Chapter 975: Chapter 736: Slaying Monsters for Equipment
"I apologize, I did not leave, but urgent news just arrived, and I went to check the message," one person said.
"I did the same," another person said.
"Excellent, now we have gathered eight people to deal with two. Even if they possess the strength of ancient powerhouses, surely the eight of us can handle them?"
Nielan said.
At that moment, one of the group suddenly spoke up, "Since everyone here is determined to kill Long Yi, there’s no need for us to hide anything anymore. I’ll go first."
He said, and his psychic disguise vanished. Everyone saw that this person was Lou Aran, the one with the closest ties to The Divine Auffa Empire!
"Lou Aran, you really are here. I knew you wouldn’t tolerate Ai Lin throwing her weight around on your turf!" Nielan said with a laugh.
"Hmph! This little girl has repeatedly defied and humiliated me. If she grows too influential, she will become a major threat. I never intended to let my enemies live long," Lou Aran said.
Following Lou Aran’s example, the others also removed their disguises, one by one.
"Borca, you’re joining too? That’s a real surprise," Lou Aran said to a middle-aged man nearby.
"Slade is one of my most prized disciples. I never intended to let this grudge go so easily!" Borca said.
If Long Yi and Ai Lin had been there, they would have recognized two individuals. During the struggle for that massive Cosmic Stone in the cosmic space, it was these two who fought fiercely, providing Long Yi the opportunity to take the entire gigantic Cosmic Stone! They found out who Long Yi was through various means and confirmed that he was the one who took the massive Cosmic Stone. However, they did not reveal it to anyone, even though letting people know that Long Yi had the huge Cosmic Stone could have quickly helped them to take revenge. But once the secret of the Cosmic Stone was discovered, they were not certain they could keep it safe. So they intended to take this opportunity to take back the Cosmic Stone, regardless of whether it would reveal their intentions or not.
Soon, everyone had completely removed their disguises, knew each other well, and had made a pact. They were only waiting for Long Yi to walk into their trap.
A few days after Long Yi and Ai Lin issued their loud and clear message, almost everyone in this Plane understood that this time, they were targeting those ancient powerhouses with insidious intentions. Long Yi went even further to declare that these ancient powerhouses, who hoarded the Giants’ inheritance day and night, were the parasites of the Plane. They occupied wealth left to the entire Plane by the Giants but did not know how to give back to the Plane.
Everyone thought that Long Yi and Ai Lin would choose to keep a low profile, but unexpectedly, they were incredibly high-profile. They told everyone in this plane with their actions that they simply did not take these so-called ancient powerhouses seriously! If they could kill one, they could kill a second one!
However, the news of ancient powerhouses forming an alliance to deal with Long Yi and Ai Lin still left many people incredulous. In the eyes of the average person, ancient powerhouses were the embodiment of strength, the truly invincible. That Long Yi and Ai Lin had killed one ancient powerhouse didn’t prove much, after all, anyone could have an off day. But now, the alliance of ancient powerhouses was proof enough of everything.
It showed, it showed that they were afraid!
At this time, Long Yi and Ai Lin were perfectly justified to work together. Ai Lin came to the Sanctuary Empire, and Long Yi had a private villa where Little Zi had long prepared a room for Ai Lin. Ai Lin discussed the Teleportation Gate research data together with the Fair Arena data belonging to Long Yi. Even though the two were not closely related, they could still understand some of the Giant’s approaches to technical implementation through certain details.
Although the two of them hadn’t yet felt it, the entire plane was actually already starting to experience unrest. Ancient powerhouses who had always been in hiding began to take action, and their disciples moved about incessantly. They were gathering information on Long Yi and Ai Lin—some for the sake of being cautious in case Long Yi came knocking on their doors, and others were simply out of pure curiosity.
Little Zi was able to catch several uninvited guests every day. For these people, he uniformly brainwashed them before letting them go. And the colossal Red Demon Scorpion patrolled around the villa imposingly every day. As soon as Little Zi gave an order, a deadly poison beam would strike, and even a Sanctuary Mage would absolutely faint from the intense pain if struck by this beam.
And the more mysterious Long Yi and Ai Lin were by staying behind closed doors, the more speculation there was from the outside world. After all, by this time, Long Yi and Ai Lin were essentially declaring war on the entire ancient powerhouse class. According to general understanding, they would not dare to brazenly challenge the ancient powerhouses without some trump cards. And now, their seclusion fueled the belief that they were researching how to deal with those ancient powerhouses!
Indeed, Long Yi and Ai Lin did not show themselves for a whole half-month, intensely enjoying their own sweet little world. Of course, most of their time was definitely not spent in bed. To contend with those ancient powerhouses, Long Yi didn’t plan to go to battle empty-handed.
Therefore, Long Yi moved the golems he had kept in his private space.
These battle golems were created by the Darkness clan at the end of the war against the Black Dragon Empire in the Human Realm, and they were quite powerful. But due to the limitations of the energy levels in the Human Realm, it was difficult for them to gain a full advantage. Now, Long Yi had switched all their internal cores to be powered by fragments of Cosmic Stones. Such a lavish power supply method could almost provide the battle golems with an endless energy source.
Long Yi needed these battle golems not to deal with ancient powerhouses. These battle golems were powerful, but still fell short against ancient powerhouses. These ancient powerhouses would inevitably have many followers and disciples, and Long Yi intended to use these battle golems to eliminate those followers.
The Cosmic Stone was highly versatile, and the modification of these battle golems went very smoothly. After that, Ai Lin’s task became inscribing new arrays onto these golems. During their time in the Human Realm, the golems’ main job was to deal with the Undead, and the limited energy shields they had were only to resist the charge of the Undead. But in this world of magic, the battle golems would face a lot more magic damage, so Ai Lin needed to engrave new magic defensive arrays onto them.
These new arrays took inspiration from some Red Demon Scorpion magical rune armor, effectively reducing the threat of magic. Ai Lin made full use of the universal tool she had received from Adaman. With the help of the Giant tablet, this universal tool truly became all-purpose. Ai Lin only needed to infuse it with Mana, and it could complete the wiping of old arrays and the engraving of new ones within minutes! And compared to humans doing it by hand, the universal tool engraved arrays more accurately and uniformly.
In just half a month, Long Yi and Ai Lin managed to complete the core replacement and array engraving for a whole ten thousand battle golems.
As the two of them left the villa, the two emperors waiting outside were so moved they nearly cried.
"It’s good that you’re okay! That’s what matters!"
Emperors Saint Jialin and Saint Danze had entrusted almost everything of their empires to Ai Lin and Long Yi. They were very worried that something unexpected might have happened to the pair, and they really wanted to go inside. However, the Red Demon Scorpion guarding the villa didn’t care who it was, any step taken close to the boundary line, and a deadly beam would immediately strike.
"Of course, we’re fine. But what about you guys? Instead of busying yourselves with running the country, what are you doing here?" Long Yi asked with a smile.
"You’re still in the mood to joke? The whole plane is practically upside down now! There are all sorts of rumors flying around, and not a single one is in your favor!" Saint Jialin exclaimed.
"What does it matter whether the news is to our advantage or not? We don’t live by news alone," Ai Lin said, rolling her eyes at Emperor Saint Jialin.
"Alright, fine! So what do you plan to do next?" Saint Danze asked.
"What else can we do? Just like what we said before, since they’ve come to provoke me, then I can’t just let them go! Kill the people! Take their stuff! Mine, mine! All mine!" Long Yi said with a laugh.
The two emperors looked at each other speechless. That was so typical of Long Yi to say, utterly unconstructive. Then, they both turned their gaze towards Ai Lin, who shrugged her shoulders: "I agree with the first half of what he said, but obviously, all those things should be mine!"
Then, before the two emperors and a group of soldiers, Ai Lin and Long Yi went on to argue endlessly about who was stronger.
"Come on! You two better think about hiding somewhere!" Saint Danze interrupted loudly.
"Hide? Are you joking? We just got this perfect, legitimate chance to kill and loot. You want us to hide? Have you lost your mind?" Long Yi shook his head, looking at the emperor as if he were an idiot.
"But! Those people are really strong! And you don’t even know who your enemies are!" Saint Jialin shouted.
"Of course, they’re strong! But not as strong as us! As for who my enemies are, I surely do know!" Ai Lin declared.
"You know?" both emperors asked in unison.
"We know!" Long Yi and Ai Lin responded in chorus.
Indeed, during the past half a month that Long Yi and Ai Lin had been in seclusion, people had continuously been slipping them secret information, revealing the details of their enemies’ secret meetings, including how they planned to go after Long Yi and target Ai Lin. It was for this reason that Long Yi and Ai Lin could leisurely stay there and modify their combat golems.
The reason they chose to leave today was that the ancient powerhouses had decided to launch a surprise attack on Long Yi’s little villa!
While a house was not particularly valuable, it would still be a pity if it got destroyed, especially since it had been their home for a while. Most importantly, it could cause harm to innocent bystanders. Long Yi always aimed to keep a clear conscience, and he didn’t want to be involved in harming innocents because of himself.
So they decided—today! Right now! They would take the offensive!
"How do you plan to leave? All the spaceports are being monitored by them now," Saint Danze asked. As an emperor, he naturally kept constant vigilance over his surroundings, and there were many unfamiliar faces around the spaceports at the moment. Some of them were indeed citizens of the Sanctuary Empire but had not appeared in the right places at the right times, which made their intentions very clear—they were there to monitor Long Yi.
Long Yi chuckled slyly and beckoned the two emperors to come closer, then he lowered his voice.
"Do you remember we’ve been working on the Teleportation Gates recently?"
"Could it be?"
"Yes, we’ll first teleport to a certain planet, and then we’ve already arranged for a spaceship."
The two emperors were speechless. Indeed, these two were determined to fight it out with the ancient powerhouses to the end.
"So, you guys don’t have to worry. Just get ready to see us return laden with countless treasures!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly passes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)
