My wife who comes from a wealthy family
Chapter 825 - 826: The Identity of the Culprit Behind the Scenes

Chapter 825: Chapter 826: The Identity of the Culprit Behind the Scenes

"No good, Master Skeletal and the others want to escape!" Will shouted.

"Escape? Do they really think they can run away?" Long Mie sneered coldly, slamming his foot into the ground. His legs charged up with unrestrained force, and vast amounts of mana surged ceaselessly into his palms.

"Thunder Dragon Escape Technique!"

Whoosh!

Long Mie soared into the sky, his feet crackling with lightning energy. His speed was extreme, reaching the level of a high-level True Pill cultivator!

"Hmm? Why do I sense a murderous intent?" Jin Hai felt something amiss but thought it was just a hallucination.

"Where do you intend to go?" A voice called out.

"Ridiculous, of course I’m returning to the Heavenly Corpse Sect!" Jin Hai assumed Master Skeletal was speaking. But when he glanced up, he saw Long Mie standing in front of him, a bright bald head glowing above a face twisted in fury.

"It’s... it’s you!" Jin Hai was struck by terror, drawing a sharp breath as he turned and fled.

"Don’t bother running. Let grandpa send you straight to hell!" Long Mie sneered, extending his palm, surrounded by golden dragon flames.

"Dragon Flame Palm!"

Boom!

Long Mie’s palm exploded with the might of an imposing dragon, striking Jin Hai heavily.

"No!" Jin Hai’s pupils shrank. Before he could react, his body was crushed by the attack.

The very next moment, golden dragon flames ignited on his body!

"Damn it, this... this fire won’t go out!" Jin Hai desperately tried to extinguish the flames, but the more he struggled, the fiercer the fire burned.

"Don’t waste your effort. These are dragon flames; they can’t be extinguished!" Long Mie crossed his arms slowly, watching Jin Hai engulfed in blazing fire.

No!

Please, no!

Jin Hai let out a chilling scream, his body rapidly turning into ashes!

A high-level True Pill cultivator reduced to ashes!

"Holy hell, Lord Long Mie has destroyed Jin Hai!"

"Incredible!"

"Invincible!" Zhao Qingtian and the others were exhilarated.

"Jin Hai, you!" Master Skeletal was fleeing when he turned his head and saw Jin Hai’s tragic end. He couldn’t help but feel the grim fate of the hunted.

Glaring at Ye Wudao, who stood calmly in place, Master Skeletal gritted his teeth and hissed, "Ye, I swear by the heavens, I will avenge this grudge!"

With that, Master Skeletal unleashed all his strength and frantically fled!

"Damn it, that old rogue still managed to escape!"

"Yeah, they say evil lives long, while the good die young!" Zhao Qingtian muttered, frustrated.

Just then, Long Mie returned and spoke to Ye Wudao, "Brother, want me to help and chase him down?"

"No need; he will not escape!" Ye Wudao smirked, watching as Master Skeletal fled kilometers away. He slapped the warblade at his waist with one hand.

"Go!"

Whoosh!

The warblade shot forth like a streak of black light, carrying an overwhelming aura of slaughter. It tore through the sky like a black meteor, heralding death!

"Something’s wrong. Why do I feel my life force draining away?" Master Skeletal suddenly sensed something ominous. As a high-level True Pill cultivator, his foresight couldn’t predict the future, but his intuition was terrifyingly sharp.

A loud sonic boom roared forth the next instant.

Master Skeletal’s ears twitched. He turned abruptly—there it was, a black warblade roaring toward him, wrapped in a ferocious aura of slaughter, like the scythe of the grim reaper coming to claim his life!

"No! No, no!" Master Skeletal screamed in horror as the warblade skewered him in the abdomen. Blood splattered as his body crumpled to the ground.

"See? Didn’t I say he wouldn’t escape?" Ye Wudao smiled, his hands clasped behind his back.

"Holy hell, Young Master, your Imperial Sword Technique is absolutely stunning!"

"Invincible!" Zhao Qingtian and the group stared at Ye Wudao, their eyes brimming with awe.

"For sheer style, you’re unmatched!" Long Mie gave Ye Wudao a thumbs-up.

"Hehe, let’s go. I’ve spared Master Skeletal’s life; he’s not dead yet!" Ye Wudao said.

Soon, the group arrived in front of Master Skeletal.

Master Skeletal’s abdomen was pierced by the warblade, leaving him gravely injured but not fatally. He still clung to one last breath of life.

"Master Skeletal, what’s the matter—still planning to keep running?" Ye Wudao asked, smiling.

With great effort, Master Skeletal raised his head to face Ye Wudao, fear clear in his eyes. He begged pitifully, "Ye Wudao—oh no, Lord Ye—please show mercy and spare me!"

"Spare you?" Ye Wudao chuckled. "That depends—do you have any value?"

"I do, I do!" Master Skeletal quickly said, "I’m a trusted elder of the Heavenly Corpse Sect! And I’m a high-level True Pill cultivator. If you spare my life, I’m willing to submit to you!"

What?

Master Skeletal surrendered?

Zhao Qingtian and the others looked surprised. They knew Master Skeletal’s strength wasn’t trivial—a high-level True Pill cultivation! Among the Dragon Country, unless facing high-level True Pill pinnacles or the ancient monsters of the Spirit Formation Realm, he could walk freely, unchallenged!

Confronted with Master Skeletal’s offer of submission, Zhao Qingtian and the others couldn’t help but feel tempted! If Ye Wudao recruited such a powerful figure, he wouldn’t even need to deploy him—just keeping him around increased their prestige!

"What do you say? Spare me, and I’ll serve you!" Master Skeletal pleaded.

Ye Wudao smirked coldly, "Is that so? Then let me ask you one question!"

"Of course! Ask anything. I’ll tell you everything!" Master Skeletal appeared eager.

"The whereabouts of my mother and my fiancée—and the identity of the mastermind behind their abduction—what do you know?" Ye Wudao’s eyes chilled like frost.

"This..." Master Skeletal’s expression shifted, beginning to stammer.

"Claiming allegiance, yet clearly deceitful. Brother, I say we kill him already!" Long Mie growled, his tone fierce as always.

"Not even providing basic information—how can I trust someone like you?" Ye Wudao sneered coldly.

"No, no! Lord Ye, you misunderstand. I—I know! Your mother and fiancée are in Li Tiandao’s hands!" Master Skeletal shouted.

What?

Li Tiandao!

Ye Wudao’s eyes blazed with intensity, his fingers clenching into a fist!

Knew it—it had to be him!

Ye Wudao’s heart already suspected that only Li Tiandao, vengeful and merciless, would dare commit such disgusting atrocities against his family.

After all, who else could stoop low enough to murder their own master, a betrayal so heinous it tore the heavens?