Chapter 1242 – Deterrence

　　The Cloud Dragon Heavenly Emperor had personally struck, yet the crowd hadn’t even been able to lock down his figure up until now, enough to see just how terrifying the other party’s strength was.

　　”My goodness, to be able to injure someone with just a killing aura from so far away?

　　How terrifying is this strength!”

　　The crowd of the Eight Sect no longer even had the courage to open their mouths, it seemed that making themselves lose their presence as much as possible was the only way for them to protect themselves at this moment.

　　Everyone instinctively moved a few points closer towards Xu Yang’s side, and it was at this time that everyone gradually realized that while this killing aura was certainly powerful, the only fluctuation that had truly struck out to injure someone was the one locked onto the king’s body, while everyone else, including Xu Yang, had not been injured by this force in the slightest.

　　”Adverse son!

　　So many years have not meddled in the affairs of the court, I thought that you really have the intention to wander between the rivers and lakes, want to stay away from the power strife above the court, but let me not expect, that the deepest hidden is actually you!”

　　This voice was cold to the extreme, but it gave off a strong majesty that was not angry, and it was undoubtedly the voice of the Cloud Dragon Heavenly Emperor.

　　And as this sound wave gradually approached the ears of the crowd, at the end of the tunnel with the water dragon fountains on both sides, the middle-aged man wearing a golden robe slowly appeared.

　　Not quite the same as imagined, this middle-aged man had a beard, his long hair draped over his shoulders looked a bit messy, and not as exquisite as this golden dragon robe he was wearing.

　　But the details on this man’s eyebrows seemed to have very few polished and decorated traces.

　　With his tall body and robust silhouette, the most impressive thing was his eyebrows.

　　Flickering with the light of the stars and the moon, just a glance at him could make one’s heart tremble with fear.

　　”Father, please don’t be angry!

　　What my son has done is out of necessity!”

　　The Fifth Prince had already been scared into silence, furtively lying on the ground, allowing the churning qi and blood in his body to continue to gush out, but he already had no choice.

　　He knew very well that if he really angered himself as his father, the Queen’s fruit could be imagined, even if it was his own son, no one would dare to offend his majesty.

　　What really worried the king was the way his father treated Xu Yang and the people in his team, along the way, the king already had a full understanding of Xu Yang’s strength.

　　He has a hundred reasons to believe that if Xu Yang is really serious, even his own father, I am afraid that he may not be able to withstand the sharpness of his sword.

　　But if the two sides were really at war to that extent, the end of both sides would be a truly devastating blow to the king.

　　In any case, these two people can’t have a head-on conflict.

　　This was the only thing that the Fifth Prince wished for at this moment.

　　He would rather take all the blame on himself alone than see his father treat Xu Yang as his rival.

　　”It’s all my son’s fault, I ask Father Emperor to chastise me, but please Father Emperor must not chastise these people I brought with me, if it wasn’t for them, I’m afraid that this time around, Fourth Brother would have already fallen on top of the Seven Extremities Mountain.”

　　As expected, after hearing these words from the Fifth Prince, the expression on his face did not change much, in fact, with the means of the Cloud Dragon Heavenly Emperor he had already known everything that had happened on the Seven Extremities Mountain.

　　Of course there was no need for the fifth prince to waste any words, all the schemes and means he had seen in his eyes, how could he not be clear, this time the loss of the Seven Extremities Mountain Sword Questioning was the fourth prince’s own fault, but what shocked Yunlong Celestial Emperor was that this Xu Yang actually did have the ability to pacify the Seven Extremities Mountain’s chaos by virtue of his own strength.

　　”Oh?

　　So these partners you brought with you are really a bit strong?

　　Then let me personally take a look to see if they really have the strength to pacify the Seven Extremities Mountain Sword Sect by themselves as you said, or if these people are merely an excuse for you to murder your brothers.”

　　The Cloud Dragon Heavenly Emperor grandly used the king’s tone to find a pretext, on the one hand hiding the fact that he had already known the battle of the Seven Jaded Mountain like the back of his hand, on the other hand also finding a seemingly perfect opportunity to take a shot at Xu Yang and the others to conduct some tests.

　　What kind of tacit understanding did Xu Yang and Little Flower have?

　　Without the need for any verbal exchange of ideas, they took a few steps back to the front of the Eight Sect team, leaving the main battlefield at the front to Xu Yang alone, while he himself stayed behind to protect the rest of his teammates.

　　Little Flower knew very well that this level of confrontation, the stage could only belong to Xu Yang alone, even if he himself was not too much weaker than Xu Yang’s strength, but also did not have the qualifications to make a move.

　　There was no doubt that this should be a duel that belonged between a king and a king.

　　One representing the apex of the pyramid of power and strength in the Yingzhou Continent, the other representing the end of barrenness, the unsurpassed god amongst the extraterrestrial powerhouses, these two men who had long since been approached as myths by the beings of the Yingzhou Continent, finally exchanged blows for the first time in the midst of this Yunlong Celestial Emperor’s palace.

　　Cloud Dragon Heavenly Emperor didn’t have any politeness with Xu Yang, after all, he had already known very well that the strength of this man, Xu Yang, had simply surpassed his original imagination, even if he had to go out to test the waters, it would definitely be an all-out rhythm.

　　It was worth mentioning that all of Xu Yang’s team members had already had all of the weapons on them collected when they entered the interior of the Xuan Yuan Imperial City.

　　Although it was said that Xu Yang’s Jade Bone Divine Sword and other divine weapons were still in his hands, using blades above this great hall was undoubtedly the greatest blasphemy against the majesty of the Cloud Dragon Heavenly Emperor.

　　The other party seemed to be holding just such a thought as well, and had specifically executed a corresponding gong method to restrain Xu Yang’s current unarmed state.

　　In this instant, a sword’s sharpness of golden yellow color converged in front of the Cloud Dragon Heavenly Emperor, how perfect was the outline of this sword?

　　It was almost impossible to find any flaws.

　　The same was also harboring an incomparably rich Wei Long true qi, all of which was an innate artifact that was perfectly in line with Cloud Dragon Heavenly Emperor’s current stance and temperament.

　　The terrifying pressure that coalesced with this sword aura brought a powerful shock to everyone around him, and even Xu Yang couldn’t help but have the corners of his mouth lifted lightly and become a few points more serious.

　　”My gosh, this power I have no doubt that he can easily kill the entire Yingzhou continent in 99% of the cultivation powerhouse!”

　　This voice unexpectedly came from Little Flower’s mouth, and when they heard her say this, the crowd of the Eight Sect Regiment all couldn’t help but sweat for their own boss.

　　They were even more surprised that this Cloud Dragon Heavenly Emperor had actually emitted such a terrifying force in the name of striking out to test the waters.

　　Unbeknownst to them, Yunlong Heavenly Emperor’s doing so was precisely a sign of his extraordinarily high regard and respect for Xu Yang, treating him as if he were a top-tier powerhouse at the same level as himself.

　　To be able to receive a strike from Cloud Dragon Heavenly Emperor at full strength was itself an honor for any cultivator in the Yingzhou Continent.

　　The question then came, such a power locked onto Xu Yang’s body was undoubtedly tantamount to throwing him a great dilemma.

　　He himself had come to the middle of this Xuan Yuan Imperial City Palace as a guest.