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Chapter 38: The Empress’s Hidden Resentment

Heavenly Cloud Palace, in the bedchamber, quietly took out Nie Chen’s love letter from under the pillow.

Chu Qingyue read the letter word by word, carefully from start to finish, again and again.

As her gaze moved, the red glow on her face became more and more visible.

“How could someone say such sincere words!”

When she finished reading the last sentence, Chu Qingyue felt her cheeks burning nonstop.

She immediately burrowed under the blankets, wrapping herself up.

A strange emotion surged up in her heart, and wrapped in the blankets, Chu Qingyue couldn’t help but roll around, messing up the light pink bed sheets and silk curtains.

From under the blankets, there were even occasional sounds of “ahh ahh ahh”, conveying some unknown emotion.

She looked like a girl who had been corrupted by the sour smell of love.

Or perhaps it should be said that she was…

“Hmph.”

Throwing off the blankets, Chu Qingyue’s face was like a peach blossom, her autumn eyes surging with emotion.

Her gaze at the words on the letter was somewhat distant.

The remaining warmth in the blankets still lingered, causing her body to continuously emit a fragrant scent.

“Empress, what’s going on with you?”

Just then, a voice came from the entrance of the bedchamber.

Shen Congshuang looked at the strange scene before her, somewhat at a loss.

Why was the Empress wrapping herself in blankets like a caterpillar, and why was her breathing rapid and her face red?

Could it be!

“Empress, is it that you haven’t bathed in a long time and your body is itchy?”

“What do you think?”

Chu Qingyue’s mouth curled up slightly, with a hint of a smile.

But this smile made Shen Congshuang, who had recently suffered a series of setbacks, feel extremely frightened.

“Empress, I really didn’t mean to.”

In an instant, Shen Congshuang’s face turned pale, and she looked like she was about to cry.

…

A massive, boundless illusion suddenly appeared, with thousands of feathers, emitting a terrifying killing intent.

Deep, profound eyes, one black and one white, seemed to contain endless emptiness.

The overwhelming pressure was like a giant wave, rushing forward without stopping, as if the vast starry sky was about to lose its color.

The Shadow Demon King’s eyes shrank, and in the face of that boundless pressure, he was instantly consumed by fear.

Every cell in his body seemed to be trying to make him desperately escape.

But the Shadow Demon King’s legs trembled, his body frozen stiff, and he found himself completely unable to move.

At the same time, the boundless feather-like illusion pointed downwards.

The entire hall shook violently, and a deafening explosion sounded.

“Boom!”

The dust settled, and they clearly saw that where the Shadow Demon King had been standing, a deep pit had appeared.

Spider web-like cracks spread out in all directions, and aside from a corpse that had been crushed to the point of being almost unrecognizable, there was nothing else to be seen.

“One finger to kill the Shadow Demon King?”

That also meant that the strange power that had suddenly appeared was enough to kill anyone present.

“No way!”

The group reacted instantly.

If that young man really had the power to kill them with one finger, why would he turn around and run away?

It was more likely that the previous attack had already reached the level of an Emperor-level strongman.

If he was really that strong, why would he care about a small Three Emperors’ Mausoleum?

There must be something strange going on!

“That young man’s strength is absolutely impossible to be that strong, our alliance will continue.”

“After we kill him, we’ll fight over the inheritance in the hall!”

Time was of the essence, and they immediately made a decision.

Now, only he and Yang Ce, along with four others, were left.

The rest of the group’s faces turned pale, but they ultimately gritted their teeth and nodded.

Each person had paid a significant price to sneak into this Secret Realm, and they didn’t want to waste it.

“Follow me, as long as the five of us work together, we might still have a chance!”

As soon as the words fell, the five people surrounded each other, each holding their trump cards.

They were betting that Nie Chen didn’t have the strength to attack again!

In the dark hall, the group couldn’t sense any aura.

The empty, dark environment made them increasingly tense.

What secrets was that young man, who looked like he was only in his early teens, hiding!

Even when they expanded their spiritual awareness to cover the entire hall, they still couldn’t sense his aura.

The atmosphere gradually became oppressive, and a faint light barrier enveloped the group, slowly moving forward.

A stone suddenly fell from an unknown location, bouncing twice on the ground before landing in front of the group.

There was a deathly silence.

“Not good, it’s a trap!”

A sudden shout, and a long sword flashed through the air.

“Ka.”

In mid-air, the long sword shattered.

Before their eyes, thousands of feathers filled the air, emitting a terrifying killing intent.

Endless illusions filled the entire hall.

The black and white eyes were strange and profound, making everyone’s heart feel icy cold.

The five people used all their strength, each using their own methods to try and resist.

But under the almost crushing pressure of the boundless spiritual power, they couldn’t create any waves.

One finger pointed down, and dust flew everywhere.

In the midst of the earth-shaking explosion, the five people were instantly crushed into a pulp, filled with endless fear.

【You shattered the spiritual core…】

【You shattered the spiritual core of the cultivator Yang Ce】

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【Consecutively shattering the spiritual cores of 7 Opening Profound Realm cultivators, reward, +7 skill points, can choose one Earth-grade technique】

Consecutively, the System borrowed 20 skill points, and now only 7 points were returned, Nie Chen felt a loss.

However, the power of the feather-like illusion was indeed strong, although it could only be used once.

But with one attack, it was comparable to an Ascension Realm strongman’s full-strength attack.

“How did you do it, do you… really only have Foundation Establishment Realm strength?”

Shu Xiangdie looked at the scene before her in shock, completely disbelieving.

She had clearly felt the terrifying pressure emitted by the illusion, that pressure was not inferior to Empress Qingyue’s!

“Guess.”

Nie Chen didn’t plan to answer, instead focusing on “licking his wounds”.

Those few people indeed had some good things on them, and Nie Chen searched them, finding a large pile of techniques, spiritual medicines, and other items, which he then stored in the storage space he had seized.

Shu Xiangdie stomped her foot in anger, seemingly having anticipated that Nie Chen wouldn’t bother with her.

Even her original appearance couldn’t catch his eye, and now that she had used a disguise technique, Nie Chen seemed to not even treat her as a woman!

Shu Xiangdie felt extremely dissatisfied.

People are not made of iron, she really wanted to see if Nie Chen could remain unmoved when facing Empress Qingyue!

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