Chapter 2573: Forceful Murder Donghuang Taiyi eyed Zu An’s red bow and frowned. “The Dragon race’s bow, Suzeng, and the Dragon race’s skill. Are you a descendant of the true dragons?” Zu An was stunned. He had heard that even though the Celestial Court’s Celestial Emperors viewed the Green Emperor as their founding ancestor, they were still divided into two factions. One was the Black Emperor’s faction, who viewed the Dragon race as their maternal race. The other was the White Emperor’s faction, who viewed the Phoenix race as their maternal race. He had received the Rune Weapon Chart from Yu the Great back then. Looks like Yu the Great is a descendant of the Black Emperor. He suddenly realized that this didn’t bode well for him. For various reasons, the Dragon race and the Phoenix race were on bad terms with each other, resulting in tension between the two factions. Donghuang Taiyi’s maternal race was the Phoenixes. That immediately deepened the grudge between them. As expected, Donghuang Taiyi’s expression turned cold. “I was wondering how such a huge mistake could have happened. Turns out you have someone backing you. Do you think that your fake East Emperor Bell can stop my attack?” The wind blades around Zu An became even more violent. The East Emperor Bell manifested by the Rune Weapon Chart was soon covered in cracks, looking as if it would shatter any time now. The Golden Crow First Prince smirked. “Do you regret your actions now, scoundrel? If you kneel and kowtow to me right now, I’ll consider pleading for mercy on your behalf with my uncle.” Heh, I won’t beg my uncle even if you kowtow and beg me right now. He knew that most people looked tough on the surface, but once death became certain, they wouldn’t hesitate to grovel and do anything to survive, especially if they saw a ray of hope, no matter how unlikely it was. He wanted to see this detestable fellow kneel and break down in front of him. Only then would he be cleansed of the humiliation he had suffered at the other party’s hands. Just remembering how he had lowered his head and begged Zu An for mercy earlier left him with a stinging sensation in his cheeks. I wonder if uncle saw that. How embarrassing! Zu An glared at the Golden Crow First Prince. “I’ll kill you.” The Golden Crow First Prince was stunned before he bent over and guffawed. “Hahaha! You’re already a dead man yourself, and you still want to kill me? Uncle, he thinks that he can kill me in your presence! Hahaha! I have never heard a greater joke in my life!” A tinge of contempt flashed across Donghuang Taiyi’s face. “Young man, I concede that it is outstanding for someone of your age to reach your level of cultivation, but you’re still too weak compared to me.” He waved his hand, and the East Emperor Bell around Zu An shattered. The wind blades exploited this opening to rush at Zu An. He made sure to control the wind blades precisely to each cut off a thin slice of flesh the width of a cicada’s wing, so that Zu An wouldn’t die too quickly. Donghuang Taiyi smiled as if he was ready to marvel at his masterpiece. However, the space around Zu An suddenly distorted. As if he had turned into a black hole, all the wind blades that approached him were absorbed. Donghuang Taiyi's eyes widened in shock. “Taotie? The power of void?” Zu An suddenly vanished into thin air, and in his place appeared a horrified Golden Crow First Prince. Uncle, I was waiting to admire that scoundrel’s miserable plight. How could you slip up here? The Golden Crow First Prince looked at the terrifying wind blades rushing at him and paled. How can I withstand my uncle’s wind blades?! Donghuang Taiyi was startled. The Taotie’s devouring ability had distorted the space around Zu An, which loosened his grip on the latter. He must have used that opening to escape, but how did he exchange positions with the Golden Crow First Prince? With Donghuang Taiyi’s cultivation, he naturally sensed Zu An behind him. Knowing the red bow, Suzeng, posed a threat to him too, he instinctively summoned the East Emperor Bell to protect himself. Even though he is much weaker than me, he possesses a lot of methods. At the same time, he opened his palm to divert the wind blades rushing at the Golden Crow First Prince. If he accidentally killed his own nephew here, he would become the laughingstock of the world! A white light divided the world into two. As soon as the wind blades scattered, the white light pierced through the Golden Crow First Prince’s body. Pah! The Golden Crow First Prince exploded like an inflated balloon. His feathers mixed with fresh blood scattered down, leaving a sinister, abstract painting in the sky. It went without saying that the arrow had been shot by Zu An. He had made use of that brief opening to swap places with the Golden Crow First Prince using the position exchange skill. He'd then pretended to attack Donghuang Taiyi despite knowing that the attack wouldn’t work even if he caught the latter by surprise, but it was all a feint. As he had expected, Donghuang Taiyi instinctively brought out the East Emperor Bell to protect himself. While ensuring his own safety, he also sought to rescue the Golden Crow First Prince from his wind blades. Zu An had then made use of this opening to release his killer shot. Due to all the actions he had taken, Donghuang Taiyi couldn’t react in time. Donghuang Taiyi was infuriated. “You’re courting death!” You have trolled Donghuang Taiyi for +444... +444... +444... How dare this ant kill my nephew before my eyes? Not only would he be unable to face his big brother, Emperor Jun, and his sister-in-law, Xihe, but it would also sully his reputation if it became known that he, Donghuang Taiyi, couldn’t ensure the safety of a junior under his protection. How could he face others in the future? He raised his arm and sent a palm backward. His palm encompassed an area of over twenty kilometers. Knowing that Zu An had an instantaneous movement skill, he widened the area of his attack so that Zu An would have nowhere to escape to! This palm strike reduced the meandering mountain range behind him to bits. The ten suns had already turned the surroundings into a desert, and the palm further transformed the desert into a sea of lava. Smoke gushed into the sky. Donghuang Taiyi’s expression suddenly turned cold. “Rainbow Morph!” He sensed that he had failed to kill Zu An. The latter had escaped by morphing into a rainbow. Due to the Taotie’s devouring ability distorting the surrounding space, he could no longer lock down on Zu An’s aura as he did before. “How many abilities does that fellow have?” Donghuang Taiyi was baffled. His cultivation is at most that of a True Immortal, but his fighting prowess is comparable to a High Immortal... No, in my presence, even a High Immortal is no more than an ant. I could easily kill a High Immortal, but that fellow’s abilities are proving to be an issue for me. “Trying to escape? Do you think you can slip away from me?” Donghuang Taiyi morphed into a golden surge of light and pursued the rainbow. There are too many secrets surrounding him. I can’t see through his background and karma. I have to capture him and get his secrets out of him.