In Zhao Li's Sea of Consciousness, Jiu You felt like she was done for.
Though she excelled at scheming against people's hearts, no matter what, she could never have calculated for a variable like Zhao Li. In this age when becoming an emperor was impossible, he had not only defied the heavens and become an emperor, but had even taken another huge step beyond Dou Di.
Because she had misjudged Zhao Li's strength, she was finished. Before absolute power, no matter how she schemed, it was useless.
But the instinct to survive kept her from giving up just like that.
"I can't let him catch me. Otherwise, his sealing power definitely won't be any weaker than that mountain range that has accumulated death energy for countless years!"
Facing Zhao Li's light, drifting palm strike, Jiu You's hair stood on end. A thought rang out in her heart, warning her again and again.
Precisely because she herself was a Heavenly Supreme, she understood all the more that the methods of a true Heavenly Supreme were simply not something her current self, with only a Remnant Soul left, could withstand!
Between life and death, she could no longer care about the Soul Seal. With a thought, she still used the innate talent of her clan. A stream of black energy, visible to the naked eye yet impossible to block or avoid, shot explosively toward Zhao Li.
Zhao Li was startled and did not dare grow careless. He was not so arrogant as to ignore the methods of a Heavenly Supreme, even if this Heavenly Supreme was already a thing of the past.
He divided more than half his attention onto that strange black energy, and the movement of his hand paused because of it, allowing Jiu You to narrowly escape the range