I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

Chapter 1280 - 491: The Empress Is About to Flip the Table! Chen Mo Disguises as the Old Emperor!

Crack—

The sound of bones breaking reverberated, causing a sharp pang in one’s teeth.

Yu Youhan’s eyes blazed with a cold light. Under her gaze, the Heavenly Shadow Guard seemed to be gripped by a giant hand, his armor caved in, limbs were fractured, and his whole body twisted into a bizarre shape.

Yet he showed no reaction, as if he couldn’t feel any pain at all.

The Heavenly Shadow Guard was not a "living person" but a conglomeration of certain wills, a killing machine protecting Imperial Power.

There were a total of twenty-eight such existences called the Twenty-eight Stars of Heaven Shadow. A single entity’s strength was around First Grade, but if all the constellations gathered, even the Ultimate Venerable would find no good fate!

"Hold on..."

Yu Youhan was preparing to act but was stopped by the Empress.

Looking at the "Bi" character carved on his chest, the Empress’ phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, "Bi Su? I recall you have not yet awakened. Why do you suddenly appear here?"

Bi Su’s face was hidden under the face shield, silent.

The Empress waved her hand, and the void behind shattered, making a seal platform engraved with "Fengtian Treasure" appear out of nowhere.

Golden light enveloped Bi Su, and his body trembled slightly, bowing his head slowly, his voice hoarse and piercing, "Greetings... Her Majesty the Empress..."

"Answer my questions," the Empress said in a deep voice, "Why did you suddenly awaken? Where is the Emperor now?"

"Red Dragon appear, Earth God in crisis... ordered to guard the palace... His Majesty relocated... relocated..." Bi Su’s speech was intermittent, as if disrupted by some force.

"Answer me!"

The Empress urged Heavenly Shining Seal, and the light grew even more intense.

But Bi Su was very resistant, unwilling to reveal Wu Lie’s whereabouts.

The noises outside were getting closer, the Mystic Armor Guard had surrounded the entire Qianji Palace, and Yu Youhan, seeing the situation, no longer hesitated. She sank her slender fingers into Bi Su’s brow, using Soul Power to forcefully perform Soul Search.

"Uh—"

The Heavenly Shadow Guard, who previously didn’t know pain, showed an expression of extreme agony.

Black smoke poured from the gaps in his armor, and his whole being seemed like snow in the scorching sun, rapidly melting at a visible speed.

After merely three breaths, he completely vanished into the air, leaving only the empty armor that fell to the ground with a clang.

"Did Empress see anything?" Chen Mo asked.

Yu Youhan furrowed her delicate brows and replied, "The memories of the Heavenly Shadow Guards are interchangeable. When perceiving my intent to perform Soul Search, the other end directly cut off the connection with him, and the memory was erased..."

"However, I still saw some images."

"There was a dim tunnel with green copper candles burning on both sides. At the end, there was a tightly closed stone door with a large five-clawed Black Dragon carved on it... Besides that, there’s nothing else. It can basically be concluded that Wu Lie is hiding there."

Chen Mo pondered upon hearing this.

With only this information, it’s impossible to accurately pinpoint the location.

Yet, the environment described by Empress inexplicably felt familiar to him...

Bang bang bang—

At this moment, the hall door was pounded.

Outside came the voice of a general, "Commander Gao Yuheng of the Divine Strategy Army, worried about the safety of the Holy Person, urgently desires to enter the inner hall!"

Chen Mo’s eyes darkened slightly.

The explosion in the tunnel had just happened, and it didn’t affect Qianji Palace. This Commander Gao’s reaction was excessively drastic, almost as if he knew in advance that harm would come to the Emperor.

Eighty to ninety percent chance, this was also pre-arranged by Wu Lie.

Now there were two options: either kill them all cleanly or dispose of the bodies and then leave through a gap in the void... but either way, the opponent’s goal has been reached.

The Emperor has been attacked, and chaos in the court is inevitable.

The one overseeing the guardian troops, Wei Xuan, will inevitably step in to stabilize the situation.

By then, Yu Youhan will be facing not just Wu Lie but the entire state machinery, and after successfully transferring contradictions, he’ll have enough time to recuperate.

Furthermore, with the Crown Prince, the only royal heir, in Wu Lie’s hands, once the time is ripe, he can legitimately step out as Crown Prince to restore the state.

However—

As Yu Youhan said, this seemingly perfect plan is actually a forced choice.

Because all of this is built on the premise that the Empress won’t overturn the table.

"Ha, does he think I will remain as restrained as before?"

"The upcoming actions are simple. First, deal with these guards, then capture all the palace attendants and ministers for Soul Search one by one; eventually, something useful will be found."

"If worse comes to worst, we’ll overturn the entire Capital City. I’d like to see where he can hide then!"

Yu Youhan’s tone was icy and fierce.

The Empress frowned upon hearing her, saying, "But if this way, the court’s hierarchy will definitely collapse. Should the Demon Clan and barbarians take advantage of this, wouldn’t Jiu Zhou be plunged into chaos, suffering incredibly?"

"The life and death of the world has nothing to do with me," Yu Youhan glanced at her and sneered, "Wu Lie is counting on you to be indecisive and merciful, putting the greater good first, thereby resorting to such a cheap trick!"

The Empress was infuriated, her cheeks flushed red, "You!"

Yu Youhan’s eyes overflowed with killing intent as she strode toward the hall’s exit and coldly said, "You don’t need to worry about this matter. I will handle it myself. Since Wu Lie seeks death, I will let the entire Great Yuan accompany him to the grave!"

"Empress..."

At that moment, Chen Mo cleared his throat and spoke up, "I actually think things haven’t reached that point yet."

Yu Youhan paused in her actions, asked, "Do you have a plan?"