NOVPUBXia Feng ignored Prince’s taunts and just stared absentmindedly at the woman in the red dress.
Seeing Xia Feng as if entranced, Prince furrowed his brows, sneered coldly in his heart, and thought arrogantly, "He dares to covet my wife, truly ignorant of his own limits."
Thinking this, he lost interest in engaging further and turned to pick up his daughter to head toward the dream device, but he suddenly froze halfway there.
He remembered what the Princess had said earlier, "Xia Feng, when did you arrive?"
Prince felt that something was off.
It seemed... this was the first time the Princess had spoken to a stranger?
And she accurately used his name, asking such a strange question, "When did you arrive?"
It made it seem as though they knew each other... A sense of unease inexplicably emerged in Prince’s heart, but he couldn’t quite pinpoint why. 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
He turned back to look at the man outside, frowned deeply, and after a moment of thought, he sneered:
"Well, isn’t it fine if I just get rid of this young brat?"
Since he felt uneasy, it was best to directly eliminate the possible source of danger. Thinking this, he glanced at Li Hongdou.
Originally, according to his backup plan, he intended for Li Hongdou to enter a reality crafted by Dream Evil, witness Xia Feng’s life being threatened in that dream, and then coerce her into accepting her role.
But now that Xia Feng had come to him, there was no need to proceed with that backup plan.
After all, constructing an incredibly realistic dream was difficult and time-consuming. Based on past experiments, it would take at least three to four hours, and there were too many variables during that period.
It would be better to seize Xia Feng now and kill the source of his unease!
The only risk was leaving the Infinite Field barrier, but it was a risk worth taking.
After all, there were no Fourth-order Spirit Masters outside; as long as no one could instantly kill him, he was safe.
And Xia Feng was just a mere First Rank Spirit Master.
After staring at the Princess for a while, Xia Feng slowly closed his eyes, his heartbeat slightly quickening.
Indeed, his earlier judgment was correct! He could indeed establish a contract with the Princess! He had felt something was off when he first entered the door with Mushroom, and now upon returning, it was finally confirmed.
A flood of information poured into his mind, from which he extracted a few key points:
[Guihua Catastrophe Contract]
[Birth Day: Today - 19 hours remaining]
[Master Status: Already recognized (Xia Feng)]
[Link Degree: 38%...39%...40%...]
[Status (Abnormal): Imaginary Number Curse, Existence Power weak, unable to complete birth]
He hadn’t received this influx of information when he saw the Princess at the banquet, but today he had... perhaps because today was the actual birth day?
Of course, what puzzled him even more was why he could arbitrarily receive the Princess’s recognition without even completing the birth ceremony or the Existence Power.
Moreover, when had he received the Princess’s recognition?
Had there been some unknown ceremony he wasn’t aware of? Xia Feng was filled with countless whys, utterly confused.
Just as he was spaced out, the sight of Prince stepping out of the Infinite Field caught the corner of his eye, startling him back to reality as he looked puzzled and asked,
"What are you doing out here?"
Prince felt that this young man was a bit foolish. Was he really so mesmerized by looking at his wife?
He sneered disdainfully, stomped his foot, and dark purple Spiritual Clothes ignited on his body. The Spiritual Pressure rippled out from him as purple flames burst from the Spiritual Clothes, gathering into a constantly spinning array of arrows.
"Boy, let’s see how many moves you can handle from me." The twelve Purple Flame Arrows suspended around him whizzed toward Xia Feng’s face, rapidly enlarging in his pupils.
Lightning Flash—Electricity sparked beneath Xia Feng’s feet in an instant, his figure flickering amidst the barrage of arrows. In a blink, he had reached directly above Prince’s head, slashing down fiercely with both hands clutching the broadsword, bringing with it three waves of blood!
Prince was split in two from head to toe!
’Boom!!!’ The floor cracked and crumbled as the split body disintegrated into purple petals, slowly falling to the ground.
Xia Feng, with a composed expression, turned back to see not far away, a middle-aged man in a deep red elegant tailsuit surrounded by numerous purple petals hovering, his expression slightly puzzled: "This intensity of your Spiritual Pressure... are you a Second Order Spirit Master?"
[Linkage rate: 54%...55%...]
Xia Feng spread his hands, smiling: "Obviously."
Seeing the young man’s confident and leisurely demeanor, Prince’s lips curved: "Advancing from First Rank to Second Order in less than a month, young man, you truly are a rare genius, but unfortunately, you’re on the wrong team."
"Mhm, you are absolutely right," Xia Feng suddenly became serious, "So, Prince, could you elaborate on the benefits of siding with you?"
Seeing that Xia Feng still wanted to chat, seemingly to stall for time, Prince guessed that the boy might have reinforcements.
So he decided to cut to the chase, his thoughts shifting.
Swoosh—Xia Feng blinked and looked down to find three arrows piercing through his chest, abdomen, and forehead from behind.
It seemed the purple petals that had fallen earlier had gathered into arrows behind him while he was talking with Prince.
At such close range, he couldn’t dodge, but when the crisis struck, he chose not to use any last-resort defenses.
"Boy, getting distracted during a fight is a big taboo," Prince said flatly, hands behind his back as he walked slowly toward Xia Feng’s body, squatting down to collect the soul.
But shining the soul stone revealed there was... no soul within the body? Prince touched the forehead of the body, certain that the flesh was real and not an illusion or some Elemental clone.
"What’s going on?"
The more Prince thought about it, the stranger Xia Feng seemed. He frowned, stood up, and looked around.
"Come out, I know you’re nearby."
Xia Feng’s current state was quite peculiar; he had thought that using the Vermilion Bird Demon Armor’s ability would allow his soul to leave his body instantly upon death, then reunite with the flesh.
But, once he actually died, he found that wasn’t the case.
His current viewpoint was a bizarre 360-degree angle, allowing him to clearly see everything inside the room—a complete god’s-eye view!
He felt as if he had become the world itself, omnipresent, embodying the chairs, tables, scientific instruments, even the dew, and the air—his soul was hidden within the very world itself.
His current state was simply the legendary... invincible time!
Hmm, a time when he couldn’t hit others and they couldn’t hit him.
[Nirvana State remaining: 4 seconds]
Unfortunately, this invincible state could only last fifteen seconds; he had to choose a rebirth point, or he would be forced to resurrect on the spot.
"Boy, I see you, come out," Prince said with a grim smile.
You see jack shit! Xia Feng rolled his eyes, even though he had no eyes at the moment.
It was a pity he couldn’t regroup his body inside a Life Form; otherwise, he could instantly kill Prince, albeit somewhat disgustingly.
As he contemplated, time also ran out.
[Linkage rate: 74%...75%...]
