After that piercing scream, Yang Qing suddenly felt the weight on his body lift. He could move freely again, just as before.
He could not help looking up, only to discover that, for some reason, the light emitted by Emperor Zhetian's Soul Body had vanished.
Could he have disappeared because he failed to seize my body as planned?
But could an old monster who had manipulated his subjects for hundreds of years really die so cleanly and simply?
Yang Qing thought that was surely impossible.
Besides, that scream had come from very close by. It must have come from one of them.
At that thought, Yang Qing spun around. Bu Er and Jiang Zhizhou were still standing unharmed, but Mu Feng had collapsed on the ground.
Gongsun Ru, still two steps away from them, was staring at Gongsun Ze beside her in disbelief.
At that moment, Gongsun Ze's eyes had once again taken on the unnatural colors Yang Qing and the others had seen before.
In other words, Gongsun Ze once again had Different-Colored Eyes.
For some reason, that realization made Yang Qing's heart sink.
Gongsun Ze's Different-Colored Eyes had returned to normal only after he took my blood, and his constitution had become that of an ordinary person again. Why had he reverted to his old state?
As Yang Qing stirred, Bu Er and Jiang Zhizhou hurried to his sides, shielding him closely between them.
Even Mu Feng, who had fallen to the ground, struggled to his feet and watched Gongsun Ru and Gongsun Ze warily.
"Yang Qing, you bear the Sacrificial Bloodline, yet in the end, you betrayed the royal family? Do you know what consequences that will bring?"
A sinister voice emerged from Gongsun Ze's mouth.
That voice!
Yang Qing abruptly raised his head and looked at