Ten Thousand Dragons Technique-Chapter 356: Slapping the Celestial King in the Face!

The Second Crown Prince stared at the surrounding treasure swords, his face turning ashen. How could he have known Lin Xuan would actually win? Does this mean I have to eat all of these swords? What a joke! There's no way I'm eating them.

Lin Xuan snorted coldly. "You have no choice. Eat!"

With his roar, all the longswords began to radiate a brilliant light. The Sword Qi enveloped the Second Crown Prince, shredding his robes to tatters. Countless sword marks appeared on his body, and blood instantly gushed out, staining him red.

The Second Crown Prince's expression changed drastically. In that instant, he felt as if his body was about to be torn apart. Terrified, he scrambled backward in a panic, falling to the ground with a thud as the swords pressed their attack. He squeezed his eyes shut in terror. Am I really going to be pierced by ten thousand swords?

At this critical moment, the Celestial King made his move. He let out a cold snort and, with a great wave of his hand, knocked all the longswords away. "Lin Xuan, you are too presumptuous!" he said coldly. "To act against my son right in front of me, do you really think I dare not move against you?"

The Celestial King's fury shook the heavens and the earth, but Lin Xuan remained completely unfazed.

Lin Xuan sneered, "What? Does the word of the Crown Prince of the Celestial King's Mansion carry no weight? How truly laughable!"

"Indeed. A Crown Prince of his noble status should be true to his word," the people from the Heavenly Dao Institution mocked. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The members of other families and sects also began to murmur amongst themselves, and the Celestial King's face turned grim.

The Second Crown Prince was pale with fear. What is happening? Am I really going to have to eat these swords? "Father, you have to save me!"

The Celestial King gritted his teeth. He glared at Lin Xuan and said, "Do not go too far!"

Lin Xuan only sneered. When the Celestial King tried to kill me earlier, was that not going too far? Now that he had the chance, he was naturally going to slap the Celestial King's Mansion hard in the face.

"As a Crown Prince, you must be true to your word. Since you publicly declared that you would eat these treasure swords, then you should eat them," Lin Xuan said with a cold smile.

"You!" The Celestial King was so angry he nearly spat blood.

The rest of the crowd began to egg them on, eager for the spectacle and happy to see the situation escalate.

"The Celestial King's Mansion is getting a slap in the face."

"It's a sure thing. If Lin Xuan had lost, that would be one thing. But he won. He saved Great Xia; he is the light of Great Xia! Now that Lin Xuan wants his revenge, the Celestial King's Mansion can only grit their teeth and bear it."

"Is the Second Crown Prince really going to eat all those treasure swords?"

"Hmph, it serves him right! Who told him to make such an outrageous boast?"

Hearing the crowd's discussion, the martial artists from the Celestial King's Mansion looked utterly grim. The Second Crown Prince was about to faint from fright.

At this moment, the Emperor also spoke. "Thirteen, you have done a poor job raising your son."

"The Emperor is correct. I have indeed been negligent in his upbringing." The Celestial King turned to face the Second Crown Prince. "Kneel!"

The Second Crown Prince fell to his knees with a thud.

The Celestial King struck him across the face with a hard slap. "Let's see if you dare to spout nonsense in the future!" The Second Crown Prince's face immediately began to swell, but the Celestial King didn't stop, delivering another sharp slap.

SLAP.

SLAP.

The crisp sound of slapping echoed through the square. The crowd watched, dumbfounded.

"Damn, he's really hitting him!"

"The Celestial King is ruthless! To strike his own son so heavily..."

The Celestial King delivered several dozen slaps in a row. The Second Crown Prince's face was beaten to a pulp, his teeth scattering through the air. He collapsed to the ground, barely clinging to life.

The Celestial King turned back to Lin Xuan, gritting his teeth. "Champion Marquis, are you satisfied?"

Before Lin Xuan could reply, the Emperor spoke in a deep voice. "Enough. Take him back and discipline him properly."

"As you command."

The Celestial King departed with the Second Crown Prince. As he left, he shot a glance at Lin Xuan, his eyes filled with undisguised killing intent. The Celestial King was gone, and the members of his mansion retreated in disgrace.

The crowd watched this scene, deeply shaken. To think that even a King had suffered a loss at Lin Xuan's hands and had been so thoroughly humiliated. This Lin Xuan was truly defying the heavens!

"Wonderful! The crisis has been averted," the Cyan Dragon Manor Master said, breathing a sigh of relief. Ye Qingwu and the others cheered in celebration. Chu Yue stood there in a daze, as if she were in a dream.

As for Sun Hao, Sun Tian, and Liu Ruyan, they turned and fled without a second thought, terrified that Lin Xuan might set his sights on them next.

Song Tiange's face was dark. He too had been slapped in the face. He had originally hoped to see Lin Xuan become a laughingstock, but against all odds, Lin Xuan had won. He didn't dare to linger and left in a hurry.

The rest of the crowd began chanting Lin Xuan's name, their voices like rolling thunder, shaking the nine heavens. At this moment, Lin Xuan was the center of everyone's attention. At this moment, Lin Xuan had become the light of Great Xia, admired by thousands!

Gu Linfeng walked over. "Lin Xuan, you are truly strong. I wholeheartedly concede my defeat. After I return, I will enter seclusion to cultivate. When I achieve my breakthrough, I will come to challenge you again."

"I'll be ready anytime. However, even if you break through, you still won't be my match," Lin Xuan replied with a confident smile.

After that, Gu Linfeng and the others from Liuyun Country also departed.

Lin Xuan wanted to leave as well. He planned to return to the Heavenly Dao Institution to continue practicing the Great Derivation Sword Technique and the Great Derivation Divine Technique to improve his strength.

However, the Emperor stood up and declared, "Champion Marquis, We must reward you handsomely. Accompany Us back to the palace!"

Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. I wonder what kind of treasures I'll receive?

"As you command," Lin Xuan said with a clasped fist salute. He then followed the Emperor back to the Imperial Palace.

The Cyan Dragon Manor Master and his granddaughter remained, waiting for him. The rest of the spectators gradually dispersed and returned to their own affairs.

"Let's go as well," the dean of the Heavenly Dao Institution said.

Ye Qingwu, the Wangyue Pavilion Master, and the others headed back excitedly, planning to throw a grand celebration banquet for Lin Xuan.

Meanwhile, the Star Pavilion was deathly silent. They were terrified. Lin Xuan was simply too heaven-defying. The methods he had displayed had thoroughly shocked them, and now they wouldn't dare to speak a single bad word about him. Even the Star Pavilion Master was silent, having also been soundly slapped in the face. Chu Yue's expression was even uglier. The stronger Lin Xuan became, the more jealous she grew. She even began to worry if he would one day surpass her brother.

As the crowds departed, news of the events spread beyond the Imperial City, reaching every corner of the Great Xia Country. The martial artists across the land had all been anxiously awaiting word from the capital.

"I wonder if the duel between Lin Xuan and Gu Linfeng has begun yet?"

"I don't know who will win and who will lose."

"Sigh, if Lin Xuan loses, then the Great Xia Country will have truly lost to Liuyun Country."

"Lin Xuan, you absolutely must win!" many prayed in their hearts.

Others were less optimistic. "Lin Xuan's chances of winning aren't great. That Gu Linfeng is too powerful. I think you all should stop getting your hopes up."

Finally, the news from the Imperial City spread. Martial artists everywhere eagerly asked, "How did it go?"

When they heard that Lin Xuan had no intention of using his World-Ending Flood Dragon Fist, but planned to compete against Gu Linfeng with swordsmanship instead, they were all stunned.

"What? Using swordsmanship?!"

"Has Lin Xuan gone mad?"

"Why would he give up his greatest advantage?"

"It's over... it's all over..." A sense of dread began to wash over everyone. Gu Linfeng was a renowned genius of the Sword Dao! For Lin Xuan to compete with him in swordsmanship—wasn't that just courting death?

Soon, a second piece of news arrived: Lin Xuan had made a military pledge to defeat Gu Linfeng with a single sword strike. If he failed, he would submit to any punishment!

This announcement shocked the world. Countless martial artists were left speechless.

"Lin Xuan is completely insane!"

"Is he trying to get himself killed?"

"How could he dare make such a binding pledge?"

Everyone fell into despair.