Chapter 126 : Fury
Chapter 126: Fury
Under the setting sun, the area before Fengtian Hall was bathed in golden light.
Yu Taiyan stood with his hands behind his back, his golden dragon robe fluttering in the wind, yet his gaze was fixed distantly toward the palace gates.
Although he had long held expectations far beyond the ordinary regarding Li Yunqing’s strength,
he still had not imagined that his sixth son—a martial artist at Qi Realm Perfection—
who, after consuming the Youthful Bloom Pill, possessed nearly half the strength of the Profound Realm,
would be suppressed and killed in that single instant.
It had been too fast.
Even the Arrow Demon had not had time to act.
“Your Majesty, that woman is extremely fast. There was only one opportunity, but the Third Prince…”
The Arrow Demon, clad in armor, bowed slightly, his tone tinged with unease.
The Sixth Prince had been defeated too quickly just now—he had died too quickly. There had been no time for rescue.
Let alone killing Li Yunqing?
It was simply impossible.
Having witnessed that woman’s speed, his only chance would have been at the instant she approached the Third Prince with the intent to kill him—only then would he have had the opportunity to release an arrow and slay her.
The price of doing so would be the Third Prince’s life.
The two had been too close; he could not guarantee the Third Prince’s survival—especially not after he had taken the Youthful Bloom Pill.
Once injured, with the body damaged, all his essence, energy, and spirit would be burned away by the pill, leaving behind an empty shell.
A prince was the Emperor’s own son. The value of his life—no matter that he was the Arrow Demon—was not something he dared to decide on his own.
Yu Taiyan’s brows furrowed slightly, his tone cold and indifferent: “At all costs, Li Yunqing must die!”
If it had been the Sword Saint or the Sword God, he might have endured it.
After all, everyone in the world knew how strong they were—regarded as the stars of Great Yu’s Sword Dao, the future hope of swordsmanship.
But a woman—a mere fifteen-year-old girl—daring to trample the imperial family into the mud?
That was nothing but a dream.
For countless years, women had always been subordinate to men—obeying their fathers at home and their husbands after marriage.
If the imperial family were to be stepped on by such a woman, it would be an everlasting humiliation that could never be washed away.
As the ruler of Great Yu, he had too much to consider.
Many matters could not be handled as he pleased. Numerous powerful figures needed to be balanced, and under such circumstances, he had to preserve the dignity of the imperial family.
To maintain the imperial family’s rule over the twenty-two provinces of Great Yu, to uphold stability, and allow the common people to live in peace.
Sacrifice was inevitable.
However, the crime of killing a prince would absolutely not be taken lightly!
Some actions, once taken, must be paid for with a sufficient price.
This also concerned the imperial family—it could not be compromised.
If Li Yunqing died, so be it. If she did not, he would still spare no cost to uphold the imperial family’s dignity.
“Yes!”
The Arrow Demon responded, holding his iron-forged divine bow as he slowly withdrew to a corner of the palace. He nocked an arrow, drew the bow, and quietly stared into the distance.
It seemed that at any moment, he could release a heaven-shattering arrow.
At the palace gates—
“It’s Father Emperor’s voice!”
“I won’t die… I’ll just lose my strength!”
The Third Prince’s voice halted as he tightly gripped the Youthful Bloom Pill in his hand.
No matter how unwilling he felt, he did not dare defy his father’s command.
Not only because Yu Taiyan was a mid-stage Profound Realm Grandmaster, but also because everything he had—his life, his status—had been given by Yu Taiyan.
“Perhaps… losing my strength is not a bad thing!”
The Third Prince began to console himself.
Without strength, there would be no power to compete. No matter who ascended the throne, he would pose no threat.
He could live a stable life.
With the title of imperial heir, no one would dare defy him. Whatever he desired, someone would still deliver it to his hands.
Even beauties of all kinds—as long as he did not meddle in politics—he could indulge freely, no matter how absurd his behavior, and no one would interfere.
Thinking this, the Third Prince raised his hand and swallowed the Youthful Bloom Pill.
The moment the pill entered his abdomen, it burned like flames, coursing through his entire body, as if extracting every bit of flesh and blood. True Qi surged violently.
Even the spiritual force at his brow seemed to be ignited by flames.
The mysterious gate of the Profound Realm, once beyond perception, was now easily touched.
Even his Intent seemed ignited by the pill, transforming into a force of flames.
“Open!”
The Third Prince roared, his eyes blood-red.
“Boom!”
A powerful wave of energy erupted from his body. The Intent within him resonated instantly with heaven and earth.
Endless power of heaven and earth poured into his body. An invisible force lifted him into the air.
“So this is the Profound Realm?”
The Third Prince felt a sense of yearning, yet he also knew that once the effects of the pill faded,
his True Qi cultivation—and even his spirit—would dry up, leaving him completely crippled.
At this thought, a surge of anger rose within him: “Li Yunqing!”
The root of all this was Li Yunqing.
A dignified prince, one of the most noble figures in Great Yu, had now become a cripple.
He could not hate his father—but toward Li Yunqing, who had caused all this, how could he suppress that bone-deep hatred?
“Die!”
Flames coiled around the Third Prince, vaguely forming a fire dragon as he charged straight toward Li Yunqing.
“A pill that overdrafts the body and spirit!”
Li Yunqing’s eyes shimmered with a watery glow. Even without taking a pulse, she could sense that the Third Prince was just like the Sixth Prince before him—
his body and spirit nearly dried up, as if ignited by an inextinguishable flame.
The final outcome would be total combustion—body and spirit burned to nothing.
“A pity, it’s only effective below the Profound Realm!”
As a physician who cultivated the Medicine King Scripture, she could clearly perceive the pill’s power.
Or rather, without the miraculous alchemy techniques of the Age of Immortals and Gods,
there were few pills in the current world that could significantly affect those above the Profound Realm—let alone the Divine Realm.
Seeing the Third Prince rush onto the arena, Li Yunqing’s thoughts instantly cleared. Her mind became calm and undisturbed.
Without the slightest hesitation, she executed the Nine Heavens Phoenix Dance movement technique.
Toward enemies, she would never hesitate—even if the opponent was a prince.
Or rather, precisely because he was a prince, with an extraordinary status, he had to be killed to eliminate future trouble.
In this era, even a powerless prince—relying solely on the imperial family—was not someone a small clan could resist.
This was different from the Jianghu figures of the past.
For someone of such status, once they became an enemy, death was the only outcome.
It had nothing to do with good or evil. As long as one was an enemy, they had to follow the rules of this world—
the strong lived, the weak died.
“Buzz!”
Almost the instant she activated her movement technique, mist-like clouds surrounded Li Yunqing.
Several blurred figures split off in all directions, arriving before the Third Prince in the blink of an eye.
In the next moment, all the blurred figures merged, and Li Yunqing’s true form suddenly appeared.
“Ascending to Heaven with One Finger!”
Li Yunqing raised her right hand. The Five Elements True Intent, at Minor Completion nearing Mastery, coiled around her palm.
Stimulated by Immortal-Martial Power, it all gathered at her right index finger.
Like a five-colored vortex, cycling through mutual generation and restraint, it carried the power to erase and dissolve all momentum of heaven and earth as it pointed toward the Third Prince’s chest.
“So fast!”
The Third Prince’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Only by personally experiencing Li Yunqing’s speed could one understand its terror.
Even with the Youthful Bloom Pill temporarily breaking through his mysterious gate, he could not react.
“No wonder even a low-tier Profound Realm Grandmaster couldn’t do anything to her!”
The Third Prince suddenly recalled Blue Sea—that true Grandmaster.
Back then, unable to catch Li Yunqing, he had resorted to threatening her attendants.
“Whoosh!”
At that moment, a faint sound of air being pierced suddenly arose.
It was an arrow, shrouded in black light, almost completely silent.
Like a streak of black lightning, it shot out from within the palace.
In the blink of an eye, it was already aimed at the Third Prince’s back.
At the moment when everyone’s attention was on the arena—when Li Yunqing’s finger was about to touch the Third Prince’s chest—
“Puchi!”
The arrow suddenly pierced through the Third Prince’s chest. Its speed did not diminish in the slightest as it continued toward Li Yunqing’s chest.
“Arrow Demon!”
Li Yunqing’s heart trembled as she recalled the Sword Saint’s words.
Very few in the world could withstand the Arrow Demon’s arrows.
Moreover, the timing had been impeccable, with the Third Prince’s body serving as cover—even she had nearly failed to react.
“Buzz!”
Li Yunqing’s index finger, which had been aimed at the Third Prince’s chest, trembled slightly as it met the arrow head-on.
Five Elements Return to Origin!
Melting Heaven Finger!
In that instant, Li Yunqing unleashed her full strength without reservation.
That was the Arrow Demon—under a hidden arrow strike, there were few in the world who could block it.
At that moment, the Immortal-Martial Power within her chest surged violently, rushing madly toward her index finger.
Faintly, a peculiar aura seemed to gather at her fingertip—immensely heavy, like a divine mountain condensed there.
That was likely an incomplete trace of chaotic aura!
“Be careful!”
At that moment, the Sword Saint and the Sword God, who had been seated in the void, both rose to their feet.
But the arrow was too fast—wrapped in the momentum of heaven and earth, like a streak of black lightning, nearly silent.
By the time the Sword Saint and Sword God noticed, it was already too late to block it.
This was also why the Sword Saint had been so cautious when facing the Arrow Demon—seeking someone capable of countering him.
In terms of assassination, the Arrow Demon was unquestionably the number one in the world.
From thousands of meters away, he could take a life with a single arrow.
With the Arrow Demon present, combined with a hundred thousand imperial guards, even a mid-stage Profound Realm Grandmaster could not escape.
At that moment, the divine thoughts of Divine Realm experts observing from the void all erupted in fury.
That was a genius rarely seen in tens of thousands of years—
the hope everyone placed on the path forward.
Yet now, she was being assassinated by the Arrow Demon. In that instant, killing intent in the void blazed like a scorching sun, all directed toward the Arrow Demon within the palace.
“How dare you!”
“To act like this—Arrow Demon, you seek death!”
“Old Yu! If even a single hair on her head is harmed, your imperial family can forget about existing!”