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"Of course it has meaning..." the Emperor seriously looked at the person across from him, "At least I can know if the Reincarnator is really a demon or not!"

"Doesn’t Your Majesty already have the answer in your heart?

" Zi Yue lowered her eyes, "You have never trusted the Reincarnator, otherwise you wouldn’t have forced Liu Yu to fake his death, nor would you have deliberately guarded against me. In your eyes, whether it’s the Reincarnator or a demon, they are the same.

What is making you hesitate? Is it Chen Qing? "

Hearing this, the Emperor rarely fell silent for a few seconds.

At this moment, with the battlefield on the brink of collapse, these few seconds were extraordinarily precious. He was usually a decisive person, yet he hesitated during these crucial moments.

The words of the person across from him hit exactly what he was thinking.

He was a decisive Emperor, but it wasn’t like he had never hesitated. The Mother and Child Ghost Temples showed him the hope of combating ancient forces, but did that not make him any different from the former King of Qin?

Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters, but as the king of the Human Race, what he brought to his people was mostly suffering. He had seen this; people in the Central Plains dreamed of fleeing to Jiangnan. He could feel his destiny and the people’s hearts slipping away...

Chen Qing was a Reincarnator; he never believed that Chen Qing would put everything on the line for the Human Race.

Yet the current situation was that under Chen Qing’s rule, the people lived peacefully and prospered, while under his own rule, the atmosphere was ghostly, everyone lived in fear, the upper echelons were like evil ghosts, and the lower ranks were tormented like twisted little ghosts, showing not a trace of a prosperous era.

To fight against the terrible demons, of course, there was a price to pay. But wouldn’t it be better if there was a way that didn’t involve such costs?

He had considered this question before...

Therefore, he had been observing Chen Qing, unintentionally or intentionally aiding Chen Qing’s actions. Otherwise, with his own hidden resources, when Lumings went on the campaign, he could have taken back Jiangnan himself—why would it be Chen Qing’s turn to rise?

"Enough... it’s likely you won’t answer me, I presume... you don’t even know who you are, do you?"

Zi Yue: "......"

The Emperor didn’t waste any more words; instead, he steadily advanced toward Zi Yue, his murderous intent condensing—clearly preparing to make a move.

"Your Majesty..." Sparrow Bee frowned, "It’s useless; attacking her is just a waste of time."

"Not quite..." the Emperor slowly continued towards Zi Yue, "This time-reversing method certainly isn’t without conditions. I have experienced it firsthand; had she been able to reincarnate this time, not so many would have died while sealing the Demon Statue."

Sparrow Bee’s eyes brightened. Could it be that the Emperor knew this bizarre secret technique’s weakness?

"Let me guess..." the Emperor, while drawing closer, whispered, "To invoke a time reincarnation, you must predict someone’s actions. For instance, you predict Sparrow Bee will kill you, and as long as the prediction is successful, you will enter reincarnation. You predict Sparrow Bee will strike at the Sixteen Routes’ General; as soon as he does, you will join him in reincarnation.

That is the condition and restriction for activation. "

"Moreover..." the Emperor was now completely close to Zi Yue, "This condition of prediction must be limited. The more predictions there are, the more stringent the conditions become, such as... you’re predicting right now that I will kill you, likely even Sparrow Bee, you, and I could all reincarnate together, right? "

Zi Yue, expressionless, was about to say something, but the Emperor didn’t give her the chance.

Approaching her, he suddenly made his move; his speed was so fast that it made Sparrow Bee inwardly flinch, and the Priest, constantly observing the situation from afar, couldn’t even see clearly.

Zi Yue’s arms shattered explosively and her body flew away like a tattered doll!

"Princess!!"

The High Priest’s face immediately filled with shock and rage at a distance, but the Deputy General firmly held him back.

Now that the army had the upper hand, it was crucial that the High Priest did not act rashly and spoil everything; otherwise, all of Princess Zi Yue’s efforts would have been in vain.

However, at that moment, the Sparrow Bee hesitated. He hadn’t expected that despite his many attempts, Princess Zi Yue remained unharmed. Why then had the Emperor managed such an effect with a single move?

But he was an experienced man and quickly grasped the situation.

As the Emperor had said, Princess Zi Yue’s secret technique required anticipating the conditions beforehand and setting restrictions accordingly.

First and foremost, the adversary’s actions had to meet her anticipated conditions, and the more conditions she set, the more vulnerable she became during her reincarnation.

For instance, the first time she anticipated that he would act, she reincarnated with memories. The second time, she predicted he would target the General, and reincarnated without memories. The third time, which involved the Emperor, the reincarnation conditions were likely even more stringent.

To prevent being unable to cope with these stringent conditions, the prediction had to be precise, such as... the Emperor attempting to kill her!

Yet the Emperor did not do so; he chose only to incapacitate her, not to kill her!

"As expected..." the Emperor said coldly, watching Princess Zi Yue collapse into a pool of blood, "The conditions for prediction are not unlimited. Otherwise, with your intelligence, you would have anticipated everything, including harming you, imprisoning you, controlling you, and so on. But you didn’t. You only predicted that I would kill you, because each additional condition makes your reincarnated state harsher, and might even cause severe side effects. Three conditions, that’s your limit! "

"You really are..." Princess Zi Yue coughed up blood, her face revealing a bitter smile, "Quite the formidable man..."

She had always known that the Siao Family harbored a truly dangerous individual, even more dangerous than the King of Qin.

Indeed, it turned out to be true. That was why both the King of Qin and the Black Empress fell at his hands, and even the Shenwu Guild’s President Shenyue couldn’t handle him—there was a reason for that.

Carrying the destiny of the Human Race within him, possessing terrifying talents was one thing, but what was key was his fearsome strategizing.

As an ancient being faced with this time-reversal ability, he had probed its weaknesses in moments.

That capacity would make future cunning players bow in respect.

She remembered when this ability had just been designed; forty servers, thousands of skilled players had barely managed to find a weakness after a month. Yet this man had done it in less than half an hour.

"The Emperor will not kill you, nor will he let you bleed to death. Don’t even think about committing suicide to reincarnate," the Emperor said solemnly. "You’d best do nothing, or else you’ll suffer."

"Tch..." Princess Zi Yue bitter-smiled again. "Really not giving me any chance, huh..."

Raising his hand, the Emperor conjured a precise flame that enveloped Princess Zi Yue and lifted her into the air.

The Golden Crow Flame was terrifying; anything that neared it was incinerated completely, but under the Emperor’s precise control, it only burned the flesh of Princess Zi Yue, scorching her beyond recognition instantly; it was gruesome!

The gruesome sight not only filled the High Priest with immense shock and rage from afar, the Sixteen Routes’ General also felt his eyes crack with rage. They were about to break through the formation, almost instinctively wanting to go and support her.

"Break the formation, don’t panic!" the Priest roared, "Princess Zi Yue will be supported by me!"

The command from the Army Talisman was immediately passed to all the generals. The Priest finally mustered the courage, no longer caring about the Deputy General’s attempts to stop him, and was about to make a move to rescue her.

Meanwhile, Princess Zi Yue in mid-air, amidst the torturous burning, became extremely anxious. She knew this was what the Emperor had been waiting for—the moment the Priest intervened, death was certain!

And once the Priest died, even if the Imperial Army’s formation broke, without a commander, it would be difficult to issue unified orders. Then, cooperating with Sparrow Bee to defeat them separately, the entire army would still be doomed... still the Four Holy Army!

This time... it really seemed over!