Chapter 969: Chapter 730 Not Killed by Me
Adaman had truly gone mad this time.
He had suspected that Long Yi and Ai Lin might have had a relationship, but he never expected their relationship to be so intimate!
What surprised him even more was that the mighty Beast Queen Isrile was also part of Long Yi’s family!
"No wonder! No wonder you are so powerful, because you originally came from the mid-level plane... right! No wonder even the king of the exotic beasts had to submit to you! It’s because the Beast Queen was with you! No wonder! No wonder indeed!"
Adaman’s eyes reddened, and his body shook violently. His heart was filled with regret as he berated himself for not realizing the anomaly earlier. He was used to overpowering his enemies with his strength, but he hadn’t considered the problems that might be lurking beneath the surface. If he had realized earlier that Long Yi and Ai Lin might be from the mid-level plane or even related to the Beast Queen, he would never have made an enemy out of Long Yi!
But it was too late for any of that now.
"Come on, I’ll give you a chance to live. How much do you know about the reverse summoning spell of Landers?" Long Yi squatted down and asked Adaman, who was prostrate on the ground.
"I don’t know..." Adaman replied instinctively, his spirit nearly broken and void of any strength under Little Zi’s influence, making it impossible for him to lie.
"Wait! Although I don’t know! Just give me a little time, and I can definitely figure it out!" Knowing that he must have been influenced by the Female Demon, Adaman wasn’t willing to let slip any chance to survive.
"Too bad, I might as well ask Landers myself." Long Yi shook his head, then stood up.
One of Little Zi’s Female Demon avatars came over and placed her hands on Adaman’s head. His soul was extracted in an instant. However, it was not erased; if his soul were erased, the summoning spell would immediately fail. Isrile had not so easily come over, after all, there were many things to discuss.
Just as Long Yi turned around, he felt as though two mountains were pressing down on him, and he gasped for breath!
"I missed you so much!"
Isrile hugged Long Yi to her chest and spun around a few times before stopping.
Long Yi, his face flushed with the effort of breathing, finally freed himself.
"What a slow reaction! You’re only thinking of this after you’re full?" Long Yi rubbed his head, which had almost been squashed just now.
"There were outsiders just now!" Isrile laughed loudly.
"That outsider isn’t dead yet!"
"Isn’t he about to die? Less talk! I don’t have much time! Let’s hurry!" As she spoke, a giant Spider Silk barrier was formed.
By the time Long Yi walked out of the Spider Silk barrier, much time had passed. The Female Demon avatar outside had her small face flushed red, staring blankly. Meanwhile, Adaman’s departed soul had already been throttled, turning into basic energy in her hands.
The spider web dispersed, and Isrile was nowhere to be seen, while Ai Lin and Little Zi both had their faces blushing red.
Just then, a group of soldiers burst into the sky, with the Emperors Saint Danze of the Sanctuary Empire and Saint Jialin of The Divine Auffa Empire at the lead.
Before this, they had been pressed under the spider web, and the moment the web disappeared, they immediately soared into the sky. They saw Long Yi, Ai Lin, and Little Zi standing in front of Adaman’s body, which bore no wounds and was laid out straight.
Could it be that they won?
Both Emperors felt incredulous. To win against the mid-level plane’s Beast Queen? Just how powerful could these two be? But why were there no signs of a fight at the scene?
Seeing the arrival of the two Emperors, Long Yi and Ai Lin slightly moved apart from each other, as they were still enemies.
"Mr. Long Yi! Miss Ai Lin! Are you alright?" The two Emperors descended from the sky, with their troops landing noisily behind them.
"Aren’t we just fine? I’m very strong, even if someone is holding me back, I can cope," said Long Yi.
"Indeed, even if someone is weak, I can easily kill Adaman myself," Ai Lin said.
Both Emperors immediately gave a bitter smile. It seems these two still don’t get along, but Adaman’s death was a fact.
"You two were actually able to defeat the Beast Queen? That’s really amazing!"
Saint Jialin said excitedly.
"Well, to be honest, if you say I could kill Adaman, I accept that responsibility without dispute, but I can’t beat that Beast Queen," Long Yi shook his head.
"You can’t defeat her? Could it be Miss Ai Lin?" Saint Danze was shocked—was Ai Lin that powerful?
"Of course not me, I definitely can’t match the Beast Queen. In fact, it was the Beast Queen who killed Adaman," Ai Lin said.
"The Giant Beast Empress killed Adaman? What happened?" Both emperors were puzzled.
"Actually, it’s not much of a story. There was a problem with Adaman’s summoning process. Although he summoned the Giant Beast Empress, he failed to provide the agreed-upon offering. As a result, the Giant Beast Empress, in a fit of rage, devoured his soul and all of his energy," explained Long Yi, sticking to the story he had fabricated beforehand.
"After Adaman died, the summoning spell expired, but the Spider Silk of the Giant Beast Empress remained until now, which is why we’ve only just regained our freedom," said Ai Lin.
So, it was like this!
The two emperors were struck dumb; the turn of events was simply too dramatic. At first, they had thought that Long Yi and Ai Lin surely stood no chance against Adaman; but as the battle began, they realized Adaman was no match for Long Yi and Ai Lin; and when Adaman summoned Isrile, they believed that Adaman was certain to win. Yet in the end, it seemed the Giant Beast Empress had triumphed!
None of Adaman’s disciples, except for Landers, survived. Around the vast arena, the stands showed no sign of anyone except for some bloodstains left behind a moment ago.
At this point, neither of the emperors had the desire to linger here any longer, with so many matters to attend to in the aftermath of today’s battle.
However, Long Yi and Ai Lin had no intention of leaving just yet.
"Cough cough, you all go ahead. Let me stay here a bit longer to savor the memory of my spectacular performance in battle," Long Yi signaled to Saint Danze with a look, and Saint Danze understood, nodding in response.
"You should go ahead. We plan to discuss what to do next right here," Ai Lin said to Long Yi, while subtly gesturing to Saint Jialin.
At this moment, both Saint Danze and Saint Jialin suddenly realized something—Adaman was dead, but his wealth and his Giant heritage still existed! How much wealth had Adaman accumulated in his three hundred years of seclusion on this planet? How many Giant legacies?
Clearly, both sides had the same idea.
Just then, Long Yi, Little Zi, and Ai Lin almost simultaneously took to the air!
"All of this old geezer’s treasure is mine! Don’t even think you’ll find it!" Long Yi bellowed.
"You have the nerve to claim the treasure after that performance! It’s clearly all mine!" Ai Lin shouted fiercely, and both of them charged in a certain direction.
Meanwhile, the two emperors and a large group of soldiers were using magic to fly fast behind them! At the same time, the two emperors also secretly ordered their forces to seize anything they found!
Just now, Little Zi’s avatar had obtained all of Adaman’s secrets from his soul, which naturally included the location of his treasure. Adaman had indeed accumulated a considerable fortune over the past three hundred years, but Long Yi wasn’t too interested in this wealth. He just wanted to know if there was anything suitable for him.
The Giant-armed round shield had been safely stored away by Long Yi, and it also provided him with a new talent skill. Every so often, Long Yi could become immune to a single instance of energy damage. Additionally, Long Yi could activate the round shield, using the power of the Giant to obtain a shield, which could be stacked on top of a Mana shield.
Long Yi was fond of this defensive talent enhancement. As someone who enjoyed close combat, the greater his defense, the more aggressively he could fight.
The versatile tool had been given to Ai Lin, as such a weapon of myriad forms was not suited for Long Yi but rather for the nimble and delicate Ai Lin. However, at this moment Ai Lin simply stored it away, and it did not have much use.
The trio flew through the air at great speed, with the roaring wind in their ears and vapor trails caused by air disturbances in their wake. They had already surpassed the speed of sound, with the booming noises and vibrations being blocked by the shield barrier that Long Yi had just acquired, allowing the three to travel almost unhindered.
After some time, the three finally came to a broken-down cabin. The ground bore traces of an Array, but since the caster was dead, the Array was no longer operational. However, with the talented Mage Ai Lin present, restoring the Array was not a difficult task.
"This is the Teleportation Array. Adaman usually meets his students in this humble cabin; it looks quite simple, but this Array can connect to different locations, one of which leads to Adaman’s luxurious lair."
Little Zi said, obtaining this information by reading Adaman’s soul.
Ai Lin scrutinized the remaining traces of the Array on the ground, and her body’s Arrays spun and combined until she finally reactivated the Array in front of them.
Long Yi looked up into the distant sky. The Emperors and soldiers of the two nations were nowhere to be seen, with even the fastest scouts unable to catch up to them.
"Let’s go!"
Long Yi, Ai Lin, and Little Zi entered the Teleportation Array together.
Meanwhile, at the rear, soldiers from the two nations had already started fighting.
Both sides knew that the battle for treasured loot was about to begin. During the fight between Adaman and Long Yi and Ai Lin, the soldiers had no chance to play a part. They didn’t even dare to think about it, but now that Adaman was dead and all his disciples had vanished, Long Yi and Ai Lin had become so powerful that they didn’t even regard the Ancient powerhouses. This boosted the soldiers’ confidence greatly from both sides.
Ai Lin had provided the soldiers of The Divine Auffa Empire with new magical knowledge, while Long Yi had given Divine Armor with new spellcasting abilities to the soldiers of the Sanctuary Empire, placing both forces among the top in the entire Plane!
Their immense self-confidence meant neither side was willing to give in; they knew the other was vying for Adaman’s treasures. It was unclear who initiated it, but the two sides started clashing in midair while flying. Eventually, they simply stopped flying and began bombarding each other with Magic in mid-air!
The Emperors of both sides tried to stop them repeatedly, for the most important task at hand was still to compete for the treasures, and bombarding each other in midair was just foolish! But after several attempts to stop the chaos, the fighting resumed each time. So, the Emperors began to blame each other for the lack of action, and any semblance of an alliance that had been formed between the two sides vanished without a trace. In the end, both Emperors took their respective groups away from each other and set off anew. Soldiers who could not engage in aerial magic combat silently raced each other, with both sides moving incredibly fast. However, with the Divine Armor amplifying their spells, the soldiers of the Sanctuary Empire took the lead due to the combined effect of their magic, which transformed the power of their spells. Despite this advantage, because of the large number of troops, even though the Sanctuary Empire was slightly faster, it only arrived a bit earlier than The Divine Auffa Empire. The soldiers from The Divine Auffa Empire, having learned new formulas taught by Ai Lin, had a greater individual casting ability than those of the Sanctuary Empire.
Both sides landed on either side of the Array, which was still operational. The Emperors of the two nations stared into each other’s eyes and almost simultaneously stepped onto the Array. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
