Chapter 1279: Chapter 1277: The Empress Blocked at the Resurrection Point
The Jade Emperor reacted quickly, and based on the True Martial Soap Carved Flag on the silver-robed man, the general course of events could be deduced.
After deducing this result, the Jade Emperor’s mood grew heavy. He no longer cared about the silver-robed man’s thoughts and swiftly turned back.
Although the God-Beating Whip is extremely important, the Jade Emperor also understood well that the appearance of the mysterious black-clad figure, who deliberately used the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain to divert him, must be scheming something significant.
Given that, it was better to return first to set his mind at ease.
"Trying to leave?" Seeing the Jade Emperor retreating, the Good Corpse’s heart tightened slightly.
My role is to keep the Jade Emperor here. If I let him leave now, wouldn’t my role be unfulfilled?
Fortunately, as a Heavenly Master profession, the Good Corpse possesses spell-type skills, most of which are output type, but there are also a few control type spells.
Raising his hand, the Good Corpse immediately unleashed an Ice Barrier skill, landing directly on the Jade Emperor.
Ice Barrier (Great Perfection): Upon casting on any target, renders them immune to any damage for 40 seconds, cooldown time 600 seconds!
This skill is an invincible type skill that can be used when the target’s life is in jeopardy to protect them from harm.
However, similarly, this skill can also be used as a control type skill.
When the Ice Barrier takes effect, countless ice surrounds the target, offering protection but also serving a restraining function.
"What is this? Law-type divine powers?" Feeling almost entirely frozen, the Jade Emperor secretly felt a shock.
Could it be that this silver-robed man has also reached the Quasi-Saint level of cultivation? Otherwise, how could he possess such law-type divine powers?
However, strangely enough, even though I am frozen, these encasing ice blocks seem not to harm me, merely restraining my form and hindering my movement.
"If you’re doing something over there, hurry up; the Jade Emperor seems to have sensed something and is preparing to return..."
Having controlled the Jade Emperor with the Ice Barrier, the Good Corpse immediately sent Jiang Liu a message, updating him on the situation here.
"Is that so?" On the other side, Jiang Liu looked at the message sent by the Good Corpse, his heart also tightening.
If the Jade Emperor has really discovered something and is turning back, then the Evil Corpse indeed needs to seize the time!
"Understood. If necessary, you can use Divine Medicine to stall the Jade Emperor!" After thinking for a brief moment, Jiang Liu sent a message back to the Good Corpse.
"Divine Medicine, is it? That would be right..." Seeing Jiang Liu give authorization to use Divine Medicine, the Good Corpse nodded privately.
The first Divine Medicine obtained from a Divine Level Treasure Chest had a truly fearsome effect.
A 90% skill cooldown reduction, along with 5% cooldown reduction from equipment means that all of my skills have only a 5% cooldown time, right?
For instance, the Ice Barrier skill, with a cooldown time reduced from 600 seconds to 30 seconds, yet the skill’s duration is 40 seconds!
"It’s enough, even if the Jade Emperor has the same law-type divine powers to resist the Ice Barrier’s effect; I have other skills to utilize!" After silently calculating a plan, the Good Corpse nodded internally.
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"Move faster over there, make it quick; the Jade Emperor seems to have detected something!"
After sending a reply to the Good Corpse, Jiang Liu, hidden in the shadows, also sent a message to the Evil Corpse.
"You, what are you doing breaking into my chambers?" In the chamber, the Empress looked at the Evil Corpse barging in, her expression changed while holding the Phoenix Hairpin and asked sternly.
Yet, the Evil Corpse was never one for many words, and now determined to end things quickly, he spoke even less.
The Tai Chi Diagram transformed into a Golden Bridge behind him, and the Evil Corpse immediately cast a Weakness Talisman skill at the Empress.
"Damn! I didn’t expect this guy to be so audacious, rushing straight into my chamber to kill..."
Already severely injured and unrecovered, now cursed by the Weakness Talisman, the Empress realized this black-clad figure was up to no good, feeling secretly fearful and retreating.
"Insolent caitiff! How dare you attack the Empress!" At this moment, a fierce shout was heard.
Soon after, a Fairy wielding an Immortal Sword charged at the Evil Corpse.
This Fairy was the Empress’s personal Maiden, her cultivation level having reached the Daluo Golden Immortal level.
"Get lost!" However, beneath the black robe, the Evil Corpse turned to look at the Fairy, uttering a dark voice.
At the same time, under the black robe hood, a pair of bizarre purple eyes suddenly emitted a fearsome glow.
This was the latest skill learned by Evil Corpse: Eye of Fearful Evil!
"Ah!" Glanced by those purple glowing eyes, the Fairy felt as if she had seen the most horrifying thing in the world and let out a terrified scream.
Then, like a headless fly, he turned around to flee, crashing into several tables and chairs in his panic.
"The control effect of the Eye of Fearful Evil is indeed domineering!" Jiang Liu hid in the shadows, watching in amazement as the Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation level fairy fled in terror after merely being glared at by the Evil Corpse.
There are many control type skills, but such a domineering control skill is truly formidable.
"What kind of trick is this!?" Watching her personal maiden flee in terror, even the Empress found it hard to comprehend.
This maiden has followed her for thousands of years, and the Empress is well aware of her cultivation level and disposition.
However, even though she was shocked, the Empress didn’t have the luxury to ponder, because at this moment, the Evil Corpse had refocused its attack on her.
The Tai Chi Diagram transformed into a Golden Bridge, linking the Evil Corpse with the void, amplifying the attack power by 1.2 billion—this was not a force the Empress could withstand.
With the Phoenix Hairpin in hand, the Empress swung it in an arc, aiming at the Evil Corpse.
However, the Evil Corpse didn’t waste words and simply waved its palm, dissolving the arc with its hand.
Immediately following, the hand, unstoppable, struck toward the Empress.
With a bang, the palm hit the Empress’s shoulder, sending her flying.
At the same time, the tactile sensation made the Evil Corpse realize that it seemed to have crushed the bones in the Empress’s shoulder with that palm.
Even at her peak, the Empress could not match the Tai Chi Diagram, let alone now, injured and cursed by the Weakness Talisman. How could she withstand the Evil Corpse’s attack?
The whole process was sheer domination by the Evil Corpse, and the battle lasted only four to five minutes before the health bar above the Empress’s head reached a dangerously low level.
Whoosh!
Another palm descended toward the Empress.
Judging by the health bar above her head, this palm would surely empty it.
But at that moment, a blinding light suddenly burst from the Empress, forcing the Evil Corpse to shield its eyes to block the glare.
As the light dissipated, both the Evil Corpse and Jiang Liu realized the Empress had vanished.
"As expected, she disappeared again..." Although Jiang Liu was disappointed to see the Empress vanish at the brink of death, it was not entirely unexpected.
But why bother ambushing near the Jade Emperor and the Empress’s palace to kill her? Hadn’t he anticipated this outcome?
So, despite the shock, the Evil Corpse began searching swiftly, trying to find the Empress’s whereabouts.
Meanwhile, Jiang Liu also took out his Treasure-Seeking Mirror and secretly whispered to it, "Galactic Scenic Phoenix Hairpin!"
This is the name of the Phoenix Hairpin in the Empress’s possession, and it’s also the treasure she carries with her.
Using the Treasure-Seeking Mirror to trace the Phoenix Hairpin’s location and thus find the Empress’s whereabouts is, of course, feasible.
With Jiang Liu’s soft invocation, soon, starlight gathered on the Treasure-Seeking Mirror, then transformed into an arrow.
The arrow spun slightly before pointing in a direction!
"Found it!" Following the direction the Treasure-Seeking Mirror indicated, Jiang Liu felt a slight thrill and stealthily moved closer.
Indeed, it didn’t take long to search; as Jiang Liu had initially estimated, the Empress did not appear far away after disappearing but was in a room not far from the palace.
Judging from the Empress’s appearance, lying on a bed, looking weak and lifeless, her injuries were evidently very severe.
Simultaneously, her health bar was reduced to just a sliver of health.
"Indeed, the Empress’s revival point was set within this palace; she must have believed this was her safest place?"
After finding the Empress, Jiang Liu murmured to himself.
Yes, in Jiang Liu’s view, a revival point is where one gets teleported to when near death. In gaming terms, isn’t this exactly a revival point?
Having found the Empress’s whereabouts, it also meant the Evil Corpse had found her.
In just a moment, clad in the Shadow Robe, the Evil Corpse reappeared before the Empress.
"It’s over..."
The Empress, having nearly been killed in the palace, had decided to flee immediately, but seeing the Evil Corpse appear before her, her heart sank completely.