Chapter 450: Imperial Brothers, Who Opposes and Who Approves?

"He even dared to kill Father. In his eyes, you and I are nothing but ants."

"Imperial brothers, imperial sister, do you still believe his lies? Once he kills me, he will certainly make his move on you."

"This man has already fallen into demonic madness, utterly deranged. Do you think they will treat you as brothers?"

"Hehehe."

The Second Prince, Qi Mingdi, did not believe Qimingtian's lies, but he feared that the few foolish younger brothers behind him might believe them, and the imperial sister — she was the greatest threat. Once she joined hands with Qimingtian, the others would be no match for them.

Within the Great Qi Dynasty, the strongest in power were Qimingtian and Princess Yushu. The others were not worth worrying about.

Qimingtian had calculated well: first eliminate these weaklings, lest someone sneak in and seize an easy victory. In history, many were the cases where the weak ultimately struck back or succeeded through crude means. Such examples were numerous, and their Great Qi Dynasty had living proof of its own.

Once these people were eliminated, whichever of the two of them stood at the end would no longer need to worry about being ambushed, nor about the threat of the other princes.

The First Prince gave a cold laugh, not taking the Second Prince and the others seriously in the least, and invited Her Highness the Eldest Princess: "Yushu, look at them — how incompetent, how weak. Only the weak need to huddle together. You and I join forces, kill them, and then slowly settle our own affairs. What say you?"

Her Highness the Eldest Princess was tempted. To tell the truth, the Second Prince and the others were very much in the way here. Eliminating them would not be a bad idea.

Using Qimingtian's hands to kill them — this way, all the sins would be Qimingtian's, not hers. She would not need to bear these crimes, nor worry about being attacked for them later.

If she did not kill them, she would not know how to deal with them later. Better to settle it once and for all — that would be fine too.

Qimingtian smiled. He saw the resolve in Princess Yushu's eyes and said with a smile: "Yushu, you need not act. We can kill them."

"These weaklings do not deserve to sit in this position, nor do they deserve to become Emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty."

Princess Yushu fell silent.

She stepped aside. This single motion made Qi Mingdi and the others' expressions change drastically.

They retreated one by one, huddling together. Qi Mingdi shouted: "Qi Ruohua, are you really going to do this?"

At this moment, he no longer addressed her as imperial sister, but called her by name directly.

"Are you going to aid the tyrant?"

"Are you going to forget our father's vendetta?"

"For the sake of power, you would murder us brothers?"

Qi Mingdi questioned her again and again, wanting to make the Eldest Princess change her mind.

Qi Ruohuawas — Princess Yushu's real name. Very few people would call her by it directly.

The Third Prince stepped forward and said coldly: "Imperial sister, imperial brother, are you truly going to kill us?"

The Fourth Prince's face was ice-cold, his killing intent already decided: "Since imperial sister and imperial brother wish to eliminate us brothers, then we brothers naturally will not just sit and await capture."

As the words fell, they all struck at once.

They collectively besieged Qimingtian. On Qi Ruohua's side, no one dared to approach.

The gap in strength made them afraid to face her directly.

Qimingtian was the most dangerous one. If they joined forces to eliminate Qimingtian first, then they could slowly deal with Qi Ruohua.

Qimingtian looked at his younger brothers. Four people, attacking together — it was rare to see them join forces. In all these years, this was the first time he had seen such a situation.

"Hmph."

"Brothers, you are so naive."

Qimingtian stepped forward and struck out, his right hand clenching into a fist, the aura on his body erupting.

His cultivation base soared.

Inner Core Fifth Heaven, Sixth Heaven, Seventh Heaven.

It soared all the way to Inner Core Eighth Heaven, then stopped.

His brand-new cultivation base was exposed before everyone.

He had hidden his cultivation base, had been concealing it all along.

At this moment, Qimingtian hid no more.

"Bang."

One punch, swung out.

The fist wind was like phantoms; his figure appeared in four corners, throwing punches at each of the four princes respectively.

Every punch erupted with terrifying blood energy and true Qi.

The four princes flew backward, smashing fiercely into the ground.

The hard floor was built from solid stone, fired by artifact refiners. Ordinary power could not leave marks on it, yet at this moment, the earth shattered, and that layer of hard ground cracked open with countless fissures.

Spiderweb-like cracks, densely packed.

Qimingtian walked up to Qi Mingdi, acted directly, gripped his neck, and lifted him up.

Qi Mingdi had no power to resist. The gap in cultivation base, the gap in strength — he had thought their strength was the same, their cultivation base the same, not knowing that it had all been his illusion.

Qimingtian had hidden his cultivation base, fooled them, made them lower their guard, and thereby they had overlooked Qimingtian's formidable power.

"Second Brother, look at you — how fragile, how lowly."

"We do not wish to kill you, truly."

"But why must you oppose us? This position is ours, and no one can snatch it away."

He squeezed. The Second Prince, Qi Mingdi, coughed violently.

His body struggled. Every struggle shook his entire frame.

The other three princes stood up, but wary of the First Prince, they dared not come forward to help.

They... at this moment, were no longer an alliance — or rather, they had been stunned by Qimingtian's strength. Relying on their power, they could not... suppress Qimingtian. Their people were also outside, unable to enter.

To survive, they had to leave this place.

But Qimingtian would not let them leave so easily.

"Qimingtian, you cannot kill me."

"Kill me, and you will not walk out of the Dadian either."

Cough cough cough.

Qimingtian heard the words and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, second brother, you are too naive; you think why they didn't come in? Is it because they don't want to? Or is it that they cannot come in?"

Inside the Dadian, there was a great commotion, yet no one entered this place.

Why?

Qimingdi stared in terror at Qimingtian, speaking fearfully: "You…… what did you do to them?"

"Hehehe, second brother, you still don't understand; they follow you because you have use value. Once you lose that value, they will ruthlessly abandon you."

"Those people, those families, are not… brainless; they are very good at reading the situation."

"Not interfering in our dispute is the best choice; that way they don't have to worry about being purged, no matter who sits in that position, they are innocent."

Qimingtian's words shattered Qimingdi's hope.

He despairingly looked toward Princess Yushu, hoarsely shouting: "Imperial sister, save me."

"I don't want to die."

He, does not want to die.

Not wanting to die here, he wants to live; that position, he……

Qi Ruohua crossed her arms coldly, showing no indication.

She looked at second brother Qimingdi, shaking her head: "Second brother, you should know that the struggle for the heirloom is not something you can just quit; having come this far, second brother, go on your way in peace—with you accompanying him, Father Emperor will not be lonely on the road."

"Qi Ruohua, you……"

"You will not die a good death."

"Ah."

"Crack!"

"The neck broke."