Chapter 1285: Chief of the Thief Path

Chief of the Thief Path

Dusk Society's Queen of Hearts, Bai Ye.

The moment he saw that familiar face, Chen Ling's heart trembled.

It wasn't fear, nor was it panic... Chen Ling hadn't seen old friends from the Dusk Society for far too long. In this past half year, he had only seen Chu Muyun recently. Most of the time, he faced the wind and rain of the South Sea alone, fighting a solitary battle.

And at the time when he was in the most pain and his situation was the most critical, a familiar and powerful old friend just appeared behind him like this. The surprise and sense of security this brought him were hard to describe with words.

At this moment, the scene of his Fourth Brother Mo Jue bringing him food when he was in the Wuji Domain unconsciously flashed through Chen Ling's mind.

That was the long-lost feeling of "home."

"Senior... Bai Ye." Chen Ling spoke hoarsely.

Bai Ye lightly jumped down from the window, one hand pressing the brim of his White Baseball Cap. A pair of silver Snake Earrings swayed gently in the dim light.

"I knew you would definitely come back... Six of Hearts."

"Senior Bai Ye, why are you here?"

"Chu Muyun sent a message to me, saying you needed help in the South Sea Domain, so I hurried over." Bai Ye thought for a moment and added,

"Actually, it seems I arrived yesterday."

"...Seems?"

Chen Ling was stunned.

"Thief Saint Bai Ye?" Seeing Bai Ye's appearance, the expressions of the Pu Family members instantly changed. Even the Head of the Pu Family's gaze revealed deep apprehension.

"You go first, leave this place to me." Bai Ye glanced over the Pu Family crowd and spoke calmly.

"Senior Bai Ye, can you handle it alone?"

In Chen Ling's memory, Bai Ye was only at the seventh-tier. Facing the siege of one Rank 8 and numerous seventh-tiers, it would probably be very difficult for him to retreat unscathed.

Bai Ye gave him a subtle backward glance,

"During the half year you were absent from the Dusk Society, quite a few changes still happened..."

In the next moment,

A Rank 8 Aura explosively erupted from Bai Ye's body!

A massive Path of the Thief soared into the sky from Bai Ye's body. At the same time, an indescribable aura lingered upon it... Chen Ling was not unfamiliar with this aura.

This is...

Pathway Chief???

The current Bai Ye had actually already become the Chief of the Path of the Thief?

Chen Ling was incredibly surprised in his heart, but thinking about it carefully, he felt it made perfect sense... The former Silver King had stolen the Rank 8 of the Path of the Thief, and with the Silver King's death, the Rank 8 of the Path of the Thief had quickly returned. As for the former five Thief Saints of the Fire-Stealers, they were basically all dead, leaving only Bai Ye and Mo Lian.

Looking at it now, in this half year, Bai Ye had stepped into Rank 8 one step ahead of Mo Lian. The position of Chief of the Path of the Thief naturally belonged to none other than Bai Ye!

Moreover, Chen Ling could also sense that after Bai Ye became the Chief of the Path of the Thief of this era, his Divine Pathway had also undergone slight changes. It was no longer the simple Borrowing the Moon from before. On his body, Chen Ling could also faintly sense the auras of the other paths of the Path of the Thief...

Could this be a bonus exclusive to the Pathway Chief?

"Go, do what you need to do." Bai Ye looked into Chen Ling's eyes,

"No matter what your relationship with the Red King is, at least we members of the Dusk Society will always have your back."

Chen Ling's lips pressed together slightly.

The sleeves of the Great Crimson Theatrical Robe fluttered on the Clock Tower as Chen Ling solemnly bowed to him:

"Thank you, Senior Bai Ye!!"

In the next moment, Chen Ling directly transformed into a sky full of Red Paper and sped away from the Clock Tower!

"Stop him!" An elder of the Pu Family immediately spoke.

But before anyone could make a move, Bai Ye stepped forward first, blocking all of them. Looking at those dark yellow pupils that resembled snake eyes, the Pu Family members felt a shock in their hearts.

At the same time, the Head of the Pu Family beside them spoke in a deep voice:

"Thief Saint Bai Ye's methods are strange and mysterious, and his Stealing Art is even more unexpected and impossible to guard against... Absolutely do not fight him head-on."

"Then... what should we do?"

"Set up the Ancestral Array and trap him inside to death."

"Ah? But Head of the Pu Family, this Ancestral Array was bestowed by the Ancestor to trap the Calamity of Mockery... Is it appropriate to use it on him..."

"Fools, haven't you seen it yet? That Chen Ling simply cannot easily use the power of the Calamity of Mockery. The most important thing right now is to trap Bai Ye. Otherwise, the longer he stalls for time, the more variables will arise on Chen Ling's end!"

The Head of the Pu Family explained, and the others naturally had no objections. The numerous Pu Family members all stood solemnly at the same time, flicking their fingers, and small black characters flew out from their sleeves.

"...Hm?"

Seeing these small black characters fly across the sky, Bai Ye instinctively felt something was wrong, his brows furrowing tightly.

He didn't hesitate to raise his hand, preparing to use his Stealing Art to steal these small characters, but in the next moment, his figure froze in place...

"Activate the Array!!"

With a loud shout from the Pu Family crowd, all Path of the Scholar God practitioners poured their Spiritual Power into it. Complex characters rapidly expanded, locking onto Bai Ye from all directions!

During this process, Bai Ye felt everything around him constantly accelerating, while he himself was constantly decelerating... These characters were like shackles from another space-time, actually directly freezing the time and space around Bai Ye!

Ultimately, Bai Ye's figure was trapped in place like a sculpture. At the same time, that Ink and Brush gathered into a black sphere, enveloping him bit by bit...

The Ancestral Array was set up!

Only at this time did the Pu Family members, who had consumed a massive amount of Spiritual Power, let out a sigh of relief...

"This Ancestral Array can freeze space-time. Even a Rank 9 Demigod cannot easily break free."

"Indeed. This Thief Saint Bai Ye is only Rank 8, he is destined to be unable to escape."

"Next, shouldn't we go chase Chen Ling?"

"Mm."

"Wait..."

"Where did the Head of the Pu Family go?"

...

Just as the Pu Family crowd was blankly looking around, searching for the traces of the Head of the Pu Family, in the corner of another Alleyway not far away, the figure of the Head of the Pu Family was walking blankly forward like a walking corpse.

He didn't realize that on his body, seven or eight thick Spirit Serpents were already entwined. Scarlet tongues flicked in and out, and segments of memories returned to the Head of the Pu Family's mind...

"...Whose memories are these?"

"They seem to be that Bai Ye's memories. Damn it, he's actually using his own memories to affect me?"

"No, wait..."

"I... no, Bai Ye arrived in the South Sea Domain yesterday... Then I... no, what has that Bai Ye been doing from yesterday until now?"

"It doesn't match up... why doesn't it match up all of a sudden?"

"This is..."

Just at this moment, the Head of the Pu Family's hand suddenly touched a hard object in his clothes. A chill seemed to awaken some of his memories, and his entire person was suddenly stunned.

He looked down, only to see a revolver engraved with mysterious Markings had appeared on his body at some unknown time. It was somewhat similar to the revolver in Chen Ling's hand, but not completely identical. The one in his hand now was more complete and mysterious.

"This gun... looks very familiar..."

Driven by instinct, the Head of the Pu Family subconsciously raised this revolver, aimed the muzzle at the center of his own brow, and gently pulled the trigger.

Bang——

Two swapped lives instantly returned to their rightful places as the bullet left the chamber!

At this moment, Bai Ye seemed to remember something. He turned back to look at the Ancestral Array that had already trapped "Bai Ye" and suddenly realized...

"Oh..."

"So that's how it is."