Published: February 26, 2025
As Tan Yun was about to speak, Fang Zixi, who was too weak, fainted.
Looking at the haggard Fang Zixi, Tan Yun's eyes revealed a hint of pity.
"Xiao Zhang, get out here!"
At that moment, a furious roar shook the entire residence.
"It is Yu Cheng coming!"
At this moment, an angry roar shook the entire residence.
“It’s Yu Cheng coming.” A trace of killing intent flickered in Tan Yun’s starry eyes, but in the next moment, he returned to normal.
Tan Yun stood up, adjusted his robe slightly, and stepped out of the guest room, descending the stairs and exiting the pavilion. In the quiet courtyard, a group of people stood.
Yu Yunxi, Dao Kun, and Dao Qing Grandmaster were standing together, while on the other side stood Empress Liu and a young man dressed in a golden robe.
Without needing to think, Tan Yun knew that the golden-robed youth was Crown Prince Yu Cheng.
Behind the mother and son, there were also hundreds of gold-armored guards at the ancestral sage realm.
Gazing at Tan Yun, Yu Cheng's eyes revealed undisguised killing intent. He learned from his mother, Empress Liu, that his third sister and fifth brother intended to kill Tan Yun in the Heaven Devouring Divine Tomb. Connecting this with the deaths of his third sister and fifth brother, he and Empress Liu concluded that Tan Yun and Yu Yunxi were responsible for their deaths.
“Damn servant, how dare you not pay respects to this Crown Prince!” Yu Cheng waved his hand, “Someone, according to palace rules, kill him!”
“Yes, your highness the crown prince!” A gold-armored guard at the seventh layer of the ancestral sage realm, wielding a Divine Spear, shattered the void and aimed directly at Tan Yun's throat.
“Looking for death.” Tan Yun’s expression was indifferent. In an instant, he sidestepped the thrust of the long spear, flipped in mid-air, and struck the guard's neck with his right leg like a whip.
“Bang!”
Before the guard could let out a cry of horror, his neck and head exploded, blood spraying everywhere, and his headless body flew out of the courtyard like a cannonball.
“How dare you kill my man! Someone, kill him for me!” Yu Cheng’s face turned ashen.
“Who dares?” Yu Yunxi coldly declared.
The gold-armored guards who were about to attack Tan Yun hesitated in their steps.
“What are you standing there for? Kill him!” Yu Cheng ordered again.
“Yes, your highness the crown prince!”
As the gold-armored guards were about to take action, Dao Qing Grandmaster suddenly stepped forward, his aged voice resonating with authority, “I would like to see which of you ants dares to act within my courtyard.”
Instantly, the gold-armored guards trembled in fear, not daring to advance another step.
“A bunch of useless trash.” At this moment, Empress Liu commanded, “I am the empress. Since Xiao Zhang disrespected the crown prince, he should be killed.”
“All gold-armored guards, listen up, kill him.”
With Empress Liu backing them, the gold-armored guards no longer had any worries and charged toward Tan Yun.
“Want to die? I’ll grant you your wish!” Dao Qing Grandmaster’s booming voice echoed. Without any visible actions, a shocking scene unfolded.
All the gold-armored guards, with terrified expressions, were suddenly bound by an invisible force and flew up into the sky, suspended in mid-air.
“No…”
“Ah… spare me…”
“…”
The piteous screams of the gold-armored guards were abruptly cut off, and in the next moment, their bodies exploded into clouds of blood mist.
“Buzz—”
Dao Qing Grandmaster slightly raised his right hand, releasing a burst of destiny true fire. The true fire soared into the sky, burning and evaporating all the blood mist.
After Dao Qing Grandmaster retracted the destiny true fire, not even a trace of the bloody scent remained in the sky, as if the gold-armored guards had never existed.
Dao Qing Grandmaster narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Empress Liu, “Even if the emperor himself were here, one cannot casually kill within my domain.”