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The woman headed straight for the tomb chamber with practiced ease.

Her Divine Sense wasn't strong, and the cave abode wasn't large either. Minghe's location couldn't escape her detection at all; there was no way for her to hide from him.

She was certain that there were two people in the tomb at that moment, namely Minghe and the one Qin Yi.

The owner of this place was so highly cultivated in life that she couldn't even open the tomb's main door before, and could only influence the corpse through a rat hole. Based on this alone, she could confirm that the restrictions within this tomb were far more terrifying than she could handle at her current level.

But the demonic path is selfish; she didn't want to ask powerful sects for help, otherwise she wouldn't get anything, or she'd just be given some junk to get rid of, ending up with nothing. She could only devise a plan herself and slowly sort it out.

As a result, a fat rat caused trouble in front, and then Minghe from the Celestial Pivot Divine Palace appeared behind. Seeing that she couldn't defeat Minghe, she became wicked and awakened the Ancient Corpse in advance, wanting to make the Ancient Corpse and Minghe suffer mutual damage.

Clearly, the plan succeeded. With the Ancient Corpse so badly damaged, Minghe couldn't be in much better shape; this was a perfect opportunity to kill Minghe.

Regardless of whether or not the treasures in the tomb can be obtained, killing Minghe and taking her treasures would be enough. If the people of the Celestial Pivot Divine Palace could be trained into Corpse Puppet, then one's status in the sect would undoubtedly rise significantly.

This is the most important thing.

She hadn't initially had high expectations for the tomb's treasures, but the Ancient Corpse's words unexpectedly sparked her interest. Judging from the Ancient Corpse's vicious Curse, its hatred for the couple ran deep, so the method it spoke of for breaking the seal was most likely true.

As she approached the tomb chamber, she suddenly paused.

A man's lewd laughter came from inside. "Minghe, I thought you were hiding some trump card, but I didn't expect you to be so weak. It seems that today I can not only get the treasure, but also taste the flavor of the Celestial Pivot Fairy. Haha... Hahaha..."

Minghe's angry shout rang out, "I never thought you were this kind of person! You actually attacked your own comrades for a few tomb items!"

"Haha, how would I know you were just putting on an act before, and that you were actually this weak, if I didn't launch a sneak attack?"

"Let me go!"

The woman looked through the broken door and clearly saw Minghe being pressed against the yin-yang symbol. The man Qin Yi was pressing down on her and trying to kiss her, but Minghe turned her head away to avoid it.

It's true, someone like Minghe would never play along with such a charade. Besides, her intuition tells her perfectly well that Minghe has no Law Power and her injuries are severe. She really was ambushed and raped by her own companion... The Fairy of the Celestial Pivot Divine Palace has actually met her end.

The woman couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Who!" Qin Yi suddenly turned his head.

Taking advantage of this moment of distraction, Minghe kicked him away forcefully, then rolled over, triggering some mechanism, and ended up in a secret passage below.

The secret passage door closed again, Qin Yi jumped up in a rage, leaping several meters away and thrusting his sword at the woman outside the door.

Minghe's sword.

The woman wanted to laugh even more.

She whistled, and suddenly shadowy figures darted past on either side, one of them throwing a punch at Qin Yi like a human.

Qin Yi instinctively tried to parry, but missed. The shadow swept past his arm and struck him directly in the chest.

Qin Yi coughed up blood and stumbled to the side, utterly shocked. "Who are you? How could you possibly possess Law Power?"

"This isn't Law Technique, little brother," the woman said with a smile. "It's my puppet, Shadow Puppet."

Qin Yi was stunned for a moment, and this stunned moment was genuine. Shadow puppets? There really are such things? No wonder Minghe said he definitely couldn't beat them. There are puppets to use here, but he's injured, how is he supposed to fight?

The woman's gaze swept over the yin-yang symbol, first sensing Minghe's location. Realizing she couldn't have gone far, she then focused her attention on the two boxes on the black and white eyes.

These are the treasures from the tomb, burial items of a cultivator at the Huiyang realm, clearly possessing immense value.

A look of anticipation flashed in her eyes. She reached out and flicked her wrist, and a shadow swept past, delivering two boxes into her hands.

She stared at the boxes for a moment, then suddenly smiled slightly at Qin Yi, squatted down, and handed one of the boxes to him. "Little brother, how about I give you this box?"

Qin Yi sneered, "You want me to break through the restriction? It's pointless. Even if the restriction kills me, it will still close. It's all for nothing. Since you've already obtained the item, just take it back to your sect and break the restriction slowly. Why waste a little time?"

"You do have some brains, no wonder Minghe almost fell into your hands." The woman laughed, "But I have a spell, why don't you give it a try?"

Qin Yi changed, and he said, "You want to use me to test the authenticity of your spell?"

"You're really clever," the woman said with a grin. "Hey, how about this? If you're willing to try, I might not kill Minghe right away after I capture her. You can have your way with her afterward, how about that?"

Qin Yi hesitated for a moment. "What if you're lying to me?"

"I was just saying you were smart, how come you're acting stupid now?" the woman said disdainfully. "Getting the treasure and killing Minghe, isn't that enough for me? What loss would it cost me to let you have a taste of her?"

"Then... you have to keep your word." Qin Yi swallowed and took the box.

The woman transmitted a spell to him through her Divine Sense.

Qin Yi read it slowly, and the woman carefully stepped back. Sure enough, the box opened without any restrictive attacks.

The woman was overjoyed and snatched the box from Qin Yi's hand, eagerly chanting a spell.

The box was opened again, and suddenly a divine light appeared.

"I've fallen for their trap!" The woman was utterly bewildered.

She was already cautious enough, yet she still caught Qin Yi to test the authenticity of the spell, only to fall into a trap— Qin Yi was immune to attacks because he was carrying the scroll, how could she possibly have guessed that?

Her reaction was extremely fast. She quickly threw the box away the moment it flashed with light, and at the same time, her shadow flickered, and she had switched places with the Shadow Puppet.

The Shadow Substitution Technique caused the Qin Xin Peak-level Shadow Puppet to instantly dissipate under this restrictive attack, leaving not even a trace behind.

Before the woman could even react, a Wolf Tooth Club came hurtling down, showing no mercy as it smashed down on her forehead.

At the same time, the underground passage opened, Minghe extended only one finger. The divine sword that had been knocked away from the ground shone brightly, enveloping the entire area around the woman.

With no room to dodge, the woman suddenly shrank back, her black clothes swelling up like a balloon, enveloping her entirely.

"Boom!" The black clothes exploded, revealing a flash of white light. The woman had already disappeared into the shadows and vanished in an instant.

Qin Yi, stunned, raised his Wolf Tooth Club: "Where is he?"

Minghe's weary voice came through. "Melt into Earth Veins Shadow, she's probably outside the mountain's interior by now. The Myriad Images of the Universe, everything usable, are the most difficult to kill, especially those who follow this path. Our strength is insufficient to stop her. However, the basic objective has been achieved. She's paid a heavy price; it will take her at least a year and a half to recover. We'll discuss it later."

"Even Shadow Demon is this hard to kill? Is this still Shadow Demon? What's wrong with this world?" Qin Yi said speechlessly, "All that acting was for nothing..."

Minghe looked at him with a half-smile, "Was it all an act? The way you were acting just now, did it seem like you really meant it?"

"What do you know? That's called getting into character!" Qin Yi jumped up as if he had been wronged. "I haven't even blamed your acting for being so bad. She was just fooled because she didn't expect you to be able to act like this."

Minghe said calmly, "I just don't understand what your purpose was in putting on this show."

"The key to this play is the 'ambush of a companion for the treasure' incident. This reminds her of the treasure's existence and draws her attention to it. Otherwise, if her first thought is to chase after the person down the secret passage and kill them, then we'll be in trouble," Qin Yi explained. "The rape scene serves the same purpose: to make her relax and think that you've already suffered such a tragic fate, so vulnerable that you can be easily crushed. She won't necessarily kill you immediately; she can check out the treasure first."

Minghe pondered for a moment, then finally agreed, "That's right. Even the conversation you sent her through the crystal core was designed to keep her attention focused on the treasure, making her incredibly curious about breaking the seal. Otherwise, if she had been determined to kill someone, neither of us would have been able to escape."

Qin Yi coughed twice and remained silent. Minghe, severely injured, couldn't determine that the so-called conversation transmitted through the crystal core wasn't his, but rather Liusu's. Without the Tengyun-level soul power to maintain order, the Ancient Corpse would have been taken long ago; there wouldn't have been so many follow-ups.

In fact, the so-called rape scene... of course, can be omitted, or it can be replaced with other methods to make the other party relax. Why choose this one... well, there's no other reason. Anyway, this is the best!

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