Meeting

However, Fengyun did not expect that as soon as he arrived here, he would see Emmanuel beating Lin Lei.

Honestly, although Emmanuel did indeed do something like that in the original story, given Fengyun's strength and current status within the Four Divine Beast Family, he genuinely couldn't understand how Emmanuel dared to lay a hand on Lin Lei.

"Doesn't he know that Lin Lei is my friend?"

"Or did Lin Lei's Coiling Dragon Ring expose him, and the allure of the Sovereign Artifact bury his reason?" While pondering these thoughts, Fengyun asked with a smile, "What's going on?"

After he finished speaking, Gaia, the Grand Elder of the Azure Dragon Clan, asked in a cold voice, "What's going on?!"

The timely arrival of Fengyun and the others prevented the battle from continuing, and Emmanuel's huge chest wound was quickly healed by the return of divine power.

From what Fengyun said, Emmanuel realized that he must have misunderstood. The Fengyun that Lin Lei knew was the same Fengyun who was the most distinguished guest of their Four Divine Beast Family.

Moreover, the relationship between the two is probably not ordinary; otherwise, Fengyun would not have directly helped Lin Lei restrict him, leaving him completely powerless to resist Lin Lei's attacks.

Thinking of the clan's emphasis on Fengyun and the anger in his grandmother Gaia's tone, even though he had not fully recovered, he immediately bowed and explained his suspicions and the whole story.

After finishing speaking, he said regretfully, "Lord Fengyun, I really didn't expect what Lin Lei was talking about..."

"No, I really didn't expect that your experience, Lord Fengyun, was so legendary. You were able to go from an ordinary person to a Paragon expert in just a thousand years."

"That's why I thought Lin Lei was lying and wanted to arrest him to apologize to you."

As he spoke, he unconsciously glanced at Lin Lei's Coiling Dragon Ring.

Everything he said was true, but after taking action, he discovered that Lin Lei actually possessed the Coiling Dragon Ring, the ancestral Sovereign Artifact, and was overcome by evil intentions.

However, he truly dared not show any sign of this wicked thought at this moment.

Grand Elder Gaia and the other clan leaders breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Emmanuel's explanation, but were then shocked, thinking to themselves, "Lord Fengyun went from an ordinary person to the Paragon in just a thousand years. This is truly astonishing!"

The first to realize Gesleisen was happening laughed and said, "Oh, it was a misunderstanding!"

"I thought something had happened."

With Gesleisen's experience, he could tell at a glance that there was probably something fishy going on, but Lin Lei was a member of their Azure Dragon Family, and the best link for their Four Divine Beast Family to get closer to Fengyun.

Moreover, judging from his methods, the fact that he could defeat Emmanuel in such a way with the strength of Middle God demonstrates his considerable strength and potential.

Emmanuel was the Grand Elder of their Azure Dragon Clan, the grandson of his sister Gaia, and also his grand-nephew.

If these two people develop a rift, it will be a loss for the Azure Dragon Family no matter what.

Therefore, he stepped forward immediately to cover it up, and if there were any problems, he could mediate and prevent the clan from suffering too much loss.

Fengyun immediately understood what Gesleisen meant, but he looked at Lin Lei and asked, "Lin Lei, is that so?"

Lin Lei knew that Fengyun was asking this to stand up for him. He looked at Emmanuel, and although he vaguely felt that something was wrong, he nodded after recalling what had just happened and said, "Yes, he did ask me some questions about Brother Yun's affairs in the Material Plane before he suddenly made his move."

At the same time, he looked at his fist for no apparent reason, then at the bloody hole in Emmanuel's chest and Fengyun, and roughly understood that Fengyun must have helped him just now, which is why he punched Emmanuel through with one punch.

"I was wondering why Emmanuel, an elder who was said to have the strength of Seven-star Demon by our predecessors, would just stupidly take my punch and be beaten so badly. It turns out that Brother Yun secretly helped me."

"I really don't know how strong Brother Yun has become now, and what exactly is the Paragon realm?"

While secretly thinking about these things, Lin Lei glanced at Emmanuel and sensed a hint of greed mixed with his fear. He frowned slightly but didn't say anything more.

Seeing that Lin Lei had said so, Fengyun didn't say anything more and just let the matter pass. After all, Emmanuel was Lin Lei's future whetstone, Fengyun didn't intend to just kill him off like that.

After the initial awkward period, everyone threw a big banquet to celebrate Elder Lin Lei's return.

Yes, that's right, Elder!

Because of his formidable strength, Lin Lei was directly recognized as the new elder of the Azure Dragon Clan at the banquet, which was considered a great honor for the Magnolia Lineage and Lin Lei.

Dark Divine Plane, Dark Vortex Island

As the person in charge of overseeing the entire infiltration plan, Costello looked at the information compiled by his subordinates and murmured, "One or two is one thing, but over the years, the number of casualties has reached hundreds."

"Although the kites of the corresponding group will go into silence and cut off communication once damage occurs, with such a large number of them, if it was the Dark Family who did it, they should have been able to get no information at all. They should have taken action against us long ago."

"So far, there have been no sniping or sweeping attacks targeting the various kite groups, and the mole group leaders who command the kites have not suffered any losses, which means that the Dark Family is not the one who attacked the kites."

"In other words, besides us, there are other organizations lurking on this island, gathering information about the Dark Family."

Thinking of this, Costello's lips twitched and he said, "Interesting, very interesting. The battles between the Overgod are a rare sight, occurring only once every tens of billions of years. They usually break out directly between the Overgod, and are basically from the top down."

"It is truly rare to see an operation like ours, which is a bottom-up approach, full of intrigue and scheming, starting with gathering information from the bottom up and eventually taking action against the Overgod."

"Who is the other person on the other side?"

"Oh well, it doesn't matter who it is."

"The important thing is to report this to the Lord as soon as possible, otherwise my weak arms and legs will not be able to bear it if something happens later."

Youlan Prefecture, Beirut frowned as he listened to the information reported by his subordinates. "Costello, are you saying that someone else is also eyeing the Dark Family?"

Costello, dressed entirely in black robes, knelt on the ground and said, "Yes, sir. Based on the intelligence gathered by my subordinates, it can be basically confirmed that another force is also collecting various information and intelligence about the Dark Family."