"Lin Ping, hurry up and run!"

Chun Fei turned back, her heart burning with impatience.

As expected, Lin Ping had unknowingly arrived behind them and saved them.

However, she did not know how powerful Lin Ping's attack had been. She thought that Lin Ping had launched a sneak attack on the barbarian, managing to accidentally injure the barbarian slightly.

However, this did not mean that Lin Ping had the strength to challenge this grade-9 master.

In reality…

Lin Ping's sword aura was not an impressive technique.

It was the Six Pulse Sword Attack.

This was a technique where internal energy would gather at his fingertips and shoot out in a similar way to sword aura. It could kill people across space and was very effective even when he had still been in the grade-7 or grade-8 realm.

When one achieved mastery of this technique, they would be able to achieve victory against most experts in the same realm.

However, once one reached the grade-9 realm, it was not as effective.

He was not even able to do much harm to this barbarian.

Of course, this barbarian was rather strong, much stronger than Black and White Impermanence.

Furthermore, more importantly, he seemed to have cultivated a body protection technique! It looked like his level of attainment could rival Lin Ping's when Lin Ping was still a grade-8!

If not, he should not have been able to block Lin Ping's attack.

"Are you trying to run? Since you've shown up, don't even think of escaping!"

Bo Ri wiped off the bloodstains on his forehead and was not angry at all. Instead, he flashed a bright grin and laughed. "Today, either I will kill you, or you will kill me! You can go all out! Otherwise, when you are killed by me later, you might regret it."

"Is that so?"

Lin Ping was too lazy to even look at Bo Ri.

He had determined Bo Ri's strength from their fight just now.

Even though Bo Ri's body protection techniques were not bad and could barely rival Lin Ping's when he was in the grade-8 realm…

There was a massive difference between the grade-8 realm and the grade-9 realm. Furthermore, Lin Ping was now at the grade-9 realm and was considered to be an extremely powerful grade-9.

His current defenses were more than 20 to 30 times stronger than when he was at grade-8!

"Have a taste of my palm!"

Bo Ri was not afraid of Lin Ping's sword aura. Instead, he actively threw himself at Lin Ping like a roc, and his palms surrounded him as quickly as lightning.

He wanted to fall back on his extremely powerful defenses and exchange a few blows with Lin Ping. He would not mind even if they injured each other. He liked the excitement from meeting force with force.

In fact, he liked the feeling of being injured!

This was because his physical body was too strong, and very few people were able to injure him.

To him, every injury was a reward!

Not only did Lin Ping not dodge, he did not even look at Bo Ri directly. Instead, sword aura accumulated at his fingertips once again.

However.

This time, he did not perform the Six Pulse Sword Attack, but one of the techniques from the Return of the Ten Thousand Swords.

Weng!

Then, a wave of sword aura appeared. However, at this moment, Bo Ri realized that there was something wrong with the situation. It seemed as if this sword aura from Lin Ping was slightly different from the previous three waves of sword aura he had unleashed just before.

No!

It was a very large difference!

Even before the sword aura landed on him, he felt his entire body aching. It was as if his sturdy body that was invulnerable to attack was about to be split open. In fact, he even felt a terror that he had not felt in a very long time.

"Impossible!"

Bo Ri's gaze was stern. However, he was still full of confidence in his defenses.

With Bo Ri's defenses, even if his Senior Brother personally attacked him, his Senior Brother would not be able to threaten his life in a short period of time unless he used his strongest technique.

How could this young man who seemed like a eunuch possibly kill him?

This must definitely be an illusion!

"You… die!"

Bo Ri's internal energy was circulating at full force, accumulating to form layers of defense.

However, it was a pity that when the sword aura slashed past him, it was as if his defenses had turned into paper and were easily sliced through.

After that, the sword aura landed at his neck.

Ka cha!

The sword aura smoothly sliced through his skin, muscles, and bones without any hindrance.

Bo Ri suddenly felt like he was flying.

However, when he looked down, he realized that his body was still on the ground, but there was no head on his neck. Instead, blood was spurting forth from his neck.

A large head was sent flying in the air!

He had constantly called for people to beat him to death.

Today, it had actually happened…

There was silence!

There was dead silence!

Changmen Palace was completely silent for a period of time.

Chun Fei and Yun Su, who were about to advise Lin Ping to hurry up and escape, widened their eyes when they saw this. Their mouths were so wide that they could fit a duck egg inside!

They were completely stunned.

"This…"

"Lin Ping, you…"

…

…

Outside Changmen Palace.

The Emperor and the Empress, as well as Xie Feihong, Feng Bao, the imperial family's guest elders, and the others, did not follow Bo Ri to Changmen Palace to observe the battle.

On the one hand, they felt that the outcome of the battle had been determined. Thus, there was nothing worth watching.

Regardless of how impressive the mysterious expert at Changmen Palace was, there was no doubt that he would die today.

Furthermore, the mysterious grade-9 expert in Changmen Palace had no intention of clashing with the barbarian experts. However, the expert had been betrayed without his knowledge and was forcibly put into this dangerous situation.

If they went to observe the battle at this moment, it would be very troublesome if the mysterious expert ignored the barbarian expert and first sought revenge on them out of rage and humiliation.

After all, even though the two barbarian experts, Moragu and Bo Ri, wanted to find a grade-9 master to exchange blows with, this did not mean that they would help to protect the Emperor.

To protect themselves, the Emperor did not lead his people to observe the people at Changmen Palace. Instead, he waited for news from a distance.

However, the Empress wanted to personally witness the fight and see how Chun Fei, who she wanted to kill most, would die a miserable death at the hands of the barbarians.

However, she understood her situation as well.

She was now helpless. Furthermore, she did not know what her fate would be after this incident was over.

During this time, she definitely could not make any other requests.

As for Bo Ri's senior brother, Moragu, he did not follow Bo Ri to Changmen Palace either. On the contrary, he was chatting with the Emperor in a leisurely and carefree manner. He was not worried that his junior brother, Bo Ri, would encounter any accidents.

To him, there could not possibly be any other experts in the Grand Xia imperial compound.

Even if there was barely a grade-9 master, they were probably the weakest grade-9 with a declining aura and decreased strength. Thus, his junior brother would be able to deal with them in one attack.

If not, the Emperor would not have been so helpless against their humiliation.

Even if there was an expert hiding in the imperial compound, with his junior brother's body protection techniques, he could not possibly face any danger.

Even if he was no match for the expert, he would be able to endure for a moment for Moragu to immediately rush there.

"Your Majesty, it looks like Changmen Palace is the cold palace, right?"

Moragu looked at the desolate palace that had been in disrepair for many years. It completely lacked the splendor of the other palaces, and he could not even see any experts. It did not seem like it was part of the imperial compound and looked more like a haunted house.

"Yes." The Emperor had no desire to interact and simply replied to him calmly.

At that moment, he was just thinking about what excuse he would use to end today's martial arts exchange once barbarian expert Bo Ri killed the mysterious grade-9 master in Changmen Palace.

"A grade-9 master in the cold palace? Interesting. It's no wonder that Your Majesty would allow Junior Brother to go there and find the expert to clash with."

Moragu shook his head.

He more or less understood why the Emperor and Empress would push a grade-9 master to his death.

It turned out that even though this grade-9 master was in the imperial compound, he was not controlled by the Emperor or the Empress.

However, this did not matter.

As long as it was a Grand Xia expert, no matter what their identity was, it would not be a loss to kill them.

Suddenly, the smile on Moragu's face disappeared, and he stared at Changmen Palace with a stern expression.

He leaped and disappeared from where he had been standing. Then, he ran towards Changmen Palace, leaving the Emperor and the others behind, who did not know why he had done so.

They could sense that the battle at Changmen Palace seemed to have begun.

However, what was with Moragu's grave expression?

Could it be that he felt that his Junior Brother was in danger?

It couldn't be, right?

Was it possible that the mysterious grade-9 master in Changmen Palace was stronger than Sword Sovereign Dugu Xiong? Would that master be able to threaten Bo Ri and require Moragu to personally step in to resolve this?

That meant that this grade-9 master could be placed on par with Shi Chengtian!

This was simply too bizarre!