The next moment, dense Soul-Snatching Algae rose from the seabed like a vast net, and the enormous Azure Heaven Palace surfaced from the sea at the same time.
Xu Xiuwan's expression changed slightly as she hurriedly retreated. The powerful spiritual energy fluctuations sent a chill through her heart.
Ye Ku was the same, rooted to the spot as he stared blankly at the scene before him.
After blasting Xu Xiuwan away, the Soul-Snatching Algae sank once more beneath the Black Sea.
Then Xu Xiuwan and Ye Ku saw an additional figure appear before them—it was Luo Ying.
Luo Ying had one hand clamped around Ye Yu's throat, staring coldly at him.
Meanwhile, Ye Yu held a piece of bronze directly against Luo Ying's glabella. It was a fragment of the Haotian Mirror.
As long as Luo Ying made another move, Ye Yu would not hesitate to drive that fragment into her glabella and destroy her Divine Palace.
This had originally been meant for Xu Xiuwan. If Luo Ying had been half a step slower, the Haotian Mirror fragment would have pierced Xu Xiuwan's dantian!
"What did you do to my body?!" Luo Ying gritted out, seemingly paying no attention at all to the bronze piece against her glabella.
Enduring the dizziness brought on by the Primordial Indestructible Art, Ye Yu said flatly, "Nothing much. I merely planted a rune inside your body. If I wish it, I can destroy this corpse puppet of yours at any time."
Luo Ying's face abruptly turned cold. "You dare threaten me?!"
"It's merely a transaction." Ye Yu's tone remained calm.
"My Azure Heaven Palace has never accepted threats!" A frigid aura surged around Luo Ying, and boundless spiritual energy erupted. Xu Xiuwan and Ye Ku's breathing suddenly stalled. This fluctuation was even stronger than