Astonishment! The entire city was astonished!
To withstand the attacks of the nine strongest Heaven's Prides, raise a hand to send the five strongest Heaven's Prides flying, and utterly defeat all enemies!
Was this the invincible bearing of a true Ancient Divine Palace successor?
At this moment, it was completely displayed before the eyes of the world.
What battle for supremacy among the younger generation, what strongest Heaven's Prides—all were crushed like rotten wood, swept aside by invincible might. This was the divine might of Ancient Divine Palace successor Gu Changsheng, formidable as a prison!
"I said your so-called attacks are nothing more than this," Gu Changsheng said, retracting the phoenix-wing divine form behind him, leaving only a few sparks drifting with the wind. "But daring to sneak attack from behind, today I'll teach you a lesson!"
Whoosh—
Gu Changsheng moved. The nine strongest Heaven's Prides all changed color, fleeing backward at extreme speed at the same moment, because a great terror enveloped their hearts.
Almost the instant they decided to retreat, Gu Changsheng's figure appeared before one of them—the Sunlight Crown Prince of the Liuxia Imperial Dynasty.
But his reaction was indeed fast enough. Opening his mouth, he actually spat out a Saint Sword, Saint Marks flashing as he fiercely slashed out, unleashing beams of sky-piercing sword light.
"Petty tricks!"
Gu Changsheng said indifferently, shattering all the sword light with a flick of his finger, crushing it like rotten wood, terrifying to an unbelievable degree.
With another flick, terrifying power directly caused the Saint Sword to develop countless tiny cracks that spread across the entire blade, causing it to disintegrate.
Then a third finger strike shot out, smashing into the Liuxia Crown Prince, sending his entire body flying like a kite with its string cut, coughing up large mouthfuls of blood, with his right shoulder and right abdomen completely exploding, spraying out a mist of blood.
One finger to break the sword technique, one finger to shatter the Saint Sword, one finger to severely wound the strongest Heaven's Pride.
What kind of astonishing method was this? Even Saint Lord-level experts were probably no more than this.
Gu Changsheng continued to act, seemingly intent on mercilessly killing the Liuxia Crown Prince. At this moment, even the Emperor of Liuxia's eyes were turning red with madness.
If Gu Changsheng killed this strongest Heaven's Pride Crown Prince, the entire Liuxia Imperial Dynasty would absolutely become enemies with the Ancient Divine Palace.
But just as Gu Changsheng was about to strike, Li Xuan spoke up to stop him: "Enough. These are all important seed-level figures of our Ancient Divine Continent. You cannot mercilessly strike them down."
Gu Changsheng immediately frowned his sword-like brows, seeming somewhat impatient, but ultimately did not strike to kill.
"Fine. This time I won't kill anyone. But all those who secretly sneak-attacked me—while the death penalty may be exempted, the living penalty is hard to escape. They must receive due punishment! On this point, you cannot intervene to stop me."
Li Xuan had no objection: "As long as you don't kill them, do as you wish."
He didn't want Gu Changsheng to kill these Imperial Dynasty Crown Princes, who were all future Imperial Dynasty Sovereigns. Although the Ancient Divine Palace feared nothing, it also didn't want to completely offend these Imperial Dynasties, which would bring no benefit to the Ancient Divine Palace's rule over the continent.
Moreover, these Imperial Dynasty Crown Princes were all strongest Heaven's Prides with extraordinary potential. Properly nurtured, they could greatly increase the Ancient Divine Continent's strength and were indispensable to the Ancient Divine Palace's future plans.
This scene was shocking to all who saw it, especially the other fleeing strongest Heaven's Prides, who fled even faster.
Who would dare face such a terrifying figure head-on? That would be purely seeking death.
But Gu Changsheng let out a cold laugh, his speed unimaginably fast, surpassing worldly imagination, suddenly disappearing from everyone's sight.
Whoosh—
The next moment, he appeared beside another Imperial Dynasty Crown Prince. Similarly crushing like rotten wood, he almost suppressed the other party with a raise of his hand, severely wounding him, nearly tearing half his body apart.
With such crushing methods, he successively suppressed a total of four people.
During this time, it was enough for all the strongest Heaven's Prides to leave the space of the Heaven and Earth Battle Stage. At this point, they naturally had no more desire to compete for supremacy.
How could one contend with such a terrifying figure? Resistance was merely seeking death.
But when they all rushed to the edge of the Heaven and Earth Battle Stage, about to leave the battle stage's mini-world, they were blocked—unable to break through.
This mini-world had been restrained, impossible to leave.
"Sneak attacking from behind when the opportunity arises, and now you want to escape? How could I let you have your wish without teaching you a lesson," Gu Changsheng said. It was he who had acted, restraining the vast mini-world, preventing the other strongest Heaven's Prides from leaving.
Now even the qualification to withdraw had been stripped away, making their expressions extremely ugly. When had they ever encountered such a scene?
Whoosh—
At the same time, Gu Changsheng acted again, charging toward the location of Tian Xu Crown Prince.
Although Tian Xu Crown Prince had been invincible, sweeping aside his generation for many years, this time he experienced the feeling of looking up at someone else that others had once felt toward him—very similar to when he sparred with Ye Chen earlier, not much different.
Pfft—
Gu Changsheng attacked, sweeping over with another palm strike containing profound Great Dao laws, pressing down with a raise of his hand.
Tian Xu Crown Prince desperately resisted, but his arms seemed broken as his entire person was sent flying backward, severely wounded and coughing blood.
Gu Changsheng expressionlessly pressed down with another palm strike. Tian Xu Crown Prince let out a long roar, his essence, energy, and spirit erupting with all his might, his aura suddenly surging by a significant margin.
He had actually broken through, advancing to the third level of the Saint Vault, becoming even stronger than before.
This was due to insights gained from Ye Chen's earlier finger strike. Although he hadn't broken through immediately, he wasn't far from it. Now, facing Gu Changsheng's pressure, he finally broke through.
"To actually break through—somewhat impressive," Gu Changsheng also showed slight surprise, revealing a trace of a smile. Surprisingly, he didn't attack immediately, instead showing some appreciation for Tian Xu Crown Prince.
The other strongest Heaven's Prides also felt envy, never expecting Tian Xu Crown Prince to break through at this critical moment.
This should have been a fortunate event, but currently Tian Xu Crown Prince showed no smile, because the invincible Gu Changsheng was right before him.
Even after breaking through, he still felt the gap between himself and Gu Changsheng was as vast as heaven and earth, difficult to cross.
However, Gu Changsheng did not act. Instead, he actually stood with hands behind his back, looking down from a commanding height at Tian Xu Crown Prince, speaking: "I've changed my mind. I no longer intend to harm you."
"Hmm?" Tian Xu Crown Prince looked at Gu Changsheng in surprise.
"You're quite good, actually able to break through at such a critical juncture. I can give you an opportunity—follow by my side. In the future, I can lead you to the pinnacle of the Great Dao, enfeoffing you as a generation's Divine King. How about it?"
Gu Changsheng got straight to the point, giving a very significant promise—actually wanting to subdue Tian Xu Crown Prince to follow him.
It must be said, this was a weighty promise. Everyone could see Gu Changsheng's strength—he was bound to be invincible under heaven, sooner or later reaching the very peak of this Ancient Divine Continent, overlooking the continent, proud above the world, becoming the continent's master.
Moreover, with the Ancient Divine Palace's nurturing, surpassing even a Heavenly King in the future was not impossible.
Following by his side, becoming a generation's Divine King in the future—this temptation was incredibly alluring to many.
With Gu Changsheng ruling the continent, his followers would naturally become famous throughout the world, leaving their names in the annals of history.
Tian Xu Crown Prince was stunned for a moment, but his expression turned very ugly.
Because since childhood, he had aspired to reach the pinnacle of the Great Dao, to overlook the world with his own strength, invincible across ancient and modern times. As the Crown Prince of a great Imperial Dynasty with extraordinary talent, he also had his own pride. How could he willingly become another's follower?
Doing so would damage his Dao heart, making it impossible to truly reach the pinnacle of the Great Dao in the future.
Therefore, Tian Xu Crown Prince almost refused without thinking: "Impossible."
Gu Changsheng showed slight surprise. He never expected Tian Xu Crown Prince to directly refuse. After all, this was his first time recruiting someone, already showing special sincerity. None of the other strongest Heaven's Prides had received his recruitment. Tian Xu Crown Prince should have submitted—how could he refuse?
This made his expression somewhat ugly: "Why? Isn't following me good? Sooner or later, I will reach the pinnacle of the Great Dao, standing above all, ruling the continent. Following by my side, you will inevitably shine brilliantly, leaving a name for eternity. This is an honor others cannot obtain."
Tian Xu Crown Prince said firmly: "My Dao is singular. I will not follow you. I will only follow my original heart to bravely climb the Great Dao's peak. I do not wish to become anyone's follower."
Gu Changsheng's expression turned even uglier, gloomy as water: "You should know there is only one outcome for refusing me—that is death. Aren't you afraid?"
He did not conceal his meaning, overwhelming killing intent wantonly releasing from his body, causing the surrounding void to continuously collapse.
Either follow him, or die. Choose one.
Domineering!
Tian Xu Crown Prince's expression changed drastically, as did the Emperor of Tian Xu and Li Xuan. But neither could do anything. If Gu Changsheng truly intended to strike, neither could save Tian Xu Crown Prince in time.
But the Emperor of Tian Xu had different thoughts. Once Tian Xu Crown Prince followed Gu Changsheng, and later ascended as Crown Prince, it would be equivalent to the entire Imperial Dynasty adhering with the Ancient Divine Palace, completely becoming the Ancient Divine Palace's possession.
How could the Emperor of Tian Xu allow the Imperial Dynasty to become another's possession?
At this moment, even if Tian Xu Crown Prince—the strongest Heaven's Pride in Imperial Dynasty history—died, he could not submit.
"Then I would rather die," Tian Xu Crown Prince suddenly raised his head, fearless of Gu Changsheng, his expression very resolute.
"Fine, then go die."
Gu Changsheng's killing intent overflowed as he slapped toward Tian Xu Crown Prince's brow.
He could not allow others to refuse him. Once the first refused, others would also refuse, damaging his invincible majesty. He must awe the world, kill the chicken to warn the monkey!
The world suddenly sighed lightly. The other strongest Heaven's Prides all felt a sense of shared sorrow, but were powerless, only able to watch helplessly as Tian Xu Crown Prince was killed before their eyes.
At this moment, the Emperor of Tian Xu suddenly shouted: "Sir, please rescue my dynasty's Crown Prince! In the future, we will be endlessly grateful, and the ancestor will act with even greater sincerity!"
The whole world shook. What did this mean?
"Apologies. The person you want to kill is the person I want to save!"
A faint voice suddenly rang out. At the same time, a slender, pale hand reached out from the void, clapping together with Gu Changsheng's palm—
With a rumble, heaven collapsed and earth split!