In front of the Great Sun Realm Lord and Feng Ming Wu Liang, he ruined a grand royal wedding.
This was not merely a slap in the face to all the nobles present.
It was a slap across the face of the Emperor himself.
The entire venue fell into dead silence, like a city of the deceased.
People stared at the eighteen neatly aligned corpses on the ground, their hearts pounding violently.
These were all disciples of the Divine Phoenix Academy, eighteen warriors with cultivation at the Ten Directions Heaven realm or higher, yet Ling Xiao had killed them with such ease.
Many people had heard of Ling Xiao’s various heroic feats and knew he was the Heavenly Emperor who overthrew the True Demon Empire and founded the Heavenly Dynasty Empire.
But those events were, after all, only rumours.
They could not necessarily be taken as truth.
Today, however, they witnessed a domineering Heavenly Emperor who dared to kill for the sake of his subjects.
He dared to offend the Emperor for the sake of his friends.
Only this kind of dominance truly befitted the title “Heavenly Emperor”.
All the halos that had once belonged to Ji Ming Xing now rested entirely upon Ling Xiao.
He was the number one genius of the Heavenly Dragon Continent.
He was the once-in-a-millennium prodigy.
Many people trembled inwardly as a terrifying possibility occurred to them.
Since Ling Xiao dared to kill Ji Ming Xing today, would he one day dare to kill even the Emperor Feng Ming Wu Liang?
No, he would definitely dare.
This fellow had no inhibitions whatsoever.
Feng Yin Shan had vanished at some unknown point.
He had done what needed to be done. Knowing that today’s events would not end peacefully, he chose to observe developments from the shadows.
A powerful killing intent shone in the cold eyes of the Great Sun Realm Lord.
Yet he did not move.
He knew that if he did, he would die.
A gentleman’s revenge could wait ten years. He refused to believe that Yue Nü could protect Ling Xiao forever.
“Ling Xiao, you will pay the price.”
He turned and departed through the air. He intended to summon all his friends from the martial world and issue a kill order against Ling Xiao.
At any cost.
Yet midway through the sky, his body suddenly split in two.
The shadow of death enveloped him completely.
“You are not playing by the rules!”
In the instant before death, the Great Sun Realm Lord still could not believe that Yue Nü had actually struck and killed him.
Without the slightest mercy.
“Idiot.”
Ling Xiao glanced indifferently at the Great Sun Realm Lord, then beckoned with his hand. A black shadow shot through the air and retrieved the storage ring from the body.
This old fellow had roamed the martial world for decades. He must have many valuable possessions.
“Sister Yue Nü, let us return.”
Having killed Ji Ming Xing, Ling Xiao had accomplished what he came here to do. There was no need to remain.
The crowd parted to make a path for him.
No one dared to block them.
Ji Ming Xing had been killed.
The Great Sun Realm Lord had been killed.
Only a fool would confront such a fiend.
Yet once they left the Holy Son’s residence, Ling Xiao discovered a fully armed force of several thousand men appearing on the long street.
“By order of the Emperor, apprehend the traitor Ling Xiao!”
Feng Ming Wu Liang had actually issued such a command?
Ling Xiao could not help but sneer coldly.
It seemed Feng Ming Wu Liang had summoned reinforcements and planned to capture him in one fell swoop.
“That old thing has arrived.”
Yue Nü looked up at the sky. A powerful aura was spreading through the heavens.
“Sister Yue Nü, go meet him. Remember not to get injured.”
Ling Xiao smiled.
“What about you? There are so many of them. Can you handle it?”
Yue Nü asked with concern.
“What does it matter how many there are? They are nothing but useless rice buckets.”
Ling Xiao replied calmly.
Useless rice buckets?
He actually called the Justice Divine Guards under the Emperor useless rice buckets?
This was an elite force whose members all possessed cultivation at the Half-Step Cave Heaven realm.
Though they were merely peripheral members of the Justice Divine Guards, more than a thousand Half-Step Cave Heaven realm warriors would be more than enough. Even if Ling Xiao truly possessed First Cave Heaven realm cultivation, he could not possibly be their match.
Moreover, it was doubtful whether Ling Xiao was truly that powerful.
“Be careful, then.”
Yue Nü nodded lightly, then shot into the sky.
Although she did not know how Feng Ming Wu Liang had persuaded that old ancestor to act, since the old fellow had emerged, Yue Nü had to confront him.
Perhaps because of the sudden appearance of more than a thousand Justice Divine Guards.
And because Yue Nü had left, the young warriors of the Divine Phoenix Academy suddenly regained their courage.
They circled around from behind, surrounding Ling Xiao, Long Chen, and Leng Mei. The air filled with furious and icy killing intent.
No matter what, Ji Ming Xing had been one of their Divine Phoenix Academy members, and a Star Phoenix Son at that.
For Ling Xiao to kill him so casually showed utter disregard for them.
Only Peng Yue, Jia Tian Feng, and Kong Ming, those three cunning foxes, did not act immediately. They continued to observe.
No one knew what other trump cards Ling Xiao might hold.
Ling Xiao looked at the thousand-man commander of the Justice Divine Guards and revealed a contemptuous smile.
Then he turned to the Divine Phoenix Academy disciples behind him, his smile growing even brighter.
Within his arrogance lay unparalleled dominance.
“Feng Ming Wu Liang, does this mean he intends to become my open enemy?”
Ling Xiao said calmly.
“With just you, you think yourself worthy to be mentioned in the same breath as the Emperor?”
The thousand-man commander of the Justice Divine Guards looked at Ling Xiao arrogantly.
He himself was a First Cave Heaven realm warrior, and his subordinates were all Half-Step Cave Heaven realm warriors. He refused to believe that so many of them could not eliminate a single Ling Xiao.
“Whether I am worthy is not for you to decide.”
Ling Xiao replied calmly. “You may think that as a Cave Heaven realm warrior you are very powerful, but you do not know how many warriors like you I killed back in Sin City.”
“Nonsense! The only reason you have achieved anything, Ling Xiao, is because of Yue Nü. Now that she has gone, if you do not surrender immediately, we shall execute you on the spot!”
In the eyes of this thousand-man commander, the rumours of those whom Ling Xiao had killed were actually the work of Yue Nü. Only this explanation made sense.
Ling Xiao said nothing more. A calm smile appeared on his face.
Perfect. He had just comprehended the seventh profound meaning of light and shadow, and he wanted to test its power.
The more enemies this profound meaning faced, the greater its might became.
Therefore, he had no fear of their numbers.
Since they had completely torn face, he would simply kill. He wanted to see just how far Feng Ming Wu Liang could go.
“Prince Yin Shan of the Hidden Mountain, the Justice Divine Guards are rebelling and attempting to murder a prince of the Divine Phoenix Empire. What do you think I should do?”
Ling Xiao looked towards a restaurant in the distance.
It stood very high, and Feng Yin Shan sat beside a table, watching the situation unfold.
Hearing Ling Xiao’s words, he gave a wry smile. Ling Xiao was forcing him to declare his stance.
“Kill without mercy!”
His cold voice drifted down from the restaurant. “The Justice Divine Guards are the secret army that protects the Divine Phoenix Empire. Their status is exalted, but if they rebel, they shall be executed all the same.”
“That is perfect.”
Ling Xiao naturally could not let Feng Yin Shan remain idle. After all, he and Feng Yin Shan were allies, and he intended to make full use of this advantage.
If he was going to kill, he needed a justifiable reason. That way, no one could later claim he was in the wrong.
The face of the thousand-man commander of the Justice Divine Guards instantly turned ashen. He glanced at the distant restaurant, then declared, “We are acting on the Emperor’s direct order to apprehend Ling Xiao.”
