"Although the previous plan failed and Leilin passed the test of the Sky Throne, we still have a chance!"
The Morning Star from Jupiter's Thunder was still desperately trying to persuade him.
"Leilin is about to participate in the Sky City's Sage deliberations. All we need to do is encourage Wells to participate as well, and a conflict between them is inevitable... After all, both are geniuses, and geniuses are always dazzling yet prefer solitude..."
"Your plans are all far too complicated..." Stewart shook his head. "In my experience, the more complex a plan, the easier it is for something to go wrong—whereas the simpler the plan, the more likely it is to succeed! Leilin is merely a five-star Morning Star. No matter how strange he may be, he still cannot break through the bloodline limitation and touch the boundary of the fifth rank. So, once he steps beyond the range of Sky City, I will deal with him personally! Of course, the price will be doubled!"
It seemed that Wells's recent loss of control and failure to fall into the trap had given Stewart a sense of crisis.
"If you are willing to act, that would be wonderful!" The Morning Star Wizard shrouded in black mist immediately bowed in gratitude.
"The compensation can remain the same as before! However, you must also eliminate someone for me!" Stewart's voice suddenly turned gloomy.
"Who?" The Morning Star felt a sudden premonition of something terrible.
"Wells!" Stewart's expression twisted into something utterly savage.
...
"Enough!" Wells barked coldly, and black lightning slashed across the screen in an instant.
"What do you want?" He was starting to believe Leilin now. Ordinary images could be fabricated, but the screen just now had even revealed the other party's soul fluctuations, leaving Wells no choice but to accept it.
At the same time, he grew wary of Leilin, who possessed such means of detecting Radiant Moon Wizards!
That was a Radiant Moon-level wizard! As far as Wells knew, the other party's lair even contained a Boundary Membrane Magical Array rumored to be able to block everything, yet Leilin had still uncovered all of it.
"This kind of ability is truly terrifying!" Wells looked at the smiling Leilin and suddenly felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart.
"Very simple! I'll handle them directly—you just need to block interference from Sky City's forces!"
Leilin stated his plan with refreshing candor.
As for how he had discovered their plot? Naturally, it was thanks to the Stardust Bugs! This Blue Mountain Family's trump card was incredibly tiny, undetectable even by the most advanced magical arrays—the perfect carrier for espionage. During his earlier encounter with Stewart, Leilin had already secretly planted Stardust Bugs on him.
Under normal circumstances, Leilin's methods would only have been enough to detect and shield against Stardust Bug surveillance, but ever since he had advanced to Morning Star and brought the Blue Mountain Family to heel, he had forcibly acquired some Stardust Bug larvae. Using the Chip, he had developed his own specialized handling techniques.
He had originally intended to gather some evidence, but he had not expected to stumble upon something far more valuable.
"Wells is certainly a peerless genius, but within Sky City there must be opposing factions. It looks like Stewart is one of them..."
Leilin thought to himself with complete confidence. He had bet correctly that Wells would certainly take action—Wells was a proud man by nature, and once he discovered that someone had tried to use him, even to take his life, how could he sit still?
Moreover, Leilin was only asking him to block outside interference this time, while he himself took on the most dangerous part. There was nothing to worry about.
But Wells still had one final concern: "If the Sky Throne finds out..."
"Haha..." Leilin laughed heartily. "I just returned from the Sky Throne. I obtained permission for Sky City to remain neutral in the conflict between the Ouroboros Ring and Jupiter's Thunder. You're welcome to verify it yourself!"
"Impossible!" Wells exclaimed in a low voice, then immediately contacted someone through a Secret Imprint. His expression changed abruptly, and even his voice grew hoarse: "What did you use to win over His Highness?"
"Is an Otherworld coordinates enough?"
"Enough! You're a madman! But I like it! I'll be mad with you just this once!"
Wells's eyes blazed with fire. A flame called ambition slowly burned brighter and more intense.
...
Leilin and Wells stood side by side in midair, gazing at the distant building covered in flickering runes.
"Stewart's villa is right there! He's a Radiant Moon—can you handle him?" Wells's voice was low.
"That's my problem! You just need to provide support from the sidelines! Besides, even if I can't deal with Stewart this time, as long as we capture that Morning Star from Jupiter's Thunder, it will be enough to leave Stewart thoroughly humiliated. The entire Sky City power structure will lose faith in him, driving more wizards to join your ranks!"
Leilin analyzed calmly. Wells did not deny it—for the two of them, now that they had joined forces, any pretense would be nothing but a joke.
"Of course, afterward I will help you withstand pressure from other factions within Sky City and drive out Jupiter's Thunder's influence!"
Wells's voice was composed. This was something he and Leilin had already discussed beforehand—they had even formalized it with a contract.
"That is more than enough!"