"Ye Han, you wouldn't treat an old classmate like that, would you?" Shen Xiu replied with a nonchalant smile. "I'm betting you won't kill me, because I know exactly what kind of person you are."
"And what kind of person do you think I am?" Ye Han's eyes gleamed with a vicious light as he leaned in close to Shen Xiu's neck, enunciating every word.
"You're someone of extraordinary talent, but also someone who'll stop at nothing to achieve his goals. From the very beginning, you understood that becoming City Lord would mean facing unimaginable resistance. Aside from
"The Sacred Family, and you dare oppose the Wind Snow Family?" Ye Han scoffed coldly.
"What if we add the
"So the Sacred Family really has colluded with the Dark Guild." Ye Han's voice dropped to an icy point. "Aren't you afraid I'll report this to my adoptive father?"
"Ha ha, and so what? Ye Han, surely you're not that naive. The Wind Snow Family has known about our dealings with the Dark Guild for a long time—they simply haven't been able to find definitive evidence to launch a full assault on the Sacred Family. If the Wind Snow Family were to wipe us out over mere rumors, how could they maintain the people's trust?" Shen Xiu spoke with complete confidence.
Ye Han let out a cold snort. "If I were City Lord, I wouldn't care about popular opinion—I'd destroy the Sacred Family first and foremost."
"That's exactly it—you're not City Lord yet, so what good are these words? Before you become City Lord, forget about the Wind Snow Family—even among us in the Sacred Family, not many would give you the time of day." Shen Xiu let out a derisive chuckle.
"Now that's the kind of personality I like. I'm growing just a little bit interested in your plan. How exactly do you propose we work together?" Ye Han paused for a moment, a glint of interest flickering in his eyes, and lowered the dagger. Right now, he—much like the Sacred Family—had no other choice.
Shen Xiu had long anticipated that Ye Han would agree.
"This isn't a good place to talk. Follow me." With a swift motion, Shen Xiu shot off into the distance.
Ye Han considered for a moment, then followed. The two figures quickly vanished at the edge of the forest.
Near the
These massive domed structures looked quite out of place amid the architecture of the
Before the Dark Age, the City of Radiance had once been home to many indigenous inhabitants. But after the eruption of the Demon Beast tide, every last resident was slaughtered by the demon beasts—not a single bone remained. No one knew the true depth of the City of Radiance's history.
Later, five Legendary-level ancestors led several hundred thousand people in a fighting retreat through the
After that, the City of Radiance was destroyed many times over, but the ancestors rebuilt it again and again, which was why the lineages of the various families had survived to the present day.
However, the original stories of the City of Radiance had long since been lost to the river of time. The vast majority of the city's buildings were reconstructed—only these domed structures had survived to the present. The center of the domed buildings was shrouded in a faint white barrier of light that even a Legendary Demon Spirit Master could not penetrate.
It appeared to be an enormous ancient formation array, filled with an air of mystery.
The walls of the domed buildings were inscribed with many baffling Runic Patterns that periodically emitted a faint glow.
In his previous life, it wasn't until the eve of the City of Radiance's fall that Lord
"Nie Li, what are we doing here?"
"You'll find out soon enough." In his previous life, Nie Li had only received a few fragmentary descriptions of this ancient formation from
After all, by the end of his previous life, Nie Li's knowledge had reached an astonishing level.
"Follow me," Nie Li said, walking toward the ancient formation array.