By the time Xu Tianran reached the quiet street outside Prince Purple Brilliant's Manor, he had completely relaxed.
Just then, an almost imperceptible whistle suddenly cut through the air.
The next instant, a palace shadow guard who had been secretly protecting Xu Tianran cried out, "Your Highness, watch out!"
Xu Tianran's heart tightened slightly. His body reacted before his mind could catch up, and he rolled to the side almost instinctively-a slender, pitch-black needle grazed his ear and embedded itself in a crack in the bluestone wall behind him.
Shock and fury instantly crossed Xu Tianran's face.
Someone was actually trying to assassinate him?
Without hesitation, Xu Tianran unleashed his purple brilliant heaven destroying dragon martial soul. Fine dragon scales appeared across his body, a purple-gold halo rippled over him, and six soul rings rose beneath his feet: two yellow, two purple, and two black.
At eighteen, Xu Tianran had already attained the cultivation of a Soul Emperor!
In fact, Xu Tianran's talent for cultivation was by no means lacking. In the original story, he had broken through to the Titled Douluo realm in his thirties, despite having suffered grievous injuries and lost the use of both legs. That alone proved his talent fully deserved the word "genius."
Right now, however, the cultivation of a Six-Ring Soul Emperor was nowhere near enough.
Several ghostlike figures appeared at either end of the street. All wore black, and their leader held a long black saber, with a full eight soul rings appearing beneath his feet!
An Eight-Ring Soul Douluo!
The others were no weaklings either. There were six Soul Saints and three Soul Douluos in total!
Although Xu Chengjing had assigned several palace shadow guards to protect Xu Tianran after he inherited the title of Prince Purple Brilliant, their strength clearly fell