"Just as expected, that fellow, the Black Demon Sect Master, wanted to use people from the Undead Domain to hold you back. Nothing happened to Blackflame City sooner or later, yet it just had to happen on the day before the Black Domain Grand Tournament."
Behind Mu Qing, Mo Zi emerged, wrapped in dense dark power.
She sneered. "I'm afraid the Black Demon Sect Master is in cahoots with experts from the Undead Domain as well. Otherwise, he couldn't have chosen this exact day to make trouble for Blackflame City."
"Could a high-level Sovereign show up?" That was what Mu Qing feared most.
He had made ample preparations. He was confident he could deal with Sovereigns of the first or second tribulation.
Even a third-tribulation Sovereign was not impossible to handle once he unleashed his time-stop ability.
What Mu Qing feared was an expert above the fifth-tribulation Sovereign level. Against one of those, he would most likely be unable to contend.
"No. If a high-level Sovereign appeared in Blackflame City, the nature of things would be entirely different. It could very well trigger an all-out war between the two Domains."
"Besides, even if a high-level Sovereign really does appear, it doesn't necessarily mean anything will happen to you."
Mo Zi said with a grin.
Then she added meaningfully, "That one from the Stellar Dimension may perhaps help you out once."
Mu Qing froze slightly, then looked at Mo Zi in considerable surprise.
Mo Zi merely smiled without speaking. Waves of fog-like dark power surged up, enveloping her curvaceous, flawless body and making her vanish before Mu Qing's eyes.
Mu Qing was rather surprised as well. It seemed Mo Zi had known all along that the Star Shepherd Emperor was still alive.
She had even hinted that the Star Shepherd Emperor