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Ziyue really did calculate it correctly...

Chen Qing didn’t understand the guard commander’s situation very well, so naturally, he couldn’t deduce that he would take such action. Racking his brain, he couldn’t imagine that the opponent could play this way.

Forming alliances with the enemy who was just fighting moments ago... Well, his side did the same.

But turning guns against his own kin...

Well... his side did the same...

Thinking of this, Chen Qing looked at Ziyue with a peculiar expression on his face. What kind of grudge or story actually existed between this guy and the opponent?

Ziyue, without turning her head, knew what Chen Qing was thinking, but she didn’t plan on explaining.

She didn’t want to talk about what she had gone through even to her closest friends, let alone now when she couldn’t even figure out if she was Ziyue or a Reincarnator.

But regardless of who she was, that man was her sworn enemy!

"That guard commander is very strong, definitely not comparable to a Martial Legacy Priest. With him commanding and with Kagura, who could strike from the rear at any time, our side, even if victorious, would suffer heavy losses!"

"What do you want to do?" Chen Qing asked, puzzled.

Right now, the two armies will soon clash, and casualties were inevitable. Even his own Western Sea Army would have to join the battlefield, and no one could escape.

"Our three forces combined, our scale is beyond the opponent.

The guard commander, even with a thousand guards, is just a drop in the bucket.

Kagura, even if she has something up her sleeve, will find it difficult to face our united forces head-on.

If she had that ability, the Imperial Court would have already been devoured. "

Chen Qing nodded. The force explosion of Celestial Serpent Palace was indeed formidable, holding up against two battlefields consecutively, confronting the power from Beihai City and the Northern Territory with the Central Plain’s Shanhai Pass respectively.

This was thanks to the mechanism of the Celestial Serpent.

In the void, the Celestial Serpents were almost inexhaustible; if one died, another could be replenished, nearly impossible to kill off.

However, the downside was that they couldn’t bring too many at once; this place didn’t have enough resources to sustain so many Outer Giant Pythons.

Just as Ziyue said, if Kagura could deal with forces on three fronts simultaneously, the battlefields against the Imperial Court would have already collapsed. Why would there have been a need for this lengthy discussion?

"If my guess is correct, their calculated move should be a decapitation strategy!"

"Isn’t that obvious?" The Emperor said indifferently not far away.

On their side, it seemed like three forces were united, but in reality, the Ancient Demon Clan was very fickle.

Ziyue’s foundation was unstable, and the opponent was a real noble of the Ancient Demon Clan.

Just give them a slight opportunity, and they could reclaim command of the army at any moment.

And what better opportunity than to take out Ziyue?

In a massive battle between two armies, you dread sudden changes in formation the most. Military formations are a single entity; a sudden betrayal could easily lead to the collapse of the formation, an event that had occurred more than once in history.

Hence, turning the tide with high-ranking officers on the enemy side is an important aspect of military strategy.

"A battlefield beheading isn’t that easy, right?" Chen Qing frowned.

It seemed like their side’s weakness was precisely this. The strongest force was from the Siao Family, but both were disabled. Sparrow Bee, to preserve their last breath, did not join the fight at all. Now, it seemed like their most capable fighter was the previously battle-dubious High Priest.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing only felt a headache coming on. The reliability of that fellow was probably not even as good as his own deputy general. He believed it when they said the deputy might turn against them any moment.

"Spatial slicing technique..." Ziyue whispered, "The Sorcerer Dynasty, in the past in order to study Outer Space, had already surpassed Dragon Palace in the inheritance of spatial formations. It’s not impossible to separate us from the main army..."

Chen Qing glanced at the core zone’s chaotic flow. At this moment, the entire Imperial Palace had been almost fully integrated, with the chaotic flow diminishing. If space was manipulated properly, it was indeed possible to utilize sophisticated spatial techniques.

But both he and Ziyue were also experts in spatial techniques. It would be somewhat difficult for the opponent to trap him and Ziyue with that thing, wouldn’t it?

"Chen Qing..." Ziyue suddenly said.

"What’s up?" Chen Qing was taken aback, but as he turned around, he saw her coming closer, getting so close it started to feel a bit unnatural: "What are you doing?"

"The Ancient Demon Royal Clan can leave a mark on the opposite sex. It is a privilege exclusive to the queen, usually given to her top guards, to ensure they can always find her."

Chen Qing was startled; this mark... it didn’t sound very proper.

"Chen Qing... I want to kill him."

"Just looking at your expression, I can tell..." Chen Qing was resigned.

It was the first time he saw such resolute killing intent in Ziyue.

Could it possibly be done?

The guard commander, as a representative of the Ancient Demon Clan’s Council of Elders’ military might, wouldn’t be easy to kill, would he?

Chen Qing’s intuition was accurate; that guy.

.. there seemed to be a moment just now where he was about to take out White Drawing, and judging by his momentum then, it seemed he was confident.

The danger level of that guy, I’m afraid, is not less than the Emperor in his heyday.

Actually, it might even be more troublesome. The Emperor’s power is huge and straightforward, which sometimes is quite easy to target, but that guy’s abilities are hard to say.

"Help me!"

"We’re brothers, why say such things..." Chen Qing averted his face as he spoke.

"Then why are you turning your face away?"

"Your current state... is really hard to swallow... Can you give me some time to prepare?"

Ziyue: "....."

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"Your Army Talisman must be given to me."

The Guard Commander coldly stared at the other party; this request was not without excess.

Kagura was originally one of the principal culprits in slaughtering the Ancient Demon Clan, with deep-seated blood feuds.

Now, many people still don’t know Kagura’s identity.

Once it’s revealed, it will become a huge stain.

In the future, among the Ancient Demon Clan, he would probably be even more controlled by those old fogies.

But... he knew there was no other way; the other party wouldn’t trust him to leave alone.

"Alright..." He was a decisive person, only hesitating a moment before handing over the Army Talisman.

"I’m very curious..." Kagura said with a smile: "As far as I remember, you were the one least interested in techniques back in the day, purely a martial artist. Chen Qing is a Spatial Art master, and he also controls Otherworldly Secret Techniques, are you sure you can stop him with Spatial Art?"

"I can’t hold him off for too long..." The Guard Commander said indifferently: "But killing that abominable creature won’t take too much time. You take good care of yourself and don’t get outsmarted by someone."

"I appreciate your concern, my lord, rest assured. If you can hold off Chen Qing, I even have confidence in taking down those two from the Seow Family."

"Is that so?" The Guard Commander didn’t speak again, but took a step forward, watching the approaching grand army, and with a gesture into the void, a shocking scene unfolded.

With just one gesture into the void, the place where the Guard Commander and Ziyue stood instantly blurred, and before everyone could react, the two disappeared from the spot!

This scene truly shocked many people, even the usually composed Seow Family Emperor couldn’t help but change his expression.

This technique, plucking the enemy commander from amidst a myriad of troops and transferring him to another space - it was too exaggerated.

If this technique had no limits, would not the clash between two sides depend solely on the personal strength of the enemy commanders?

Such a technique would simply break the current military rules.

"Demon Void Mirror..." Chen Qing recognized the source of the technique immediately.

No wonder Ziyue did that...

Indeed, other than the Demon Void Mirror, what technique could pull the enemy commander into space from amid tens of thousands?

"You recognize it?"

Chen Qing nodded, without time to explain, he closed his eyes and immediately sensed the Queen’s Seal imprinted in his spirit!

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"It’s been a long time..."

Their encounter came quicker than expected, and it didn’t lead to immediate life and death struggle.

The Guard Commander looked at Ziyue with complex emotions, while Ziyue was emanating a cold presence.

"I always felt, when that Martial Legacy Priest took me back to the Imperial Palace, there was something secretly observing me, turns out it was you. What? Were you afraid to see me before? Father?"

"You can say it out loud..." The Guard Commander said somberly as he looked at the other party.

"The hat was your choice to wear, I don’t understand, didn’t mother explicitly ask you to save me?"

"You are not worthy of addressing her that way." As soon as the Guard Commander heard the word mother from another’s mouth, his presence turned instantly icy cold: "Indeed, she didn’t mention it, because she didn’t have the chance to... she died at your hands!"

Ziyue: "...."