Chapter 1227: Found Out?
Aldrian and the twins observed the battle calmly. Although the shockwaves of the battle also swept toward them, none of them were affected since each had created their own barrier.
Aldrian had already turned this area into his domain. Now, his domain stretched across seven thousand kilometres if it was not built at a faith gathering spot. Although that size looked enormous, in reality, it was still lacking compared to other domains of the same level.
Normally, someone at Immortal Overlord Stage would possess a domain spanning tens of thousands of kilometres, depending on their resources and talent in nurturing their domain.
But Aldrian never cared much about the size of his domain. The most important thing was the effect of his domain.
Seeing the battle before them, Aldrian and the twins quickly understood that the two groups belonged to the followers of Avergis and Tarius.
The twins already knew that Aldrian had caused a rift between Tarius and Avergis, so they were not surprised to see both sides fighting each other.
They were truly amazed by the Great Emperor’s schemes, capable of fooling even two gods.
"Two Immortal Overlords, six Immortal Lords, and ten Immortal Warriors. Quite decent power for a small group," the black-haired twin, Zervan, said.
"Maybe they are from one of the major factions of this world? For a small group to possess this kind of strength, those Immortal Overlord cultivators might be important figures," the white-haired twin, Zarven, said.
Aldrian remained silent for a moment before speaking.
"Whatever the case, they are our first clue for gathering information. Now, I want both of you to bring me the strongest from both groups alive."
"What about the rest, Your Majesty?" Zervan asked.
"Kill them," Aldrian replied without hesitation, causing the twins to smile slightly.
"As you wish, Your Majesty."
Not even two seconds after their voices faded and their figures disappeared from beside Aldrian, everyone except the Immortal Overlord cultivators began dying one after another at intervals of a second.
Aldrian, who witnessed this scene, nodded in amazement. Even though the twins were still bound to the Immortal Realm, they had already shown him why they were among the most feared assassins even during his era as the Great Emperor.
They truly killed without leaving anything that could be detected.
Every strike targeted the soul directly.
The stab wounds always appeared on their victims’ foreheads, ensuring that even immortals died completely without any chance of escaping with their souls.
The twins could hide within different layers of space even while attacking their targets. Their attacks also did not exude any energy or cause any shift in space, making the victims unable to detect anything even at the moment of death.
Worse still, they could teleport, and their teleportation technique was so smooth that it left no ripples within the layers of space. If anyone could see them, the twins looked no different from Aldrian when he teleported within his own domain.
If not for his domain, even Aldrian would have difficulty following their movements.
The two Immortal Overlord cultivators, who were still fighting each other, finally realized that their subordinates were dying one by one until only the two of them remained.
But before they could think further about who was responsible for the deaths, they suddenly felt something tiny pierce their necks. Less than two seconds later, weakness spread throughout their bodies, causing them to collapse onto the ground. They could no longer move their bodies and could only move a few muscles on their faces.
’What just happened?!’
That was the thought in both of their minds.
They had not sensed anyone, yet they were already incapacitated.
But one thing was certain in their minds. Someone outside their parties had attacked them!
’Poison?’ The black-robed man thought.
Their hearts shook. Since they could not sense the attacker and were so easily incapacitated, they believed the attacker was most likely an Immortal Saint cultivator!
Before they could think further, they felt their bodies being pulled by an invisible force toward one side. A moment later, they were thrown onto the ground.
As their faces touched the ground, they saw a pair of feet before them. They wanted to raise their heads to see the person, but they could not.
"Your Majesty."
Both of them also heard two other voices, which finally made them realize that there were three people!
Zervan and Zarven looked proud after carrying out Aldrian’s order, and Aldrian could clearly see that.
For Zervan and Zarven, they wanted to show their abilities to the Great Emperor, so they carried out his order in the best way possible. This journey was a chance for them to show what they were capable of before the Great Emperor!
Aldrian focused on the two Immortal Overlord cultivators who now looked powerless before him. Zervan and Zarven had incapacitated them using poison darts formed from poison energy. Having comprehended Poison Laws, the twins could create various poisons suited for different situations.
Aldrian then knelt on one knee before placing his hand on the white-robed man’s forehead. He needed to know where they were at this moment.
When the heavens send him and the twins to the second heaven, the heavens could not choose an exact location within the Second Heaven.
That had been possible in the past before the Second Heaven fell to the invaders.
However, with the Second Heaven already under the invaders’ control and heavily dominated by Avergis, the connection between the First Heaven and the Second Heaven had become much more muddled.
The First Heaven could no longer send Aldrian to the exact place he requested. For example, if he asked to be sent to City A, the heavens could no longer do that.
However, the heavens could still send him to an approximate location.
The day before his ascension, Aldrian had already told the heavens to send him somewhere not too close to the central region of heaven, but also not too far away.
Fortunately, he encountered these people shortly after ascending. Through them, he could quickly learn where they were.
The black-robed man knew what Aldrian was about to do, and he wanted to shout and fight back.
’Fuck, who the fuck are they? How dare they attack followers of the two main gods of this universe?’ he thought.
He then watched as Aldrian searched through the memories of the white-robed man.
’Damnit, these guys are dangerous! They do not care about our identities.’
But then his thoughts suddenly stopped, and his mind trembled as one possibility surfaced within his head.
’Don’t tell me they are from those rebel groups?’
After thinking that, he saw Aldrian stop searching the white-robed man’s memories. The white-robed man’s body trembled for a moment before his breathing stopped.
That sight shook his heart as the white-robed man had died!
Then he saw Aldrian’s hand approaching him.
He wanted to shout and curse at Aldrian, but only muffled sounds came from his throat. Not long after, pain spread through his soul as Aldrian searched through his memories, and his vision gradually turned dark.
That was the last time the man saw the world in this life.
After Aldrian finished searching through his memories, he crushed the soul of the black-robed man.
For immortal cultivators, the most important aspect of their existence was their soul.
To kill an immortal completely, their soul had to be destroyed.
In battle, their bodies might be destroyed, but their souls could still survive, and given enough time and resources, they could regain their bodies.
In soul form, immortals could escape, and because of their tiny and transparent forms, they were far more difficult to catch or destroy.
That was why, to truly kill an immortal, every attack had to affect the soul. Otherwise, one would only destroy the shell.
After Aldrian learned the information about their location, he looked at the twins.
"We are currently—"
He suddenly stopped speaking as he sensed something. Narrowing his eyes, he looked around his surroundings before glancing toward the sky.
Seeing Aldrian act like that, the twins also narrowed their eyes.
"What is it, Your Majesty?" Zervan asked.
"I just felt someone observing us, but the sensation only lasted for a split second before disappearing. I could not clearly determine the direction, but I believe someone truly observed this area before retracting their senses," Aldrian said.
The twins became more solemn.
They had not sensed anything at all, and since Aldrian seemed so certain that someone had observed them, it meant the observer’s senses could not be detected in their current sealed states.
The fact that even Aldrian could barely sense it made them think of one figure.
"Is it Avergis?" Zarven asked.
Aldrian’s expression turned solemn as he looked at the twins.
"That is a possibility," he replied.
"We have to move. We need to find a place where we can blend in with many people."
He then looked toward one direction.
"Let’s go there. There is a city in that direction."
After that, their bodies disappeared.
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Far away from Aldrian and the twins, within the white realm, Avergis’ expression became solemn.
’There is no mistake. I lost control over a tiny part of the Second Heaven. It feels exactly like the sensation from the First Heaven,’ he thought seriously.
This was truly a grim situation. Even though he had only lost control over a tiny part of the Second Heaven, the entire Second Heaven was supposed to already be under his control!
’Don’t tell me that mysterious mortal has already ascended and done something?’
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