67: The Fall of the Heavenly King

The next morning.

The army of the Northern Profound Empire finally arrived aggressively at the mountain gate of Heavenly Origin Palace.

Compared to the previous alliance of the seven Sects, the Northern Profound Empire's army was much stronger and consisted of well-trained regular soldiers.

For a moment, the Disciples of Heavenly Origin Palace grew nervous; after all, their opponent this time was the terrifyingly powerful Northern Profound Empire.

Yang Lingchen and Dongfang Yunbing stood tall and upright before the mountain gate of Heavenly Origin Palace.

"Palace Master Dongfang, if you surrender without a fight, for the sake of our past acquaintance, this King can guarantee your life," Zhou Xuanzheng said in a low, somber voice.

"Great General Who Suppresses Heaven, I wonder if my Heavenly Origin Palace has ever taken the initiative to provoke the Northern Profound Empire?" Dongfang Yunbing's tone was icy to the extreme.

"Heavenly Origin Palace has not provoked the Northern Profound Empire," Zhou Xuanzheng replied with a straight face.

"In that case, the Northern Profound Empire is taking the initiative to cause trouble and insists on destroying my Heavenly Origin Palace!" Dongfang Yunbing chuckled, but her eyes were filled with coldness.

Zhou Xuanzheng frowned; he really couldn't answer that. After all, in terms of righteousness, the Northern Profound Empire was indeed in the wrong.

"Dongfang Yunbing, this King has already given you a chance. Since you don't know what's good for you, don't blame this King for being impolite," Zhou Xuanzheng said, his expression darkening.

"Old man, if you want to fight, then hurry up. This Young Master doesn't have time to waste talking nonsense with you," Yang Lingchen said with a face full of disdain.

"Yang Lingchen, since you're in such a hurry to die, then this King will fulfill your wish."

Zhou Xuanzheng's expression was very ugly at this moment. He was not even forty years old yet, and Yang Lingchen had called him an old man, which made him feel extremely annoyed.

"Imperial Uncle, don't waste words with him. Let's just destroy Heavenly Origin Palace and capture both of them alive," the Third Prince, Zhou Yuhao, said coldly.

"Everyone, hear my command: Kill!"

With Zhou Xuanzheng's command, the Cultivator troops of the Northern Profound Empire immediately charged toward Heavenly Origin Palace like a surging tide.

"Kill! Everyone follow me and wipe out these scumbags from the Northern Profound Empire."

Yang Lingchen shouted loudly and instantly took the lead, charging out like an arrow released from a bow.

Dongfang Yunbing and the people of Heavenly Origin Palace followed closely behind.

In terms of numbers, Heavenly Origin Palace was not at a disadvantage because it had now gathered the forces of all the sects; even Sword Origin Pavilion stood firmly on Heavenly Origin Palace's side at this moment.

Yang Lingchen directly drove the immortal demon sword, like a wolf entering a sheepfold; wherever he went, the enemies were either dead or injured, with none left standing.

Behind him, the Heavenly Origin Palace Disciples, each holding explosive poison pills, threw them forcefully into the crowds of the Northern Profound Empire.

For a time, smoke filled the air, and severed limbs flew across the battlefield in a sight too gruesome to behold.

Dongfang Yunbing alone held off several powerful experts from the Northern Profound Empire, whose cultivation levels were all around the fourth layer of the Gui Xuan Realm.

Meanwhile, Yang Lingchen directly faced Zhou Xuanzheng, as Zhou Xuanzheng's strength was the greatest in the Northern Profound Empire.

Normally, Yang Lingchen would not be able to defeat Zhou Xuanzheng. Fortunately, he had kept an explosion profound pill in his mouth when the battle started.

Sword Qi raged as Yang Lingchen brandished the immortal demon sword, sending wave after wave of sharp sword moves toward Zhou Xuanzheng, while his left hand continuously threw explosive poison pills into the surroundings.

At this moment, Zhou Xuanzheng grew more alarmed as the fight progressed. He had never seen a Genius so terrifying at challenging those above his level, and the speed at which the opponent's cultivation level increased was simply too fast!

At this moment, Zhou Xuanzheng began to worry for the Northern Profound Empire, wondering if it was really worth it to offend such a Genius.

In the blink of an eye, the two had fought fiercely for hundreds of rounds. Yang Lingchen used the God Slaying Sword Art combined with his agile movement techniques, and for a time, the two were locked in a stalemate.

As time passed, Yang Lingchen grew more anxious because the explosion profound pill also had a time limit. If he couldn't quickly take down Zhou Xuanzheng, what awaited him would be a devastating blow.

At this point, Yang Lingchen couldn't care about anything else. Almost every move was a life-risking gamble as he used the God Slaying Sword Technique to strike at his opponent continuously and crazily.

Zhou Xuanzheng became more alarmed as the fight went on, while Yang Lingchen grew more courageous with every strike.

Just then, Yang Lingchen caught a rare opportunity and instantly unleashed a Soul Devouring Slash.

Suddenly, Zhou Xuanzheng's movements clearly hesitated for a moment.

Without hesitation, Yang Lingchen used the immortal demon sword in his hand to slit Zhou Xuanzheng's throat in an instant, while simultaneously kicking his corpse away.

"The Great General Who Suppresses Heaven is dead!"

With the death of Zhou Xuanzheng, the Northern Profound Empire's army instantly fell into chaos.

At this time, Zhou Yuxiang and Zhou Yuhao, who were besieging Dongfang Yunbing, were also stunned by Yang Lingchen's formidable strength.

The Great General Who Suppresses Heaven was the third strongest expert in the Northern Profound Empire! If even he died at Yang Lingchen's hands, how terrifying must Yang Lingchen's strength be?

At this moment, Zhou Yuxiang and Zhou Yuhao no longer had the heart to continue fighting.

Just then, Dongfang Yunbing seized an opportunity, and with a sweep of her sword, she instantly slit Zhou Yuhao's throat.

Seeing this, Zhou Yuxiang's figure retreated violently.

At that moment, Yang Lingchen instantly struck, knocking him unconscious on the spot with a single palm strike.

Without their leaders, the Northern Profound army collapsed like a mountain falling, being driven back by the Heavenly Origin Palace Disciples.

With Yang Lingchen and Dongfang Yunbing joining in, the high-ranking members of the Northern Profound Empire who participated in the battle were soon completely slaughtered.

Next was cleaning up the battlefield.

Yang Lingchen pulled the storage ring off Zhou Xuanzheng's body.

Then, Yang Lingchen walked over to Zhou Yuxiang's side; he had only knocked Zhou Yuxiang unconscious earlier.

Yang Lingchen directly smashed a stick onto Zhou Yuxiang's lower leg.

*Crack.*

"Ah... ah... ah..."

"Yang... Ling... chen, you dare to injure this Crown Prince? You're dead."

Zhou Yuxiang let out a shrill scream and woke up from the pain of his coma, looking at Yang Lingchen with terrified eyes.

"Does that feel good, Crown Prince?" Yang Lingchen sneered.

"What... what do you want!" Zhou Yuxiang asked in fear.

Yang Lingchen smiled faintly and swung the stick again onto his other leg.

*Crack.*

"Ahhh..." Zhou Yuxiang let out another scream.

"Look at you, why couldn't you just be a good Crown Prince? Why did you have to seek death?"

After saying that, Yang Lingchen swung the stick again onto Zhou Yuxiang's right hand.

*Crack.*

"Ah... ah... ah..."

"Spare me, I won't do it again, please spare me!" Zhou Yuxiang pleaded loudly.

At this moment, he regretted it immensely. Why did he have to provoke Dongfang Yunbing?

Yang Lingchen looked at him with a cold sneer and casually delivered two more blows. Instantly, all five of Zhou Yuxiang's limbs were shattered, and even his Dantian was crippled by Yang Lingchen's kick.

*Crack, crack...!*

"Ahhh..."

"Yang Lingchen, you monster, you will die a horrible death," Zhou Yuxiang roared at the top of his lungs.

*Bang...!*

Yang Lingchen directly sent him flying with a strike of the stick. He didn't kill Zhou Yuxiang because the man was already a cripple.

Sometimes, the most cruel method isn't necessarily killing someone, but letting them fall from heaven into Hell, living forever in fear.

In no time, the news of Heavenly Origin Palace's victory over the Northern Profound Empire spread through the entire Northern Profound Region like a hurricane.

And Yang Lingchen's name also spread completely throughout the Northern Profound Region. Countless young talents yearned to join Heavenly Origin Palace... Northern Profound Empire, Empress's Palace.

"Saintess, I just received news that the Great General Who Suppresses Heaven and the Third Prince are both dead, the Crown Prince has been crippled, and the Northern Profound army was completely annihilated," the servant girl said.

"I understand. Let's go! It's time to find my Cauldron," Xiao Qingyun said with a charming smile on her lips.