Chapter 313: Tasting Despair

Chapter 313: Chapter 313: Tasting Despair

Hearing the twenty Alliance Leaders shout in unison, everyone gasped.

"These twenty people... they all seem to be Alliance Leaders from the Chaotic Alliance Domain!"

"They’re almost all at the Eighth Realm of Nascent Soul Transformation and strong enough to kill City Lords, yet they’re all calling themselves Yi Xiaoyao’s subordinates!"

"Those seven powerhouses from before also called themselves his subordinates!"

"So who in the world is this Yi Xiaoyao?"

An uproar swept through the crowd, their hearts filled with shock and amazement.

They were amazed by Yi Xiaoyao’s identity, and even more shocked that he dared to have so many City Lords exterminated. This was a clear provocation against the Great Xia Empire, a declaration of war!

And among the twenty-one cities, the only surviving City Lord, Yun Cang, was in the crowd on the guest platform.

At this moment, Yun Cang, just like everyone else, was frozen in stunned shock.

Just yesterday, he had told Yun Mengling not to place her hopes in Yi Xiaoyao, saying that Yi Xiaoyao was no match for the Second Prince, who controlled twenty-one cities.

But now, of the twenty-one cities under the Second Prince’s control, every City Lord was dead—except for him!

All were killed by men sent by Yi Xiaoyao!

Even the Second Prince himself was now cowering inside a defensive barrier before Yi Xiaoyao, not daring to come out!

Yun Cang finally knew he had been wrong. Terribly wrong.

However, he was also grateful. Grateful that he had sent Yuncheng to inform Yi Xiaoyao.

Suddenly, Yun Cang thought of something and muttered a helpless, self-deprecating remark. ’As her grandfather, I’ve done far less for Meng Ling than this boy has.’

’At least, he won’t hurt Yun Mengling.’

With this thought, he looked up at the high platform with a complicated gaze, watching Yi Xiaoyao as he received the obeisance of the powerhouses.

At this moment, Yi Xiaoyao had become the focus of countless eyes.

Hearing the voices of the twenty Alliance Leaders behind him, Yi Xiaoyao smiled in satisfaction.

"Late? I’d say you’re right on time." ℴ

Yi Xiaoyao looked at the Second Prince hiding in the golden barrier with a smirk and let out a cold sneer.

"Perfect timing. The Second Prince of Great Xia here was just waiting for his twenty City Lords. How considerate of you to deliver them right to him."

Hearing these words and seeing the pile of corpses on the ground, the Second Prince’s face turned deathly pale, as if he might faint at any moment.

He finally understood why the twenty City Lords had been so late to arrive for the wedding today!

It was obvious that this was all part of Yi Xiaoyao’s arrangement and plan.

But no matter how obvious it was, the Second Prince could never have anticipated this. Even now, he still found it hard to believe.

Because the ones who had accomplished this were numerous super-strong Alliance Leaders from the Chaotic Alliance Domain!

And these powerful Alliance Leaders were now taking orders from a single person!

If word of this got out, no one would believe it.

"Yi Xiaoyao, who in the hell are you?!"

Fear was already showing in the Second Prince’s eyes. He had never heard of such a terrifying existence emerging from the Chaotic Alliance Domain.

But this was to be expected. Yi Xiaoyao had only revealed his identity and truly risen to prominence in the last two days.

For news from the Chaotic Alliance Domain to reach Great Xia would take several days at least. What’s more, the Criminal Alliance, which belonged to the Imperial Army Mansion, had already been annihilated. It would likely take even longer for Great Xia to receive this information.

Yi Xiaoyao looked at the Second Prince in the barrier, in no hurry to kill him. Killing him directly would be letting him off too easily.

"You don’t have the right to know who I am. You should first think about how you’re going to survive."

Yi Xiaoyao said with a playful smile, "Do you have any hopes left to cling to? Need me to remind you?"

The Second Prince’s expression changed at his words. How could he not understand? Yi Xiaoyao meant to crush his hopes, bit by bit, and make him die in despair!

But for that very reason, the Second Prince was even more determined not to give up hope.

Immediately, he shrieked at the Golden Armor Powerhouse who was fighting Bai Ye and the others, "Quick! Mobilize the Imperial Army Mansion’s forces to come save me!"

The Golden Armor Powerhouse was already struggling to break away. Moreover, the Imperial Army Mansion under the Second Prince’s command was just a branch; all of its top-tier experts were already here. While the remaining army still had many Nascent Soul Transformation Realm cultivators, they would be of little use in a situation like this.

But this was likely the Second Prince’s only remaining hope, so the Golden Armor Powerhouse had no choice but to retreat violently, disengage, and fire a blinding signal into the sky.

As soon as the signal appeared, a large number of yellow figures soared into the air from a region not far from here.

These people were the army from the Second Prince’s Imperial Army Mansion branch. Having received the signal, they were immediately rushing over.

But just then, in the void high above the Imperial Army Mansion’s army, a massive swarm of figures descended like a rolling dark cloud.

The number and combat strength of these black figures far surpassed that of the Imperial Army Mansion’s army of yellow figures!

The next moment, the black figures instantly met the Imperial Army Mansion’s forces. Then, the yellow figures all spurted blood and fell as corpses.

The entire process was incredibly fast. In the void above, not a single yellow figure representing the Imperial Army Mansion remained.

The next moment, the vast black cloud rushed this way. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be a black-clad army radiating a billowing, murderous aura.

"We have completed the Grand Alliance Leader’s command! We await orders from the Alliance Leader and Grand Alliance Leader!"

The majestic voices shook heaven and earth, so powerful that the sound waves even caused some of the high platforms to collapse.

Yi Xiaoyao raised a hand, and the entire army stood silently in the void, but their imposing aura still struck terror into everyone’s hearts.

THUD!

The Second Prince instantly collapsed to the ground, limp and powerless, like a soulless husk.

He wasn’t frightened by the show of force; he was broken by despair.

The light that once shone in the Second Prince’s dazed eyes was one of incomparable arrogance and ruthless cruelty.

Now, however, nothing remained but a gaze full of despair, like a pool of stagnant water.

And this was precisely the effect Yi Xiaoyao wanted. Only by making this man experience despair again and again could he slowly quell the rage in his heart.

And Yi Xiaoyao’s next action would push the Second Prince, already mired in despair, completely into the abyss.

"Soul Burning Forbidden Technique! Activate!"

With a low shout, the Soul Burning Forbidden Technique violently boosted Yi Xiaoyao’s Cultivation.

Then, the Bloodthirsty Sword let out a heaven-shaking cry. He swung it with all his might, slashing toward the Second Prince’s last hope for survival—the defensive barrier cast with the full power of a peak Nascent Soul Transformation Realm expert.

DONG!

Like a sword striking a Copper Bell, the tremendous roar that erupted from the golden barrier made the onlookers dizzy, some even spitting up blood.

Inside the barrier, the Second Prince was jolted awake, looking around in terror.

Because under that one slash, the golden barrier had actually started to shake violently, and its golden light had dimmed significantly.

A few more slashes, and this barrier would definitely break!

"What?! This is a life-saving treasure my father, the Emperor, gave me! It can withstand the strongest strike from the Ninth Realm of Nascent Soul Transformation and is immune to all attacks below the Ninth Realm! How can you possibly damage it?"

The Second Prince was breathing heavily, as if he couldn’t get enough air.

But Yi Xiaoyao completely ignored the man’s histrionics. If he wanted to, he could break the barrier with a single, all-out attack.

But Yi Xiaoyao wanted to do it this way, slash by slash, to make the man savor the final despair of impending death.

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