Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 943

Chapter 8-943: Volume 8 - Chapter 943: Strangers

The old man disappeared in a flash, completely devoured by the Scarlet Palace . Instead of leaving, the black-robed man remained standing at the center of the hall . He asked in a rather concerned tone, “Master, are we going to sit aside and do nothing? After all, the tunnel is in Zhang Buzou’s hands . ”

“Why should I pay any attention? In the past, it was fine to give the tunnel to Zhang Buzhou because it was useless . Now, its value is so great that he cannot handle it alone . Even in the neutral lands, Zhang Buzhou won’t be able to stop the Empire and Evernight working together . ”

The black-robed man said, “Master, that might be the case, but perhaps we should help him a bit for the sake of the neutral lands overall . ”

The voice snorted lazily . “The bigger picture means nothing . Zhang Buzhou claims to be assaulting the heavenly monarch realm . I want to see just how close he is to the realm . ”

Failing to convince his master, the black-robed man sighed . “Perhaps the Empire and Evernight will fight among themselves like before . ”

“Unless it’s the same idiots from last time, they’ll wait until the passage is in their hands before fighting among themselves . That means they’ll destroy Zhang Buzhou first before anything . ”

“Master is wise . ”

The black-robed man eventually withdrew, and the great hall once again recovered its calm .

Qianye had just completed his cultivation for the day . The night was deep, dark, and full of stars . He looked up into the distance where the massive body of the Martyr’s Palace was lying across the land, much like a mountain range .

There were lights flickering all throughout its body as ant-like workers climbed up and down, installing pieces of the new lattice body armor .

During this period, this was the scene he saw every time he woke up from cultivation . It was at this time that Qianye suddenly noticed something drifting across the starry sky . He looked up and realized that it was a deeply-colored autumn leaf, but it vanished entirely when he looked over .

Qianye understood that this leaf didn’t exist and that it was his own perception being affected . Needless to say, it was one of Song Zining’s tricks . This seventh young master seemed to have become less fathomable after a period of absence . That was fairly strange because he was rarely ever seen cultivating, yet his drinking and revelry never fell short . Despite that, his cultivation never fell behind compared to the likes of Qianye and Zhao Jundu .

Qianye understood that this flying leaf was Song Zining reminding him that the time was nigh .

Qianye got up and walked toward the Martyr’s Palace . Under the summoning of his consciousness, the palace responded and began trembling lightly .

Bluemoon ran over to him rapidly . “Sire, are you going out?”

“Yes, it’s time . How goes the outfitting?”

“The main cannon has been installed, along with four auxiliary cannons . Most of the outer walls have also been completed and will be done in a few more days . It’s just that the origin array in charge of energy supply isn’t strong enough . You can only fire the main cannon twice at most before having to recharge for half an hour . ” Clearly, Bluemoon had long since made preparations for a swift report .

“Very good, continue the unfinished work along the way . Have the crew board the airship, we leave in half a day . ”

“Yes, Sire . ”

At this moment, the Northern Continent was populated by elites and thus the preparatory work went on in an orderly manner . Although half a day was quite short, all the work was duly completed in the end . The necessary materials had been loaded onto the ship, and the construction would continue along the way .

The functional areas in the Martyr’s Palace had already been planned out . Although it could be said that materials were piled up like mountains inside the vessel, the hold actually felt quite empty . The palace was simply too big, big enough to fit a small town inside . No one knew how long it would take to finish building everything . At this point, even the framework hadn’t been completed just yet .

The only area that had been properly constructed was the fuel storage chamber . Qianye was rather astonished by the area, which was close to a hundred meters wide, and it also served to remind him of how great the Martyr’s Palace’s consumption rate was .

Bluemoon wouldn’t be following them as she needed to oversee the construction work on the ground . The entire Highbeard Tribe would only be able to call the Northern Continent home after the ancestral land had been fully constructed and their people moved over . Having to shoulder such a heavy burden affixed a look of worry and exhaustion on her face . With the arrival of more and more people from Ningyuan Heavy Industries, she quickly realized that this was a difficult opponent . Be it on the future Northern Continent or in the system under Qianye, the Highbeards’ position would never be as high as she had expected .

The Martyr’s Palace rose slowly into the sky at dawn and left the Northern Continent .

Qianye kept the Martyr’s Palace in the void around the edge of the continent and flew toward Southern Blue alone . This short passage through the void could be considered a perilous chasm for someone below the divine champion realm . Qianye, however, was able to resist the erosion of the void for a short period of time due to his ancient vampire constitution .

There were already three hundred men on the Martyr’s Palace at this point . Most of them were technicians who would continue with the installation of the outer walls .

After passing through the protective layer, Qianye swooped down like a falcon and shot straight toward Southern Blue . While he was still in the air, Qianye noticed several weird airships around the city’s port .

These airships looked like cargo vessels, and they were also packed to the brim with goods . But from high-above, Qianye found their outlines quite familiar—they were clearly corvettes from the imperial military . And the larger one nearby, also carrying goods, was one of their cutting-edge destroyers .

As an ex-member of Red Scorpion, it was a necessary subject to be able to differentiate Imperial and Evernight airships .

These imperial airships were fairly well-disguised and almost identical to ordinary cargo ships . It was just that the disguise didn’t quite take into account the possibility of a spy coming in from above, much less one that was formally trained in the empire .

Qianye was a bit startled upon seeing these airships . He hadn’t expected that the empire would come so quickly . The appearance of these regular warships in the neutral lands meant that war was just over the horizon .

He glanced up into the void with True Sight and saw that the flow of origin power was gradually becoming gentler .

Qianye retracted his aura as he landed in Southern Blue and made straight for Dark Flame headquarters . There were a fair number of people with profound auras inside the city, some with overflowing killing intent . There would be a couple of experts around every street block . These people were oblivious of Qianye’s presence, not even glancing back even if they were to brush past .

The headquarters was also different from before . The entire base seemed to be on high-alert with double the sentries at the gate . After stating his identity, Qianye entered through the main gates without a hitch . Barely one month had passed, yet there were already unfamiliar faces in the headquarters . These people were markedly different from the people born in the neutral lands, and some areas in the base were completely under their management .

Judging from the interaction, the old Dark Flame members did not seem receptive to the newcomers at all . The gazes being exchanged were far from friendly, and misfires might’ve already happened if Dark Flame’s rules weren’t as strict as the imperial regular army .

Qianye frowned as he walked up the central command building . He had just taken a couple of steps when a rude voice came through from the side . “Halt!”

Qianye paid it no attention and kept on walking . A voice roared once more from behind him, “I told you to stop!”

This time, Qianye realized that the man was addressing him . He turned back with a sneer—he wanted to see who dared to talk to him like this inside Dark Flame headquarters .

There was a courtyard to the rear where two warriors were staring at Qianye with their blades drawn . It looked like they were tasked with guarding this courtyard but, for some reason, had set their eyes on the passer-by that was Qianye .

The two were clad in mercenary uniform, but the sharp killing intent and arrogance were different from the people here . Qianye could see faint shadows of the imperial elite in their demeanor .

One of them pointed at Qianye, shouting, “Who are you? How come I’ve never seen you before?”

Qianye broke into a laugh instead of feeling angry . “I’ve never seen you people before, either . ”

The soldier’s expression sank . “Nonsense! Who do you think you are to see me at will? Don’t ramble when I’m asking a question . I’ll have you come inside if you don’t reply . ”

Qianye smiled spuriously . “You really want me coming in?”

The soldier revealed a sinister smile as he reached out to grab Qianye . “You asked for it!”

However, his companion grabbed ahold of his hand . This experienced-looking soldier seemed to remember something as he gazed at Qianye . “This area of the base is forbidden . Stay clear in the future, got it? You can go now . ”

The young warrior couldn’t yet calm down . He stared at Qianye with burning eyes, much like a fierce beast on the verge of pouncing over . Nonetheless, the experienced soldier’s firm grip stopped his idea of teaching Qianye a lesson .

Qianye didn’t budge, however . “There are places in Dark Flame where I can’t go? Who made these rules?”

Furious, the young man struggled free from his comrade and swing the stock of his gun at Qianye . “You’re asking for a beating!”

There was no way Qianye would get struck by this blow, but no amount of good temper was enough in this kind of situation . He sent the two guards flying with a kick, flinging them dozens of meters away, through the door behind them and into the courtyard .

The change attracted dozens of warriors from the courtyard, as well as the sound of an alarm .

Standing at the door, Qianye let out a deep roar, “Who’s the leader? Get out here this instant!”

The soldiers rushing at Qianye felt as though they had been struck in the chest by a sledgehammer . They fell to the ground in quick succession, unable to get up no matter how hard they struggled . The people preparing to rush out of the building also tumbled down the stairs .

A loud cry emerged from the building, “Who dares behave so atrociously in my domain?”

A burly middle-aged man with coarse hair and large eyes rushed out from the building . His expression was fierce, and his facial hair was as hard as steel needles . He arrived before Qianye in two steps and swiped a claw toward his throat .

Qianye sneered inwardly . The opponent could be considered fairly careless, considering him to be an ordinary second-rate champion . Not to mention a rank-fifteen expert like this person, even divine champions would suffer from treating Qianye this way .

This time, Qianye had no intention of holding back . His blood core pulsed strongly, almost as though it had woken up from a long dream—he was ready to heavily injure the opponent in one go .

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