Chapter 2296 - The Rotten Wood Art! (2/2)

“Old Eagle, let’s part ways here!”

Wang Chong and Old Eagle exchanged glances, and then Wang Chong left.

Once he was gone, Wang Chong soared into the air, and as a dark golden Halo of Spacetime emerged, Wang Chong appeared high in the sky.

From high in the sky, the vast capital appeared to be the size of a millstone.

Wang Chong’s eyes half-closed as he sent out a wave of Psychic Energy, at the same time linking with the Xiangliu Formation beneath the capital.

This was the formation the Sage Emperor had left to protect the capital. Before leaving, he had given control of the formation to Divine Embryo 3. However, he could take back control whenever he wanted.

Buzz!

A few moments later, Wang Chong opened his eyes, his expression grim.

Upon arrival at the capital, he had been able to tell that there was a problem with the formation, but he had never expected the situation to be this bad.

The Xiangliu Formation, which had been surging with energy, was now silent. More importantly, Wang Chong discovered that he had completely lost his connection to the formation.

It wasn’t that Wang Chong had been stripped of this privilege, but rather that the formation was silent and seemingly sealed.

The Xiangliu Formation’s core and energy source was the Three Emperors Formation beneath the Imperial Palace. As long as the Three Emperors Formation existed, the Xiangliu Formation would continue to run. But now, Wang Chong sensed that the connection between the two formations had been cut, like there was some invisible barrier between them.

Wang Chong narrowed his eyes as all kinds of ideas occurred to him.

After some time, Wang Chong muttered a single word.

“Heaven?”

This situation was clearly abnormal, and the only person capable of this feat was Heaven.

Wang Chong did not believe that Essence Supreme was this powerful.

But this revelation only made Wang Chong turn even more serious.

‘Heaven’ was only a name, a code name. There had never been any detailed information on him, and even the Sage Emperor knew only of this name and nothing else.

Not even the twelve Supremes were very clear on Heaven’s background.

Heaven had been born far earlier than the twelve Supremes. He wasn’t even from the same epoch.

Heaven’s appearance and abilities were unknown, and not even Origin Supreme’s memories had contained anything on them.

Moreover, while he suspected that nightmarish experience before his journey to Sindhu to be the work of Heaven and had seen an indistinct figure, Wang Chong had yet to see his face.

This was an unseen enemy!

Hiss!

Wang Chong let out a breath and got ahold of himself.

He did not try to repair the Xiangliu Formation or remove that invisible obstruction. On the contrary, he decided to withdraw all of his energy so that not even the tiniest sliver leaked out.

Wang Chong now appeared like nothing more than a cloud drifting in the sky, barely even existing.

“It’s enough. I have to root out the archcriminal behind all this.”

Wang Chong blinked as he resolved himself.

Young Master Qingyang and the others were right. Their only advantage was that the capital had more than a million inhabitants and numerous experts. Heaven was not guaranteed to have sensed his existence.

The ability Wang Chong had used was Origin Supreme’s ‘Rotten Wood Art’. With this art, one constricted all their energy so that they seemed like nothing more than a piece of rotten wood in the middle of sludge.

This art would be nothing but a joke in front of Heaven’s original body, but things were different with Heaven’s avatar.

Whoosh!

Wang Chong vanished like a ghost from the sky, as if he had never existed.

……

Wang Chong was the King of Foreign Lands, an outstanding vassal of the country, and the imperial household had even constructed the King of Foreign Lands Residence for him. But in the end, the estate in the southwestern part of the capital where his mother and little sister resided was Wang Chong’s true foundation, the start of everything.

At this time, the Wang Family Residence was brightly lit, laughter ringing through the corridors as beaming maids and servants walked around.

Beneath the eaves, flanking the doors, hanging from branches, atop the fake mountains… Bright lanterns were placed everywhere, illuminating the residence in a jubilant glow.

The marriage between the Wang Clan and Xu Clan had the attention of the world. Many places in the estate had been renovated to appear as new, and all members of the household were elated.

Buzz!

In a corridor on the western side of the residence, a tall and gray-robed figure stood. Though he was dressed as a servant, his bright and dazzling eyes indicated that he was not as simple as he seemed.