The Crown Prince and Kong Ning

"Hyah!"

Wei Qing, who was driving the Crown Prince's carriage, shouted and brought his raised whip down on the horses, but his scalp immediately went numb.

The iron sword at his waist flew from its sheath.

At the same time, the carriage shattered, accompanied by a muffled sound from the Crown Prince.

Wei Qing saw a flash of multicolored light, and the carriage he was driving had already been smashed to pieces.

Inside the carriage, golden light rose from the Crown Prince's entire body, while lines of talismanic script wound ceaselessly around him.

"How dare you, you wicked woman!"

Rage flickered in the Crown Prince's eyes, mixed with a trace of fear and dread.

Never before had he been so close to death.

In that instant, the Crown Prince had felt her intent to kill him all too clearly.

Had he not reported to Emperor Jing before leaving the palace, and had Emperor Jing not repeatedly armed him to the teeth, the Crown Prince knew he would have died in that attack.

But his heart was also extremely heavy.

The talismans on him were precious, and he also had protective treasures.

But many of those treasures required Law Power as a mark before they could be activated.

He had yet to reach Realm Entry, and he had only a sliver of Law Power nurtured within his body.

That sliver was barely enough to activate the many talismans, but it could not sustain their effects for long.

A few days ago, the Crown Prince would still have had a way.

But now, his Spirit-Communicating Jade, which had supplied him with a steady stream of Law Power, had turned into a useless piece of jade.

Without Law Power to sustain them, the talismans were like rootless duckweed.

Perhaps if Kong Ning attacked