At first, Feng Dengfeng hadn't given it a second thought. He'd always believed that Little Zhang's disappearance had been entirely Lord Wu's doing.
But as one event after another unfolded, the situation changed so quickly that it completely exceeded Feng Dengfeng's expectations.
He began to realize that things had become extraordinarily bizarre. An unseen force was clearly driving the situation from behind the scenes.
In the clashes between Top Agents like them, no one would dare let things escalate to this level. Whether it was Feng Dengfeng or Lord Wu, they both knew there were limits to their open and covert struggles.
Those limits were the red lines Lord Tree Ancestor had drawn for them. They all knew full well what would happen if anyone crossed them.
So whether it was Feng Dengfeng or Lord Wu, no matter how badly they wanted to strike at the other, neither would ever cross that line.
But now, not only had the line been crossed, it had happened at an astonishing pace and on an astonishing scale.
That meant that besides them, there was another force at work, one they couldn't see.
It was this unseen force that was pulling the various sides into one clash after another, igniting the raging conflict.
Why had Lord Wu detained Little Zhang? Especially when Little Zhang had been delivering supplies. It was far too obvious a move, not remotely discreet.
Under normal circumstances, if the core members on Ancestor Lord's side heard someone insulting Bai Rouyu, they would have stepped up to reprimand them long ago, perhaps even resorting to fists. They certainly wouldn't have held back.
Why had the location where Lu Jinwen was being held been exposed, when it was so secret?
It was infuriating!
They were all hot-blooded men, Top Agents who thought