They would definitely kill You Yuan to keep the secret. Thus, they were already being extraordinarily merciful to be willing to leave him an intact corpse.
You Yuan was unafraid. He was a Monarch Star. As long as their cultivation level was equal, he would be invincible.
"Just in time. I can test myself on you guys!" he declared menacingly. Before he killed Ling Han, he would use these five people as a sacrificial offering.
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"How could the spatial passageway have crumbled for no reason?" Ling Han, the Empress, and the others also appeared in a small forest. There was a massive spot after an explosion where they landed, and was completely barren.
The chaotic stream of spatial energy that had seeped out when they had rushed out had caused such great damage.
"Was someone sniping us from behind?" the Empress asked.