On the Origin Continent, the days are long, and after Nightfall, the nights are just as long.
Those True God without a place to reside must leave the city before nightfall, especially now that the two great God King are at war. Even Eternal True God could die silently if caught up in it; True God are not even cannon fodder in this conflict.
In recent days, although some bold True God, even Void True God and Eternal True God, have entered Highrock City to fish in troubled waters, most True God have left. They cannot afford to offend them and can only hide in the wilderness, waiting for the two great kingdoms to finish their war, or for them to be destroyed and swallowed up, or to surrender and be integrated before they come here.
Nightfall fell.
So Nightfall fell.
From a distant pavilion, many eyes were fixed on a newly occupied cave dwelling, and numerous warning formations had been activated around it, along with various secret treasures for surveillance.
After all, the appearance of a strange Eternal True God in Highrock City was worth it. Whether it was Liuyu Kingdom or Shi Kingdom, with the God King and the Chaos Overlord restraining themselves from intervening, the combat power of an Eternal True God was extremely valuable.
The long night passed under surveillance, with city guards patrolling the city, but the cave remained completely silent.
As dawn broke, Highrock City remained shrouded in a tense atmosphere of war, seemingly unchanged from yesterday, the day before, and the day before that. The standoffs continued, and the surveillance continued. Even when undercurrents suddenly surged before the leaders of certain factions, leaving them completely bewildered and disoriented, the lower-ranking members still swore unequivocally that their surveillance had not missed a single point!
However, Highrock City is still somewhat different today.
Many low-level members of the dark forces couldn't find their leaders when they left their residences in the morning. And this wasn't just one or two, but many, encompassing nearly half of the organizations in Highrock City.
Some of the shop servants and attendants discovered that the shops were closed today, and they waited and waited—it was already dawn—but they still didn't see anyone.
Some of the True God had even made plans to team up and go to the wilderness to hunt strange beasts, only to find that when the time came, their leader hadn't arrived.
This situation was initially noticed only by some members, mainly by the guards, spies, and city guards sent by the City Lord Mansion —people who had connections with most of the residents of the True God's residence. Later, however, some organizations and forces could no longer find their leaders, and even some of their middle-level members could not be found.
They disappeared without a trace.
They didn't even notice the large array covering the entire Highrock City.
Without a sound, not only the organizations and forces of the Shi Kingdom that had been lurking in Highrock City were thrown into a panic, City Lord Mansion, the city guards, and the leaders of the three major families all secretly began to investigate.
Today, the high-ranking members of those organizations and forces that have infiltrated the Shi Kingdom can disappear without a trace, and tomorrow they may be unable to send out any messages!
Moreover, this mysterious expert's precision was so remarkable that even the City Lord Mansion only possessed partial information about him, yet his accuracy was astounding.
"There wasn't a sound coming from anywhere." City Lord Gao Yanzheng looked at Gao Yanning. He was appointed city lord by the personal appointment of the tribal leader, Highrock Great Sage. Although he and Gao Yanning were not from the same branch, Gao Yanning had to cooperate with all his actions during his tenure in Highrock City, especially now that the atmosphere was even more tense during the war. "The city guards who patrolled last night didn't find any movement either."
"It's certain that it was a certain deity who made the move." Gao Yanning was also very troubled, as he hated situations that were completely illogical and clueless.
Gao Yanzheng rolled his eyes, his rock-solid head bulging, and asked, "Does Huanghu Sang know anything about this?"
"I haven't asked yet, but I suspect he doesn't know much either," Gao Yanning shook his head.
"Then let's go ask them. The Huanghu Clan lived in this area before the city was built. They can be found everywhere in Highrock City now. Maybe they know something." As the strongest family in Highrock City, the Huanghu Clan is powerful, but even a mighty dragon can't suppress a local snake. If it weren't for the fact that the Highrock Clan produced a Chaos Great Sage, they really wouldn't be able to control them. Even though the Highrock City Highrock Great Sage is now directly in charge of Gaoyan City, the city still needs to rely on the Huangjie clan to run smoothly.
He can't possibly massacre the entire city first.
Moreover, even then, it's not guaranteed that they can completely wipe them out.
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As dawn broke and a sliver of white appeared on the horizon, in a secluded dwelling, an Eternal True God with gray-brown branches above his head stared at the communication token before him, suppressing his anger as he growled, "What?! You call this... unable to contact?!"
A trembling voice came from the other side of the command token, "As agreed, nine leaders were supposed to report their whereabouts today, but none of them have shown up."
"Activate emergency procedures and contact other leaders!"
There was silence on the other side for a moment, then two, then three.
"Unable to contact." In the silence, the Eternal True God with gray-brown branches above his head gradually sank into despair before uttering these words.
"Who can't be reached?!"
"Anyone can join—" Before he could finish speaking, the other side of the talisman fell into dead silence.
"Found you." A strange voice came through the token, and the last sound was the token being crushed.
The Eternal True God, with gray-brown branches above his head, had already fallen into an endless abyss of emotions, which transformed into utter icy coldness that permeated his soul.
Inside a secluded cave, Ye Muxuan packed his things. Then, a wisp of sword light appeared, moving through the gaps in the array, carrying his divine body across spatial distances, and appearing in an underground palace inside a cave where potion-making was taking place.
The layers of Defense Array that had already been activated were completely ineffective against him, remaining motionless in the slightest.
This cave dwelling is quite famous in Highrock City. It was purchased by a powerful Pharmacist named "Mulberry Elm," who is also the behind-the-scenes owner of the most renowned apothecary shop in Highrock City.
Of course, before today, no one knew that Mulberry Elm had another name, a name that was very famous in Highrock City and a frequent visitor to the desks of various forces: Dusk Cloud Tree.
With a gloomy expression, Mulberry Elm, or rather Dusk Cloud Tree, looked up and saw a figure appear in the underground cave known only to him.
This cave dwelling is one of more than a dozen hidden locations in Highrock City. Even he himself only found out where he was staying last night.
Mulberry Elm, as a powerful Pharmacist, has an open identity, and the location of his cave dwelling is not exactly a secret. However, the fact that the Dusk Cloud Tree is with Mulberry Elm is absolutely a secret!
These two identities are absolutely separate. He is confident that even the God King behind him, the "Blade Demon Ancestor," is unaware of his true identity!
The instant Mulberry Elm / Dusk Cloud Tree looked up and saw the figure, a huge, dazzling, cold, and incomparably sharp blade light appeared in his mind. His consciousness only produced a thought of "So that's how it is" before it dissipated like a bubble punctured by a needle.
Before his consciousness faded, he completed the thought, "----It was him."
Ye Muxuan's divine power swept through, leaving the entire underground palace spotless.
It's dawn, time to go back.
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