CHAPTER 216: CHAPTER 117 AMBUSH! EMPRESS, I’VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH! (6K)_4

Ling Ningzhi clasped her hands together, resplendent white light spreading out, the moon white Daoist robe fluttering as if a bright moon were rising in the sky.

Whoosh—

The sinister wind howled angrily, the clouds above churning and swirling.

In the center of the vortex, an enormous golden eye revealed itself, staring fixedly at Chen Mo.

Chen Mo drew up a cold smile, "Heh, so it’s you indeed."

Mist and black fog, golden eye... it was exactly that eerie black cat encountered in the alley that night!

Boom!

As if tangible, a fiery glaze surged out, enveloping his entire body, True Yuan boiling within his meridians, amplifying through the acupoints and being injected into the blade.

"Chi!"

Chen Mo exhaled powerfully, the brilliant blade radiance swept like a galaxy, seemingly tearing the space apart!

At the same time, Ling Ningzhi’s clear and melodious voice rang out: "Jiuyou Guards, All Star Department rise, Abyss Purple Lightning, Thunder Lord hidden name, bewitcher loses soul, evil dissipates!"

Thunder serpents danced wildly, electric plasma surged like tides, a gigantic thunder pillar reaching the heavens and earth was crashing toward that golden eye!

However, this attack from the two, sufficient to slay a Fourth-Level Peak, had no effect. The black clouds surged and the lightning and blade light were instantly devoured completely.

That golden eye was full of mockery.

Ling Ningzhi couldn’t help but feel a sense of powerlessness rise in her heart.

No way, the gap was simply too big...

But why was the opponent hesitating to take action, were they toying with them?

Just then, the golden eye suddenly contracted, and a hint of shock and panic seemed to flash in its look.

Immediately, a pair of jade-like pale hands pierced through the black clouds, forcibly tearing the firmament, extending a jade-like finger towards that golden eye.

Bam!

The eyeball shattered explosively!

The vast black clouds instantly dissipated, bright sunshine poured down, as if nothing had happened.

"Empress?"

Before Chen Mo could react, his figure suddenly disappeared.

Those slender hands slowly withdrew into the void.

"Empress? It seems Lady Jade has intervened..."

Shen Zhixia sighed in relief upon seeing this.

Suddenly, she noticed something strange about Ling Ningzhi.

She saw Ling Ningzhi trembling all over, her chest heaving, the moon white Daoist robe soaked with cold sweat, as if she had seen something incredibly terrifying.

Shen Zhixia asked with concern, "Daoist Qingxuan, are you alright?"

Ling Ningzhi’s voice had a hint of tremor, "Was it Consort Yu who just intervened?"

Shen Zhixia nodded and said, "It should be, my brother is a favored courtier of Her Majesty the Consort, but even I didn’t expect the Empress to intervene personally... what’s wrong?"

Ling Ningzhi took a deep breath, her tone somber, "If you were also a Daoist, you would understand my feeling, what it’s like to see the clear sky as an ant!"

That aura, which seemed capable of obliterating everything, an oppressive force transcending all beings, was simply chilling to one’s bones!

Is that the power of Yu Youhan?

No wonder Master instructed her to stay away from court affairs, not to interfere in political struggles, especially to be wary of that Imperial Concubine...

"I wonder how Master compares to her, who would be stronger?"

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Five hundred miles away, in a dense forest.

A black cat hid in the shadows, the right eye’s dark golden retina covered with dense cracks, blood trickling down from the corner.

"Mantis catches the cicada, the oriole waits behind, no wonder Chen Mo suddenly appeared, so it was a bait?"

"Luckily, I took precautions, only used Dharma Image, not True Soul, otherwise, I would have died on the spot!"

"Yu Youhan likely has her sights on me now, getting close to Chen Mo will only become harder... but for my lord, I must exhaust all means..."

The black cat licked its paw, its form transforming into a black mist and slowly dispersing.

...

...

Chen Mo came to his senses, finding himself already in the Frozen Sky Palace.

On the Phoenix Throne, Yu Youhan, clad in a plain long dress, her legs crossed, through the dress’s gap, a faint view of snowy white could be seen.

Her emerald green eyes gazed at Chen Mo, her dark eyebrows slightly furrowing, saying in a deep voice:

"I told you to be more cautious lately, but you turned a deaf ear to my words, causing such a commotion, was the last lesson not enough?"

Chen Mo remained silent.

"I’m talking to you, did you not hear..."

Yu Youhan hadn’t finished speaking when she saw Chen Mo stepping forward, his deep eyes looking at her seriously.

"Empress, I missed you."

?

Yu Youhan was taken aback for a moment, her expression unusually flustered.

"You dog-like lackey, spouting nonsense again..."

"A day apart feels like three autumns, by such reckoning, it’s been years since I saw the Empress, my heart really misses intensely... ugh!"

Her tender, exquisite foot lifted, blocking Chen Mo’s mouth.

Yu Youhan turned her head away, an unnoticeable blush spreading across her cheeks.

This dog-like lackey, truly annoying, always liking to say things that make one’s heart pound...

"If you dare to speak nonsense again, I’ll chop you into pieces!"

"Mmm mmm!"

"What did you say... no, don’t stick out your tongue!"

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