Chapter 395: Chapter 279: Tit for Tat, the Soaring Demon Flame Shocks All (Part 2)
Gibraltar, Kunca Mansion.
This was a secular holding of the God-Sealing Alliance, as well as the temporary headquarters for the current secret conflict.
The Five Divine Sealing Veins had not interacted with the mundane world for many years. However, this only referred to direct contact with high-level figures and the secular Cultivation Realm. Having existed for ages and possessing transcendent strength, they still maintained numerous holdings in the Mortal World. At the very least, their core members never had to worry about purely material concerns.
Material wealth, after all, was always an inescapable foundation.
Just a short while ago, Hua Yuanhang had reported the details of the negotiation and Zeno’s condition, causing a considerable stir within Kunca Mansion.
The God-Sealing Alliance dispatched a plane to pick up Hua Yuanhang and his group. They would be arriving at Kunca Mansion very soon.
At that moment, in the first-floor lobby of Kunca Mansion.
The God-Sealing Alliance had posted sentries all around the building, placing it under a complete lockdown. In fact, the entire territory of Gibraltar was already teeming with the Alliance’s informants. Everything was in preparation for the upcoming battle over the Spiritual Talisman.
At that moment, it was said that across all of Gibraltar, the number of Saint Realm experts from the Five Divine Sealing Veins likely numbered in the dozens. This was a truly terrifying figure. As for ordinary members, they were countless, likely numbering over ten thousand.
Within the mansion alone, there were likely no fewer than fifteen members of the Saint Realm.
This was the strength of an ancient organization.
Right now, Kunca Mansion was filled with people from the God-Sealing Alliance, and in the first-floor lobby, quite a few figures had gathered.
Standing at the very front were five people: four men and one woman.
All of Kunca Mansion’s staff recognized these five people.
These were the five Celestial Generals stationed at Kunca Mansion.
"The five Celestial Generals—Carlos, Maxis, Kada, Bai Heng, and Qin Yuan—and so many Spirit Officers from all the different veins... Why are they all gathered here? Is an enemy about to attack? They don’t look very happy."
In a corner of the lobby, a few lower-level staff members of the God-Sealing Alliance were whispering among themselves, startled by the scene.
After all, if an enemy were truly attacking, the consequences would be unthinkable for low-level personnel like them who failed to evacuate the main battlefield in time.
"You guys haven’t heard? Haven’t the Martial Artists from the Starry Sky Country and Donghua Country been making waves recently? I heard the higher-ups took their combat prowess seriously and wanted to recruit them as allies for the coming conflict. But the delegation sent to Donghua apparently ran into some trouble. They were supposedly defeated by the Donghua Martial Artists. One of the Celestial Generals was even seriously injured. And I heard they sent a total of three Celestial Generals on that mission."
"No way. You’ve got to be kidding. Three Celestial Generals couldn’t handle a bunch of worldly Martial Artists? I don’t believe it."
"Yeah, that’s ridiculous. Since when are worldly Martial Artists scarier than a Secret Organization? Stop fearmongering. Be careful, or I’ll report you for spreading rumors and disrupting morale."
"Pfft, believe what you want. You’ll see for yourselves in a bit. Why else would so many Celestial Generals and Spirit Officers be gathered here? They’re here to receive the injured Celestial General, aren’t they? I heard the Donghua Martial Artists used some special technique on him and called it a ’calling card’ for the Alliance leadership. That’s a direct provocation!"
"Is that really what happened?"
"..."
The staff members continued to whisper among themselves.
And this commotion, even from dozens of meters away, how could it escape the sharp senses of Carlos and the others?
Their expressions darkened further.
But there was nothing they could say. It was the truth, after all. News like this was bound to get out; you can’t stop people from talking.
’The Donghua Martial Artists were too damn arrogant. It was one thing to injure and capture a member of their organization, but to go so far as to use their arts for a provocation? They were utterly audacious, treating the Alliance as if it were nothing.’
"Carlos, how much longer until they arrive?"
Maxis was a handsome, middle-aged white man. At this moment, his deep-set eyes narrowed slightly as he asked in a low voice.
"Soon. They should arrive within five minutes."
Carlos said, glancing at his watch.
"What’s the situation, exactly? How dare these mortals provoke us from so far away? What kind of restriction did they place on him?"
Another young man named Bai Heng, with yellowish-brown skin, asked with a slight frown.
"What the hell are Hua Yuanhang and Dailina good for? Reporting this kind of news? It’s bad enough that three Celestial Generals and five Spirit Officers couldn’t handle the Donghua People and got their delegation leader captured. But they can’t even break a simple restriction set by them? What a disgrace to the Fruit Positions they inherited!"
The young man named Kada snorted coldly as he spoke. He had dark brown skin, a cigar dangled from his mouth, and his hair was in dreadlocks.
"I heard they didn’t even try to remove the restriction, saying they were afraid that a careless mistake could endanger Zeno’s life."
The last to speak was Qin Yuan, a young woman with skin as white as snow, phoenix eyes, and willow-leaf brows—a born seductress. Though her tone was cold, it possessed a languid quality that could turn a man’s bones to jelly.
The five Celestial Generals stationed at the mansion came from each of the Five Divine Sealing Veins, and they served their respective leaders.
"Whatever happens, we absolutely cannot let the leaders handle this personally. If we do, it will be our disgrace."
’It was bad enough that a delegation of three Celestial Generals had failed to suppress them. If they couldn’t even counter the enemy’s techniques and had to ask their leaders to intervene, then what use were they?’
