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"That woman...."

Zhang Xiaoyun looked up sharply, remembering only that at the start of the Four Symbols Array, the High Priest had seemed to discuss something with her, then that fellow had disappeared without a trace, not to be seen again until the High Priest died, almost causing him to forget all about this woman.

Yet unexpectedly, at this critical moment, she had burst forth, even shattering the Four Saints Array!

What was she trying to do?

Regardless of her intentions, this move, the destruction of the Four Saints Array, had completely altered the outcome of the battle between those two monsters!

Despite the suddenness of the event, would the Emperor, a man adept at seizing opportunities, let this providential chance slip by? The moment the Twin Array collapsed, he did not hesitate to gather his strength, preparing to counterattack with his next move.

But as fast as he reacted, the opponent was faster!

As soon as the laws of the Twin Array broke, a cold flash crossed Shenyue’s eyes, and without any hesitation, she retreated and then advanced to meet her adversary with a palm strike!

At that moment, the Emperor was caught between the ebbing of old strength and the absence of new, and the once overwhelming power of the Golden Crow instantly lost at least seventy percent of its momentum.

Against this sudden palm strike, the Emperor felt a stifling sensation and immediately spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood as the breath he’d been holding dispersed in an instant!

A bitter smile crossed his face as he realized just how formidable his enemy was. Even if she had clashed head-on with him before, it wasn’t certain that she would have lost, to say nothing of seizing the moment when he was at his weakest. He had underestimated the heroes of the world too much.

Now that his breath was scattered, there was no chance of recovery!

Across from him, Shenyue’s expression was hardly any better.

The disruption of the Twin Array had already thrown her off, and following another head-to-head clash, she had almost entirely lost her breath, unable to sustain the King Level power. Meanwhile, the woman whose aura seemed not much different from the Emperor’s was rapidly approaching.

She no longer had the chance to strike a killing blow....

If the Emperor could break through to King Level, so could that woman.

If it had been earlier, with her Twin Array intact, she would have targeted the Siao Family girl after killing the Emperor, making sure to leave no troubles behind.

Even if she had only half a breath left at that time with the Twin Array in hand, she was confident she could win.

But given the current situation, any further greed might result in her being left behind.

She wasn’t one to hesitate, assessing the situation, she used the last wisp of her King Level power to swiftly retreat toward the White Tiger Palace where her own army was stationed.

The Empress snorted coldly with murderous intent in her eyes, but ultimately, she didn’t pursue and instead caught her brother who was at death’s door.

At this moment, the Emperor’s complexion was as pale as gold paper, his vitality weak, likely suffering serious injuries to his internal organs. Combined with his inability to breathe, if the Empress didn’t intervene, he would probably explode from his blood energy within a few breaths and die.

It seemed that this time, the thought of capturing everything once and for all was wishful thinking.

The Empress sighed deeply, and a black flame enveloped the Emperor; underneath the burning flame, the Emperor’s formidable presence visibly weakened. A Priest of the Ancient Demon Clan witnessing this scene was momentarily stunned: "The Dark Crow Flame, so that’s it..."

"High Priest, what is that?" asked Zhang Xiaoyun, somewhat amazed.

"Like the Phoenix, the Golden Crow also possesses Yin and Yang aspects. It’s just that the Dark Crow Flame rarely appears; it’s normal that you don’t know.

This Dark Crow Flame is the softest and most wonderful thing in the world, one of the few things that can burn blood energy.

In other words, she can forcibly cool down a King Level body, making the consumption of blood energy less severe! "

"There’s such a thing?" Zhang Xiaoyun was astonished: "Doesn’t that make one invincible?"

Such top experts, when they want to reach King Level, they can, and when the time comes, they use Divine Skills to bring it down. Isn’t that a bit too much?

"There are many shameless secret techniques in this world; it depends on whether you’ve mastered them or not," the Priest sneered.

"But it’s not necessarily a bad thing; this Divine Skill consumes a tremendous amount, and once that woman saves that young man from the Siao Family, she will also expend a huge amount of energy, which is good for the upcoming situation. "

"Oh?" Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoyun’s brows rose, and the gloom brought about by the sudden death of the High Priest dissipated quite a bit.

"What about that woman in red?"

"Shenyue controls ancient secret techniques, I estimate she might have some methods to forcibly downgrade herself, but... such methods are extremely damaging to the body, otherwise she wouldn’t have immediately retreated to the White Tiger Palace, likely rendered unable to fight any longer!"

"Then doesn’t that mean..." Zhang Xiaoyun suddenly saw the light.

At this moment, the most terrifying combat power consisted of just a few people, Chen Qing’s life and death were unknown, the most mysterious Shenyue had been recklessly wasted by the Human Race’s Emperor, and crucially, the Emperor himself was also crippled and even dragged down his own reinforcements.

Wasn’t this... in their favor?

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoyun finally understood what it meant when the snipe and the clam grapple and the fisherman benefits.

The war Priest also seemed very optimistic about the current situation, with armies of several forces present. Although they had not yet clashed, judging from their auras, they were not much different, all being tens of thousands strong Extraordinary Army forces.

With the military strength not varying greatly, the role of the top combatants became significant.

Their Ancient Demon Clan’s army had a slight advantage already, and with top experts hidden for many years, now that the enemy’s most capable fighting force was practically decimated, wasn’t this a boon for them?

Zhang Xiaoyun looked up at Zi Yue above the Array, and couldn’t help but smile, "It seems, Princess, you’ve figured it out."

At first, he was quite worried about Zi Yue’s stance issue.

Even though her memory hadn’t fully recovered, even after learning the truth, she might not side with them, which is why he strongly disapproved of the High Priest entrusting such an important task to that woman. It seemed he had worried over nothing.

Now, by destroying the Four Saints Array at this critical moment, having such an advantageous situation: if the Ancient Demon affair succeeds today, she would be the number one merit holder!

"So, what do we do now?"

"No rush... Let’s see what they do." The Priest’s eyes swept all around, secretly.

With such a favorable situation, they were certain to take more than their fair share, but to covet everything still required careful calculation depending on the circumstances; otherwise, if they got targeted by several forces together, that would be troublesome.

The leaders of the three houses were all compromised, which in essence was a good thing. However, the downside was if one side appeared too dominant, the others would inevitably band together; they must figure out how to prevent this from happening before they realized it.

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"Princess..."

Sparrow Bee stepped forward to protect her, his brows deeply furrowed.

He was the one the Empress used the Dark Crow Flame to burn his blood and Qi, thereby dropping to below King Level; this move was hugely draining, he remembered this woman took a full three days to recover in the Capital City’s Spirit Land, barely managing to breathe.

If she saved the Human Race’s Emperor now, she would be spent, and while the Emperor’s combat power was astonishing, from the looks of it just now, his injuries were far from light.

Even if he returned to below King Level, the injuries would not lessen but would instead worsen due to the forced burning of blood and Qi.

It would seem that, now, the burden... was likely to fall on himself.

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"Mister Chen, what should we do now?"

The Western Sea Army was also bewildered at the outcome; they had not expected it to result in both parties being injured.

"This..." Chen Baifeng was also somewhat hesitant; he hadn’t expected the situation to become so complicated all at once.

The Emperor and the leader of the Northern Demons were both injured, and the Emperor’s trump card, the woman who had suddenly appeared, now seemed pale and likely suffered severe damage from rescuing the Emperor.

Going full circle, the Ancient Demon Clan had the great advantage. Truly, the state of affairs was ever-changing, wholly out of anyone’s control.

Thinking of this, Chen Baifeng said solemnly, "Given the current situation... it all depends on which side the Ancient Demon Clan wants to consume first..."