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Why is Gu Yan so strong? How can he wield a sword and fight against Murong Ya, a mid-stage peak Spirit Emperor, plus four early-stage Spirit Emperor puppets, without being at a disadvantage? Because no one knows how many magical treasures he possesses. No one knows how many magical treasures he's currently using.

Not all magical artifacts can be detected by others just because he uses them.

The inner armor he wore under his black robe, the rings on his hands, the belt around his waist, the bracelets on his wrists, the shoes he wore, and so on, were all incredibly powerful treasures. Murong Ya couldn't break through his defenses at all.

When he used the Myriad Soul Banner to unleash illusions and defeat Duan Qi, he also took the opportunity to consume more than a dozen Blood Spirit Pills to replenish his strength. With the effects of the Blood Spirit Pills accumulating in his body, he could outlast Murong Ya in a contest of magical power.

It's so great to have recovered to the Void Refinement stage! I have dozens of times more magic weapons at my disposal than before. Even if someone's cultivation level is higher than mine, I can still crush them with my superior equipment.

Murong Ya grew increasingly alarmed as the battle progressed. She felt that if this continued, she might exhaust all her strength. So, with a wave of her hand, her storage ring flashed, and four beams of azure light flew out, transforming into four puppets at the early stage of the Spirit Emperor realm.

These four puppets, all at the early stage of the Spirit Emperor Realm, were exactly the same as the previous four, clearly crafted by the same master craftsman. Murong Ya manipulated the eight puppets at the early stage of the Spirit Emperor Realm, launching a devastating attack on Gu Yan.

This scene undoubtedly shocked everyone present.

How many people here have ever seen so many Spirit Emperor Realm puppets?

Murong Ya's aura was connected to the eight puppets, which was equivalent to the combined aura of nine Spirit Emperor Realm experts. The sheer power of her aura was enough to overwhelm countless people present.

Oh my god! That's terrifying!

The monarchs of many small countries were terrified when they saw this scene. Is this the true strength of the Fuyao Empire?

How many puppets like this does Empress Fuyao have left? How many more trump cards does the Fuyao Empire have? No wonder that over the past hundreds of thousands of years, all the powerful figures in Qizhou who dared to rebel against the Fuyao Empire have either met a tragic end or been directly killed.

A terrifying power erupted from Murong Ya's body, her skin enveloped in a bluish-white aura and the power of wind spirits. The laws of wind seemed to manifest here as well, transforming into nine enormous wind dragons behind her. The entire world became a domain of wind, with countless wind blades forming a terrifying vortex.

Boom boom boom—

Before she could make a move, the layers of barriers surrounding the Divine Martial Platform shattered thirteen times because they could no longer withstand the power she was releasing.

Everyone watched this scene with bated breath, wondering how the King of Yue would respond.

Gu Yan sighed softly. This was really troublesome. He decided to make things quick as well.

In the sky, the young monarch with black hair and a black robe suddenly sheathed his blood-red longsword. This action led many to mistakenly believe that he was about to admit defeat. Ultimately, this King of Yue would still have to submit to the Fuyao Empire and to Empress Murong Ya; his actions were not surprising, and everyone could understand.

If it were them, they would have submitted long ago.

But they were wrong.

The young monarch, with black hair and a black robe, did not submit. He clasped his hands together and struck heavily. Then, his entire body emitted an aura of terrifying power, causing the sky and earth to change color, turning the entire sky blood red in an instant. Everyone watched as eight blood-red magic arrays rapidly formed behind the King of Yue. As soon as these eight magic arrays appeared, a chilling aura filled the entire world.

Then eight coffins emerged from the array's core. Each coffin was covered with yellow talismans, on which were written in blood runes that no one could decipher. The coffins exuded a chilling aura, and even before they were opened, an astonishing corpse aura emanated from them.

As soon as these eight coffins appeared, everyone present, including Murong Ya, felt as if they had fallen into an extremely cold ice cellar. A chill rose from the soles of their feet, crawled up their spines, and reached the top of their heads.

Fear, a feeling of fear like an icy hand gripping my heart.

clack clack...

The coffin was shaking, and the horizontal coffin stood upright.

With a flick of his sleeve, Gu Yan sent the yellow talismans fluttering up from the coffins like yellow butterflies. Amidst the flying talismans, eight late-stage Void Refinement corpses came into view.

All eight corpses were dressed in identical black robes, adorned with copper coins connected by red threads, and each had a blue talisman on its forehead inscribed with golden runes.

Each of the corpses was bluish-white, with profound incantations written on its skin and blood-red eyes. The dense corpse energy transformed into a cold, grayish-white mist, and its violent and chilling aura sent shivers down the spines of everyone present, their faces now filled with fear.

These are eight, eight corpses, at the late stage of the Spirit Emperor realm...

The crowd was terrified beyond measure.

He actually has eight refined corpses at the late stage of the Spirit Emperor realm.

Murong Ya's face paled, while Prince Zhou and others on the high platform stared wide-eyed.

What kind of person could capture eight late-stage Spirit Emperors to make corpses?

Aside from the old monsters at the Spirit Venerable level, I wouldn't even consider them.

Who exactly is this King of Yue's disciple?!

Gu Yan stood in the sky, his black robes billowing like inky clouds. He looked down at Empress Fuyao's pale face and asked, "Shall we continue fighting?"

The terrifying aura shattered the Divine Martial Platform, and all the barriers were destroyed.

Eight late-stage Void Refinement corpses surrounded Gu Yan, ready to pounce and slaughter everyone present at any moment should he have a thought.

Faced with the terrifying aura emanating from the eight late-stage Void Refinement corpses, Murong Ya's fighting spirit extinguished. She gazed at the black figure in the sky, her heart filled with resentment. But she knew she had lost, she had already lost. She had been defeated by the man before her.

She gazed at the black figure high in the sky, imprinting it deep within her heart. That figure remained there forever, indelible in her memory.

The nine wind dragons that had been floating behind her disappeared, and the eight puppets at the early stage of the Spirit Emperor Realm turned into eight streams of light and were put into Murong Ya's storage ring.

"I concede defeat," Murong Ya's soft voice rang out.

Although everyone had anticipated this situation, they were still shocked.

Empress Fuyao has admitted defeat. The ever-proud Empress Fuyao has admitted defeat.

God!

That's unbelievable.

Excitement! Countless people were thrilled.

In particular, Huo Yun and others from the Yue Kingdom.

On the land of Qizhou, the Fuyao Empire has not bowed its head to any other country for hundreds of thousands of years.

Murong Ya conceded defeat, and with a wave of Gu Yan's hand, the eight refined corpses flew back into their coffins. Yellow talismans were once again affixed to the coffins, and then Gu Yan stuffed the eight coffins back into his Purple Mansion. He descended from the sky, stood before Murong Ya, and said:

"Thank you for your concession."

Murong Ya looked intently at the man who had just defeated her, and a feeling she had never experienced before welled up inside her.