1272 The Frightened King Yama (1/2)
Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean.
The thousands of islands in the fog-shrouded vast expanse of the ocean were like countless pieces of colorful emeralds of various shapes engraved on the blue ocean.
Yama Island.
The island was located on a spot out of the coverage of any spy satellites. The area was covered by black fog all year round thanks to the various concealment arrays. This place was the den of the Darkwind organization as well as the place mistakenly regarded as the Darkwind's center of command by outsiders. There was even someone in charge in every place here. The Darkwind used this method as an obstruction to confuse their enemies.
The entire Yama Island was forever shrouded by dark mist with a grim and creepy atmosphere. The castles were made of steel, some buildings shaped like long swords, while others looked like spears, triangular-shaped, diamond-shaped, and most of them were tower-shaped buildings.
In the central area was a roughly 100-meter-high building with 19 floors. Those who saw this Dark God Tower from the outside would find that the edifice was not built on the ground but rather floated 18 meters from the ground.
BAM…
The gate at the bottom of the tower suddenly opened and a mysterious man whose body was covered by a black robe stepped in the air and went into the tower, before the gate slowly closed.
On the 19th floor.
After the black-robed mysterious man stepped into the gateway, 18 men and women with various appearances and shrouded by black mists all bowed down and saluted. The man, however, didn't pay attention to them and took off his hat, revealing a bizarre face. His face was pale, the green veins on it were clearly visible. The red mole at the center of his eyebrows glowed with a fascinating light, and there was a red crescent blade mark on his left cheek.
The man was eyeless and a dark cloud of smoke replaced the supposed eye sockets like a vortex. Afterward, he calmly ”watched” a large number of virtual hologram screens in the surrounding before his expression finally changed and he said slowly, ”The Pyramid, the League of Archcrusaders, and the Stygian Club… they were the world's top three organizations, yet they have been eradicated and uprooted in just several days. Unexpected yet very interesting. Even House Dolan that is comparable to them has also been exterminated, all of which is beyond my estimation.”
”King Yama.” A burly, hulking man in a black combat suit raised his hand and stroked his bright bald head before fiercely saying, ”We've checked through various channels and our database about the identity and origins of these armies of child soldiers. There was a clash between House Dolan and some parties from China roughly 2 decades ago. Accurately speaking, there should be a deep blood feud as the aftermath and, apparently, some people who were supposed to have died 20 years ago were spotted.”
The black-robed King Yama slightly creased his brows and asked, ”Are they also in contact with Tang Sect?”
”Given the previous intel, we've proven that Tang Xiu, the Magnificent Tang Corp.'s owner, should have a deep relationship with Tang Sect. And his father, Tang Yunde, was seen among some people who appeared on the House Dolan battlefield.”
”No wonder our intel operatives in China, as well as the rest of many groups we sent there, one after another, were like stones thrown into the sea. There has been no news about them, either. The might of Tang Sect… truly exceeds our expectations.”
”King Yama, though these children soldiers are many in number, their individual strength is just average. I can completely wipe them out if you give me enough time.”
”Heh, you said you can kill them all relying on your own power, Black Tiger?” King Yama sneered. ”Are you kidding me? Ants can kill elephants with their numbers, let alone that these child soldiers are not ants. The weakest among them is at the Golden Core Stage, and the stronger ones have power comparable to the Spirit Formation Stage!”
”What?”
The burly man's expression looked dull before incredulity replaced it. He hurriedly cried out, ”I've never found any Spirit Formation Stage expert among them. Are the officers of these three armies actually Spirit Formation Stage cultivators?”
King Yama no longer bothered to reply to him and looked at a petite female among the 18 people, asking lightly, ”Black Fox, is there any movement on our side as of recently?”
The masked petite female answered, ”Nothing abnormal happened after the bloodbath due to the attack of that mysterious female cultivator on the concealed 4th island 3 months ago. However, the Darkwind intel operatives in various countries sent us the news that they are being monitored and followed. Although I've ordered them all to go dormant, it is estimated that many of our people have been exposed.”
King Yama fell into silence for a long time. He then slightly creased brows and said fiercely, ”Order the core members to completely withdraw and gather on the 1st hidden island and be on the standby! As for the other personnel… abandon all of them!”
”Abandon all of them?!”
The 18 people, including Black Fox, wore disbelieving expressions. They were well aware of how difficult it was for the Darkwind to form their organization. It took decades to form a comprehensive intel network on a global scale. Yet, they had to abandon it now? Wouldn't it mean that their previous efforts just went to waste in vain?
King Yama forced a bitter smile and said, ”I understand what you have in mind. But our purpose in founding the Darkwind was to monitor the cultivation forces around the world while making money to obtain cultivation resources, to begin with. We've already hoarded a lot of cultivation resources. But the situation now forces us to shrink our scope of surveillance. The emergence of this terrifying force is not something we can contend with, so the time has come for us to give up the rooks to save the king.”
Black Fox asked curiously, ”Is this Tang Sect really that powerful?”
”This force is no longer called Tang Sect,” King Yama replied.
”What is it called now?” Black Fox asked again.