"Ultimate Ice!"
"That was definitely Ultimate Ice, wasn't it?!"
Yan Shaozhe sprang to his feet, staring in disbelief at Ye Xiao, who was giving off an aura of extreme frost on the sky screen.
"A gifted young genius is at just the age to go astray. Yan Shaozhe, once the sky screen ends, go out and search for this child with Elder Song."
Mu En narrowed his eyes.
Ye Xiao's talent was indeed heaven-defying, but a grave mistake had already been made, and now they could only stand against each other!
What, you said this was a grudge between Ye Xiao and Tang San, and their families should be left out of it?
Don't make Grandpa Mu laugh. That kid was the sort who killed without batting an eye!
He was a jianghu villain through and through!
Just look at what that kid did on the sky screen!
Never mind that Ye Xiao had given Huo Yuhao a chance. In fact, rather than giving them a chance, Mu En thought it looked more like Ye Xiao had been making Huo Yuhao and the others choose a side.
If they sided with Tang San, death was their only choice!
Maybe he was trying to cultivate an image back then too?
Just like when he faced Xu Tianran, was he crafting an image of himself as pure as ice and clean as jade, even though there was no one else around him?
Mu En's expression suddenly turned strange. This man was possessed!
["Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"Assassin!"
Cries of alarm rose one after another. A white-haired swordsman, his face impassive and an ice sword in hand, stepped into the great hall.
And on the throne sat Xu Lin, his face frighteningly pale!
"Ye Xiao!"
"What are you doing?!"
Jing Hongchen's expression changed drastically. He had never imagined that Ye Xiao would actually burst into the imperial palace with a sword!
"The emperor is without virtue, the people have no means of living, and he colludes with evil to bring chaos to the world!"
"I've come to carry out justice on Heaven's behalf!"
Ye Xiao stood in righteous indignation, cold Qi surging around him as the temperature in the great hall plummeted!
"How dare you!"
"Guards! Seize this madman!"
Xu Lin's face darkened, boundless cold rising from the bottom of his heart!
He knew something of Ye Xiao. This man was deep and calculating, making his plans before taking action. Since he dared come to the imperial palace alone to assassinate him, he most likely had something to rely on!
As Xu Lin's words fell, the atmosphere in the great hall instantly turned murderous!
A squad of guards carrying fine Soul Tool equipment rushed into the great hall and surrounded Ye Xiao at its center!
Some of the ministers turned ashen!
Each of them looked for a suitable place to take shelter!
No matter how you looked at it, the bastard was starting a fight in the imperial palace?
"Old emperor, you colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult and treated the common people as blood food. Did you ever think this day would come?!"
Ye Xiao twirled his sword and studied the guards surrounding him, deep in thought.
He couldn't help finding it a little funny.
Truth be told, if these people had fired at him out in the open, he might have dodged, but surrounding him?
Then I'll hold back a little and let them see clearly how I counter Soul Tools...
Ye Xiao gave an inconspicuous glance at Jing Hongchen, who had hidden behind a pillar.
His main purpose in coming this time wasn't to kill, but to take the city.
So some of the ministers could be kept around. As long as they hadn't committed any fundamental offenses, such as colluding with Evil Soul Masters, Ye Xiao couldn't be bothered to dwell on whether they had shown favoritism or perverted the law.
Besides, the little looks-lover of Jing Hongchen's family was on good terms with him...]
At the Sun Moon Royal Academy, Meng Hongchen, who had still been staring intently at Ye Xiao's figure, suddenly looked clear-eyed.
Could this little looks-lover be me?
Meng Hongchen blinked, her heart suddenly filled with sweetness.
Ye Xiao had given her such an affectionate nickname, which meant they were sure to be very close in the future!
"Good heavens~"
Xiao Hongchen's mouth twitched as he watched Meng Hongchen fall into another lovestruck daze.
The sky screen seemed to be saying their grandfather was going to rebel!
And all she cared about right now was her young sweetheart?
Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the Sun Moon Imperial Palace instantly turned strange as well.
The ministers looked at one another, their gazes full of meaning.
Old Liu, knowing you, if Ye Xiao wins, you really will surrender, won't you?
Minister Chen, a second-rank official, seemed to be teasing Minister Liu, who was also a second-rank official, with his eyes.
"Ahem, Your Majesty, in my opinion, future events cannot be taken as certain..."
Jing Hongchen cupped his hands and bowed respectfully to Xu Lin.
While his counterpart on the sky screen hadn't done anything yet, securing a chance to save his own life was the most important thing!
Yes, putting himself in his counterpart's shoes, if Ye Xiao really won and was on good terms with his granddaughter, Jing Hongchen suspected that his counterpart on the sky screen might really be the first to surrender!
Besides, after seeing Ye Xiao come in, his counterpart's first reaction had actually been to try to talk him into leaving?
That said a great deal!
"Hall Master Hongchen makes a sound point!"
Whoosh!
In the great hall, nearly two-thirds of the ministers dropped to their knees and respectfully voiced their agreement.
"You lot!"
Xu Lin's vision went dark. Looking at the mass of officials kneeling before him, he felt that his empire had rotted to the core!
Unsurprisingly, these were all the people who thought they would surrender to Ye Xiao...
"Your Majesty, it is ultimately unwise to judge the present by future events..."
"The future is unpredictable to begin with, and now that we already know what it holds, changing it is not possible either..."
The Sun Moon prime minister spoke calmly, giving both the officials and Xu Lin a way to save face.
"Enough!"
"The sky screen is the sky screen, and reality is reality."
"The sky screen has revealed future events, and I will not pursue them any further. But if anyone dares betray the nation now, I will have them put to death!"
Xu Lin's gaze turned cold. He could never have acted against so many ministers in the first place.
And with the prime minister offering him a way out, he took it without hesitation.
Even so, he had made a note of this!
Ji, Jing, Ran: ???
[Boom!
A searing beam shot from a guard's bracer, heading straight for Ye Xiao's forehead!
Unhurried, Ye Xiao raised his sword and slashed!
The finger-thick beam was instantly cleaved in two!
Boom!
The split beams veered off in all directions, causing violent explosions throughout the imperial palace!
Jing Hongchen, whose head had nearly been blown off, fell on his backside and couldn't help giving Ye Xiao an aggrieved look.
The next moment, the captain of the guards, wielding a level-five Sword of Judgment, stepped forward. His face instantly became immensely aged!
Blazing white light rose from the sword!
"Sword of Judgment: first it infuses its target with the power of darkness, then passes judgment with light..."
"Let's try it out!"
Ye Xiao laughed heartily and spread his arms, leaving himself wide open to receive the Sword of Judgment's judgment!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
"For His Majesty!"
Under the cover of countless laser beams, the captain of the guards let out a shout, and his entire body abruptly vaporized!
The blazing white light stabbed toward Ye Xiao without meeting any resistance!
At the same time, fierce sword Qi lit up around Ye Xiao!
Rings of blue-white sword Qi surrounded him!
Clang!
Ye Xiao neither dodged nor evaded, deliberately taking the Sword of Judgment's attack with his chest!
The next moment, dust billowed everywhere!]