Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 83: The Princess is Beheaded, The Blood is Also Red!
As one of the leaders of the Divine Martial Guards, Xu Yuan was absolutely loyal to the Dong Cang Royal Family.
Even though he knew sending more people would mean sending them to their deaths and possibly alerting the enemy, he still dared not defy Princess Mingzhu’s orders.
As expected, a moment later, five more corpses lay beside the stream.
Xu Yuan’s expression was solemn. Ning Xuan moved too fast. Even though Xu Yuan had deliberately tried to track his movements, he still hadn’t seen how Ning Xuan struck.
What was even more terrifying was that Xu Yuan and Princess Mingzhu suddenly put down their Thousand Mile Mirrors in unison. The princess’s face turned pale.
Xu Yuan said urgently, "Princess, leave this place quickly!"
He hadn’t expected Ning Xuan’s Spiritual Sense to be so sharp. From such a great distance, Ning Xuan had actually discerned their location!
"General Xu, you cover our retreat. We will escort the Princess away," two middle-aged, sword-wielding women stated with expressionless faces.
Naturally, Princess Mingzhu wasn’t protected by the Divine Martial Guards alone. In fact, the Divine Martial Guards led by Xu Yuan had only recently found them. Princess Mingzhu and her two attendants had already been moving unhindered through the Pride Hunting Ground for some time.
Because of this, Princess Mingzhu quickly stopped in her tracks after they had withdrawn a short distance.
"Why should this princess leave? We’re going back!" Her eyes flashed with a fierce light, eager to avenge Ning Yang.
"Princess, the Pride Hunting Ground has just opened. How about we wait a bit longer?"
"Yes, Princess, capturing him like this would be too boring."
Both women tried to persuade Princess Mingzhu. Although they didn’t have Thousand Mile Mirrors, they were well aware of the strength of the Divine Martial Guards. To be selected for the Divine Martial Guards, one had to have a Cultivation of at least the Heavenly Realm.
Five Heavenly Realm cultivators were wiped out by Ning Xuan in an instant. This meant his strength was even greater than they had imagined. Although they had entered the Heavenly Realm many years ago, it wasn’t worth provoking a madman!
He knew Ning Yang was a Scion of the Martial God Temple, yet he still dared to annihilate the Ning Family. What was he, if not a madman?!
The two women cried out inwardly. We originally thought the princess just wanted to come in and have some fun, which is why we accompanied her. If we had known she was coming for Ning Xuan, we definitely would have found a reason to refuse!
Princess Mingzhu snorted coldly. "If we capture him, this princess can play with him slowly. It’s not like I’m going to finish him off in a snap right away. How could that be boring... What are you two doing?"
Before she could finish, she saw her two attendants suddenly assume a defensive posture, as if facing a great enemy, shielding her behind them. Confused, she asked the question.
When she looked up, her face drained of color.
Ning Xuan was standing not far away, his hands clasped behind his back.
"How did you... Where is General Xu?" Princess Mingzhu asked, her voice trembling.
Ning Xuan brought one of his hands out from behind his back.
He was holding a severed head.
It was Xu Yuan’s.
"Princess, run!" the two women yelled, staring intently at Ning Xuan as they faced their great enemy.
He arrived too quickly. What’s more terrifying is that we didn’t hear a thing. This implies that Xu Yuan and his subordinates didn’t even have time to react before Ning Xuan instantly killed them! Xu Yuan... his strength wasn’t much inferior to ours! Moreover, his combat experience was extremely rich, and his fighting power far surpassed others in the same realm! Even if he was prepared, we would have had to join forces to kill him, and it still would have taken considerable effort! This young man actually...
"Princess?" Ning Xuan sounded somewhat surprised.
Seeing his reaction, Princess Mingzhu, whose heart had been pounding with fear, suddenly felt her confidence return.
"That’s right! This is Princess Mingzhu, my father the King’s most beloved daughter! You lowlife! How dare you look at me like that? You are utterly lawless!" Princess Mingzhu said haughtily, berating Ning Xuan.
The faces of the two women turned green. They had hoped to salvage the situation, but now, all was lost.
"What are you standing there for? Seize him!" Princess Mingzhu ordered when she saw the two women frozen in a daze.
"Interesting. I just killed a prince not long ago, and now a princess shows up," Ning Xuan remarked with an amused expression.
Princess Mingzhu shrieked, "What?! You killed my eighth brother?!"
"First you annihilated Brother Ning Yang’s family, and then you killed my brother. Today, no one can save you!" Princess Mingzhu seethed with murderous intent.
"Princess, stand back to avoid getting hurt," one of the women said. She and her companion took deep breaths, gripping their sword hilts tightly. Their eyes never left Ning Xuan for an instant.
Princess Mingzhu didn’t suspect a thing and indeed moved farther away. With a relaxed expression, she folded her arms and watched as if it were a show.
He’s strong, but no matter how strong, he’s only at the Earth Realm. With two experts who are two major realms above him, his capture is a certainty.
But soon, she could no longer smile.
SWISH!
After the soft sound, there was a CLATTER.
One of the women stood motionless, her sword shattered into countless pieces. Blood gushed from the back of her neck.
An instant kill! A Heavenly Realm expert, instantly killed with a single sword strike!
"Princess, run!" the other woman screamed, her voice trembling. She hadn’t expected Ning Xuan’s swordsmanship to be so terrifying.
Across from her, Ning Xuan was in no hurry to make a move. He allowed Princess Mingzhu to disappear from sight. His eyes were fixed on the sole remaining woman.
Late-stage Heavenly Realm... Interesting! After exhaling, Ning Xuan’s expression turned excited.
To be honest, before he struck, he hadn’t expected the two of them to be late-stage Heavenly Realm experts. However, he hadn’t underestimated their strength. Therefore, he had directly used Stacking Sword Sixteen. Otherwise, a single sword strike couldn’t have possibly killed the first woman instantly.
Even at the Ninth Layer Heavens of the Earth Realm, using Stacking Sword Sixteen still consumed a significant amount of his Element Force. That was the real reason he had allowed Princess Mingzhu to escape.
But the remaining woman was petrified and had failed to react at first. She was about to miss a godsent opportunity.
Then, she suddenly came to her senses.
CLANG!
Her sharp sword left its scabbard. The blade’s light was brilliant; the Sword Beam seemed to split the heavens! She launched her strongest attack.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Amid the sound of clashing metal, the woman stumbled back several steps before falling. From her throat, a pillar of blood erupted, as high as she was tall.
"A pity. You underestimated my recovery speed," Ning Xuan said, shaking his head. He then sat down cross-legged, in no hurry to rifle through their Storage Rings. Recovering his Element Force was more important.
A quarter of an hour later, after looting the Storage Rings, Ning Xuan shook his head and sighed.
"Element Crystals get used up way too fast!"
Three billion Element Crystals, gone just like that. That was a whole three billion! For any other Martial Artist, that amount could probably last for several years.
With such rich ambient Element Qi, I wonder if there are any high-grade Element Veins around here. Ning Xuan looked at the resources in the two Storage Rings he had just acquired and felt a headache coming on.
But complaining was not in Ning Xuan’s nature. He identified the direction Princess Mingzhu had fled and gave chase.
"You’re a princess, after all. I hope you can round up some more people," Ning Xuan mused, full of anticipation. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
But when he saw Princess Mingzhu again, she was alone.
Upon seeing Ning Xuan, Princess Mingzhu—who had sprained her ankle—had a flash of panic in her eyes before she looked at him pitifully.
"This... this princess... no, I..."
SWISH!
Just as Princess Mingzhu began to speak, a wave of Sword Qi sliced through the air.
A beautiful head soared into the sky.
"So, a princess’s blood is also red when she’s decapitated," Ning Xuan murmured.
THUD!
Several figures tumbled out from the shadows. They were the Shadow Guards responsible for protecting the King. The men stared dumbfounded at Ning Xuan, completely stunned.
