Free Web NovelChapter 1356: Chapter 524: Facing Wu Lie Head-On! Jiang Wangye’s Death!
Chen Mo still stood where he was, neatly dressed, unharmed, with a revolving wheel hovering in front of him.
Nine bronze rings interlocked to form a continuously rotating sphere, and inside, a scarlet Blood Core emitted a menacing aura of Evil Spirit, making the vast sea of blood seem insignificant in comparison!
"This, this is..."
"Trash will always be trash, even when playing dirty tricks, you’re still no match for me."
The rotating sphere quickly enlarged, filling the entire field of vision, hanging in the air like a star.
Jiang Wangye was merely tainted by a touch of the red light, and his body disintegrated rapidly like sand in the wind, flesh and blood dissolved, leaving almost nothing but a skeletal frame!
"Wait, wait a minute!"
Although Jiang Wangye couldn’t feel pain, the fear of imminent death momentarily brought him back to his senses.
The violent killing intent in his eyes receded, replaced by terror and panic, he stammered, "Chen, Chen Mo, you can’t kill me, I’m the Empress’s cousin. If I die, the Empress and the Jiang Family will hold you accountable!"
"Is that so?" Chen Mo smiled, "But why do I feel that Her Majesty the Empress is actually eager for the Jiang Family’s downfall?"
At these words, a hint of unnaturalness flashed in Jiang Wangye’s eyes, and he said in a panicked tone, "Regardless, I am related to the Empress by blood, and that’s an unchangeable fact!"
"Using the Empress’s name won’t scare me. If you want to live, it depends on whether you’re willing to cooperate." Chen Mo said indifferently.
Jiang Wangye nodded vigorously without hesitation, "As long as you let me leave alive, I’ll tell you everything I know!"
Although he hated the man in front of him to the bone, the situation was beyond his control, and if he couldn’t preserve his life, everything else was meaningless!
The deal between him and Wu Lie was purely transactional, and loyalty meant nothing.
Chen Mo’s eyes bore into him, "Where is Wu Lie now?"
Jiang Wangye shook his head, "I truly don’t know. I’ve only communicated with His Majesty through the Taixu Mysterious Light Mirror, never met in person. Everything before was done at his behest..."
Jiang Wangye spilled everything like beans from a bamboo tube.
After hearing his account, Chen Mo roughly pieced together what had happened.
Before faking his death to escape, Wu Lie found Jiang Wangye, and they reached a cooperation agreement.
They first manipulated Zhuang Jingming, having him instruct the Divine Strategy Army Commander Gao Yuheng to guard the palace. Once the underground tunnel collapsed, they would immediately enter the palace to rescue the king.
As soon as the news of the Emperor’s assassination came to light, Wei Xuan would promptly take control of the military power, and then Consort Yu would face siege by the entire state machinery, thereby buying Wu Lie enough time.
However, they hadn’t expected Chen Mo to seemingly "come back from the dead," creating the illusion that the Emperor was still alive, successfully bluffing Gao Yuheng. Nor did they anticipate Yu Youhan’s intervention, killing a Second-grade Grandmaster among the ruling officials!
This move completely disrupted Wu Lie’s plan!
All along, his schemes hinged on Yu Youhan not interfering in politics with force.
The two sides each had their own agendas, maintaining a delicate balance.
But now, that balance was utterly broken!
Having painstakingly run her schemes for years, Yu Youhan couldn’t afford self-destruction. Her daring actions suggested she had found a way to avoid the "national backlash."
And the key figure in enabling her to achieve all of this was Chen Mo, the "Dragon Qi Vessel"!
In the face of absolute power, any scheme becomes an illusion, and Yu Youhan, freed from being bound by the national fate, became a huge unpredictable factor. Once she finds her rightful position, there will be no chance for reversal!
Therefore, Wu Lie must bring her back to the "rules"—
The only way, is to eliminate Chen Mo!
"So Wu Lie had you use threats and enticements, uniting the other three major families to plot this event?" Chen Mo questioned.
"Correct." Jiang Wangye nodded, "To refine the Creation Golden Pill, Consort Yu and the Daoist Venerable were spread too thin, it was the perfect opportunity to kill you... Originally, I was also supposed to participate in the siege, but upon learning that the Eightfold Exorcism Array was about to be completely broken, His Majesty changed his mind at the last minute and sent me with He Zhou to the Demon Suppression Department to seize the Array Map..."
Chen Mo understood.
Five First Grade Great Powers, plus nearly ten Heavenly Masters, could almost overturn a small country, all to kill him, a Second-grade Grandmaster...
Even with the strongest luck, without an Ultimate Venerable to protect him, there was no way he could survive!
But Wu Lie had never counted on Qi Ye and Sikong Zuiyue being "persuaded to defect," and although Her Majesty the Consort was physically at the drill ground, she could forcibly take control by sending her Divine Soul!
"At this crucial juncture, it’s a matter of who has more cards to play." Chen Mo squinted slightly, "Three of the four great families have been eliminated this time, Wu Lie, what tricks do you have left?"
To save his life, Jiang Wangye continued, "Although I don’t know where His Majesty is, I can confirm he is definitely near Tiandu City."
"Oh?" Chen Mo’s eyes flashed, "Why do you say that?"
Jiang Wangye glanced at He Zhou, who was still entangled in combat in the distance, and whispered, "The Taixu Mysterious Light Mirror is dual-sided, formed by Yin and Yang. I’m holding the Yang Mirror, His Majesty has the Yin Mirror, and that’s how we communicate."
"But what His Majesty doesn’t know is that the Yang Mirror not only reflects the world but can also lock onto locations. By using the Jiang Family’s inherited mirror control magic technique, we can sense the position of the other treasure mirror."
