Dance Of The Phoenix
189. Playing with the Victim

In a time of chaos and tension outside, inside the palace, everyone was guarding seriously right in front of the Emperor's room. The people from the Tao Palace were inside taking care of the Emperor and trying their best to make protection.

All of that was inseparable from the attention of the woman in the darkness. The woman watched for a moment, then turned herself into a fine, thin mist that spread in the air.

He laughed at the fools standing outside, as he passed by and entered a small hole in the door. As a tier 9 mage, he easily ignored people who were unable to even accept a single slap.

There were some people from the Taoist Palace, dressed in white uniforms and exerting their strength to make the barrier. Before the covered barrier fully protected the Emperor, the thin mist entered at just the right time before closing perfectly.

They would definitely not have expected a magician to do such a thing and trick them in such a way. The palace disciples were not allowed too long in the room and left only one person on guard, the rest came out.

This is a great opportunity for the witch to come out and complete her mission. Compared to Linghun Palace, this place was easier to enter.

The woman appeared with a strong confidence right beside the Emperor's bed. The daoist who was meditating while on guard immediately opened his eyes in surprise. He had just stood up and was going to use his strength to catch the intruder inside the barrier while sending a dangerous signal. However, before she could do so, the woman sent the small snakes that she lived outside and bit the man.

The man became stiff. His legs weakened as the snakes bit and poisoned him, leaving him helplessly fallen and dying very quickly.

"I don't like instant deaths like this." The woman pouted. He could not penetrate the barrier easily, but the snakes he left behind could protect him. Now, he only needed to kill the Emperor and leave as soon as possible. Just like that.

The barrier of the taoists from the Tao Palace was extremely powerful. Even any level 9 cultivator would not easily break through it. That's why the woman chose another, bolder alternative.

He would kill the Emperor, then let the taoists sniff him and open the barrier to capture him. With the strength of a tier 9, those people were just ants in his eyes.

The magic on his finger lit up, then released towards the unconscious Emperor. Dark green magic full of killing intent flared up, piercing through the Emperor's body and making it glow for a while. The Emperor opened his eyes, looked in pain and looked up as if his soul was forced out.

The woman seemed to be enjoying the slow removal of life, as if she were an angel of death on duty. The emperor was in a lot of pain, his entire weak body trembled violently before finally his eyes spun upwards and completely white.

His soul was forcefully pulled making his pale face even worse. The woman did not linger any longer and instantly destroyed her soul and melted into the death creature array in her left hand.

Emperor Huang's soul had become an additional death beast that became their weapon. How fun it is.

The woman carried the trapped soul in her left hand and turned around, about to signal and prepare to escape. However, instead of the taoism present witnessing the Emperor's death, it was precisely Gu Yuena!

The woman's face became grim. It seems like the black fog out there is not enough to stop it.

"Did you see it? The soul in my hand belongs to Emperor Huang, he will be a part of us, whereas you can only watch helplessly despite wanting to save him." The woman laughed.

Gu Yuena tilted her head. All he saw was how the soul was absorbed into the array and clumped irregularly in the hands of the witch woman.

He had met that witch woman before. His name is Cheng Yin. The magic circle he had was a transformation-type magic circle. He could change the shape of his soul and body, making it difficult to capture.

Compared to the seductive beautiful woman, in the eyes of Gu Yuena who could only see a soul, she only saw an old woman with an irregular and disgusting face. His soul had obviously become deformed due to changing shape too often.

"Who did I say came to save the Emperor?" Gu Yuena smiled. "With your strength, it's no big deal to kill him. Although the empire will be in chaos for a while, it won't have much effect on you guys."

"You never change, I admire your temperament." Cheng Yin smirked. "Then you came to arrest me?"

"You're the one under my mother, since when did I become disinclined by you? If I want to catch, then I'll catch. If I want to kill, then I will kill. What do you think I'm going to do and why did I come to watch without doing anything?"

Cheng Yin frowned. Also true. If Gu Yuena really wanted to save the Emperor, she would definitely stop him from forcibly withdrawing Emperor Huang's soul. Gu Yuena was the owner of the strongest soul force, she could make a soul shock at Cheng Yin that left her exposed to a counterattack.

If so ... is he being framed? Cheng Yin looked around the barrier and realized something. Right, this was a trap and he got into the trap voluntarily. Gu Yuena was just silent.

He thought the taoists would panic and open the barrier, or simply attack him to paralyze him. At that moment, Cheng Yin had more chances of pulling their souls to become a death being and run away.

He should have expected Gu Yuena to come, but he had already sent the creature to restrain him. Even if there were other palace lords, they alone were not enough to suppress the creature. Outside will be very chaotic and full of battle, whereas he will run away. Even if Gu Yuena were to catch up, she could still escape by means of transformation!

However, Gu Yuena actually let Emperor Huang be the bait and die! He was completely up to his expectations, ruthless and cold-blooded.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yin laughed amusedly. "So you let the Emperor get killed just to catch me. I seem to be very precious in your eyes."

"Don't know, do you think so?" Gu Yuena swept through the air with one hand, red magic appeared in every space and tore apart the space that should have been the luxurious Emperor's room.

Cheng Yin's face paled. The room around him seemed to be hollow and turned into darkness. The figure on top of the bed turned into a skull, while the soul in his hand turned into a wisp of energy emanating from the soul of the animal. His eyes showed horror.

All of this is just an illusion!

"Huang Jingtian let you in, then I will definitely welcome you and make you satisfied where you voluntarily entered."

Cheng Yin was in a daze for a moment. He threw the soul in his hand and tried to escape from the barrier. Unfortunately, the barrier was too strong!

"One thing you think is good news, the Emperor died in the first place. Unfortunately, I have already secured his soul so as not to become a mortal. That's why you don't know anything."

Before Cheng Yin came, Gu Yuena had already come. He would not lose quickly since letting the creature suppress Yun Qiao. He soon arrived at the palace. But who would have thought, the Emperor died of shock and heart attack due to the news that was accidentally heard. Gu Yuena immediately sealed her soul and purified it from becoming a death creature, then teamed up with Tao Palace to set up a trap.

Cheng Yin lost quickly and got into a trap. He thought he had come superior, but he forgot about Gu Yuena's flying speed. In fact, Gu Yuena had made an illusion from the very beginning and made him who had never gone to the Yi Imperial Palace complacent!

The dead Taoist Palace disciple .. is just engineering. Even the illusion could not exclude the snakes. What kind of power is that?

Gu Yuena did not know this. He only knew that the magic circle he had obtained from Yan Shuiyin. Yan Shuiyin was from Linghun Palace and had lived for hundreds of years. Gu Yuena was not so interested in her long story during her time as a witch in Linghun Palace.

Cheng Yin was terrified. He knew clearly how terrifying the King of Linghun Palace was hundreds of years ago. Gu Yuena was just a reflection of that cold-blooded man!

"What do you want from me?" ask Cheng Yin.

Gu Yuena lazily said, "Nothing. I just want to see an old friend, then let him go to run."

"What?" Cheng Yin felt that things were very untrue. He never understood Gu Yuena's thoughts.

Gu Yuena sighed, then summoned some Tao Palace disciples to help her open the barrier. They hesitated and did not agree, but they could not comment because Tai Han had asked them to obey Gu Yuena's words.

Gu Yuena smiled with satisfaction. After the barrier was released, Cheng Yin still stared in surprise.

"Aren't you going to run away? Hurry up before I change my mind." Gu Yuena pulled her eyebrows.

Cheng Yin nodded. His figure instantly turned into a cluster of fog and ran away as fast as possible.

It's just, he's depressed. This was the space Gu Yuena created, how could he escape! Everything was dark and silent, too terrifying to occupy. He found no way out or a speck of light.

Gu Yuena in the distance slightly smiled, enjoying the depressed feelings of others. "Time's up."

The surrounding dark space broke apart right then and there, entering light coming from all directions of the cracks. Cheng Yin was extremely shocked and could not withstand the pressure that came. He crashed, fell on a fancy floor and slumped out the window.

Everything he hit was smashed into pieces. Cheng Yin shouted as the broken ceramic pierced her palm until it broke. His face is getting pale.

He looked at Gu Yuena who was smiling towards him. He shouldn't have dealt with the devil!

"You said you'd let me go!" Cheng Yin roared, but did not dare to step forward.

"I said you'd run before I changed my mind. I've changed my mind." Gu Yuena said lightly. He just wants to play around!

Cheng Yin was furious, but she was also very scared. He could only stand up bravely and try to leave as fast as he could.

Gu Yuena's face turned drastically cold. It flapped its wings and shot out like a red light that shot into the sky. A little bit of tinkering with the prey, he liked the feeling.

Cheng Yin flew as fast as she could. However, Gu Yuena was much faster. A red figure arrived right in front of Cheng Yi and pressed him down with a blunt stick until it was pushed to the ground.

Cheng Yin balanced her body. He fell to the ground, but soon transformed into a light object before finally running through the land path. He went through a lot of guard and tried to ask the creature for help!

Unfortunately, Gu Yuena did not give her a chance. Gu Yuena slid down, then caught the collar of the back clothing belonging to Cheng Yin. Cheng Yin turned around and launched her claws, then deployed her snakes to kill Gu Yuena.

Large numbers of snakes sprung up, flying towards Gu Yuena with a terrifying hiss. When they were about to grab Gu Yuena, something invisible stopped them and made the snakes drop right then and there.

Cheng Yin grew even more scared and ran off helplessly. He was not basically as strong as his peers. Its power can only be used to kill in the darkness and secretly while disguised. In a one-on-one battle, he would lose by a landslide!

Every time Cheng Yin transformed into hiding, or used a hostage to threaten Gu Yuena, Gu Yuena turned a blind eye and toyed with her all out. He even always found the transformed Cheng Yin, then gave him a punch.

Cheng Yin was getting angry. He expanded the domain area, then summoned a larger snake and exerted a poison effect within his domain. He targeted her specifically towards Gu Yuena.

The phoenix flames from Gu Yuena's hands finally lit up. The extreme temperature held back all the poison that came at him, then made a rain of fire to destroy the huge snake that attacked him.

As the snake shouted loudly and died in the flames, Gu Yuena's eyes narrowed and became firm when she noticed something approaching.

Gu Yuena teleported in front of Cheng Yin who was trying to run away. But unfortunately, before he could turn around and move away from Gu Yuena, a hand pierced through his left chest and created a huge hole that drew his heart.

Cheng Yin looked at Gu Yuena and her beating heart in horror. Gu Yuena's hands were full of blood, holding onto that beating heart with a feeling of satisfaction. Cheng Yin fell down the arrow. Blood flowed out from his chest.

Gu Yuena could not see the heart in her hands, she only felt the sensation of legket and fishy and throbbing beats on the skin of her hands. His face seemed ordinary, as if it was just holding an ordinary object that was meaningless.

He took the heart off to the ground, then wiped his hands from the blood while turning in the opposite direction to see something approaching.

Yun Qiao looked extremely bad at the hands of the misty creature. He was battered and covered in wounds, his face was also pale. Blood came out of his mouth and nose, showing just how bad his condition was.

Gu Yuena's face cooled down.

Not only because of the feeling of Yun Qiao's weak breath, but because of the presence of a misty figure clearly seen by his blind eyes. There was no Yun Qiao in his eyes, but the misty creature existed. That made anger and resentment come back to him given everything that happened in his previous life.

It was that figure that killed his entire family and became the cause of his death!

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For those who forget, the foggy figure often appears in early chapters such as in modern times, the Duchy, and during inter-Palace meetings. All the deaths of Gu Yuena family members in modern times have always been related to that figure. Like Li Hua being stabbed by the creature directly, Gu Ying being hit by a car, and Gu Yuan being hit by an explosion during a mission. In fact, at Gu Yuena's death in chapter 1, that figure was also what made Isabella killed. In the ducal residence, Gu Yuena was almost in danger if no Bai Youzhe was 'passing by'.

If he wanted to whom Gu Yuena hated the most between that figure or Yang Xinyuan, he hated that figure even more.