The Seven Core Star Domains, Azure Wave Star Domain, Qin Clan.
Qin Batian narrowed his eyes, his right hand gently rubbing the formation disk he held, and squinted.
"The third time... and I still can't reach him."
Ever since he had sent Zeng Tianyao to kill Su Ye.
There had been no word at all.
From what he knew of Zeng Tianyao.
If Zeng Tianyao had successfully killed Su Ye, he should have come looking for him immediately to demand the Dao Origin Pill.
Yet...
Three attempts to contact him had gone unanswered.
This stirred a subtle unease in his heart, a faint premonition that something had gone wrong.
At his level, intuitive premonitions often held mysterious significance.
"But how could anything go wrong when a World Lord sets out to kill a junior?"
On second thought, however, he shook his head, indifference flashing through his eyes.
As things stood.
Su Ye had indeed never reappeared on the Ten Thousand Domains Star Network.
There seemed to be no new reports about Su Ye in the outside world, either.
It all pointed to a single possibility.
Zeng Tianyao had most likely already killed Su Ye.
"Perhaps he ran into some trouble himself?" Qin Batian snorted coldly.
"All the better if he did. If another World Lord killed him while he was badly weakened by his Dao Injury... I could save myself a Dao Origin Pill."
Still.
He knew that was unlikely.
Fights to the death between World Lords were exceedingly rare.
He cast the thought from his mind and turned to the main issue.
"Source Dao Venerable's plan..."
"Su Ye, you lunatic!!"
"Have you lost your mind?!! You've been chasing me for so long!!"
Zeng Tianyao truly was on the verge of breaking down.
A cultivator below the World Lord