Only after the several Golden Boot Warriors had left did Lu Li take his seat before the execution platform and pull out the jade slip he had bought from the Star-Picking Tower once more.
He had already secretly put all necessary precautions in place.
There was no need to reveal his trump card for dealing with enemies so early.
Besides, he had nothing better to do right now.
He might as well use the time before the execution began to briefly look into the clues concerning members of the Order of the Scales of Time.
Zhou Muren, Zhou Muzhi, Zhou Muyu, and Zhou Muxin condensed into form amid the billowing black mist, taking up positions around Lu Li.
While standing guard, they kept a close watch on the execution platform below.
Lu Li sank his consciousness into the jade slip.
He had expected long, sprawling passages of information like the sect's introductory materials.
Instead, there were only a dozen or so lines of text.
Each line contained a clue.
More than half of them were marked with notes such as "lost contact," "presumed dead," or "never returned after entering the Demon Domain."
Lu Li instantly felt scammed, inwardly cursing the damn rip-off!
After reading through it all, he found only three useful clues in total, each corresponding to a Player's name.
"Tyren Domain, Daenerys Kay... Scorching Domain, Ragnar... Extreme Domain, Black Star..."
"Hiss... Aren't they all overlords of their respective domains?"
Comparing the names against his memories from his past life, Lu Li muttered to himself, "Mother of Myriad Insects Daenerys Kay should be the Tyran Mother Empress I saw earlier in Octopus Lady's memory crystal..."
"She seemed to have been badly wounded in that battle more than three hundred years ago."
"Combined with what I remember from my past