Tower Apostle

Joker? There wasn't a card like that in tarot—though there was the similar Fool card. There were two jokers in a deck of playing cards... Liu Xiaoxiao muttered to himself.

"You're the person Qin Lingxue mentioned?" After sizing him up a few times, Liu Xiaoxiao asked doubtfully.

The man before him was merely a Title Douluo and a Three-Word Battle Armor Master. Though he was quite strong, he was far inferior to those people in Liu Xiaoxiao's Undead Demiplane.

"That's right." Li You smiled. "Don't be fooled by my lack of combat strength—I'm skilled at all sorts of things. No matter what, I've spent years knocking around the Thieves' Guild and underground casinos. Saving people and stealing things, adventuring and gambling—they aren't all that different."

Liu Xiaoxiao's expression tightened at those words.

The Thieves' Guild and underground casinos were hardly wholesome places. Their waters ran deep. Anyone capable of making a living in places like those was no ordinary person.

Of course, lingering in such gray areas did not make for a particularly respectable résumé, but Liu Xiaoxiao did not care much about that.

"His Excellency said that you'll be in charge of this operation," Li You said. "When do we leave?"

"Time is of the essence. We leave now," Liu Xiaoxiao said.

The two of them walked out of the church and then out of Heaven Dou City.

Not long after leaving, Liu Xiaoxiao summoned Lingming. The red mecha instantly transformed into a sports car.

"What about the others participating in this operation?" Li You asked in surprise. "Don't tell me it'll just be the two of us going deep into the heart of the Spirit Hall Empire?"

"I've brought everyone else with me." Liu Xiaoxiao offered no further explanation.

To conserve energy, Lingming did not fly at full