The following day, at noon.
Heaven Dou City's central square was packed with people.
A sea of dark-clad citizens surrounded the entire square, leaving no room to move.
An atmosphere of bloodlust, oppression, and panic hung over the city like a dense, dark cloud.
A chopping block towered proudly in the center of the square.
On it, four blood-soaked figures knelt miserably on the floor.
The Heaven Dou Emperor, Xue Ye, was barely breathing, his lips blackened. He could not even lift his head.
Prince Xue Xing's face was ashen, and he trembled uncontrollably.
Princess Xueke's hair was disheveled, her eyes filled with tears of despair.
At the very edge, Tang Yuehua, the mistress of Moonlight Pavilion, was bound tightly with thick, blood-red chains.
Her silver-white palace dress was stained with blood.
Her former image of noble elegance had vanished without a trace. She looked like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
On the throne atop the high platform directly above the chopping block, Qian Sha Yu reclined with effortless grace in the cold dragon throne.
His eyes were half-closed, his expression languid. His long, slender fingers tapped rhythmically against the armrest, making a crisp "tap, tap, tap."
"Dong! Dong! Dong!"
The bells of the Heaven Dou City Lord Tower rang out.
It was noon. Twelve o'clock had arrived!
Qian Sha Yu slowly opened his eyes.
A bloodthirsty, excited gleam flared in his blood-red demonic eyes.
He wasted no words. His lips parted, and he uttered a single, bone-chilling word: "Execute."
"Understood!!!"
The four Spirit Hall executioners, all burly and brimming with killing intent, answered in unison.
They swung up their gleaming execution blades.
The blades whistled shrilly as they came down toward the necks of Xue Ye and the others.
"Ah!!!"
Xueke screamed in terror.
Tang Yuehua also closed her eyes in despair.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Several piercing sounds suddenly shot out from the frenzied crowd.
They were mechanical Hidden Weapons, so fast the naked eye could not follow them.
Thwack!
A flash of cold light, a spray of blood.
The four executioners, their blades raised high, did not even manage a groan before poison needles and Hidden Weapons pierced their throats.
Their eyes bulged as they collapsed, dead!
"Ah! Murder!"
"Run! Run!!!"
The sudden upheaval plunged the tens of thousands of citizens present into extreme panic.
The crowd screamed and scattered in all directions.
The pounding of feet and the shouts all dissolved into chaos!
"Scoundrels! Don't you dare hurt my aunt!"
A furious shout, brimming with righteousness, rang across the square.
Tang San's blue-clad figure shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, charging against the fleeing crowd.
Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun followed close behind.
All of them unleashed their surging Soul Power, hurtling toward the chopping block with unstoppable momentum.
"Xiao San!"
Bound to the execution post, Tang Yuehua abruptly opened her eyes.
When she saw that familiar, striking figure leading the charge, tears streamed down her face.
Xiao San had come!
Her nephew, Tang San, with his monstrous talent, had really come to save her!
"Rebels! How dare you storm the execution ground?"
She Long, the Snake Lance Douluo, and Ci Xue, the Porcupinefish Douluo, who had been standing guard on either side of the chopping block, flew into a rage.
Without waiting for Qian Sha Yu's signal, the two turned into streaks of light and charged to intercept them, but two other figures stopped them.
"Clang!"
A devastatingly sharp sword intent swept through the air.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin descended through the sky.
With the Seven Kill Sword in hand, he cleaved through the heavens with one strike, forcing the Snake Lance Douluo back.
"Hahaha, Ci Xue, I'm your opponent!"
Laughing wildly, Dugu Bo transformed into his Jade-Scaled Snake Emperor Avatar. Poisonous mist filled the sky, cutting off the Porcupinefish Douluo's path.
"You're not getting past us!" Sword Douluo roared. A vast pressure of sword intent blocked their way.
The execution ground erupted into battle!
There was not a trace of panic or fear on Qian Sha Yu's face atop the throne.
On the contrary, the curve of his lips widened, and the fervor and amusement in his eyes almost spilled over.
"Hahaha, you're here! At last, you've come!"
Qian Sha Yu threw back his head and laughed. "Tang San, I painstakingly built this stage. If you didn't show up, how could the show go on?"
"Boom!"
Qian Sha Yu sprang to his feet, an indescribable, surging aura of slaughter bursting from his whole body.
Killing Angel Martial Soul Avatar!
Twelve pairs of blood-red wings unfurled behind him.
With the Slaughter Blood Sword in hand, Qian Sha Yu swung a slash downward through the air.
A blood-red sword wave burst into view like a crescent moon, its unstoppable, violent killing intent forming a barrier between Shrek's people and the chopping block!
The powerful shock wave hurled Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun dozens of meters through the air.
"Damn it! How can this she-devil be so powerful?" Dai Mubai spat out a mouthful of blood, his face full of shock!
Tang San retreated sharply through the air.
His eyes remained fixed on Qian Sha Yu, a flash of ice-cold calculation passing through them.
Then he signaled to the people behind him. "Stick to the plan. Draw her away. Don't let her get near the execution platform!"
"Understood! Phoenix Fire Line—burn!"
Ma Hongjun roared, sending a line of flame from his mouth toward Qian Sha Yu.
Dai Mubai also activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
"Scum! You think you can take me on?"
Qian Sha Yu sneered. His figure became a blood-red blur, moving beyond the limits of the naked eye as he tore straight through the Evil Fire flames!
"Oscar, watch out!" Tang San's expression abruptly changed, and he roared.
"What?"
Oscar, flying through the air and preparing to throw a Flying Sausage, suddenly felt a deadly chill creep up his spine.
Qian Sha Yu had appeared above him without him noticing.
That long sword, reeking of blood, came chopping down over his head!
"Die, you useless sausage peddler." Qian Sha Yu's eyes were cold as he looked at a dead man.
"No!!!"
Oscar was so terrified his soul nearly left his body, every hair on him standing on end.
There was no way he could dodge this strike!
He would be cleaved in half on the spot!
At that critical moment—
"Flying Divine Claw! Get over here!!"
Tang San flicked his hand. The Flying Divine Claw, attached to a steel chain, clamped onto Oscar's belt and yanked hard!
"Whoosh!"
Oscar was dragged away by force.
Qian Sha Yu's terrifying blood-red sword wave skimmed past Oscar's feet.
Rumble!
A stone tower dozens of meters tall in the distance was cleaved in two by the blood-red sword wave.
Oscar landed on the ground and looked at the sole of his shoe, sliced away. His face was paper-white, his whole body trembling.
He had come this close to being killed by Qian Sha Yu's sword!
The devastating combat power Qian Sha Yu had displayed sent everyone from Shrek plunging into despair. The pressure was so suffocating they could hardly breathe.
However,
Tang San also noticed that Qian Sha Yu had drawn a full hundred meters away from the execution platform to kill Oscar.
Now!
"Qian Renxue, you fell for it!" Tang San shouted into the sky. "Senior Bone, move!"
At Tang San's shout, the space directly above the chopping block began to twist.
"Rrrip!"
A pitch-black rift tore open out of thin air.
A gigantic Bone Dragon Claw emerged from the spatial rift.
Gu Rong's Bone Dragon Claw moved like lightning, its target unmistakable as it reached down toward Xue Ye, Prince Xue Xing, Princess Xueke, and Tang Yuehua.
If the Bone Dragon Claw could seize the four of them and pull them back through the spatial rift, the rescue would be a complete success!
Tang San's expression was proud.
Qian Renxue, so what if you're deranged and cruel?
Before my brilliant schemes, you're nothing but a fool I've led around by the nose!
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