Although Li Rong and Ling Chongyan were close friends, she had always harbored deep doubts about this Empress.
Many times, she could not see through just what secrets the Great Yue Empress was hiding, nor what her true purpose was.
And this time, giving Xuan'er the Essence-Catalyst Breaker—was it to help him deal with Grandmasters? Or...
No!
"What exactly did the Empress say when she gave it to you?" Li Rong suddenly asked.
"She said that if I could not handle Mu Chengwei, I should throw out the sphere in my hand," Wei He answered truthfully.
"Handle Mu Chengwei? Anyone below Grandmaster level facing an Essence-Catalyst Breaker explosion would almost certainly die! Ling Chongyan, this is..." Li Rong's heart jolted.
She suddenly realized that although the Essence-Catalyst Breaker was meant for use against Grandmasters, it still contained the power of a Grandmaster. If used against someone beneath that level, once it exploded, they might well be blown apart so thoroughly that not even bones remained.
So Ling Chongyan's purpose had been to kill Mu Chengwei?
Wei He understood this as well. Only... Ling Chongyan had merely intended for him to kill Mu Chengwei, yet he had also taken down a Grandmaster from the Thunder Grace Sect along the way.
This Empress wished to weaken the Buddhist Sect, yet did not want the conflict to intensify and erupt at once.
But she had not expected Wei He's methods to be even fiercer.
So she had simply...
BOOM!!
In an instant, the carriage violently shook. Its side rapidly bulged, warped, and burst apart.
A bronze-colored hand thundered through the carriage wall, clawing toward Wei He.
On the other side, another great hand likewise punched through the carriage, striking at Li Rong.
"How dare you!!!" Shocked and enraged, Li Rong let out a