"What... this... how could this be..."
"What... just happened?"
"What was that? My vision blurred for a moment, and Prince Duanzhong was gone? Did he teleport?"
"Where did he go? How did he just vanish?"
Everything had happened far too quickly. From the moment that person from Akatsuki made his move to Prince Duanzhong's disappearance, the entire process had been completed in an instant. Many people had not even seen what happened before Prince Duanzhong was gone—completely gone, without leaving behind the slightest trace of his aura.
In the sky, the imperial relatives and nobles standing closer to Prince Duanzhong all wore expressions of shock and confusion, as though they had yet to process what had happened.
From their perspective, Prince Duanzhong had made his move, then Prince Duanzhong had succeeded, and finally, Prince Duanzhong was gone.
As for how he had vanished, they had no idea. He was simply gone.
"Gasp—" Suddenly, a prince-like young man sucked in a sharp breath and staggered backward, his face filled with terror.
"Prince Duanzhong is dead! He's dead!"
The terrified scream threw several imperial consorts into instant chaos.
Having lived deep within the palace for so long, how could they have ever witnessed such a scene? Though their cultivation was not bad, it had all been fed to them with pills. Not to mention fighting, they rarely even had to do anything with their own hands in daily life. This sudden killing had frightened them pale, and several of them even fainted on the spot.
"Th-this is the Azure Dragon Divine Envoy's secret technique, Dust Release, isn't it? How could it appear here?"
"Yes, that's right—it's Dust Release. I specifically investigated the Azure Dragon Divine Envoy's information before. This is his Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique. There's no