Before Xu Le used Tree World Descent.
Far away in Lighthouse, Jin Mingzhu watched the Soul Tree slaughter the surrounding Oddities, her expression grave.
The Red Moon Holy Temple Warlock before her was simply too powerful.
"Puppet Master Duo En... so she was the one who supposedly killed Xu Le..."
Puppet Master Duo En, an expert with a gentle voice but a very eccentric personality, had been secretly stationed in Lighthouse by the Red Moon Holy Temple.
This had not been made public. Only Lighthouse's leaders, Zhou Bi and Jin Mingzhu, knew about it.
After all, she had killed Xu Le. If this became public, the people of both Zion and Lighthouse would be up in arms.
The killer from the Red Moon Holy Temple who had murdered Xu Le had actually appeared openly in Lighthouse.
And Lighthouse, Zion's long-term strategic partner, had turned a blind eye to the killer and let her do as she pleased. This was intolerable.
The public did not think like those at the top, nor did they need to.
Once most people had enough to eat and drink, they would start entertaining strange thoughts.
Jin Mingzhu knew this, and so did Zhou Bi, so neither of them had mentioned the matter.
Was that Xu Le really dead...?
Jin Mingzhu fixed her gaze on Duo En.
There seemed to be threads in her hands, invisible to the naked eye, controlling the surrounding trees.
These Soul Tree branches, originally under Xu Le's control, had become Duo En's weapons during this Black Tide, obeying her every command.
Whoosh!
Duo En leaped, darting back to Jin Mingzhu's side.
Now that Lighthouse had the Soul Tree, and the Black Tide Oddities' attacks were not particularly intense, it had instead become the safest of the Four Great City-States.
The Oddities