"..."
Ao Yu hid behind the broken half of a moss-covered stone pillar, instinctively covering her mouth.
Her throat bobbed as she swallowed hard, as though trying to swallow the terror surging up inside her along with it.
Anyone who was not a fool would know that the scene before her meant she had stumbled upon something momentous.
Yet along with her terror,
an even greater confusion quietly rose from the depths of her heart.
If she had not seen wrong,
wasn't the one brutally murdering her cousin Ao Yu none other than Ao Shun, the second prince of the West Sea Dragon Palace?!
Why was he here, and why would he do something like this?!
And those words he had just spoken...
The Immortal Court Contest. The victor became king, the loser an outlaw.
Could there have been more to what happened back then?!
Had Ao Shun framed Ao Yu, only to come here now to kill him and silence him forever?
Watching Ao Yu's vitality dwindle as he neared death,
she quietly clenched her teeth, a flicker of conflict passing through her eyes.
However unbearable it was, however much she wanted to rush out and do something, the sight of those Dragon Palace guards with their chilling auras beside Ao Shun instantly brought her to her senses.
I'm only in the initial Myriad Phenomena Heaven Realm. Bullying that useless cousin is one thing... how could I possibly stand against these fellows?
I need to retreat up above first.
With that thought, she held her breath and quietly rose, intending to slip away through the murky currents.
But at that very moment,
an ugly face suddenly appeared before her.
"Croak!"
"What the..."
She instinctively cried out, then immediately clapped a hand over her mouth.
Oh no!
Sure enough,
in