"So that's how it was."
After making a full circuit of Star Chess City, Ye Lin understood the reason.
Every living being in Star Chess City had been slaughtered by Wang Dong.
Afterward, Wang Dong had gathered all the corpses together and set up an array. This array was designed to wring every last bit of essence from the bodies.
When he had first arrived, Wang Dong's array had likely just been completed. That was why Wang Dong had proactively fought him—to draw his attention and keep him from noticing the array in Star Chess City.
In the end, once the array fully activated, Wang Dong was completely exposed.
By now, Star Chess City had long since become a dead city devoid of life.
Without a Quasi-Saint stationed there, Wang Dong had massacred the entire city.
It was only reasonable.
If a Quasi-Saint expert had been stationed there, Wang Dong would never have had such ability.
"This trial is complete too. It's time to head back."
After taking one final look around, Ye Lin turned and left Star Chess City.
With his hands behind his back, Ye Lin walked through the void toward the Holy Palace branch.
Based on what had happened before, Ye Lin had already arranged his plans for the future.
He would return to the Holy Palace, become a member of the Heaven-Seeking Bureau after passing the certification, then return to Meteor Island to enter seclusion and attend classes.
This time, he had to finish the entire Daluo Golden Immortal curriculum.
He did not lack the transaction points needed to attend classes.
After becoming one of the Eastern Region Top Hundred, the Holy Palace had been quite generous.
One million a year.
That number was terrifying.
If he found somewhere to hide for several hundred thousand years,