Published: March 2, 2025
As soon as the words were spoken, Wen Yu immediately widened his eyes, staring at the golden armor, seemingly unable to believe what it had just said.
After a long pause, the golden armor spoke again.
"This is true. The sovereign left before the second sequence ranking battle. I’m not sure exactly where he went, but for now, I am in charge of all affairs on Earth. Given that your strength has reached this level, even if I issued a wanted notice against you, without the sovereign’s coercive orders, no treasure land guardian would be willing to act as a justice envoy."
The tragic death of treasure land guardian no. 7, Lindsay, was still fresh in memory. Lindsay’s strength was among the best of the treasure land guardians, yet he was still killed by Wen Yu on the Layered Battlefield three years ago. After that incident, no one was willing to provoke Wen Yu again.
This was also the reason why Wen Yu had caused such a stir recently, yet no one had come to investigate him.
For a moment, Wen Yu did not know what expression to make; he could only stare blankly at the golden armor, unable to react.
“Don’t blame me for telling you late. In fact, it doesn’t make much difference whether I told you or not. Although the wanted notice was issued by me, the sovereign merely asked a few treasure land guardians to investigate you. Looking at it now, the sovereign should be completely unaware. However, you do need to maintain necessary vigilance. In fact, you’ve been doing quite well hiding during this time.”
The implication behind the golden armor’s words was undoubtedly to let Wen Yu continue maintaining the status quo, which would make its job easier.
After all, the golden armor was currently overseeing everything. If the sovereign were to return and see the Earth in disarray, he might very well be the first to take it out on the golden armor.
Hearing this, Wen Yu fell silent, and after a while, he finally revealed a bitter smile.
"That's fine..."
At first, when Wen Yu heard that the sovereign was not present, he did have some thoughts, but in fact, what the golden armor said made sense. It didn’t matter whether it spoke or not.
For Wen Yu, aside from the sovereign’s threat, there was nothing else significant; the remaining trivial matters could easily be resolved by his spirit pets.
Everything on the Layered Battlefield could be handled without Wen Yu having to show up. There was the earth's will on Earth, and Wen Yu still couldn’t go back. The significance of this information was probably akin to a death sentence being commuted for N years.
This situation would have no substantial effect on the current circumstances.
"Actually, I didn’t come specifically to tell you about this."
It was only after Wen Yu processed the previous information that the golden armor spoke again.
“Earlier this morning, the celestial god visited guardian no. 2. I don’t know what they discussed, but I suspect it is certainly related to you.”
These treasure land guardians were not celestial beings detached from the world. In the past, Wen Yu had made deals with several treasure land guardians, so it was not surprising that the celestial god could get in touch with them.
Moreover, given how harshly Wen Yu had suppressed the celestial god recently, at this particular time, the celestial god’s visit to guardian no. 2 seemed quite straightforward—he must have been seeking help from the treasure land guardian to resolve the dire situation he was facing.
"Guardian no. 2 is not weaker than me, but I assume that without the sovereign, he likely wouldn’t take action against you. To be honest, he doesn’t have a guarantee of victory over you. However, I still want to remind you to be cautious. If he really comes looking for you, be careful. If the situation turns dire and you use Type One, this time I may not be able to help you hide."
Wen Yu nodded, indicating that he understood.
Type One was Wen Yu’s only trump card against the sovereign’s assassins, and it had to be used at the most critical moment. In fact, the last time he used Type One to kill Lindsay, Wen Yu had acted somewhat impulsively. Luckily, at that time, the golden armor was in charge of everything, which kept the matter under wraps.