This Time It's Real Blood

"You... you... You stole Grace's Spirit Root and transplanted it into Gwen?" Lena's eyes went wide with disbelief. "You can actually transplant a Spirit Root?"

"Obviously! You may be lowborn, but wow, you sure know how to pop out trouble! Who would've thought you'd give birth to a brat with a Phoenix Heart Spirit Root? Perfect—my daughter wore it like a wedding dress! Hahaha!"

"You're lying! She was just a kid—how could she survive being sliced open like that? And I never saw a single scar on Grace when she was little!"

"What do you know? There are mystical herbs in this world that work wonders! Some heal wounds so fast, you wouldn't even see a mark!"

......

Grace lay there on her back, staring intently at Grace Wan.

At this moment, Grace Wan looked exactly like she did in the fire twenty years later.

She was pure madness and venom.

......

Grace Wan smacked Lena aside, then brandished her sword. Lena shrieked and fought back, but Grace Wan lunged—blade plunging straight for Grace's stomach.

However, the sword stopped just a few inches above Grace's body, unable to go any further.

Two soft 'chi chi' sounds echoed in the air.

Grace Wan suddenly felt a numbness in her waist and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Lena was free.

Grace suddenly stood up, pulled a blood pouch from her shoulder, and tossed it aside.

Grace Wan's eyes went blank, her face full of disbelief. "You're not hurt?"

Grace flashed a sly smile.

Behind the blood pouch was a Rune Talisman that Bianca Whitefan (Shannon) had placed for her.

She hadn't been hurt at all when she was struck just now.

"You—" She started to say, "What are you trying to do?"

Suddenly, she saw the earth not far away begin to churn, revealing a hole!

Minister Zhuo stepped out of the tunnel.

Then came Bianca Whitefan (Shannon), the Imperial Advisor, and Evan Xiao.

Minister Zhuo walked straight toward her.

His gaze was cold to the bone.

Grace Wan felt like she'd been dunked in ice water. She shook her head, stumbling backward: "No... No way! This can't be happening!"

He must have heard everything she said just now, right?

If he heard her, Minister Zhuo would never let her go.

Everything she'd worked for over the years would be ruined in an instant.

What would happen to her children?

......

Minister Zhuo marched up, yanked out his sword, and rammed it into Grace Wan's left chest.

Blood gushed out.

This time, the blood was real.

Grace Wan stared blankly at the sword in her chest. "Impossible! Where's my Protective Talisman? I already destroyed the Spell Array! I swear I destroyed it..."

"In front of a real Rune Master, your little tricks are nothing!" Grace said coldly.

You came ahead of schedule to inspect, found the Spell Array, and took away the Array Core. Did you really think we wouldn't notice?

A real Rune Master can sense even the slightest change in an array.

Let alone if Grace Wan took the Array Core?

So they simply turned the tables, dug a tunnel, and placed the Spell Array stones directly underground.

The effect was the same.

While staying in the underground space, Grace suddenly realized it was the perfect place for eavesdropping.

So, she deliberately brought her father here.

She wanted him to hear for himself what this so-called virtuous concubine, praised by everyone, had really done.

As for Lena, that was an accident.

Grace hadn't expected Grace Wan would try to wipe them all out and drag her mother into it as well...

......

"This one's for Grace!" Minister Zhuo ripped the blade free and stabbed Grace Wan again.

This time, it was her heart.

This one's for his poor Lena.