Published: March 2, 2025
The pain of the Heart-Eating Larvae drilling into the wound was overshadowed by the agony of countless wounds all over Tang Haofei's body.
As for Tang Haofei's small actions, with the strength of the Sea King, or rather, with the strength of any other level five life form besides Wen Yu, it would be impossible to detect!
A simple case of mistaken injury concealed all the conspiracies.
To anyone unaware of the plot, this incident was merely an assassination attempt, and the Sea King's injuries were just collateral damage.
But who would have thought that the protagonist of this whole affair was actually the Sea King!
Those who were oblivious to the conspiracy couldn't even fathom it, perhaps even the Sea King himself was unaware.
...
The Sea King stood up with a grim expression, completely oblivious to the fact that he was already infested by the Heart-Eating Larvae. He glanced at the nine members of the sea king clan sprawled on the ground behind him.
Five members of the sea king clan had already lost their life force. The remaining two divine beast species and two members of the sea king clan, who had defensive abilities, barely survived the recent sword energy.
Among the ordinary clan members he brought, three divine beast species had suffered significant losses in this inexplicable “assassination” in the eyes of the Sea King.
Such loss was unbearable for the Sea King!
"I need you to explain."
Despite trying to suppress his anger, the Sea King's voice still had a slight tremor.
Seeing this scene, Lin Haifeng immediately reassured him, "Understood, we will provide an answer."
The Heart-Eating Larvae had just latched on, and it hadn't reached its effective time yet, meaning the Sea King was still the same as before.
After Lin Haifeng spoke, he nodded at Tang Haofei.
Tang Haofei took out his communicator and said something into it. Within three minutes, all ten of Lin Haifeng's bodyguards reappeared from who knows where, standing beside Lin Haifeng and the Sea King, taking on their protective duties.
Seeing this, Tang Haofei nodded at Lin Haifeng and the Sea King.
"The one who just attacked is from the human race's Sequence Four. I don’t know why he participated in this matter, but now, I will go retrieve him. Your Excellency the Sea King, please proceed to a safe location first."
Now that this matter had escalated, there was no need to discuss the alliance ceremony; it was certainly ruined for today!
The Sea King nodded expressionlessly, while Tang Haofei turned and ran towards the place where Qin Tian had just disappeared.
...
Before Wen Yu could reach the door, a violent energy fluctuation exploded in the distance.
The sharp sensation and flickering lightning made Wen Yu realize that it was the result of Qin Tian's hundred-fold attack colliding with Tang Haofei's power.
Wen Yu gradually came to a stop.
He stood in place, silent for a long time, before giving a wry smile.
Anger?
No, there was really none.
His ally, his teammate, had concealed such a significant matter from him.
But as Lin Haifeng said, what did it have to do with him?
The anger of being betrayed by others?
This wasn’t betrayal; neither Qin Tian nor Tang Haofei had sold themselves to him. Their actions and decisions were their own; how did it affect him?
At this moment, Wen Yu's feelings might just be a little...
It was a sorrow of not being trusted by others.
Tang Haofei didn't trust him, so he concealed the truth from him.
Qin Tian didn't trust him either, so he chose to obey Tang Haofei and Lin Haifeng's threats, keeping the entire matter hidden from him.
Looking up at the massive silhouette of the Eternal Sky City above, Wen Yu silently muttered to himself.
"Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, the Heavenly Dao has a good cycle; if you don't believe it, just look up. Who has the heavens spared..."
Wen Yu himself was someone who didn't trust others, yet now he longed for unconditional trust from others.
Is this possible?
Is this called retribution? Or cause and effect?