Knowing full well he had been set up, yet still having to jump headfirst into the pit—there was nothing more maddeningly frustrating than that.
Black Cloud Great Sage was in exactly that situation.
When the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder that had ignited the conflict appeared again, he knew exactly who had set him up. Yet he had no choice but to leap into the pit.
Purging traitors from the ruler's side was like an arrow loosed from the bow—there was no turning back.
What drove him even more insane was that he had finally spotted the bastard behind it all and wanted nothing more than to carve him to pieces and vent his fury.
Yet in the blink of an eye, the man vanished again.
And the situation before him left him unable to spare anyone to hunt that bastard down.
Black Cloud Great Sage was so furious he nearly exploded with rage!
Meanwhile, Purple Beard Great Sage grew increasingly calm and composed.
The plan he had devised with Ye Zhen had been most troublesome in its initial stages.
If Black Cloud Great Sage had refused to take the bait and they had failed to ignite a full-scale battle, then the plan would most likely have failed.
But even if it failed, he would not have lost much.
Now that it had succeeded, however, it was a business deal that yielded ten thousandfold returns for a single investment. He had paid almost nothing.
The only thing that shocked him was Ye Zhen's use of illusion arts to take on Black Cloud Great Sage's appearance and declare war, followed by his blasting open the gates of the Black Tiger Tiger King Palace, and now his uncanny comings and goings.
As Purple Beard Great Sage became increasingly wary of Ye Zhen, he