Chapter 2324: High-Ether-Cla.s.s Divine Wonder
Dongshen Yue spoke to Dongshen Zhuojun through the gold transmission stone. Soon after, Dongshen Zhuojun of the Grandnorth Dongshen Clan returned with questions. Dongshen Yue quickly explained what happened. "Ill hand the girls over to you first. If we dont come back, take them to Mount Taia. Ill leave Feng'er to you as well. You must keep these children alive."
"The ebons mustve paid someone from another mundus to do this!" Dongshen Zhuojun angrily said.
"So what if we know?" There wasnt anything they could do, since the one who executed this wasnt an ebon.
"Should I go with you?" Dongshen Zhuojun asked.
"No, someone mustve cleared the way and offered protection for an outsider to dare to do something like this in Ebonia. Once you show up, Gou Dan is dead," Dongshen Yue helplessly said.
"Give me a sign when youre there, and notify me as soon as hes is safe!" Dongshen Zhuojun said.
"Okay."
"I'll take a few people, all you have to do is hold on. So what if the ebons cleared a path for them? I'd like to see how theyre going to escape! How dare an outsider behave so boldly in the Infinitum Bodhimanda?!"
Although the ebons had made secret arrangements, they wouldnt dare openly help them. Of course, they wouldnt be afraid if the killer died once the mission was deemed a failure. They wouldnt have lost anything.
"If we die, take care of the children, Jun!" Dongshen Yue patted his shoulder.
"Don't worry, Aunt. The kids wont die as long as the Grandnorth Dongshen Clan stands, as long as Im alive!" Dongshen Zhuojun a.s.sured.
"Youre a good child." Dongshen Yue was dissatisfied with many people, but she was very pleased with Dongshen Zhuojun. He was the future of the Grandnorth Dongshen Clan! When Dongshen Yang dies, he would be perfect to take over Mount Taia.
"Laoer, lets go." The two quickly disappeared in the darkness. There was no way they could go on their astrals.h.i.+p. What they wanted was an opportunity to kill the old couple, and how was their opponent supposed to do that if they came in an astrals.h.i.+p? It would be very easy for them to kill the hostage.
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In the depths of the darkness, the black ocean was surging.
"Theyve left" Putting away the transmission stone, Xuan Hua smiled gently at his other half beside him.
"Just the two of them?"
"We cant do anything about that. Itd be too obvious if we asked them to bring Weisheng Moran. What we can do is kill the two, then find a way to get the little one. According to the ebons, they handed the child to Dongshen Zhuojun of the Grandnorth Dongshen Clan. Once Lin Dans safe, Dongshen Zhuojun will probably immediately head over in his astrals.h.i.+p and bring Weisheng Moran with him. We can take her away in the chaos, Xuan Hua said.
"This Dongshen Zhuojun is about the same age as us," Gu Zhao pointed out.
They were well aware of Dongshen Zhuoyun's current situation. Because of the pressure from the ebons, he didnt have many reliable friends, so he would be sure to take Moran with him.
"About the same? It's a pity that hes alone, but theres two of us." Xuan Hua grinned.
Gu Zhao smiled as well. Then, narrowing her eyes, she said, "Since thats the case, let's get him to come sooner."
"You mean to release the hostage as soon as Lin Xiao gets here? Would that leave enough time for us to kill Lin Xiao and Dongshen Yue?" Xuan Hua asked.
"Judging from their performance in the clan council hall, well have more than enough time. But we cant release the hostage as soon as they arrive. The old couple might just run away," Gu Zhao said .
"I understand. Only if we kill the hostage will they refuse to leave." Xuan Hua glanced at Lin Dan behind him, his eyes filled with contempt.
"Poor guy. Dont blame ustheyre the ones that caused your death!" A mischievous smile appeared on Gu Zhaos innocent, harmless face.
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"Ghostmist Valley!"
In the darkness, Lin Xiao and Dongshen Yue stood atop a black saber-toothed tiger, tearing through the cloaking barrier. They transformed into a ray of dark starlight and shot into the distance. Soon, they saw their destination, Ghostmist Valley. Ebonia was enormous, and given the speed of their lifebound beasts, it had taken them an hour to get here. However, Ghostmist Valley wouldnt have seemed that far from the OldG.o.d Domain if they were traveling on an astrals.h.i.+p.
Ghostmist Valley was a large and deep basin. It had supposedly been formed when a skypiercer-cla.s.s nova source world crashed into the surface in ancient times. The eruption of underground nova source had formed a mist that filled the valley all year round. Many nova wildbeasts climbed to the surface via Ghostmist Valley, wreaking havoc all around. As a result, there were few signs of human habitation in the area around the valley, which was known as a place of terror. The depths of Ghostmist Valley was even the closest place to the fusion formation on the surface of the world.
"Hmm. Isnt Ghostmist Valley a vast basin? Howd it become an ocean?" Dongshen Yue looked around. Under the black clouds ahead, what should have been an abyss had turned into a blue ocean similar to the Infinitum Swordsea, with no end in sight.
"Given the size of the valley, this ocean is at least a hundred times deeper than the Infinitum Swordsea. When was there such an increase in water?" Dongshen Yue was extremely puzzled.
"That isnt an ocean. Its a divine wonder. Lin Xiao frowned.
"A divine wonder big enough to fill the entire Ghostmist Valley? How big would that be!" Dongshen Yue exclaimed.
As cultivators of the Infinitum Mundus, they had very little experience in fighting wondermancers.
"That means our opponent is a top expert of the divine wonderians. The ebons are so great theyre able to command a divine wonderian expert! Lin Xiao grit his teeth.
"Maybe it's just a transaction and both parties get what they need.
So what do the divine wonderians need?"
"Well know in a while."
"I only hope they keep their promise and let Gou Dan live. As long as he lives, Ill fight them, if thats what they want. Ive only come across wondermancers a few times in my life. Id like to see how strong they are."
"An expert like this shouldnt make him suffer as long as we come as they ask...."
They exchanged a look filled with worry.
"Lets go!"
As soon as they entered the ocean, they could clearly feel the difference between an actual ocean and one that had appeared out of thin air. The water was composed of an enormous divine wonder that powered a formation. The moment they entered, they were imprisoned by their opponent's formation.
"This is a high-ether-cla.s.s divine wonder!"
Divine wonders adopted the same cla.s.sification as nova wildbeasts. A wondermancer with a high-ether-cla.s.s divine wonder was about as strong as an high-ether-cla.s.s nova wildbeast, or a beastmaster or totemancer at advanced levels of the Cosmic Cartography stage. High-ether-cla.s.s nova wildbeasts were terrifying, second only to infinitum-cla.s.s ones. They were countless times stronger than low-sanctuary-cla.s.s beasts, like the superfiend, and even if the superfiend were to develop to its peak, it would merely be a low-ether-cla.s.s which was still a long way from high-ether cla.s.s.