There was only one person left alive on the entire top floor.
That person was Chen Yunsheng, grand elder of the Thousand-Poison Sect.
Chen Yunsheng had already crossed the spatial turbulence, but everything before his eyes was a done deed, a scene of unimaginable horror.
His sect's Holy Son had activated their supreme treasure, the Azure Smoke Cauldron.
With that single cauldron, he had killed all of Lanzhou's high-ranking officials.
He had even killed Prince Lan Ning with his own hands.
Then the Heavenly Capital Battle-Heaven Art had appeared and killed the sect's Holy Son...
Why had any of this happened?
It made absolutely no sense!
"Old bastard, pay with your life!" the Flash Spirit Princess roared, pointing her spear straight at Chen Yunsheng.
Chen Yunsheng thrust out a finger.
The Heavenly Capital's invincible Battle-Heaven Divine Spear, its might swallowing mountains and rivers, struck his fingertip.
A thunderous crash shook the air, engulfing the Star-Picking Tower in smoke and dust.
Chen Yunsheng's figure flickered, shooting into the heavens.
The Flash Spirit Princess was knocked down from the rooftop.
She braced herself with her spear and was about to attack again, but a figure flashed before her. Lin Xiaosu blocked her path. "Your Highness, you cannot kill him alone!"
The Flash Spirit Princess slowly raised her gaze, her eyes brimming with ferocity. "Does Marquis Su mean that I should stand by and watch my brother die a wretched death, and watch Lanzhou's officials be slaughtered by these bandits?"
Lin Xiaosu said, "They dared to harm fifty million people in Lanzhou, slaughter our officials, and murder a prince of the reigning dynasty. How could I tolerate them? What I mean is, please wait a moment, Your Highness!"
"Wait for whom?" the Flash Spirit Princess asked.
"Wait... for the Heaven-Sealing Corps!"
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