Chapter 144 Golden Phoenix's Cry

　　Whether it was a錯覺 or not, under that aura, the intuition that Fang Yue had established after cultivating for so long was frantically warning him of danger! It was warning him that as long as he had the slightest excessive behavior, he would be crushed into powder by the aura of the Guardian Stone Lion in an instant, and die on the spot!

　　"Desolate... Bizarre?"

　　"The Guardian Stone Lion is a Bizarre?!"

　　In the desert of the Great Desolation, in the abyss of eternity, one could see the Bizarre!

　　Fang Yue had seen a Bizarre once in the Bizarre ruins of Mo Village, but there was a gap between Bizarre and Bizarre.

　　The aura of this Bizarre named Guardian Stone Lion was so terrifying that it was not on the same level as the Bizarre he had seen before!

　　That terrifying strength, which had been deposited for who knows how many years, was already suffocating people with just its aura!

　　This thing, in a sense, was even more terrifying than immortals!

　　Fortunately, this aura only stayed on him for a moment before quickly dissipating.

　　The pressure suddenly disappeared.

　　*Pfft!*

　　The next moment, the Crown Prince, who was trying his best, spat out a mouthful of black blood on the spot, covered his chest, took two steps back, and stared at Fang Yue with an uncertain expression.

　　Above him, the Guardian Stone Lion, which contained infinite power, had stopped moving and closed its eyes again.

　　Obviously, the Crown Prince's limit was only to make the Guardian Stone Lion do this much.

　　"So you can't control it anymore! No wonder you were just skirmishing with me just now, and never used the power of the Stone Lion!"

　　The Seventh Prince's face showed joy.

　　His battle with the Crown Prince was already in an advantageous position, but because he had been wary of the Crown Prince's desperate move to drive the Guardian Stone Lion to attack, he had always left room for himself.

　　Now, he no longer needed to have any scruples.

　　"Come out, Tian Ruichi!"

　　As the Seventh Prince's voice fell, a figure slowly emerged from the darkness.

　　It was actually... Tian Ruichi!

　　However, at this moment, Tian Ruichi's eyes were dull, and he seemed to have no independent consciousness.

　　"Tian Ruichi?!"

　　Fang Yue's expression was slightly stunned.

　　After the Heavenly Sword Sect was destroyed, he had searched for Tian Ruichi's whereabouts, but it ended without success. He once thought that Tian Ruichi was dead, but he didn't expect to see Tian Ruichi again here, in this way.

　　However, Tian Ruichi at this moment was a little strange.

　　"Don't think about calling him. Tian Ruichi has died once. After being subjected to Niu Zuo's methods, he has returned to my side. Now, he is just a tool that obeys orders, and he doesn't remember what happened between you at all."

　　After a pause, the Seventh Prince poured a bottle of human medicine into Tian Ruichi's mouth, and then circulated his inner strength, striking Tian Ruichi's back with a palm.

　　The next moment, Tian Ruichi, whose strength was originally only low, suddenly experienced a surge in his aura, directly reaching the Rain-level!

　　There were also differences between Rain-level and Rain-level cultivators.

　　He killed Tian Ruichi in the first place because he felt that Tian Ruichi was no longer useful.

　　Later, because of cooperation, Niu Zuo sent Tian Ruichi back to his hands. The Seventh Prince realized that Tian Ruichi, who had been transformed after death, had a great use!

　　That special physique, combined with Niu Zuo's human medicine, could barely reach Rain-level strength. But if he added his own unique cultivation technique and poured in his power, he could go even further on the basis of Rain-level, reaching the strength to look down on veteran Rain-level experts, and possibly even surpass them!

　　However, this state could only last for a very short time, so he had to make a quick decision.

　　He didn't plan to let go of either Fang Yue or the Crown Prince!

　　"Tian Ruichi, attack!"

　　Almost at the instant the Seventh Prince's voice fell, Tian Ruichi moved.

　　He only saw Tian Ruichi slowly raise his right hand, aiming at the Crown Prince.

　　*Tzzt!!*

　　The next moment, before the Crown Prince could understand what had happened, a sword suddenly burst out of his chest.

　　The sword's edge broke through his chest, and blood splattered out.

　　With a dim expression, the Crown Prince knelt on the ground.

　　Blood gushed out of his mouth as he looked up at the Seventh Prince in a daze.

　　"Seventh Brother, do you really want to kill me all?"

　　In response to him, there were only more sword edges that suddenly pierced out of his body. In just an instant, the Crown Prince was covered with swords and fell to the ground, gradually losing his breath.

　　"Is this my... end?"

　　Before his consciousness fell into absolute darkness, he looked at the Destiny Plate in his heart, but the Destiny Plate was still pitch black, and he couldn't see anything at all.

　　The Crown Prince was dead, his death was too sudden, making people a little caught off guard.

　　However, death was death. With the death of the Crown Prince, many people realized the change in the situation.

　　"E-Elder Brother Prince?!"

　　"Impossible! Elder Brother Prince is dead!"

　　"Seventh Prince! What a cruel heart you have! That's your own brother!"

　　"Ahhhh! Avenge Elder Brother Prince!!"

　　Those who could appear in the Holy Stone Forest must be the Crown Prince's confidants.

　　Now that the Crown Prince had fallen, they naturally didn't plan to live anymore. They all roared and shouted like crazy, and rushed towards the Seventh Prince to kill him.

　　However, the Seventh Prince was not flustered at all.

　　"Tian Ruichi!"

　　*Tzzt tzzt tzzt tzzt tzzt!!*

　　Almost at the same time as the Seventh Prince's voice fell, more swords burst out from the bodies of those remnants of the Crown Prince, piercing their bodies and causing fatal injuries.

　　Those who had just been shouting fiercely were now pierced by the sword edges emerging from their bodies, fell to the ground, bleeding profusely, and their breaths gradually weakened.

　　The situation on the field suddenly became clear and bright, and the Seventh Prince's aura reached its peak.

　　"Lord Seventh Prince! Lord Seventh Prince! Lord Seventh Prince!"

　　The Seventh Prince's confidants shouted excitedly, as if the overall situation had been decided.

　　As for Fang Yue and the impostor 'Seventh Prince' who suddenly appeared, they seemed to be nothing to be afraid of.

　　But the Seventh Prince was not satisfied. His target was Captain Wu and Fang Yue.

　　"Nightscale Dawn, you even found a substitute, wanting to replace the real me. And you also wanted to kill me and the Eldest Brother Prince, it seems that your real goal is not simple, are you trying to replace me?"

　　The Seventh Prince didn't plan to leave such a scheming guy alive.

　　Tian Ruichi's peak strength could only exist for a short while.

　　It was now approaching its limit.

　　Therefore, the Seventh Prince had to act fast.

　　Fortunately, Tian Ruichi had no consciousness of his own, and would execute orders when he heard them, without hesitation.

　　"Tian Ruichi, kill them."

　　However, as the Seventh Prince's voice fell, Fang Yue slightly tilted his head, as if expressing confusion.

　　Then, a sword slowly emerged from Fang Yue's chest, seemingly trying to squeeze open Fang Yue's chest skin.

　　But that was all it did. It was completely stuck in Fang Yue's chest. As Fang Yue gently touched the position of his chest, the sword's edge was pressed back into his body. Everything was as natural as if nothing had happened, and there were no more abnormalities.

　　Tian Ruichi's methods were ineffective against Fang Yue!

　　The Seventh Prince's expression changed.

　　Could it be that Tian Ruichi's strength was no longer at the Rain-level?

　　But when he looked at Captain Wu, he was stunned again.

　　Because, Captain Wu's body was sprouting swords, many swords, almost turning Captain Wu into a sword person composed of long swords.

　　If it were a normal person, they would have fallen down at this moment, but although Captain Wu was bleeding a lot, he didn't mean to fall down at all, and even seemed to not care, and said to Fang Yue.

　　"Captain Ye, I'm going to attack."

　　"Yes, for An Dong'er."

　　"For An Dong'er!"

　　The Seventh Prince didn't understand what they were saying, but he keenly noticed one thing, that was that Captain Wu's aura was rapidly weakening.

　　This meant... that Tian Ruichi's attack was effective.

　　Captain Wu was simply holding on strongly!

　　The Seventh Prince suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. It was good as long as the attack worked. It seemed that Fang Yue before was just pretending to be calm. It was estimated that Tian Ruichi had concentrated all his power on the person impersonating him.

　　The attack was too concentrated on one person, which caused the attack on Fang Yue to be not obvious, and it was so easily cracked.

　　Everything seemed to make sense.

　　I was thinking, although it was forced growth to let Tian Ruichi briefly possess the strength of a Rain-level martial artist, this was still a real Rain-level strength attack, how could it be so easily cracked by Nightscale Dawn!

　　Just pretending!

　　The Seventh Prince sneered coldly in his heart, but the next moment, he suddenly widened his eyes, looking at Captain Wu's direction with a face full of disbelief. The intersection of his gaze, all his thoughts, at this moment, were concentrated on Captain Wu, without shifting even half a point!

　　Because, at the instant Captain Wu stood and was submerged by long swords and died.

　　At the instant Captain Wu's aura completely disappeared.

　　The sound of a phoenix's cry suddenly rang out!!

　　*Buzz!!*

　　The clear and extremely strong sound of the phoenix's cry almost vibrated in everyone's eardrums, echoing in every corner of the Holy Stone Forest!

　　Fang Yue knew that this meant that Captain Wu had been reborn again.

　　However, he was no longer surprised. He didn't show anything at all, but the reactions of the other people around him made him feel a little strange.

　　He only saw the Seventh Prince's subordinates who were still besieging them just now all widen their eyes, revealing a face full of disbelief, all staring blankly at Captain Wu, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

　　"G-Golden Phoenix's Cry! It's the bloodline of the royal family! The awakened bloodline of the royal family!"

　　"It's actually the power of the Golden Phoenix! It's the power of the royal family's bloodline! Why does this guy... why does this guy have the power of the royal family's bloodline?!"

　　"Is there any need to ask... there is only one answer, that is that he is the real Lord Seventh Prince, the true orthodoxy of the royal family's bloodline!"

　　"The real Lord Seventh Prince... then the one we are following now, isn't he a fake?"

　　"People can be faked, but the power of the bloodline will never be faked! Why do we follow Lord Seventh Prince, isn't it because he has the orthodox royal bloodline? Now, this real Lord Seventh Prince in front of us is the true orthodoxy!"

　　Coming back to their senses, everyone had already knelt down towards Captain Wu. The scene of everyone kneeling down at the same time stunned both Captain Wu and Fang Yue, and also brought the Seventh Prince back to his senses.

　　*Damn it, I've become a substitute!*

　　The Seventh Prince immediately realized this.

　　He stared at Fang Yue with an extremely gloomy face.

　　The situation had fallen into an absolutely unfavorable state.

　　And what was even more shocking was that behind Fang Yue and the two, the huge Guardian Stone Lion, as if feeling the call of the royal bloodline, slowly opened its eyes.

　　An extremely terrifying ancient aura immediately enveloped the entire field, causing a trace of haze to arise in everyone's hearts, freezing their bodies, and not daring to act rashly.

　　"It's, it's the Guardian Stone Lion!"

　　"As expected, he is the real Lord Seventh Prince!"

　　"Lord Seventh Prince! We are willing to follow you forever!"

　　"Lord Seventh Prince, please allow us to atone for our sins and take down the traitor who is impersonating you for you!"

　　This so-called impersonator, the so-called traitor, naturally referred to the real Seventh Prince, not Captain Wu.

　　The sudden reversal of the situation made the Seventh Prince's face unsightly, and his heart sank.

　　He suddenly went from being sure of victory to being surrounded by enemies on all sides, isolated and helpless.

　　He stared at Fang Yue, clenching his fists.

　　"I didn't expect you to have even calculated this step. In order to get rid of me, you really put in a lot of effort. But even so, with my relationship with Sisi, if you kill me, Sisi will never forgive you!"

　　Tian Ruichi's aura had already begun to rapidly decline due to the side effects of the human medicine and the side effects of his forced growth internal cultivation technique, regressing to Cloud-level strength, and falling towards Human-level strength.

　　But before Tian Ruichi's strength fell to the Human-level, Tian Ruichi's vitality had already been extinguished, he fell to the ground, and he was completely out of breath.

　　The death of a good friend in front of him caused Fang Yue to stare at the Seventh Prince with cold eyes.

　　"Captain Wu, attack, kill him."

　　Receiving Fang Yue's order, Captain Wu rushed up without hesitation.

　　But just after running two steps...

　　*Dong!!*

　　The entire palace suddenly seemed to have encountered some kind of strong impact, shaking violently.

　　Losing their footing, many people fell to the ground on the spot.

　　Before Fang Yue and the others could react.

　　*Dong!!*

　　Another loud crashing sound resounded through every corner of the palace.

　　This time, at the instant the crashing sound fell.

　　*Bang!!*

　　A loud noise of something shattering came from overhead.

　　Fang Yue looked up in confusion, only to see that the protective formation of the Holy Stone Token was rapidly disappearing, and the entire Holy Stone Forest was exposed in the palace.

　　Fang Yue hesitated for a moment, then leaped up, stood in a high place, and looked outside, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

　　He only saw that the protective formation that was originally standing above the palace was actually emitting a large pile of semi-transparent two-dimensional fragments, rapidly collapsing.

　　Emerald green light poured into the palace like a tide as the formation was broken.

　　And along with the emerald green light pouring in, there was also a large amount of blood rain falling from the black clouds!

　　The two were no longer in an antagonistic relationship, but were mutually tolerant, forming a greater disaster!

　　"Captain Ye, what happened?"

　　Captain Wu asked in confusion, but the next instant.

　　*Drip.*

　　Blood-colored rain fell on his body.

　　He, who was still a little confused, immediately changed his face on the spot.

　　"Night Rain?! Why is Night Rain falling here, doesn't the palace have a protective formation!"

　　Captain Wu was only confused and worried, but the others had already turned pale and their faces were full of panic.

　　Blood Rain-level Night Rain had always only been able to be dealt with by Rain-level martial artists.

　　And the people present here couldn't deal with Night Rain at all.

　　Once Night Rain invaded the palace, they had to find a place to take shelter from the rain in time to survive.

　　While everyone's attention was being taken away by the Night Rain, the Seventh Prince was quietly retreating.

　　However, he hadn't retreated much distance.

　　*Tzzt—*

　　The Heavenly Sword, representing the Heavenly Sword Sect's supreme sword, suddenly pierced in from behind him, piercing out from his chest.

　　His pupils shrank, the Seventh Prince widened his eyes, blood gushing out of his mouth. He wanted to say something, wanted to struggle for something, but he was only robbed of everything by a sense of powerlessness. As the Heavenly Sword was pulled out violently, the Seventh Prince's body slowly fell to the ground.

　　And the last thing that was reflected in his eyes was Fang Yue's indifferent gaze as he drew his sword.

　　"The formation is broken, the Night Rain has fallen, then that means, that guy... is coming soon."