I certainly wasn't going to let Jiufang Lin have his way. I immediately ordered the Blood Lotus of Malice to fly away at full speed, and before long, it had already burst out of the imperial city!
Jiufang Lin flew into a rage and swept his hand toward us. At once, a skyful of starlight shone down on us. I couldn't help sneering as I took out the Mysterious Heaven Gourd. I opened its mouth and shone it forward, and a mass of white clouds suddenly billowed out. In no time, it made the Blood Lotus of Malice vanish completely. The cloud of teleportation it left behind even shifted all the starlight away.
The dense demonic aura of the Blood Lotus of Malice could shield our presence. Even though Jiufang Lin was at the Heavenly Dao Realm, he had no way to see what lay inside.
So Jiufang Lin knew that spending time on my cloud of surveillance would perhaps be a waste. If he fell for the stratagem of luring the tiger away from the mountain, it wouldn't be worth it. Thus, he couldn't be bothered with us anymore. When his first strike failed, he disregarded everything else and plunged toward the rear palace. His speed was simply absurdly fast!
Countless immortals and imperial guards charged toward him, launching wave after wave of attacks, but Jiufang Lin ignored them completely. He accelerated again and flew toward the Empress's bedchamber!
"Di Yifei! Di Yifei! Di Yifei!" Jiufang Lin roared the whole way. He had probably been driven mad with rage by Di Yifei, and seemed to hate this woman even more than he hated Jiufang Ye.
"He used to call you Sister," I said, looking at Di Yifei. Her eyes held complicated emotions, but not the slightest trace of sympathy.