Chapter 435: The Ruins Open Again (II)

Chapter 435: The Ruins Open Again (II)

The Red Moon delegation collectively frowned, not understanding their leader’s intentions.

“When I left, the leader said that Hou Xiaochen cannot sustain long intervals of strength. He is very strong, but he must conclude battle quickly. Therefore, we will whittle away at him bit by bit.

“Additionally, all we need to do when we reach Battle Heaven is to determine if it is the real Battle Heaven.”

“......” This left the group even more confused. The real Battle Heaven? What did that mean?

Green Moon was equally resigned. This was how their leader operated at times. His words made absolutely no sense.

“Our leader means to say... he means... I don’t know how to explain it either. You guys know his style. All he said that we’ll naturally know if it’s the real Battle Heaven. If not, we won’t feel it either.”

The group exchanged wordless glances with each other. Forget it, they weren’t going to dwell further on this. They understood in the sense that Ying Hongyue didn’t have specific demands, other than Li Hao being the only concrete goal. Plainly, the young man was more important than any origin weapon in their leader’s eyes.

It was all the more confusing. Was Li Hao really that important? In that case, why didn’t they bring their full strength to bear against the young man? Why did they split up their forces to hunt Yuan Shuo? Or was Yuan Shuo equally as much of a threat?

Additionally, their leader couldn’t easily leave their headquarters, or it’d give government agencies such as the Night Watchers a chance to dismantle a core Red Moon position. But there were many powerhouses among the elder council, some of whom were listed on the Divine Masters Ranking. Why had they gone missing as well?

While the Seven Moons of Red Moon were the leading figures of the organization, things were a bit complicated. Whether out of loyalty to past relationships or simply a lecherous nature... Ying Hongyue had assigned purely women to the first generation of Seven Moons.

It wasn’t until the second generation that men such as Blue Moon were chosen. Therefore, the strength of the Seven Moons was inconsistent. Some were weaker than those of the elder council, but none of the elders complained. Everyone knew that Red Moon answered to one family. Ying Hongyue was the leader, so it didn’t matter if his lovers were the leaders or not.

Although some of the delegation were still very confused as to their mission in the ruins, they also knew that Ying Hongyue had an eccentric temper. He would explain more if one caught him in a good mood, but explode with rage if asked when he was in a sour mood. An irritable Ying Hongyue was a frightening prospect.

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Not only was Red Moon discussing their plans, but so was Yama. The Parity King was the most infuriated of all. He stalked around their camp with a glowering expression. It was one thing that the Revolution King had yet to return, but his sixteen hell masters had also gone missing!

He’d given orders that if they failed to catch up to Li Hao, they should rush back before the ruins opened. And yet, his men were well aware that the ruins would open first thing tomorrow morning, but there was no sign of them to be seen.

Where the hell were they??

Ash Mountain was very dangerous.

Parity’s strength would greatly increase with his sixteen hell masters. He was just a mid Nova if they did not return. Highly cantankerous, he kept sending scouts to look for his men.

You bastard Revolution! Die if you must, don’t drag my people down with you!

......

As the three great organizations urgently waited for word of their own, the night grew long without any clues. The clock ticked over to the 28th.

The ruins would open again when dawn broke; people crowded the entrance before any rays of sunlight hit the horizon.

A group of Night Watchers and Silver Moon Guards surrounded the cliff face, preventing the crowd from pressing up to the entrance. The two government institutions were under enormous pressure as there were too many people and experts present. Most were here for treasure, but quite a few were here for Hou Xiaochen.

More people gathered the more time went on. Some renowned personnel made themselves known as well.

The Red Moon youngster was looking at all the people who Li Hao had identified as concealing their identities! He was pinpointing all the powerful ones, including some martial masters!

......

At the same time, on the Red Moon side.

“There are a couple Solars in the crowd,” transmitted the young man as he glanced around. “I can’t tell if there’s any Novas yet, but the Solars can’t conceal their broken supernatural locks. I can tell that four of their locks have broken...

“There are also some formidable martial masters present with aura around them.”

The youngster’s eyes were slightly different—he had more whites in his eyes. However, that was only discernible through close examination.

Green Moon didn’t mind. “Look at Hou Xiaochen!” she transmitted.

Hou Xiaochen had arrived in the distance.

Blood flooded the young man’s eyes. He grunted before responding, “I can’t see anything... just a spear that threatens to split the void. I can’t keep looking at him. If I do, my eyes will be crippled!”

Green Moon greeted these words solemnly. That strong? The youngster in front of her was one of the Heaven’s Eyes.

It was very difficult to train one. Although the organization didn’t have many of them, they’d gone to the trouble of bringing a veteran Heaven’s Eye to Rift Canyon so they could better observe the various factions and the dangers within the ruins. Who would’ve thought that they’d come up short against Hou Xiaochen?

......

In the distance.

Hou Xiaochen looked at the Red Moon delegation and smiled at the youngster. He murmured to the person next to him, “A Heaven’s Eye... how nice to have one’s heavenly eye opened. They can see things that others cannot. It’s rumored that Li Hao also has his open. What do you guys think?”

No one replied.

Kong Jie was also looking around and asked after a while, “Ole Hou, do you think Li Hao’s here?”

“I don’t know.”

“You’re too humble!” Kong Jie laughed. “He should be. Forget it, he must have his own thoughts. Ole Hou, there are a lot of powerhouses here this time. Are you confident?”

“I’ll need the inspector general to look after me.”

“Hah, nah, I can’t do it!” Kong Jie chuckled.

“Earthturner Sword is here again?” Hou Xiaochen suddenly frowned at a person far away.

“......” The group followed his gaze and saw Hong Yitang burrowing into the crowd like he was an ordinary person. Hou Xiaochen remained quietly frowning, while Golden Spear raised an eyebrow.

“Earthturner Sword... is growing ever more dispirited these days.”

How was that how the second sword of the Seven Swords should comport himself?

Manager Yu and Berserk also looked over without a word.