Chapter 373 - 373 CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR HIGHNESS

373 CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR HIGHNESS

Yu Ming didn’t seem to be joking, and that was why Bai Chen could see how Wu Jingguo was quietly moving backward as he tried to keep his distance from Yu Ming who was still standing near the barrier, and Bai Chen had no other choice than to follow the Crown Prince.

He didn’t even know the safe distance he needed to maintain so that the barrier’s explosion wouldn’t affect him, but he just moved his feet blindly until he stopped walking when he was about twenty feet away from Yu Ming. Wu Jingguo also stopped walking, but the blue-robed man didn’t say anything and just stared at Yu Ming’s back silently.

“You are worried about Yu laoban, right, Your Highness?” Bai Chen calmly asked the tall man standing beside him.

Hearing his question, Wu Jingguo snorted before saying, “Why should I worry about him? In this situation, I should worry about myself. Didn’t you hear how that pervert said that the three of us could die if anything goes wrong? That means it doesn’t matter even if we stay away from that barrier. We will still die if anything happens to the barrier.”

Bai Chen secretly admitted that Wu Jingguo had a point, and he chuckled before focusing his eyes on Yu Ming again. “Your love-hate relationship with Yu laoban is very interesting, Your Highness. I wonder when you will let go of your pride and admit that you care about him,” he spoke to Wu Jingguo, but his eyes remained on Yu Ming.

He didn’t see Wu Jingguo’s face, but he could somehow guess that the Crown Prince of Wu Li was embarrassed because of his tease, but he didn’t continue to poke fun at the older man as he focused his attention on Yu Ming instead. It seemed that Yu Ming was risking his life at this time, but there was no guarantee that he and Wu Jingguo would still be safe if something went wrong with the barrier. Wu Jingguo was right about his opinion just now.

However, Yu Ming seemed to be very confident in what he was going to do, and that was why the man started using his power on the barrier. Bai Chen could see how the green light started to appear from Yu Ming’s hand that touched the barrier, and he could see how the barrier looked like it was being affected by the green light, and ripples started to form on the barrier.

Bai Chen could see that the barrier was gradually becoming unstable, and he thought that Yu Ming would destroy every bit of it so they could easily enter Dong Lang and deal with what was happening within the empire. But maybe he guessed wrong because Yu Ming didn’t destroy the barrier. Instead, he absorbed the barrier using his palm.

Bai Chen didn’t know what technique Yu Ming used, but he could see how Yu Ming looked like he was fully concentrating his mind on the barrier, and even his face was red from using that much power within him to do something with the barrier.

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With the naked eye, Bai Chen could see how the barrier had indeed been absorbed by Yu Ming’s palm, but he didn’t really know about Yu Ming’s plan, and he could only stare at the man in black with worry plastered on his face. With the naked eye, he could see how Yu Ming’s palm was constantly absorbing the barrier, and it seemed that a small part of the barrier had become thinner because of what Yu Ming had done.

Until finally, a hole as big as Yu Ming appeared in the barrier after Yu Ming’s palm had absorbed enough, and the fish demon withdrew his hand from the barrier before shouting, “Let’s enter Dong Lang through this hole now! We don’t have much time!”

After he finished giving the instructions, Yu Ming immediately ran through the small hole in the barrier, and even if Bai Chen and Wu Jingguo looked taken aback by the instructions, they quickly reacted as they immediately dashed towards the barrier and imitated what Yu Ming just did.

They were inside the barrier now, and there was still a hole in the barrier, but Yu Ming immediately placed his hand over the hole as his palm took out the part of the barrier that was absorbed by the palm just now.

The sight was quite strange in Bai Chen and Wu Jingguo’s eyes, but they didn’t say anything as they could only observe what Yu Ming was doing at this time. Little by little, the hole in the barrier was closed by Yu Ming using his palm, and in a short time, the barrier returned to its perfect shape as if nothing happened. The three of them were officially trapped within Dong Lang now.

“Why did you close the barrier again? You still remember that I sent a message to my father for help, right? If the barrier is closed again, then the people my father ordered to help us will not be able to enter Dong Lang,” Wu Jingguo immediately questioned what Yu Ming just did.

That was also the question that popped up in Bai Chen’s head. He must still remember how Wu Jingguo had said that he had sent a message to his father asking for help as they headed to Dong Lang first without waiting for support troops, but the troops would be useless if they couldn’t break through the barrier, right? After all, that barrier was made by a demon, and only a demon could break through it.

Suddenly, Bai Chen could feel the tension between Wu Jingguo and Yu Ming, but he didn’t say anything and only waited for how Yu Ming would explain the situation.

Even if Bai Chen did feel some tension, he could somehow see that Yu Ming remained relaxed under Wu Jingguo’s cold gaze, and the man in black could even smirk as he replied, “Congratulations, Your Highness. You just walked into my trap, and you won’t be able to get out of here alive. You will be eaten by the werewolves and demons in Dong Lang, and no one can save you.”