Inside the Dark Skyship.
Boss Zhao sat silently in the control room's main seat, silently studied the reports coming in from various locations, and silently furrowed his brow.
"This absolutely cannot go on. Come to think of it, why do I feel like someone has been playing me...?"
He shook his head, putting those tangled emotions out of his mind.
"Even Yang Chang has shown up. Things look bad. It seems His ritual will have to be postponed. If only the powerhouses our Spades Lineage had ten years ago were still here. Dealing with Sky City now would be child's play."
Ten years ago, the Ace of Spades Bishop had already reached sequence 6 and could hold his own against Cheng Tianming.
Back then, their lineage had also possessed three sequence 7 members. After ten years, perhaps all of them could have reached sequence 6.
Unfortunately...
"The Hearts Lineage's forces are all in the Land of Exiles. Sneaking all of them into Sky City is clearly impossible. The Clubs Lineage is out in the Wilderness. They have numbers, but too few powerhouses. We can use them as cannon fodder in the next operation."
"As for the Diamonds Lineage, we still haven't found them. They supposedly possess terrifying combat power, but I can't find a single lead."
Old Zhao sighed and shook his head.
Suddenly, he fell silent again.
This time, there was a hint of horror in his silence.
Inside the vast skyship, he heard footsteps. He sensed fluctuations of spiritual qi.
He shot to his feet and turned!
His bloated, obese body quivered in waves with fear and horror.
He saw a door appear inside the skyship, followed by three figures emerging from it. Dressed in a black tailcoat and a gentleman's top hat, Meng Chengfei fixed his deep