The carefree sixth prince, my father respectfully invites me to ascend the throne.

Therefore, no matter what Wang Ziping says, he must eliminate the threat completely today and leave no future trouble.

"You've lost your chance." Yang Ling snorted coldly, then shot off again.

Wang Ziping's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly raised his sword to attack.

boom!

Yang Ling and Wang Ziping collided, and a powerful force swept out, causing Wang Ziping to stagger back several meters again.

Wang Ziping's face was grim. He had just been ambushed by Yang Ling, which had greatly depleted his internal energy. Now, he was fighting Yang Ling head-on, which only made matters worse. His injuries had completely erupted.

"Damn it, my injuries are this serious?" Wang Ziping cursed inwardly. His injuries were truly too severe.

"Weren't you so arrogant? Keep going!" Yang Ling mocked.

Wang Ziping's face turned ashen, and he was furious to the extreme. He wished he could eat Yang Ling's flesh and drink Yang Ling's blood.

"Yang Ling, I won't let you get away with this. Just you wait!" Wang Ziping said viciously, then leaped away and ran quickly towards Nan Yan City.

Yang Ling snorted coldly, leaped into the air, and used her lightness skill to chase after Wang Ziping, constantly shortening the distance between them.

"You can't catch me!" Wang Ziping was overjoyed when he sensed that Yang Ling's speed had slowed down, and shouted loudly.

However, Yang Ling continued to close the distance with Wang Ziping, whose face turned extremely ugly.

"Yang Ling, don't be so arrogant!" Wang Ziping roared through gritted teeth.

Yang Ling sneered, "So what if I'm arrogant? What can you do to me?"

“If you have the guts, fight me one-on-one!” Wang Ziping roared.

"Who do you think you are? You dare to provoke me?" Yang Ling glanced at Wang Ziping with disdain and said, "You don't even deserve to be my opponent."

Wang Ziping's face turned ashen. Yang Ling's words were a blatant insult, a direct assault on his dignity, filling his chest with boundless rage.

Wang Ziping gripped his sword tightly, gritted his teeth, and his eyes flashed with a fierce light. He was indeed powerless against Yang Ling at the moment, but he absolutely could not sit idly by and wait for his death. He had to escape and then request reinforcements from the Northern Rong Kingdom.

At that point, Yang Ling would definitely be doomed.

"Yang Ling, you'd better not interfere in our knightly feud." Wang Ziping took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and stared at Yang Ling as he spoke.

Yang Ling sneered, "A fight between knights? I have never seen such a despicable and shameless knight as you. You actually use despicable means to seize other people's wealth, and now you still have the nerve to talk to me about the dignity of a knight. You are utterly shameless."

“You…” Upon hearing this, Wang Ziping’s face flushed red, and he angrily said, “Don’t make false accusations.”

"Whether I'm slandering you or not, you know it in your heart. You will die today!" Yang Ling said coldly.

"Don't even think about it!" Wang Ziping roared, urging his warhorse to charge towards Yang Ling. The sword in his hand emitted a chilling light as he slashed at Yang Ling.

"You're courting death." Yang Ling snorted coldly, his figure flashed and he arrived in an instant, his right hand waving as his Xuan Tie sword thrust out.

Puff!

Wang Ziping's body suddenly stiffened, his eyes widened, blood gushed from his throat, he glared at Yang Ling, and then his body collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Yang Ling didn't even glance at Wang Ziping before turning and leaving.

Wang Ziping's body lay on the ground, his blood staining the ground red.

"Young Master, he's dead." A respectful voice rang out from beside Yang Ling.

Yang Ling nodded and said, "His identity is special and should not be exposed. Send a few people to bury him."

"Your subordinate obeys," the guard replied.

Yang Ling arrived at the city gate and looked at the densely packed crowd of people. His eyes were filled with complex emotions, and his mood was low.

"Young master, what do we do now?" the guard asked.

Yang Ling sighed and said, "Let's inform Father about this first, and then Father can make the arrangements."

Yang Ling then told Yang Jing about Wang Ziping's identity. Yang Jing was shocked when he heard about Wang Ziping's identity, and then summoned all the civil and military officials for a meeting.

"Your Majesty, if Prince Ping is indeed the third prince of the Northern Rong Kingdom, then this is terrible," Prime Minister Qin Zhenghai said worriedly.

Yang Jing also looked solemn and said, "Although the Northern Rong Kingdom is not a high-ranking one, it is still a second-rank dynasty with a large military force. If we really have to go to war with the Northern Rong Kingdom, I'm afraid our Great Sui Dynasty will not have the advantage."

“Your Majesty, I believe we should not fear the Northern Rong Kingdom. As long as Your Majesty gives the order, our army will surely sweep away the Northern Rong Kingdom,” General Li Yuankai immediately stepped forward to refute.

“Minister Li is right. Our Great Sui's iron hooves have conquered all directions and are invincible in the world. How could the mere Northern Rong Kingdom possibly stop our Great Sui's iron cavalry?” Another minister echoed.

Yang Jing frowned and said, "Although I am not afraid of the Northern Rong Kingdom, I cannot act rashly. After all, the Northern Rong Kingdom is backed by the Wild Mountain Range, where monsters roam freely. If we provoke the monsters, the losses will be severe."

"Your Majesty, we only need to station an army within the territory of the Northern Rong Kingdom to protect it and at the same time deter other small countries, so as to prevent them from taking advantage of our war with the Northern Rong Kingdom to cause trouble in the heart of our Great Sui Dynasty and harm the people," Li Yuankai suggested.

"Hmm, as expected of an old minister, this move is brilliant," Qin Zhenghai praised.

Yang Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Alright, since all the ministers agree with this plan, let's proceed accordingly."

"Pass down the order, commanding the army to halt its advance and set up camp in place," Qin Zhenghai announced loudly, holding the imperial edict.

With the issuance of this imperial edict, a commotion broke out in the Sui army camp within the territory of the Northern Rong Kingdom.

"Stop advancing and set up camp? Why?"

Why does Your Majesty want to halt your advance?

Many generals asked their deputy generals, but the deputy generals shook their heads, indicating that they did not know.

Inside the main tent, Yang Ling looked at the imperial edict, a hint of coldness in his eyes, and said, "Northern Rong Kingdom, if you dare to invade, then I will let you taste the power of war."

Yang Ling left the military camp, preparing to return to her family.

"Brother, whose unit are those soldiers?" Yang Ling walked out of the military camp and was about to get into the car when a familiar voice suddenly came.

Yang Ling turned his head and saw a boy standing in front of a carriage, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

This young man was none other than Yang Yun. After being rescued by Yang Ling, he had stayed by Yang Ling's side ever since.

"Why are you here?" Yang Ling looked at Yang Yun with suspicion, then asked, "Where's your father? Why isn't he with you?"

"My dad has been kidnapped. A bunch of bad guys kidnapped my dad." Yang Yun looked anxious.

"What did you say? Your father has been arrested?" Yang Ling's face immediately darkened, and she said coldly, "Take me to see him."

Yang Yun nodded, then rode away quickly on a chestnut-red steed with Yang Ling in tow.