Chapter 846: Smash It

By Sanjiu YinyuWord Count: 1278

“This mystic treasure won’t last much longer. Once we’re free, it’s not impossible to catch up to them.”

“As for the public... we’ll just say we intentionally let them go, waiting for an opportunity to draw out other Twilight Society members hidden within the Tianshu Domain... there will always be a way to explain it.”

“That’s right, what the public saw were just three Twilight Society members fleeing in disarray. Public opinion is still on our side.”

Several representatives calmly considered how to handle the aftermath.

A few Twilight Society members in the distance seemed to have tired of their cursing and were leisurely resting in their chairs.

The current situation was perfect for them: their identities hadn’t been exposed, and the three Sixes had successfully used the mystic treasure to escape the Tianshu Domain...

Although they had once again incurred some unwarranted infamy, this was already commonplace for the Twilight Society.

Just then, three figures, striding through the air, swiftly approached from the horizon!

The now completely relaxed Twilight Society members caught sight of the three figures out of the corner of their eyes. Their expressions suddenly froze, and they stared, wide-eyed, in disbelief...

What the hell?!!

How are these three back??

In an instant, the Twilight Society members’ hearts leaped into their throats. They racked their brains but couldn’t understand how these three Sixes could possibly return for a counterattack... As fellow members of the Twilight Society, they couldn’t comprehend the thought process of Chen Ling and the others.

“They’re back??” a Domain representative exclaimed, also frozen in place at the sight.

“How is that possible...? Are they returning now to commit suicide?”

“No, wait...”

The Heaven-Reaching Tower Master watched as Chen Ling and the other two swept past them, heading straight for the majestic stellar pillar that soared into the clouds in the battlefield. He suddenly seemed to realize something.

“They’re going to seize the Heaven-Reaching Stellar Seat!!”

“What?!!”

“Damn it, how dare they?”

“The Heaven-Reaching Stellar Seat holds the destiny of humanity; it’s something the Five Great Domains prepared to cultivate humanity’s top combat power... How can we let members of the Twilight Society occupy it?!”

“They’re insane... absolutely insane! The entire city wants them dead, and they still dare to turn back and snatch the Heaven-Reaching Stellar Seat?!”

Realizing Chen Ling and the two’s intention, all the high-ranking officials of the Five Great Domains present exploded in uproar!

If Chen Ling and the two had restrained them and then fled, it would have been a slap in the face for the Five Great Domains, but not irreparable, as they would have “fled in disarray”;

But for Chen Ling and the two to leave, then unhurriedly return and snatch the Heaven-Reaching Stellar Seat right in front of all the residents and high-ranking officials—how was that any different from outright humiliating the Five Great Domains?

This humiliation was direct, brutal, and irreversible...

It was like a thief entering a house, rummaging around, leaving, and then brazenly walking back in to slap the owner twice across the face.

“Red Heart Six!!!”

The high-ranking officials of the Five Great Domains, pinned to their spectator seats, glared furiously at Chen Ling and the two. Their bodies strained, trying to break free from the restraints of the God-of-Theater’s path, yet they couldn’t budge an inch... Only murderous gazes remained, wishing to tear Chen Ling to shreds.

But for Chen Ling and the two, it meant nothing...

If looks could kill, they would have been slain tens of millions of times already while hovering above the streets.

“They’re desperate now, aren’t they...?”

Sun Bumian shrugged, speaking with a hint of resignation, “As expected, we shouldn’t have gotten involved in this mess. Now we’ve stirred up big trouble.”

“From the moment we were exposed, we were already in trouble,” Chen Ling said calmly. “For the Twilight Society, what’s the difference between a small trouble and a big trouble? Either way, we’ll end up being hunted down.”

“That’s true enough.”

“However, don’t try to actively attack them. Otherwise, the mystic treasure will think we’re inviting them to ‘perform’ together, which would lift their restraints... that would be troublesome.”

“Understood.”

Chen Ling and the two descended from the air, step by step, straight to the center of the shattered battlefield. There, a majestic black throne, bathed in the stellar pillar’s divine light, stood grandly and imposingly.

This was precisely the Heaven-Reaching Stellar Seat that Jian Changsheng had actively summoned using his privilege during the battle against the Void Abomination!

Amidst the warnings and roars of the crowd, the three stopped before the Heaven-Reaching Stellar Seat.

“Go,” Chen Ling said, turning to Jian Changsheng. “Go and defy fate.”

Jian Changsheng stared blankly at the black throne, as if in a dream. He never imagined that one day he would truly stand before this seat, presented with the opportunity to defy fate...

He took a deep breath, nodded heavily, and then ascended the throne step by step.

All eyes converged on him.

His blood-stained black trench coat swirled as he turned before the throne, then slowly sat down, bathed in starlight... Jian Changsheng’s heart felt as if it would pound out of his chest, his tension visibly apparent.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Time ticked by, but no unusual phenomena occurred.

Chen Ling and Sun Bumian’s brows furrowed tightly. A deep bewilderment also surfaced in Jian Changsheng’s eyes as he sat on the throne...

Why wasn’t the Heaven-Reaching Stellar Seat reacting?

“The Heaven-Reaching Stellar Seat is the masterpiece of our Heaven-Reaching Tower. Without our permission, it cannot be activated,” a voice came from afar. The Heaven-Reaching Tower Master, still pinned to his seat, maintained a calm expression.

“If you thought just anyone could claim it by sitting on it, that would be far too naive... Did you think we, the Five Great Domains, wouldn’t anticipate ill-intentioned individuals attempting to infiltrate the competition? Even after the competition concludes and a victor is determined, we conduct background checks on the winner and only bestow the seat once everything is confirmed clear.

This design was originally intended to prevent Usurpers or the Twilight Society from succeeding...”

Upon hearing this, Jian Changsheng’s face instantly turned pale!

Chen Ling’s brows also knitted tightly. He sharply turned his head to look at the Heaven-Reaching Tower Master, his gaze so piercing it seemed capable of killing.

No one had anticipated such a twist. Both Chen Ling and Jian Changsheng had assumed that merely sitting on the Heaven-Reaching Stellar Seat would grant them the corresponding benefits... But upon closer thought, this seemed more logical. Given the Five Great Domains’ cautiousness, how could they not have prepared against the Twilight Society?

Chen Ling even suspected that the competition for the Heaven-Reaching Stellar Seat itself was a disguised “bait,” and the Five Great Domains had calculated the Twilight Society into their plans from the very beginning!

Just then, Sun Bumian’s voice calmly chimed in:

“Oh, is that so?”

Chen Ling and Jian Changsheng looked over simultaneously.

Sun Bumian was crouching before the Heaven-Reaching Stellar Seat, gently pulling down his small, round sunglasses from the bridge of his nose. His awakened lion-like eyes, nested with colored rings, examined the core of the stellar seat.

Through the perspective of those eyes, a golden mass of destiny continuously surged deep within the seat.

“There is indeed a starlight seal blocking that mass of destiny... but it doesn’t seem that complicated,” Sun Bumian said, lazily standing up.

He pointed at the throne and spoke leisurely,

“Smash it.”