Loyalty that isn't absolute is absolute disloyalty! (Please subscribe and send monthly votes)

Heaven-Topping High Person wanted nothing more than to kill Master Yu and vent the hatred in his heart.

This backstabbing bastard turned on me at the crucial moment!

But Heaven-Topping High Person quickly recovered. Good thing I have plenty of trump cards. If I'd relied on you alone, I'd be dead.

Heaven-Topping High Person still had Orchid Fairy and the Soul-Controlling Needle as his trump cards.

He had never told Master Yu about either of them. Perhaps that was the main reason Master Yu had turned against him.

Heaven-Topping High Person felt he still had a sliver of hope. That was the advantage of having plenty of trump cards.

He considered feigning retreat or surrender to lure the emperor closer, then striking with the needle. He could settle accounts with Master Yu afterward.

At that thought, Heaven-Topping High Person abruptly retreated, putting a safe distance between them.

But to his surprise, Master Yu attacked immediately after switching sides. He drew a deep breath, pulling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his chest, then activated every meridian in his body. Surges of tremendous power churned within him.

His surroundings became a flowing ink-wash painting, giving off a faint fragrance of ink.

At that moment, Master Yu's aura became incomparably sharp. Black and white light intertwined around him, as though all the brushwork and ink between heaven and earth lay under his control.

He did not dare fight a formidable expert like Li Chen in his prime, but he could certainly beat a drowning dog like Heaven-Topping High Person.

"Ink-Dyed Heaven and Earth!" Master Yu growled. Using his finger as a brush, he traced intricate runes through the air.

The runes seemed alive. They circled and intertwined in the air, finally becoming an enormous black-and-white scroll that swept toward Heaven-Topping