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"It’s exactly as that guy said...."

Watching the smirking Ao Xin inside the ice, Murong Yunji felt extremely conflicted!

Even now, she couldn’t understand why that guy could predict everything as if he’d seen it with his own eyes.

Was this really his first time at the Dragon Palace?

How did he know about this place? And how did he even know that the Third Prince was hiding in such a secret spot?

He had even accurately predicted the enemy’s reactions.

The feeling she got was that all of the scenarios here were arranged by him!

Boom!

The profound ice shattered, and Murong Yunji was supposed to shatter along with it, but there were clearly no remnants of Murong within that profound ice – not a trace of her within the shattered ice.

Disaster!

Ao Xin’s smile instantly froze as he, being clever, immediately understood what had transpired, but it was clearly too late to stop it!

The azure light appeared again, this time from behind him, and the location it targeted was that small, exposed vulnerability in Ao Xin’s defenses...."

"Why do I need to take action?"

When Chen Qing disclosed the hiding spot of Prince Ao Xin of the Western Sea, Murong was shocked but also puzzled.

Chen Qing knew everything: the enemy’s location, their thoughts, everything was within Chen Qing’s predictions.

Honestly, she felt somewhat sorry for the Western Sea Crown Prince facing someone like Chen Qing.

But why had such an important task been entrusted to her?

Murong certainly didn’t think Chen Qing was someone who liked to leave his fate in the hands of others.

"Because I can’t break through the defense!"

That was Chen Qing’s reply.

"Ah?"

Murong Yunji was stunned upon hearing this: "What do you mean?"

"That Western Sea Crown Prince Ao Xin is wrapped in a layer of profound ice. Even though the Yaksha has chipped away quite a bit, leaving only a thin layer, it’s still beyond our ability to destroy.

In fact, even if Ao Xin stood still, we couldn’t touch him, because we can’t break through the defense of his profound ice. "

"Then how do you plan on killing him?" Murong’s eyes widened in disbelief. If they couldn’t even break through the enemy’s ice, what made him think they could kill Ao Xin?

This guy had spouted one theory after another, leaving her baffled. Was he just a worthless fighter that couldn’t even break through the opponent’s outer layer of ice?

"We have no choice...." Chen Qing said helplessly with a smile: "If I weren’t forced, do you think I would want to touch him? But given the current situation, we have no choice but to kill him."

"You just said we can’t break through his defenses, so how will we kill him?"

"By deceiving him into being killed!"

"Deceptive killing?"

"If we can’t break the defenses, we’ll trick him into breaking them himself!"

"Is that even possible?"

"It is...." Chen Qing nodded earnestly: "As long as he believes that we can truly harm him, that will be enough!"

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Bang!

Flesh and blood exploded. Murong used all her strength, pouring wind energy into the opponent’s body, utilizing all of her techniques to wreck his internal organs.

The desiccated innards of Ao Xin crumbled, like squeezing a sponge, expelling a black-red mass of flesh, his eyes filled with bloodshot as he fixed his gaze on Murong!

The horrifying look in his eyes carried endless pressure, almost instantly causing Murong to collapse to the ground, devoid of strength!

In that moment, Ao Xin burst out laughing, the laughter tinged with madness.

He couldn’t believe... he was dying at the hands of such a lowly ant!!

An ant that, in fact, couldn’t even break through the profound ice.

Until the very last moment, seeing how this person was terrified to immobility by his mere presence, Ao Xin knew he had been tricked....

This woman’s initial attack was a feint made using the Divine Wind Technique, creating an illusion with the special effects of the wind, and that illusion is what frightened Ao Xin into using his profound ice power!

The power of profound ice didn’t come out of nowhere; it was the layer of profound ice enveloping him that could be marginally controlled and reshaped using his dwindling spiritual power. But once reshaped, the ice couldn’t remain intact – parts of his own body had to be exposed.

The opponent had capitalized on this!

In that moment, Ao Xin understood fully....

It turned out... Chen Qing was so weak!

It turned out they could never touch me!!!

But who could have guessed?

That guy, he saw through everything about me, where I was hiding, when I was going to make my move, he knew it all as if he had everything about me in the palm of his hand. Such a bizarre existence, and yet, he couldn’t even break the Mystical Ice?

Everything laid out before, the mocking of me, the bribing of the Yaksha, and even the sudden attack by that woman, it was all to give me an illusion that he could kill me, making me subconsciously ignore one fact.

That he was not a Transcendent being, his power was limited, and he couldn’t break the Mystical Ice.....

"Your Highness!!"

In the distance, the voice of the Yaksha boomed like thunder, but at this point, Ao Xin could no longer hear it.

With his organs crushed, his soul already began to be dragged into the abyss by a certain force.

Ao Xin knew what that force was, it was the Path of Yin and Yang!

"That’s really... a stupid way to die..."

In his final moments, a hint of sarcastic smile flickered across Ao Xin’s lips.

As the Western Sea Royal Family’s only male offspring and most valued Dragon Son, the future master of the Western Sea, even if he did nothing, the Western Sea’s foremost female War God, his own elder sister, had to marry him for the sake of the Dragon Palace’s lineage.

He held an ambition as vast as the sky, initiated the Biological Weapon project, plotted the secrets of the ancient past, sought the strange creatures from primeval times, and strove to join the ranks of those who had transcended the cycles of reincarnation.

He schemed against his peers, the outstanding descendants of the southeastern and northern seas, all dead by his calculation.

The Celestial Dragon Palace had been under his complete control, just waiting for the Dragon Palace to reopen.

He was certain he could make the other three seas submit, becoming the true ruler over all four seas, and through years of research, he aimed for the Sacred Buddhist Realm, a place the Dragon Clan dared not even mention by name!

He was... just one step away!

Before his death, Ao Xin exerted the last of his strength to look up and saw a blurry figure approaching him from afar.

The one who had wiped out his plans entirely!

At this moment, Chen Qing walked slowly and no longer dodged the Yaksha’s attacks. Since Ao Xin’s death became irreversible, the Yaksha had lost the ability to hurt Chen Qing.

The Yaksha was no fool. How could someone who could control the Nine Heavens Mirror not be of value as an ally?

It was just that previously, Ao Xin’s side had clearly had the greater chance of winning, and the rewards were more stable. Now, without the option of Ao Xin, naturally, there was no need to smash the pot, destroying the opportunity with Chen Qing as well.

Chen Qing walked slowly to stand before Ao Xin, looking at his greatly resentful eyes, and felt rather conflicted.

Ao Xin was, after all, a very successfully designed minor boss by himself, and indeed he met an overly suffocating death.

"There’s no need to feel wronged," Chen Qing sighed. "Your tricks are simply not powerful enough to control the Buddha Kingdom. The power of that force is far beyond your imagination, so dying here might actually be for the best."

"Although your death is foolish, at least it’s not hopeless. Resentment... is better than having no hope at all."

Ao Xin’s gaze stiffened, staring fixedly at Chen Qing. He could feel that Chen Qing was not lying; this all-knowing guy might really be aware of all his plans!

"Do you know about the Buddha Kingdom?"

"I do..." Chen Qing nodded. "I also know all of your plans, trust me, what you’re thinking is delusional."

"Not even a slight chance?"

"No..."

"I see." The red in Ao Xin’s eyes dissipated, and the rage that had been there seemed to vanish without a trace.

"I see...."

"Your words are exactly the same as that bald guy’s," Ao Xin said.

"Bald guy?" Chen Qing was taken aback. "What bald guy?"

"When you first saw me, the expression on your face, wasn’t it because of that bald guy?"

Chen Qing: "!!"

How could that be possible?

Since coming to this world, Chen Qing had never been so stirred!

"Where is he!!!"

Seeing Chen Qing’s frantic and red-eyed demeanor, Ao Xin was startled.....

He had never considered that this guy could show such an expression.

Interesting.

"I’m not telling you...."

At the last moment, Ao Xin felt his mood surprisingly lighten.

Watching Chen Qing’s anxiety, Ao Xin smiled maliciously, then ceased to struggle and let the Path of Yin and Yang draw away his last bit of consciousness....