Anyone recognized by the world as an overlord was certainly no easy opponent.
Such a person was bound to be watched, schemed against, and feared by many.
Such a person was also bound to be highly skilled at scheming.
Xiong Ba was naturally such a deeply calculating man.
As early as the day he had been welcomed back to the Heavenly Alliance from the fishing village, he had consumed his last treasured Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus to recover from his injuries. Afterward, he pretended to live in seclusion within Number One Tower Under Heaven, while in truth, he had his father, Purple Clad Boss, take his place in handling the Alliance's affairs. He himself had long since taken the Divine Stone through a secret passage and quietly departed, vanishing completely from the sight of the martial world.
As wise as Xiong Ba was, after trying countless times and still failing to wield the Divine Stone, he had realized that he might have fallen into a trap.
At a time like this, he had only one choice. Giving up the Divine Stone was impossible, so he could only lie low for the time being, avoiding any chance of being tracked or disturbed, hiding away to first study the Divine Stone thoroughly.
No one would have known that Xiong Ba within Number One Tower Under Heaven was being impersonated by his father. Not even his most trusted confidant, Wen Chou Chou, knew.
Because no one believed that anyone would dare impersonate this peerless overlord.
Even Purple Clad Boss himself did not know where Xiong Ba had gone through the secret passage.
This was also Xiong Ba's way of doing things.
At such a crucial moment, he would trust no one—not even his father, his closed-door disciple Qin Shuang, or even his only