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A Plane Crossbow?
Luo Yuan... had he gone mad?
Ronan's first reaction was disbelief. According to his intelligence, Luo Yuan was joining forces with Mora, hoping to create some so-called "Third Pole" during the special period when the "Luo System" and "Li System" were in Two Suns Parallel. Whether or not Li Wei was manipulating things behind the scenes, they were courting other forces and had already become quite close with "Sky He," most likely hoping to gain some military support as well.
Yet he turned around and assassinated An City's Grand Executive Officer, the military's pillar of heaven?
What kind of schizophrenic strategy was that? Still, Ronan finally realized that An Dongsheng's talk of the "Gray Traveler" and their speed contest had actually been a reconstruction of the battle. A reconstruction of how Luo Yuan had used the Plane Crossbow to strike a target amid the near-Mach 2 high-speed movement, constant acceleration, deceleration, and changes in direction of two Extraordinary Species-level powerhouses—and nearly kill two birds with one arrow.
Ronan stared at the wound An Dongsheng had revealed. A few seconds later, he asked, "The exact time?"
"Around four in the morning on August 13."
"Mm, that time..."
"About one day after Mister Luo deployed the 'Dream Game.'"
"...He really kept a tight grip on the timing."
Counting back one day from that point, Ronan had just been at Three Peaks Top, where he had overheard Tu Ge and Luo Yuan's conversation. The three of them had reached a silent agreement of "information in exchange for peace" through a subtle Tacit Understanding.
Yet just one day later, Luo Yuan had done something huge.
Was it a show of force, or something else? Luo Yuan probably had not expected that Ronan had already entered the Mist Labyrinth by then,