Chapter 477

Therefore, not long after being caught by Lu Li, Sister Daji felt her body go limp.

"Young Master, although I don't mind having an exciting outdoor exchange activity, the timing right now doesn't really allow for it," she said, her voice becoming even more coquettish as her body softened.

Sister Daji's words seemed like a reminder, but they felt more like she was trying to stir up trouble; her seductive tone was enough to make one's heart go numb.

*Smack!

A crisp sound rang out as Lu Li slapped Sister Daji, sending ripples across her body and causing the fox's face to turn even more flushed and alluring.

"You know that, yet you still chose to appear in that position?" Looking at the blushing fox, Lu Li remained completely unmoved.

Don't let her current "at your service" act fool you; Lu Li knew very well that this fox just loved to cause trouble.

Besides, Sister Daji was right—even if he wanted to "bring her to justice" right here and now, the timing simply wouldn't permit it.

Right now, the mission was paramount. Once he dealt with Long Ni, he would have plenty of Finish Time to punish this fox.

"I was just in such a hurry to see you, Young Master!" Sister Daji reached out and drew circles on Lu Li's chest, acting like a devoted little wife.

"Sister Daji, if Master saw this scene, do you think she might suddenly get the urge to make a fox-fur coat?" Seeing Sister Daji still trying to stir the pot, Lu Li pulled out a recording stone, which was playing back the exact actions Sister Daji had just performed.

900, Long Ni Appears

"Cough, cough. Young Master, I think with Master's strength, a fox-fur coat won't be necessary." Although Sister Daji acted quite brazenly in front of Lu Li and didn't seem particularly afraid of him—

At worst, they could just have a tense and exciting poker tournament.

But when the Night Queen was mentioned, the big fox restrained herself significantly. After all, the Night Queen was, at the end of the day, her Magic Card Master.

Magic Card Masters have a natural suppression over their own Magic Card Spirits.

Furthermore, Sister Daji's series of brazen maneuvers had been a bit over the line. The Night Queen, as the Magic Card Master, hadn't even made a move yet, but her Magic Card Spirit had already taken the lead—that was simply absurd.

Therefore, upon hearing Lu Li bring out the Night Queen as his trump card, Sister Daji the big fox immediately backed down. She stopped rubbing against Lu Li and jumped to the ground instead.

This fox really was like a child who would tear down the roof if left unchecked for three days!

Seeing Sister Daji concede, Lu Li thought to himself that he would definitely need to properly discipline this fox in the future.

"Young Master, let's go in." Feeling a sudden chill down her back, Sister Daji assumed it came from the Night Queen and hurriedly urged Lu Li to move.

As the two figures vanished, the area returned to calm.

However, this peace lasted only a few seconds before the figure of an old man appeared.

"Is it just my imagination?" Zhao Hong looked at the calm before him and couldn't help but frown.

As an Immortal Realm Magic Card Master, Zhao Hong was one of the veteran-level Magic Card Masters deployed by Long Ni to the Eastern Region to open up new territory. His status within the Eastern Region's Long Ni organization was second only to the strongest Undying Realm leader, the Sovereign.

"Sovereign" was the title reserved for the strongest within Long Ni. To be called a Sovereign of Long Ni, one's strength had to reach the Undying Realm.

However, Long Ni had been the target of suppression, and their development had been severely restricted over the years, so the entire organization only had two Sovereigns.

This was only achieved because Long Ni had exhausted the vast resources they had taken with them when they fled the Dragon Valley countless years ago.

If Long Ni had lost even a few more resources when they fled the Dragon Valley, they might not have been able to produce a second Sovereign even to this day.

As for the Supreme Realm, that was out of the question.

If Long Ni truly had a Supreme Realm powerhouse, they wouldn't be living such a miserable existence.

It was precisely because they had a second Sovereign that Long Ni, which had long been hiding in the Southern Region, had the courage to come to the Eastern Region to open a second territory.

All four regions of the ancient kingdom had Undying Realm regional lords. If they had only sent Immortal Realm Long Ni members to open new territory, there would be no one to back them up if something went wrong.

"Lately, the Eastern Region seems to be preparing for some kind of action. I just don't know what this big move is targeting."

Zhao Hong's spiritual power roamed through the area, trying to find any clues.

After all, he had truly felt a moment of disturbance in this area, which was why he had appeared to investigate.

This was, after all, a new territory opened up away from their Southern Region base; it was better to be cautious.

Especially now, with their informants scattered across the Eastern Region reporting that the region was planning a major move, Zhao Hong had to be careful.

If the Night Queen of the Eastern Region discovered this new Long Ni base, it would be extremely detrimental to their future development.

"Could it really be my imagination?" His spiritual power had swept the area several times, but Zhao Hong still found nothing amiss, causing his brow to furrow even tighter.

He was an Immortal Realm Magic Card Master; if there were truly traces of others having been here, he should normally have been able to detect them.

Even against an existence at his own Immortal Realm level, Zhao Hong had absolute confidence in his ability to flush them out.

To escape his perception, the opponent would have to be stronger than him!

In the Eastern Region, the only ones capable of surpassing him in strength were the Sovereigns within his own organization and the Night Queen, the regional lord of the Eastern Region.

The former had no reason to hide from him, and as for the latter, Zhao Hong didn't believe he was significant enough for the Night Queen to do such a thing.

Although they were on opposing sides, she was an Undying Realm powerhouse, and one must maintain sufficient respect for the strong.

"It shouldn't be her." There were only two possibilities—or rather, only one—but Zhao Hong quickly dismissed it.

Because the intelligence from their informants indicated that the Night Queen had appeared in the Eastern Region not long ago; she shouldn't be at a godforsaken place like the Echoing Abyss at this Finish Time.

"Perhaps it was just my imagination," he muttered. Zhao Hong's figure vanished, and the area returned to calm once more.

"It seems it really was my imagination." About ten minutes later, Zhao Hong's figure appeared here again. Seeing that the area remained normal, his expression relaxed slightly.

Perhaps the news of the Eastern Region's major move had brought him enough pressure to make him overly nervous.

Thinking this, Zhao Hong truly departed this Finish Time.

However, Zhao Hong did not know that his two appearances and departures had been watched by the Night Queen and Lu Li, who were hidden in the void.

And what Zhao Hong also didn't know was that Bao Si, one of the Four Great Demon Concubines held by the Night Queen, possessed the ability of "Mirror Flower, Water Moon."

Therefore, the Night Queen who appeared in the Eastern Region, as reported by their informants, was not the genuine article.

"That old man is quite cautious," Lu Li couldn't help but smack his lips in the void, watching Zhao Hong return and then leave again.

No wonder Long Ni hadn't been uprooted after all this Finish Time; Zhao Hong's level of caution was extraordinary.

"Hmm, in that case, the Long Ni member I accidentally took out in the Dark Purgatory back then really was too young." The contrast was immediately apparent.

"If that Long Ni member heard you, he'd probably cry," the Night Queen said, tapping Lu Li's forehead with a coquettish look.

901, Using the calmest tone to say the most thrilling things

In fact, if it hadn't been for the uncertain variable that was Lu Li, Long Ni's operation might have actually succeeded.

After all, no one back then would have expected Long Ni to be so bold as to target the Dragon Valley sisters during the Heavenly Mansion's entrance ceremony, even going so far as to coordinate an inside-outside attack.

However, it was precisely because of Lu Li's interference that Long Ni's plot failed.

And now, after some Finish Time, they were even preparing to counter-attack Long Ni's base—all because of the unexpected variable that was Lu Li.

"I can't be blamed for that, can I?" Lu Li shrugged. If Long Ni hadn't provoked him back then, he wouldn't necessarily have moved against them.

After all, he was just a freshman who had just enrolled, and he had no knowledge or concept of Long Ni's existence.

But unfortunately, the end result was that they had provoked him.

"By the way, Master, what about the others?" Since they were going to move against the entire Long Ni organization, surely it wouldn't just be him and the Night Queen?

Although Lu Li had plenty of confidence in the Night Queen's strength, and in his own as well, if only the two of them went to crash the party, there was no guarantee that some fish wouldn't slip through the net.

"Rest assured, the others are already in position, waiting for the final command," the Night Queen explained slowly. "The main thing is to wait for the Southern Region; that is, after all, Long Ni's base."

"Some of the Dragon Valley's Magic Card Masters are also concentrated in the Eastern Region, but the vast majority of the main force is concentrated in the Southern Region."

Hearing the Night Queen's explanation, Lu Li nodded. This kind of dispersed encirclement could indeed ensure that no fish slipped through the net.

However, the personnel configuration needed to be more reasonable.

As for why only the Night Queen and he were here, it was due to the disparity in strength.

As an Undying Realm powerhouse, the Night Queen would make short work of any Long Ni member who wasn't at her level.

If others stayed in the same area as the Night Queen, they wouldn't even get scraps; they wouldn't even get the dregs of the soup.

But precisely because of this, the Long Ni members appearing in the Night Queen's sector had to be the strongest in the entire Eastern Region!

And according to the intelligence they had obtained...

Others couldn't, and had no way to intervene in the battle between the two strongest combatants. To do so would be no different from suicide.

Furthermore, if the Night Queen had to divide her attention to protect them, it might even affect the course of the battle.

An Undying Realm existence was capable of doing this.

Therefore, this area could be handled by the Night Queen alone, and it *had* to be handled by her alone.

As for Lu Li, although the Night Queen had agreed to let him participate in this crusade against Long Ni, she could only truly be at ease if he remained within her sight.

"However, if Sister Daji and Bao Si hadn't returned to tell me about your encounters and experiences in the Intersection City, I would have been kept in the dark until now." Thinking of what the two women had mentioned about their experiences in the Intersection City, she felt a moment of bewilderment.

There was no helping it; although the Night Queen knew Lu Li was strong and talented, and knew she had taken in a once-in-ten-thousand-years Magic Card genius...

She hadn't expected Lu Li's strength to increase so rapidly, or for his display of power to be so absurd.

A whole pile of twelve-star Magic Card Spirits!