So what if he's a prince? Kill.

The Ninth Prince, Gu Changhe, was utterly dumbfounded.

In his understanding, Lin Shuguang should have been knocked unconscious by Shi Wenliang's aphrodisiac. But now!

Suddenly, Lin Shuguang grabbed his right wrist, and an icy chill spread through his body.

"Was it Shi Wenliang or Mo Changxiong who betrayed me!"

Before he could finish his words, Lin Shuguang sneered and fiercely grabbed him.

He pulled the Ninth Prince closer with one hand, and with the other, clenched his fist and punched down.

In his panic, the Ninth Prince used his free left hand to block.

"Crack!"

The pain made the Ninth Prince's eyes feel like they were about to split open.

His heart churned like a stormy sea.

When did Lin Shuguang become so strong?

He had fought Lin Shuguang with a clone two days ago, but now, this was his true body, and yet Lin Shuguang had still broken his arm with a single punch!

"You, you broke through?!"

He exclaimed in shock.

Lin Shuguang didn't answer his question at all. The hand gripping the Ninth Prince was like steel; the Ninth Prince couldn't struggle at all. Instead, as Lin Shuguang pulled, he stumbled forward.

"Guard me!" the Ninth Prince shouted in anger and disbelief.

But to his astonishment, the sound of his shout seemed to dissolve into the heavens and earth.

What kind of technique was this?

He had never heard of it!

Of course, the Ninth Prince didn't know how terrifying Lin Shuguang's mental power had become. His mouth hung open, completely speechless, and he watched as Lin Shuguang's fist came crashing down again.

He stomped his foot, and the ground seemed to tremble beneath the impact.

But he just couldn't understand why, with such a huge commotion in the hall, the guards outside were like statues, completely deaf to any sound from within.

The Ninth Prince didn't dare to think further and stumbled to dodge.

The terrifying killing intent erupting from Lin Shuguang descended with the fierce fist wind!

This killing intent was exceptionally cold, almost thick enough to be tangible.

He could even feel a resolute aura of mutual destruction, of burning both sides to ashes.

An extremely intense chill caused the hairs on the Ninth Prince's back to stand on end.

"Lin Shuguang, how dare you!"

Lin Shuguang didn't hesitate and punched down.

The Ninth Prince's face changed drastically, "You're seeking death!"

Accompanied by a series of crackling bone-snapping sounds, a gust of foul wind assailed him. At the same time, the Ninth Prince's furious roar caused the surrounding void to tremble.

His heart filled with rage, he didn't dodge or evade, nor did he defend himself. With a fierce claw, he lunged towards Lin Shuguang's heart!

A visible ripple exploded from the point where the two collided.

Simultaneously, their sleeves were torn to shreds, scattering in the air.

The Ninth Prince retreated repeatedly, his internal organs feeling as if they were burning. "Lin—Pff!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood as soon as he opened his mouth.

His expression was one of horror; he couldn't comprehend how Lin Shuguang had suddenly become so powerful.

"Could it be the Nine Demon Scroll?"

He was suddenly startled, but then he thought, no!

He was constantly sensing the Nine Demon Scroll and its mark on him. Although he couldn't summon it back, he knew clearly that as long as the mark remained on him, it meant Lin Shuguang hadn't successfully transformed the Nine Demon Scroll!

"So, what method did this guy use to increase his strength so quickly?"

So fast that the Ninth Prince himself felt jealous!

How much effort had he expended, how much wealth and resources had he used, how much he had racked his brains to improve his cultivation, but Lin Shuguang?

He hadn't seen him for just two days, and this guy's strength had already leaped across several stages. This was simply unbelievable!

"Lin Shuguang, you can't kill this prince! I have a life-saving charm from my father, the Emperor. With you, you can't possibly shake my father's life-saving charm. If you don't want to die, then obediently stop and let me deal with you!"

The Ninth Prince possessed a life-saving charm bestowed by Gu Taxian, which Lin Shuguang didn't find surprising. If the son of the Great Gan Dynasty's Emperor had no means of saving his life, it would only indicate that he was not favored.

But Gu Changhe, as the Ninth Prince, had received a sacred decree to personally guard the demon cave. This was hardly a sign of being unfavored.

The demon cave, a place of ancient battlefields, was the lifeline of the Great Gan Dynasty.

The fact that the Ninth Prince could guard this place demonstrated the Ancient Emperor's importance to him.

However, for Gu Changhe to now tell the ascendant Lin Shuguang to surrender was simply a colossal joke.

Lin Shuguang was decisive.

He drew the Blade of Slaughter and slashed down at Ninth Prince Gu Changhe's head.

What destiny! What son of an emperor! What Great Gan Dynasty!

To him, Lin Shuguang, it was all bullshit!

He, Lin Shuguang, didn't belong to this world. Furthermore, with Eternal Night descending soon, his identity would be investigated by this world's will.

Since death was unavoidable, he would fight with all his might, get revenge, and wreak havoc!

With a draw and slash, the air exploded!

Lin Shuguang's charge sent large slabs of paving stones flying into the air. A curtain of brick and stone fragments rose on either side of his path. A fierce, howling wind suddenly swept out in all directions, causing the gauze curtains of the entire hall to flutter noisily.

But the area had already been completely sealed off by Lin Shuguang's mental power.

Unless a terrifying existence with mental power surpassing his appeared, no one would be able to disturb him as he personally executed the ninth son of the current Ancient Emperor!

You want to suppress me with your power? Then I'll swing my blade and cut you down right now!

Lin Shuguang's ferocious temper was on full display.

It also chilled Ninth Prince Gu Changhe to the bone.

He realized that Lin Shuguang held no reverence for the Great Gan Dynasty or his father, the Emperor. This situation was a clear signal of impending disaster!

"Lin Shuguang, I promise you, as long as you return the Nine Demon Scroll to me, we will have no more grievances. I also guarantee I won't trouble you again!" the Ninth Prince shouted in shock and anger.

In a panic, he drew the treasured sword from a nearby rack and thrust it at Lin Shuguang.

"Boom!"

The Ninth Prince's arms trembled from a massive force, his eyes widening in horror.

This guy!!!

"Bang!"

He was sent flying backward like a cannonball, piercing through a stone pillar on the side. The pillar, which required five men to embrace, was snapped in two.

The Ninth Prince spat out another mouthful of blood.

His mouth full of blood, he shouted hoarsely, "Lin Shuguang, what will it take for you to let me go!"

Lin Shuguang charged forward, his voice cold, "You die, and our feud will finally end!"

Everyone has their own path.

Lin Shuguang's path was killing!

Kill all the resentment in his heart! Kill all the unwillingness in his soul! Kill for eternal peace!

The Ninth Prince could no longer sense anything but Lin Shuguang's killing intent. He was utterly terrified.

Has this guy gone mad? I am the Ninth Prince of the Great Gan Dynasty, how dare he kill me?!

In an instant, Lin Shuguang's blade erupted with dazzling light, its ferocity astonishing.

The Ninth Prince snarled and raised his sword to block.

"Bang!"

The ground beneath him caved in, his knees buckling.

The Ninth Prince bore the sword on himself, his face flushed red, as if he were exerting all his strength.

"Lin! Shu! Guang!"

Blood dripped from his teeth, his eyes bloodshot. He looked up at Lin Shuguang with venomous resentment.

He, the dignified Ninth Prince of the Great Gan Dynasty, one of the potential successors to the throne, had everything he desired, enjoying immense prestige.

Whether it was a great duke in the imperial court or a sect leader in the martial world, they all respectfully addressed him as Ninth Prince.

Yet, despite such a glorious background, he was now being suppressed by this nobody, Lin Shuguang, to the point of nearly kneeling.

"If I die, the Baojian Sect will be buried with me!!!" the Ninth Prince roared in fury, rising to resist.

However, Lin Shuguang's expression was as impassive as a god of slaughter, his blade pressing down mercilessly.

"Bang!"

Not only did the Ninth Prince fail to rise, but under Lin Shuguang's terrifying force, his knees buckled and he was forced to the ground.

The dignified prince knelt before this nobody, Lin Shuguang. The Ninth Prince's eyes widened, his face flushed red, and he let out a roar of unwilling rage.

Lin Shuguang had no intention of showing mercy.

Seizing the moment of the Ninth Prince's mental disarray, he suppressed him with one hand while wielding his blade with the other.

"Bang!"

However, Lin Shuguang's strike did not manage to sever the Ninth Prince's head as intended. Instead, it triggered a life-saving talisman left on the Ninth Prince by the Ancient Emperor Gu Taxian.

A terrifying force descended.

The mental power barrier Lin Shuguang had erected was instantly shattered. The hall, as if losing its support, which had already been riddled with holes from their battle, collapsed entirely.

Amidst the dense smoke, countless guards roared and charged forward.

The Ancient Emperor's phantom appeared, expressionless, extending a hand to suppress Lin Shuguang.

The Ninth Prince, with disheveled hair and a blood-streaked face, let out a ghastly, ghost-like laugh, "I told you, you can't kill me!"

"Is that so?" Lin Shuguang crushed a Jade Talisman in his hand right before the Ninth Prince.

"Swish!"

Another terrifying aura of equal measure descended instantly.

At that moment, the Ninth Prince's expression turned stiff, "You..."

He looked at Lin Shuguang in disbelief, and at the colossal phantom that appeared behind him.

The phantom collided with the Ancient Emperor's phantom, unleashing a terrifying destructive force akin to a nuclear explosion.

The Ninth Prince was utterly horrified and turned to flee.

Without his life-saving charm, even if Lin Shuguang didn't kill him now, the terrifying power unleashed by those two phantoms would be enough to severely injure him!

But before he could escape.

A hand slammed down onto his shoulder. Looking up abruptly, the Ninth Prince saw Lin Shuguang and the radiant Flame Dragon Armor!

"Don't kill me, I'll give you whatever you want! Lin Shuguang, we can really talk, I'll give you the Nine Demon Scroll, I'll even let you have my autograph, just don't kill me..." the Ninth Prince pleaded with a sobbing voice, his previous arrogance completely gone.

He no longer dared to call himself "this prince" in front of Lin Shuguang, and to save his life, he was even willing to offer his autograph for the Nine Demon Scroll.

Lin Shuguang looked at him coldly.

He brought down his blade!

Kill successful, obtained 5 million Cal of Blood Energy Value!

Boom!

It was as if a knot in his heart had been untied.

A powerful aura erupted from Lin Shuguang's entire body.

Vigorous life force surged wildly.

His cultivation... had advanced to another level!