Chapter 121: An Appointment to Die Together

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Clock Tower Magic Association.

The fierce Undead that blanketed the horizon had already swallowed the city, leaving only the Golden Barrier to sustain the final breath of this thousand-year-old Ancient Capital.

Yet, under the ceaseless, day-and-night onslaught of the countless Undead Army, the Golden Barrier could not hold for much longer.

"What, I took a nap, and the Undead have already reached the inner city?"

Lv Cheng's languid voice broke the stifling atmosphere inside the watchtower.

"Who are you?" Li Yujian, who had never seen Lv Cheng before, looked at this young man who had intruded upon their meeting with some displeasure.

"You don't even recognize me? You bumpkin." Lv Cheng yawned, walked to the table, sat down, and poured himself some tea.

"The taste is not bad." Lv Cheng looked at Ling Xi to the side.

Jasmine tea, you really don't forget it no matter where you go.

"Thank you." Ling Xi nodded, not saying much more to Lv Cheng.

In her current identity, she did not know Lv Cheng.

"You..." Seeing Lv Cheng's attitude, Li Yujian was enraged, but before he could say anything, Zhu Meng and Han Ji stepped in to help explain.

Just then, a pharmacist wearing a white lab coat also hurried up to explain to everyone the effect of the Nine Nether Dew on the Undead, and immediately following him, a man wrapped tightly from head to toe walked up slowly.

"Who are you?" Han Ji asked.

"Could it be the legendary passing Kamen Rider?" Lv Cheng said.

The tightly wrapped man ignored Lv Cheng and continued from the previous topic to explain to everyone Salang's plot regarding the Ancient Capital.

"We are willing to believe what you have said, but why must you come to see us in this appearance? Why not take off your mask?" Ling Xi questioned.

"Because the Bull Warrior never takes off his mask," Lv Cheng said leisurely.

The mysterious man looked at Lv Cheng, speechless for a moment, "Sorry, I cannot be certain if there are any of Salang's accomplices among those present, or rather, who among those present is Salang herself!"

"……"

"Salang? Me?" Lv Cheng raised an eyebrow.

"You are not," the mysterious man said.

"Why?" Lv Cheng asked in confusion.

"Why don't you suspect me? Do you look down on me?"

"……"

Watching Lv Cheng inexplicably start bickering with the mysterious man, Zhu Meng hurriedly stood up, covered his mouth, and signaled for the mysterious man to continue explaining.

"I will go bring Fang Gu now, you all wait a moment."

After saying this, the mysterious man walked quickly out of the watchtower.

Only then did Zhu Meng let go of Lv Cheng's mouth.

"Why won't you let me speak?" Lv Cheng looked displeased.

"Don't you all think this person is very suspicious? The battle to defend the Ancient Capital has been going on for so long, he knows so much, why didn't he say it sooner? He doesn't come early, he doesn't come late, but he happens to come at this very moment."

"When you are at your wits' end, he suddenly throws out a straw to save your lives, leaving you no choice but to believe him; isn't this the usual tactic of the Black Vatican?"

"This..." Zhu Meng was momentarily speechless.

"But what is his purpose in doing this?" Ling Xi asked.

"For fun," Lv Cheng shrugged.

"……"

Zhu Meng had black lines on his forehead, and the others, who had been expecting some profound insight from Lv Cheng a second ago, were also speechless.

What kind of reason is that?

"Is this reason not enough?" Lv Cheng asked.

"Or do you think that because there is no benefit to him, it doesn't make sense? Then may I ask, the Black Vatican, Salang, making such a big commotion and taking such a huge risk to destroy the Ancient Capital, what benefit is there for her?"

"Isn't she just playing around?"

"This..."

"Report! A corpse has been found in the back alley to the south!" An Imperial Guard Mage flew down from a high vantage point.

"It seems to be that mysterious man from just now!"

Everyone was shocked and hurriedly had the Imperial Guard Mage lead the way to the back alley to check the situation.

"This... to be this rampant!" Zhu Meng was furious.

Just as everyone fell into despair because they had lost the whereabouts of Fang Gu, the mysterious man from before walked out from a corner again.

"Just as I said before, there are Salang's accomplices or the person herself among those present."

"You aren't dead?" Ling Xi was stunned, a surge of annoyance rising in her heart.

She had actually been played!

"Just in case, I arranged for a subordinate to disguise themselves as me to receive information, and the result is as you have seen," the mysterious man walked forward.

"If nothing goes wrong, the one lurking here is Salang herself."

As he spoke, the mysterious man faced Han Ji and bowed.

"Chairman, please issue the subsequent orders."

Although Han Ji had been shaken by Lv Cheng's words, he still proceeded with the original plan and bound everyone present.

"Didn't you say I wasn't Salang?" Lv Cheng looked at the Soul Chain on his body, somewhat speechless.

"Sorry, I truly cannot leave behind any hidden danger," Han Ji said.

"If the catastrophe can be quelled, I, Han, will certainly apologize to everyone!"

"Apologize?" Lv Cheng raised an eyebrow.

"I'm afraid we won't live until that time, will we?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the people being restrained changed drastically.

"Better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let a single one go." Lv Cheng looked around.

"How are you any different from the Black Vatican like this?"

Han Ji's expression darkened slightly, and he said nothing.

In these extraordinary times, he was helpless as well.

……

On the watchtower, more than ten high-level figures, including Lv Cheng, were tightly surrounded by Imperial Guard Mages; if there were the slightest unusual movement, they would be killed without a corpse left in an instant.

"I really didn't expect that I, a High-level Mage, would receive this kind of treatment." Lv Cheng sat at the table in a lighthearted tone, watching the heavy rain filling the sky.

"Aren't you nervous?" Ling Xi said.

"If this matter isn't resolved, I'm afraid we'll all die here."

She had a backup plan and could escape, but Lv Cheng might not.

She also didn't expect Lv Cheng to happen to arrive here at this time, or rather, it was as if...

"It's very obvious that someone wants to mess with me." Lv Cheng chuckled softly.

Liu Xian told him that while he was asleep, there had been people monitoring the hotel, and after he set off from the hotel, there were people following him the whole way.

After arriving at the Clock Tower, whether it was the apothecary who reported or the mysterious person afterward, they were all arranged by Han Ji; this play seemed as if it were waiting for him, the final guest, to appear.

Clearly, he was the primary suspect.

Or rather, someone wanted to take this opportunity to deal with him.

But, who?

Han Ji had no grudges against him and didn't even know him before; that old guy had no reason to target a High-level Mage like him at a time like this.

Could it be the Magic Palace? Or the Supreme Judgment Court?

Had he offended someone without realizing it?

"Perhaps we really are going to die for love here today." Lv Cheng looked at Ling Xi with some sorrow.

"Die for love?" Ling Xi was stunned and couldn't help but laugh.

"Not necessarily."

"But I think dying for love is also a pretty good ending," Lv Cheng said.

"At least there's someone to keep me company, isn't there?"

"……"

Zhu Meng looked with a strange expression at Lv Cheng, who had inexplicably started talking about bizarre topics with Ling Xi.

"When did they meet?" a Hunter King from the Hunter Union asked in confusion.

"Seems like just now," said Chief Instructor Feijiao.

"He drank the tea Ling Xi brought, and then, these two started chatting."

"In just this short time?" Army Commander Lu Xu's eye twitched wildly.

No, it's only been a few minutes?

And they're already talking about dying for love?

And at a time like this, they still have the leisure to flirt?

"That's just how he is." Zhu Meng was actually the calmest.

Having witnessed Lv Cheng's actions in Hangzhou before—building a Floating Island in the sky and even moving the Black Snake up there—the biggest reason for doing such things was for that woman named Tang Yue...

"Among us, the one with the least suspicion is him," Zhu Meng said.

"Why?" Li Yujian asked, puzzled.

In his view, Zhu Meng was the one with the least suspicion.

"The Space Element's super-level power is extremely rare; even Salang cannot fake it," Zhu Meng said.

"Then why..." Chief Instructor Feijiao looked puzzled.

Since Lv Cheng had the least suspicion, why did he feel that just now, Han Ji was focusing specifically on Lv Cheng?

Zhu Meng shook his head, "I can't figure it out either..."

When Han Ji gave the order to act, the one he focused on guarding against was Lv Cheng.

But why...

"Say, are you all willing to just wait for death?" Lv Cheng suddenly asked.

"That fake substitute from just now was obviously a play, right?"

"What do you mean?" Li Yujian's eyes narrowed slightly.

"We all have suspicions, but what about Han Ji?" Lv Cheng said.

"Don't you suspect that Han Ji is actually Salang?"

"That play with the fake substitute just now was clearly to make you willingly stay under house arrest here, waiting for them to find a result."

"But do you think this result can be found?"

"The whole world has been looking for Salang for so many years without a single shred of news; now, they can find her? And can so easily determine that Salang is here?"

"Moreover, Han Ji is the boss here, and that gray-robed masked person is obviously his man; which means everything just now was controlled by Han Ji himself. Perhaps even those so-called intelligence reports were fabricated by him."

"All for the sake of being able to place all of you, these dozen or so Super-level Mages, under house arrest without any effort."

"Next, I'm afraid they are planning to finish us all off."

"……"

As Lv Cheng's voice fell, the people present had varying expressions.

The expressions of the Imperial Guard Mages guarding the perimeter also changed slightly.

"To be honest, if I didn't know what kind of person you are, I would really suspect that you are Salang," Zhu Meng said, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Lv Cheng's inflammatory words were enough to make even him start to doubt.

This kid is truly worthy of being a Mind Element Mage.

"I am just speaking based on the facts," Lv Cheng said, shrugging his shoulders.

"If everything is truly as I said, and Han Ji is the real culprit, are we who have been fighting for our lives just supposed to sit here and wait for death?"

"……"

"What you say makes sense," Han Ji said, slowly walking out from the corner, followed by the grey-robed person from earlier.

"However, this is the decision of the Supreme Judgment Court; we have no other choice."

"……"

(End of this chapter)