At dusk, Angelina sat alone on the sofa in the Main Cabin's lounge, poking a straw through the ice at the bottom of her cup as she enjoyed the sweet-and-sour carbonated drink Sea Emperor had mixed.
Who cared whether it was healthy? Girls were meant to drink sweet-and-sour beverages every day!
"Hmm?"
Angelina suddenly looked in a certain direction beyond the spaceship. Her eyes seemed to pierce through the layers of the ship's hull and see three black-clad figures hidden within an asteroid field dozens of light-years away.
"After all, there are dozens of Sealed Emperor Realm divine abilities. The temptation really is considerable. True King Realm cultivators actually dared to ignore the warnings of the imperial clans and our True King Hall and attack Gu Ding..." Angelina's lips curled upward.
Sea Emperor, however, noticed nothing of the three black-clad figures. He continued controlling the spaceship along its predetermined route, drawing ever closer to the area where they were hiding.
Within the asteroid field, the three black-clad figures waited patiently while communicating telepathically and chatting.
"It's only a mission to kill a lord, yet they sent three True Kings at once. I really don't know what the higher-ups were thinking."
"If there's a protector above the True King Realm aboard that ship, are you sure you could succeed alone?" the leading black-clad figure asked in return.
"Well..."
"Still, the reward for this mission is quite generous. There probably aren't many employers capable of such extravagance. I wonder what identity this Gu Ding has, or who he offended..." another black-clad figure changed the subject.
"Ask less about things that aren't your business!" the leader snapped at him in a low voice.
After a while, the three black-clad figures sensed the spaceship approaching.
"It's here!"
"Follow the plan. Destroy the spaceship directly,