Last time, Adrian Hayes, the junior pavilion master of Saint Sky Sword Pavilion, split a single ancient sword into nine clones during the Dragon and Phoenix List competition. Now, Caesar Santos could split a total of fifteen clones. This alone showed that his strength far surpassed that of Adrian Hayes.
“Not bad. It’s quite interesting!” Milo Guzman chuckled as he watched the countless sword shadows fill the sky. “However, it’s been so long since we last met and you can only barely create fifteen clones? You’re too weak!”
As soon as his words fell, Milo’s aura exploded like a bombshell. He took several large steps forward and simultaneously drew countless afterimages in mid-air with both hands. The air around him gradually began to spin faster and faster until it formed a vortex with a diameter of several hundred meters centered on him.
Within moments, all objects within range were lifted up into mid-air by this vortex – including rocks and trees – flying everywhere and blocking out the sun.
It was no wonder why a Sovereign powerhouse was so feared; just this level of aura alone was enough to make emperor realm warriors feel hopeless.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The next moment came muffled sounds from mid-air as Caesar Santos’ fifteen ancient swords exploded upon piercing through the vortex in an instant.
“Lie down!”
Milo Guzman’s voice rang out from within the center of the vortex at once. At that same moment, an imposing force shot out from within it like high-pressure airwaves crashing towards Caesar Santos who had no choice but to activate twelve successful defenses forming Chi energy shields trying to block off this attack.
Bang!
A loud noise echoed throughout their surroundings as Caesar Santos flew away like autumn leaves being swept away by wind before heavily landing four or five hundred meters away on barren ground spitting out blood while every bone in his body shattered along with meridians being severed.
“You… you’ve broken through again?” After taking some time to recover himself slightly he looked up at Milo Guzman walking over towards him.
“It’s because you’re progressing too slowly,” Milo Guzman replied indifferently.
“To be able to die by your hand… is not unjustified… give me… a good death.” Said Caesar Santos weakly.
“Alright.”
Without saying another word, Milo Guzman raised his hand and slapped down onto Caesar Santo’s head creating an explosion sound followed by nothing but scattered bloodstains left behind on ground afterwards.
Meanwhile, the battle on Otis Hum’s side had also ended, and the four elders were also blasted into nothingness. And those Daoist men and women who ran towards the entrance of the estate were all lying on the ground, already breathless.
“Take him away!”
Otis Hum then pointed to Gavin Langstaff on the ground and gave instructions.
“Yes!”
After two brothers from Central Sky Office nodded in response, they lifted Gavin Langstaff who was barely alive and walked towards the entrance of the estate.
The next day at noon, Billy received a call from Ivy.
On the phone, Ivy informed Billy that Gavin Langstaff had confessed everything. Apart from himself in Cabinet, there were three other companions. One person’s identity was similar to his own – an official minister in Cabinet. The other two people were both elders in Cabinet; one of them was Hubert West.
What surprised Billy was that Hubert West’s identity was slightly different from what he had imagined. Hubert West did not come from any major super sects but rather Billy’s old rival Ink Pavilion or Ink Room.
Ivy also told Billy something else:
Yesterday after knowing that his identity might have been leaked out, Hubert West tried to escape alone out of the capital city. Later on halfway through he was stopped by Grand Elder of the cabinet, Ernest Shepherd. The two then engaged in a fierce battle for hundreds of rounds before Hubert West suffered heavy injuries by Ernest Shepherd’s hands.
Later on Ernest Shepherd brought back Hubert West to the Cabinet where they extracted information about 18 inside men whom Ink Pavilion had planted within various government offices in the capital city. However, when the Cabinet sent people to arrest them almost half of these people fled after hearing wind blowing their way. The Cabinet originally wanted to interrogate more about core members within Ink Room but unfortunately later on Hubert committed suicide.
On the afternoon of the second day, SHADOW once again interrogated over 200 officials across various government offices inside the capital city. Almost 200 people were publicly executed while dozens more lost their cultivation abilities before leaving the capital city for good.
At this point both martial arts world and Ink Pavilion’s infiltration within the capital could be considered as being cleaned up with a new page turned over for the capital.
On the morning of the third day, White Tiger followed Rakshasa back home for a visit while later that afternoon newlyweds bid farewell with Billy’s group before heading north for their new assignment.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed. Only three days remained until the opening of the National Destiny Channel.
“Boss, things have been unstable in all districts lately. The people lurking in the shadows are all eager to make a move!” One afternoon, Billy, Stout and Night Orchid returned to their office after finishing lunch. Night Orchid spoke up.
“It’s not just people from the ancient martial arts world, there are also many foreign martial artists who have infiltrated Glavale. Obviously they’re all here for the National Destiny.”
“As expected,” Billy nodded slightly.
With Glavale’s National Destiny approaching, it was not good news for either the ancient martial arts world or foreign countries.
For the ancient martial arts world, although they would benefit as descendants of the nation after National Destiny arrived, they were well aware that if it did arrive successfully then the capital would be benefiting most from it. So from a certain perspective they preferred to maintain status quo; at least under current circumstances they could still hold the capital city in check.
But if National Destiny successfully arrived then the capital’s power would inevitably rise significantly and whether or not the ancient martial arts world could continue balancing against them would be unknown territory. As for foreign countries – it went without saying that Glavale’s strong national power made them uneasy. Therefore both sides were bound to try everything possible to stop this event.
“Boss, should we take action early and control these people?” Night Orchid poured a cup of tea for Billy.
“No,” Billy shook his head slightly.
“Obviously they came prepared; SHADOW alone won’t be able to handle them!”
“What do we do then?” Stout asked on one side, “Do we just let them go?”
“Just keep an eye on them so that they don’t cause trouble before National Destiny arrives.” Billy responde, “Everything else can wait until three days later.”
“Boss, are you saying you’ll let them go to the Kun Lun Mountains?” Night Orchid asked with slight surprise after pausing briefly.
“Yes!” Billy nodded slightly. Then his eyes narrowed slightly as he continued, “It’s unrealistic trying to clear out so many people lurking around everywhere within our borders one by one, isn’t it?”
“I understand!” After another brief pause, Night Orchid nodded again.
Perhaps Billy was planning on letting these people gather at the Kun Lun Mountains first before eliminating them at one go. However, with so many people gathering at the Kun Lun Mountains, could they manage to control the situation?
“In fact, these infiltrators in various places are not the biggest threat to our country this time!” Billy took a sip of tea and spoke thoughtfully.
“Huh? What do you mean?” Night Orchid and Stout asked simultaneously.
“Can’t you guess?” Billy smiled lightly.
“In three days, the focus of the entire Glavale kingdom will be on the Kun Lun Mountains. If you were from one of the Western countries, what would you do?”
“Hmm?” Night Orchid’s pupils slightly contracted as she immediately understood.
“Boss, are you saying that on the day when our country faces its destiny, Western countries will launch an attack on our borders?”