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"Your Majesty..." General Marcus hesitated for one second. "The clan is huge. The backlash will be massive.""There will be no backlash," the Emperor hissed, a cruel smile touching his lips. "Because we will not take the blame. We will tell the people that the beggar, Mo Yan, used dark demonic magic to poison the minds of the clan. We will say the Saint-Aurelius family was corrupted by the dark. We will tell the city that I, the Emperor, stepped in to purge the evil and save the Empire."It was a brilliant, incredibly evil plan. The Emperor was going to use Lucien’s victory to wipe out his own political rivals. He was going to sacrifice his father-in-law to save his own crown. "I understand perfectly, Your Majesty," General Marcus whispered. He bowed his head deeply. "I will prepare the men. We will be ready to strike the moment the old man falls."General Marcus stepped backward into the shadows and quietly slipped out of the Royal Box to begin organizing the secret, bloody coup. T
Chapter 339
The Imperial Arena was covered in a heavy, thick layer of black, melted glass. The bright morning sun was hidden behind the swirling, dark clouds of magic. Up in the Golden Royal Box, the air was completely still. The silence was not peaceful. It was a suffocating, terrifying silence. The Emperor of the Sun sat on his golden throne. His hands were gripping the armrests so hard that his knuckles were pure, bone white. He stared down through the broken magical window. He watched Patriarch Valerius, the oldest and strongest master in the world, stumbling backward. He watched the old man bleed. Valerius was the Emperor’s father-in-law. The Emperor had married the Patriarch’s daughter many years ago to secure the loyalty of the powerful Saint-Aurelius Clan. For decades, the Emperor had relied on the absolute, terrifying strength of his wife’s family to keep the common people in line. The Saint-Aurelius Clan was the unbreakable shield of the Golden Throne. But right now, that shield w
Chapter 338
Valerius stared up at Lucien. The old man’s mind completely, utterly shattered. His entire life, his entire history, his entire belief system was a fake, corrupted lie. The dirty beggar standing over him was not just a rogue. He was the true inheritor of the clan’s greatest legacy. Lucien was the physical manifestation of all the sins the Empire had committed for a thousand years, coming back to collect the debt. "Forgive us," Valerius whispered, tears pouring down his cheeks. He dropped his glowing golden sword into the dirt. The blade hissed and vanished. "We lost the path.""You did not lose the path," Lucien replied coldly. "You destroyed it."Valerius bowed his head, offering his neck for the execution. He was ready to die. He had no honor left to fight for. But Lucien did not swing his sword. He was not going to give the Patriarch a quick, clean death. He was not going to let the old man die looking like a tragic hero. Lucien pulled his sword back. He slid it into the leath
Chapter 337
When Valerius used the "Piercing Dawn," he spun his wrist to create a beautiful circle of golden light before thrusting. It was how the clan had been taught to do it for five hundred years. The spin made the attack look grand and royal. When Lucien used the "Piercing Dawn," he did not spin his wrist at all. Lucien simply thrust his sword in a straight, ugly, perfectly direct line. It was not beautiful. It did not flash with pretty light. But it was a fraction of a second faster, and it was a hundred times more lethal. Lucien’s blade slipped past Valerius’s golden sword and sliced a shallow cut across the old man’s chest armor. "Ah!" Valerius stumbled backward, holding his bleeding chest. Valerius stared at Lucien. The old man’s heart pounded with a dark, heavy realization. Lucien was not copying him. Lucien was correcting him. Lucien was stripping away all the flashy, corrupted, beautiful modifications that the Saint-Aurelius Clan had added to their martial arts over the centur
Chapter 336
Lucien’s black iron sword tapped the side of Valerius’s golden blade. Lucien did not hit it hard. He just nudged it exactly one millimeter to the right. The golden sword slid harmlessly past Lucien’s shoulder. Valerius’s eyes widened in surprise. The parry was so light, so gentle, that Valerius had not even felt it until his sword was already missing its target. "Lucky," Valerius grunted. The old Patriarch instantly spun his body, using his missed thrust to generate power for a spinning backhand slash. It was a beautiful, flowing move called the "Sun’s Orbit." The glowing blade cut horizontally, aiming for Lucien’s neck. Lucien ducked. But he did not just drop his head. He stepped perfectly into the empty space created by the Patriarch’s spin. He moved his left foot exactly behind Valerius’s right heel. As Valerius finished his spin, his foot bumped into Lucien’s heavy iron boot. Valerius lost his balance for a fraction of a second. He stumbled. Before Valerius could catch him
Chapter 335
The massive beam of black and gold energy faded into the sky. The dark clouds were gone. The bright, clear blue sky shone down on the ruined Imperial Arena. Millions of people stared at the center of the stadium. They had just watched Patriarch Valerius, the oldest and strongest master of the Saint-Aurelius Clan, get swallowed by a beam of pure destruction. Everyone thought he was dead. Everyone thought his body had been completely turned to ash. But the Saint-Aurelius Clan had ruled the world for a thousand years. They had collected the greatest, most powerful magical treasures in the universe. They did not die easily. In the center of the deep, smoking crater of black glass, a bright golden light suddenly flashed. The sound of a precious stone breaking echoed in the quiet stadium. A small, golden amulet, which had been hidden deep inside the Patriarch’s armor, exploded into a million pieces of glowing dust. It was a Life-Saving Jade. It was a priceless, mythical artifact that
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