You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 392 - 18. Chaos Reopening_2

It was just a clash!

The other eight Great Cultivators had all died!!

These were Great Cultivators, not some insignificant minions whose deaths would be inconsequential.

Any one of these Great Cultivators here could hold dominion over a top-tier cultivation sect, becoming a pillar-like figure within their faction!

Even in Di Hong City, they were high-ranking individuals in various institutions or forces, each protected by the profound fate of the country!

But... they just died like that?

Like ants without any resistance, crushed to death in an instant.

The Ascetic had not expected this Seventeenth Prince to dare such indiscriminate slaughter without regard for sin, nor had he expected the just advanced Seventeenth Prince's sword skill to be so terrifying!

Even he, the Ascetic, could not claim to harvest the lives of eight Great Cultivators with such ease as had just occurred.

How could this Seventeenth Prince possess such a fearsome sword skill without even mastering the rudimentary form of the Path?

If it were not for the empowered array, even a Perfect Vajra Body might have been sliced to pieces!

"Hm?"

At that moment of the eight's death, the Seventh Princess felt a sudden relief and couldn't help but reveal a trace of joy.

The Heart Poison that had been suppressing her, she had to expend all her strength to counteract with Heart Medicine.

But now, the Heart Poison's power of the Twelfth Prince had suddenly weakened by nearly half, and she suddenly had much more spare strength.

"Damn..." The Twelfth Prince's pupils also slowly contracted.

Now missing the aid of eight Great Cultivators as the foundation for the array, he needed to expend nearly one and a half times more Heart Power to forcefully maintain the array at its limit.

But it no longer mattered.

Because he already understood—

He would not be able to defeat the Seventh Princess and had absolutely no chance to seize the Phoenix Crown.

Moreover, with the Seventh Princess's Heart Medicine Detoxification, even if he wanted to poison the Phoenix Crown to death with a thought, it was impossible.

Most importantly, losing eight Great Cultivator subordinates all at once, even the Twelfth Prince couldn't help but feel an uncontrollable surge of anger in his heart.

Even he had not anticipated such an outcome!

With eight Great Cultivators, protected by the Vajra Mantra Barrier cast by the powers of the Ascetic's array, how could they have been instantly killed?

The Twelfth Prince's gaze suddenly fell upon the battle saber in Lin Yue's hand.

Either there was a problem with this saber, or the Martial Arts True Skill created by the Seventeenth Prince had reached an unfathomably dreadful level.

But whatever the reason, he no longer had the will to think about other things.

At this point...

The Twelfth Prince tried to compose himself and immediately used Divine Thought Transmission to speak to the Ascetic, "An Yuan, prepare yourself, I have begun to accumulate power for the Long Night Meteor Array, and as the external barriers are breached, this array will unleash its final mechanism to help us escape."

"Your Highness?" The Ascetic was startled.

Did Prince Cheng mean... he was giving up on the Phoenix Crown and planning to flee?

"An Yuan, hasn't the situation already fallen to such a state?" the Twelfth Prince conveyed through Divine Thought Transmission: "Keep calm, if I can take you with me in escape, what does it matter if we're slightly disgraced? At least there will be a chance for redemption in the future."

It was already bad enough to lose those nine Great Cultivator subordinates.

The Ascetic would be able to achieve Harmonization and become a Saint in a few more years – a crucial arm for him; how could he forsake him?

"Your Highness, I have disappointed you." The Ascetic heaved a sigh.

"It's not your fault."

The Twelfth Prince communicated through Divine Thought, "Faced with the freakish anomaly like the Seventeenth Prince, even if we had prior knowledge, there would be no way to guard against it. We've calculated so much in advance, even accounting for the possibility of his and the Seventh Princess's breakthrough during the fight, who could foresee this level of strength?"

He transmitted further: "Now, I can only focus on accumulating power for the final move of the Array, at most delaying the Seventh Princess for you. You just need to hold off the Seventeenth Prince."

"Rest assured, Your Highness, although the Seventeenth Prince's sword skill is terrifying, it poses no threat to me."

The Ascetic transmitted: "But why doesn't Your Highness just retract the array and then take me away?"

"That's impossible now."

The Twelfth Prince transmitted, "There's a Great Power of the Array Path from the outside, not only allowing the Fourteenth Prince and Duke Heng to go all out to break our array but has also set up another layer of Barrier around us, clearly attempting to block us. I can't break through it in a short time. But the Fourteenth Prince and Duke Heng will surely take the opportunity to launch a deadly attack on you under the pretext of you imprisoning the Princes and Princesses. I'm not confident I can protect you against their combined forces."

The Ascetic was taken aback.

"So, we can only rely on the last move of the Long Night Meteor Array to break through the outer Barrier," the Twelfth Prince continued, "It will also create chaos, then I am confident in breaking through the encirclement with you."

"Thank you, Your Highness," the Ascetic responded, "Don't worry, I have confidence in holding off the Seventeenth Prince."

They spoke slowly.

The Divine Thought Transmission was but a moment, from Lin Yue's action till now, only a single breath of time had passed.

Meanwhile, Lin Yue also received a Divine Thought Transmission.

It was a familiar, yet very cold female voice — the transmission from Grand Master Bi Xu.

"The array has already started accumulating power, it seems to have some special escape mechanism. The Twelfth Prince probably wants to escape with that bald pate. His power is mostly focused on this array now, which probably requires about fifty more breaths to accumulate power, do as you see fit."

"Okay, thank you." Lin Yue immediately replied.

"Don't forget what you promised." Grand Master Bi Xu remained cold.

"Relax."

Lin Yue secretly breathed a sigh of relief; it was fortunate to have Grand Master Bi Xu.