Chapter 198 - 196: King-Slaying, Part 2
The moment his figure moved, Song Changming seemed to be treading the wind, a wind dragon emerging on the saber, slashing out in midair.
The wind dragon roared in, overturning the imperial guards of no weak strength, as Song Changming charged straight into the ranks, the blade pointed directly at the Second Prince.
"How dare you!"
Several Qi Refining experts surrounding the Second Prince immediately took action, with sword Qi and saber Qi flying toward Song Changming, shattering his wind dragon.
In terms of inner Qi cultivation and mastery of sword techniques, Song Changming, after all, had too short a time of practice to be considered outstanding.
It wasn’t surprising to Song Changming that the Wind Dragon Blade Qi was broken; this strike was to pave a way, not to kill the enemy.
The Qi vortex within him surged, his inner Qi attaching to the blade’s edge, held back and not released.
Foot tapping the whirlwind, he swiftly closed the distance to where the Second Prince was.
A Qi Refining expert standing between him and the Second Prince swung a saber, initiating an attack on Song Changming.
Song Changming also delivered a strike.
Clang!
With a sharp metallic clash, the saber Qi the Qi Refining expert unleashed dissipated, his face instantly turning red as he spat out blood with a cry, slashed and toppled to the ground by Song Changming.
Although these martial artists were also Qi Refining experts, they couldn’t rank on the Earth List in terms of strength.
Compared to Cao Long, who’s already a soul under the blade, they were far inferior, let alone being a match for Song Changming.
Anyone who had a brush with Song Changming was either killed or severely injured.
From surveying the entire Prince’s Mansion, the only things Song Changming found truly intimidating were the few black soul crows that had mutated twice and Duan Fangshuo.
The rest were nothing more than that!
Even when facing a combined siege by those few Qi Refining experts around the Second Prince, he felt no pressure.
Unleashing his power, he quickly hacked down those Qi Refining experts.
As for the other imperial guard group, under the ravaging blade Qi of Song Changming, they couldn’t even get close, even if they fought to death.
Watching Song Changming striding close with a saber in hand.
The surrounding gale whipped up like an invisible passageway, withstanding walls on both sides, isolating his personal guard, leaving him no escape.
"Who, who exactly are you, and why, why do you want to kill me!" the Second Prince forced himself to calm down and spoke.
"You’ve repeatedly sent people to assassinate me, and you still ask me why?" Song Changming chuckled softly, without stopping his steps.
The dragon pattern saber in his hand, smeared with blood, emitted blade Qi that shattered the bricks and stones on the ground as it passed.
"Now I stand before you, I ask, do you still wish to kill me?"
"No, I won’t..." the Second Prince attempted to retreat, but the wind pressure held him in place, leaving him nowhere to go, and in panic, he fell back on his seat, his crowned king’s headpiece toppling to the ground, covered with blood and dust.
"I promise, regardless of our past grievances, I will not hold any grudges in future and will even compensate you to your satisfaction, is that okay?"
Song Changming remained unmoved and replied calmly, "Tonight, too many people want you dead. Your promise is meaningless; tonight you will die, whether at the hands of others or by mine."
"You, you cannot kill me, I bear the blood of the Emperor, killing me is treason!!" the Second Prince shrieked hoarsely as Song Changming raised the saber, the blade’s gleam blinding him, his face turning pale.
Just as Song Changming was about to strike, a loud shout echoed from afar.
"Stop!"
Song Changming remained indifferent, his face was cold, resolved on killing.
The saber fell on the Second Prince’s neck, slicing through like tofu, with no resistance.
The Second Prince’s head fell silently to the ground.
No noble Emperor’s blood could shield this Second Prince’s life.
After all, he was nothing more than an ordinary person.
The elusive power had no effect in the face of true life and death.
In the next moment, a pillar of flame-shaped blade Qi exploded in.
The wind wall created by Song Changming’s blade Qi utterly failed to block this blazing Flame Attribute Blade Qi.
It wasn’t hard to guess who it was.
Song Changming swung a saber, the dragon pattern saber with blade Qi cleaving open the fire pillar.
The fire pillar under Song Changming’s dragon pattern saber swept to both sides.
Song Changming remained unmoved at the center.
At the end of the fire pillar, Duan Fangshuo flipped in mid-air and chopped down sharply.
Song Changming felt the heat wave rushing at him, along with that suffocatingly powerful sword intent.
Experiencing it up close made the formidable power of Duan Fangshuo all the more evident.
This was the closest Song Changming had ever been to the Celestial List!
A formidable enemy indeed!
This was undoubtedly a formidable enemy!
"Come on!"
Song Changming dared not underestimate, gripping the long saber handle with both hands, feet stamped firmly to the ground front and back.
Taking a deep breath, every inch of his arm muscles was tensed, and his full Qi power erupted!
Boom!
The blade surged through the air at an inconceivably fast pace, emitting a piercing, tearing sound.
Clang!
The two blades clashed, two utterly different forces collided in midair at that moment.
Like sparks striking earth, a fierce wind raged like a sandstorm, rushing in all directions.
The Second Prince’s head and body on the ground were swept up into the air, dropping in front of those imperial guards.
"Dead! The Great King is dead!"
The guards screamed belatedly, as if they couldn’t believe the corpse before them was their Great King, the Second Prince!
In the scene, Song Changming withstood the impact force from the opponent’s blade, both feet nearly sunk deep into the ground.
After one saber strike, Song Changming retreated over ten meters, stopping the impact step by step.
At this moment, with the Dragon Body protecting him, although unscathed, his clothes had turned into charred holes.
On the other side, Duan Fangshuo squinted his eyes, scrutinizing Song Changming anew.
Perhaps he hadn’t anticipated Song Changming could withstand this furious saber strike of his.
Glancing at the Second Prince’s corpse not far away, his expression was icy and frosty.
The Second Prince he guarded all night ended up being killed.
Replacing anyone there would bring displeasure.
Just as Song Changming braced for a fierce battle, from afar flew a massive black fur ball, emitting a shrill and unpleasant sound.
Song Changming frowned, stepping back.
This Black Soul Crow, after its second mutation, seemed to have changed again.
Its blood-red pupils, under the black fur and tendrils, glowed with a demonic luster.
This was the only surviving Black Soul Crow, while the others were dealt with by Duan Fangshuo.
This Black Soul Crow not only absorbed a large amount of martial artist essence blood from the mansion but also devoured the corpses of other dead Black Soul Crows.
This created an unprecedentedly powerful Black Soul Crow Fog Beast.
It swept past Song Changming and then past Duan Fangshuo, stopping in front of the Second Prince’s corpse.
The blood-red pupils stared at the corpse for a long time, suddenly shedding two lines of blood tears.
The Black Soul Crow Fog Beast flapped its wings wildly, letting out a strange cry.
Song Changming couldn’t fathom what emotion this Black Soul Crow was expressing but felt that Xiao Yanli’s mental will was having an influence within.
This state of self-sacrifice, while retaining mental and even will presence, seemed exceedingly eerie to him.
"Is it a secret technique, or a special use of mist gold?" Song Changming pondered uncertainly.
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