Chapter 1266: Silver King?

Silver King?

Dim clouds enveloped the sky above the Canal Gang.

Continuous wind and rain drifted into the interior of the Canal Gang from the broken ceiling. The Canal Gang members, who had just experienced the disturbance caused by "Six of Hearts," looked at the dozen or so figures exuding terrifying Oppressive Aura in the sky above them, nervously swallowing a mouthful of saliva...

Rank 8, Rank 7, Rank 7, Rank 7, Rank 7, Rank 7, Rank 6, Rank 6, Rank 6...

Hiss...

Was this the true strength of the Pu Family?

Seeing this scene, cold sweat continuously seeped from the backs of the two Rank 7 Gang Leaders of the Canal Gang... Facts proved that the foundation of the Pu Family was simply beyond compare to any other Divine Path organization in any other Realm. After all, this was the only Divine Path organization among the Nine Great Realms with a Demigod holding down the fort... of course, excluding "terrorist organizations" like the Dusk Society and Fire-Stealers.

Even in the South Sea Domain, which possessed Double God Path Ancient Vaults, the Pu Family could sit firmly on the throne of the number one faction. What they relied on naturally wasn't just those political methods, but also their own absolute strength.

Not to mention, this still wasn't the Pu Family's complete form. They still had a Rank 9 Ancestor avoiding the world in seclusion, and a Rank 8 Adjudication Proxy in the Tianshu Domain.

"Did you ask?" The Head of the Pu Family stood with his hands behind his back, calmly looking at the Pu Family member who walked out from the Canal Gang.

"I have, Family Head. He ran in that direction."

That person pointed in a direction.

"Pursue."

The moment the Family Head's words fell, the surrounding high-ranking members of the Pu Family immediately flew out toward that direction. Numerous figures swept across the horizon, attracting the attention of a massive amount of citizens.

"Family Head, looking for him like this, can we really find Chen Ling?" Fourth Uncle Pu couldn't help but ask.

From the incident at the Canal Gang to the Pu Family taking action to track him, a period of time had already passed. If Chen Ling's speed was fast enough, he should have already fled without a trace by now... To be honest, although this group of theirs possessed formidable strength, Pu the Fourth didn't think they could still catch up to Chen Ling. After all, if they were truly skilled in tracking and catching thieves, they wouldn't have placed all their hopes of solving the case on Han Meng.

"Whether we can find him or not is not important," the Family Head said leisurely. "What's important is our 'attitude'."

"Attitude?"

"A World-Ending Calamity has infiltrated the South Sea Domain, and our Pu Family is the first to turn out in full force to face the world-ending threat head-on... This is the attitude." The Family Head swept a glance toward the center of the South Sea Domain from the corner of his eye.

"Over this past century, our Pu Family has risen strongly. The Ancestor advanced to Demigod and hid his lifelong comprehension of the Path of the Scholar God entirely within the surname 'Pu'... All children of our Pu Family have extremely high affinity with the Path of the Scholar God, and their advancement speed is also bizarrely fast after stepping onto the Divine Path. Right now, the entire Scholar Dao Ancient Vault is already surnamed Pu. In another few decades, perhaps the entire South Sea will also be surnamed Pu...

What kind of character is the Lord of the South Sea? How could he allow such a thing to happen?"

"So, we are putting on a show for the Lord of the South Sea." Pu the Fourth suddenly realized.

"Fourth Brother, you better just use that little brain of yours to write characters. You only just realized this logic that even the Juniors in our family understand." Pu the Sixth snorted coldly.

"If it were before, our Pu Family was indeed the sky of the South Sea Domain. But now that the Lord of the South Sea has awakened, he will only allow one patch of sky here... and that is himself.

He ordered a strict ban on Divine Path Possessors participating in the Alliance Council, and this time he sent people to interrogate the Pu Family. These are all beatings and warnings toward the Pu Family. If it weren't wartime right now, he probably would have made a move against our Ancestor."

"This time we turned out in full force. Whether we capture Chen Ling or not is not important. What's important is to let the residents of the South Sea Domain see our attitude, and also let the Lord of the South Sea know that at least at this juncture, our Pu Family is indispensable."

In a certain sense, this was the Pu Family's "counterattack" against the Lord of the South Sea's order for interrogation.

"Politics is truly complicated," Pu the Fourth muttered.

"I'd better just honestly stick to writing characters..."

Suddenly, as if he thought of something else,

"Then what if we really do run into the Mockery Calamity?"

The expression of Pu the Sixth at the side stiffened, and he looked at the Family Head out of the corner of his eye...

"If we run into him, naturally we have to take action." The Family Head replied matter-of-factly.

"But that's a World-Ending Calamity. What if he goes berserk... just relying on us, can we block him?"

"If things really reach that point, we conversely won't be important anymore. That will be a headache for the Lord of the South Sea and our Ancestor."

"That's true..."

While talking, the members of the Pu Family had already arrived at the location where Pu Jianyue ducked into the sewer.

The Family Head swept his gaze around and spoke calmly:

"Split up and search."

"Alright."

Numerous figures immediately scattered in all directions.

Pu the Sixth knew this pursuit was mostly just putting on a show, so his actions were also relatively lazy. Just as he planned to casually pick a direction to walk, a train of thought suddenly surged into his heart, and he subconsciously looked toward a certain direction...

Whatever, this way then.

Pu the Sixth swayed his figure and pursued in that direction.

...

Streaks of Ink and Brush drilled out from the gaps of the manhole cover, reforming into Pu Jianyue's figure in the empty Alleyway.

Pu Jianyue looked around. After confirming no one had chased over, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Although it was a bit of a pity he didn't lure out the Silver King, at least he completed the mission and successfully escaped... As for why the Silver King didn't show his face, perhaps Queen of Clubs' information was incorrect? Or he saw through the fact that he was baiting him?

Pu Jianyue didn't want to think about it anymore. Right now, going directly to Queen of Clubs to ask clearly was the best choice.

When Pu Jianyue fled, he chose a route close to the guest house. Going to find Queen of Clubs now wasn't far; he just had to cross a street.

Just as he put on his cloak and hood and left the Alleyway, a figure sped over from the distance.

That figure didn't hide their Divine Path, but openly flew through the air, drawing bursts of exclamations from the citizens on the street below.

Seeing this scene, Pu Jianyue immediately retracted the step he had just taken.

What's going on?

Pu Jianyue's brows furrowed tightly. After hesitating for a moment, he still tentatively poked his head out and looked toward that speeding figure...

When he saw the appearance of that person clearly, Pu Jianyue seemed to freeze, then abruptly shrank back into the Alleyway. He squatted in the dark corner, his chest heaving violently!

His heart was pounding wildly!

"Silver King..." Pu Jianyue gritted his teeth, "You really came!"

Pu Jianyue would never be able to forget that face...

The impression he left on Pu Jianyue was simply too deep, to the point that upon seeing him, an instinctive annoyance and resistance rose in Pu Jianyue's heart.

Just like in the Wuji Domain, Chen Ling's Yesterday's Revolver only swapped Pu Jianyue's memories, but didn't change the original character image. At this time, he had already substituted the image of his own father into the role of the "Silver King," and his brain started operating at flying speed.

It seems Queen of Clubs was right. The Silver King... was actually really lured out by him!