While he was upset, the mainframe crystal processor of the Crystal Suit heard familiar noises, which were exactly the secret signal that Li Yao and Li Jialing had agreed on.
Overjoyed, Li Jialing hurried to swim to the deep sea where the signal came from, only to discover that Li Yao had also surfaced from the deepest crevice in nothing but a Crystal Suit.
"Brother Yao, where have you been exactly? I was so worried waiting for you!"
Li Jialing said, half complaining and half expectantly, "I've been following your orders and slacking at the edge of the battlefield without approaching the center of the battlefield at all. However, isn't it inappropriate to slack off from the beginning to the end? Why don't we go to the center of the battlefield and join the fun? At the very least, we'll find out which side killed the supervillain Dongfang Wang and rescued His Majesty. Such a world-shaking final battle might only be seen once in a lifetime!"
"Well, if that's the case, we don't need to go to the center of the battlefield."
Li Yao said solemnly, "I've killed the supervillain Dongfang Wang and rescued His Majesty by the way."
"…"
Li Jialing was dumbfounded. After a brief daze, he shouted, "What — What the hell? Didn't you say that you were going to cool off at the bottom of the ocean?"
"That's right. I was only planning to cool off at the bottom of the ocean, but …"
Li Yao was of a mind to scratch his head through the helmet. "As it turned out, I happened to run into Dongfang Wang in the bottom of the crevice, and I happened to see His Majesty who was held hostage by him. I know that the whole thing is hard to explain, and you must've wanted to spit in my face if you were in your place, but it just happened. There's nothing I can do about it!"
Li Jialing took a deep breath and looked behind Li Yao. "Then, where's His Majesty?"
"Here."
Li Yao waved his Cosmos Ring.
"What!"
Greatly shocked, Li Jialing immediately realized what was going on. He stammered, "His — His Majesty is dead? No, has passed away?"
"Yes. He died a few days ago, but not at the hands of Dongfang Wang, but … Forget it. This is not the place to talk. Come with me. I have something unbelievable but closely related to you that I need to tell you. You must stay calm!"
Li Yao grabbed Li Jialing's hand and swam to the deep sea. Very soon, he encountered the Crystal Suit that looked like a mermaid at the entrance of the crevice.
The person in the Crystal Suit was naturally Long Yangjun.
"Someone's here!"
Li Jialing asked in surprise, "Who is it then?"
Li Yao said, "Dongfang Mingyue."
"What?"
Li Jialing was greatly shocked again. He realized that his heart was always stimulated when he was with Li Yao, the mysterious "big brother", and his voice was broken again. "Isn't — Isn't she the most evil and sordid expert under Dongfang Wang's command, the president of the Association of Demon Hunters, and the unpredictable she-devil?"
"Exactly."
Li Yao swam to Long Yangjun with Li Jialing. "But don't be scared. I've already subdued the she-devil."
"What's going on exactly?"
Li Jialing did not know how he should put on his face anymore. He found it hard to believe. "How is it possible? You were only away for an hour or two, and you've already subdued Dongfang Mingyue, killed Dongfang Wang, and looted His Majesty's body. How did you do it?"
"It's very simple."
Li Yao said, "When I saw Dongfang Mingyue, I immediately unleashed my dominance and told her solemnly that the trend of the reform of the Imperium was like an overwhelming tide. Those who followed it would prosper, and those who defied it would perish. Now that Dongfang Wang was dead, and the Dongfang family was about to fall apart, if she still insisted on doing whatever she wanted, not only would she die without a burial, but she would also be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
"After Dongfang Mingyue thought about it carefully, she realized that it made a lot of sense. Also, I suppressed her with my unparalleled strength. She knew that she was absolutely no match for me. Did she have a second choice other than to surrender?" Li Yao shook his head and said, "Now that she had heard of Vulture Li Yao's name for a long time, she knew that she was absolutely no match for me.
Li Jialing: "… If possible, I really don't want to believe what you said."
"The fact is right in front of your eyes. This is the power of the brand 'Vulture Li Yao' that I built carefully some time ago. Right now, I accidentally built my personal image too high and mighty. Now, the heroes from all over the world often come to me and kowtow to me. I'm quite upset, too!"
Gritting his teeth, Li Jialing swam to Long Yangjun in silence and observed her "Heavenly Crystal Battlesuit" in bewilderment. It was indeed an ultimate product made of unknown materials. It seemed that only the top-tier experts could afford it. He couldn't help but feel even more astounded.
"You are Li Jialing?"
Long Yangjun chuckled and sent a telepathic thought to Li Jialing. "Don't be nervous. Just call me Sister Mingyue."
"Sister … Mingyue …"
Li Jialing's brain seemed to have been bombarded by lightning. He couldn't have been more dumbfounded. Was such a casual tone really the leader of the "Association of Demon Hunters", the legendary strongest special agency of the Imperium? Even if she was forced to surrender, she shouldn't have been so relaxed!
Looking at Long Yangjun and then at Li Yao, the young man truly had ten thousand question marks popping up in his eyes.
"Relax."
Li Yao said, "This … Sister Dongfang Mingyue has been influenced by your Brother Yao's personal charm and is going to be a good person from the bottom of her heart. So, you can absolutely trust her as much as you trust Brother Yao."
Thinking for a moment, Li Jialing said, "But I don't trust Brother Yao completely!"
"…"
Li Yao coughed and said, "Time is of the essence. Let's not dwell on the unimportant details. All in all, Li Jialing, you need to be mentally prepared. You are going to be told the most devastating news. You must hold on!"
Looking at the … unbelievable combination again, Li Jialing stammered, "Is there anything more devastating than what I just saw and heard?"
"Yes. According to our precise analysis and thorough deduction, your mother was probably possessed by a ghost, a thousand-year-old ghost."
Li Yao said solemnly, "It was Blackstar the Great, the founding emperor of the Imperium of True Human Beings!"
Li Jialing was silent. More than a thousand question marks popped up in his eyes. Biting his lips, he thought for a long time before he stammered, "I-I don't know how I should react at all. What are you talking about? Possessed? What's that? How did you know?"
"In the world of ghost cultivators, there's a term called 'old grandpa'. You should know about it, right? It's basically equivalent to an old ghost who's always following you around. They can give you pointers on training or the location of secret treasures. Of course, there are also some 'old grandpas' with bad intentions who want to reincarnate in someone else's body, take over someone else's body, or manipulate them as puppets."
Seeing that Li Jialing nodded, Li Yao went on, "We suspect that your mother was exactly one of those cases. However, her old grandpa was rather special and too tough to be described. It was Blackstar the Great!
"Most of your mother's strength and resources came from the Empyrean Transcendence Sector, the place where the Supreme Emperor was buried in the past. Blackstar the Great, on the other hand, set off for the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum before his death and perished there. Your parents should've been the first people who accidentally entered the Empyrean Transcendence Sector and got in touch with the remaining soul of Blackstar the Great. However, your father was an emotionless member of the Holy League at the beginning and was probably not suitable for manipulation and possession. Therefore, Blackstar the Great eventually chose your mother as a 'host'!"
Li Jialing was dumbfounded. The more he listened, the more scared he became. He asked in a hurry, "How did you know, Brother Yao? How accurate are you?"
"Dongfang Wang told a lot of things to me and Long … Dongfang Mingyue before his death. After we combined our intelligence, we arrived at the shocking truth."
Li Yao pondered for a moment and said, "As for the accuracy, let me put it this way. Based on the current intelligence, there is a fifty percent chance, but I can assure you that it is absolutely true!"
The more Li Jialing listened, the more confused he became. "Wait. If there is only a fifty percent chance, why are you a hundred percent certain that the queen … my mother is really possessed by a ghost, Brother Yao?"
"If I hadn't observed and participated in the matter, there would've been a fifty percent chance that it was either good or bad."
Li Yao analyzed solemnly. "However, now that I've been involved in the unpredictable swirl, the whole thing can only go in the worst direction. The truth must've been the worst possibility. Therefore, your mother must've been possessed by Blackstar the Great. There's no doubt about it!"
Li Jialing's previously yellow face was so pale that he almost burst into tears. "What … What are you talking about? Brother Yao, you must save my mother!"
"Of course, I want to save the queen and annihilate Blackstar the Great too."
Li Yao sighed slightly and said, "However, after careful evaluation just now, I've discovered that my Cultivation right now seems to be slightly lower than Blackstar the Great's. If I'm not in my best state, I might not necessarily be able to beat him. Therefore, for the sake of caution, we must consider the matter carefully."
Li Jialing was so anxious that he almost burst into tears. He grabbed Li Yao's wrist and asked, "What's the meaning of that? What do you mean by 'consider carefully'?"
"It means that we should take one step at a time. Let's run for our lives first. No matter what, I don't want to face Her Highness right now. Who knows if there is an invisible thousand-year-old ghost behind her who is looking at me maliciously when I'm talking to her? It's too creepy!"
Li Yao said quickly, "Also, you must hide, too! I've just analyzed with Dongfang Mingyue. If your mother is truly possessed by Blackstar the Great, and Blackstar the Great is planning a certain shocking scheme, you must be the key to the scheme, and you must be more important than me.
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