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Chapter 1163: Chapter 1163: Departure
Under the mask.
It was a face.
A face filled with unspeakable horror!
Moreover, Town North King recognized it well.
After arriving at Middle-river Pier, people from The North Sea had waited for Devlin, camping out thirty miles outside the pier for a whole day and night.
During that time, more than a dozen members had mysteriously disappeared.
Town North King had sent people to search for them, but to no avail.
Now, hearing that Devlin had already arrived at Middle-river Pier with his men, he immediately rushed over with his troops.
But the man he recognized as Devlin,
After tearing off the black mask,
Revealed the face of one of his own missing subordinates.
Moreover, this subordinate had a timed bomb in his mouth.
His eyes were filled with panic.
He tried to speak but his mouth was sealed tightly with duct tape.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
The timer was sending out a deathly frantic alert!
"Run!"
Town North King bellowed, his body smashing through the cruise ship window like a bomb!
Boom!
The moment he flew out of the cabin, a giant flame exploded from behind him on the cruise ship!
The huge impact threw Town North King hard into the water.
Flames roared fiercely, debris from the cruise ship scattered everywhere.
Except for him, who reacted quickly and saved his life,
Everyone else on the cruise ship perished.
"Ah."
As the explosion sounded, Devlin, with a cigarette in his mouth and hands folded behind him, looked towards the sea.
"Why bother! Wouldn’t it be better to cooperate with me? Did you really need to poke the tiger’s butt, thinking you could handle it?"
Hisss...
Devlin took a deep drag of his cigarette and waved his hand.
Behind him, members of Cyber appeared on the pier with several small boats.
Battle boats!
Devlin had already arrived here the previous night.
Under cover of darkness, he and his men had ambushed the members from The North Sea responsible for the security.
They sealed their mouths with tape, intimidated them into wearing Cyber uniforms, and made them appear on the pier.
As expected, Town North King led a surprise attack.
Watching the fierce flames burning on the water, Devlin shook his head, flicked the burnt-out cigarette butt away, and chuckled, "You need strong teeth. This tough bone of mine, you can’t chew through it."
After that, he took out a monitor.
On it, dozens of scattered points shone.
"Back when Ember Falls laid out seventy-two suspected tombs, today you of Shadow Gate have forged forty-eight Divine Dragon Tripods."
Last night, he had received news that his spy in Shadow Gate had been killed.
Other than eliminating the leader of Shadow Gate, the rest of the core members scattered with identical Divine Dragon Tripods everywhere.
Yet even so, the fleeing members could not escape Devlin’s control.
Out of forty-eight, he had already locked down twenty-three.
"Brothers, the time to make our mark is today! Charge!"
Devlin stowed the monitor and dashed forward furiously, leaping into the speedboat.
Across the sea, waves surged and then gradually faded.
Finally disappearing.
After they had left, Town North King surfaced.
His eyes intently following the direction where the yacht had vanished.
Around him were the shattered limbs of The North Sea’s Cavalry.
The fire seemed to burn even more fiercely.
"Devlin!"
Splash!
Town North King slammed his fist onto the water’s surface,
Causing waves meters high.
"This vendetta, it can’t end like this."
He looked in the direction of Shadow Gate, both hands forcefully slapping down!
Splash!
With the waves splashing,
Town North King’s body surfaced from the water. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
He treaded the sea, heading straight for Middle-river Pier!
There, a spare boat awaited.
There was no one in the world who could only gain advantages without suffering setbacks.
He was determined to let Devlin taste the bitterness of defeat!
"Devlin and Town North King met at Middle-river Pier."
Gonzalez City.
Five-State International Building.
Temporary headquarters of Seven Clouds Academy.
Julius Reed stood in the center of the conference room, pointing to a map behind him.
"The only thing that could turn these two against each other, desperate enough to deploy a Shadow Warrior, must be the Divine Dragon Tripod! The Wolf Cavalry had been tailing Town North King all the way and ultimately gained something. Moreover, Devlin almost completely annihilated the North Sea Cavalry."
The Wolf Cavalry had continuously followed closely after breaking off from Town North King.
They were an elite tracking unit, capable of closely monitoring the opponent’s movements without being detected.
"Release the news now."
Click!
Julius Reed threw his pen onto the table, "Tell everyone in the martial arts world, the Divine Dragon Tripod is at Shadow Gate! Just like Devlin, Shadow Gate defected years ago but has always remained loyal to our Seven Clouds Academy! Moreover, make it flashy, carry the Golden Dragon Swallowing the Sun banner and head towards Shadow Gate!"
"Understood!"
Templeton Lena rose to leave, then hesitated and returned, "Mad Dragon, then you..."
"With such excitement, I naturally can’t miss out." Julius Reed, somehow, had procured a mask in his hand.
He unfolded the mask and put it on his face, "This is custom-made for me by Night Fairy. Once I wear it, I’ll blend in with the Seven Clouds Academy troops to ensure your safety. Otherwise, with such flamboyance, I fear you won’t even make it out of Five-river Province."
"This face..."
Templeton Lena, seeing Julius Reed with the mask on, was slightly taken aback, "You’re planning to..."
"No small scene, don’t panic."
Julius Reed adjusted his mask and then stood in front of a mirror, examining himself closely.
Indeed, an air of wickedness.
"Elaenor Wood, brother, I’m really sorry, but I have to borrow your face for a bit."
Since he had to borrow someone’s face to act, why not help his friend Elaenor Wood make a name for himself?
"When do we depart?" asked Templeton Lena.
"Now!"
Julius Reed grabbed the Nightfall Longsword, "For the journey to Shadow Gate, regardless if the Divine Dragon Tripod is real or fake, I wish to see if their reasons for betraying us years ago are what I suspect."
The ancient records on the old tree at Seven Clouds Academy stopped on the eve of Mad Dragon’s disappearance.
The words on it were all personally recorded by Julius Reed.
Back then.
He had never imagined that simply going to Wayland to handle some business would lead to betrayal and amnesia!
But the operation code-named ’X’ was clearly intent on taking the Divine Dragon Tripod to Gonzalez City.
However, the team defected.
Split into the factions of Shadow Gate and Devlin.
Julius Reed had once doubted whether Devlin was a pawn he had placed, forgotten due to the loss of memory.
According to Venassa Pine, among all the members of the special operations team, only Devlin was personally brought in by Julius Reed and lacked any background information.
A completely transparent individual!
But the more transparent, the more suspicious.
Who in the martial world is innocent?
Each one’s hands stained with blood.
The news spread with the speed of a wild storm!
Within just half an hour, the whole martial world was aware of this secret.
Especially since Seven Clouds Academy itself came forward, assembling troops heading for Shadow Gate.
It seemed to further solidify Devlin’s allegiance to Seven Clouds Academy.
Meanwhile.
At the border of Five-river Province.
A man draped in a cloak held a phone, staring at the continuous stream of messages on the screen.
Beneath the cloak!
There was an Eye of Hell.
"Divine Dragon Tripod..." Nathanael Warm wore a black hooded cloak.
In his hand, he clenched a black longsword.
He muttered to himself, "This indeed is a fine item..."
