Feeling the space constricting, Lord Han gripped the sword in his hand, gathering all his strength and using the last of the medicinal power!

The black blood that spilled from his body seemed to hear his command, flowing against the current and gathering on his sword.

With a single slash!

Buzz!!!

The branch holding Jing Yan and the others was instantly severed, falling downwards!

Even though it had fallen out of the space, everyone could still see it. It seemed that after this branch was cut off, it had completely lost contact with the Spirit Tree.

At this moment, the space that Lord Han had barely managed to open was about to close completely.

You Sisi, who was barely holding on to her drowsiness, revealed a miserable smile.

"Lord Han... Yese, I'll leave her to you."

Lord Han subconsciously reached out to grab her, but the space had already completely contracted and closed, his hand grasping only air.

As the space closed, the Spirit Tree completely escaped into another dimension.

Power rapidly dissipated from his body, Lord Han's eyes gradually closed, and his body fell straight down from the sky!

"Lord Han!"

Lord Qiankun, who had just caught the falling branch, saw this scene and rushed to catch the falling Lord Han.

Fortunately, his strength was not bad, and he quickly caught up with Lord Han's falling speed, steadily catching him.

But when he looked up, he saw that he was surrounded, and the people surrounding him were…

"...Brother Xingchen."

Master Qiankun smiled bitterly. He understood that he had some explaining to do…

…

Hiding in the dark, Ku Xun and Xi Dao stared blankly at the empty sky.

Things happened too fast. They didn't even have time to react before everything was settled.

In fact, when An Dong'er appeared, they had already been hiding in the inn, and their hearts tightened, ready to take action.

Because with their Yun-level strength, they couldn't sense An Dong'er's existence at all, and couldn't see the depth of this guy.

A sense of crisis prompted the two to act, first rescuing You Sisi and moving away from the inn.

However, the next moment, Lord Han's explosion directly shattered the inn, and the terrifying air waves directly blew them away.

When they wanted to save her again, You Sisi had already been pierced through the chest by a branch.

The elite subordinates who had been arranged outside as a backup seemed to have reacted in time to save her.

As a result, they were pierced by the Spirit Tree branches just like You Sisi, and hung high up.

As the thunder dimmed, these people all disappeared without a trace.

They panicked and quickly dispersed to search, wanting to find You Sisi's whereabouts, but they couldn't even see her shadow, so how could they find her? They were just searching aimlessly like headless flies.

As a result, when the rooster crowed, they had already left the Yuansuan Inn for quite a distance due to the scattered search.

They desperately rushed back, and by the time they arrived, the space that Lord Han had desperately supported had already closed, and everything was over.

However, they had seen the scene of Lord Han cutting the branches with their own eyes.

If even experts of that level couldn't cut off the branches, then there was nothing they could do.

Of course, if Lord Han had a divine weapon in his hand at that time, the situation might not have been like this.

The two saw clearly that the sword in Lord Han's hand at that time was just a regular sword of the Qing Si team that he didn't know where he got from. The fact that it could withstand Lord Han's use was entirely due to Lord Han wrapping it with inner force, forcibly ensuring the sword's strength.

Low-level martial artists probably wouldn't understand these things, but how could the two of them, Yun-level experts, not understand?

Now that the situation had become like this, the two couldn't help but look at each other.

"I'll stay here to monitor and pay attention to You Sisi's whereabouts and Lei Ming's situation. You go back and report the situation to His Highness the Seventh Prince and request reinforcements."

After thinking for a while, Ku Xun said to Xi Dao.

Xi Dao's face immediately turned bitter, but he still nodded.

They were sent by His Highness the Seventh Prince to protect You Sisi, but now You Sisi had been taken away by the Spirit Tree, and her life and death were uncertain. If they returned in such a dejected manner, they would naturally only face the Seventh Prince's anger.

But there was no way around it. Who told them that the mission failed? Now that things had come to this, they could only do their best to salvage the situation.

Xi Dao quickly left, while You Xingchen, who was far away, after understanding the situation, reluctantly, at Master Qiankun's request, brought everyone back to the You Mansion to settle down.

…

Imperial Palace, Stone Saint Forest.

The bamboo made of green jade densely filled the entire Stone Saint Forest.

Only the area around the huge stone lion in the very center was clean, with only an empty square.

On the square, the First Prince faced the stone lion, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed.

Suddenly, a sound rang out in the quiet square.

Step.

Step.

Step.

It was… the sound of footsteps.

The crisp sound of footsteps echoed in the Stone Lion Square.

As the footsteps gradually approached, the First Prince slowly opened his eyes, his back to the newcomer.

"Seventh Brother, you shouldn't set foot here."

The Seventh Prince grinned and threw the two heads in his hand over.

The heads rolled on the ground, splattering blood everywhere.

They were two heads with hideous expressions, they were… the heads of the Second Prince and the Third Prince!

Only then did the First Prince slowly get up and turn to face the Seventh Prince.

The Seventh Prince's body was covered in blood, with several wounds. It seemed that killing the two princes at the same time was a big burden for him.

Judging from the degree of dryness of the blood, the Seventh Prince had just killed the people and then led his men to storm into the Stone Saint Forest.

"So urgent?"

"The longer you stay in the Stone Saint Forest, the more risk I face."

"...The stone lion has never responded to me."

"Who knows?"

The Seventh Prince slowly drew his sword.

"I only know that if I kill you, there will be no obstacles in my path."

As the Seventh Prince's voice fell, a large number of Purple Palace guards quickly poured in from outside, surrounding the First Prince.

The ones who were originally guarding the entrance of the Stone Saint Forest in place of the Purple Palace guards were the high-level members of the Red Division who had just arrived.

The ones responsible for fighting with the other guards of the royal family were the newly incorporated Juan Niao Tower forces.

After killing the Second Prince and the Third Prince, the Seventh Prince's power reached an unprecedented level, which was also the confidence he had to come to the Stone Saint Forest to find the First Prince now.

One effort, then decline, and finally exhaustion.

The Seventh Prince, who had been preparing for many years, relying on his rich accumulation and the advantages he had now, was ready to launch one last wave!

However…

Facing the surrounded First Prince, he just lowered his eyes slightly and asked softly.

"Did you find the [Gui Yun Straw] on the Second Brother and Third Brother?"

Gui Yun Straw? (Bizarre Luck Straw)

The Seventh Prince's expression froze.

What… was that?

He had never even heard of it!

"It seems you didn't. Looking at it this way, your preparations are not as thorough as those of my two younger brothers, or perhaps… your understanding of me is far from enough!"