"You're asking for death!" Zhao Shun roared and charged straight at him.
Gao Ying's eyes lit up. He had deliberately provoked the other party for this moment. He abandoned all defense and let the other party's weapon pierce his chest. He then slashed at the other party's neck with his sword.
He knew there was no hope of survival today, and decided to trade his life for hers.
Zhao Shun was terrified and instinctively tried to draw his sword to defend himself, but the other man's hand was gripping the sword, holding it firmly in place, and he couldn't draw it at all.
He had initially thought his opponent would fight desperately, and that with his ninth-rank cultivation, he wouldn't be so easily injured. However, he was surprised to find that a single sword strike severely wounded his opponent, causing all subsequent moves to be rendered useless.
In a battle between masters, life and death hang by a thread. This one mistake left him helplessly watching death approach, his eyes filled with regret and despair.
Just then, Gao Ying's head flew off. It turned out that Zhao Quan had arrived in time. Gao Ying had no strength left to defend against another veteran master's sneak attack.
A surge of passion coursed through the sky, and his eyes widened as he instinctively looked towards the direction of the palace.
As a Grandmaster, the Empress Dowager will surely be able to suppress this conspiracy.
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Meanwhile, in the Empress Dowager's palace, Liu Ning had been resting when she suddenly heard the sounds of fighting coming from the direction of Yunlong Gate. She flew out of her room and looked at the firelight in the distance. Her unease made her about to go and check the situation when she suddenly stopped and looked to her left with a solemn expression.
Under the moonlight, a woman with long, flowing hair and dressed in black stood on the rooftop. The moon in the sky seemed to become her background, making her figure even more enchanting and beautiful.
As she sized him up, he was also sizing her up, his gaze lingering on her waist and hips, a hint of amazement flashing in his eyes, thinking to himself, "What a big butt."
Looking at that beautiful yet majestic face, Liu Ning's expression turned solemn: "Yun Jianyue, leader of the Demonic Sect!"
The woman opposite, with long hair reaching her hips, nodded slightly: "It's rare that Your Majesty still remembers me."
She met that destined nemesis, Zu'an, here when she went to the palace to assassinate him.
"The Cloud Cult Leader's extraordinary demeanor is unforgettable to anyone who sees it once." Liu Ning also thought of that assassination attempt. At that time, she was injured and her skills had not yet recovered. It was Zu An who saved her.
At that time, little did I know that I would eventually be thoroughly conquered by that guy.
Both women blushed slightly and looked at each other with some confusion, wondering why the other was reacting so strangely.
Little did they know that they were both thinking of the same man at the same time.
"The Demonic Sect is still up to no good, trying to assassinate again?" Liu Ning said coldly. With the help of the essence of Zu'an, her cultivation has not only been fully restored, but has also reached a higher level. She is not afraid of her, especially since this is the imperial palace, her home ground.
"I have only one mission here today, and that is to borrow the Empress Dowager's head for my own purposes." Yun Jianyue spoke calmly, yet her words were filled with murderous intent.
Liu Ning narrowed her eyes: "I'm afraid the sect leader doesn't have that ability."
Yun Jianyue chuckled lightly, then stopped wasting words and moved with lightning speed, directly attacking her opponent.
At the same time, a new moon suddenly appeared in the void behind Liu Ning and slashed towards her neck.
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