Beating the Crown Prince Senseless

Chen Lingxi blessed with celestial light, as if he were Celestial Person being draped in light!

Rumble!

A terrifying aura emanated from him, like a volcano that had been dormant for millennia finally awakening at this moment.

The rocks beneath his feet could not withstand the immense pressure and cracked inch by inch. The cracks spread wildly from the soles of his boots in all directions, like a spider web covering the entire cliff face.

Pebbles tumbled down into the abyss, crashing onto the jumbled rocks at the bottom of the cliff with a dull, thunderous echo.

Behind him, a phantom image of Precious Appearance sat solemnly in the Void above Chen Lingxi, his posture dignified and his face indistinct, only a wide robe of light could be vaguely seen fluttering slowly in the wind!

The Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect: By using heavenly light as a guide to bless oneself, one can form Precious Appearance on one's body.

The Precious Appearance remains intact, and the physical body remains unharmed.

Standing under the Precious Appearance, Chen Lingxi felt as if the overwhelming power within him was about to burst him apart.

He raised his head, and the eyes beneath the demon mask now shone like two cold stars.

Chen Lingxi glanced at the frowning Crown Prince and smiled, "The Purple True Treasure Aura came from the capital... consider it a gift from the Crown Prince to me!"

Before he finished speaking, he moved suddenly!

The rocks within a radius of several feet beneath their feet exploded with a deafening roar!

The flying pebbles were like rain, but they couldn't penetrate more than three inches into the area shrouded in the heavenly light surrounding him.

The pebbles that hit the edge of the Precious Appearance were like hitting an invisible iron wall, silently turning into dust and falling down.

Chen Lingxi had already transformed into a streak of white light and crashed towards Ying Chi!

Ying Chi's avatar remained expressionless.

The bright yellow brocade robe was illuminated by both purple light and skylight, creating a play of light and shadow that made his handsome, jade-like face appear even more sinister.

"Such a profound foundation..." Ying Chi narrowed his eyes, his voice calm.

A mountain breeze blew by, Ying Chi suddenly raised his hand.

The purple light on his body suddenly condensed, transforming into a ball of purple light.

The sphere of light suddenly expanded, transforming from the size of a fist into a purple halo with a diameter of about ten feet in an instant.

The halo spun wildly in his palm, countless fine purple lightning bolts shooting out from its rim, crackling and tearing visible scorch marks into the surrounding air.

"Go."

He uttered a single word, and the halo shot out of his hand, growing longer in the wind. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a purple ribbon spanning several meters, carrying terrifying, world-destroying power as it slashed towards Chen Lingxi at the waist.

Where the purple light passed, rocks melted away, vegetation turned to ash, and the air was scorched into a vacuum, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

"Come!"

Chen Lingxi away.

Under the Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect, his five senses had been elevated to an unbelievable level.

The purple halo appeared to him as if it had been slowed down several times, with every shimmering light and every streak of lightning clearly visible.

He could even see several extremely fine and faint cracks on the edge of the halo, which was where the Purple True Treasure Aura had not yet fully solidified!

"The Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect reveal the secrets of all laws... This talisman is far more complex than I initially thought."

Chen Lingxi was amazed and rushed towards the purple halo like a cannonball.

He was in mid-air, his right fist already clenched.

The golden light of the Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect surged from his shoulders toward his fist, condensing layer upon layer on his fist surface, and finally transforming into a blindingly bright golden fist aura.

"Break!"

He roared and slammed out his right fist.

This punch was nothing fancy, just a simple straight punch.

But this seemingly ordinary punch contained the immense power of the Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect, the overwhelming Qi and Blood of the Jade-Qi Realm, and the profound Azure Edge Method!

The fist collided with the purple halo.

Boom!

It was as if two great suns had collided in the Void, and dazzling golden and purple light exploded simultaneously, turning the entire mountaintop into a distorted sea of light.

A terrifying shockwave swept wildly in all directions from the point of impact, shattering rocks, snapping dead trees, and tearing away a thick layer of the ground in its wake.

Several Silver Bones warriors who were still on the mountain path didn't even have time to react before being hit by the residual force of the shockwave. They groaned and flew backward, crashing heavily into the distant rock wall, spitting blood and losing consciousness.

The purple halo shattered inch by inch.

The extremely condensed Purple True Treasure Aura was blasted into a scattering frenzy by Chen Lingxi's punch, like a purple firework blooming in the night sky, beautiful yet desolate.

Fragments of purple qi flew everywhere, burning deep holes in the rocks and igniting clusters of purple flames on the withered grass.

Chen Lingxi's punching motion did not stop.

He shattered the purple light wheel, and his figure shot straight toward Ying Chi's avatar like a golden meteor.

The ghostly face grew larger and clearer in Ying Chi's vision, and the chill in the eyes beneath it almost solidified.

Ying Chi's pupils contracted slightly.

He used both hands simultaneously, flicking his fingers in rapid succession, and streaks of purple light shot out from his fingertips, like a reversed purple rainstorm splashing towards Chen Lingxi's face.

Each arrow of light was incredibly fast, and each contained a terrifying penetrating power capable of piercing through metal and stone.

But Chen Lingxi did not dodge or avoid it.

The purple light arrows struck the Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect his body like raindrops hitting the surface of a bronze bell, creating ripples, but they couldn't even penetrate that golden light.

The Precious Appearance perfectly still, its golden light flowing ceaselessly, blocking all attacks from within three inches of its surface.

He charged into the rain of arrows, like a maddened golden rhinoceros crashing into a sea of purple flowers, shattering the purple light and scattering the arrow beams wherever he went.

In the blink of an eye, he had closed in on Ying Chi, closing to within three zhang of him.

A hint of seriousness finally flashed across Ying Chi's eyes.

The flowing purple light around him suddenly receded, and was completely absorbed into his body, making him look like a red-hot bronze statue, with a rich purple light faintly emanating from beneath his skin.

He clenched his right fist, and the purple light on his fist condensed to its extreme, forming a ferocious dragon head phantom with its mouth wide open and fangs bared.

Ying Chi let out a low shout and suddenly threw out his right fist.

When the fist pierced the air, ripples were created, and the whistling sound was deep and violent, making people's eardrums hurt.

Chen Lingxi's right fist also slammed out at the same moment.

The two fists collided in Void.

A terrifying sound, powerful enough to tear eardrums, exploded from the point of impact, as if someone had struck a heavenly bell atop the mountain.

As the sound waves passed, the clouds and mist within a radius of several dozen feet were shattered into nothingness, and the rocks were broken into pieces, rolling into the abyss and emitting a dull echo.

Ying Chi's avatar was forced back several steps by this punch, and the purple light on his right arm dimmed slightly.

He looked up, and for the first time, genuine horror appeared in his eyes.

But Chen Lingxi didn't give him a chance to catch his breath. He lunged forward and unleashed a barrage of punches like a storm.

He punched Ying Chi's avatar in the left shoulder, causing the flowing purple light to flicker violently, and the avatar's left arm suddenly dissipated!

With each punch landing on his right arm, left knee, and right knee, Ying Chi's avatar completely lost its support, collapsing to the ground like a toppled bronze statue.

Chen Lingxi stepped on Ying Chi's avatar's chest, pinning him firmly to the ground.

The golden light of the Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect spread from Chen Lingxi's body to Ying Chi's avatar, like a golden cage trapping the prince's spiritual incarnation.

His right fist was raised high, the knuckles gleaming with a thick, rich golden light.

Ying Chi's incarnation lay on the ground, his once handsome face now twisted beyond recognition.

His limbs were shattered, and wisps of purple light emanated from his severed limbs, just like fresh blood gushing from the wounds.

But his eyes burned with two uncontrollable flames of anger.

"Qi-Less Grotto-Heaven, talismans are hard to find..." Ying Chi's voice was filled with anger. "You obtained these talismans from the talisman master Xi Yu? And you have puppets of the Xi Family by your side..."

He paused, his eyes, burning with rage, fixed on Chen Lingxi's ghostly mask. "Who exactly are you!"

Chen Lingxi looked down at him, her eyes beneath the ghost mask calm as still water.

He didn't answer, but instead slammed his raised right fist down.

"Boom!"

He punched Ying Chi Chi's avatar on the head.

The golden light of the Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect enveloped all the vital Qi and Blood of the Jade-Qi Realm, descending from the sky like a golden hammer weighing ten thousand jin.

With a deafening roar, Ying Chi's avatar's head shattered into pieces, just like a broken jade gourd.

Fragments of purple qi gushed out from the exploded skull, swirling and dancing in the air like a purple firework display atop the mountain.

The fragments varied in size, some as large as pebbles or peanuts, others as small as grains of rice. They shimmered with a faint purple light in the night sky, falling gently onto the rocks, the withered grass, and the abyss.

Ying Chi's avatar lost its head, and the remaining purple light could no longer maintain its condensed form.

Like the receding tide, it surged wildly from his limbs and bones, and his entire avatar became transparent and blurred at a visible speed, eventually turning into a cloud of purple light, which was blown away without a trace by the mountain wind.

Only his voice could be heard.

Just three words, yet they were brimming with anger!

"Chen Lingxi!"

After the shouts of anger subsided, the mountain returned to silence.

Only the scattered fragments of purple qi shimmered faintly.

Chen Lingxi stood still, the golden light and purple qi fragments of the Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect still lingering on his right fist.

"Such power..."

Chen Lingxi's eyes lit up, and her gaze swept around before she suddenly opened her mouth.

A beam of purple light burst forth from his mouth; it was the very Purple True Treasure Aura.

This purple qi aura, like an awakened purple serpent, slithered from between his lips and teeth, circled in the air, and then pounced on the scattered fragments of purple qi.

It then, as if opening its mouth wide to devour its prey, rolled up the fragments one by one.

With each fragment of purple qi it swallowed, its body solidified a little more, and its color deepened a layer.

From its initial pale purple color, as thin as a silkworm's thread, it gradually transformed into a deep purple as thick as a little finger, shimmering and flowing in the night, like a real purple snake swimming in the Void.

Moreover, there is still a lot of unrefined purple qi within this Purple True Treasure Aura!

"The Crown Prince has brought me a gift!"

A smile appeared on Chen Lingxi's lips, but she didn't have time to savor this unexpected gain.

Because on this mountain, another battle continues.

The battle between Xi Mu and the female cultivator Luo Ran had spread from the mountainside to the mountaintop.

Luo Ran's plain white dress was torn to shreds by ice shards and sword marks. Cloud Cable and ice walls collided wildly in the mountains, each impact shattering into a sky full of ice crystals and cloud fluff.

Xi Mu's empty face was expressionless as he mechanically activated one icy spell after another, holding Luo Ran back tightly.

At that moment, Luo Ran also witnessed the scene of Ying Chi's avatar being blasted to death.

Her pupils suddenly contracted, and then she retreated abruptly.

Her figure was like a wisp of white smoke blown away by the wind, trying to escape from Xi Mu's ice array.

But Xi Mu would never let her have her way.

Having received Chen Lingxi's blessing, Xi Mu suddenly clasped his hands together in the Void. The clouds within a hundred feet radius were as if gripped tightly by an invisible hand, instantly condensing into an inverted ice prison, trapping Luo Ran and himself inside.

Luo Ran gritted her teeth and gently swiped her right hand across her waist.

She summoned a ring from her Hongdong Bag.

The ring was extremely small and thin, with a dark silver color throughout, and a black bead smaller than a grain of rice was set in the ring face.

This is her greatest trump card— the Law Artifact [Profound-Pointing Sword Furnace].

It was supposed to be Sword Furnace, but it was actually a ring.

The ring landed on her right index finger, Luo Ran then pointed it to the Heavenward Realm.

The black bead suddenly lit up, and an extremely thin and faint sword light shot out from it.

The sword light was initially only an inch or so long, as thin as a silver needle, but it grew longer in the wind, transforming in the blink of an eye into a ten-foot-long cyan sword light, swirling and flowing at her fingertips, flickering uncertainly.

"Go." She gave a soft shout, and the sword light shot out from her fingertips with incredible speed, leaving a blue-green afterimage in the air as it slashed straight towards Xi Mu.

Ice walls rose up around Xi Mu, each several feet thick, standing before him like inverted ice shields.

But the sword light was too sharp; it made the ice wall as thin as paper in its presence.

The cracking sounds continued incessantly. The first ice wall shattered in response, the second ice wall split open from the middle, and the third, fourth, and fifth ice walls followed. Ice shards flew like rain wherever the sword light passed. In the blink of an eye, seven or eight ice walls were completely shattered by the cyan sword light.

The sword light, its momentum undiminished, slashed straight towards Xi Mu's neck.

Xi Mu swayed slightly, barely avoiding the direct hit of the sword light.

But the sword light grazed his shoulder, severing his entire left arm at the shoulder.

Spiritual energy surged from the severed arm, the life force of the Undying Willow Branch frantically repairing the wound. However, the sharpness contained in the sword light even tore apart the repairing buds, causing the wound to fail to heal for a long time.

After unleashing this sword light, Luo Ran's face was extremely pale, as if she had consumed too much spiritual energy.

This treasure was not fully refined by Luo Ran; he only managed to activate it with difficulty, hence the state of affairs.

This is also why she only uses the Sword Furnace as a last resort.

Having forced Xi Mu, she then attempted to retreat...

However... the Precious Appearance on Chen Lingxi's body had not yet faded when he arrived!

Chen Lingxi, enveloped in the golden light of the Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect, burst in through the cracks in the ice prison.

He already held the Gold-Slaughtering Saber in his hand. The pale gold patterns on the blade were dazzlingly bright, and tiny crackling thunder rumbled. The azure light of the Azure Edge Method and the golden light of the Mysterious Qi intertwined and swirled, condensing into a fluctuating blade aura on the blade.

He approached Luo Ran and swung his sword to strike.

That strike was incredibly fast.

Luo Ran's pupils contracted, and the remaining spiritual energy within her body surged wildly, devouring the spiritual energy of the [Golden Blood] on the Qi Circulation Sixth Floor and brewing even more spiritual energy.

Such methods damage the foundation, but she had no other choice.

With a flick of her fingertips, three sword lights shot out from the mist, each as fast as lightning, forming a triangular pattern as they hurtled towards Chen Lingxi.

Chen Lingxi neither dodged nor avoided; the golden light of the Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect condensed into a layer of light armor several inches thick on his body, which he forcefully rammed into the three sword lights.

The sword light struck the light armor, producing a piercing metallic clang. The light armor flickered violently, cracking from the three beams of light.

Although cracks appeared, the armor remained intact.

Chen Lingxi shattered the first two sword lights, but the third sword light swept past from the side and struck the Gold-Slaughtering Saber in his right hand.

The precious sword that had been with him for so long let out a mournful cry under this sword strike. The pale gold patterns on the blade flickered violently a few times before breaking in two.

Half of the blade flew out and embedded itself in the ice wall in the distance, the hilt still trembling slightly. The cut was as smooth as a mirror, as if it had been forcefully severed by that sword light.

Chen Lingxi groaned, his right arm split open by the recoil of the sword, blood trickling down his fingers.

But he took this opportunity to get within five feet of Luo Ran.

For Chen Lingxi at this moment, this distance was a matter of life and death.

He discarded the broken sword, clenched his right fist, and the golden light of the Heavenlight Treasure-Aspect and the Qi and Blood of the Jade-Qi Realm intertwined and condensed on his fist, transforming into a brilliant golden fist aura.

"Die!"

This punch had no fancy moves, no techniques, only the purest power and the most direct killing intent.

He punched Luo Ran in the chest.

Luo Ran's gentle face finally changed color completely at this moment.

Her remaining spiritual energy surged, attempting to condense a final protective cloud barrier, but that barrier was like a thin mist before Chen Lingxi's fist energy, pierced through with a single punch.

Boom!

The fist's energy pierced through her body, and Luo Ran's back suddenly exploded, a cloud of blood mist gushing out from behind her, staining her tattered white dress a shocking dark red.

The light in her eyes froze at that moment, and her body fell from the mountaintop like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the rocks.

Chen Lingxi landed next to her, stepping down to look at the cultivator under the Crown Prince's command.

She did not die immediately. She possessed the spiritual energy of [Golden Blood]. The vitality of a cultivator at the Qi Circulation Sixth Floor was too strong. Even though she was punched through the chest cavity and her heart was shattered, she still had life.

Her eyes were no longer as cold as before; instead, they held a hint of pleading...

"Sir! Master!"

"I was born into a minor clan, and my fate was not my own..."

Chen Lingxi ignored him and stomped on him!

The female cultivator's head exploded.

Xi Mu jumped down behind him with her severed arm and reattached it herself.

The Undying Willow Branch surged with abundant life force from Xi Mu's body, reattaching his severed arm.

Chen Lingxi bent down and searched Luo Ran's body, taking off the palm-sized dark gray Hongdong Bag from her waist and then tearing off the Sword Qi ring.

With Luo Ran dead, the restrictions on the Hongdong Bag dissipated, and Chen Lingxi channeled spiritual energy into it, which flowed freely into the bag's interior.

Sure enough, there were several treasures among them that contained extremely rich Spiritual Qi.

He had no time to examine them closely, and simply put all of these items into his Universe Bag.

"Now that the Crown Prince has seen my strength, he will surely do everything in his power to kill me. I cannot stay here at Bridge Mechanism Mountain or even in the Capital Prefecture for the time being."

Chen Lingxi's eyes flashed. "Let's go to Southern Lu Prefecture and hide in the Nanju Twelve Mountains for a while."

He immediately returned to the Bridge Mechanism Mountain cave, took many items for setting up the formation, and prepared to go down the mountain.

Just then, he suddenly frowned.

Two people came to the cave.

He was completely unaware.