Lu Xiao disliked this kind of look. Theoretically, he should be the one looking at others with this kind of look, not the other way around: "You fatso, you've been hiding your true colors quite well. You even fooled the Prince of Qi. But it doesn't matter. You still only have one path: death."
"Are you sure I'm the one who will die?" The prince's chubby face wore a mocking smile, which would normally only make people feel ridiculous, but now it gave people a strange sense of fear.
Lu Xiao didn't know why he felt uneasy. He quickly dismissed the feeling and looked at the other person: "It seems that the Crown Prince is hiding his true strength. But it's still meaningless. You're this age. Even if you started cultivating from the womb, what level could you have reached? Do you think everyone is a monster like Zu An?"
Zuan cursed inwardly, "This son of a bitch, if he's going to chat, fine, but why drag me into this to attract hatred?"
At this moment, every cell in his body was on high alert. He even wished he could warn Lu Xiao, but he dared not make any move and could only try his best to conceal his presence.
“Zu’an?” the Crown Prince muttered. “That guy is indeed somewhat monstrous.”
Lu Xiao frowned. He felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
However, he quickly relaxed. He was a master at the mid-stage of the Grandmaster level, and he was ranked among the top in the capital city where there were many experts. He was actually frightened by a fat fool.
He snorted: "I'm too lazy to waste words with you. After I kill you, I still need to go and capture the Crown Princess and the others."
As he spoke, he kicked out with his toe, and a knife that the Eastern Palace guards had just dropped on the ground shot out like a cannonball. The force was enough to shatter the opponent's meridians and then nail him to a tree. This would attract ferocious beasts from the mountains, who would devour him without leaving a trace. Even if the emperor sent people to investigate afterward, they would not find any clues.
The prince in the distance neither dodged nor avoided the situation, nor did he make the slightest movement. In Lu Xiao's eyes, he was simply frightened into a daze.
However, the smile on his face suddenly froze, because the knife suddenly stopped in front of the prince and then hovered in the air three feet in front of him.
Lu Xiao subconsciously took a step back: "What is your cultivation level?"
He couldn't even feel how his opponent neutralized his fierce attack.
A strange expression appeared on the prince's chubby face: "It's been so many years since anyone dared to lay a hand on me. I really miss that feeling."
Lu Xiao's expression changed. At this moment, alarm bells were ringing all over his body. As a mid-stage Grandmaster, he could also foresee danger in advance.
Without the slightest hesitation, he soared into the sky, wanting only to fly as fast as possible and leave this place as soon as possible.
However, as soon as he got up, he felt a lightness beneath him, and then he lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground.
He looked down inexplicably and discovered that both of his legs had been severed at the knees. Only then did the excruciating pain in his legs strike. He clutched his legs and howled in agony, rolling around in the dust, completely devoid of the imposing manner he had displayed when chasing after everyone earlier.
A chill ran down Zu An's spine. He stared intently at the ordinary guard's sword in front of the Crown Prince, which remained three feet in front of him as if it hadn't moved. However, a drop of blood slowly dripping from the tip of the sword indicated that this was the very sword that had just severed Lu Xiao's legs.
"How could it be so fast?" Zu An was shocked. He hadn't even seen how the knife was thrown. If that knife had been aimed at him, he probably wouldn't have been able to dodge it either.
"Who exactly are you?" Lu Xiao stared in terror at the Crown Prince in the distance. The fat man who had been so ridiculous in his eyes before now looked so terrifying.
"Guess?" The crown prince grinned at him.
Lu Xiao gritted his teeth, made a sword incantation with his hands, and the iron sword he had forged in his early years suddenly appeared beside him.
He was, after all, a mid-stage Grandmaster. Even though his leg had been cut off, he could still control the flying sword without using his hands.
The iron sword emitted a series of dragon roars, and then he pointed in the direction of the crown prince: "Go!"
The flying sword instantly transformed into a meteor, its speed even twice as fast as Wei Pingyang's flying sword just now!
This was Lu Xiao's strongest attack, the culmination of his life's pride and hard work; whether he could turn defeat into victory depended on this one gamble.
This time, the Crown Prince finally made a move. He slowly raised his hand, and although it seemed slow to Lu Xiao and Zu An, he struck first despite being slower than expected. His two chubby fingers caught the lightning-fast flying sword.
"What?!!!"
Zuan and Lu Xiao's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets; this scene was truly beyond their comprehension.
Lu Xiao trembled all over. He could feel the threat of death. He struggled to grasp the sword incantation and tried to regain control of the flying sword.
If an ordinary person dared to clamp his flying sword like that, even a grandmaster, he could easily crush two of their fingers to pieces with a single twist of his flying sword.
Sensing his control, the flying sword buzzed and trembled violently, trying to break free from the prince's fingers.
The prince glanced at it, then pinched it between two fingers, and the flying sword shattered into pieces. A gentle breeze swept by, and it instantly turned into ashes!
"Pfft!" Lu Xiao spat out a mouthful of blood, and his whole body instantly became emaciated, with his hair turning white.
Not only did his opponent shatter his flying sword, but they also pressed their advantage and directly shattered his soul!
This is a technique only those above the Grandmaster level possess; no, even Grandmasters don't have it this easy.
Recalling the aura emanating from the other person, he suddenly realized something. Staring at the fat man with utter terror, he cried out in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty, so you are the Emperor..."
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Today, the two chapters have been combined.
By the way, I've been seeing a lot of readers criticizing the emperor in the comments section lately. They think he's brain-dead, that besides being the most powerful cultivator in the world, everything else is a scheme, and that he was completely unaware of all the arrangements made by Prince Qi. They also think the plot in the secret realm is illogical and nonsensical. At the same time, they feel that forcibly putting his mentally challenged son on the throne in such a cultivation world is illogical and has other plot holes...
I was both frustrated and anxious. I wanted to explain but couldn't give away any spoilers. Now everyone finally understands what happened.
Attentive readers should have already noticed that some of the character relationships in this book are based on the Western Jin Dynasty, especially the struggle between the emperor, the crown prince, and the Prince of Qi. Historically, it is logical for an emperor to let his foolish son succeed him, but it lacks rationality for the foolish son to be forced to the throne in the cultivation world. Some readers have already pointed this out and think it is a plot hole. It's just a pity that I didn't expect to be on the fifth level, haha.
I was originally planning to gloat a bit when the truth came out, saying, "You guys didn't expect this, did you?" But it seems two readers guessed the truth in the comments section a couple of days ago. I have to say, readers these days are truly amazing.
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