Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 921

Chapter 8-921: Volume 8 - Chapter 921: Preparing for War

Everyone’s interest in the engine stopped here . Although they were unable to figure out any concrete details on its function, the key was that it was a respiratory organ belonging to a certain void creature . Even with a sufficient grasp of mechanical technology, where was one to find such a being? If the organ really was from a void colossus, finding it would be akin to courting death .

Qianye returned to his own courtyard and quickly packed up . He then rushed over to the armory and handed the quartermaster a long list—he planned to stock up on enough ammunition and food to last through a war . The upcoming battle might be the most difficult one since his arrival in the neutral lands .

After completing all preparations, Qianye said goodbye to Song Zining .

For this expedition, he would clear out the surrounding disloyal powers and, more importantly, tell Eden and his mobile unit that Qianye was operating in the wilderness . An untraceable Qianye was the only force that could exert enough deterrence to prevent the Evernight squads from acting blindly or fielding their armies without enough defensive power . Just as Eden had made the imperial nobility suffer within the Misty Wood, Qianye was also an impossible problem for the Evernight forces . Even with Eden restraining him during that period, their side had still sustained grave casualties . The dark races might’ve been pushed out of the woods if it weren’t for the demonkin prodigy .

The wilderness of the neutral lands wasn’t as restrictive to the senses compared to the Misty Wood, but void turbulences or even storms could kick up at any time . A hunter from the Empire or Evernight would find themselves easily losing their targets here .

Once Qianye had entered the wilderness, Eden would definitely focus his efforts on restraining him . Otherwise, operating carelessly like before would give Qianye the opportunity to kill him as soon as he launched an attack .

Qianye had gained the obvious advantage during the latter parts of their fight in the Misty Wood, but there was no telling what the outcome of this confrontation would be .

Qianye’s advantage lay in the fact that Li Kuanglan and Ji Tianqing were there to oversee Southern Blue, as well as Song Zining preparing for war at all times . The three airships belonging to each of them were hidden somewhere in the void, and the Martyr’s Palace was also on standby . The demonkin would likely suffer if they came crashing into them without sufficient information .

“Try to keep the road to Seagaze open, lest it gives those families an excuse to drag things out . ” This was Song Zining’s request .

“No problem . ”

“Wait a minute,” Song Zining called Qianye back at the last minute .

The latter smiled . “What do you need me to do? Just say it . ”

He saw Song Zining wearing a rare serious expression and a bit of uneasiness as well . Twisting his fan in hesitation, he said after a good while, “Sorry . ”

“What about?” Qianye was a bit puzzled .

Song Zining took a deep breath . “This battle is not the same as before . You should know how dangerous it is . ”

“Dangerous? You mean Eden? I think the Wolf King is more dangerous . ”

Song Zining shook his head . “The Wolf King is just an arrogant, overconfident bastard, and he’s alone . He’ll become cautious and afraid after a round of harsh beating . This is the Wolf King’s weakness, he cannot afford to sustain injuries . As long as he’s paranoid, we will have ways to deal with him . This isn’t the case for Eden . He was the vanguard this time, and there might be more than just one demonkin clan behind him . ”

“What are you trying to say?”

Song Zining grabbed Qianye’s shoulder . “Prepare well, you might be facing an entire Evernight squad, including vampires, werewolves, and arachne . ”

“And?”

“I hope… you won’t encounter a duke . ”

Qianye was startled . “Are you kidding?”

“Of course not, do I look like I’m joking?”

“You do . We both know how important dukes are to Evernight, and the chances of them falling is much higher in the neutral lands . Besides, even if a duke really comes, their combat strength will be greatly discounted as they adapt to the environment . ”

Song Zining increased the force in his hand . “That’s under normal circumstances . There might be more than one duke moving out from the Evernight side this time . ”

“What’s the reason?”

Song Zining hesitated with a wry smile . “I can’t tell you now . This place might’ve attracted the attention of certain powerhouses . I fear he’ll find out if I say it . In short, you have to be very careful . Don’t become fixated on any target, what you must do is survive . I will find a way to get the Martyr’s Palace equipped as soon as possible . I can only hope that it’s not too late . ”

“You’re always like this, saying everything halfway . You’ll have no friends left at this rate,” Qianye said .

“It’s fine as long as I have my brothers . ”

“Brothers? I think women are more important to you . ”

“Qianye! You were never this talkative before . ”

Qianye shrugged . “I learned that from you . ”

Song Zining shook his head, saying, “I’ve said this before, but I’m not joking . I have a very… bad feeling about all of this . I hope you understand . Because of their special identities, I cannot allow Kuanglan and Tianqing to go into battle with you . Absolutely nothing must happen to them, at least not because of you . So, you’re on your own for now . ”

Qianye said, “I’m not alone, I have you, don’t I?”

Song Zining seemed like he wanted to say something, but he only let out a long sigh .

“Enough, it feels like I’m talking to a woman . I’m leaving . ” Qianye pushed the door open and left .

The wilderness was, just as before, lonesome and austere—the endless yellow sand, the sharp gales, and the randomly appearing void storms that would leave one weak and palpitating . Even cultivators would feel great discomfort when exposed to excessive amounts of void origin power .

Qianye walked alone through the empty wilderness . Removing his gloves, he could feel a faint stabbing pain on his skin—this was a sign of void origin power falling on his skin . The energy was so violent that it would gradually destroy living bodies . Only those with exceptionally strong constitutions or origin power protection could escape this eventual fate . This was the reason why even cultivators would live much shorter lives here if they weren’t strong enough .

But people at Qianye’s level of physique would benefit from the void origin power instead of suffering harm . The wisps of energy would enter his body and become assimilated .

Qianye observed the surrounding wilderness with narrowed eyes . The surrounding landscape was both familiar and strange—in addition to ordinary vision, even the world in his perception would warp and twist from time to time . This was an effect of the void origin power . Qianye gazed far into the distance and spread his perception out to its maximum range, hoping to find the maximum extent of his senses .

Since the opponent was Eden, no amount of preparation could be considered excessive .

Qianye stretched his perception to its extremes and, after repeated tries, gradually formed a blurry borderline . Eden’s figure appeared in this illusory world, holding a sniper rifle and taking aim at Qianye . Then, he pulled firmly on the trigger .

A bullet shrouded in dark demonic energy flashed toward Qianye’s forehead!

Qianye’s body jolted as he opened his eyes, and all the illusions disappeared immediately . That Eden was actually a projection of that sniping attempt back in Seagaze City, located at the same distance as when he had ambushed Qianye back then . And the position of this projection was still far from the extremes of Qianye’s visual range .

Qianye felt somewhat relieved . Perhaps Eden wasn’t firing from his maximum range, but at the very least, he still had the advantage in visual capacity . The neutral lands was different from the Misty Wood in that visual range was longer than sniping range . Hence, Qianye’s advantage wasn’t that evident . Nonetheless, even a bit of advantage was welcome when fighting against Eden .

Qianye closed his eyes again and recalled the process of Eden’s shot . The impact from that attack was so powerful that it had injured him through East Peak, but it remained that Qianye could block this shot even when he was unprepared . Eden would thus need to close the distance if he wanted to strike Qianye, and this was an obvious advantage for the latter .

At this moment, only that demonic-energy-shrouded bullet remained in his consciousness . This bullet vanished after shooting through Qianye’s forehead and reappeared once more at its source .

The repeated recollection allowed Qianye to slowly grasp the shot’s true firepower . Although this shot was extremely powerful, Eden also had to accumulate a fair amount of energy to launch this attack . If he could fire like that back in the Misty Wood, he might’ve been able to turn the tables around .

From this attack, it was clear that Eden could already utilize the maximum potential of the Abyssal Tribute . No one knew what kind of miracle he had chanced upon, but his demonic power had reached the level of a marquis .

The empire had collected sufficient details about Eden during the void continent battle, even data regarding his Abyssal Tribute . From this shot, however, it would seem that the sniper rifle was even more powerful than the reports had stated . This was perhaps because Eden couldn’t yet bring out the true power of this weapon in the past .

Although Heartgrave could suppress Abyssal Tribute in both firepower and special abilities, it would drain Qianye in one shot and leave him in a weakened state . Meanwhile, Eden would be able to fire three more shots from his sniper rifle . Hence, it could be said that the two were evenly matched in terms of origin guns .

At this point, Qianye had completed his analysis of Eden . He would need to fight the man again to figure out more details . Although Eden had suffered consecutive attacks from Ji Tianqing and Li Kuanglan, the injuries weren’t severe . It could be assumed that he would have returned to the battlefield by now, but no one knew when he would attack again .

Qianye opened his eyes once more and once again expanded his perception to its maximum range, paying attention to everything in his surroundings . Song Zining’s thoughts were one thing, but Qianye knew that the most important mission right now was to find the demonkin mobile units hiding in the wilderness .

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