The moment Ye Tian spoke, the entire gathering fell deathly silent, and an uncanny atmosphere spread.
"Young Master Ye, do you know what you're saying?"
"You publicly slandered our Cyancloud Crown Prince! Even if you are the heir of the Eternal Ye Family, don't think you can walk away unscathed!"
The two young guards shouted their rebukes and stepped in front of the Cyancloud Crown Prince, anger blazing in their eyes.
They protected the crown prince and rarely left his side. Yet today, someone had accused him of not being the real Cyancloud Crown Prince. It was utter nonsense.
Yet Ye Tian's eyes flickered, a trace of killing intent flashing silently through them as the corners of his lips lifted.
"Who gave you the right to speak here?"
As his words fell, a streak of sword light shattered heaven and earth and tore through the void, bursting into dazzling radiance within this space.
Before the two guards could even scream, they were slashed into nothingness.
The sight left the young prodigies present utterly dumbstruck.
"How is that possible? Those two were the crown prince's personal guards! They had already reached the Saint King realm and were about to break through to Saint Emperor, yet they couldn't withstand a single blow!"
"No! Those two guards were beyond the reach of ordinary supreme prodigies. For them to be killed so effortlessly can only mean that Ye Tian's true combat strength is beyond imagination. He can crush Saint Kings with ease!"
"He killed two Saint Kings in the flick of a finger. Is this Ye Tian's strength? It seems he was holding back earlier. Otherwise, those two Dragon Clan prodigies would surely have died."
The young disciples below the platform debated fiercely, their gazes upon Ye Tian filled with shock, excitement, fear, and