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How did he find this place?

When Serpent Mother first saw Chen Qing, she hadn’t expected it at all. She had considered that Jiangnan might be hiding something, but never thought Chen Qing would find this place.

From the beginning, she had never considered those still mixing in the first version as real opponents.

The Mother and Child Ghost Temples scheme of King Xiang had started in the previous cycle and was aimed at those top forces that could compete with them.

The second version was the ancient beginning. For many forces, it was the key point of contention in this cycle; countless forces had laid their plans countless years ago, and she had done the same....

Initially, arriving on Serpent Mother’s side, according to the previous script, she seduced the Dragon King to obtain a Dragon Transformation Body, then seduced the human Emperor to take down King Xiang.

A hundred years ago, when the human dynasty was in decline, that ancient era supposed to descend was forcibly halted by that fellow, King of Qin, who organized a group of players.

Many ancient plans were disrupted, but hers were not... on the contrary, she had more time and opportunities to connect with the new emperor.

It can be said that among the many forces today, her faction... has developed the most smoothly.

Since the development has been so smooth, naturally other forces would look on with envy. So she wouldn’t be surprised if someone from another side came to disrupt her pace, but she had not expected it to be Chen Qing.

"It’s been a long time... Empress!" Chen Qing greeted Serpent Mother as she arrived.

The lean Scholar in white stood in the endless black liquid and, just like Ao Zhen, prevented the entities within the black liquid from approaching!

"It turns out to be King of Qin..." Serpent Mother looked at Chen Qing: "How did you find this place?"

"A bit of guesswork... and luck," Chen Qing smiled.

The Mother and Child Ghost Temples, something that shouldn’t have appeared in the game, had appeared. Could it be that the company uploaded some patches without her knowledge?

That shouldn’t be....

Both sides had suspicions, both wanted to probe the other!

"King of Qin, you are indeed deep-minded. The Jiangnan forces almost fell apart because of your absence; even your fiancée almost became someone else’s.

Your loyal subordinates, for the sake of your reputation, risked disguising themselves as you to reclaim the Princess.

Just yesterday, they were driven to a desperate position and attacked my temples everywhere, only to die miserably! "

"And yet, you seem not to panic at all, what a great demeanor..."

Chen Qing looked at the other party; she spoke with a voice loud enough that it clearly wasn’t intended for him alone....

"Flattery..." Chen Qing also smiled: "How can I compare to you, senior? To serve your subordinates, you dismember your own daughter. Your son was full of vigor but was miserably killed with the help of outsiders in the dark. When it comes to using subordinates, I am far behind you!"

Serpent Mother: "....."

This guy... really knows everything!

What Chen Qing said wasn’t just for Serpent Mother to hear!

The next instant, the black liquid that had been surrounding Chen Qing retreated a fair distance, and no longer boiled as before.

This caused Serpent Mother’s face to instantly darken!

Indeed, as expected....

Wang Ye, beside her, suddenly understood. According to Chen Qing, this liquid was the spirit of the countless young boys and girls who had died in vain. They temporarily couldn’t fully appear in the yang realm and could only infiltrate their power through the special space in the Ghost Temples.

This space was a medium between yin and yang, and many of the spiritual events that occurred in the yang realm were due to the infiltration of power from this space, a kind of power not yet regulated by laws.

Those children sacrificed in the Mother and Child temples, if Chen Qing guessed correctly, had started in the underworld to be guided and cultivated into worshippers of King Xiang, whose will was the key to controlling this space.

Chen Qing’s words... were for King Xiang to hear!

Originally, the script included five forces in the second phase of the storyline. The invasion of the Ghost Domain was a crucial part of the second version, with many areas featuring the eventual unification of the human realm by King Xiang and his charge against older forces.

Everything was fluctuating, and when Chen Qing was in that world, the game’s open beta progress was only at its second version. Although the third and fourth versions were well-prepared, due to the game’s high difficulty, not a single district had opened the originally designed new version.

Tianji had said that the previous King Xiang had been designed to die, and the mastermind behind it... was most likely the woman standing before him!

King Xiang could have had a better ending, but now he was at the mercy of the woman in front of him. Given King Xiang’s personality in the design template, as soon as he was provoked, a reaction was bound to occur...

"Temporary submission is for a better future!" Serpent Mother restrained the gloom in her heart and tried to keep her voice calm.

"The future?" Chen Qing laughed. "How can one who has no right to know the truth have any future?"

As soon as these words came out, the entire surrounding black liquid started boiling!

"You’re looking for death!" At that moment, Serpent Mother truly became furious.

Her entire body transformed into a black wind, miraculously isolating the liquid on both sides and leaving only an empty space with Chen Qing. In the next instant, the woman, sword in hand and moving like a ghostly figure, struck in the darkness!

The speed was unbelievably fast, and Chen Qing immediately recognized it as the Divine Wind Technique!

But of course, this woman carried the pure bloodline of the Dragon King Breed of the West Sea. It was only natural that she knew the Divine Wind Technique...

She was faster than him, and that was Chen Qing’s immediate feeling. Her Divine Wind was more skillful, and her swordsmanship... was also better than his.

Almost in that instant, he knew that he stood no chance.

But that wasn’t important. What mattered was that she had made her move!

Bang!!

The twisted space shattered thunderously, and a blade of wind, even faster, emerged from the wreckage, carrying a trail of blood. It blocked Serpent Mother’s sword, and it was caught barehanded!

Serpent Mother was shocked and looked incredulously at the figure who had arrived. She naturally guessed who was capable of such power in this world, but she hadn’t expected Ao Zhen to break through and arrive so quickly!

"Ao Zhen’s Secret Technique: Dust Shock, capable of shattering space, is her trump card.

It was meant to be used if one day she needed to face a Dragon King level power, prepared as a countermeasure.

She could have easily used it to break your Ghost Mirror Technique, but your layers of mirrors would have made breaking just one useless.

If used rashly in the wrong spot, the trump card might be wasted, leaving her without the strength to face you, because she knew you were a being whose strength was not beneath hers," Chen Qing said.

Serpent Mother: "....."

"King Xiang was born with an indomitable spirit and is the least willing to be subordinate to others. You forcing decisions upon him means he should not be serving you, even if you are his biological mother. I don’t know what means you used to keep such a strong-willed King Xiang under your control, so I decided to give him a little provocation, and hey, it really did provoke a reaction. "

"And then?" Serpent Mother looked at Ao Zhen, who had seized her blade, and sneered coldly, "You angered me with this tactic, allowing Ao Zhen to pinpoint my location and use her technique to shatter the void and get here. But so what?"

She looked at Ao Zhen, who was clearly at her limit, barehandedly seizing her sword, looking utterly depleted.

"My sword is a bone sword, connected to my flesh and blood, a Divine Skill of the Celestial Serpent’s spine, not only incredibly sharp but also filled with deadly poison. Don’t you have this information? You really dared to let Ao Zhen grab the sword with her bare hands?"

"Oh right, you probably didn’t have time to share that detail, did you?" Serpent Mother’s cold laughter continued as the short sword in her hand emitted a chilling black aura, and Ao Zhen’s complexion visibly turned black and purple!

Chen Qing’s combat skills, which she had observed, were already on the same level as Ao Zhen attribute-wise, but there was a far gap in actual combat power. If Ao Zhen lost her strength now, Serpent Mother was fully confident she could keep everyone here...

"It’s precisely because I knew your bone sword was connected to your flesh that I had her grab it," Chen Qing said, extending his hand as a force of wind descended from the sky, forming a dazzling cyan short sword.

Serpent Mother paused, then scoffed. She thought that by having Ao Zhen seize control of her, Chen Qing believed he could win?

Even if she sacrificed her right hand, how could he overcome the mediocre skills shown by this half-baked scholar previously... Wait?

Suddenly, her confidence vanished.

She felt a terrifying surge of explosive power emanating from Chen Qing.

"Sorry..." Chen Qing smiled. "That secret technique of Ao Zhen’s... I can do it too!"