Chapter 910 - A Mystery! (1/2)
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Wang Baole analyzed the information he had just gathered alongside what he had already known. He immediately reached a conclusion. Both he and He Yunzi possessed the mandate at the same time. One of them had to die in order for the other to gain the full mandate!
The conclusion that Wang Baole had reached and pieced together from the information that he had just acquired didn’t deviate much from the guesses that he had made during his journey back to the Divine Eye civilization. Even though nothing seemed to be out of place, Wang Baole still felt that something wasn’t quite right. He might not have felt so intensely if not for what he had just gone through. Having discovered that the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect’s patriarch was hiding something and survived the Heavenly Spirit Sect’s scheme, Wang Baole had raised his guard considerably.
That was why he realized there was something wrong here!
It was… the array formation outside the Eternal Star!
His instincts told him that… there was something wrong with the array formation. Its presence seemed unnecessary when seen in the context of the present Divine Eye civilization. Even when allied, the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect and Violet Gold New Dao Sect were still not as powerful as the Heavenly Spirit Sect.
Besides, the Heavenly Spirit Sect had He Yunzi, so there was no need to set up such an array formation at all. It seemed completely superfluous, no matter how one looked at it…
Why would the Heavenly Spirit Sect do something so superfluous then? Is the array formation meant to defend themselves against someone… someone like me, perhaps? Wang Baole frowned. He couldn’t pin down exactly what was wrong. There was no need for the Heavenly Spirit Sect to set up an array formation as a defense mechanism against Wang Baole. After all, He Yunzi was still alive, so control over the Eternal Star wouldn’t fall into Wang Baole’s hands.
If he were the Heavenly Spirit Sect, he wouldn’t set up the array formation to keep him out. Instead, he would clear the path and wait impatiently for him to make his way to the Eternal Star instead.
Is He Yunzi dead? The thought popped into Wang Baole’s head as he contemplated the various possibilities. That didn’t seem likely, though everything would make sense if that were true.
Perhaps… this is yet another trap? Wang Baole could feel a headache coming on. He was missing some very important clues here. Without them, he was stuck and couldn’t think his way out of the puzzle.
It doesn’t matter. With this mid-stage Spirit Immortal realm avatar of mine as bait, I’ll be able to dig out what I’m looking for and uncover the truth! Wang Baole’s avatar narrowed his eyes and stared into the distant Eye of the Eternal Star. With a single bound, he headed for the camp where the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect’s patriarch was located. He was going to reveal his presence deliberately.
Wang Baole’s eyes narrowed just as he was about to take flight, and he looked up suddenly. Thunder rumbled as lightning started to crackle in the cosmos above him, and a blurry array formation that seemed to look like a seal appeared in the middle of space. Waves of suppressive force descended suddenly around Wang Baole and trapped him within a seal instantly.
Have I been discovered? A dark look appeared on Wang Baole’s face. However, he was secretly smirking as a dozen figures materialized inside the array formation as its waves of suppressive force surged outwards.
Standing at the front of the group was the sect lord of the Heavenly Spirit Sect. Next to him stood an old woman with a dazed look on her face. The other cultivators were all at the perfected or late-stage Spirit Immortal realm.
“Long Nanzi!” Murderous intent colored the eyes of the Heavenly Spirit Sect’s sect lord. As he shouted, he lifted his right hand, pointed at Wang Baole, and let his hand swoop downwards. The other cultivators charged at Wang Baole instantly, ready for a fight.
He doesn’t seem surprised to see me. Does that mean that he already knows that the right-hand elder is dead? He might even know that the Xie family’s been helping me. The left-hand elder isn’t present. Does that mean that he didn’t manage to escape from the Eternal Star? Was his Divine Soul destroyed? Wang Baole’s eyes flashed as numerous thoughts raced through his head. At the same time, he retreated hastily.
He had been right. The right-hand elder had died on the Earth Spirit civilization’s man-made Eternal Star, which fell within the Violet Gold civilization’s protectorate. This was the death of a Planet realm cultivator, and the Xie family had its hand in it. It was clearly a matter of grave importance. There was something that Wang Baole wasn’t aware of. Even though the Violet Gold civilization hadn’t activated the Eye of the Eternal Star again and hence couldn’t send reinforcements to the Divine Eye civilization, they could still manage communications from both ends of the Eye of the Eternal Star. It simply required a bit more effort and resources.