Half of the Imperial Palace had been destroyed. Above them, the Two-headed Centipede coiled in the sky, flinging poisonous rain around Gu King City. The surrounding land was left barren, not a blade of grass could grow, and every living thing had perished. Beneath the Two-headed Centipede, the icy chill of Immortal Points the Way slowly faded.
At that moment, not only Lu Yin, but Yuehua Mebis, Wen Yao, and the others all stared at Young Prince Qing, their gazes filled with wariness and apprehension.
Young Prince Qing met Lu Yin's eyes and said gravely, "Alliance Leader Lu, my Divine Gu Dynasty invited you here with absolutely no ill intent. Otherwise, I would be disgracing myself. Surely you don't believe Second Night King?"
Lu Yin's expression darkened. "Why did Second Night King appear in the Imperial Palace? And why was he lying in wait on the way to the treasury? Young Prince Qing, don't tell me it was all a coincidence."
Young Prince Qing narrowed his eyes. "With Second Night King's strength, where in this vast universe could he be contained? Even Kunze escaped. Alliance Leader Lu, you were there at Kunze back then. You should know how powerful Second Night King is."
"But he was gravely wounded by the Arbiter. Right now, he can't use even half his strength, and he couldn't even kill me. How could he have entered the Imperial Palace without your knowledge?" Lu Yin shouted.
Everyone looked toward Young Prince Qing. That was right. Second Night King might have seemed powerful, but he was all show and no substance. He couldn't even kill Lu Yin, so how could he have slipped past Young Prince Qing?
If Second Night King really had the power to conceal himself from Young Prince Qing, how could he have failed