Chapter 134

Just as Jie Ming predicted.

After experiencing the fear of the sky being torn apart once again, the stalemate at the negotiation table was broken at an incomprehensible speed.

The joint declaration of the King and the High Priest of the Temple, the will of the gods had descended.

The contradictions between humans and orcs were temporarily shelved, and a hasty yet rigorous alliance was quickly reached under the witness of the gods.

Although the Elf Kingdom maintained partial neutrality, its delegation also signed a "non-aggression treaty" and promised to provide resource assistance when necessary.

A general offensive against the "foreign evil god" was put on the agenda.

The entire Elosia City, at the moment the alliance was reached, was like a gunpowder barrel being ignited, instantly falling into boiling fanaticism.

Conscription orders were posted all over the streets, horn sounds followed one after another, and the majestic sound waves shook the clouds.

Blacksmith shops roared all night, flames soared into the sky, illuminating the night sky red, and countless swords and armors were being rushed to be made day and night.

City guards in silver armor patrolled back and forth, their gazes sharp and spirits high. Compared to weekdays, there was a bit more killing intent and excitement.

Jie Ming stood on the balcony at the top of the mansion, overlooking the city ignited by the passion of war.

He could clearly feel that an unprecedentedly majestic power was rising from every corner of the Royal Capital—that was the huge red-dust energy intertwined with fear, anger, fanaticism, piety, and hatred!

During this period, the storage of red-dust energy in his body space grew in an exaggerated way, unprecedentedly active, but also unprecedentedly complex.

"The time has come." Jie Ming looked up at the sky.

At night, under the cover of night, Jie Ming shuttled silently through every dark corner of the Royal Capital.

He followed the rune traces explored during the day and accurately found the various nodes of the three large arrays he had discovered.

The first array was located on the east side of the Royal Capital, in the basement of an abandoned temple.

The air was filled with the smell of decay, and spider webs were dense.

Jie Ming put on special gloves, his fingertips flashing with faint light, lightly touching the runes engraved on the stone wall.

He closed his eyes, sank his spiritual power into it, started the long-lost analysis technique, and felt the flow of energy within the runes.

Like a surgeon, starting from this rune, he accurately probed the lesions of the entire array.

Soon, relying on his own knowledge, he discovered several subtle structural defects and unreasonable places in the energy circuit of the array.

Jie Ming took out several special rune pens and refined magical beast crystals from his space expansion bag, and performed fine micro-adjustments and improvements to these runes without destroying the original structure.

He used the rune pen to draw several secret extension lines on the edges of the original runes. These lines were cleverly integrated into the energy circuit of the array like blood vessels.

After solving the problems of this array, he transferred to the area of the second array.

That was a place under an ancient water well in the north of the Royal Capital, connected to the city's intricate underground water veins.

It was more humid here, filled with the fishy smell of soil.

Jie Ming repeated the same trick, performing the same micro-adjustments and optimizations on this set of arrays.

He even integrated his understanding of spiritual veins from the cultivation system into it, allowing the array to better utilize underground water veins as a medium for energy conduction.

When he was busy with this, concentrating on rune correction, Jie Ming's Five Elements Transformation Rainbow Mirror suddenly sent a warning.

Through the keen perception of the Eye of Investigation, Jie Ming captured a trace of a faint "abnormal" aura.

However, the other party also quickly detected Jie Ming's existence. It seemed to be carrying out some secret activity in this area too, and didn't intend to meet Jie Ming, but quietly went away.

Jie Ming's heart moved, but he didn't stop his movements: "Other wizards... right?"

The last set of arrays was located in the south of the Royal City, in the depths of an abandoned noble mansion.

When Jie Ming came to this mansion, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration. The creator of this array had good skills, and the chosen place was quite suitable.

In the words of the cultivation system, this mansion is connected to the "dead energy" place of the Royal Capital, which is indeed an excellent place to set up an array.

However, because of this reason, it appeared exceptionally gloomy, and the air was filled with the smell of decay.

The level of this array was not bad, and there was nothing that needed to be changed. Jie Ming checked it and then quietly retreated.

When a fish-belly white appeared in the eastern sky, Jie Ming quietly returned to his mansion.

He didn't rest, walked straight into the secret room, and looked tiredly and excitedly at the underground rune network map of the Royal Capital that he had repeatedly outlined and corrected on the table.

The three large arrays on the map now appeared clearer in his eyes.

After repeated checks and confirming there were no problems, Jie Ming wiped it casually, and the drawing automatically burned: "The preliminary preparations have been completed, and the next step is to find time to start it."

When to start, Jie Ming's answer is the sooner the better.

Simply put, today!

The day passed quickly again, and night fell like thick ink, shrouding Elosia City in deep silence.

The noise on the streets had long subsided, and only the occasionally flashing magic street lamps cast mottled light and shadows on the damp stone slabs.

However, deep underground in this city, another scene was quietly unfolding.

Jie Ming's figure shuttled silently through the intricate sewers of the Royal Capital like a ghost.

Cold sewage covered his ankles, and the air was filled with the smell of decay and humidity.

Occasionally, a few fat rats would be startled by Jie Ming, running away from his feet in panic.

But he didn't care about this at all, the Eye of Investigation was fully powered, meticulously scanning every inch of space around him.

He had decided to start those arrays tonight.

Once these arrays are started, there is no turning back.

Since the action was imminent, he no longer concealed anything. Powerful spiritual power spread wildly with him as the center, sweeping through every corner of the sewer, probing for any potential enemies.

However, the originally quiet sewer seemed exceptionally lively tonight.

"Hmm?"

His marching figure paused violently.

His fully opened Eye of Investigation captured several abnormal energy fluctuations.

In these energies, there were obvious wizardry resonances!

"Oh, not pretending anymore? It seems everyone has the same idea." Jie Ming curled his lips.

Considering the consensus of the wizards, Jie Ming didn't rush to approach, but chose a hidden corner to wait quietly.

Soon, four blurred figures converged from different directions toward the area where he was located.

Each of them was agile, knowing the complex terrain of the sewer like the back of their hand, clearly having been active here for quite some time.

(End of chapter)