Almost at the instant the second prince spoke, the nine jade slips shattered into pieces at the same time. At the instant they turned into jade powder and spread out … an ancient presence spread out from the Rune.
As the aura appeared, a headless figure directly condensed from the jade powder and appeared in the third layer!
"Break the pillar of light!" The second prince said without any hesitation. He was already far behind. If he still did not break the pillar of light, then even if he flew into the air, he would not be able to catch up to Su Ming and the first prince.
The only way was to destroy the pillar of light. Although that would benefit the First Prince, the Second Prince knew that it was the only way. Furthermore, the pillar of light would definitely be destroyed from the bottom up. In that case, he would be able to buy himself some time from a disadvantageous position.
At the instant he said those words, the headless figure dressed in black robes moved swiftly and appeared beyond the pillar of light. When he lifted his right hand, the shadow of a huge battle axe appeared in his hand, and he swung it down at the pillar of light!
With it, the world roared. The pillar of light shuddered, and it shattered, unable to withstand the attack. As it shattered, the ten great sect elders of Seven Moons Sect who were meditating in the second layer coughed up blood at the corners of their mouths, and their eyes flew open.
At the same time, in the third layer, as the pillar of light began to shatter from the bottom and spread rapidly upwards, the second prince took a step forward and let out a piercing cry.
"Bring me up!" When he said those words and approached the ancient tree, the headless figure closed in on him. He grabbed the second prince's body and took a step forward to step on the Tree of Dao Verification. As the pillar of light outside shattered, he charged up with the second prince. In an instant, they traveled ten thousand feet.
At that moment, Su Ming was already ninety thousand feet above the ancient tree. When he lowered his head and saw the headless figure, his heart trembled. At the first glance … the figure of his eldest senior brother immediately appeared in his mind!
However, he did not have much time to think at that moment. The pillar of light had collapsed, the eldest prince, who seemed to have changed into a different person, and the headless figure, who had unleashed a cultivation base comparable to a Great Dao Venerable, were rapidly reducing his advantage.
In an instant, when the pillar of light shattered and was about to be broken, the first prince charged towards the trunk of the ancient tree. Judging by his movements, it was clear that he wanted to attack Su Ming the moment he got close to the ancient tree.
The headless figure beneath had caught up to him by then, and he was less than twenty thousand feet away from Su Ming. After all, the two of them had Great Dao Paragons helping them, and Su Ming could not do so.
If it were anyone else, they would only have two choices at that moment. One of them would be to reduce their speed and give up their advantage. By doing so, they would be able to avoid being killed. After all, both the first and second princes had come for the Phala.
The other choice was to continue moving forward regardless of the cost and fight to maintain the advantage that was perhaps already negligible. But Su Ming … did not choose either of those two choices. Instead, he turned his head around swiftly and looked at the first prince, who stood beyond the pillar of light that was about to shatter. There was a hint of derision in his cold, arrogant expression.
A myriad of thoughts raced in Su Ming's head. During that instant, he did something the second prince did not expect, and neither did Lin Dong Dong …
When Su Ming lifted his right hand, the Space Whip appeared. At the instant the pillar of light shattered, the whip shadow charged towards the first prince. He had taken the initiative to attack!
When the whip shadow appeared, Su Ming lifted his left hand. The axe appeared in his hand, and he swiftly swung it at the first prince!
The world roared. A derisive smile appeared at the corners of the first prince's lips. He might be withstanding an incredibly mighty pressure at that moment, but he was confident that Su Ming would not be able to shake him. When the whip shadow closed in, the first prince lifted his right hand and pointed at it. Immediately, a lotus appeared on his finger. It instantly shattered and turned into a lotus windstorm that went up against the Space Whip.
At the same time, in the face of Su Ming's axe slashing down, the first prince lifted his left hand and pushed downwards. Immediately, the region looked as if it had been sealed. It instantly froze up, causing Su Ming's axe to look as if it had cut into water. It stirred up ripples, but it could not shake the frozen world.
"You overestimate yourself!" The first prince's derisive tone turned into a voice. At the instant he spoke, he charged towards Su Ming, but the instant he closed in, a glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. Once he let go of the Space Whip in his right hand, he pushed the Brand on his palm towards the incoming first prince!
Since it was destined that the first prince would attack once the pillar of light shattered, Su Ming would rather the attack be under his control. That was why he had taken the initiative to attack … all for the sake of making the first prince close in on him!
When Su Ming's right hand fell and the first prince closed in on him, the first prince's expression suddenly changed. Booming sounds shook the sky and earth. The Brand on Su Ming's right hand sucked in a breath, and all the power he had accumulated along the way erupted from it. At that moment, even though it could not compare to a Great Dao Paragon's, it had long since surpassed a full-powered strike from a Dao Paragon.
If it had been any other time, this sort of strike would have been slightly shocking to a Great Dao Paragon, but they would have been able to face it calmly, but they were in the third layer. Lin Dong Dong had flown up one hundred thousand feet, and he had already withstood too much of the mighty pressure. Because of that, the strike … and the fact that he had absorbed his own power just then instantly became the key!
Booming sounds echoed in the air. When Lin Dong Dong's expression changed, his body froze. At the same time, Su Ming coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell back, leaving the Tree of Dao Verification.
Yet the instant he flew out and the mighty pressure from the sky descended on him, the Space Whip that Su Ming had thrown out previously came swiftly and wrapped itself around Su Ming's body. Then, as if there was someone yanking on it, Su Ming's body was dragged into the air in an instant!
The Space Whip Su Ming had brought out was not meant to strike the first prince. It was just a decoy. The true purpose of the whip was because Su Ming had used its strength to wrap it around the tree trunk above him. Then, with his will, he controlled it so that when he was forced back, the whip would wrap itself around him and pull him up.
If that was the case, the first prince would have lost the initiative. Even if he tried to stop Su Ming … the absorption and bombardment from Su Ming's Brand on his right hand was definitely not something to be trifled with. It was enough to make the first prince's heart tremble. Besides, Su Ming had clearly predicted that the first prince would not be able to continue trying to stop Su Ming, and the second prince was still ten thousand something feet away from him.
Su Ming's timing was incredibly precise. If he had been slightly slower and the second prince had gotten closer, then even if he had done the same thing, he would have been able to stop the first prince, but he would not have been able to stop the second prince from attacking.
Yet at that moment, it did not matter whether it was the first prince or the second prince, they could only watch helplessly as Su Ming was dragged into the air by the Space Whip. But Su Ming also paid a price. It did not matter whether it was the blood he coughed up or the mighty pressure from the sky when he was forcefully dragged up without touching the tree trunk, the mighty pressure from the sky instantly made Su Ming feel as if his body was about to crumble.
Fortunately … the closer he got to the top, even if he did not touch the tree trunk, Su Ming could still sense the thick, fragrant scent. He absorbed it swiftly, and his body, which was on the verge of breaking down, was rapidly recovering.
This might have seemed to have happened over a long period of time, but in truth, in the blink of an eye, Su Ming's body was dragged by the Space Whip. He rose fifty thousand something feet into the air. Blood flowed out of his eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and mouth. When his body looked as if it was about to crumble, he returned to the Tree of Dao Verification. Once he seized the branch, he charged up without any hesitation.
Killing intent appeared in the eyes of the first prince below him, and he charged forward as well. A strange light shone in the second prince's eyes. Su Ming's actions just then might have seemed dangerous, but in truth, he had made precise calculations. This caused the second prince's heart to tremble. He suddenly realized that he should get to know … his third brother once more!
'He actually managed to maintain his advantage even in this situation …' A solemn look appeared in the second prince's eyes. The words in his heart rang out in Asura Clan at that moment.
In Asura Clan, the mud at the center of the nine statues had been flattened and turned into an ancient mirror. On it … appeared everything the second prince had seen in the third layer.
The nine people in the area had also seen Su Ming's astonishing act. It did not show his level of cultivation, but his calculations and decisiveness!
This was the reason behind the grave expressions on the nine people's faces.
"We … underestimated the third prince!"
"That's right. In such a disadvantageous situation, even if we were in his place … we wouldn't have been able to come up with such a method in such a short amount of time and even managed to predict the second prince and Lin Dong Dong's reactions …"
"Hmph, One Dao Sect actually used such a method? Only they can do it. Even we can only use the laws to send Great Dao Paragons to One Dao Sect, unlike them … who can be considered to have changed some of the laws. But right now, One Dao Sect must be the same as us. They will have to … reevaluate the third prince. "
"He's bound to become a Great Dao Paragon, and he's a cultivator with such schemes … He's so terrifying that he surpasses most Great Dao Paragons!"
"There's no rule that states that deaths are not allowed in the six thousand year struggle for the throne between the princes … One Dao Sect has the Art of Kismet, and they are the most willing to do this sort of thing … Once the third prince dies, it will be the same as One Dao Sect snatching away his kismet …" The nine people suddenly stopped talking. Instead, they cast each other a glance, and smiles appeared on their lips.
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