The Empress's True Trump Card!
The darkness gradually receded, and everything began to brighten.
The world beneath the night rain faded away.
A brand-new scene appeared all around Reneedol.
An inexplicable sense of danger made her shiver.
Why was she feeling this suffocating pressure again?
The shadow of death had barely lifted.
All these years, what exactly had Rod—
The surroundings grew clearer and clearer, and death drew closer and closer.
Reneedol suddenly cried out.
"No! I won't allow this!"
An arcane rune, imbued with the weight of ages, appeared at the center of her brow.
—It was a constantly shifting rune, radiating an ineffable majesty.
The hoarse female voice said in surprise, "That's our Mysterious Side's Seal of Change. How could someone like you possibly obtain it?"
Reneedol's expression was grim. She said slowly, "In this age, when doomsday lurks everywhere, who doesn't have one or two trump cards up their sleeve?"
She raised a hand and tapped the center of her brow.
"Things from the Mysterious Side are incredibly powerful and extremely rare—but I control the Evil Ghost World. I plundered countless worlds and wiped out untold numbers of living beings before I finally found one."
"I then spent countless years merging it into my soul, so that it could never be taken from me, no matter the circumstances."
"If it can get me through this crisis, then so be it!"
The rune exuded wisps of mist, completely enveloping Reneedol.
She laughed softly, then declared, "I, Reneedol, offer the 'Mysterious Seal' in exchange for the greatest possible leniency, so that I may complete this Dance of Deathmatch!"
The hoarse female voice fell silent.
Elsewhere.
In the Ancient Era.
Xiao Xi was taking an afternoon nap.
Gu Qingshan was swinging alone on a tree branch.
Hidden in the surrounding