"Damn it."
On the enormous pitch-black throne, a slender hand slammed down, shattering the armrest, which was as hard as black iron.
The Demon Empress leaned against the throne, her chest heaving violently. One hand clutched her chest as a little blood kept seeping out from beneath her clothes, her expression shifting darkly.
Even though quite some time had passed, the wound Gu Chen's strike had dealt her still had not healed.
That strike from across distant space had almost blasted half her body to pieces, not to mention that she had still been chased and beaten by the Ice and Snow Empresses at the time, making her injuries even worse.
Her Dual Soul Cores of water and lightning, yin and yang complementing each other, had nearly been smashed apart.
Even now, she was still recuperating.
For now, she could only remain in the Far North to recover. Unless she activated the Blood River God-Slaying Array right now and used the power of tens of millions of resentful spirits to mend her injuries—but if she did that, she would no longer be able to make herself a god.
That was an outcome the Demon Empress absolutely could not accept, so she could only choose to heal first, then activate the Blood River God-Slaying Array.
With her injury, the Demon Empress could also sense that the way her subordinates looked at her had gradually changed. It was no longer dread and fear, but had instead begun to show greed.
The Demon Empress was furious, but it was not incomprehensible. After all, when the strong grew weak and injured, it was undoubtedly a chance for those ants to climb upward.
But understanding was understanding, and anger was still anger. If the Demon Empress did not currently have so little time to deal