Zuan and the others' expressions changed slightly. Could it really be that the Demon Ancestor had been resurrected? For them, this was the worst-case scenario.
Just then, a sudden change occurred. The two guards closest to the Golden Crow Prince in the main hall suddenly sprang up and attacked his vital points from the left and right.
The other guards were completely unprepared for their familiar colleague to suddenly attack the crown prince, and by the time they realized what was happening, it was already too late.
These two were extremely fast, and among the eighteen guards present, their cultivation was also among the highest, both having reached the First Stage of the Heroic Spirit Realm. Therefore, the other guards shouted angrily and chased after them, but they were unable to catch up in time.
Meanwhile, Prince Jinwu is currently undergoing a crucial trial with his eyes closed. Even if he notices the unusual activity behind him, he will not be able to extricate himself from the trial in a short time. It can be said that the timing chosen by these two guards is extremely ruthless and ingenious.
"Could this also be from the Little Demon Queen's faction?" Yun Jianyue asked telepathically.
"I don't think so." Zu An shook his head slightly. If the Little Demon Queen had sent someone else, why would she go to such great lengths to find him?
“The Golden Crow Prince is probably finished, but it’s not a bad thing that we don’t have to take action.” Yu Yanluo was clearly relieved; she didn’t want Zu’an to take any risks.
"Not necessarily, the Golden Crow Prince is too calm." Yan Xuehen frowned and said, the other party's temperament when he was in the Snake Clan was not so calm.
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, the Demon Emperor's Crown Prince, who was immersed in the trial, suddenly opened his eyes.
Then, raging flames rose from his entire body to protect the surroundings. This was the signature skill of the Golden Crow royal family—the Golden Crow Sacred Fire!
The two assassins, both at the Heroic Soul Realm, were somewhat surprised by what they saw. However, they did not back down. Instead, they held the jade pendant in their hands, and their bodies shone with a layer of light, barely managing to isolate the Golden Crow Sacred Fire.
Clearly, they had anticipated this situation and prepared fire-repelling artifacts to deal with it.
Of course, the Golden Crow Sacred Flame is no ordinary fire. Their magic weapon could not last long, but just a few seconds would be enough for them to kill the defenseless Golden Crow Prince.
But at that moment, a burst of intense heat spread out, and a red sun rose above the head of the Golden Crow Prince, from which a golden chariot emerged.
Under the blazing sun, the two assassins' movements were clearly affected; their fire-repelling jade pendants shattered into pieces, and smoke began to rise from their bodies.
At this moment, the golden chariot crashed directly into the nearest Grandmaster assassin. The assassin was immobilized by the red sun and had no way to dodge. He was instantly hit, his whole body shuddered violently, blood gushed from his mouth, and he fell heavily to the ground like a broken sandbag.
At this moment, the other assassin was terrified upon seeing this. He bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood, clearly having activated some life-saving technique. He barely managed to break free from the red sun's restraints and desperately ran outside.
He knew that there was absolutely no chance of killing the crown prince, and his only thought was to escape.
At this moment, two giant wings, each tens of meters long, suddenly sprouted from behind Prince Jinwu. With a casual wave, they were like two golden knives, each tens of meters long, directly severing the legs of the fleeing assassin in two.
The assassin fell from the sky, writhing on the ground in pain. The Golden Winged Divine Slash was no ordinary weapon; it contained extremely insidious sword energy that entered through the wound and churned within his body, causing even a grandmaster to scream in agony.
Zuan was secretly shocked. He hadn't expected his defeated opponent to be so powerful. In the blink of an eye, the opponent had severely injured two Grandmasters. Although they were only at the Heroic Soul Realm, they were still Grandmasters.
He recalled the warnings Yan Yun and the other two women had given him: he was able to defeat the Golden Crow Prince only because their martial arts were mutually exclusive; he was not afraid of many of the prince's deadly techniques. However, if he were to face other masters, he might not be as powerful as them.
Otherwise, the Golden Crow Prince would not be recognized as the leader of the five great demons among the younger generation.
At this moment, the assassin who had been seriously injured by the golden chariot was sitting with difficulty, leaning against a pillar. The other guards had arrived and put their weapons against his neck, sealing all the vital points on his body, making him completely unable to move.
The assassin knew he couldn't escape, so he didn't put up a futile resistance. Instead, he stared intently at the Golden Crow Prince: "You didn't enter the trial just now?"
“Of course,” Prince Jinwu said proudly, “how else could we lure you into our trap?”
"You knew from the beginning that we were going to make a move?" The assassin looked regretful. If he had known this would happen, he would have waited a little longer until he was fully in trial mode before making his move.
Unfortunately, no one knows what the trials of the demon emperors and heroes of past generations are all about, and they worry that these trials will end too soon—after all, the flow of time is different in different secret realms, and what if someone has been training in their sea of consciousness for a long time, but only a moment has passed in reality?
They dared not take the risk; if they waited until the Golden Crow Prince passed the trial, it would be too late.
“I don’t know,” said Crown Prince Jinwu, “but I suspect there are spies planted by others around me, though I don’t know who they are. That was their last chance, so I used a trick to lure them out, and I didn’t expect you to actually make your move.”
He looked at them coldly: "Why did you betray me? Have I wronged you in any way?"
"No, the Crown Prince has been incredibly kind to us, but we already have a wise ruler, so we have no choice in the matter." The assassin sighed, his tone filled with deep helplessness. After all, he was a grandmaster, not an ordinary assassin. He originally had a bright future, but unfortunately, he was caught up in the struggle for imperial power and had no way to decide his own fate.
Even grandmasters have families, people and things they care about. As such, they have weaknesses and are easily coerced and controlled.
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