You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

At this moment—

"Huh?"

Lin Yue's blade fell, and the starry, swirling blade cut into the body of the Eighth Prince. But what shocked the Eighth Prince was that this blade was unexpectedly... weak?

It lacked the terrifying power that once annihilated everything with infinite blade light, resembling an ordinary mundane object.

But immediately, the Eighth Prince's face turned deathly pale.

"No..."

The Eighth Prince's pupils contracted to the size of a needlepoint, "My Demon Seeds!"

With his Heart Demon Path Cultivation Method, he could easily sense the state of other Demon Seeds, no matter how far apart they were.

But at this moment, he suddenly discovered that many of his Demon Seeds placed across the world had suddenly been extinguished.

Each Demon Seed vaguely sensed a terrifying sword intent falling from the void, following some kind of mysterious connection, instantly slashing down an unknown number of sword intents, annihilating a large number of his Demon Seeds!

"How is that possible?"

The Eighth Prince could hardly believe his senses, "The Demon Seeds I've painstakingly cultivated... more than forty percent have been extinguished?"

He stared intently at the Divine Artifact Battle Saber in Lin Yue's hand, "Could this be the true ability of this Divine Artifact?"

The Demon Seeds were naturally weak, unable to withstand much power.

This blade, even through the strange connection of the void, still possessed immense power, easily extinguishing some weak Demon Seeds!

"Doesn't this mean that just three strikes could completely kill me?" The Eighth Prince was shocked.

"Die!"

Lin Yue had once again raised his saber to strike down.

This was the true ability he had acquired after the deeper recognition of the Divine Artifact "Infinite Starry Sky."

All things, even when divided into the smallest number beyond measure, still possess an indivisible connection that entangles them together.

The true power of the Divine Artifact Infinite Starry Sky was to allow the divine power to follow this connection and kill opponents from a distance.

It most effectively restrained avatar-type methods.

Now, it seemed the effect was quite good.

"Damn it..."

This time, the Eighth Prince did not dare to ignore this Divine Artifact Battle Saber, but the blade was too fast. He couldn't avoid it, so he could only dissipate his Heart Demon True Body as much as possible to avoid bearing too much of the saber's power.

But—

Even though his Heart Demon True Body began to dissipate, parts of his body turned into eerie black mist. But when the blade light slashed through the black mist, the mist did not even waver.

Only the immeasurable, terrifying sword intent followed some kind of mysterious connection and once again slashed down a large number of his Demon Seeds.

"My Demon Seeds, I have only one or two tenths left..."

The Eighth Prince's face turned pale. The Demon Seeds were a part of him, so the loss of so many was a sensation beyond words.

Most importantly—

One more strike, and if the Demon Seeds were completely extinguished, he would be truly dead if killed again!

The Twelfth Prince was already on his way here.

"Not escaping? Then die."

Lin Yue paid no heed to the Twelfth Prince and continued to slash at the Eighth Prince, who had mostly turned into black mist.

"No choice..." The Eighth Prince closed his eyes slowly, sighed, and his body dissipated completely, leaving only a trace of black mist.

If he didn't leave now, with the next strike, even if he wanted to leave, he wouldn't be able to, and then he would be doomed.

He couldn't stay to help the Twelfth Prince, so he had no choice but to escape!

"Boom!"

Lin Yue's strike hit nothing, only slicing through the lingering black mist.

He activated the true power of the Divine Artifact Infinite Starry Sky again, letting the sword intent power follow the infinite connection, transmitting it once more.

However, he knew it would have little effect now.

The Eighth Prince's true body had already left, and even if the strike extinguished all of the Eighth Prince's Demon Seeds, the scattered transmitted power would not be enough to kill the Eighth Prince's true body.

Now with the Eighth Prince's Demon Seeds all extinct, only the true body likely remained.

"Escaped?"

Lin Yue swept his gaze and swung the saber, cutting through the void, abruptly slicing a sword light galaxy toward the incoming Twelfth Prince!

"Huh? Where is he?" The Twelfth Prince found that the Eighth Prince hadn't reappeared and had to frantically swing his right hand, fused with the Emperor Tribulation Divine Bone, to block the strike again.

The strike was ordinary in power but clearly had an issue.

He himself wasn't harmed, but he felt a subtle and mysterious force, following some kind of connection, transmitting infinite sword intent to his three avatars left outside.

In an instant, all the avatars perished.

"I see..."

The Twelfth Prince suddenly understood why the Eighth Prince had fled and couldn't help but stare intently at the Battle Saber in Lin Yue's hand, "A Divine Artifact... So this is the power of the Divine Artifact?"

Such terrifying means, following unknown connections, were beyond his imagination.

"It's just you left."

Lin Yue looked at the Twelfth Prince and said indifferently, "It seems Prince Xian doesn't dare to show up. Solving you is enough."

The Twelfth Prince slowly closed his eyes, muttering, "I lost?"

Lin Yue said coldly, "From the beginning, you were destined not to win... Do you choose to die obediently, or struggle to the end?"

"Hehe..."

The Twelfth Prince suddenly chuckled quietly, saying, "I never thought I could win. From the start, I knew... the Ultimate Path, hehe... No wonder the Crown Prince gave you the Imperial Decree, he valued you so highly. If I kill you, perhaps I would die too, or maybe I couldn't even kill you..."

He said in a low voice, "But what choice do I have?"

If he didn't kill Lin Yue, he would die eventually.

Killing now, he was only betting that the Crown Prince would not be so enraged to kill him for Lin Yue's death.

If the Crown Prince intervened to stop him, he couldn't kill Lin Yue.

So he could only choose to try killing.

It's just a pity...

He ultimately failed.

"After my death... would you wipe out the entire line of Prince Cheng Mansion?" The Twelfth Prince said grimly.

"Those within three generations related to your bloodline would naturally be exterminated," Lin Yue replied unemotionally, "No one of exceptional talent from Prince Cheng Mansion can be left."

To eradicate weeds, one must pull out the roots.

He was not afraid of the Twelfth Prince's descendants or subordinates. But who could say what the future might hold? What if?

"It's over."

The Twelfth Prince sighed, as the divine power aura he emanated suddenly stabilized, while drawing back the white bone right hand.

—He had given up.

"The cause of yesterday, the effect of today."

The Twelfth Prince looked at Lin Yue and slowly said, "I always wondered what it would feel like to lose to you, and I thought if I died one day, your credit would surely be the greatest... I just didn't expect that day to come so soon."

Lin Yue watched him with a calm expression.

"To die by your hand is not so bad."

With a wave of the Twelfth Prince's sleeve, droplets of Emperor Tribulation Divine Power, along with the entire right bone fused with the Divine Bone, immediately detached from his body, floating beside him.

"There's no need to waste this Divine Power, and the Divine Bone is yours to deal with."

"Perhaps you can make better use of them."

"My greatest wish in life was to see the Demon Clan slaughtered to extinction. Now it seems that might truly be a day, though I may not live to see it."

The Twelfth Prince suddenly smiled and said, "What I have done brought forth someone like you for the Human Clan. It is an unexpected delight."

Lin Yue looked at him with an expressionless face, feeling no significant emotion, nor any excess sympathy.

He was merely fulfilling his revenge, and that was all.

Any excessive sympathy, empathy could wait.

"Seventeenth brother, enemies rather than friends we are, so I have little left to say."

The Twelfth Prince slowly closed his eyes, saying slowly, "So... do it."

Lin Yue, expressionless, swung the blade mercilessly. The blade light passed through the Twelfth Prince's body, also extinguishing his Primordial Spirit.

The Twelfth Prince's lips suddenly curled into a slight smile, and then he dissolved into ashes, vanishing without a trace.

The Xiahong line, Prince Cheng, perished here.

Decades of enmity ended here.

In an instant, there was silence within the array.

Outside the array, the evening poured vast, the distant mountains indistinct, just like in days past.

"It's over..."

Lin Yue stood in the air, closing his eyes slowly, recalling in his mind the thunder that cleaved through darkness, murmuring, "Grandfather..."