Meng Zhao's affairs were proceeding smoothly on this side. Everything was advancing according to plan, and the prospects were highly promising.
On the other side, with Geng Pomo still failing to return, Su Tianwang was already finding it hard to restrain himself.
Evil Weapon Limit Break, helping himself successfully step into the martial path of a Grandmaster, was the thing he yearned for most urgently right now.
Yet this rested on the ritual proceeding normally. With Geng Pomo nowhere to be seen and no way to obtain the distribution map of the ferocious beasts, efficiency was greatly reduced, and the impact was significant.
Thus, suppressing his impatience, Su Tianwang dispatched two of his Vajras—Divine Strength Vajra Yuan Qing and Bronze Arm Vajra Qiu Lian—to temporarily halt their current tasks and investigate Geng Pomo's whereabouts.
He did not suspect that Geng Pomo would betray him. He was merely worried that something had happened to the man.
Nor was this concern without reason. What he was doing now was, in truth, exceedingly dangerous. In a sense, he was defying the instructions of the person behind him and forcibly contending with that person for power.
Whether he could win that struggle aside, this act alone was a form of betrayal. By their internal rules, it warranted death by a thousand cuts and the utmost punishment.
Was Su Tianwang afraid?
It would be a lie to say he was not. After all, he was part of the organization behind the scenes and knew full well just how vast that force was.
But it was not as though fear would make him give up. Since he had dared to do this, he had naturally already considered how to wrap things up should the matter be exposed. At worst, he would die.
Think about it—Evil Weapon