Chapter 222 - 222 At the Crisis, The Real Trump Card

222 At the Crisis, The Real Trump Card

Seeing the empress was about to slam into the wall of the sword energy cage, Lin Ran’s expression instantly changed!

Although this cage looked like a translucent wall, it was actually condensed from millions of sword energy. Whatever came into contact with it would instantly be gone!

Without thinking, Lin Ran instantly activated his internal energy to remove the sword energy cage.

A few holes were cut in the empress’s sleeve by the remaining sword energy. Fortunately, she was not injured. Unfortunately, after the sword energy cage dissipated, she fell into Liu Ruxi’s hands.

The sharp blade of the soft sward Liu Ruxi was holding was pressed against the empress’s neck, instantly leaving a bloody mark on her fair neck.

Liu Ruxi hid behind the empress, only revealing one eye as she looked at Lin Ran coldly. “I thought you were a smart person, but I didn’t expect you to be so gullible.”

“I thought that you were just not worthy of being the Heavenly Saint Dynasty’s Empress dowager. I didn’t expect you to not even be qualified to be a mother!”

Lin Ran gritted his teeth and replied coldly. Actually, he had expected that Liu Ruxi would do such a thing, but in the end, he still chose to believe that there was still some motherly love left in her.

Looking at the bloody mark on the empress’s neck, Lin Ran felt guilty!

“Lin Ran! Don’t worry about me!”

The empress struggled with all her might, but her cultivation was too low. She was only at the ninth level of the Senior Martial Master Realm. How could she be a match for Liu Ruxi, who was at the sixth level of the Senior Grandmaster Realm?

Therefore, Liu Ruxi didn’t even look at the empress. She only stared at Lin Ran coldly and said, “I told you that the Heavenly Saint Dynasty’s Empress Dowager is already dead. The person standing here now is Liu Ruxi, who was abandoned twice by my own country.”

“You’re quite a grown-up. Can you stop being so melodramatic?”

Lin Ran frowned and said impatiently, “What do you mean you are abandoned? You were in the wrong back then, but the late emperor still gave you two chances to correct yourself.”

“First, he told you not to mention it again, but in the end, you studied it behind his back. Then, he deliberately missed the arrow so that you could relive your life incognito. However, you actually came to the Great Yong. Do you even have a brain?”

Liu Ruxi was a little stunned. Lin Ran didn’t care about her reaction. He took a deep breath and continued, “Anyway, stop pretending. If you have any requests, tell me. If I agree, perfect. If not, we’ll have to fight!”

Seeing how impatient Lin Ran was, Liu Ruxi was even more confused.

Generally speaking, now that she had the hostage, shouldn’t Lin Ran tell her not to be rash? However, Lin Ran’s attitude was clearly meant to anger her even more!

“Could it be that he also has something up his sleeve?”

Liu Ruxi immediately fell into deep thought. On the other hand, the empress knew why Lin Ran was so anxious. The time limit for “Sovereign Descent” was almost up.

Regal Technique: Sovereign Descent could use one’s internal energy to increase the strength of others, but there was a time limit to this effect.

The time limit differed depending on the user’s cultivation level. However, if the time limit was exceeded and the user did not retrieve the internal energy, not only would this portion of internal energy dissipate into the world, but the user would also suffer a strong backlash.

The empress didn’t know where Lin Ran learned “Sovereign Descent”, but he was anxious now, which meant that the time limit was almost up.

Thinking of this, the empress could not help but feel worried.

Lin Ran had not only given her a large amount of internal energy, but he had also fought a series of battles. He must be extremely exhausted.

If he suffered the backlash of Sovereign Descent, he would probably be unable to confront Liu Ruxi!

“Mother…”

The empress suddenly spoke. Her neck was held by Liu Ruxi so she could not turn around, but she still tried her best to look back. “We can talk. You really don’t have to do this.”

As she spoke, the empress tried her best to maintain her posture. At the same time, she slowly raised her right hand and reached out in Lin Ran’s direction.

As long as she could touch Lin Ran’s hand, he would be able to retrieve his internal energy in an instant. As for how she should protect herself, the empress did not consider it at all because she believed that Lin Ran would keep her safe.

At the same time, when Lin Ran saw the empress reach out her hand, he instantly understood what she meant. Then, his heart was in his throat.

Liu Ruxi was behind the empress. From her angle, she couldn’t see the empress’s movements, but Lin Ran, who was standing opposite them, could see it clearly.

This meant that before Lin Ran touched the empress’s hand, he had to act well. Otherwise, once Liu Ruxi discovered something wrong, the empress would definitely be in great danger!

When Liu Ruxi, who had yet to notice anything unusual, heard that the empress wanted to talk to her, she couldn’t help but sneer. “There’s nothing to talk about now. Actually, you’re right. My plan was a mistake from the beginning.”

“Then why do you insist?”

The empress asked quickly. At this moment, her arm was already halfway up. If she raised her arm any higher, her shoulder would move consequently, so she had to slow down.

“Even if we didn’t tell you, you must have discovered the problem long ago, right?”

Lin Ran also asked. He looked in Liu Ruxi’s direction, but his eyes were fixed on the empress’s hand.

As expected, Liu Ruxi’s attention was attracted by Lin Ran. She frowned and asked in confusion, “I didn’t think that far ahead, but I did sense the existence of a problem. But how did you know?”

Lin Ran sighed with a complicated expression. “I just figured it out because of your trump card.”

Liu Ruxi didn’t seem to understand, so Lin Ran continued, “Previously, when you were trapped in the sword energy cage and was certain to lose, you were still confident about being able to kill us all.”

“At first, I thought that this town had some kind of explosive array formation, but later on, I realized that it did not. Otherwise, after the sword energy cage was gone, you should have thrown the empress out immediately and left while I was saving her. Although you’re not as fast as me, I have this—”

Lin Ran waved the red ribbon on his wrist. “As long as you are outside Nanjiang Town, you will be safe.”

“Go on.”

Liu Ruxi frowned, “You still haven’t told me how you knew that I discovered the problem long ago.”

“Because of the person you regarded as your trump card. He’s the one who is forcing you to do this.”

Lin Ran said calmly, his voice deep. “He’s also the only person you can trust so far.”

Liu Ruxi’s gaze became complicated. “So… you already know who it is?”

“You’re completely disappointed with the Heavenly Saint Dynasty, so he can not be from the Heavenly Saint Dynasty.”

Lin Ran looked into Liu Ruxi’s eyes and said firmly, “I can only think of Xuan Wushang, the emperor of the Great Yong Dynasty.”