Published: January 31, 2025
Mo Li finally awakened. From sensing that the Undead Kingdom was under attack to Ning Muyao leaving, Qin Chen had shown no reaction at all, which was completely contrary to his character.
Even he himself had felt something was off earlier and had hurriedly intervened to stop Ning Muyao. How could someone as clever as Qin Chen not realize that Ning Muyao intended to keep them here?
But Qin Chen had not reacted at all before; apart from having anticipated this, Mo Li could not think of any other possibilities.
Qin Chen glanced at Mo Li and squinted his eyes, saying, “Since this person learned our identities, he has been overly friendly. If there really is the Source of the River of the Undead, do you think he would let us go there so easily?”
Mo Li was taken aback.
Indeed, the contrast between Ning Muyao's initial attitude and her later behavior was too great. Even if she thought they were not enemies, she wouldn’t suddenly take them to the most core area of her lair, would she?
On the surface, she claimed it was to clarify the intentions of the Emperor of Hidden Darkness, but she seemed to trust them too much.
Mo Li furrowed his brows and asked, “Are you suggesting that everything the other party said earlier was a lie? That the attack on the Undead Kingdom by the Emperor of Hidden Darkness is also fake?”
“No,” Mo Li shook his head, looking up at the horizon of the Undead Kingdom. “The sounds and disturbances we heard earlier did seem like an attack on the Undead Kingdom; it doesn’t seem fake…”
“Of course it’s not fake.” Qin Chen squinted at the sky above. “Not only has the Emperor of Hidden Darkness arrived, but I can also sense the presence of the Emperor of the Netherworld. They must all be here.”
Mo Li was suddenly shocked, “The Emperor of the Netherworld really teamed up with the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor and that Emperor of Hidden Darkness? Could it be that this guy has betrayed us?”
Qin Chen sneered, “That doesn’t seem likely. The Emperor of the Netherworld is extremely cunning; he wouldn’t easily betray us to join forces with the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor and the others. When he fell, it was the doing of the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor. With his temperament, would he tolerate that?”
“Then…” Mo Li was confused and couldn’t help but frown in thought. “Perhaps something has happened that we are unaware of.”
Qin Chen murmured, “Moreover, the reason that Emperor of Hidden Darkness dares to bring the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor here might indeed be related to us. In that respect, Ning Muyao might not have been wrong earlier; we have indeed brought danger to the Undead Kingdom.”
“Are you suggesting that the Emperor of Hidden Darkness deliberately exposed us to give him a reason to attack the Undead Kingdom?” Mo Li pondered.
He was also extremely intelligent. Initially, he might not have thought it through, but it was gradually becoming clear to him. “I understand,” Mo Li squinted and said, “If what Ning Muyao said wasn’t a lie, the Emperor of Hidden Darkness realized your presence and that of the Emperor of the Netherworld the moment you entered the Underworld. The reason he didn’t dare attack the Undead Kingdom is that he feared the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor and the others would notice something.”
“But if he notified the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor in your name, that would provide a reason for them to attack the Undead Kingdom. After all, allowing a person from the world of the living to enter a place like the Undead Kingdom would be unacceptable to some top emperors of the Underworld. In this way, he could even use the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor and the others as tools to act against us.”
At this point, Mo Li's expression became extremely grim. “This Emperor of Hidden Darkness has such sinister intentions; he is deliberately tying us to the undead so that the Emperor of the Netherworld will lose all sense of righteousness and must sever ties with us.”