“Hurry and kill that person with the diadem!” James Carter knew this was only a very brief period of spiritual energy infusion.

James Carter’s words pulled Samuel Cooper out of that mysterious state. At this moment, Samuel Cooper felt as if his entire body was filled to bursting with spiritual energy, with an overwhelming urge to release it.

Bursting out of the protective barrier, Samuel Cooper charged straight at the opponent with the diadem.

“Kill!” The chief guard Thomas Baker followed, swinging his broadsword as he rushed out.

“Kill!” This time, the two women no longer cared for their own lives, slashing out with their swords.

Already in despair—what use is life!

All the guards threw themselves forward without regard for their own safety.

“Burning Heaven, Annihilating Earth!”

With immense power, Samuel Cooper shouted and unleashed his strongest attack.

Striking later but arriving first!

With a single palm strike, the powerful force broke through the opponent’s defenses in succession, landing heavily on the chest of the diadem-wearing expert. The sound of bones shattering echoed in everyone’s ears.

His eyes full of confusion, in his dying moments, the diadem-wearing expert looked at Samuel Cooper and asked, “Why?”

That expert with the diadem had never expected Samuel Cooper to suddenly become so powerful. He had intended to meet force with force, but ended up like this. He was filled with deep unwillingness, still having so many tricks left unused.

No one could explain this. With the opponent’s strongest fighter lost, Samuel Cooper, in a daze, moved as if no one could stop him. With his overwhelming strength, he took down one after another—no one could withstand even a single punch from him.

Dominating the battlefield, as his spiritual energy was gradually depleted, Samuel Cooper’s punches also began to weaken.

Corpses littered the ground, and everyone was shocked.

Several people had seen that red light—could it be that the red light was the key to Samuel Cooper’s victory?

Thinking back to James Carter digging the cave beforehand, for the first time, they realized that the prince they served possessed a certain mystery.

What happened to Samuel Cooper—was it a coincidence, or was it something orchestrated by His Highness? No one could explain it.

Ah!

Samuel Cooper suddenly collapsed to the ground, groaning in pain.

James Carter didn’t offer much explanation. He would recover after a while. Temporarily reaching the diadem level, then reverting back, this was a kind of exhaustion! The experiment just now had already proven his hypothesis correct: feng shui techniques and cultivation could indeed be combined. With this discovery, James Carter felt he might embark on a path of growth never before taken by anyone on this planet.

The sun was at its zenith, and at this moment, the “spot of yang energy” at the mountaintop was radiating streams of spiritual energy outward.

Chapter 003: Consecutive Breakthroughs

Thick with the smell of blood, corpses everywhere...

Those who survived the calamity felt a sense of unreality.

Although not a single enemy escaped, James Carter’s side had also suffered heavy casualties—few could still stand. William Harper and Thomas Baker could barely hold on, but even they had lost their usual air of wisdom.

Like a dream, like an illusion!

The scorching sun blazed in the sky, the corpses on the ground baked in the sunlight, and the smell of blood reminded everyone how real the recent events had been.

Everything was laid bare before their eyes.

Samuel Cooper stared in shock at everything that had happened, still muttering to himself, “Did I do all this?” The image he had always maintained as a strategist was completely shattered.

James Carter sat there, his gaze constantly scanning the surroundings, occasionally making calculations on the ground.

If before, everyone only saw James Carter as a prince whose orders they had to obey, after what had just happened, the way they looked at James Carter had clearly changed.

Who doesn’t hope the person they follow will achieve great things?

For the first time, everyone was re-evaluating the prince they served.

An exceptionally handsome face, eyebrows slanting into the temples, a high-bridged nose, dark shining eyes, an imposing presence...

Was this really the same Twenty-Seventh Prince who had always seemed so timid?

A flood of confusion welled up in their hearts.

When William Harper looked at Samuel Cooper, his eyes were filled with shock and delight. When he looked at James Carter sitting there, his reverence grew even deeper.

Could His Highness truly possess unfathomable powers?

William Harper and Samuel Cooper were now completely at a loss. They should be the ones who understood His Highness best, yet the things he was now displaying were beyond their comprehension.

Bi You and Ling Xue held their chests high, pride written all over their faces. The wild ferocity from earlier was nowhere to be seen.

It was clear from their expressions that they no longer felt ashamed of their master’s timidity, but instead felt an intense pride.

The guards, all well-trained, quickly cleaned up the battlefield.

“No identifying features!” The captain of the guards, Thomas Baker, went over to report to James Carter.

Thomas Baker’s report had changed somewhat. Before, he would have reported to William Harper, but now he looked respectfully to James Carter as he gave his report.

William Harper walked over to Samuel Cooper and reached out to channel a stream of true energy into him.