At this moment, Xu Hong and Zhao Hanhu, the two of them, were still battling hard, their silhouettes were staggering, executing powerful martial arts technique after powerful martial arts technique, breaking the quicksand canyon everywhere. The canyon, almost all of it, was about to be razed to the ground.
With the Red Lust Star Envoy and Shi Buqiao joining into the battlefield, it didn’t take long for Zhao Hanhu to gradually fall into a disadvantage.
“Lost Illusion Realm.”
The Red Lust Star Envoy performed a rather profound illusion technique, using the Crystal Saint Staff to strike the illusion out, instantly causing Zhao Hanhu to fall into an illusionary realm, and the speed at which he struck out, became slightly slowed down for a split second.
It was in this one split second that Xu Hong seized the opportunity to execute a Flaming Mad Dragon Palm, striking Zhao Han Hu’s chest.
Instantly, the sound of bones breaking resounded within Zhao Hanhu’s body as his chest sunk inwards.
“Pfft!”
Zhao Hanhu flew out backwards and fell tens of feet away.
Shi Bu Chou quickly dropped down from the sky and stomped down, stepping on Zhao Hanhu’s waist, and with a “pop” sound, Zhao Hanhu’s spine snapped in two, paralysing him on the ground, unable to get up any more.
“Lol lol, the Liuli Knight Commander is nothing more than that.”
Shi Bu Chou and Xu Hong retreated to the left and right, making way for the Red Desire Star Envoy.
The Red Lust Star Envoy walked up to Zhao Hanhu’s body and said in a cold voice, “Tell me, where is Emperor Yi?”
Zhao Hanhu’s face was pale and dying as he lay on the ground, giving a dry laugh, “Red Lust Star Envoy I advise you not to go against the Young Lord you can’t fight him”
“Indeed a tough man.”
The Red Lust Star Envoy gently frowned both eyebrows, and the look in his eyes, gradually became icy cold as he began to condense his spiritual energy, and lifted the crystal holy staff up.
At the top of the holy staff, a red glow flew out, like a red flowing stream, flying towards Zhao Hanhu, wrapping his body completely.
The Red Desire Star Envoy asked once again, “Where is Emperor One?”
Zhao Hanhu was instantly caught in the illusion, his eyebrows tightly furrowed together as if he was fighting the illusion with his own will, a muffled sound coming out of his mouth.
Zhang Ruochen stared at the Red Lust Star Envoy who was torturing Zhao Hanhu in the distance, and was also quite curious to know where exactly Emperor Yi’s hiding place was.
Suddenly, he smelled a faint fragrance and glanced back, only to see Mu Lingshi wordlessly walking up to his side.
Mu Lingshi’s gaze swept over the Red Desire Star Envoy’s body and laughed, “I didn’t see it before, not only is the Red Desire Star Envoy a bewitching little goblin, but also, her attainments in illusion arts are extremely high.”
“Earlier, if she hadn’t used her illusions to influence the Star Envoy in Green, with my current cultivation, it would still be difficult to defeat the Star Envoy in Green. Beautiful face, perfect body, top-notch illusion techniques, any of these points can make a man fall head over heels for her.”
Hearing that Mu Lingshi’s tone was a bit conspiratorial, Zhang Ruochen smiled slightly and said, “What exactly do you want to say?”
Mu Lingshi blinked her eyes and said, “Her illusions, they’re so powerful, you wouldn’t have been mesmerised by her illusions as well, right?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and shook his head, saying, “Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing, and after killing Emperor Yi, I’ll leave the Eastern Region Evil Lands. You don’t really think that I will be a lifelong Grand Protector for the Red Desire Star Envoy?”
Mu Lingshi smiled and nodded, saying, “That’s more like it.”
Zhao Hanhu’s willpower was quite strong, and he played with the Red Lust Star Envoy’s illusions for a quarter of an hour before finally losing the battle.
However, he still didn’t spit out a single word, but instead mobilised his true qi and shook off the meridians and blood veins throughout his body. Even if he died, he would not reveal Di Yi’s whereabouts.
“Young Lord will avenge me.”
Zhao Hanhu’s eyes widened as he spat out the last words from his mouth and completely lost his voice.
“Worthy of being a Liuli Knight Commander, his willpower is surprisingly strong.”The Red Lust Star Envoy put away his illusion and exhaled a long breath, revealing a disappointed look.
Suddenly, the remaining light of the Red Desire Star Envoy’s eyes glanced in Zhang Ruochen’s direction, only to see Zhang Ruochen standing with a green-clothed woman wearing a metal mask.
The Red Lust Star Envoy’s eyes couldn’t help but turn icy cold.
The Red Desire Star Envoy had Xu Hong, Shi Buqi and the others retreat first, and walked over to Zhang Ruochen alone, with light steps and a delicate smile on her face, “Great Protector, there are some things that I want to talk to you about alone.”
She deliberately increased the tone of the word “alone”.
When Mu Lingshi saw the Red Desire Star Envoy’s charming look, she was quite unhappy and said coldly, “What is it that I can’t hear?”
The Red Desire Star Envoy lightly glanced at Mu Lingshi, her eyelashes fluttered, and a charming smile appeared in her eyes as she said, “Your Highness, you are an outsider after all, and there are some words that would indeed not be very good if you were to hear them.”
Black lines rose on Mu Lingshi’s forehead, immediately stretching out a slender arm, she pulled Zhang Ruochen’s arm up by the hand, as if declaring her sovereignty, and lifted up her breasts, revealing a rounded arc. She proudly said, ”Red Desire Star Envoy, you are also too capable of crossing the river and breaking down the bridge, just now, if it wasn’t for this Holy Maiden stepping in to help you repel your strong enemy, would you still be able to stand here so breezily now? Besides, I’m on intimate terms with your Great Protector, how does that make me an outsider? Could it be that there’s something else that I can’t hear?”
The Red Desire Star Envoy’s eyelids shrunk, and the five fingers gripping the Crystal Sacred Staff couldn’t help but tighten a few points as he coldly grunted, “I didn’t beg you to make a move, and besides, who allows the Devil Sect to meddle in the fights of the black market?”
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more out of place, Zhang Ruochen was afraid that the two of them would pinch each other, so he hurriedly said, “Since that’s the case, I’ll have a talk with Lord Star Envoy alone.”
Zhang Ruochen pacified Mu Lingshi, and then, he walked over to the Red Desire Star Envoy.
The Red Desire Star Envoy also lifted up her towering puffy peaks, revealing a victorious smile and shaking her head rather smugly at Mu Lingshi, as if to say, “You, can’t fight me!”
When Mu Lingshi saw the Red Desire Star Envoy’s provocation, she was so furious that she kept grinding her teeth and kicked the stone on the ground away, and if it wasn’t for Zhang Ruochen’s stopping her, she would definitely have rushed up to compete with the Red Desire Star Envoy.
Zhang Ruochen and the Red Desire Star Envoy each performed their own spells and took off, landing at the top of the Quicksand Canyon and standing on the edge of the cliff.
After battling throughout the night, dawn had arrived and a hint of dark red haze appeared in the eastern sky.
The Red Desire Star Envoy was rather chastising as he said, “Great Protector, what exactly is your relationship with the Demon Sect’s Holy Maiden?”
Zhang Ruochen said indifferently, “Is that important?”
“Of course it’s important, if the Black Market hierarchy knew that the Devil Cult Sacred Maiden was with me, they would think that I had joined forces with the Devil Cult to deal with one of their own, which would be quite unfavourable to me.”The Red Desire Star Envoy added, “I think it would be better for the Demon Sect Holy Maiden to leave.”
In fact, Zhang Ruochen didn’t want Mu Lingshi to be involved in this matter, killing Emperor Yi was too dangerous and she shouldn’t be involved.
At the very beginning, Zhang Ruochen had discussed this with Mu Lingshi once, telling her to hide in the shadows and never make a move.
Only, at that time, when the green-clothed Star Envoy made a move to kill Zhang Ruochen, the situation was quite dangerous, and Mu Lingshi was worried about Zhang Ruochen’s safety, so she couldn’t help but make a move to stop the green-clothed Star Envoy, and thus she was exposed.
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “Good, I will try to persuade her not to meddle in this matter.”
The Red Desire Star Envoy finally let out a slight sigh of relief, and a charming smile surfaced on her pretty face.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Did you ask about Emperor Yi’s whereabouts?”
“No. Zhao Hanhu’s willpower is very strong, and with my forty-three ranked spiritual power, I still somewhat couldn’t suppress him. At the last moment, he broke his own meridians and died.”The Red Desire Star Envoy’s eyes dimmed and she gently shook her head.
If, her spiritual power, could reach the forty-fourth rank, she would definitely be able to easily ask everything she wanted to know from Zhao Hanhu’s mouth.
In the final analysis, it was still not strong enough in terms of spiritual power.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Perhaps, I can guess where he is.”
The Red Desire Star Envoy’s eyes lit up as he hurriedly asked, “Where?”
“Red Willow Villa.”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Red Desire Star Envoy was only slightly taken aback for a moment before he immediately reacted and laughed, “That’s right, it’s really possible that Emperor Yi has already entered the Red Willow Villa. I rushed to the Falling God Mountain Ridge and only took away a group of my subordinates who were most loyal to me, while the rest of them all stayed behind at the Red Willow Villa.”
“Within the remaining people, there must be people that Emperor One has planted. As long as Di Yi receives the information, with his egotistical character, he will definitely enter Red Willow Villa as a victor at the first opportunity.”
“He thought that occupying the Red Willow Villa was a victory, but in reality, he exposed his whereabouts instead. We, however, were able to turn from light to dark and completely seize the initiative.”
It wasn’t until this moment that the Red Desire Star Envoy understood the meaning of the letter that Zhang Ruochen had given her.
Her disadvantage against Emperor Yi had finally shown signs of reversal.
The Red Desire Star Envoy’s beautiful eyes rippled as she looked at Zhang Ruochen and couldn’t help but admire his wisdom even more. She said, ”Emperor Yi must be infuriated after losing three great generals in a row, Ice Demon, Hunter and Zhao Hanhu. As long as he’s angry, he’ll definitely make a mistake, and all I need to do is to seize an opportunity to completely turn the tide.”
Zhang Ruochen could hear that the Red Desire Star Envoy’s strategy was still to focus on defence, waiting for Emperor Yi to make a mistake so that he could deal a fatal blow to him.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “Since we know that Emperor Yi is most likely at the Red Willow Villa, why can’t we take the initiative?”
The Red Desire Star Envoy gently shook his head and said, “The Ice Demon, the Hunter, Zhao Hanhu, and the Green Star Envoy are indeed all top experts beside Emperor Yi, but the most powerful people beside Emperor Yi are not them. With the forces I have at my disposal right now, if I were to go head to head with Emperor Yi, I would still only lose more than I win.”
“You are referring to the Violet Wind Star Ambassador?”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Red Desire Star Envoy said, “That’s right, just one Violet Wind Star Envoy has the power to kill all of us. Unless your spiritual strength, can reach the peak of the forty-fourth rank, only then will you have a chance to crush him.”
“What’s more, apart from the Violet Wind Star Envoy, there are several other powerful figures by Emperor Yi’s side, each of them quite formidable.”
Zhang Ruochen was silent for a moment before he suddenly turned his head, his eyes looking towards the eastern sky.
What was he looking at?
The Red Desire Star Envoy was a little curious and followed Zhang Ruochen’s gaze to the sky.
On the horizon, a reddish blazing sun slowly rose up, emitting a warm glow that illuminated the dark world anew.
Right next to the sun, suddenly, a round silver moon appeared, bursting out with bright light, even forming a strange scene of “sun and moon shining together”.
The silver moon flew over and appeared above the Quicksand Canyon, hanging behind the clouds. The moonlight fell down like a waterfall, covering the ground in a hundred-mile radius with a layer of silver light.
She condensed her eyes and looked carefully, and vaguely, she could only see that there seemed to be a silhouette standing at the centre of the silver round moon.
