Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

As the Northern Mang prince stepped into the duel arena, everyone's hearts grew more tense.

Boom!

The Northern Mang prince's footsteps were heavy. Each step landed as if the force of a mountain was concentrated upon the ground.

The heaven and earth within the duel arena rumbled under his steps, the ground trembled incessantly, and violent immortal power flowed, stirring up dust that formed a sandstorm in the air.

"He's actually not at all weaker than the Great Zhen prince!"

Emperor Liang witnessed this scene, and, feeling the aura emanating from the Northern Mang prince, was secretly alarmed.

For so many years, as the emperor of Great Liang, he had naturally paid close attention to the outstanding talents of other dynasties.

He had always controlled information about the princes of the three kingdoms. Through spies in the three kingdoms, he could be said to know them like the back of his hand.

Only today did Emperor Liang realize that the three kingdoms had hidden the strength of their strongest princes so deeply.

What they had shown in front of others in the past was far from their true strength.

Today, if not forced by Yuan Chu's pressure, with life and death at stake, giving these princes a sense of the crisis of death, they probably would not have revealed their strongest postures.

"The best outcome would be for Yuan Chu to kill the Northern Mang prince, and then in the third duel perish together with the Great Zhen prince. In that way, the threats to me would be completely eliminated..."

Emperor Liang remained outwardly calm, and one could not tell what he was thinking from his face, but his heart was not calm.

He knew that his idea was too idealistic.

According to the current situation, being able to kill Yuan Chu in the third match would already be very rare.

No matter what the outcome today, it would be a gain for him.

If the three kingdoms ultimately lost, it would mean that the strongest princes of the three kingdoms would all die in the duel arena.

And the one who killed the princes of the three kingdoms would be Yuan Chu.

The three royal families would not place their hatred on the Great Liang royal family.

Of course, since they were already enemies, Emperor Liang was not afraid of the hatred of the three royal families.

He just didn't want to add more trouble.

If the three royal families went berserk, they might choose to use means that would come at a cost to create chaos in various parts of Great Liang, such as assassinations, or planning certain group events, destabilizing order in various parts of the dynasty, which would take a lot of energy for the court to deal with.

But for a long time, he would not have more energy to do other things.

Most of his energy had to be used to deal with the matter of Prince Qin.

In Emperor Liang's plan, killing Prince Qin and controlling the Qin Family Army was the result he wanted most.

But this goal was not easy to achieve. No matter what, even if he had to settle for second best, he had to get rid of Prince Qin, otherwise he would feel like he was sitting on pins and needles on the imperial throne.

"Yuan Chu!"

Inside the duel arena, the Northern Mang prince's thunderous voice pulled Emperor Liang's thoughts back to reality.

"Are you still able to activate the martial dao secret treasure?

A cultivator who relies on external force will ultimately have limitations. One must still be strong oneself!

Now, let this prince witness your abilities!

I hope you won't disappoint this prince!"

As the Northern Mang prince's voice fell, he lifted his foot and stomped heavily on the ground.

With a boom, the ground undulated like waves, and yellow sand swirled.

Dao patterns spread across the ground and into the air.

In an instant, an illusory world formed.

It was a desolate scene, with towering mountains stretching endlessly, and boundless ancient forests, all displaying a primitive appearance.

Everyone saw dense dao pattern runes floating around the Northern Mang prince's body, rising and falling, as brilliant as stars.

An unspeakable aura of desolation rapidly swept out.

Roar!

Within the illusory world he evolved, a low roar shook the winds and clouds in all directions, and the earth trembled inside.

A huge savage beast manifested, with a green face and fangs, an extremely ferocious and fierce appearance, and eyes like blood suns.

"The Wild Suppression Immortal Art from the Taming the Wastelands technique is truly remarkable!"

Emperor Liang's expression was grave. This Northern Mang prince had already comprehended the essence of this technique.

"Yuan Chu, go to hell!"

The Northern Mang prince burst forth, charging towards Jun Wuxie, cracking the void.

At the same time, within his illusory world, the savage beast roared, instantly summoning hundreds and thousands of savage beasts.

Those savage beasts galloped, roared, and the aura of desolation surged to the sky, sweeping in like a rolling torrent.

Within the duel arena, heaven and earth shook, and the wind and clouds changed color.

Above the firmament, dark clouds gathered, obscuring the sun's light, making the world incomparably dim.

Rumble!

Roar—

The savage beasts roared, rushing forward like a torrent, as if to destroy everything, the scene resembling the arrival of the end of the world.

Everyone was terrified.

Not to mention being in the duel arena, even with the barrier separating them, it was suffocating, and their hearts pounded violently.

People had a sense of fear of being trampled and torn apart.

At this moment, people saw Yuan Chu in the arena raise his right hand, his palm open, and a piece of scarlet immortal light soared into the sky, red like a blood-colored waterfall cascading upwards.

The sky trembled for it.

The scarlet immortal light condensed into a sword case in the high heavens.

Dao patterns swirled around the sword case, and the sword dao killing intent that made people's hearts want to crack followed, surging open.

Clang!

The sword case opened, the sword cried out, shaking the heavens, and accompanied by a dazzling red light flashing, one scarlet blood sword after another was unsheathed, densely packed, forming a scarlet sword rain, killing towards the Northern Mang prince.

Above the sword case, a sword array diagram also emerged at this time. Within the sword array diagram, a terrifying scene of the fall of many immortals emerged, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

"That is... the Immortal Slaughtering phenomenon!"

"No, not completely, but very similar!"

"Could it be that Yuan Chu has cultivated the Immortal Slaughtering power and comprehended the Immortal Slaughtering Dao?"

"How is that possible? How long has he been a member of the Jinyun Immortal Sect!

The Immortal Slaughtering Dao is the highest killing dao of the Jinyun Immortal Sect. Throughout history, there have been very few who can comprehend it!"

"Many immortals shed blood, died under the sword, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, the twilight of all immortals..."

"It's too terrifying, this kind of scene, my mind is about to crack..."

People were terrified and out of control, feeling extremely uncomfortable, their minds seemed to be pierced by sword energy, unable to breathe.

In that Immortal Slaughtering phenomenon, the screams of the immortals made people's scalps tingle!

The Immortal Slaughtering sword energy broke through the air, and with a series of swishing sounds, it instantly collided with the Northern Mang prince's Wild Suppression Immortal Art.

Those hundreds and thousands of fierce savage beasts that seemed to be trampling mountains and rivers were pierced the instant they came into contact with the Immortal Slaughtering sword energy.

The power of Immortal Slaughtering was extremely terrifying, and nothing could resist it.

One savage beast after another was killed by the sword energy, turning into a rain of light that filled the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the Northern Mang prince's savage beast army was completely annihilated.

The Immortal Slaughtering sword energy merged into one, turning into a giant sword that killed towards the Northern Mang prince.

At the tip of the sword, a terrifying scarlet light curtain burst out, and the surrounding void twisted, revealing a large number of tiny cracks, spreading towards the distance.

"No!"

The Northern Mang prince's pupils contracted violently. His body was suppressed by the sword energy, and his movements became sluggish, as if there was an invisible force pressing down on him.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible to dodge, and even constructing a defense was too late!

That terrifying sword dao killing intent swept through his body and mind, making him feel like his flesh was about to crack, his mind seemed to be pierced by ten thousand swords, and infinite fear grew in his heart.

Boom!

The Immortal Slaughtering sword fell, and the entire earth instantly sank by several points. The shock wave of the sword energy spread out in a circle, forming a huge pit in the ground, with dust filling the sky.

"Your Highness!"

The Northern Mang envoy cried out in grief, rushing towards the duel arena, his hands clinging to the edge of the duel arena, his heart and lungs tearing apart.

"Your Highness, ah, Your Highness!"

The Northern Mang envoy wailed, tears streaming down his face.

His Highness was the prince he was most optimistic about, and also the prince the emperor valued most, the future emperor of Northern Mang!

He should have had a great future, and in the future, he would have been a hegemon.

Such a brilliant king among geniuses had fallen here, dying in the duel arena!

"Your Highness!"

The people of the Northern Mang delegation all roared in grief.

The prince was too miserable, his body and spirit were destroyed, even more miserable than the Great Zhen prince. Struck by the Immortal Slaughtering sword energy, not even a complete bone could be seen!

The entire scene, apart from the cries of the Northern Mang delegation, was silent.

Too terrifying!

That Yuan Chu, everyone thought that the second strike of his martial dao secret treasure would definitely not be as good as the first!

But no one had expected that he had actually comprehended the Immortal Slaughtering power, and when activated with the Immortal Slaughtering power, its power not only did not diminish, but was even several points stronger than the previous match!

"Young Master, he is really so strong, so strong..."

Standing beside Qin Keqing, Qin Yu clenched her hands tightly, her heart surging.

She had never seen such a strong king among geniuses in her life.

Even if he used the martial dao secret treasure, with Young Master Yuan Chu's realm, being able to activate it with such power was extremely amazing.

"Cough... cough cough..."

Inside the duel arena, a suppressed cough attracted people's attention.

Countless gazes instantly focused on the source of the sound, and they saw Young Master Yuan Chu covering his mouth with his left hand, his chest rising and falling sharply.

Although he covered his mouth very tightly with his hand, a touch of bright red between his fingers did not escape people's eyes.

"Young Master Yuan Chu!"

At the edge of the square, the Great Liang people shouted in unison, almost blurting out, and a look of worry also appeared on their faces.

"Young Master has suffered a backlash..."

Qin Yu's heart tightened.

There was still one more duel, but the only one in Prince Qin's mansion who could fight was Young Master Yuan Chu.

With his character, he would definitely not let the county princess and herself go up.

His thoughts were already very clear. Today, he wanted to use the martial dao duel to kill the strongest princes of the three kingdoms.

"Cough... cough cough cough..."

Inside the duel arena, Jun Wuxie coughed continuously again, and then his body shook violently, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, his face instantly turning as pale as paper, and his body swaying.

"Yuan Chu!"

Qin Keqing shouted and was about to rush towards the duel arena.

"Keqing, don't come in, I... I'm fine..."

Jun Wuxie wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and a weak smile appeared on his pale face.

"No, you come down! For the third match, I will duel the Crown Prince of Great Yan!"

Tears welled up in Qin Keqing's eyes, her face filled with worry and heartache, on the verge of tears.

"Anping County Princess, as a princess of Great Liang, you should recognize the bigger picture and abide by the rules!"

The Great Yan envoy sneered, "Yuan Chu has said more than once that he would fight three consecutive battles. So many people heard it. Is he going to go back on his word?

A man cannot stand without integrity. Do Yuan Chu and the County Princess both intend to become fat through breaking promises?"

The Great Yan envoy secretly laughed in his heart.

He was in an extremely good mood at this moment.

As expected, Yuan Chu was unable to activate the third strike. That's why he wanted to provoke His Highness to go up in the second match.

Now, Yuan Chu has suffered a severe backlash and has become very weak.

In this state, he can no longer be a match for His Highness.

With the previous two acting as cannon fodder, Yuan Chu's power to activate the martial arts secret treasure has been exhausted.

Now, His Highness can reap the benefits and become the sole winner!

"Yuan Chu, can you still fulfill what you said?"

The Crown Prince of Great Yan stepped forward, looking at the arena with a smile. "Well, don't say that this Crown Prince is bullying you.

If you can't do it anymore, you can admit defeat. This Crown Prince won't laugh at you, and neither will the crowd, hahaha!"

The Crown Prince of Great Yan, fearing that he would withdraw, began to provoke him.

"What I, Yuan Chu, say is as good as gold!

Even in this weakened state today, I can still slay you, Crown Prince of Great Yan!"

Although Jun Wuxie's face was pale and his body swayed, his words were incomparably strong.

"You're already in this state, yet you dare to boast so shamelessly!

I see that you truly have a death wish!

Since that's the case, this Crown Prince will come and slay you!"

"Young Master Yuan Chu, please step down! Fighting two matches in a row is already enough!

Today, our Great Liang has already won. There is no need to fight Great Yan!"

Many commoners were shouting from outside the arena.

Jun Wuxie remained unmoved.

"County Princess, are you just going to watch Young Master risk his life?"

Qin Yu felt terrible. If not for the Qin King's Mansion, why would Young Master Yuan Chu do this?

With his status, he had no need to endure any of this.

"He is determined," Qin Keqing said with tears in her eyes, "Qin Yu, I understand him better than you. There's no need to say more..."

"Young Master Yuan Chu fights for Great Liang, risking his life. We are all extremely grateful!"

The Great Liang Chancellor and Duke, and others choked with emotion, putting on a touching performance, but were secretly overjoyed.

They exchanged glances, seeing heartfelt smiles in each other's eyes.

"Alas."

Emperor Liang sighed deeply, with a look of emotion on his face as well.

But in his heart, he was even happier than the Chancellor and the others.

Although the crown princes of the three kingdoms were astonishingly talented, exceeding his expectations,

the greatest threat was still Yuan Chu.

This Yuan Chu was not only exceptionally talented but also had the Jinyun Immortal Sect backing him.

The most terrifying thing was that Yuan Chu was determined to help the Qin King's Mansion, making it very difficult to befriend him, with a low probability of success.

Killing Yuan Chu was the safest option.

As for the Crown Prince of Great Yan, the threat was much smaller. Even if his talent was high and he would be strong in the future, he would only be so strong, unable to form an overwhelming advantage, and the national strength of the Great Yan Dynasty he relied on was not as good as that of Great Liang.

......

At this time, not far from this place, several men in black were hidden in the void, the bloody swords in their hands gleaming with a cold light.

"This Yuan Chu, is he crazy? Is it worth it to do this for the Qin King's Mansion, for a woman like Qin Keqing?

He's already suffering such a backlash, yet he still wants to fight the third match. He's courting death!"

"Well, it doesn't matter. You guys will take action later and abduct him.

I will restrain the Dao protectors who may be hidden nearby."

......

In another place, in front of a window on the top floor of a tall building, two figures were looking at the arena, frowning, with expressions of doubt on their faces.

"What is Young Master thinking? Why would he do this?"

"I don't think things are that simple. Young Master is definitely not a reckless person. He must have his own deep meaning in doing this. Let's just watch, and it won't be too late to take action if it's really not possible."

The stewards of the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, although doubtful, were still somewhat unsure in their hearts.

Logically speaking, a person who could be valued so much by those above must be a person of great wisdom, not just someone with talent for cultivation.

......

At this time, the Crown Prince of Great Yan had already arrived at the arena.

He floated in the air, his head full of black hair flying, his gaze indifferent and confident, surveying Jun Wuxie, whose face was pale and aura weak, the corners of his mouth gradually rising.

"To be a direct disciple of a top-tier Dao lineage, a peerless beauty of the sixteenth rank, is truly enviable and makes people jealous.

Your life was originally extremely good, with limitless prospects.

But today, everything will become fleeting clouds.

Let me end your life."

As the Crown Prince of Great Yan spoke, he placed one hand behind his back and walked towards Jun Wuxie.

With each step he took, immortal power surged, stepping on the void, causing the space to ripple like water, spreading out in all directions.