Chapter 389: Gathering

"Ooh—what a comfortable place this is!" Curling up on the sofa, Jiada slowly stretched her body, looking just like a lazy cat.

Luo Yexi raised an eyebrow, looking at the young girl before her whom Lingyun called the Third Progenitor. If these words hadn't come from Lingyun's own mouth, he would have absolutely assumed this girl was just a gluttonous, lazy kitten.

When Lingyun first brought her back, the identity of this Third Progenitor had given him quite a shock. But after Lingyun served the food he had prepared, the girl, who had initially looked like a well-behaved young lady, instantly transformed into a glutton, sweeping the entire table clean by herself; she almost even used her own beast-vassals. Lingyun had to cook another table of food just so the others wouldn't go hungry.

Jiada squinted as she looked at the people in this Villa, muttering to herself that she had definitely come to the right place. In this Villa, the most powerful combat forces on this island were undoubtedly gathered. Lingyun and Nangong Nayue alone possessed the ability to confront a True Ancestor head-on. Not to mention that there were several other powerful existences in this Villa.

The beast-vassal controlled by Ashtarte, the Artificial Lifeform who served as Nangong Nayue's maid—Fingertips of the Rose—already possessed the power to rival a True Ancestor's beast-vassal under the cultivation of Lingyun's Source Power. Moreover, its ability to absorb magic power was a significant counter to beast-vassals, which were essentially aggregates of magic power. Yese Xiayin, as an Angel, possessed Light Power that was naturally effective against vampires. The Nine Yang Power mastered by Luo Yexi also had a restraining effect on vampires who were allergic to sunlight. As for Liuli, the Destruction Power she mastered had an immense restraining effect on the immortality of vampires.

After calculating this carefully, Jiada discovered with some astonishment that even if she were to make a move in this Villa, she might be directly suppressed. Regarding this, Jiada felt somewhat helpless; she seemed to have stepped into an incredible place, and if she wasn't careful, she would end up losing her life here.

"Tell me, Your Excellency the Third Progenitor, have you made up your mind to stay here and not leave?" Lingyun asked Jiada on the sofa.

"Tch, you really are a man who doesn't know how to cherish the fairer sex, little brother. Our Chaos Realm doesn't have any offices or embassies on Itogami Island. Do you expect me, a beautiful young girl, to end up homeless on the streets? What if I accidentally run into some thugs or hoodlums here?" Jiada made a pitiful expression at Lingyun.

"Heh, a dignified Third Progenitor worrying about running into thugs and hoodlums—that's truly the funniest joke I've ever heard!" Liuli, who was reading a book, glanced at Jiada and said indifferently. "Besides, as long as you ask, the people at the Xianshen Island Commune would definitely prepare top-tier accommodations for you in an instant!"

"About that, my beast-vassals have too much destructive power right now; it wouldn't be good if I accidentally caused massive destruction. After all, I am a weak woman; without using my beast-vassals, I have no self-defense capabilities!" Jiada said, avoiding the main point.

"I really didn't know that the thugs and hoodlums on Itogami Island had surpassed the martial arts of the Sword Shamans of the Lion King Organization!" Lingyun said.

"What do you mean by that?" Jiada asked, raising an eyebrow.

"As far as I know, Your Excellency the Third Progenitor possesses the ability of Beastification. Even without using beast-vassals, your own martial arts are enough to surpass Himeragi Yukina, the strongest Sword Shaman of the younger generation in the current Lion King Organization. In such a situation, what kind of hoodlums could possibly threaten you?"

"But if I leave here, I won't be able to eat such delicious food!" Jiada felt helpless and finally stated her purpose for wanting to stay.

Hearing this, Lingyun couldn't help but rub his forehead. Last night, in order to entertain Jiada, who had come here, he had personally cooked a table of food for her. As a result, Jiada was instantly captured by Lingyun's culinary skills. Looking at her now, she had clearly made up her mind to freeload here in the Domain.

"Lingyun, the envoys from the other two True Ancestors have arrived." Just then, a Space Array unfolded in front of Lingyun, and Nangong Nayue appeared before him. "At the same time, representatives from the Lion King Organization and the Taishi Bureau have also arrived."

"They've arrived? Where are they now?" Lingyun asked.

"The people from the Xianshen Island Commune are currently entertaining them, but their focus should be on Vatler. Meddling with the power of the Cursed God is a major taboo. If it triggers a catastrophe like 'Holy Annihilation' again, even a True Ancestor might not be able to withstand it. That snake-charmer has really gone too far this time!" There was a hint of schadenfreude in Nangong Nayue's tone.

Nangong Nayue didn't have a good impression of that madman Vatler. After all, as soon as Vatler arrived on Itogami Island, he brought the Black Death Emperor Faction, almost plunging the island into the flames of war. Later, he even absorbed the leaking power of the Cursed God on Itogami Island, almost pushing the island into a crisis of destruction, and now he had made Itogami Island a target for everyone. Most importantly, these incidents had affected her students several times, so how could Nangong Nayue, as a teacher, tolerate it? Under these circumstances, it was only due to her broad-mindedness that she hadn't directly bound Vatler with Precept Chains and sunk him into the sea.

"So they've already come? Then I can't be absent either!" Jiada chuckled, and then a beast-vassal quietly appeared beside her.

Unlike the earth-shattering momentum and terrifying destructive power that Xiao Gucheng displayed when summoning beast-vassals, when Jiada summoned her own, both the fluctuations and the aura were almost zero. This was a situation that only occurred when one's control over their beast-vassals had reached the pinnacle. On this point alone, Xiao Gucheng still had a long way to go.

After summoning the beast-vassal, Jiada and the beast-vassal vanished from the room together.

"Aren't you going to join the fun?" Lingyun said to Nangong Nayue beside him.

"I'm not interested in this kind of mutual buck-passing." Nangong Nayue rolled her eyes. "By the way, what's Vatler's current situation? If a fight breaks out on Itogami Island, this island will be finished!"

"Rest assured, Liuli's Destruction Power isn't so easily dispelled. Even if Vatler is infinitely close to a True Ancestor, he hasn't taken that step yet. I estimate that in his current state, he can at most summon one beast-vassal," Lingyun said. "Moreover, the power of Cain on this island has already been exhausted by Vatler in that battle. It's impossible for him to borrow Cain's power here again!"

"Regardless, I still have a bad premonition in my heart," Nangong Nayue said, frowning.

"A bad premonition? Perhaps there are people who want to completely eliminate the hidden dangers of this place by destroying Itogami Island!" Lingyun suddenly said.

"What do you mean by that?" Nangong Nayue asked.

"Just some intelligence I gathered earlier; it seems there are some people in the Taishi Bureau who want to make a move against Itogami Island," Lingyun said.

"The Taishi Bureau? An organization similar to the Lion King Organization?" Nangong Nayue frowned slightly. "So it's those disgusting guys again?"

"Don't worry, I'm still on Itogami Island right now. If they want to make a move against Itogami Island, they'll have to ask the sword in my hand first!" Lingyun's tone was very calm, but anyone could hear the dominance within it.