Chapter 979: Chapter 979: Overbearing Dominance

    “Prince, you happen to be short of a few maids. These three would make fine maids for you.”

    Qin Hao’s eyes glinted coldly, and a Sword Qi formed out of thin air, several meters long, cut through the air towards Ye Xiaotian and the others.

    Ye Xiaotian’s expression changed slightly upon seeing this. He swiftly retreated, waving his hand and releasing a Sword Qi from a ring artifact on his thumb.

    His Sword Qi only blocked for a brief moment before it dissipated.

    Among them, only he was at the Mid-stage Grandmaster Realm, while the others were almost all at the Innate Realm. Faced with such powerful Sword Qi, their expressions changed drastically, and they turned to flee.

    The vendor reacted even faster. As soon as Qin Hao released his Sword Qi, he had already dashed away, disappearing without a trace, his speed not inferior to Ye Xiaotian’s.

    Ye Xiaotian retreated while counterattacking, taking several moves to finally dispel Qin Hao’s Sword Qi.

    He was somewhat shocked inside. This man, merely at the Early Stage Grandmaster Realm, had such powerful Sword Qi. Could he be one of the young geniuses participating in the competition?

    Currently, with the young genius competition happening, many talented young people have come to the royal city. Qin Hao must be one of these young talents competing, right?

    “You have quite the nerve. Do you believe I won’t ask my royal brother to disqualify you from the competition?” Ye Xiaotian spoke, his heart trembling at Qin Hao’s strength.

    Qin Hao scoffed disdainfully, “Oh really? If you’re so capable, why not just stop the entire dynasty tournament?”

    “Protect the Prince.”

    At this moment, Ye Xiaotian’s guards came to their senses and stood in front of him, six in total, each at the Early to Mid-stage Grandmaster Realm.

    Seeing them arrive, Ye Xiaotian was displeased, “What the hell are you standing around for? Get up there and kill him.”

    The six guards hesitated not a bit, instantly charging at Qin Hao.

    Qin Hao snorted coldly, and countless Sword Qi appeared in the air instantly, enveloping the entire sky with streams of light and crisscrossing Sword Qi.

    “Bang bang bang”

    “Clang clang clang”

    The sounds of Sword Qi clashing were constant, sparks exploding, radiant and dazzling. Those men were desperately defending with their weapons, but the Sword Qi Qin Hao exuded was too strong and seemingly chaotic yet contained the rules of the Sword Dao.

    Seconds later, all of them were injured by Sword Qi, falling to the ground, losing their fighting ability.

    Qin Hao didn’t kill them, for this was the royal city, and openly killing would certainly be unfeasible; injuring them was of little consequence.

    Ye Xiaotian, seeing his six guards defeated in such a short time by Qin Hao, stared with wide eyes in utter disbelief.

    He was already scared out of his wits and turned around to flee.

    Qin Hao looked at his figure, his eyes flashed with sword light, and a Sword Qi rapidly caught up with the fleeing Ye Xiaotian, standing on his leg.

    Blood flashed, and a scream resounded as Ye Xiaotian’s legs were cut off, leaving him sprawled on the ground.

    Everyone was dumbfounded, including Dong Mengqi and Gao Linglong. This... this Qin Hao was too domineering, wasn’t he? He said let him crawl back, and so he shall crawl back?

    This was a prince, after all, the brother of today’s Skyfire Dynasty emperor.

    Though the emperor had dozens of brothers, he was still the emperor’s brother. By doing this, how could the emperor save face? How could the royal members save face?

    Qin Hao looked towards the vendor not far away, and a Sword Qi instantly arrived in front of him, “Do you wish to die or live?”

    “Mercy, senior, spare me! It was him who transmitted a message to me, forcing me to do this. It wasn’t my fault, I was coerced,” the man immediately knelt on the ground, pleading loudly for his life.

    Qin Hao sneered, “Deceptive, wanting to slander me for the sake of Spirit Stones. Today, I’ll cut off your arm, what do you have to say?”

    “No, I dare not, I dare not,” he replied repeatedly.

    “Shhh”

    A cold gleam flashed, and the vendor’s arm was severed. He dared not speak further, packed up his stall, and left with his severed arm.

    In fact, the severed arm could be reattached later through medication without any side effects, but the pain from the severing would leave a lasting memory.

    “Congratulations to the host for punishing an evil noble, rewarded one thousand merit points.”

    “Congratulations to the host for punishing an evil vendor, rewarded five hundred merit points.”

    ...

    Qin Hao turned and said, “Let’s go.”

    Dong Mengqi, Gao Linglong, and the others looked at him with complex expressions, unsure of what to say.

    After leaving the western district, on the way back, Gao Linglong couldn’t help but say, “Mr. Qin, you have caused big trouble, that Ye Xiaotian is of the royal family.”

    Qin Hao’s expression was calm, without any change, “So what if he’s of the royal family? Does it mean just because he’s royal, I and my friends should endure his insults? Impossible. Even if it’s the emperor of Skyfire Dynasty himself who dares such a thing, I would do the same.”

    Gao Linglong and Dong Mengqi were shocked both inside and out by his words!!

    Xian Yin and Ling’er showed no change in expression, but instead, looked at him with admiration.

    He was only at the Early Stage Grandmaster Realm, where did such courage come from? Could he be from a powerful hidden sect?

    Soon they were back at their residence, just as they reached the doorstep, they were blocked by a group of people.

    This crowd was none other than the ones they met at the tavern today. They had not only brought some guards but also summoned a helper.

    Wu Yang pointed at Qin Hao and said, “Sister, it was he who beat me.”

    Wu Yutong looked at Qin Hao, who was also sizing her up. She was a young beauty, around nineteen or twenty years old, youthful and charming.

    She spoke, “Was it you who hit my brother?”

    Qin Hao replied, “Don’t you already know your brother’s nature? He deserved it.”

    Wu Yutong frowned slightly, “Even if he deserved it, it’s not your place to discipline him. The Wu Family naturally handles such matters.”

    By now, a crowd had gathered around, mostly young talents from various prefectures, watching the scene unfold.

    “If that’s the case, then let’s skip the nonsense and get to it. Show me what qualifications you have to speak to me that way,” Qin Hao remarked calmly.

    Wu Yutong snorted coldly, “Just an early stage Grandmaster Realm, yet so arrogantly, since this is the royal city, I’ll let you know, there’s always someone stronger.”

    “Whoosh”

    Her figure disappeared from view, instantly appearing before Qin Hao, fist clenched, charging fiercely towards his face.

    Qin Hao maneuvered evasively, with remarkable agility, avoiding every one of Wu Yutong’s attacks.

    This Wu Yutong had considerable strength, at the Late Stage Grandmaster Realm, her combat power was formidable, and with each movement, Spiritual Energy surged, brilliant and radiant.

    “Hmm? You have some skill, stop dodging if you dare,” Wu Yutong said, surprised by his speed.

    She unleashed her movement technique, forming palm seals with both hands, and with each seal released, the air temperature around rose instantly, becoming intensely hot.

    The onlookers retreated slightly, faces showing amazement as they watched Wu Yutong, “Is this the Fire Spirit Palm?”