"That's really impressive!"
Amidst the endless fragments of space, a jet-black eye, peering through another pair of equally jet-black eyes, observes the entire situation.
Behind those eyes, however, was a couple in the capital who saw everything clearly.
"Truly worthy of being the First Imperial Advisor personally appointed by me, hahaha, see, isn't that amazing?"
"Impressive!" The Empress chuckled to herself, gazing at the countless fragments with a hint of desire.
"The blood of the idol... it seems the King of Qin really couldn't control him back then."
" The Evening Effigy represents the will to freedom, unrestrained by any worldly authority. So many ancient beings could not subdue Evening Effigy. What merit or ability does this King of Qin you speak of possess?"
"Ah, that's true." The imposing figure stood up, walked to the Empress, and squinted, saying, "What about the North Sea Plan?"
The empress gazed greedily at the majestic emperor, and chuckled dreamily, "Everything is going smoothly."
As the fragments shifted, the scene of the North Sea came into view. The icy and snowy landscape connected the entire north. The warriors, bathed in dragon blood, were in high spirits. Facing the colossal serpent, they showed no fear and actually carved a bloody path through it. The frozen ground prevented them from drilling, thus securing a route for the human race's retreat.
Those iron-blooded warriors, like the most reliable city wall in the world, stood in front of countless monsters, genuinely wanting to turn the tide and save more than a billion ordinary people back to Jiangnan.
While everyone's attention was focused on the battle on the ice of the North Sea, many people overlooked the fact that deep within the North Sea Dragon Palace, a ghostly figure was slowly approaching an underground palace.
That figure was none other than Xiang Tianyu, who had escaped. At this moment, he was covered in black mist and walked into an underground palace filled with icebergs. Here, there were countless Dragon Transformation creatures. Without the disturbance of the ancient sorcerers, this huge treasure trove was eerily quiet.
In the scene, Xiang Tianyu laughed excitedly, his hands clasped together. Behind him, the vast space twisted, and an enormous bronze gate appeared and slowly opened. On the other side of the bronze gate was endless void, in which enormous serpents coiled. Each of them was over a million feet long. Moreover, unlike the giant serpents in the north, the aura emanating from these monsters was far colder than just their size. Their terrifying gazes, capable of freezing your blood with a single glance, showed that the two were not even in the same league.
And these things, surprisingly, crawled out through that enormous door!
A terrifying giant serpent entered the Dragon Palace of the North Sea, greedily eyeing the top-tier Dragon Transformation creatures. Deep within the North Sea, fear flashed in the eyes of countless Dragon Palace nobles!
The emperor nodded in satisfaction at the scene. " Xiang Tianyu is still better than that good-for-nothing Fei. He finally accomplished what was assigned to him. Of all the people in the land, only he could have done it."
"No need to be too harsh," the Empress said with a charming smile. "After all, the opponents are different. The Duke of Wei, who was willing to sacrifice his own life for the people of the North, versus Xiao Mingyue, who turned hundreds of thousands of her bloodline soldiers into zombies for her own purposes and even used her own daughter as bait—which one is more difficult to deal with? Is there any need to say?"
"That's true." The emperor smiled and rose to his feet. "Let's begin. Don't let any of them escape. You've seen for yourself, they're all such troublesome creatures!"
"Alright," the queen smiled, hooking her arm around his neck and pressing her entire body against him again. "My king!"
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Will they find us?
Faced with Liu Yu's confident statement, Chen Qing was momentarily speechless. A person from the world of anime and manga aspiring to find the creators of the three-dimensional world—it sounded rather frightening.
"You don't believe me?" Liu Yu turned to look at Chen Qing.
"I don't believe it," Chen Qing shook his head without hesitation.
"Why don't you believe me?" Liu Yu stared intently at Chen Qing.
Chen Qing sighed, "Why are you so confident that you can predict Xiao Mingyue and the others' demise?"
Liu Yu: "."
"In terms of cunning, methods, and courage, neither Xiao Mingyue nor Chen Baifeng are inferior to you, so why did they lose so completely?" Chen Qing sighed and looked at Liu Yu: "It's because of a lack of intelligence. They didn't know you possessed divine blood, let alone the terrifying functions that divine blood has. If they had known even one of these things, you wouldn't have been able to outmaneuver them. The essence of it all comes down to ignorance."
"Ignorant?" Liu Yu laughed. "That's your conclusion?"
"That's the conclusion!" Chen Qing said seriously, "Ignorance made them blindly confident, made them lose their previous caution, and allowed you to take advantage of their weakness. But I'm sorry, what you just said was even more ignorant than theirs. You have no idea how arrogant your words were."
"Arrogant, huh?" His eyes flashed with a hint of realization, then turned ferocious as he approached Chen Qing step by step. "I'd like to see just how arrogant you are!"
"Aren't you going to make a move?" Chen Qing sneered, " Wang Ye!!"
" Wang Ye?" Liu Yu laughed. "What are you thinking? Didn't I explain it clearly enough before?"
"From the moment Painted Skin Mister transformed Wang Ye, Wang Ye was no longer himself, but merely my puppet!"
"It's him," Chen Qing said earnestly. "His personality and eyes haven't changed. During the time we spent together, including his later mourning for you, it was all genuine."
"Of course I know he's serious!" Liu Yu laughed loudly, "If I didn't retain his true consciousness, how could I deceive you? How could I deceive those two from the Xiao Household? Don't you know all the secrets of this world? Haven't you heard of the Demon Seed Technique?"
"I've heard of it," Chen Qing sighed. He could roughly guess what had happened. The moment Wang Ye was captured and reformed, Liu Yu had already arrived. It was all planned in advance. He had imprinted his spirit deep into Wang Ye's soul, using Wang Ye as a seed. The day it would bloom would be Liu Yu's.
The Dao-Born Demon-Seeding Great Method, a method used by countless evil gods for rebirth, originated from beyond the heavens. It must be said that Liu Yu really dared to play with fire. Things from beyond the heavens are the most dangerous in ancient times, yet he dared to frequently come into contact with them. However, Chen Qing didn't feel much emotion, after all, the successor of Evening Effigy has always been a troublemaker and a suicidal person. In many versions of the design, those dangerous things were all lured out by this suicidal Evening Elephant sorcerer.
"But have you ever heard of parasitic therapy?" Chen Qing looked at Liu Yu helplessly.
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is, have you forgotten something?" Chen Qing sighed. "Is it because the things you're dealing with now are too powerful that you've forgotten about that monster you should have been wary of?"
Am I right, Wang Ye?
Liu Yu's pupils contracted. He was an exceptionally intelligent man, and he immediately realized a possibility from Chen Qing's words, but... how could that be?
Before the negative thought could even be uttered, a sudden change occurred. Several fragments of space rushed toward the fragment where Liu Yu was located at an extremely fast speed. Those fragments carried an extremely terrifying and cold aura. It was almost impossible to guess that they were the spatial cage where Xiao Mingyue and Gu Ying were!
There is only one thing that can make them, who are not in the same spatial fragment, lock onto this side.
Flying Star!
Liu Yu suddenly looked around; at this moment, even if he didn't want to admit it, he couldn't.
Wang Ye did not die, and had been waiting for an opportunity around him.
If this is true, it means that the situation was not under his control from the very beginning, and that guy was plotting against him from the start.
This was originally impossible, impossible no matter how you calculated it, but Liu Yu knew that there was actually a possibility.
When did you find out?
The voice actually came from Painted Skin Mister not far away!
Chen Qing looked at the other person and sighed softly, "After confirming that Murong Yunji's memories had been altered, I started thinking about one question: who exactly was the last Ancient Insect?"
"I've thought about many people: the Shen Family, Chen Ying, Chen Ying's teachers, and even your teacher Liu Yu. Even before meeting Liu Yu, I never thought it was you. But when Liu Yu's identity was revealed, his clean record left me with no more doubts. I knew then that it was most likely you!"
"Are you so sure?" Painted Skin Mister tilted his head, looking puzzled.
"Of the nine Ancient Insect, you hid the deepest, which means you must have been hiding within the most valuable person. That's why you've been able to remain unprepared for so many years. You've been in the human world for many years, so you should know very well who's around you. It's basically impossible to cultivate your own power under the noses of these shrewd people. That's why Shen Laowu and Shen Laoliu chose to cooperate with Xiao Mingyue, while Shen Laoda was simple and brutal. You don't want to learn either of those methods, so there's only one way: to infiltrate someone with absolute value and who can definitely be included in the scheme."
"So, you've locked onto Liu Yu!"
Liu Yu: "."
Hahahaha!
A piercing laugh came from Painted Skin Mister. His aged body seemed unable to withstand such exaggerated laughter, causing the old man to bend over.
" Chen Qing, oh Chen Qing, you really are special!"
Without hesitation, Liu Yu activated the spell, Painted Skin Mister twisted and contorted into a pretzel!
"Too late." A mocking voice came from all directions. "Teacher!"
boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, several spatial fragments that Liu Yu had successfully isolated collided together!