Chapter 419

Chapter 419: Why bother, why suffer?

“Your life.”

“What?”

As Eastern Sea Dragon King Ao Zhi’s words faded, Ao Zhi’s pupils suddenly contracted.

Mei Hongyu’s jade flute was already pointing at Ao Zhi’s heart.

Ao Zhi tried to dodge, but it was too late.

Mei Hongyu’s jade flute pierced through Ao Zhi’s body.

Ao Zhi looked at Mei Hongyu, dragon blood trickling from the corner of his mouth: “You…”

“Sorry, Your Majesty. Master said this plan must succeed, and the four seas must be thrown into chaos.”

“But rest assured, Your Majesty, your death will not be in vain. You have made a great contribution to Master’s grand cause. When everything is settled, many people will surely remember you.”

Mei Hongyu retracted her jade flute, Ao Zhi fell to the side, eyes wide open even in death.

“Fortunately, killing him didn’t take much effort.”

Mei Hongyu sighed in relief.

Though Mei Hongyu was at the initial stage of Ascension Realm and Ao Zhi was at the peak of Xiānrén Jìng, there was a significant gap between them.

But this was in the Eastern Sea, where the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace’s magic array would greatly aid Ao Zhi. Killing him would have been extremely difficult, with a high risk of being counter-killed.

Fortunately, when Eastern Sea Dragon King Ao Zhi used his essence to weaken Long Wang Teng’s resistance, he had expended most of his spiritual energy, leaving his body very weak.

Coupled with Ao Zhi being injured by Long Wang Teng’s retaliation earlier, plus Mei Hongyu’s sneak attack, she was able to kill Ao Zhi smoothly.

Sometimes cultivators of higher realms are indeed hard to kill.

But sometimes, regardless of their realm, once they’re dead, that’s just how things go.

Mei Hongyu squatted down, extracting Ao Zhi’s heart. The Eastern Sea Dragon King’s divine soul attempted to escape, but Mei Hongyu wouldn’t let him get away so easily.

Truthfully, Mei Hongyu wasn’t intent on wiping him out completely.

For Mei Hongyu, eradicating him entirely offered no benefit to herself.

Even if he sought revenge later, Mei Hongyu wasn’t afraid.

When someone’s soul reincarnates or takes over another’s body, their realm drops significantly, making it nearly impossible to reach their previous peak.

However, this Eastern Sea Dragon King’s soul held immense value for Mei Hongyu, so she couldn’t spare him.

Mei Hongyu chanted a dharma decree, the Eastern Sea Dragon King’s soul struggled fiercely but was eventually sucked into his own heart.

Clutching the pulsating dragon heart, Mei Hongyu approached Long Wang Teng’s phantom.

She tossed the heart into Long Wang Teng’s illusion.

Meanwhile, in the Northern Sea.

The Northern Sea Dragon Empress was almost done refining Long Wang Teng, but at this moment, the empress opened her eyes. A golden, chaotic ring of spiritual energy pushed her back.

A woman’s phantom appeared in the sky.

The Northern Sea Dragon Empress stared at this woman, her eyebrows furrowing.

The empress recognized this woman in red dress. She was the senior disciple of Mount Zhongyan. Two thousand years ago, they had fought once.

She was the first person to ever leave alive after fighting the empress, especially considering the empress had been one major realm above her back then.

At this moment, Ming felt the empress was truly facing a formidable opponent.

The woman glanced at the headless dragon on the ground, a flicker of sadness crossing her eyes, though only briefly. “Senior Disciple Mei Hongyu of Mount Zhongyan, pays respects to Your Majesty.” Mei Hongyu bowed slightly.

“Your Mount Zhongyan reaches too far.” The empress’s voice carried authority, “Do you think conspiring with Ao Zhi gives you control over Long Wang Teng?”

“Our plan should’ve been flawless, but unexpected variables arose.”

Mei Hongyu’s tone carried a hint of regret.

By Mei Hongyu’s calculation, the empress shouldn’t have discovered anything.

“I admit I found it hard to detect, but clearly, fate doesn’t favor Mount Zhongyan.”

Since ancient times, the four seas have always remained neutral between humans and demons, never siding with either. This was an unwritten consensus among the Dragon Clan.

Throughout history, no dragon king has ever broken this consensus.

The empress would never imagine the Eastern Sea Dragon King conspired with Mount Zhongyan.

Let alone discovering the two cosmic fish? And the Coral Mountain array was incredibly concealed—only Mount Zhongyan could pull that off.

Even when Ming mentioned the Ten Thousand Fish Lake, the empress sent people to investigate but almost dismissed it, thinking it insignificant.

It was only when the empress decided to catch the fish for Ming that Little Blue and the Listening Sea Tower leader noticed something unusual.

Even after noticing the anomaly, the empress never suspected it had anything to do with Long Wang Teng.

Finally, a paper fish swam toward the Dragon Palace and was intercepted by Xia Zhu. Xia Zhu handed the fish to the empress, revealing the highest coral mountain outside the Dragon Capital housed an array.

With this information, the empress, with her thousands of years of experience, deduced everything.

Some plans seem simple yet succeed; others appear complex but fail due to small variables, like removing a single brick from a wall causing the entire structure to collapse.

“What exactly is fate?” Mei Hongyu pondered, looking up at the sky.

“Would Your Majesty consider joining our Mount Zhongyan?” Mei Hongyu shifted her gaze, smiling at the empress. “If Your Majesty joins us, Long Wang Teng will be yours. Our Mount Zhongyan will support Your Majesty as the ruler of the four seas.”

“You dream too much.” The empress pointed at the woman’s phantom, a silver dragon shadow rushing toward her.

But the silver dragon merely passed through without harming the woman’s phantom in the slightest.

“Alas, what a pity. If that’s the case, the common people of the four seas will suffer.” Mei Hongyu’s phantom gradually disappeared. “Your Majesty, take care.”

The empress’s heart jolted. She rushed toward Long Wang Teng as fast as possible.

But it was too late.

“Roar!”

Long Wang Teng went berserk again, dragon phantoms appearing. Cracks began forming on Long Wang Teng.

Above the Eastern Sea Dragon Capital, Mei Hongyu loudly called toward the Southern Demon Realm: “I hope the Ancestor makes a move.”

“Why bother, why suffer?”

As the elder’s words faded, above the Northern Sea Dragon Capital, seawater surged upward, a heart falling from a sea cloud vortex. The heart condensed until it became a drop of essence blood!

The essence blood dripped onto the cracking Long Wang Teng.

This drop of essence blood was like the final straw breaking the camel’s back.

The moment the essence blood touched Long Wang Teng, it shattered completely!