The Phantom Mask and the Chain of Suspicion

"This Cang He really has a lot of treasures..."

Jiang Yao no longer cared about the treasures on the dozen or so Star-level Xuanshang Royal Clan members he killed. On the contrary, the treasures on Cang He, who was known as the number one cosmic-level trial participant in the Three Great Secret Realms, were extremely valuable.

He recognized some of the treasures, and some he didn't, but even a rough estimate showed they were worth thousands of Hunyuan Unit.

This is a level of wealth that most realm lords could not attain even with their entire fortune, or perhaps even the wealth of some impoverished immortals.

"This Cang He is probably no ordinary person; he's not just an elite disciple of the Guluo Secret Realm. You've probably made another enemy," Bajie remarked with a click of his tongue.

Jiang Yao said seriously, "Bajie, you have to be responsible for your words. The one who killed Cang He and the other universe-level trial participants was the treacherous Lord Mo Hong who infiltrated the Trial God Kingdom. At most, he might have some connection with that strange bird-like monster."

Now that the culprits have all been brought to justice and the score has been settled, what does it have to do with a mere stellar-level being like me?"

As he spoke, Jiang Yao picked up the World Ring of Mo Hong, one of the culprits, and examined it.

He immediately showed disappointment. The wealth of Mo Hong, the world lord of Yinhu Island, was far less than that of Cang He, a cosmic-level trial participant, and even seemed rather meager.

At most, it's only about 50 Hunyuan Unit, which is far from the wealth a top-tier ninth-level World Lord who has supposedly lived for nearly a thousand epochs should possess.

"Huh?" Jiang Yao picked up a dull, unremarkable stone ball and touched it with his mental power. The dull stone ball then emitted a dazzling, multicolored light.

"Chirp chirp chirp--" Dense characters appeared on the surface of the stone ball, but he did not recognize them.

"It looks like the script of the Monster Race?" Jiang Yao asked Bajie to check on the Virtual Universe Network and found that it was indeed the unique script of the Tumeng race, one of the marginal races of Tumen Race Monster Race alliance.

After the translation was completed, Jiang Yao was somewhat disappointed.

This stone sphere was originally called the Junxiang Bead. It was obtained by an Immortal Expert of the Tumen Race in a secret realm and can be used as a memory inheritance treasure to record secret techniques and ultimate skills.

Of course, its more precious function is that it can enhance the body's Gene Level, up to 5 times the Gene Level. However, in addition to the Junxiang Bead, it also requires the assistance of many precious materials to succeed.

However, they only had three chances, and they've all been used up.

Even if all the opportunities had been used up, they would still be useless to Jiang Yao, who possesses the <Nine Transformations of the Desolate God>.

However, as a treasure that can record secret techniques and unique skills, it still has some value. After all, apart from some extremely powerful beings or divine beasts, most beings do not have inherited memories.

Many races need such memory-transfer treasures to pass on the secret techniques and knowledge accumulated over generations to their descendants.

Jiang Yao's consciousness penetrated deep into it, preparing to see if there were any precious secret techniques or unique skills inside.

But after only a few breaths, he was shocked and withdrew his consciousness from the Junxiang Bead.

He actually saw an Immortal God with three horns, resembling both a deer and an ox, and the inherited memories of his own descendants.

In the inherited memories, the Immortal God displayed a Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal, saying that as long as his offspring could raise their Gene Level fivefold through the Junxiang Bead, he would allow them to receive the inheritance from the Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal!

Jiang Yao almost immediately connected this to what Kasolo had said about his teacher Jiuyuan, being killed because of the Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal.

A series of clues were then connected.

The soul aura on Mo Hong's body that was extremely familiar to him and was very similar to the source of the Lingtong Race's bloodline, as well as the Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal the King-level Immortal Zhenxuan King of the Talun Race ultimately obtained from Jiuyuan.

The God Lord Jinlun of Yinhu Island, also a member of the Talun Race, seemed to have been prepared for the incident in Jiuyuan and stormed onto Lingshen Planet.

Furthermore, the Longshan Company, which is suspected to be backed by Mo Hong, the Lord of Yinhu Island, once plundered the Lingtong Race of the Yanhe Branch, leading many in the Lingtong Race to suspect that the Longshan Company might be keeping Lingtong Race slaves.

It is likely that the last owner of the Junxiang Bead was Mo Hong. He used the Junxiang Bead to improve his Gene Level by employing the Lingtong Race slaves he raised. He also saw the Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal in the inherited memories of the Junxiang Bead, and then informed the God Lord Jinlun, and even the King-level Immortal Zhenxuan King of the Talun Race.

Jiang Yao's expression changed from relaxed to serious, and an uncontrollable killing intent emerged from it.

Jiuyuan was his teacher, and the Lingtong Race was the clan he came from. Although he had suspected it before, now that the suspicion had become a fact, whether emotionally or rationally, Yinhu Island was now his enemy, an enemy for whom blood must be paid.

Suppressing his murderous intent, Jiang Yao put down the Junxiang Bead and picked up his last trophy: a white mask as thin as a cicada's wing.

"This is probably the treasure that Mo Hong was able to use to deceive the Immortal God, disguise himself as that cosmic-level one-horned youth, and sneak into the God Kingdom."

Jiang Yao's face lit up with delight. "Just as I thought!"

Inside this white mask is an extremely vast illusory space containing tens of thousands of life forms of different shapes, races, and varying strengths of aura, including all the top races and elite races in the universe.

However, these lives were not truly alive; rather, they resembled souls devoid of self-awareness, living in a daze.

As long as one chooses one of the beings, one can disguise and transform into the appearance of that being. Except for the fact that the true strength cannot be simulated, the soul and aura are exactly the same.

Among them are not only cosmic-level beings, Domain Lord, and world lords, but also Immortal God!

Jiang Yao covered his face with the mask, which then transformed into various life forms as if in a carousel, finally settling on the form of an Immortal God of the Vajra Race, a Human Race covered in fur.

An extremely powerful surge of energy shot straight into the sky!

"Good heavens, they can even simulate the aura of Immortal God..."

Jiang Yao felt the aura of Immortal Divine Power emanating from his body and could only marvel.

Although it's just a replica, its ability to realistically simulate the aura of a powerful figure is quite terrifying.

The only drawback is that it consumes a lot of soul power.

The more powerful the disguise, the more mental energy is consumed. Even though Jiang Yao's soul has undergone two transformations, he still feels somewhat powerless to simulate the aura of Immortal God.

Jiang Yao activated the white mask again, transforming it into a human realm lord with green skin.

"I was just wondering how to get out of here, and this is like a pillow delivered to my sleepy head."

Returning to the Trial God Kingdom is definitely out of the question; the Immortal Expert guarding it will surely be closely investigating all the trial participants.

Apart from the God Kingdom God Kingdom Fragment used for trials, which had immortals constructing teleportation channels, the fragments within the Great Rift lacked Divine Kingdom Teleportation channels. The teleportation channels would immediately collapse upon the death of Immortal God.

The Great Rift, to be precise, is located in the Tianshang Secret Realm, which only allows experts at the Tianshang Secret Realm World Lord Level and above to enter. Jiang Yao, at the Stellar level, is far too conspicuous.

While there are other ways, such as transforming into Bizhang, moving away from the Great Rift along the Space Fragment Layer, and then tearing open space to arrive in the normal universe, the location of that appearance is uncontrollable, and one might end up in another Universe Country.

The white mask allows him to disguise himself as a realm lord, which naturally enables him to use the teleportation channel of the Tianshang Secret Realm to travel out.

On Yinhu Island, an Immortal God dressed in a golden robe stood on the shore of Silver Lake, gazing at the calm surface of the lake, his expression somewhat somber.

"Why hasn't we heard from Mo Hong yet?"

A faint sense of foreboding rose in the heart of the God Lord Jinlun.

Since Mo Hong said he was about to enter that Higher Inheritance Tower, we've lost contact. Could that Inheritance Tower really prevent us from logging into the Virtual Universe Network?

Even if he can't access the Virtual Universe, so much time has passed; surely he hasn't dealt with that Jiang Yao kid yet?

According to the original plan, Mo Hong was supposed to find an excuse to clash with Jiang Yao in the Trial God Kingdom, and then take the opportunity to get rid of him.

But unexpectedly, Jiang Yao seemed to have received some kind of treasure from Kasolo, and his maximum flight speed even surpassed that of ordinary realm lords, making him quite famous in the trials.

Even with the treasure he obtained from Zhenxuan King, which allowed him to perfectly disguise himself as a cosmic-level trial participant, he still dared not act rashly under the noses of the Immortal God of the Three Great Secret Realms, nor display strength exceeding the cosmic level.

Even collecting the Kui Dragon Jade had to be done in a contrived manner, which is why they waited until Jiang Yao entered the Inheritance Tower before planning to eliminate their target Inheritance Tower.

Then, continuing to disguise himself as a cosmic-level trial participant, he emerged from the Inheritance Tower and left the God Kingdom via the teleportation channel.

But what could possibly go wrong if the Realm Lord himself were to deal with a Star-level being?

The God Lord Jinlun, whose expression was unpredictable, suddenly became alert and immediately entered the Virtual Universe Network.

Inside a familiar hall on a suspended continent.

The God Lord Jinlun knelt on the ground in shock, enduring the thunderous wrath of the Zhenxuan King.

"Useless trash! I only bestowed the Phantom Mask upon you because of your merit in the matter of the Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal, yet you sent a piece of trash to infiltrate the God Kingdom, where the geniuses of the Three Great Secret Realms undergo trials, and he was caught on the spot, losing the Phantom Mask in the process!"

Zhenxuan King originally didn't care about Jin Lun's plan to deal with that genius of the Lingtong Race. He didn't care about geniuses at all. It was only after Jin Lun begged him that he bestowed upon him the Phantom Mask, which could disguise himself and deceive even Immortal Expert. He didn't expect that Jin Lun couldn't even handle such a small matter.

Whether Jin Lun killed the Lingtong Race genius or not was of no concern to him, but the useless Realm Lord that Jin Lun sent actually lied and claimed that he had sent him in order to survive before his death.

This caused Lingcang Marquis of the Guluo Secret Realm and the commander of the Fourth Army Corps of the Xuanshang Universe Country to come directly to question him, making him extremely embarrassed!

After the Zhenxuan King face was covered by Bronze Mask, unleashed a torrent of violence that terrified the God Lord Jinlun into prostrating himself and begging for mercy, he suddenly asked in a low voice, "Didn't you say that the Realm Lord you sent was to kill that genius of the Lingtong Race?"

Why Lingcang Marquis say that the useless realm lord was fighting with an unknown demonic beast inside the Inheritance Tower?

Did you know that there are very important treasures Inheritance Tower during this God Kingdom Trial?

Could it be that what you said about needing the Phantom Mask to have your subordinates impersonate God Kingdom -level infiltrators to assassinate that Lingtong Race brat was all a lie?

"Is the real purpose to obtain that Inheritance Token?"

The Zhenxuan King's somber tone concealed a strong killing intent.

"Inheritance Token? What Inheritance Token?" The God Lord Jinlun looked up blankly.

Zhenxuan King narrowed his eyes as he looked at the God Lord Jinlun kneeling below the steps. His expression seemed genuine. Moreover, even the immortals of the Three Great Secret Realms did not know beforehand that the Shixing Race's God Kingdom Inheritance Tower contained such a treasure. How did the Jin Lun God Lord know about it?

It's no wonder he's suspicious; the information he received from Lingcang Marquis this time was so compelling that even he was moved, or rather, no Immortal God could remain unmoved.

As King-level Immortal of the Giant Axe Coliseum and a permanent resident of Chaos City and the Giant Axe Universe, he naturally knew about the legacy of the Holy Lord Yedier of the Shixing Race.

The reason why the demon race immediately attacked and occupied the Jueting Secret Realm Yedier Monster Race to obtain the mysterious inheritance that created Yedier. The other Three Great Peak Races also joined forces to intervene and prevent the Monster Race from occupying the Jueting Secret Realm, which evolved into the Tenth Battlefield.

The Monster Race obtained the most Yedier's Inheritance Token, followed by the Shixing Race from which Yedier originated, while the other three races obtained fewer.

However, neither Zhenxuan King nor the Talun Race had obtained the Inheritance Token, nor had the Xuanshang Universe Country.

This is also the main reason why the immortals of the Xuanshang Universe Country questioned him. Compared to the Yedier's Inheritance Token, destroying the trials of the Three Great Secret Realms and killing the geniuses of the Three Great Secret Realms is not so important.

Ke Xuanshang Universe Country, said they hadn't obtained the Inheritance Token and even suspected that Zhenxuan King had gotten it, but Jin Lun said he didn't know anything about the Inheritance Token.

All the trial participants who entered the Inheritance Tower perished; Mo Hong and the mysterious demonic beast were also dead.

Neither Xuanshang Universe Country nor he obtained the Inheritance Token.

So who actually possesses this Inheritance Token?

Zhenxuan King was also momentarily confused.

The pre-battle storyline for the Genius Tournament has basically come to an end.