Death of Crown Prince

At Imperial castle

BAM

A Grandmaster landed on the ground and ran towards castle when two Imperial Guards barred his path.

"I'm from Main prison an aide of Saint Qin and bring a critical report for court" He showed the medallion and was guided towards Imperial court but he wasn't allowed to enter the court.

"No one is allowed to disturb the court without permission. Submit your report and it'll be presented tomorrow."

"It's important a breach happened in Main prison and some traitors were captured." He was very anxious but the guards were unmoved, a maid listened to their discussion and moved towards the internal chambers of castle

The maid entered in room, a lady 1.9meter in height wearing a red dress stood at the balcony staring at the capital. She had beautiful face big eyes and small nose. Her hair was wrapped in an elegant way by golden hairpin.

"Empress a guard from main prison arrived but can't enter court. He spoke about traitors being captured "

"Call him to meet in Garden."

Maid bowed and left, the lady in red is Empress of Long Empire and first wife of Long Huang the emperor of Long Empire.

A while later the guard was brought before her in Imperial garden

"Greetings to Empress." He bowed to Empress

"Speak what you came for"

"A while ago Saint Qin captured some Imperial Guards whose Imperial Soul Brands were erased and replaced by something else. He sent me here to report this incident to court."

Empress was in deep thinking and her brows were furrowed, to erase a soul brand without killing the victim can only be done by a Great Saint of 9th nirvana but if such a powerhouse was present Ancestor Long would've felt his presence and ran out of his coffin for a fight to death. Emperor Long was in a meeting with envoys of Martial Soul sect he definitely can't be disturbed and at the moment her only son Crown Prince of Long Empire was present in the secret chambers of old castle. She had a feeling of foreboding

"Submit your report for pending but I'll look into the matter myself" She disappeared after speaking and flew towards Main prison with full speed

The guard felt relieved like a big boulder was off his shoulders, Empress is a stage-5 Nirvana saint she can definitely solve it.

Meanwhile

Mo Dao blasted in the hall, he squinted at the soldiers. They were on guard and spearhead pointed towards Mo Dao and rest.

"Both of them are Stage-3 Nirvana we can take care of them." Dwanwu Xing spoke to Mo Dao

Mo Dao nodded and walked forward while Dwanwu Xing got ready to strike along with other two. The two soldiers took their stance, their armor and spear glowed boosting their powress but

DING

the lid of the tripod was lifted up and a fair hand came out followed by the whole body. Golden droplets of water was streamed down the chiseled body of the youth. He landed elegantly on the ground and the water turned into vapour, two maids came from behind and helped him cover his body in a golden robe but next second his brows stretched and a displeased look appeared on his face

"Hm, what's going on here?"

CLANG

"They're intruders, please back away Crown Prince we'll hold them back." One soldier bumped his spear on floor and spoke in a grave tone

"Oh, hehe intruders it's been a long time since someone dared to intrude our capital, speak for what reason you came?" His voice was haughty and disdainful, he felt strong aura from three behind Mo Dao but spoke directly to Mo Dao since he was the one at front.

Long Pinyin has reasons to be disdainful since capital Long is like his backyard, he's played throughout the capital since childhood but no one dared to do anything. First if an empire targets him then its an all out war and Long Empire isn't weak rather among it's among strong ones which serve under a sect, second if a demonic sect targets him then Martial Soul Sect will get directly involved which will cause a war on an even larger scale, third after destruction of Blood Demon sect Dacun serves Martial Soul sect just like Long Empire which makes them natural allies, fourth even if someone captures him they won't kill him the most they can do is ask for ransom or exchange of prisoners.

Mo Dao stared at this man like he was looking at an idiot

"Who are you?" Mo Dao asked

"What you don't know me?"

"Heh, should I know him?" Mo Dao asked Dwanwu

"Lord he's Long Pinyin present Crown Prince and soon to be emperor of Long Empire."

"Oh" Mo Dao looked at Long Pinyin but soon moved his eyes towards the Tripod.

The Tripod was surrounded by inscriptions and runes, stele of different colors were placed all around it.

"Those are Law stones right, then what's that Tripod?"

"It's one of national treasures of Long Empire, the Nine Dragon Tripod and now probably being used as a medium to assimilate the laws for comprehension."

"Is that so? Okey take them down" Mo Dao waved his hands

BOOOM BOOOM BOOOOM

Next moment three auras exploded in succession followed by two more on opposite side. The while chamber rumbled and shook but next moment the inscriptions present on the walls stabilized the hall completely.

Mo Dao distorted and appeared beside the Tripod, he placed his hands on it. The material was unknown but definitely the strongest metal he's touched in both lifes combined. There were multiple small images of nine dragons spreading their wings and piercing the clouds on the tripod

SIZZLE

SCRATCH

his divine sun fire wasn't able to burn it and the space could only leave a Shallow mark on it. Mo Dao has almost comprehended complete space law but he can hardly use 10% of its power in combat cause he lacks divine power.

"Space Law" A low gasp came out from Long Pinyin's mouth but next second his eyes were filled with greed if he can absorb the law using law stones won't he be able to comprehend it as well.

Long Pinyin took two deep breaths and curbed down his greed while calming his mind, this man knows space laws and despite being a Grandmaster three saints follow him. He seems to have a great background

"Please state your name and which force do you belong. You're belittling both Long family and Martial soul sect by intruding and tempering with our national treasure."

"Hehe I don't belong to any sect or force so don't feel apprehensive and go ahead attack me isn't that what you want." Mo Dao spoke while spreading his hands, he felt funny how Long Pinyin couldn't recognize the prisoners whose stolen laws he's comprehending.

Long Pinyin stared at Mo Dao then he looked back towards his personal guards who barely held the three back while suffering grave injuries. Dwanmu Xing is a stage-5 Saint while his three minor laws were sucked away and he needs to reabsorb them but the foundation is still there along with major law of Shadow and Darkness which overpowered one of soldiers on the other hand Xu Jian and Liu Tingshen totally overpowered other one with their combined attacks.

BOOM

Long pinyin lunged at Mo Dao. He didn't cared about Mo Dao's backing anymore since he dared to intrude I dare kill him. Purple scales appeared all over his body and his hands turned to claw. Long Pinyin is 76 years old and a peak Grandmaster. As a crown prince he wasn't allowed to join a sect but feasting on the resources of whole Empire and possessing the talent of both his mother who is most talented Empress in all history of Empire and father with most refined dragon blood he became a peak Grandmaster at the age of 76. After that he was allowed to comprehend laws from this chamber which is equivalent to cultivating inside a Law fields. His father's cultivation chamber has stele containing laws sucked out from saints above stage-5 and below that is reserved for him the crown prince. While he knows that Mo Dao is strong but that's just in comprehension but

CRACK

BOOM

Next moment his eyes widened his terror, the claw shattered and head was smashed on the floor shattering the reinforced floor into splinters.

"Speak will you surrender or should I skin you alive."

Long Pinyin shuddered in terror after hearing the ghastly voice but then anger and humiliation replaced the fear

"Kill Me Haha ..cough..cough.. do you dare kill me, both Empire and sect will do anything to kill you. Hehe you better kowtow and beg for forgiveness I might let you live." Long Pinyin chuckled in a menacing way while coughing blood but Mo Dao was unmoved

"Then it's getting skinned alive." Mo Dao gave a wide smile

"What?" Long Pinyin was horrified, there's no way this bastard will skin him but he got his answer very next moment

AAARRRRGGGGGGHH

Mo Dao nails grew and pierced Long Pinyin's hand he slowly started peeling off the skin while blood curdling screams came out Long Pinyin's mouth.

"BASTARD"

"STOP IT"

the two saints shouted in terror and anger while the maids directly fainted but Mo Dao's eyes were filled with cynicism. Stubborn people like Long Pinyin needs to be thoroughly broken then either they'll surrender completely or it'll be a complete refusal.

After peeling off the whole skin of right hand Mo Dao wanted to move for left hand but

"Dead you're dead, if I don't kill you drink your blood and wipe out your complete bloodline I won't crown myself even if I become a saint, hahaha..cough..haha."

Mo Dao stared for a moment at Long Pinyin, his eyes were filled with disappointment. Long Pinyin became even more stubborn which means there won't be a surrender no matter how much he tortures him. Mo Dao really wanted to enslave Long Pinyin having a Crown Prince as an underling would've been very helpful but Man proposes God disposes, Long Pinyin is too stubborn, he has been deluded by useless pride. Mo Dao can't delay any longer

"Please stop my lord"

As Mo Dao lifted his hand to crush his head someone stopped him surprisingly it was none other than Dwanwu

BAM

Dwanwu threw the corpse in Golden armor away and walked towards Mo Dao with eyes full of wrath

"Lord please let me kill him I have great hatred with his mother." Mo Dao started at Dwanwu with interest but didn't asked any further

"Have it your way."

"NOOOO"

SPLASH

Dwanwu waved his hand and the head was separated from torso in an instant. Dwanwu stored the head inside Long Pinyin's space ring and wore it.

Mo Dao took off the few strips he had left for clothes and entered the tripod

[Origin points:- 1.8 Billion]

Far away from eastern gate in the middle of the Capital Empress Wan Danhwa who was flying towards the Main prison slowly came to halt. A tear trickled down her eyes and she took off the crystal necklace from her neck with trembling hands, inside the necklace was a frozen drop of blood which had now had shattered. It was origin blood of her only child Long Pinyin but now it shattered which meant Long Pinyin met with tragedy. Her head was dizzy and she almost lost her footing, a crazy amount of aura exploded from her body freezing the whole area of the two kilometers instantly freezing everything in the range. It was only a passive effect of her aura, but all of them met with instant death be it master, Grandmaster all were akin to an ant before a stage-5 Saint. The tear also froze before falling on the ground

CRACK CRACK

thin cracks ran throughout the ice but Empress was no longer there she disappeared with red eyes boiling full of murderous intent.

A eagle made of ice flew towards Imperial castle which will be the cause of uproar in Imperial court.