What a tragic love story.
You Long withdrew her gaze from Tail, who was already on the verge of death.
Even she thought Fang Yue was already a corpse. To be infatuated with a corpse was a deranged kind of love.
She looked ahead at the chaotic battle. With the arrival of the You Family's two other elders, the situation was gradually becoming clear.
"From what they said earlier, that Ox Seat and the Little Girl beside him seem to know the truth about the Seventh Prince, too. Looks like they'll need dealing with as well. This is getting troublesome. Maybe I should just... kill them all."
After emerging from seclusion just now, You Long knew nothing about the situation in the Capital City.
But one thing was clear.
Only a royal descendant with awakened bloodline could inherit the throne and bring old monsters like them out of seclusion.
Whether that little fellow surnamed Wu really was the Seventh Prince or not, the moment he displayed the power of his bloodline before her, the next crown prince of the Qing Kingdom had already been decided.
"Let us follow the ancient ancestral precepts."
Murmuring to herself, You Long walked toward the battlefield. She reached the ruined Cuckoo Bird Tower and raised a hand, about to act, when she suddenly froze!
Boom!!
The ground beneath You Long abruptly sank, as though a crushing weight had dropped onto it, kicking up a cloud of dust!
Yet in the midst of this sudden attack, You Long's figure gradually blurred and vanished.
"She dodged."
"Didn't hit her."
"That woman... she's beyond the norm."
"This is going to be tricky."
As the dust slowly settled, the scene at the original location came into view.
Where You Long had stood was now a vast crater. At its