I am recognized as a prodigy, someone envied and admired by my peers since childhood. This is not only because of my status, but also because of my cultivation. Thanks to my father's personal guidance and my truly outstanding talent, my cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds.

If I remember correctly, when we were kids, my second brother would follow me around like a puppy, begging me to teach him some skills. Back then, I looked down on him like an ant, and he would be happy for a long time if I just let a little bit slip through my fingers. How could I have imagined that one day I would die at his hands?

How did he grow to this point? Did he sell his soul to the devil?

No, actually his cultivation level isn't that high, and his true strength is still weaker than mine, but I clearly feel that I can't unleash my peak strength.

Could it be that his mental fortitude was damaged by the repeated crushing defeats he suffered at the hands of that guy from Zaun?

The second prince, on the other hand, was resolute and unwavering, and his heart was filled with resentment and injustice, so he exerted 120% of his strength. Due to this imbalance, he was defeated by the prince.

I hate it so much!

I was about to become the Demon Emperor, so why is this happening?

"Crown Prince!" Old Wu, who was fighting in the distance, saw this and his eyes widened in fury. He flew over instantly.

Suddenly, a black ripple appeared in the air, and a slender, jet-black sword emerged from it.

If the scythe of death from hell drew a sinister and unpredictable arc, then Old Wu's head would fly into the sky.

Old Wu focused most of his attention on rescuing the Crown Prince, and devoted a small portion of his attention to preventing Sixth Uncle's pursuit and sneak attack. Little did he expect that another Grandmaster-level figure would appear out of nowhere.

The spinning head vaguely saw an eerie and handsome figure emerge from the black vortex, its mouth agape: "Night Elf!"

Unfortunately, he could no longer say these words, and soon he was plunged into eternal darkness.

Once a cultivator reaches a higher level, their recovery ability becomes very strong. Even if they are seriously injured, they can gradually recover after a period of rest.

Even severed hands and feet may regrow.

But all of this is based on the premise that no fatal injury has been sustained.

The head is the head of the six yang energies; no one's head can grow back after it has been cut off.

Prince Jinwu recognized the black figure as Duan Tianchou, the younger brother of the Night Elf King and a renowned genius among the Night Elves.

I never expected that the Second Prince could even persuade him to join in. This time, his defeat was not unjust.

The Second Prince's side clearly had the advantage in high-end combat power, yet he kept Duan Tianchou in a low-key manner, deciding the final outcome with a single move. It was indeed a clever and insidious scheme.

However, he was not willing to die like this, and silently used the Golden Crow Sacred Fire to repair his damaged heart.

The Golden Crow Sacred Flame is the most powerful regenerative ability of the Golden Crow royal family. Even when their entire lower body was blasted apart by Zaun, they were able to regrow it. Given time, their heart will naturally heal as well.

Fearing that the other party would notice something amiss, he didn't even dare to unleash the Golden Crow Sacred Flame on a large scale. He could only feign death and then carefully control the Golden Crow Sacred Flame to envelop his heart and secretly repair it.

He knew he had lost everything tonight, but as long as he was alive, there was a chance to turn things around.

But a gust of wind swept by, and the Second Prince's voice rang in his ears: "Do you know how carefully I've studied you all these years in order to deal with you? I know every detail of your life, every skill you have, and I even know how long you can last with a woman. Do you really think I would make a mistake and let you fake your death and be reborn?"

At the same time, his hand passed directly through the Golden Crow Prince's body, and when it came out, it was holding a heart wrapped in Golden Crow Sacred Flame, and you could faintly see the heart still beating slowly in the flames.

The second prince swallowed the heart whole, a satisfied smile on his face: "Ah, the heart of a strong person is so delicious! I feel my whole body filled with power. I've grown bigger and stronger!"

Prince Jinwu could no longer hold back, and coughed up a mouthful of blood, dying instantly.

The Second Prince lifted the Golden Crow Crown Prince's corpse like a dead dog and displayed it to the public: "The Crown Prince is dead. Do not put up any futile resistance. Those who surrender will not be killed!"

Upon seeing the corpse of Prince Jinwu, many of his trusted subordinates wept bitterly and wailed in despair.

Immediately afterwards, they all drew their swords and committed suicide. They knew that as the Crown Prince's confidants, they would never have a good ending. Rather than end up in the hands of the Second Prince, suffering a fate worse than death, they would rather die with dignity, so as not to implicate their families.

The morale of the other lower-ranking soldiers completely collapsed. They had no more will to resist and threw their weapons on the ground, kneeling down to beg for surrender to the Second Prince.

Seeing that all of the Crown Prince's men had come under his command, the Second Prince could no longer contain himself and covered his face, laughing hysterically: "Hahahaha..."

He had waited far too long for this day. He had painstakingly planned for decades, and even with his unwavering resolve, he had doubted and wavered countless times. After all, to anyone else, this was something with absolutely no hope of success.

But I actually made this impossible thing happen!

Now that I have absorbed the Crown Prince's subordinates, I am undoubtedly the strongest in the entire royal court. I ask you, who else can claim the position of Demon Emperor besides me!

At this moment, Duan Tianchou's sinister voice came: "Second Prince, the Crown Prince has been eliminated. The most urgent task is to enter the palace and take control of everything, and then summon all civil and military officials to the palace for an audience."

A mad glint flashed in his eyes. When the time came, the Great Elf King would also have to be summoned to the palace, and he would kill him by surprise, thus settling the thousand-year-old feud between the elves and the night elves.

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