1005 Vice Leader 2 (1/2)

Dyon silently smiled to himself, as though he already knew that his ploy had worked.

After leaving The Cathedral, he liesurely left the city. After another slight of hand, a few concealment arrays, and some flashing lights, Dyon reappeared as though he had just come back from a journey before strolling out of the city.

It wasn't long before Dyon made it back to Soul Rending Peak territory. In order to keep up appearances, he sped through the forest, but didn't go so far as to injure himself again.

'Wait… Am I imagining things?...'

Dyon was currently standing in the very same spot he had lost his pursuer in. By all rights, there should have been a massive crater along with multiple destroyed trees, yet here everything was, completely unscathed.

Anyone else might not have noticed this, or maybe even ignored it, assuming that they had misremembered the particular location. However, Dyon had absolute confidence in his memory. This had to be the place!

'Old Lizard, what's going on here…'

'I don't know either…'

Dyon's brows furrowed. But, before he could think any further, the sounds of rustling leaves and snapping branches caught his attention.

Up in the air, standing on a particularly sturdy branch was a pale and skinny young man.

”Junior Brother Jafari, Senior Sister sent me here to wait for your arrival.”

”Oh? What's going on?”

”It looks like we'll have to enter the Epistemic Tower soon. The core disciple trials are coming up soon, but it seems the elders were inspired by your feelings toward taking risks and improvement.”

Dyon raised an eyebrow, remembering how he spoke about risking your life in the tower was better than wallowing in the mediocrity of this 98th quadrant. It was either someone actually decided to heed his advice, or this was another half-baked scheme… Maybe it was even a mix of the two.

”The timing is actually quite good for us.” The pale young continued with a faint excitement on his face. ”This is also around the time that the Valley of Geniuses is open. If luck shines down upon us, we could ascend the heavens in a single step!”