Become a king right from the start, beginning with receiving rewards from all the heavens.

He was just about to make some harsh remarks to intimidate the others here.

The sudden surge of power instantly changed the expressions of the three people, who turned to look outside.

At this moment, the other cultivators also looked outside with curiosity.

The next moment, they all gasped in shock again.

Immediately, a hint of schadenfreude flashed in the eyes of some rogue cultivators.

It was unclear whose voice was speaking from the shadows.

"The Heavenly Punishment Division has arrived!"

Indeed, at this moment, fifty figures are suspended in the air outside.

Whether they knew each other or not, the people inside exchanged glances, their eyes revealing schadenfreude.

For independent cultivators, the Heavenly Punishment Division is a guillotine specifically placed over the heads of various forces.

It is a powerful imperial institution that supports all independent cultivators in the world!

Nowadays, countless independent cultivators are specifically eyeing the Heavenly Punishment Division's recruitment drive.

However, the Heavenly Punishment Division has not recruited anyone in recent years.

"Heh heh, we're both from the 'Heavenly' generation, I'd like to see how these people from the Heavenly Sword Sect will get out of this!"

At this moment, the three people from that sect also had solemn expressions.

The leader in the air exuded an aura of a mid-stage Grandmaster.

The guards behind him all exuded the aura of late-stage or perfect Innate Realm.

"Senior brother, what should we do now?"

...

"What are you afraid of? Do you think the Heavenly Punishment Division would dare kill us!"

Let's go!

The leader's voice rang in their ears through divine sense.

He then took the first step.

However, before their feet even touched the ground, a voice resounded throughout the area.

"Who let you leave!"

The young man's expression changed instantly as he looked at the Grandmaster-level figure in the sky.

"Who are you, and by what right are you stopping us from leaving!"

...

"I am Gong Xuan, from the Heavenly Punishment Division of Lingwu Prefecture. As for why I won't let you leave, you tell me!"

Nobody here knows the name Gong Xuan.

However, his cultivation level at the mid-stage of the Grandmaster realm indicates that he is definitely a high-ranking official in the Heavenly Punishment Division of Lingwu Prefecture.

In fact, Gong Xuan was one of the ten Purple Mansion Realm experts brought by the Director Zhu Gui.

These ten people have now all broken through to the Grandmaster realm, after all, they are resurrected people!

Logically speaking, these three disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect shouldn't be so solemn.

After all, all three of them were at the mid-stage of the Grandmaster realm, the same level as Gong Xuan of the Heavenly Punishment Division.

At that moment, someone inside whispered.

"Have you all forgotten that most of the forces under the Crown Prince's command possess the power to defy immortality and vanquish the mortals!"

Everyone suddenly realized, "Oh right, how could we have forgotten about this?"

That's something all cultivators in the world know; defying immortality to conquer immortals has now become a symbol of the Crown Prince's forces.

"Hehe, this is going to be good. Those three will either obediently surrender or be suppressed and captured by the Heavenly Punishment Division!"

Taking a deep breath, the young man slowly said, "Do you really want to throw away all pretenses?"

Gong Xuan suddenly laughed, "You have no right to tear off the mask of civility with me."

His expression immediately changed, and a dignified look appeared on his face as he pointed at the five unconscious rogue cultivators.

"It's one thing to bully others by virtue of one's power, but to cruelly cripple their cultivation is another."

"Your actions have violated the laws of the dynasty!"

"To harm cultivators without cause is a serious crime."

"Will you three obediently surrender, or will I personally subdue you?"

...

"Surrender? The Heavenly Sword Sect only has members who fight to the death, not those who surrender!"

"Those five dared to ridicule my Heavenly Sword Sect; they deserve this punishment!"

...

"Very good, I didn't expect you disciples to have some backbone."

"Unlike your high-ranking officials, who shamelessly tried to curry favor with the Crown Prince, only to be rejected and then turn to other princes."

"Your backbone is worthy of my admiration!"

Gong Xuan clapped and cheered, but his words were clearly mocking.

His words instantly stirred up a huge wave in the minds of outsiders.

"So, the higher-ups of the Heavenly Sword Sect initially wanted to pledge allegiance to His Highness the Crown Prince?"

...

"Haha... I can practically picture the expressions on their superiors' faces when they were rejected!"

At this moment, the three sect disciples no longer cared about the ridicule from the people inside.

Because Gong Xuan slowly raised his hand!

The forty-nine guards behind him instantly produced an exquisite crossbow in their hands.

That faint aura, at the level of a talisman, instantly enveloped an area of ​​several kilometers.

The cultivators watching from the outside sighed inwardly, thinking how well His Highness the Crown Prince had equipped his subordinates.

Each Innate Realm Guardian is equipped with three pieces of talisman-level equipment.

Bows and crossbows, armor, and daggers or swords.

Such a large-scale undertaking remains a mystery to this day; no one knows how the Crown Prince managed to acquire these mass-produced equipment.

"attack!"

Gong Xuan clenched his right fist, and in an instant, dozens of crossbow bolts imbued with true energy shot toward the three members of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Even with these Guardians at the late stage and perfect stage of the Innate Realm, they still cannot fully unleash the power of the talisman.

However, it is much stronger than before. At the beginning, it could only pose a threat to those in the Innate Realm.

It's already pretty good. At least those three mid-stage Grandmaster cultivators don't dare to be so arrogant as to try to withstand it with their physical bodies!

The disciple to the left of the young cultivator waved his hand, and a beam of light blocked the way for the three of them.

The first volley of dozens of crossbow bolts caused the light to flicker, but they were unable to break through it.

However, the crossbow can fire more than one volley of arrows.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The sound of air being torn apart rang out continuously, and finally, after the sixth round of attacks, the light shattered.

The next moment, the sword on the disciple's back appeared in his hand.

A flash of sword light destroyed all the arrows in the void in front of the three.

However, his body also staggered back several steps!

At this moment, many cultivators outside gasped in shock.

That's a mid-stage Grandmaster realm expert, yet he actually took several steps back.

The guards put away their bows and crossbows, and the next moment they drew their swords from their waists.

Suddenly, Gong Xuan raised his hand, and the guards retreated in all directions.

"Dare to defy the laws of the Heavenly Punishment Department!"

"This is where you will all perish today!"

Before the words had even faded, his attack had already appeared in front of the three of them.

The enormous blade of light sliced ​​through the air, even carving a deep, bottomless crack into the solid ground.

At that moment, the three of them made their moves almost simultaneously.

With a slash of their swords, three equally large sword beams shot out.

The blade's edge and the sword's edge collided in mid-air, and a blinding light flashed first.

Then, a sound like a thunderclap rang out.

boom!!

The void trembled slightly, and the air spread outwards like a steel ring.

In an instant, beams of light rose from all the surrounding buildings, and various defensive formations were deployed.

Three figures flew backward from the light, their bodies slamming heavily into the restaurant's array.

Then it bounced back to the ground, a scene that left outsiders completely dumbfounded.

Someone couldn't help but exclaim, "Even some nameless nobody under the Crown Prince's command has this kind of cross-border fighting ability?"

Pfft!

Almost simultaneously, the three of them coughed up a mouthful of blood, their faces filled with disbelief.

"Sigh... the gap in combat power is too big!" one of the powerful figures sighed.

The people from the Heavenly Punishment Division clearly possessed combat strength approaching the peak of the Grandmaster realm; three mid-stage Grandmasters were no match for them in a single move.