Chapter 823: North Region's Number One Hat King

The Five Great Heavenly Kings arrived in succession and gathered around Xu Yang and the Third Princess Yun Xiao. Each of them then uttered words that thoroughly humiliated the Unrivaled City Lord, crushing his last shred of dignity in front of hundreds of thousands of people.

Who could have imagined that a well-planned alliance war, before it even truly began, would witness such a shocking turn of events? The Unrivaled City Lord, the absolute leader of the entire allied army, in a single night, suffered a devastating double loss. He lost his esteemed status and earned the scornful title of "King of Cuckolds," becoming a laughingstock to the entire world.

"Oh, Third Master! Why are you wasting words on this idiot? Quickly, take me away from this wretched place! Once we return to the Sacred Flame Alliance, I will immediately report to the higher-ups to strip this fool Wushuang of all his honor and power. This will make the Sacred Flame Alliance the new strongest alliance in the entire Northern Domain, and the title of Northern Domain Alliance Leader will, of course, belong to you, Third Master!"

While Wushuang certainly felt disgraced by Xu Yang's earlier words, he had avenues for retaliation. Wushuang knew very well that as long as he could personally defeat this preposterous fellow, everything he had said could be easily dismissed as mere rumors. However, when these words came from the Third Princess Yun Xiao's mouth, Wushuang completely collapsed mentally.

He never dreamed that the master he had diligently served for hundreds of years, the high and mighty Princess, who was also the greatest source of his power and influence, would, in an instant, inexplicably become the woman of his greatest rival. This made him completely lose all his dignity as a man; Wushuang had now truly become a complete joke.

"Oh, my, Alliance Leader Wushuang is truly pitiable; this is simply a family misfortune! With such a thing suddenly happening, it seems our allied army's joint expedition against the Sacred Flame Alliance this time was merely Wushuang's personal, reckless warmongering plan, and holds no actual significance at all."

Seeing Wushuang thus lose power, the leaders and partners of the other major top alliances immediately defected. The first to speak these words was Chang Feng, the leader of the second largest alliance. He knew very well that with Wushuang having lost all his current status, he would no longer hold any value worth relying on or clinging to. No matter what, Yun Xiao before them would always be a direct descendant of the royal family, the esteemed Third Princess. Consorts may come and go, but the princess's position is unshakable! No matter how the situation in the Northern Domain developed, Yun Xiao's status could never be shaken! And now, Wushuang, who was previously commanding the world, had no standing whatsoever.

"What Lord Chang Feng said is true. Since the Third Princess has made her decision clear, then all our major alliances in the Northern Domain will certainly heed Princess Yun Xiao's command. After all this, it turns out to be a misunderstanding among our own people, family members failing to recognize their own kin. The Sacred Flame Alliance is the banner our great alliances should obey!"

"Chang Feng, you bastards, do even you want to betray me?"

Alliance Leader Wushuang was utterly dumbfounded. He had originally planned to use the hundreds of thousands of allied troops under his command to deal with these few individuals on the spot, naturally including the rebellious Third Princess Yun Xiao. But after hearing the attitudes of the other major alliance leaders, Wushuang finally realized that he would likely find it very difficult to recover from today's situation; everyone had chosen to betray him at this moment. Of course, the fundamental reason for all this was that he had offended a man he absolutely should not have offended: Xu Yang!

"Hahaha, Wushuang, you truly are pathetic. If I were you, I wouldn't even have the courage to live; why not commit suicide on the spot? As a man, you have lived a complete failure."

Wushuang's face at this moment was as grim as it could be. In less than an hour, he had experienced the true ups and downs of life: from having everything and being at the peak of his life to losing it all in an instant, plummeting to the bottom, and losing his dignity as a man. Everything was as bewildering as a dream, leaving him completely unprepared.

"Pfft!"

Wushuang spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot, clearly suffering a great blow to his vitality. He plunged the divine sword from his hand into the ground, forcing himself not to fall to his knees. When he slowly raised his head again, his gaze became incredibly fierce and bloodthirsty as he stared intently at Xu Yang, who was holding the princess in his arms.

"Third Yun!! I truly regret not instigating those royal direct descendants to kill you back then. In the end, I left this persistent problem of yours, which has now ruined everything for me, this King! But rest assured, even if I lose everything today, I will drag you down to hell with me!"

Wushuang had completely gone berserk; his incredibly powerful, unique aura instantly erupted! Terrifying black energy waves surged wildly around his body. In that instant, Wushuang's movement speed reached its limit. His black silhouette, like a phantom in the dark night, frantically charged towards Xu Yang's location.

However, Xu Yang did not change his posture of holding Princess Yun Xiao. He didn't even raise a hand from beginning to end, merely locking his gaze onto the Unrivaled City Lord's body. In just a flash, an almost endless torrent of sword lights materialized seemingly out of thin air, locking onto the Unrivaled City Lord's body and instantly bombarding him. Hundreds and thousands of sword lights thus pierced the Unrivaled City Lord's body in front of all the allied army warriors, turning him into a hornet's nest.

"Oh my god, how is this possible? How did he do that?"

"Is this the peerless cultivation that Third Master Yun unleashed after years of dormancy?"

"Could it be that Third Yun being expelled from the center of power back then was merely a prelude to his years of forbearance, that he did so intentionally to preserve his strength?"

Witnessing this unbelievable scene of slaughter, everyone began to re-evaluate the name "Third Yun." And this was precisely the effect Xu Yang intentionally wanted to achieve. He intended through this battle to make the entire Northern Domain and even the entire Yingzhou Continent recall the name "Third Yun." After a century of dormancy, he would once again push Third Master's influence to the forefront of the entire continent.

Until his death, Wushuang did not understand where he had truly failed, nor why all his carefully planned schemes ultimately led to such a tragic end. He lost power, lost his woman, and was defeated by such incredibly powerful means. And to top it all, this fate was surprisingly brought upon him by Third Yun, whom he had once defeated. This was what the Unrivaled City Lord found most incomprehensible.