Chapter 623: Identity Exposed
Ye Shiyi tore Zhou Duo in half, using what seemed to be all his strength in that strike.
The next moment, his legs gave out, and he collapsed onto the ground.
He felt the gold and black True Qi within his body rapidly fading away, and his transformed body visibly returning to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As it turned out,
Ye Shiyi naturally possessed the Ghost Race's bloodline, and he had been living in the Spirit Dragon Holy Land for more than ten days. His body's affinity with the dense Ghost Qi here synergized in secret, awakening the Ghost Race bloodline within him at an extremely fast rate.
However, because he deliberately suppressed it, no issues had arisen until now.
But earlier, his body had been pierced by dozens of Spirit Swords, and he was on the verge of death. In that critical moment between life and death, his Ghost Race bloodline was suddenly stimulated, which ultimately saved his life.
Outside the Mount Sumeru grounds, the Cultivators watching the battle exchanged glances, sinking into a silence as profound as death.
"Damn,"
"What just happened?"
There's a whole four levels of difference between the First Layer and Fifth Layer of the Meridian Opening Realm.
Although there have been instances of a four-level gap being overcome, each of those in history were extraordinary geniuses destined to become Great Emperors.
This Thirteenth Prince was clearly determined to be only a Chen Grade Level talent, a total waste; how could he possibly have killed Zhou Duo?
All the Cultivators fell silent.
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If one were to say who was the happiest, it would undoubtedly be Yang Guang. His grandson had been killed by Zhou Duo, and he had longed to personally execute the latter.
Yet, unexpectedly, this Zhou Duo had been reversed-killed by a kid only at the First Layer of the Meridian Opening Realm.
He couldn't help but clap his hands and exclaim loudly, "Good! Good! Good! This kid is impressive."
Zhou Duo's grandfather, full of fury, glared with rage-filled eyes and roared violently, "Whose brat is this? I will skin him alive myself!"
Unlike Yang Guang, only a disciple of his had died. Though Yang Guang appeared very angry on the surface, he was more interested in leveraging the situation for some advantage.
But Zhou Duo was his cherished grandson, with whom he shared a blood connection. His anger was genuine and intense.
"Hehe, this kid is pretty good. No matter which branch he belongs to, I will definitely protect him," Yang Guang countered.
The grudge between the two men was well established.
"Elder, it's the Thirteenth Prince!"
At that moment, a Cultivator from the Heavenly Sword Sect's Earth Branch approached Zhou Tian and cautiously said, "Elder, this is the Thirteenth Prince of the Heavenly Sword Gate's main family!"
"What? He's from the main family?"
Zhou Tian was slightly stunned and looked up at the numerous Supreme Saints on the high platform.
There was a Supreme Saint from the main family among them.
"Are you sure he's from the main family?" Zhou Tian asked.
The Cultivator promptly recounted the events of climbing the mountain together with Qinchuan and others in detail to Zhou Tian.
In conclusion, he said, "Elder Zhou, my words are absolutely true, without any falsehood."
Zhou Tian hadn't expected that his grandson would be killed by someone from the main family.
Still, he steeled himself and bellowed boldly, "Dammit, if he is from our own Sect, then this brat must provide me with an explanation for killing my grandson, regardless of whether he's the Thirteenth Prince or the Fourteenth Prince!"
He completely forgot that from beginning to end, it was Zhou Duo who had instigated the entire affair.
With that, he flew toward a Supreme Saint in a fit of rage, shouting loudly, "Elder Bai, someone from your main family killed my grandson, and you must provide me with an explanation. Otherwise, don't blame me for disregarding any brotherly fellowship!"
"Oh? Elder Zhou, why do you say this?" Elder Bai, high above, was naturally unaware that several Cultivators labeled as Chen Grade Level waste had been widespread among the Cultivators, all claiming to be their Thirteenth Prince.
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Elder Bai was still completely clueless at this moment, not understanding why Zhou Tian would say that it was someone from the main sect who had killed his grandson.
"Wasn't your grandson killed by this strange kid? What do you want with me?" Elder Bai said with a cold face.
"You... you..."
"Your main sect is truly bullying too far!"
Zhou Tian, gasping for breath in anger, pointed at Elder Bai with a shaky hand and said.
"I had long known that this boy is your main sect's thirteenth prince. Now that it has come to this, you still want to deny it?"
Zhou Tian shouted furiously, he could not believe Elder Bai would take such an attitude.
Not only did the other party kill his grandson, but they also had the audacity to act as though it was none of their business afterward. This was a great insult to him.
"Thirteenth prince? How could this boy be the thirteenth prince of my main sect?"
Elder Bai shook his head indifferently and spoke.
"Before I left, the sect master entrusted me with taking special care of the thirteenth prince. However, I was delayed due to matters along the way and had Third Elder Liu accompany the thirteenth prince here.
Speaking of which, I haven't even seen the thirteenth prince myself. I was just about to inquire with Elder He Qianshan."
Elder Bai spoke convincingly, not seeming to put on an act.
This made Zhou Tian pause in surprise, "Is what you're saying true? This boy really isn't the thirteenth prince from your sect?"
"With my status, why would I lie to you?" Elder Bai said coldly.
Since Elder Bai spoke this way, Zhou Tian naturally had no more doubts. His heart skipped a beat.
His mind was sharp; he immediately guessed that the thirteenth prince had been impersonated by someone else.
Without delay, he shared everything he knew with Elder Bai.
"So it seems, your main sect's thirteenth prince is probably in great danger."
"What? How is that possible?" Elder Bai heard this for the first time and said in disbelief, "How could anyone dare to touch a person from my Heavenly Sword Gate in the Heavenly Mountain Domain, with a Great Saint accompanying the thirteenth prince?"
Although Elder Bai said this, a bad premonition also rose in his heart because he indeed had not seen the thirteenth prince and his people just now.
Immediately, Elder Bai found He Qianshan to confirm the identity of the youth who had slain Zhou Duo.
Spirit Dragon Holy Land had records of many participating geniuses, and He Qianshan quickly brought over two Great Saints who were on guard at the gate that day.
From the mouths of the two Great Saints, Elder Bai learned in shock that this boy was using the identity of the thirteenth prince of the Heavenly Sword Gate.
"Xiaoshi, go and find out what happened to the thirteenth prince, promptly!" Elder Bai's expression was extremely grim.
"Yes!" In the distance, the Saint who was addressed as Xiaoshi took the order and fled outside the gates of the Spirit Dragon Holy Land.
There is only one path from the main branch of the Heavenly Sword Gate to the Spirit Dragon Holy Land. If he searches along the way, he will surely find clues.
"What's the situation? Those few useless kids aren't from the Heavenly Sword Gate?"
The voices of the various Great Saints echoed loudly, and all the cultivators in the vicinity could hear them clearly.
The cultivators were all shocked.
"Holy shit, did I hear that right?"
"These few actually impersonated the thirteenth prince!"
"These people are too audacious, aren't they? They actually dared to kill the thirteenth prince, steal his identity, and then boldy enter Mount Sumeru?
After entering Mount Sumeru, their identity would surely be exposed. Don't they know that even if they are lucky enough to leave Mount Sumeru, they will not escape the suppression of the many Supreme Saints guarding the perimeter?"
In the Heavenly Mountain Domain, the three major sects are the law, and others avoid them at all costs. It was beyond everyone's comprehension how these few cultivators could be so bold as to provoke the Heavenly Sword Gate.
"Is it because they have a Great Saint with them?"
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