"Although I knew you would bring someone in, I really didn't expect you to bring him in," Empress Xu Ruotong said expressionlessly.
She raised her hands, and the talisman glowed with light.
Around the transparent palace, a massive amount of golden light suddenly gathered, causing the entire array to move.
There was no doubt that the Empress had a certain geographical advantage here, so she could use part of the protective array of the mausoleum.
As the streams of light intertwined, they turned into something like a ruler and fell on the powerful old man, restricting his movements.
At the same time, a huge guillotine appeared above him.
The old man seemed to be on the guillotine.
But he still laughed wildly and openly.
"Little girl, now that you're in, I don't need you anymore."
Thick black gas surged from his body, and he instantly turned into a huge black demon. As his body expanded, he fought against the rules that bound him, resisting the suppression of the mausoleum.
The guillotine fell from above, but it was stopped by a huge black demon hand.
The old demon strode forward and walked into the transparent palace.
The Empress' expression didn't change. She gently put her palms together and then crossed them.
Everyone suddenly felt that time and space seemed to have changed. The protective array of the mausoleum had changed again.
Under the effect of the array, the transparent palace seemed to have been split in two.
It wasn't split in half, but in the same position, as if there were two identical transparent palaces overlapping each other.
However, one of the palaces was empty, with only Heavenly Demon Ye, and the other was where the mausoleum of the original emperor was.
Heavenly Demon Ye laughed. The black demon stretched out two black demon hands and made a gesture of closing them in the middle.
As a result, the two separated palaces suddenly showed signs of merging back together.
The Empress looked a little more serious. She carefully operated the protective array of the mausoleum and dealt with the opponent.
However, Feng Ang's figure quickly went inside the transparent palace.
But after taking two steps, he slowed down and turned around to receive a palm from Chen Luoyang.
"Brother Chen, why do you have to do this?" Feng Ang sighed, "That Heavenly Demon is really too strong. Daoist Xu is already having a hard time trying to separate him. It's rare for us to be able to move freely. Of course, we should hurry and get the treasures. What I want is only the Jun Tian Dagger that Mountain Venerable needs. The rest of the treasures are all yours, Daoist Chen."
Chen Luoyang's expression was calm and casual, as if he wasn't the one who intercepted Feng Ang.
However, he was very direct. "I don't trust you."
Feng Ang said helplessly, "Why bother?"
"If I didn't bring anyone in, then who did?" Chen Luoyang asked calmly.
While talking, his and Feng Ang's hands didn't stop moving.
"I've never come into contact with that Heavenly Demon." Feng Ang explained.
In fact, he was really surprised.
"Emperor Zhou is very sensitive to this place. There is no need for her to sow discord." Chen Luoyang punched Feng Ang. "I believe that Heavenly Demon Ye didn't follow you in, but what about the others?"
Feng Ang, in his human form, was almost hit by Chen Luoyang's "Shadow Moon."
Suddenly, a bloody and demonic aura surged all over his body. He shook his body and turned into his original form of a huge single-winged horse. Endless astral winds swept across. He was much more brutal than "King of Fuyao" Han Shang. Even Chen Luoyang had to dodge.
"Cultivator Chen, you've wronged me. I didn't bring anyone in," Feng Ang said lightly. He didn't want to continue fighting and focused on going deeper into the transparent palace.
At this moment, Heavenly Demon Ye's voice came from the palace gate. "Tsk, it seems that I don't have time to play with you, little girl. Otherwise, I'll give the rascals an opportunity."
A mysterious light suddenly appeared in the jet-black demon's eyes.
As the light flashed, two mysterious and simple seals appeared. They were different from the seals in the empress's palm, but they were similar. They were of the same origin.
As soon as these two seals appeared, the suppression of the protective array of the Human Emperor's Mausoleum on Heavenly Demon Ye was instantly relieved and even dissolved.
Empress Xu Ruotong's eyes flashed.
The old demon in front of her had obviously grasped some clues about the Human Emperor's Mausoleum.
It was even possible that during the years when he was recovering from his injuries and living in seclusion, he hadn't been idle. He had been secretly searching for the Human Emperor's Mausoleum and the Human Emperor's ruins, and he had gained a lot.
It was just that the old demon was still missing the last step, so he couldn't enter the door.
He was indeed not brought in by Chen Luoyang or Feng Ang. He found it himself.
He had been begging for it for a long time. Finally, the Empress of the East Zhou Dynasty opened the door, so he immediately came and entered the mausoleum together.
The passage chosen by the Empress was supposed to be the fastest way to reach the transparent palace in the illusory world. However, Heavenly Demon Ye arrived almost at the same time as them. At that time, she had a faint premonition. It turned out that the old demon didn't rely on luck. He also had a deep understanding of the mausoleum and could even control part of the protective array.
The old demon was arrogant, so he had used his own strength to fight against the array. Now, he didn't want to let Chen Luoyang and Feng Ang take advantage of him, so he mobilized the power of the protective array of the mausoleum to fight with the Empress for control and quickly entered the transparent palace.
As he exerted his strength, countless streams of light appeared between heaven and earth outside the palace, constantly shaking and intertwining and even twisting.
The two of them began a fierce battle for control of the array.
The two overlapping transparent palaces instantly merged into one. Heavenly Demon Ye stepped forward and entered the palace.
In terms of compatibility with the Human Emperor's heritage and mastery of the mausoleum, the Empress of the East Zhou Dynasty was better.
But in terms of personal strength, Heavenly Demon Ye was stronger, and he could play a greater role with the same harvest.
Thus, the two of them couldn't do anything to each other. Heavenly Demon Ye couldn't seize control of the array from the Empress, but the Empress couldn't use the array to effectively suppress Heavenly Demon Ye.
"Then let's both give up." The old demon laughed.
As he shouted, the transparent palace shook violently.
The formation in the sky above the imperial palace twisted even more violently than before. Then, it stretched and disappeared.
The Empress of the East Zhou Dynasty sensed that the array suddenly fell silent. Although it didn't completely collapse, it wouldn't be able to play any role in the short term.
She could reactivate the array if she had some time, but Heavenly Demon Ye obviously wouldn't wait for her.
The old demon's figure flashed, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of the Empress, and his palm fell.
The Empress countered with her palm, but she was pushed back.
"You have potential." Heavenly Demon Ye praised, but he didn't show any mercy as he launched a series of palm attacks.
The Empress rushed into the depths of the transparent palace while receiving the attacks.
Soon, they caught up with Chen Luoyang and Feng Ang.
Chen Luoyang and Feng Ang were not familiar with the terrain of the palace, so their movement speed was limited. While they were trying to find a way out, they saw Heavenly Demon Ye and Xu Ruotong catch up with them.
Heavenly Demon Ye's moves were bold and unscrupulous. He didn't care about the people around him at all. Anyone who was within his attack range was directly sucked in, including Chen Luoyang and Feng Ang.
"Fellow Cultivator Ye, I came here on Mountain Venerable's order to take a treasure. I won't take anything else," Feng Ang said to Heavenly Demon Ye as he fought back.
Heavenly Demon Ye smiled and said, "What a coincidence. I'm not interested in the treasures buried here, but …"
He showed his arrogance, "… but I don't like to share with others. Are you interested? Everything here belongs to me!"
As he spoke, the black smoke on his body surged like a bottomless abyss, swallowing Feng Ang's hurricane. Then, he grabbed the wing on Feng Ang's back, trying to tear it off.
Fortunately, Feng Ang was good at moving. His mountain-like body was flexible and fast, and he narrowly avoided Heavenly Demon Ye's grab.
"This is a deal between Mountain Venerable and the Demon Venerable. You can't afford to ruin the business of the two supreme masters." Feng Ang wasn't angry. He was calm as usual, and his tone was neither fast nor slow, but it gave people enough pressure.
Unfortunately, the Heavenly Demon Ye he was facing was arrogant and smart. "Then you're in trouble. You've messed up the task that the Demon Venerable gave you. You'll have to suffer when you go back."
As he spoke, he didn't show any mercy.
Feng Ang cursed in his heart.
To be honest, Heavenly Demon Ye was also a person of the Red Dust World. The Demon Venerable didn't deal with him for such a long time, so he wouldn't make things difficult for him now.
Mountain Venerable and the Demon Venerable kept each other in check, and neither of them entered the Emperor's Mausoleum.
Heavenly Demon Ye messed up, and even Chen Luoyang got involved. However, according to the Demon Venerable's way of training his disciple in the past, he probably wouldn't interfere now.
In the end, the people in the Emperor's Mausoleum still had to deal with it by themselves.
Feng Ang moved, not fighting with Heavenly Demon Ye.
After all, Chen Luoyang hadn't suddenly reached the Martial Venerable Realm. Facing a peerless master like Heavenly Demon Ye, he also felt a little tired.
In the battle in Zhengyang City, the capital of the Western Qin Dynasty, the old Sword Immortal, the Great Emperor of the Western Qin Dynasty, Abbot Hui of the Western Heaven, and the others were either killed or injured. Finally, Heavenly Demon Ye, who hadn't fully recovered, showed signs of relapse. In the end, the two sides had to stop fighting.
But after this period of rest, the old devil recovered some of his strength.
Chen Luoyang could feel that Heavenly Demon Ye hadn't fully recovered from his injury.
He said that his main purpose was not the buried treasures, which should be credible. His first purpose in entering the Emperor's Mausoleum was to find a way to heal his injury.
However, although his injury hadn't fully recovered, the old devil was still extremely fierce. He almost showed the glory of fighting against a group of people in Zhengyang City. Facing the joint forces of Chen Luoyang, Xu Ruotong, and Feng Ang, he was still moving forward.
But Chen Luoyang's heart was calm.
"They should be there soon …"
While Chen Luoyang was calculating in his mind, he heard a clear phoenix cry outside the transparent palace, followed by a melodious sound of zither.
Heavenly Demon Ye frowned, which was rare. He looked back, and his burning eyes seemed to directly penetrate the palace walls and look at the sky outside.
In the sky, colorful light swirled, and a phoenix appeared.
A young man sat on the back of the phoenix, playing the zither. Behind his head floated the Eight Trigrams, which looked like the sun.
He was shrouded in a blue light, and vaguely turned into the shadow of Gou Mang.
As the sound of the zither echoed, the phoenix landed, approached the transparent palace, and flew inside.
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