Ice Extreme Earth Lung Mansion!
The place lay in utter ruin. The air was steeped in the desolation after the music had ended and the crowd dispersed. The precious artifacts arranged all around, along with the treasures buried beside the coffin, had all been snatched away amid the chaos.
Even the medicinal pills embedded in the coffin had vanished without a trace.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
The Bewitchment Empress applauded, praising repeatedly, "Splendid, splendid!"
"Since you know my master, the Bewitchment Empress, you should know that my status is noble. I am not like those ugly monsters that eat human flesh."
"Nothing I take a liking to is ordinary. The Myriad Manifestations Martial Sage is a peerless genius second only to the Primal Martial Sage. Evil Alchemist Qi Wei surpassed his predecessors in alchemy, while the Sealed Lord is the supreme ruler of the Fifty Provinces!"
"How could ordinary trash be worthy of becoming my backup..."
At that point, the Bewitchment Empress's smile vanished. Her expression turned cold and proud as she cast Zhou You a sidelong glance with eyes like frost. Her lofty contempt overflowed without concealment.
"You guessed correctly. I will not kill you, but not because of your self-righteous speculation. It is because you are too weak!"
"Because you are too weak—too weak to deserve my personal intervention."
"Today, I will let you leave alive. If, someday, you still fail to meet the conditions for me to use you, I will personally take your life. Stop playing those petty tricks!"
With that, the Bewitchment Empress flicked out a finger, striking Zhou You squarely in the forehead.
Zhou You felt as though a bulldozer had slammed him into the rock strata. His entire skeletal frame nearly came apart.
Like a cannonball, he was blasted into the cave wall by