Chapter 892 - Xie Haiyang Strikes! (1/2)

There’s no harm being cautious! The newly materialized form was Wang Baole’s true essence body. He hadn’t trusted Xie Haiyang completely. That had been why he had summoned a second avatar while keeping his true essence body safe in his storage bag.

He had his true form stowed away in his storage bag instead of having himself hidden far away. If his enemy had searched the area for him, he would discover his decoy first and not his true form, which had been hidden away safe and inside his storage bag.

It was akin to placing two spheres of light over one another. The first glowing sphere would hide the second sphere’s existence. In fact, Wang Baole had gone to the lengths of injecting half of his essence into his decoy so that it would appear more realistic. Naturally, it was also considerably powerful.

Of course, the setup hadn’t been entirely flawless. One would be able to sense that something was wrong upon closer scrutiny.

In order to prevent the right-hand elder from seeing through his deception, he had whipped out the Peace Token immediately in an attempt to draw his attention. He had run away to lure the right-hand elder into pursuing him, then activated his array formation in order to distract the right-hand elder from focusing on the authenticity of his form. That had been how he had managed to keep his true form hidden throughout the encounter.

In his original plan, if his decoy were to die in battle, he predicted that the right-hand elder would examine the contents of his storage bags. Wang Baole would have seized that opportunity and staged a sneak attack on the right-hand elder.

The difference in their cultivation levels meant that he wouldn’t be able to kill the right-hand elder with that sneak attack. Regardless, he would still have been able to injure him with the unexpected attack and win himself the chance to escape. He would gain more time!

That had been Wang Baole’s original plan. It wouldn’t have mattered even if Xie Haiyang’s Peace Token hadn’t worked. He would still have been able to create a situation where he had the upper hand.

But all those preparations were useless now.

Wang Baole lifted his right hand after appearing outside his storage bag. His decoy transformed into mist and merged with his essence body. The accessories that he had stored away in his storage bag flew out of storage and appeared on his person.

“Xie Haiyang, since you plan to showcase the extent of your abilities, I’ll wait for your good news then!” Wang Baole muttered to himself, sat down, and waited silently.

He didn’t have to wait for long… Just as he sat down, the right-hand elder, who had raced away into the cosmos, had returned to the man-made Eternal Star. Before he could contact his civilization’s patriarch through the man-made Eternal Star, waves of teleportation made their appearance without any warning and without his prior command.

Shock flashed across the right-hand elder’s face. He retreated swiftly, caution and wariness bright in his eyes. Caution transformed into shock in the next moment. He watched waves of teleportation ripple in the abyss before him, and a man slowly stepped out of the teleportation portal.

The man had short hair and appeared to be quite young. He was of average height, and his hair had clearly been styled with excessive hair wax. It gleamed brightly under the light and seemed to look like a source of light that drew everyone’s eyes towards it uncontrollably.

The young man looked around after he stepped out of the portal before his eyes finally landed on the right-hand elder, who had a look of wariness and unconcealed shock on his face.

“Greetings!”

“Who are you?” The right-hand elder’s breathing quickened. He could sense that the other man was at the Qi Refinement realm. He wasn’t even at the Foundation Establishment realm. However, that didn’t stop him from feeling fearful. Nothing made sense. A Qi Refinement realm cultivator shouldn’t have the ability to teleport.

He believed that he knew the answer to the young man’s appearance, but he didn’t want to believe it. He dared not.

Xie Haiyang appeared not to have noticed the fear in the right-hand elder’s eyes. He smiled faintly and then started speaking in a warm tone, sounding as if he were simply a businessman trying to sell his wares.

“Xie Haiyang, at your humble service. Fellow Daoist, would you like to consider becoming a valued customer of the Xie family? You simply have to pay a fee to become one. It doesn’t matter what trouble you meet in the future. The Xie family will be at your service as long as you’re able to pay for it.”

“A valued customer?” The right-hand elder’s face paled upon hearing the young man’s family name. The fear in his eyes intensified, and he took a few steps back. It appeared to be a subconscious reaction, but in reality, he was secretly forming hand seals with the right hand hidden behind his back, as well as attempting to send commands to the man-made Eternal Star.

“That’s right. It only costs ten million Red Crystals,” Xie Haiyang smiled and said.