When I stopped licking, the lady panicked.

Lin Xuan looked elsewhere and saw a man dressed in fine clothes rushing through the crowd toward him.

The Black Armor Army quickly stopped him, and Ye Qian had no power to resist the valiant Black Armor Army.

However, Lin Xuan said, "Let him come over."

The Black Armor Army released Ye Qian, who immediately ran to the dying Zhang Yan, protecting him and glaring at Lin Xuan.

"Lin Xuan! How dare you touch my father-in-law!" Ye Qian roared angrily, glaring at everyone present. He threatened, "A bunch of traitors, daring to lay a hand on a member of the imperial family! I will definitely report this to His Majesty and have your entire family executed!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan smiled and said, "To report to His Majesty? No need to trouble yourself. Three days later, I will personally present your heads to His Majesty."

"Us?" Ye Qian was taken aback.

"Not bad, you guys."

After saying this, Lin Xuan swung his spear and severed Zhang Yan's head.

This scene terrified Ye Qian.

He stared at Lin Xuan in disbelief until the blood-stained spear tip landed in front of him, at which point he snapped out of his shock.

"Lin Xuan, are you... are you crazy?" Ye Qian was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, wriggling backward.

Lin Xuan looked at Ye Qian expressionlessly and asked Xiao Mumu, "Is it him?"

Xiao Mumu clenched her fists, her eyes red-rimmed, and nodded solemnly, saying, "Yes, that's right."

Lin Xuan patted Xiao Mumu's head and walked towards Ye Qian step by step.

"Lin Xuan, you can't kill me! My father is the emperor's brother-in-law, and my aunt is the current empress. If you dare to touch me, it will be a crime punishable by the extermination of your entire family!" Ye Qian said in fear.

Knowing he was no match for the Black Armor Army, he used his status as a member of the imperial family to threaten Lin Xuan.

However, Lin Xuan was not buying it at all. He immediately took out the dragon-headed sword and said, "This is the dragon-headed sword bestowed by the late emperor. It can be used to behead tyrannical rulers and treacherous officials. It can be used to execute first and report later. It is a special permission granted by the emperor."

Seeing that Lin Xuan had actually taken out the dragon-headed sword, Ye Qian panicked completely.

He struggled to his feet, trembling as he said, "If you... if you really want to kill me, then use your own abilities. What kind of ability is it to rely on the Black Armor Army to outnumber me!"

Lin Xuan laughed, planted the dragon-headed saber and demonic spear in the ground, crossed his arms, and said, "What, you want to try it with me?"

"Not bad! If you're so capable, let's fight one-on-one. If you lose, let me go. If I lose, you can do whatever you want with me!" Ye Qian said loudly.

I thought to myself: I need to stall him for time. Once my father arrives, he'll be helpless. Surely he wouldn't dare kill my father, the emperor's brother-in-law, too?

Seeing Ye Qian's bluffing demeanor, Lin Xuan sneered, directly seeing through his thoughts: "What, trying to stall for time?"

"I..." Ye Qian thought to himself, "This is bad."

However, Lin Xuan smiled dismissively, shook his head, and said, "You don't think that just because the Imperial Brother-in-law Ye Zhaozhang is here, I won't dare to touch you, do you?"

Ye Qian swallowed hard, looking at Lin Xuan with trembling eyes.

At this moment, Lin Xuan was like a god of death, looking down at him with contempt and without the slightest pity.

"However, I can give you that chance," Lin Xuan smiled. "Let's see how many moves you can withstand."

Seeing that Lin Xuan had actually agreed, Ye Qian breathed a sigh of relief and sneered, "Lin Xuan, you will pay the price for your arrogance!"

Ye Qian roared, instantly revealing his late-stage Earth Profound Realm cultivation.

"It's settled, one-on-one, no one is allowed to interfere." Ye Qian said again, fearing that Lin Xuan would take advantage of the Black Armor Army to bully the weak.

Lin Xuan said, "Of course."

"Excellent! Now that Prince Lin is the new Prince of Zhenbei, his words are undoubtedly of great importance, and everyone present can attest to that!"

Ye Qian deliberately spoke very loudly to prevent Lin Xuan from going back on his word.

"Quite cunning." Lin Xuan smiled contemptuously. "Too bad it's useless. Come on."

Boom!

Ye Qian shattered the floor tiles with one foot and charged towards Lin Xuan like an arrow released from a bow.

Advanced Xuan-rank martial skill, Demon Hand!

In an instant, Ye Qian transformed into a ghostly black shadow, moving at lightning speed, almost invisible.

Then, a barrage of handprints flew in one after another.

Faced with this overwhelming attack, Lin Xuan did not react at all, standing there as if stunned.

Ye Qian sneered inwardly: Stunned already? Without the Black Armor Army's help, you're nothing but trash!

"Go to hell!"

Ye Qian struck Lin Xuan with a palm, and countless ghostly shadows, like ten thousand swords returning to their origin, converged on his palm and blasted towards Lin Xuan with overwhelming force.

Lin Xuan slowly took a step forward, his right hand forming a fist, and he stretched out his arm like drawing a bow and arrow, gathering all his strength into his right fist.

"Arrogant! You dare to confront me head-on? You're only at the mid-stage of the Earth Profound Realm, do you really think you can kill me, a late-stage Earth Profound Realm cultivator? How laughable!"

Ye Qian burst into laughter.

Lin Xuan waited patiently for the opponent's attack to approach. The moment the ghostly figure of the Demon Hand got close to him, Lin Xuan suddenly threw a punch. In an instant, a deafening roar shook the sky and the earth seemed to tremble.

boom!

Lin Xuan and Ye Qian clashed fists and palms. In an instant, the heavens and earth trembled, and the sun and moon changed. This punch actually unleashed the roar of dragons and the howl of tigers, generating the power of four dragons and four elephants.

Lin Xuan's Heaven-Suppressing Technique has actually broken through to the fourth level at this moment!

The crimson true energy clashed with the pitch-black true energy. The two true energies only held their positions for a short while before the crimson true energy overwhelmingly blasted away the black true energy.

boom!

"what!"

Ye Qian screamed and flew backward, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Pfft!"

Ye Qian clutched his chest and fell heavily to the ground, feeling as if all the bones in his body had shattered.

"No...impossible! You're only in the mid-stage of the Earth Profound Realm, while I'm in the late-stage!"

Ye Qian couldn't believe what he was seeing. To him, realm was absolute strength. He had never heard of challenging someone of a higher realm, let alone succeeding in one.

Lin Xuan looked at Ye Qian without changing his expression and said, "A frog in a well, how can it know that there are many martial arts in the world, each with its own strengths?"

"Even Zhang Yan, who is at the early stage of the Heavenly Profound Realm, is no match for me. So where do you get the confidence to fight me?"

"If you want to beat me, your cultivation level must be at least one major level higher than mine."

With that, Lin Xuan drew his dragon-headed sword and walked toward Ye Qian, who was unable to get up.

The dragon-headed knife dragged on the ground, emitting hissing sparks, like a scythe of a vengeful ghost or a knife of death, frightening Ye Qian so much that he lost control of his bladder and bowels.

"No...no! You can't kill me! My father is the emperor's brother-in-law, and my aunt is the empress! I'm a member of the royal family!"

Lin Xuan coldly looked down at him and said, "You've killed so many innocent people, have you ever thought that one day you too would be killed by someone else?"

Ye Qian used all his strength to kowtow to Lin Xuan, pleading, "Lin Xuan, I was wrong, I know I was wrong."

"If you let me go, I promise I will never kill anyone again."

"Oh, by the way, your Lin family is short of money right now, isn't it? I can give you all my wealth!"

Lin Xuan smiled dismissively and said, "I don't lack anything."

"Then...then I can give you the maid from my household."

Lin Xuan shook his head again.

"Then I'll give you my concubines, and if that's not enough, I'll give you my wife!"

However, Lin Xuan still shook his head.

Ye Qian panicked and asked, trembling, "Then... what exactly do you want?"

"I want your head." Lin Xuan raised the dragon-headed sword and slashed down at Ye Qian.

At the critical moment, a sharp glint suddenly appeared, knocking Lin Xuan's knife off course.

This strike was meant to decapitate Ye Qian, but instead, only Ye Qian's arm was seen.

"ah!!!"

Ye Qian clutched his severed arm, screaming in agony as blood flowed uncontrollably.

"Who goes there!" Lin Xuan looked up and saw a group of imperial troops coming to the mountain gate. The leader wore a purple-gold crown and a dragon robe, rode a tall horse, and led a large group of subordinates.