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“Master!” Seeing Yae-hime return, Little Blue immediately threw her arms around her. “You worked hard!”

“It’s alright.” Yae-hime rubbed her hair, then looked toward the virtual screen ahead. “Did Alicia and the others succeed?”

Little Blue nodded. “They did! Everything went very smoothly!”

“Good.” With that, Yae-hime focused her attention on the scene ahead. The enormous virtual screen displayed the situation in the imperial palace from different angles and across multiple feeds.

Seeing Richard and the others in such a sorry state, she nodded in satisfaction. The situation was completely under control.

Not far away, Yunuen and Little Fairy were livestreaming with complete focus, allowing Nangong Lin and the others to participate as well. Although none of them could personally join the battle, keeping an eye on it was still necessary.

Of course, all their attention was focused on Yae-hime. Now that the opposing side had moved away from the battlefield, everyone began chatting.

…

Yae-hime sneaked a glance at the chat log, and the corners of her mouth twitched several times.

‘Why did you all like arguing so much?’ She shook her head lightly and continued watching the situation below.

By this time, the chaos in the outer district had already ended. Many players breathed sighs of relief, still shaken by what had happened. If that Black-hearted Princess had continued killing for much longer, even the gods themselves probably would not have been able to save them.

The native soldiers regrouped, their solemn expressions tinged with a hint of fear. Yet no one present noticed that not a single one of these native soldiers had died!

“Not good! The imperial palace is under enemy attack!” At that moment, a messenger shouted the news. Upon hearing it, all the officers felt their scalps go numb.

By now, how could they not realize that the Black-hearted Princess’ side had merely been launching a feint? The First Princess had already slipped into the imperial palace without anyone noticing!

“Everyone, enter the inner district and protect His Majesty!” A native dressed as a general shouted the order. The next moment, all the soldiers obeyed and set off toward the inner district.

However, something strange happened. The barrier surrounding the inner district could not be opened. They simply could not get in!

Immediately afterward, the soldiers in the inner district discovered that not only could the inner district’s barrier not be opened, but the imperial palace’s barrier could not be opened either.

The two barriers were no longer under their control. Everyone had been completely cut off!

Within the City of Chaos.

“We can’t beat them in numbers, so we simply won’t fight them on that front,” Yae-hime said with a smile. This was part of their plan, and the one who had carried it out was the Dark Mage Allie.

When she had returned to Jade City and gone into hiding back then, it had been precisely so she could tamper with the barriers. For Allie, who had already recovered her strength, seizing control of barriers below the Cataclysm-Class was hardly difficult.

Taking advantage of the chaos just now, she had seized control of the barriers surrounding the inner district and the imperial palace. Now, the military forces of the Jade Empire had been divided into three separate sections.

The outer district, inner district, and imperial palace were completely disconnected from one another, leaving them unable to provide Richard with any support.

“You wanted to wear down our strength while waiting for us to exhaust ourselves. You really underestimated us.” Yae-hime said.

Strictly speaking, Richard’s strategy of hiding behind his defenses wasn’t flawed. With so many more people on his side, why would he foolishly engage them in a direct fight? They could simply overwhelm them through attrition!

However, it would never have occurred to him, no matter how hard he racked his brains, that the City of Chaos’ teleportation ability could instantly pierce through all three layers of barriers, allowing Alicia to strike directly at their doorstep.

“It’s time to go down and help.”

Seeing Passat emerge from the palace, surrounded by holy light, and gather hundreds of clerics to block the entrance, a cold smile immediately appeared on Yae-hime’s face. Then, with a flash of white light, she disappeared.

“Everyone, hold the gates with all your might!” Passat said solemnly, gripping his sword with both hands. With powerful figures battling inside, a mere Diamond-rank ant like him would only meet certain death by staying in there. So he ran out without a second thought.

If he could, Passat truly wanted to run all the way back to the Church. Unfortunately, the moment he came out, he was surrounded by those clerics. At this point, all he could do was put on a show and maintain some semblance of authority.

‘Please, don’t let some powerful enemy suddenly show up!’ Passat stared fixedly ahead, terrified deep down. Those terrifying assassins certainly wouldn’t go easy on him simply because he belonged to the Golden Aslan family!

Around the palace, the members of Hidden Kill were engaged in a bloody battle with a group of elite soldiers, and the scene was exceptionally gruesome. At present, Hidden Kill clearly held a considerable advantage.

In theory, Passat should have gone forward to reinforce them at a time like this. However, the moment he thought about the potential losses the Church might suffer, he became even more unwilling to act.

Suddenly, a beautiful figure materialized like a ghost ten meters away from Passat. As the saying went, the more you dreaded something happening, the more likely it was to happen.

“Who goes there?!” The instant Passat saw that figure, his heart jolted violently, and a chill ran down his spine. Those three assassins had appeared just as strangely not long ago!

Under the moonlight, everyone finally got a clear look at the figure. She was an existence of unparalleled beauty. Yet at a time like this, no one felt dazzled by her appearance. Instead, their scalps prickled, and they were overcome with a bone-chilling sense of dread.

“Is it you?” Passat recognized her at a glance. “The Black-hearted Princess!”

It was his first time seeing Yae-hime in person, but he had already investigated a great deal of information about her beforehand. After all, she possessed a Holy Spirit Shard!

“Oh? You actually know me?” Yae-hime said with interest as she walked toward him step by step, holding a replica of the Sword of Eternity.

With every step she took, her powerful aura surged forward like a tidal wave, pressing down upon everything ahead of her.

“Heh!” At that moment, Passat let out a cold laugh. Because he could clearly sense that Yae-hime’s strength was a level below his own! ‘Is this clueless woman here to deliver her treasure to me!?’

Without hesitation, Passat pointed his sword at her and shouted harshly, “Kill her!” Although he believed Yae-hime was weaker than him, her bizarre appearance moments ago meant he couldn’t afford to let his guard down.

Upon hearing the order, the clerics present immediately launched their attacks at Yae-hime together. In the blink of an eye, a torrential barrage of holy light attacks shot toward her.

Passat tightened his grip on his sword, his expression showing no sign of relaxing. He wouldn’t let his guard down simply because Yae-hime appeared weak.

Facing the dense barrage of holy light, Yae-hime neither dodged nor retreated. Instead, a faint smile even appeared on her face. Seeing this made Passat’s hair stand on end, and an ominous premonition suddenly welled up within him!

With a thunderous BOOM, Yae-hime was instantly swallowed by countless holy light attacks. Broken stones flew in all directions, and dust filled the air.

“Is she dead?” Passat narrowed his eyes slightly and murmured. The moment he finished speaking, the holy light suddenly exploded within the dust, and an extraordinarily immense aura surged forth.