The Slaughter Dao Physique awakened-slaughter born to protect!

Xie Qianli scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.

Below, Ming Ji and Lin Chen were already locked in battle, the power of nether annihilation and heavenly lightning swirling over the battlefield.

At first, the two fought evenly, but the lightning arts were pure, and heavenly lightning was inherently a power that suppressed evil. It gradually pressed down the power of nether annihilation.

Ming Ji could not help growing irritated. This heavenly lightning power left him unable to fight freely.

Behind them, both groups had also clashed, attempting to share some of the pressure on their respective fighters.

After several exchanges, both men retreated.

A voice rang out.

"All of you, stop! Let me see who dares touch my people right under my nose."

Another voice followed close behind.

"Sixth brother, you haven't been taking very good care of your subordinates."

The fifth prince and sixth prince of the Heavenly Star Imperial Dynasty had arrived at the battlefield!

Two figures stepped out of their sedan chairs and stood on opposite sides, looking at each other from afar.

At the sight of that figure, intense killing intent filled An Xuchen's eyes.

"The sixth prince, the sixth prince..."

"Kill him! Kill him!"

This urge to slaughter had already affected An Xuchen, and her pupils actually turned blood-red.

Ye Wanwan's expression changed. "This is bad. The shock of seeing the sixth prince in person has actually triggered the awakening of an undiscovered physique within her."

"And judging by this, this physique is terribly violent and powerful. If she can't endure it, she may lose her life."

At that moment, not a trace of emotion remained on An Xuchen's face, only coldness and utter indifference.

Her body trembled slightly, layers of blood Qi swirling around her. Had it not been night, even the sky here might have been tinged with blood.

An Xuchen sank into an illusion. Within it, he returned once again to that dark night.

The scene of An Xuchen's family being murdered appeared before her eyes over and over.

Her expression grew crazed, and she was on the verge of descending into madness.

Ye Wushuang's eyes narrowed slightly, and the hand at his side lifted a little.

Ye Wushuang came to An Xuchen's side. He lowered his head slightly and placed his hand on her shoulder.

His imposing presence suddenly spread as he activated his Chaos Physique!

As the acknowledged king among countless physiques, the Chaos Physique unleashed its presence in direct suppression.

As though it had encountered something terrifying, An Xuchen's awakening physique quieted down.

Yet An Xuchen had already sunk into the slaughter illusion. Even though her awakening physique was no longer flaring, she still did not escape.

Ye Wushuang swept his gaze over her, unleashed his presence fully, and spoke those words again, sending them into her sea of consciousness.

"From now on, you are my girl. You will work for me."

Within the slaughter illusion, An Xuchen possessed boundless strength this time, slaughtering those invaders over and over.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Her mind was already on the verge of falling.

At the last moment, just as she was about to lose herself, a voice reached her.

"From now on, you are my girl."

Her eyes were no longer vacant, becoming clear.

She would avenge her family!

She would also follow her lord!

Her resolve in this life was to protect her lord!

An Xuchen's tightly closed eyes slowly opened. Though she stood motionless, killing intent had already swept in every direction.

Though her eyes were stained with blood-red, they were now filled with clarity.

Only when that killing intent approached Ye Wushuang did it slowly withdraw.

The slaughter Dao physique!

Awakened!

As the Ye Lineage's Throne of Order, Ye Wanwan was also widely knowledgeable, and she recognized the physique An Xuchen had awakened.

"To think this beautiful young woman would awaken a physique like this."

This physique had fairly obvious drawbacks. Its bearer's emotions were easily influenced by killing intent, making them prone to losing control and becoming a killing machine that knew only slaughter.

In exchange, it granted an immense increase in combat strength to its bearer.

Boundless killing intent suppressed enemies before the fighting even began. The stronger the killing intent, the more fiercely its bearer could fight.

Its bearer could be called invincible within the same realm, and fighting across realms was as simple as eating and drinking.

What surprised Ye Wanwan most was that An Xuchen had actually mastered such a physique upon her first awakening without losing control.

After all, many tragedies had occurred when this physique awakened.

Several previous bearers of the slaughter Dao physique had slaughtered everyone around them upon awakening.

They had planted deep-rooted heart demons within themselves, making it difficult ever to control their killing intent again.

Yet Ye Wanwan did not know that An Xuchen's resolve to live for Ye Wushuang had long since filled her heart, suppressing everything else.

An Xuchen gazed at Ye Wushuang in a daze.

Her slaughter Dao physique had actually been born to protect!

Her path of protection was to kill every enemy on Ye Wushuang's road ahead!

The powerful disturbance erupting here also drew the attention of both groups.

They all looked toward these people.

"Who are you, and what are your intentions?"

"Watching the two of us fight-could you be planning to launch a sneak attack at the end?"

Ye Wanwan flashed forward, appearing before everyone.

"Everyone, it's quite lively here. I've come to see what interesting things are happening too," Ye Wanwan said softly.

Seeing that the newcomer was Ye Wanwan, both the fifth prince and sixth prince faltered, not daring to offend her further.

At this critical juncture, if they offended this cherished daughter of the Ye Lineage and left her with a bad impression of them,

their road to seizing the throne would likely become even more difficult.

Ye Wanwan winked at Ye Wushuang.

Ye Wushuang understood as well and chuckled. "Then I'll play along with you and have some fun."

He turned and, pretending to exert force, sent Xie Qianli flying.

Xie Qianli played along too, flying straight to the sixth prince's side.

"Your Highness, Sixth Prince, I'm joining you today! This man has gone too far!"

Feigning rage, Xie Qianli shouted at Ye Wushuang, "I was clearly the one who saved the girl, yet you swooped in halfway and snatched her away! I hate this!"

Ye Wushuang had told Xie Qianli beforehand to find an excuse to pretend to fall out with them and join the sixth prince.

Ye Wushuang regretted not giving Xie Qianli an excuse beforehand.

Xie Qianli had actually come up with such a terrible, melodramatic excuse.

Coupled with Xie Qianli's tearful performance, it made Ye Wushuang's vision darken. He could only give a bitter laugh.

Beside the sixth prince, the imperial elder who had been beaten that day stepped forward to report something.

He told the sixth prince that Xie Qianli was a descendant of the Xie Family, an Emperor Clan in the south.

Hearing that he came from the Xie Family, the sixth prince's eyes lit up. At a time like this, he had to try to win over anyone he could.

"Brother, isn't it just a woman? My estate offers generous treatment. How about becoming my guest retainer?" the sixth prince said.

"As long as there's enough to eat, I certainly won't fail in my important duty."

Xie Qianli replied, looking as though he had met someone who truly understood him.

At the same time, Xie Qianli thought sinisterly, I certainly won't fail in my important duty of stabbing you in the back.

On the other side, the fifth prince frowned slightly when he saw that the sixth prince had recruited a heaven's chosen.

Ye Wanwan smiled faintly at Shen Lingyue beside her and said mischievously, "Did you think this scheme ended here?"