LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 534: Spies
His body was tattered with wounds, many of the flesh missing.
There were even insects moving around, eating his wounds.
"Just how long do you want to stay silent, you lowly being?"
"Lowly?
Hehehe, go on then, try to read my mind again.
Or heck, why not just kill me and search my soul?"
"Lunatic!
It's been so many years, and you still keep your mouth shut.
Just tell me where the formation key is, and then you will be let free."
"How many times do you want to continue this pointless exchange?
Thinking you are better than me while your brain is just as big as a lizard's?"
The man's lips curled into a smile seeing this.
"With how long you've been here, I am sure you have eavesdropped on what we talk about.
You should already know my goal.
We want to disrupt the formation covering this inner region.
I don't know how, but I could tell somehow you changed the time dilation outside this zone."
Orion didn't respond. He just let out a huge grin.
Even with all the wounds and pain, he didn't flinch.
"Tenacious bastard!"
Just then, the door opened. Someone came in and whispered something to the emperor.
Normally, they could just send information with telepathy.
But this silver snake wanted to tell it directly so the emperor would have a better impression of him.
"It seems your help is no longer needed. We have already found where your friend is hiding.
Isn't his name Kane?
To think he is hiding in the outer region."
Orion was still calm despite hearing this. "So what?
With his strength, you will not be able to capture him with your minions.
Hah, the only reason I got caught is because of my stupidity."
"You are not wrong about that. Other than tenacity, you are stupid.
Who comes to beast territory by themselves and then tries to create chaos?
But don't underestimate me. Do you think I don't have methods to go outside?
I will make sure to treat him personally."
The silver snake emperor's eyes then glinted dangerously.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, a few days ago, the fake pope we put in Shangxi Temple was killed.
I don't know who it was, but it seems the perpetrator is related to you."
The silver snake emperor then moved his lips, saying a couple of names.
Orion's nonchalant expression quickly changed to anger.
"YOU!!!
If you dare touch them, I will turn you into soup!
You stupid reptile!!!"
"Hahaha, go on, get angry. Finally, there's some reaction after all this time.
But do you think I will follow what you want?
I will make sure to bring them in front of you without any limbs."
The silver snake emperor smiled slyly, then left the room, ignoring Orion's tantrum.
"Are you sure the information is correct?"
"Ye-yes, emperor."
The silver snake emperor squinted his eyes. "Good. If it's true, you will be rewarded. If not, prepare to become fertilizer for our clan's goal."
The man quickly fell into despair. Being fertilizer meant having the same fate as the mortals sacrificed for the formation.
He knew what they would undergo.
The man's face turned pale blue, while the beast emperor just touched his shoulder and then left.
'Hmph, being scared just because of this, pathetic!'
Time passed on. It had been three days since Luca and Emily arrived at Bloodspire Citadel.
At this moment, Olivian Quartz and the group also passed the border, reaching human territory.
Ariadne, in the first place, was human, so passing here didn't trigger any alarm.
A distance away from them, a woman wearing a hood followed.
Her expression was annoyed.
'We already got this far. I doubt Yubina will do anything.
Another reason I hate my abilities!'
All this time, Ariadne asked Seraphine to follow them from behind.
With her ability and cultivation, she was now capable of fighting.
She could ambush Yubina if they tried to attack them along the way.
But nothing like that happened.
Instead, Yubina spent time helping Olivia in cultivation while Ariadne helped Quartz.
As a result, both of them broke through in the realm of the mystic integration stage.
This was the main reason why
Seraphine was annoyed.
Since she needed to be on alert almost all the time, she barely had time to cultivate.
There was also no one to personally teach her the way, making her cultivation stagnant.
But despite this, she had already reached the golden core realm.
This was thanks to many precious elixirs from Ariadne and her abilities.
Weirdly, no matter how much she consumed, Seraphine could control the qi, turning it into a stockpile that she would just absorb later.
If others consumed like her, their bodies would already have exploded because of the side effects.
Ariadne looked at Olivia, who was closely talking with Yubina.
"What do you think about them, Quartz?"
Quartz shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know what to say, but I think it's good for Olivia.
It took her mind off her personal problems."
"Personal problems?"
"Let's talk about it later. By the way, where are we going now?"
"We will get some information first, then go to the outer region.
I haven't heard news from this region for a while."
"Didn't you say Kane was taking care of that?"
"That is why I'm worried. It's not like him to not send any all this time."
Ariadne had also sent her people outside, but she didn't get much news back.
It was like someone was targeting her spies in a way that she couldn't imagine.
After a short break, the group arrived at a town.
Ariadne excused herself, as she didn't want Yubina to follow.
"You weren't lying? Shangxi Temple was taken down?"
"Ye-yes, empress. I'm sure I already sent the message back, though."
Ariadne frowned.
She had half expected her intel base in this area to be destroyed.
But it turned out it still existed.
Unfortunately, they were not connected through a hive mind, so she now needed to make sure if any of them were spies or if it was an outside influence.