Xue Beng's Death!
Zhu Zhuqing's eyes flashed with a chilling light, and her fingertips instantly extended into Netherworld Claw.
However, before the two women could make a move, a faint golden light of Truth-Piercing Divine Light, quietly flashed through Su Chen's eyes, who was standing at the forefront.
Under the vision of the Delusion-Breaking Divine Pupils, the exaggerated and superficial pretense of Xue Beng's physical body was instantly stripped away.
Su Chen could clearly see that this seemingly dissolute prince, whose body had been emptied by wine and women, actually had a refined and stable Soul Power deep within his dantian.
Feigning madness and foolishness to hide one's shortcomings and avoid trouble?
A thought flashed through Su Chen's mind in an instant.
In the original novel, Xue Beng used this act of being a spoiled and incompetent playboy to deceive Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe. Not only did he survive to the end, but he also seized the opportunity to ascend the throne as the Heaven Dou Emperor after the Heaven Dou Palace Coup. He became Tang San's biggest Imperial Family backer and source of soldiers and money when he later counterattacked the Spirit Hall!
Qian Renxue sent someone to leak the message to Xue Beng last night, intending to use Xue Beng and Dugu Bo to test her own strength.
Since this fool went through all the trouble to put on a show, willingly offering his neck to be slapped, what's the point of keeping him alive?
Once the killing intent arose, Su Chen didn't waste a single word. He moved like a bolt of crimson-gold lightning tearing through the air, taking a three-zhang leap and heading straight for Xue Beng's face!
"What?"
Xue Beng's pupils shrank suddenly, and he was terrified. He never expected that, faced with his status as a prince and his entire family of guards, Su Chen would not even exchange a word of politeness and would dare to attack him directly!
"You audacious scoundrel! How dare you injure His Highness the Fourth Prince?!"
Zhao Lie, a level 54 Defense System Battle Soul King guarding the Xue Beng, reacted extremely quickly. He let out a roar and suddenly took a step to block the Xue Beng directly in front of him. At the same time, the five Soul Ring under his feet—two yellow, two purple, and one black—burst out with dazzling light!
"Fourth Soul Skill, Basalt Shield!!"
Boom! Accompanied by a muffled roar, a giant stone shield, two meters high and half a foot thick, with a surface covered with rough black rock patterns, suddenly condensed in front of Zhao Lie's arms. With the imposing aura of a level 54 defensive Soul King, it firmly blocked Su Chen's path forward!
A sinister smile crept across Zhao Lie's face.
His fourth Soul Skill is enough to withstand the full force of a level 60 Soul Emperor's attack head-on. This kid dares to rush in without even opening his Martial Soul; he's practically courting death!
However, the next moment, Su Chen had already rushed to the giant shield.
He didn't activate the Chaos Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul, nor even light up the Soul Rings under his feet. Instead, the Qi and blood of the Ancestral Dragon Undying Body roared within his body. His right palm's five fingers were slightly spread, and a layer of domineering, incomparably powerful, and radiating rolling heat waves of crimson-gold dragon scales instantly covered his entire right hand. Pure Yang Dragon Qi was compressed into his palm, and he swung his backhand fiercely at the thick basalt rock shield!
The half-foot-thick Basalt Shield that Zhao Lie was so proud of, known as unbreakable even by Soul Emperor, was as fragile as rotten wood under Su Chen's slap, which carried the immense power of the Primordial Dragon Emperor and the Pure Yang Armor-Piercing Dragon Aura!
The ferocious crimson-gold palm strike shattered the entire stone shield with overwhelming force, sending countless fragments of rock hurtling backward like a torrential rain!
"Bang!!" Zhao Lie's muscular body, weighing over 200 pounds, was struck head-on by a battering ram, and he flew sideways with his feet off the ground!
With a single palm strike, Su Chen sent a level 54 defensive Soul King flying, his momentum undiminished!
Xue Beng, who was standing behind Zhao Lie, had just taken a half step back in horror. Before he could even utter a word of begging for mercy, his vision was completely filled by a palm wreathed in Scarlet-Gold Dragon Fire!
"No..."
Smack! A crisp yet dull slap echoed through the sky!
Su Chen's slap landed squarely on Xue Beng's head!
Pfft! Without the slightest suspense, how could Xue Beng's head, pampered for over a decade, withstand the Pure Yang Dragon Aura that could shatter even a level 54 Soul King's shield?
With a cracking sound of skulls breaking, Xue Beng's skull collapsed on the spot, and his body, like a rag doll being flung away, spun three times in mid-air before flying more than 30 feet away.
His limbs twitched unconsciously twice before his bulging pupils completely dilated, and blackish-red blood seeped from his seven orifices. He died on the spot!
Quiet!
A deathly silence instantly enveloped the entire gate of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy!
A mountain breeze blew by, swirling up a few fallen leaves from the ground.
Osler, the Shi Brothers, and Yu Feng, who were following behind to watch the Soul Skill, were all frozen in place as if they had been petrified. Their eyes were fixed on the python-robed corpse on the stone steps, whose head was half-shrunk and whose death was extremely tragic. Their teeth were chattering wildly, and a foul-smelling wetness was seeping from their crotches.
Dead... dead?!
The Fourth Prince the Heaven Dou Empire, the biological son of Xue Ye, and the most beloved nephew of Prince Xue Xing, was actually slapped to death like a fly right below the gate of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy?!
Just as all the Soul Master present were terrified, a dazzling golden light silently exploded deep within Su Chen's mind:
[Ding! Successfully eliminated Xue Beng, the future crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, completely severing the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's destiny and Tang San's future Imperial Family backing!]
[Triggered Heaven's Mandate Plunder - God-Level Critical Hit Reward: Host's Primal Spiritual Power surges by 30%! Reward: God-level Dragon Clan Offensive Combat Skill - "Dragon Emperor Annihilation Claw"!]
Boom!
A cool and vast primordial power surged from the depths of Su Chen's Consciousness Sea. His Delusion-Breaking Divine Pupils, under the infusion of this spiritual power that had increased by 30%, became even more unfathomable. Every rustle of wind and grass within a radius of several miles was vividly displayed in his mind.
At the same time, the ultimate technique of the Dragon Clan, which is extremely powerful and domineering and can break through all the defenses of gods and demons in the world, was also completely integrated into his limbs and bones like a brand.
Su Chen slowly withdrew his right hand, dispelling the crimson-gold dragon scales from his palm, and glanced down at the corpse on the steps.
Behind him, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong showed no panic whatsoever; instead, their gazes toward Su Chen grew even more fervent and adoring.
In their hearts, Xue Beng dared to insult them, and even if he were the Heaven Dou Emperor, he would deserve to die, let alone a prince!
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were even more decisive, stepping forward side by side and taking out two emerald green jade tokens engraved with the emblem of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy from their pockets. Without even glancing at the stunned Osler and the others beside them, they flicked their wrists.
Snap! Snap!
The two jade pendants slammed heavily onto the stone steps next to the Xue Beng corpses, shattering into pieces instantly!
"From this day forward, I, Dugu Yan, sever all ties with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"
"I, Ye Lingling, am no longer a member of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"
Two clear, resolute voices echoed from afar in front of the empty mountain gate.
Just then, a series of rapid and chaotic sounds of horses' hooves and armor clattering came from the tree-lined path deep inside the academy gate!
Prince Xue Xing, dressed in a magnificent purple-gold princely robe, sat astride a tall horse, leading three hundred fully armed imperial guards to the inner side of the mountain gate.
He had originally planned to come at the perfect time to support the Xue Beng and watch the show, but as soon as he reined in the rope, his gaze fell on the bright yellow python-robed corpse in the middle of the steps, its head sunken and lifeless!
"Xue Beng?"
The dignified expression on Prince Xue Xing's face froze instantly. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and when he saw the dragon-patterned jade pendant belonging to the Fourth Prince at the corpse's waist, this powerful prince felt the world spin, letting out a shrill, heart-wrenching roar:
"Xue Beng! My royal nephew!!"
Prince Xue Xing's eyes instantly turned bloodshot and his voice became hoarse, like the howl of a vengeful ghost. "This little beast dared to slaughter a member of the Imperial Family bloodline in the street!! Ironclad Guards, listen to my command! Fire arrows! Turn these madmen into pincushions, leave no one alive!!"
"Promise!!"
Three hundred armored guards from the Prince's Mansion simultaneously dismounted, and two hundred heavy armor-piercing arrows, gleaming with a cold blue light, were instantly nocked, locking onto Su Chen and the five women on the steps from a distance of twenty feet!
Rumble!
Deep within the back mountain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, an extremely dense, dark green Poison Mist suddenly shot into the sky, transforming into a massive, all-encompassing poisonous cloud within just two breaths, completely obscuring the morning sunlight.
A hoarse, arrogant voice boomed like thunder from the heavens. "How dare you! I'd like to see who dares to touch my granddaughter!!"