"Then let's go."

The Wen Family Head waved his hand, and the group flew away, soaring towards the outside of the city.

A few months ago, an Elder of the Wen Family had a stroke of luck and successfully hatched a stone egg, which contained an ancient Vicious Beast with a powerful Bloodline.

Knowing that the Wen Family did not have the ability to raise it, the Wen Family Head decided to sell this ancient Vicious Beast.

After much inquiry, he finally found a suitable buyer, but the buyer was not in Hang Prefecture, requiring them to cross another Prefecture to reach him.

There were no teleportation arrays between Prefectures, so they could only fly there, and living Yao Beasts could not be stored in a Storage Ring, so they had to be carried in a cage.

Behind the Wen Family Head was the Wen Family's Grand Elder, who held a box wrapped in beast hide, and inside the box was the cage containing the ancient Vicious Beast.

Both the box and the layer of beast hide wrapped around it had profound inscriptions flickering, ensuring that no trace of the Yao Beast's Qi was leaked and could not be detected by those with ulterior motives using their Divine Sense.

This ancient Vicious Beast had a powerful Bloodline, making it extremely valuable; if this transaction was successful, the Wen Family would make a significant profit.

Therefore, the Wen Family attached great importance to this transaction, wanting to ensure their safe arrival at the destination.

To this end, the Wen Family mobilized a large force, with not only the Wen Family Head and the Grand Elder, both at Saint King Realm Perfection, leading the team, but also five Great Saint Realm Elders accompanying them.

They specifically chose to leave the city quietly in the dead of night.

To maintain secrecy and a low profile, the seven of them did not travel very fast; it was not until dawn that they reached the vicinity of Beihai in Hang Prefecture, the end of which bordered another Prefecture.

The Wen Family members dared not be careless in the slightest, all with serious expressions, looking as if they were ready for battle, their nerves constantly tense.

"Whoosh!!"

On the calm sea, a sudden surge of enormous waves rose, startling the Wen Family members.

Being on edge, they instinctively pulled out their weapons, frantically circulated the true essence within their bodies, and prepared for battle at any moment.

The Wen Family Head fixed his gaze, then scoffed.

"It's nothing, just two sea beasts fighting below."

The Wen Family members immediately breathed a sigh of relief and put away their weapons.

"Scared the hell out of me."

"When we come back, I'm going to slaughter those two sea beasts and eat them."

Just at this moment.

"Swoosh swoosh!!"

Figures suddenly flew out from the sea, distributing themselves in an orderly fashion around the Wen Family members, like a large net, completely encircling them.

The leading middle-aged man was burly, wearing a black cloak, and holding a golden saber, like an awakened ancient Vicious Beast.

The moment they surrounded the Wen Family members, they acted without a moment's hesitation or delay.

"You…"

The Wen Family Head had just opened his mouth when the group of experts had already charged forward; his first thought was to escape, but he found that the opponents had already blocked all their escape routes, clearly prepared and highly professional.

"Are you people from Seven Kings City?"

No one paid any attention to the Wen Family Head; there were only terrifyingly powerful attacks.

In an instant, the sky and earth changed color, the seawater churned, and the two fighting sea beasts were directly shattered by the powerful pressure.

The one wearing a black cloak and holding a golden saber was Xiang Kuang, the son of Xiang Qian, who was the sworn brother of Cang Lu, one of the Seven Kings.

He was also the father of Xiang Zhantian, who had relentlessly targeted Xu Luo and his two companions, but ultimately died at their hands.

Xiang Kuang's target was the Wen Family Head; although both were in the Saint King Realm, Xiang Kuang was at Saint King Realm Perfection, while the Wen Family Head was only at Saint King Realm Sixth Heaven, a significant difference between the two.

Therefore, the Wen Family Head barely managed to block Xiang Kuang's first move with all his might, but he was severely wounded as a result.

Immediately following, Xiang Kuang's second move directly slew him, without any hesitation.

"No!!"

"Family Head!!"

Seeing this scene, all the Wen Family members were enraged, their eyes splitting with grief.

In contrast, the Vicious Beast Xiang Kuang's expression showed no ripple, as calm as if he had stepped on a stray dog by the roadside.

In his dying moments, the Wen Family Head's eyes were filled with remorse and hatred; he deeply regretted not selling it to the Azure Firmament Merchant Guild nearby for the sake of earning a bit more.

Now, not only was he going to die, but all the experts of the Wen Family would also be unable to escape their fate, and crucially, without them, the Wen Family's enemies would soon come knocking.

This meant that the Wen Family would not only decline but might even be completely eradicated.

He hated even more, hating the bandits of Seven Kings City who plundered and robbed.

Alas, it was too late to say anything now.

Before his demise, the Wen Family Head seemed to have already seen the Wen Family being wiped out.

"Damn bandits! This old man will fight you to the death!!"

The Wen Family Grand Elder also thought of the Wen Family's future; his eyes were bloodshot, furious to the extreme.

So he chose to self-destruct, hoping to take some people down with him before he died.

"Trying to self-destruct? Naive!"

Xiang Kuang's figure flickered, and before the Wen Family Grand Elder could self-destruct, he cleaved him apart with a single saber, instantly staining the sky with blood and eliciting continuous wails.

After the Wen Family Head and the Grand Elder fell, the remaining few members of the Wen Family had no power to resist whatsoever, and in a short while, they successively perished.

On Xiang Kuang's side, there were no losses at all.

After all, not only were they stronger, but they were also more professional, having carried out similar deeds countless times; it could be said that the target's reactions and behavior were all within their expectations.

Therefore, the entire process was effortless and easy.

The Wen Family's encounter fully illustrated a truth: a common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure makes him guilty.

If they had not hatched this ancient Vicious Beast, they would not have encountered this calamity.

Similar incidents frequently occur in this cruel world.

Xiang Kuang grabbed the box wrapped in beast hide with a large hand.

Just as he was about to inspect it, a sudden change occurred.