Moreover, Jun Mobai's tone made his intentions perfectly clear — he, Jun Mobai, was not exactly a proper disciple of the Dan Qian Palace either.
For a moment, Jiang Chen truly felt a pang of sorrow for the Myriad Domains Territory.
On the surface, it seemed like the Myriad Domains Territory was an unbreakable iron wall, but who could have imagined it had been infiltrated to such a degree?
How many foreign chess pieces were hidden within the great sects of the Myriad Domains Territory?
However, Lin Hai clearly had no intention of admitting anything outright. After a moment of surprise, he sneered coldly: "I don't know what you're talking about. Jun Mobai, get lost or don't — I'm giving you one last chance."
Lin Hai's patience had evidently run thin, and he dropped all pretense.
"Get lost?" Jun Mobai's tone remained as calm as ever. "If you want to leave, you've already lost your chance. Lin Hai, if I'm not mistaken, you should be a disciple of the Immortal Extinction Heavenly Capital, yes?"
The Immortal Extinction Heavenly Capital?
Jiang Chen's heart sank. Over the past few years, he had done extensive research on the Divine Abyss Continent. A few years ago, the book Huang'er had given him — records about the Divine Abyss Continent — had given him a fairly comprehensive understanding of it.
He knew that the Immortal Extinction Heavenly Capital was also one of the first-rate sects, equally a giant of the Upper Eight Domains. Its strength would be no worse than that of the Nine Yang Heavenly Sect.
Jiang Chen's head was starting to hurt. He had always assumed that only the Nine Yang Heavenly Sect had set foot in the Myriad Domains Territory, but it now seemed that the entire territory's people had been far too naive.
The Myriad Domains Territory was practically a golden prize.
But what exactly was so attractive about the Myriad Domains Territory?
Jiang Chen genuinely couldn't figure it out no matter how he thought about it.
The ancient medicine garden on Huanbo Mountain? It certainly had some Heaven-grade spiritual medicines, but that obviously wasn't enough to make a first-rate sect lay plans here for decades.
The legacy of the Danxiao Ancient Sect?
The outside world didn't know about it. Although the Danxiao Ancient Sect had indeed been far more powerful than today's first-rate sects, it hadn't been the strongest ancient sect back in the primordial era.
Besides, the outside world clearly had no idea about the Danxiao Ancient Sect's legacy. If they truly knew there was such an ancient sect's inheritance waiting, those first-rate sects would have come storming in directly instead of sending chess pieces to scheme quietly.
After weighing everything over and over, Jiang Chen still couldn't come up with an answer.
There had to be some reason he didn't know about, and those reasons couldn't be publicly announced — which was exactly why they resorted to this kind of infiltration.
A flicker of surprise appeared in Lin Hai's eyes as he stared intently at Jun Mobai: "So you're saying you're a disciple of the Nine Yang Heavenly Sect?"
The two eyed each other warily, neither letting their guard down. In an instant, the atmosphere between them turned razor-sharp.
Now that their masks had been torn off, each knew the other's purpose, and both understood this could only end with one of them dead.
"Speak — how do you want to settle this?" After dropping the pretense, Lin Hai actually calmed down, his tone becoming composed and measured.
Jun Mobai smiled faintly. "Simple. You die."
Lin Hai didn't fly into a rage — instead, he laughed, regarding Jun Mobai with an amused look: "Kid, I can see you really are a disciple of the Nine Yang Heavenly Sect. That high-and-mighty style runs in the bloodline, doesn't it?"
"At least you know," Jun Mobai said with a light smile. "We're both smart people. The fact that you found your way here proves we're both after the same thing."
Lin Hai laughed aloud: "So you're here for Emperor Feiyu's legacy as well?"
Emperor Feiyu?
Jiang Chen had never heard of this name. Though he had some understanding of the Divine Abyss Continent, the title "Emperor Feiyu" was entirely new to him.
"Legacy?" Jun Mobai gave an odd smile. "Lin Hai, if all you want is his martial inheritance, we don't necessarily need to fight to the death. His martial legacy can all go to you — I only want certain things on his person."
"Dream on!" Lin Hai sneered. "I was just testing you. I didn't expect you actually knew the inside story."
These two were playing mind games with each other, and Jiang Chen only half understood what was going on.
However, he had roughly pieced things together — these two had been tracking a titled Emperor, and that Emperor was Emperor Feiyu.
"Lin Hai, stop putting on an act. A thousand years ago, the giants of our two sects hunted down Emperor Feiyu. He escaped, and everyone knew he fled into the Myriad Domains Territory, but nobody knew where he was hiding. Who could have imagined that he would actually undergo rebirth here in the Myriad Domains Extreme Realm? Truly something to sigh over." As Jun Mobai spoke, he casually touched the ring on his hand. "Lin Hai, you must also carry the tracking seal of the Immortal Extinction Heavenly Capital — that's why, after entering the Extreme Realm, you could sense Emperor Feiyu's rebirth site. Tell me, am I wrong?"
"Obviously! As if you didn't do the same thing?" Lin Hai's tone was utterly dismissive, as though Jun Mobai had said something beneath notice.
"Heh heh. Lin Hai, I'll give you one last chance. Emperor Feiyu's legacy goes to you; everything else goes to me." Jun Mobai's voice was indifferent, yet carried an authority that brooked no argument.
Hiding in the shadows, Jiang Chen's heart clenched. He cursed inwardly — these two bastards had both concealed their true strength. Their power was at least at the peak of the Earth Saint realm, and possibly even at the seventh level of the Saint realm — true Heavenly Saints.
These two scoundrels had been hiding their identities all along, pretending to be early-stage Saints. During the Grand Assembly martial tournament, they had even put on a show and deliberately thrown their matches.
Jiang Chen had never fought either of them, so he had no way of knowing beforehand whether they were hiding their real strength.
Lin Hai sneered contemptuously: "Kid, anyone who doesn't know any better would really be scared by you. Threatening me? You're still too green. If you've got the guts, come at me!"
With that, Lin Hai grabbed forward, and a command flag appeared in his hand.
He swept the flag, and brilliant rays of light surged forth like cascading ribbons falling from the sky, slicing straight down toward the lake.