The ink-black phoenix eyes flickered with a cold light, and Baili Hongzhuang's voice was cold and decisive.
"There must be someone manipulating things behind the scenes today."
She wouldn't make such a low-level mistake of provoking the Shadow Wolf pack, so there was only one explanation.
Xiao Hei furrowed its brows, "None of the participants in the royal hunting competition should have such ability."
The strongest among the participants had only reached the mid-Xuan Yuan realm. It was almost impossible for anyone to control the Shadow Wolf King.
A wicked smile appeared at the corner of Baili Hongzhuang's mouth. "It's not the participants, it's someone else."
"You mean..." Xiao Hei hinted, having the same doubts in its mind.
"Yes."
The three of them fell into silence, having already made their judgment.
The next day, as soon as dawn broke, Baili Hongzhuang opened her eyes. After a night of rest, she had already recovered most of her condition.
"The last day, it's time to find the Swift Wind Wolves!" Baili Hongzhuang narrowed her phoenix eyes and spoke slowly.
Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai wore confident smiles. With their master taking action, the first place in the hunting competition would definitely belong to her!
After two days of searching without finding any trace of the Swift Wind Wolves, Baili Hongzhuang locked onto the area where they were located and decisively headed forward.
A white figure moved agilely through the forest, its calm and elegant posture seemingly unaffected by any thorns.
The atmosphere in the hunting ground grew tense. This was the last day, and all the results would be revealed today.
In other words, today was everyone's last chance.
However, while the practitioners were busy searching for the Swift Wind Wolves, a gasping sound suddenly came from the high platform of the hunting ground.
Emperor Xuanyuan and the ministers listened to the news brought by the guards from the hunting ground, their faces filled with shock.
"Last night... Princess Chen was surrounded by the Shadow Wolf pack?" Emperor Xuanyuan asked.
The guard nodded quickly, "Yes, Princess Chen was surrounded by the Shadow Wolf pack alone."
Emperor Xuanyuan's heart sank. After his inquiries over the past two days, although he hadn't obtained definitive results, he was already certain that Emperor Beichen must have gone back to fight for what belonged to him.
For the past three years, he had treated Emperor Beichen fairly well, but that was only because he had to consider the talents from above. In fact, he had never believed that Emperor Beichen would have another chance to rise.
But now, this seemingly impossible thing had actually happened!
Emperor Beichen's previous identity was well known to him. Once Emperor Beichen reclaimed everything, his status would undergo an earth-shattering change.
As the Princess Consort of Emperor Beichen, if anything were to happen to Baili Hongzhuang, Emperor Beichen's reaction could be imagined.
Baili Zhen Tao, Su Wanjing, and Baili Haoxuan couldn't help but show a hint of joy in their eyes after hearing this news.
Because of Baili Hongzhuang's existence, their general's mansion had recently been losing face. Now that Baili Hongzhuang was dead, they felt nothing but joy.
This waste that brought shame to the family should have never lived in this world!
The guard looked at the changing expressions of the people and his own expression turned strange. He hadn't even finished speaking yet...
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the matter is not yet finished," the guard said.
Emperor Xuanyuan furrowed his eyebrows slightly, "What else?"
He wasn't interested in anything else happening in the hunting ground. His mind was filled with thoughts of how to inform Emperor Beichen about Baili Hongzhuang's death.
"Princess Chen single-handedly killed the Shadow Wolf King and drove away the Shadow Wolf pack."