Killing a sixth rank expert was even easier for Lu Xiao than slaughtering a chicken; he didn’t even have to use his hands. Was this the power of a master rank expert?
Catherine said coldly, "I was the one who gave young master ng the order to escape and make a report to his majesty. How could he be soone greedy for life? On the contrary, you killed a loyal official. This is a cri deserving of a thousand deaths."
She knew the other party was saying that on purpose to lower the ng clan soldiers’ morale. After all, if even their master was cowardly, then what were they even supposed to fight for as subordinates? That was why she quickly deflected the accusations toward ng Pan and imdiately steadied their hearts.
Sure enough, the dispirited ng clan warriors were imdiately filled with fighting spirit. Their eyes burned with anger as they stared at Lu Xiao. This person had killed and slandered the ng clan’s young master!
Lu Xiao was stunned, but then he chuckled and said, "The crown princess is wise as expected. Unfortunately, all tricks are aningless before absolute strength."
"Absolute strength?" Catherine had a strange expression on her face. "Since your distinguished self believes that you possess absolute strength, do you dare fight against in a fair battle?"
Everyone from King George Manor laughed when they heard what Catherine said. What kind of joke was this? Lu Xiao was King George Manor’s number one expert, a mid stage master rank! He was one of the best even in the capital.
Even though Catherine wasn’t bad for her age, she was still too young. She wasn’t soone of the sa level as Lu Xiao at all. To put it a bit more bluntly, any random disciple of Lu Xiao’s would be enough to take out Catherine.
Lu Xiao laughed. "I’ve heard that the crown princess is smart and quick-witted. Today, I didn’t expect to find out that you were even better at telling jokes."
His smile faded as he said, "You don’t possess the qualifications to fight against ." His tone was calm without any anger, as if he were talking about sothing that couldn’t be simpler.
Catherine stepped forward and looked coldly at Lu Xiao. "I’ll only strike once with my sword. Let’s talk about qualifications if you can survive."
After she spoke, she pointed at the flower mark between her brows, and a burst of golden light erupted from it. Then, her figure slowly rose into the air. Her ticulously combed hair completely dispersed. Her fine black hair fluttered in the wind, making her look like a goddess that had descended from the heavens to rain down punishnt.
"Ninth rank? Or maybe master rank?" Wei Pingyang and the others from King George Manor were horrified. Everyone knew only those at the ninth rank could fly like this. Could it be that the crown princess was actually at the ninth rank or higher? How was that possible?
But reality forced them to believe it, because they could feel Catherine’s aura becoming more powerful. A terrifying pressure descended. The people nearest to her were already shivering uncontrollably and kneeling on the ground.
Sharky had seen the flower mark between Catherine’s brows many tis. Back then, he had only taken it to be so decoration. How could he have known that it would be a seal that hid a formidable ultimate move?
The smile on Lu Xiao’s face instantly froze, and he could no longer remain calm. He quickly raised his hands and a transparent energy barrier appeared, surrounding him. He didn’t relax at all afterward, however. He knew that he had already been targeted by that terrifying aura. Every cell in his body was telling him that the situation was incredibly dangerous.
At that mont, Catherine opened her eyes. Her gaze was filled with emptiness, as if she were an empress who ruled over all. Behind her was a faintly visible golden figure.
"Your majesty!" Even though that figure was blurry, the onlookers could still vaguely make out who it was. Furthermore, with that distinctive aura, everyone from King George Manor finally realized what was going on.
In that instant, all of them were scared witless. The emperor’s might as the most powerful cultivator in the world was deeply embedded within their hearts. No one dared to fight against the emperor, even if they were already at the master rank.
"Catherine is so aweso! Kill them all!" the crown prince cheered excitedly. The others from the Eastern Palace also encouraged her. They no longer despaired as they had before.
Just then, Catherine finally moved. She raised the sword in her hand and gently swung it in Lu Xiao’s direction. At the sa ti, the projection behind her also slashed out. A giant wave of sword ki rushed out, seemingly transcending the concept of space and ti to appear in front of Lu Xiao.
The seven layers of protection Lu Xiao had set up lted like paper. Then, the sword light cleaved into the sword above his head. His sword managed to hold on for a second, and then it broke apart inch by inch.
With his soulbound sword in pieces, blood gushed out from Lu Xiao’s mouth. His originally rosy complexion instantly beca as white as snow. However, he didn’t have any ti to steady his breathing and instead raised his hands to try and stop the wave of sword ki.
Boom!
With a loud explosion, dust flew everywhere.
A groove several dozen ters long appeared where Lu Xiao had been. The nearby trees and rocks were all turned to powder from the attack. As for the King George Manor experts who were next to Lu Xiao, they directly vanished from the face of the world.
The others rely watched in horror. The power of this sword was actually that terrifying!?
Wei Pingyang and the others subconsciously backed up. Not even Lu Xiao could take this sword, so what were the rest of them supposed to do?
Just then, the golden light in the sky grew dim. Then, with a groan, a figure fell from the sky.
"Catherine!" Sharky had been watching silently the entire ti. When he saw her fall, he imdiately flew over to catch her. However, he imdiately jumped in fright when he saw her condition.
Her hair had been a fine black a second ago, yet now, her glossy and soft hair had completely turned white. Her skin that had sparkled like jade was now dull in color. The attack just then had clearly used up a lot of her life essence.
Catherine slowly opened her eyes when she heard Sharky rushed breathing. When she saw that it was Sharky who was holding her, she felt a bit more at ease. However, she rembered sothing and quickly asked, "Am I old and ugly now?"
Sharky shook his head. "You’re just as pretty as before; no, you’re even prettier right now."
Catherine sighed deeply. "You love to trick others, just as always. When he gave this flower mark, his majesty told that it was powerful, but I shouldn’t use it unless absolutely necessary. Otherwise, the lightest consequence would be to age greatly; the more serious one would be to die imdiately."
Sharky cursed inwardly. That damn emperor, why are you giving soone sothing with such huge side effects? Aren’t you scamming them here? When he sensed the sadness in her eyes, he quickly said, "Don’t worry. Even though your body is weak right now, you won’t lose your life. You’ll recover if you rest a bit."
"With my beauty already faded, what aning is there left even if I recover?" Catherine’s voice was quiet and sad as she touched her white hair.
Sharky consoled her with a smile. "You don’t have to feel so bad. I will take care of you."
The others were still in shock from the power of that strike, and many of them still hadn’t recovered from their daze, so they didn’t notice Sharky and Catherine’s interaction.
Suddenly, a voice exclaid with a bitter laugh, "Hahaha! I’m still alive! I’m still alive!"
Catherine’s expression changed. She quickly turned to look in the direction of the sound. She saw a bloody man crawl out from the deep gorge with almost no part of his skin intact. His left arm was nowhere to be seen. However, he still wasn’t dead.
"Brother Lu!" Wei Pingyang and the others from King George Manor all cheered.
Lu Xiao glared at Catherine, his eyes filled with resentnt. "What a pity, what a pity! Your cultivation was too low and you couldn’t bring out the full power of that sword. Furthermore, this dungeon is its own world, severing your connection with the emperor. That’s why I survived! However, you ended up destroying my soulbound sword, and I’ll never be able to recover my severed arm. I’ll make sure to properly take my revenge for this on your body!"
Normally speaking, after the seventh rank, cultivators would obtain the power of self-regeneration. As long as key areas like the head were unhard, they could still slowly recover. Regrowing a severed arm wasn’t anything too difficult either. However, his arm had been severed by the emperor’s aura. Unless he could completely expel the emperor’s aura from his body, there was no hope for him to ever regrow that arm back.
But if he wanted to remove the emperor’s aura, who in this world had such an ability?
Lu Xiao was no longer as aloof and indifferent as he had been. His eyes were filled with resentnt. However, no one could still remain calm after experiencing what he had just experienced.
When they saw that Lu Xiao was still alive, everyone from the Eastern Palace felt as if they had dropped down from heaven straight to hell.
Catherine quickly said to Sharky, "You should hurry and run; don’t worry about us... Huh?"
Suddenly, she noticed that Sharky was no longer at her side. With the flash of an afterimage, Sharky was already in front of Lu Xiao.
The others were in despair, but he wasn’t. He keenly sensed that even though Lu Xiao was still alive, he was currently seriously wounded and had no way of fighting back at the mont.
Lu Xiao hadn’t expected Sharky to be so fast either. His expression was filled with alarm as he backed up in panic. Normally speaking, with his cultivation, avoiding such an attack was extrely easy. However, he was seriously injured. The fact that he could survive had been a miracle in itself. How could he possibly block the attack just then?
Sharky’s sword was about to cut through Lu Xiao’s throat, but just then, a streak of light flashed past. With a ’Ding!’, the sword that would have taken Lu Xiao’s life was knocked aside.
Sharky felt a huge force ripple through his blade, and almost lost his grip on the Tai’e Sword. However, he didn’t hesitate and continued to stab at Lu Xiao. He wanted to use this excellent opportunity to kill a master rank cultivator. He gave up on using the Snowflake Sword’s techniques and instead changed to the Bixie Swordplay. He wanted to kill his target as quickly as possible.
Sharky’s body turned into a whirl of afterimages that continuously hacked at Lu Xiao’s vitals. Unfortunately, his attacks were always stopped by that streak of light. No matter what kinds of crazy angles he attacked from, what kinds of tricks he used, that streak of light always intercepted his attack.
Sharky stopped moving, giving up on his offense. He realized that his attacks were all futile.
He looked at Catherine, as well as the guards Piao Duandiao and Jiao Sigun from the Eastern Palace. He fell silent.
Lu Xiao and Wei Pingyang also began to chat with each other. "I would already be a corpse if you waited any longer," Lu Xiao said, his voice full of resentnt. He had clearly been scared quite badly just then.
"Brother Lu, please don’t be upset. Didn’t I hurry over in ti?" Wei Pingyang replied with a smile. At the sa ti, his gaze moved to Lu Xiao’s missing arm. He said with a sigh, "The emperor only left a bit of his aura on her, yet it was still so powerful. It truly is frightening."
Lu Xiao nodded, still feeling lingering fear. "Thankfully, this dungeon has been a bit strange recently. It seems to have been able to cut off that strand of the emperor’s aura from the outside world. If we were in the outside world, I wouldn’t have just lost an arm."
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