"What's happening?"
Seeing that Can Dao's saber stopped, tears streamed down his face. Everyone present was shocked.
What shocked them even more was that they could clearly feel the terrifying killing intent on Can Dao suddenly dissipate.
"What on earth happened?"
Everyone was full of curiosity, unable to understand why Can Dao had changed so much in such a short period.
"Clang—"
Suddenly, Can Dao's grip loosened, and the black saber in his hand fell to the ground.
"Ah—"
Can Dao knelt on the ground, letting out a heart-wrenching cry.
Hearing Can Dao's cry, everyone present felt an unprecedented sorrow.
Rest is good, beauty is abundant, and virtue spreads far.
May I aid your royal majesty, and bring peace to the four directions.
May our measures be aligned with heaven and earth, and our brilliance rival the sun and moon.
May eternal prosperity and dignity be boundless, and your lifespan equal that of the Eastern Emperor.
That year, he wore white, wielded a long sword, and vanquished all injustice in the world.
That year, he saw a woman on the Star Picking Tower playing an invisible zither, drawing a hundred birds to gather, lingering for a long time.
That year, with a phoenix coronet and veil, and ten miles of dowry, she married.
That year, he strummed his sword and sang, transforming the wind and snow of the entire city into a single saber strike.
That year, clad in ink-black, he burned his sword and forged a saber.
That year, he, alone, with a saber, journeyed from dusk till night, from the ends of the earth to the edge of the sky.
That year, he turned back suddenly, only to find an unspeakable desolation and sorrow.
The duckweed is lush and green, the white dew turns to frost; the one I once loved is on the other side of the water.
The woman he loved was already married, bearing children.
The empire he sought, the dominion he craved, had become a fleeting dream, impossibly distant.
If so, why should he continue to live in this world like a dog?
"Hahahaha, ridiculous, ridiculous, utterly ridiculous."
Memories like knives, piercing Can Dao's heart inch by inch, causing him unbearable pain. He let out a desolate laugh.
As the words fell, Can Dao picked up the black saber from the ground, its tip directly aimed at his own heart.
"What?"
Can Dao's sudden change was too strange. Before everyone could figure out what was happening, they saw Can Dao about to commit suicide.
In an instant, both the Lin family and the guests present widened their eyes in astonishment.
Can Dao's movements were too fast, so fast that no one could react.
However, just as everyone thought Can Dao would die tragically, the next second, a golden needle shot out, accurately hitting Can Dao's wrist, causing his movement to stop.
And at that moment, Can Dao's eyes regained clarity.
The moment he regained consciousness, the melancholy on Can Dao's body vanished, and the terrifying killing intent once again permeated him.
"Kid, what did you just do to me?"
Can Dao slowly stood up, looking at Shen Lang coldly.
"Swish—"
Shen Lang raised his right hand, and the golden needle that had been shot at Can Dao's wrist flew back into his hand.
"I told you, you were poisoned, but you didn't believe me."
Shen Lang looked at Can Dao and smiled, "My poison is called 'Equality for All.' Once inhaled, no one can escape it."
"However, the poison 'Equality for All' has two stages: the first is 'Drunk Body,' and the second is 'Shattered Heart.'"
"If the poisoned person doesn't forcefully circulate their qi to resist and suppress the poison, they will feel weak and powerless throughout their body."
"But if the poisoned person forcefully circulates their qi to resist and suppress the poison, their heart will shatter."
"The poison will stimulate the victim's nerves, awakening their deepest sorrow. As grief arises and cannot be quelled, they can only choose death to end the suffering."
"What?"
Upon hearing Shen Lang's words, not only did Can Dao's pupils widen, but the Lin family and the guests present were also shocked.
No wonder this scoundrel used the same trick again; he had such a sinister plan hidden up his sleeve.
"Your Highness, this child is sinister and terrifying. If he is not killed soon, he will be a future threat."
Looking at Shen Lang, the old man in black felt a chill and said to Yang Ce.
Yang Ce heard this and smiled without speaking, but his expression was terrifyingly grim.
"Hmph, bumpkin, all you know are these sinister and underhanded tricks. They'll never amount to anything."
Unlike the reactions of others, after the shock, the girl in white said with disdain, "This is just a lowly trick, not something that can be done on a grand stage."
"My dear girl..."
Wang Yunchuan looked at his granddaughter and sighed, wanting to say something, but ultimately gave up, shaking his head in resignation.
"I am your enemy, why did you save me at a critical moment?"
On the stage, Can Dao let out a deep breath, looking at Shen Lang coldly.
"You are not the same as Lin Nianfo, nor are you the same as the other members of the Lin family. I can sense it."
Shen Lang looked at Can Dao and smiled, "My target is to destroy the Lin family, so I don't mind leaving you a way out."
"Lin Nianfo owes me a life-saving grace. I promised to save him from death ten times."
Can Dao looked at Shen Lang and said in a deep voice, "As long as I am alive today, I will not let you kill him."
"You want to stop me?"
Hearing Can Dao's words, Shen Lang burst into laughter, "You are poisoned. Memories are like knives, sorrow fills your heart and cannot be stopped. Your mind is in turmoil, your hand holding the saber is trembling. Can you stop me?"
As the words fell, Shen Lang kicked up a Tang saber from the ground and swiftly slashed at Can Dao.
"What?"
Facing Shen Lang's sudden attack, Can Dao instinctively responded.
However, with his mind in turmoil, his strength greatly diminished, and his hurried strike, this saber blow was at a disadvantage.
The black saber in Can Dao's hand clashed with the Tang saber in Shen Lang's hand. The black saber was instantly knocked out of his grip.
"Bang—"
Before Can Dao could react, he was hit heavily in the chest by Shen Lang's punch.
Shen Lang's punch carried the fierce and brutal power of a wild beast, heavily blasting Can Dao off the high platform, sending him flying more than ten meters, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"What?"
Seeing that Shen Lang had severely injured Can Dao with a saber strike and a punch, Lin Nianfo and the Lin family's pupils widened in shock.
This bastard's combat prowess is so terrifying?
Although Can Dao was poisoned and his strength greatly reduced, he was still Can Dao.
Shen Lang being able to severely injure Can Dao was simply unbelievable to Lin Nianfo and the Lin family.
Others were also filled with disbelief. Apart from Wang Yunchuan, almost all the guests present had believed that Shen Lang only knew how to use underhanded tactics and was not someone who could be taken seriously. They never expected that Shen Lang's combat prowess would be so formidable.
"Come again—"
While everyone was astonished, Shen Lang shook the Tang saber in his hand and roared at Can Dao.
As the words fell, Shen Lang lunged forward, leaping three meters high, and then slashed down at Can Dao from mid-air.
"Half-step Earth Realm?"
Seeing Shen Lang's move, the old man in black's pupils widened, and he shouted, "Your Highness, this kid is at the peak of the Profound Realm, a master at the half-step Earth Realm."
"What?"
Hearing the old man in black's words, Yang Ce was shocked, Ye Shishi was shocked, Wang Yunchuan was shocked, and everyone was shocked.
How old was this kid to have already reached the peak of the Profound Realm and the half-step Earth Realm? Was he even human?
Didn't they say that at thirty one should be in the Yellow Realm, at forty in the Profound Realm, at fifty in the Earth Realm, and at sixty in the Heaven Realm?
The heavily injured Can Dao also looked incredulous. He never expected that there could be a monstrous talent in this world even more gifted than him.