The Mobile Battle Armor stood in the darkness, slowly moving its body.
Weapons and gun barrels emerged from its frame, then retracted. A powerful aura surged from it.
Its body, built of both living tissue and alloy, possessed destructive power far beyond that of an ordinary cultivator.
A cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm, at least, could never unleash enough power to destroy nearly half a city the way this technological creation could.
An emotionless electronic voice sounded:
"You aren't Xu Jingchen, and neither am I..."
"We'd kept out of each other's way. So why did you choose this moment to wear his skin, return to the Xu Residence, and ruin my plans?" "Kept out of each other's way?" Xu Chengan repeated, then fell silent for several breaths.
He had meant to question the other man.
Instead, the other man was questioning him.
Had the other man been plotting for years, waiting to exploit the opening Xu Jingchen presented and slip into the vast body of the Xu Residence?
"Who exactly are you? What organization do you belong to?"
Xu Chengan asked.
"What about you? Why is a bastard from the All Things Unity Society meddling in my affairs?" Xu Yuan said.
It was a probe.
After passing through three layers of the Nine Nether Prefecture's world,
Xu Yuan had gradually come to understand Ninefold Nether's power structure.
The Aristocratic Clans were the foundation of Ninefold Nether.
And the All Things Unity Society was, in fact, controlled by the great Aristocratic Clans!
By impersonating Xu Jingchen, he had damaged the Xu Residence's interests, making himself an enemy of the All Things Unity Society as well.
If Xu Chengan stood with the All Things Unity Society—
Then this fight was unavoidable!
Xu Yuan had another question, too.
From what he had