bookbashuk Chapter 487, Night Falls
Chapter 487, Night Falls
Chapter 487, Night Falls
On the continent of origin, the days are long, and after nightfall, the nights are just as long.
Those true gods without a place to live must leave the city before nightfall, especially now that the two great god kingdoms are at war. Even eternal true gods could die silently if caught up in it. True gods are not even cannon fodder in this situation.
In recent times, although some bold True Gods, even Void True Gods and Eternal True Gods, have entered High Rock City to fish in troubled waters, most True Gods have left. They cannot afford to offend them and can only hide in the wilderness, waiting for the two great kingdoms to finish their war, or for them to be destroyed and swallowed up, or surrendered and merged before they come here.
Night fell.
So night fell.
From a distant pavilion, many eyes were fixed on a newly occupied cave dwelling, and numerous warning formations had been activated around it, along with various secret treasures for surveillance.
After all, the appearance of an unfamiliar Eternal God in Gaoyan City was worth it. Whether it was Liuyu Kingdom or Shi Kingdom, with the God King and the Chaos Ruler restraining themselves from intervening, the combat power of an Eternal God was invaluable.
The long night passed under surveillance, with city guards patrolling the city, but the cave remained completely silent.
As dawn broke, Gaoyan City remained shrouded in a tense atmosphere of war, seemingly unchanged from yesterday, the day before, and the day before that. The standoffs continued, and the surveillance continued. Even when the undercurrents suddenly struck certain faction leaders, leaving them completely bewildered and disoriented, the lower-ranking members still swore unequivocally that their surveillance had not missed a single point!
However, Gaoyan City is still somewhat different today.
Many low-level members of the dark forces couldn't find their leaders when they left their residences in the morning. And this wasn't just one or two, but many, encompassing nearly half of the organizations in High Rock City.
Some of the shop servants and attendants discovered that the shops were not open today, and they waited and waited—it was already dawn, but they still didn't see them.
Some of the true gods who had already agreed to team up and go to the wilderness to hunt strange beasts found that when the time came, their leader had not arrived.
This situation initially only came to the attention of some members, mainly the guards, spies, and city guards sent by the city lord's mansion—those who had connections with most of the residents of the True God Temple. Later, however, some organizations and forces found themselves unable to locate their leaders, and even some of their middle-level members disappeared.
They disappeared without a trace.
They didn't even notice the large array covering the entire High Rock City.
Without a sound, not only the organizations and forces of the Food Kingdom that had been lurking in Gaoyan City were thrown into a panic, but the city lord's mansion, the city guards, and the leaders of the three major families also began to investigate in secret.
Today, the high-ranking members of those organizations and forces that have infiltrated the food kingdom can disappear without a trace, and tomorrow they may be unable to send out any messages!
Moreover, this mysterious expert's precision was so great that even the City Lord's Mansion only had partial information about him, yet he was extremely accurate.
"No sound came out." City Lord Gao Yanzheng looked at Gao Yanning. He was appointed city lord by the clan leader Gao Yan Dasheng. Although he and Gao Yanning were not from the same branch, Gao Yanning had to cooperate with all his actions during his tenure in Gao Yan City. Especially now that it was during wartime, the atmosphere was even more tense. "The city guards who patrolled last night did not find any movement either."
"It's certain that the one who made the move was a certain deity." Gao Yan Ning was also very troubled, as he hated situations that were completely illogical and clueless.
Gao Yanzheng rolled his eyes, his rock-solid head gleaming, and asked, "Does Huang Husang know anything about this?"
"I haven't asked yet, but I suspect he doesn't know much either," Gao Yanning shook his head.
"Then let's go ask them. The Huanghu clan lived in this area before the city was built. They can be found everywhere in Gaoyan City. Maybe they know something." As the strongest family in Gaoyan City, the Huanghu clan is powerful. Even a mighty dragon can't suppress a local snake. If it weren't for the fact that the Gaoyan clan produced a Chaos Great Sage, they really wouldn't be able to control them. Even though the Gaoyan Great Sage is now in charge of Gaoyan City, the city still needs to rely on the Huangjie clan to run smoothly.
He can't possibly massacre the entire city first.
Moreover, even then, it might not be possible to completely eradicate them.
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As dawn broke and a sliver of white appeared on the horizon, in a secluded dwelling, an eternal god with gray-brown branches atop his head stared at the communication token before him, suppressing his anger as he growled, "What?! 'Can't contact?!'"
A trembling voice came from the other side of the token, "As agreed, nine leaders were supposed to report their whereabouts today, but none of them have shown up."
"Activate emergency procedures and contact other leaders!"
There was silence on the other side for a moment, then two, then three.
"Unable to contact." In the silence, the Eternal God, with gray-brown branches above his head, gradually sank into despair before finally uttering these words.
"Who can't be reached?!"
"Anyone can join forces—" Before the words could be finished, silence fell over the other side of the talisman.
"Found you." The unfamiliar voice came through the token and into his ears. The last sound was the token being crushed.
The eternal god, with gray-brown branches above his head, whose emotions had already fallen into an endless abyss, transformed into utter icy coldness that permeated his very soul.
Inside a secluded cave, Ye Muxuan packed his things. Then, a wisp of sword light appeared, moving through the gaps in the array, carrying his divine body across spatial distances, and appearing in an underground palace inside a cave where potion-making was taking place.
The layers of defensive formations that had already been activated were completely ineffective in front of him, remaining motionless in the slightest.
This cave dwelling is quite famous in High Rock City. It was purchased by a powerful apothecary named "Sangyu," who is also the behind-the-scenes owner of the most renowned apothecary shop in High Rock City.
Of course, before today, no one knew that Sang Yu had another name, a name that was famous in Gaoyan City and a frequent visitor to the desks of various forces: Mu Yunshu.
With a gloomy expression, Sang Yu, or rather Mu Yunshu, looked up and saw a figure appear in the underground cave known only to him.
This cave is one of more than a dozen hidden locations in Gaoyan City. Even he himself only found out where he was staying last night.
Sang Yu, as a powerful apothecary, has an open identity, and the location of his cave dwelling is not exactly a secret. However, the fact that the Twilight Cloud Tree is with Sang Yu is absolutely a secret!
These two identities are absolutely separate. He is confident that even the God-King behind him, the "Ancestor of the Blade Demon," does not know his true identity!
The instant that Sangyu/Muyunshu looked up and saw the figure, a huge, dazzling, cold, and incomparably sharp blade light appeared in his mind. His consciousness only produced a thought of "So that's how it is" before it dissipated like a bubble punctured by a needle.
Before his consciousness faded, he completed that thought: "—It was him."
Ye Muxuan's divine power swept across, leaving the entire underground palace spotless.
It's dawn, time to go back.
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