Boom!
As the violent explosion rang out, Bai Yu stomped heavily forward, his figure shooting straight into the three-hundred-meter-deep pit. Under White Demon's cover, he plunged directly into the earth!
In the blink of an eye, Bai Yu arrived where Shu Lichuo was.
There, Shu Lichuo sat cross-legged, the Beast Baleful Seal hovering above her head and forming an isolating barrier. Her face was unnaturally pale, while streaks of blood spread across her jade-like neck.
This condition was clearly the result of corrosion by the plague aura.
"I never thought you had such a trump card hidden away?"
"Master Sui... a cultivator who vanished long ago, yet you had such a prodigy hidden within your grotto-heaven?"
As though sensing Bai Yu's arrival, the Beast Baleful Seal above Shu Lichuo's head hummed. When her exhausted golden eyes opened, a flash of shock passed through them.
Seeing Shu Lichuo in this state, Bai Yu chuckled softly, an indescribable sense of relief showing on his face.
"You really dare set your sights on me?"
If Shu Lichuo still did not know what Bai Yu intended after he gave no answer, then she ought to have died eight hundred years ago.
Shu Lichuo had not expected that even after his identity was exposed, Bai Yu would still persist with his goal—and that his goal was her.
Did this man truly not fear the Royal Court in the slightest?
"Since things have developed to this point, maximizing one's own interests is the best choice for cultivators like us, isn't it?"
"Holy Empress, I never imagined you would become a traitor to the Royal Court. Without the Royal Court's backing, you are now merely a Rogue Cultivator. What is there for me to fear from a Rogue Cultivator?"
Bai Yu said with a smile.
Shu Lichuo's