Chapter 897: Night Visit to the Imperial Palace

Just as Lingyun and the other two were walking along the main street, Aiweier suddenly reached out and tugged at Lingyun's sleeve.

"What is it, Aiweier?" Lingyun asked with some confusion.

"Lingyun, I always feel that ever since we stepped into Norton Imperial City, I've felt a bit uncomfortable! This feeling is as if something in the darkness is watching us!" Aiweier frowned and said.

"Is that so?" Andiya turned her head to look around, her tone carrying a hint of doubt.

One must know that she was now a deity; if there really were some existence capable of bypassing her perception to monitor them, just how high would the strength of that observer be? Could it be that the so-called Underworld Emperor was truly hiding within this Norton Imperial City?

Lingyun stretched out his hand, and specks of light dissipated from his palm, transforming into an invisible light barrier that enveloped the three of them.

After the light barrier covered the three, a look of relaxation appeared on Aiweier's face, and the feeling of being watched from just a moment ago no longer existed.

"Sure enough, there is an unusual existence hidden within this Norton Imperial City; it is highly likely to be the Underworld Emperor!" Lingyun looked up at the sky, a trace of silver light rising in his eyes.

With the appearance of the silver light, the world in Lingyun's eyes also underwent some changes. Within the Imperial City, countless extremely minute traces of Death Qi had appeared at some unknown time. These traces of Death Qi were constantly weaving through the Imperial City, and because they were too minute, even Andiya had not noticed them. As for Aiweier being able to detect them, it should be due to the influence of the Main God Fragment within her body.

"Lingyun, did you see something?" Seeing Lingyun looking at the sky, Aiweier asked.

"Yes, within Norton Imperial City, there is extremely thin Death Qi flowing, which has invisibly formed a loose array," Lingyun said.

"Doesn't that mean our arrival has already been discovered by the person hiding in Norton Imperial City?" Andiya felt a shock in her heart.

"No, we performed a disguise before coming here. As long as we don't actively expose ourselves, or this array isn't actively activated, the person hiding in the Imperial City will not detect our presence," Lingyun said with confidence.

After seeing this Death Qi diffusing through the air, Lingyun naturally also sensed the power of this array. This was a Sacrificial Array; if successfully activated, it could sacrifice all life within the range covered by the array in a short period of time, converting them all into undead. However, the person who set up the array should still be waiting for some opportunity and dare not activate the array easily.

After all, although the power of this array was very strong, in a certain sense, it was also very fragile. If it suffered an attack of a certain intensity, it would collapse, and this was clearly not a situation the person who set up the array wanted to see.

"Setting up such a Magic Array under the eyes of so many people, what is this Underworld Emperor trying to do?" Lingyun could not help but frown slightly.

If it were to convert undead, then there was no need; after all, converting all the people in Norton Imperial City into undead would basically be of no help to the Undead Calamity spreading across the entire Continent. If it were to obtain the power of sacrifice, even sacrificing the entire Norton Imperial City would be a drop in the bucket compared to the power the Underworld Emperor needed to recover.

"The other party must have a greater scheme," Lingyun muttered in his heart.

"Lingyun, what should we do now? Should we find the person who set up the Magic Array first?" Aiweier asked Lingyun.

"This Magic Array shouldn't be activated for a while, so we don't need to worry about it for now, so as not to alert the enemy. From here, the core of the Magic Array should be in the Norton Imperial Palace; let's quietly go to the Norton Imperial Palace first and see if we can find any clues," Lingyun said.

"Alright!" Aiweier and Andiya exchanged a look, nodded, and said.

Night slowly descended, darkness gradually enveloped the entire Norton Imperial City, and three figures quickly approached the walls of the Imperial Palace.

Seen from a distance, the Norton Imperial Palace was no different from an ordinary imperial palace, but looking closely, one could see dense Magic Arrays set up on the walls; these Magic Arrays included those for warning, those for defense, and those for attack. At the same time, these arrays were also set up quite secretly; ordinary people might not even notice the existence of the Magic Arrays when approaching the wall.

"It seems that because of the undead attack, the security level of this Imperial Palace has indeed increased quite a bit," Lingyun said softly, looking at the figures patrolling on the wall.

"This is a normal thing, isn't it? After all, every emperor is afraid of death, aren't they?" Aiweier said.

Although the defense of the Norton Imperial Palace was very tight, it was completely useless against Lingyun and the others. Lingyun waved his hand, directly casting a Shielding Array on everyone, shielding them from external perception.

After setting up the Shielding Array, the three of them quickly climbed over the wall and landed inside the Imperial Palace.

The moment he entered the Imperial Palace, Lingyun sensed that a huge Magic Array was hidden within the palace. This Magic Array was currently in a semi-activated state; if it were fully activated, even a deity would have to retreat upon seeing it. This should be one of the final trump cards of the Norton Imperial Clan.

However, although this Magic Array was powerful, its consumption was astonishing once fully activated, so under normal circumstances, this Magic Array was at most in a semi-activated state. And a semi-activated Magic Array could not stop Lingyun and the other two at all.

"Do you think the reason that Underworld Emperor isn't activating that Sacrificial Array is because he is wary of the array in this Imperial Palace?" Andiya asked softly.

"That is a possibility," Lingyun nodded slightly.

After entering the Imperial Palace, the three of them followed the veins of the Magic Array and walked toward the center of the array. Not long after, the three of them stopped in front of a large hall; this place was the core of the Sacrificial Array that Lingyun had calculated.

"Do you know what this place is?" Lingyun asked.

"This place, if I'm not mistaken, should be the Norton Emperor's bedchamber," Andiya said, carefully examining the large hall in front of her.

"The Norton Emperor's bedchamber?" Lingyun raised his eyebrows slightly. "That is truly interesting; I didn't expect the core of the Sacrificial Array to be placed in this kind of place."

"The Norton Emperor's health was already poor to begin with; if you add an array core filled with Death Qi, attacking from both sides, this is trying to take the Norton Emperor's life!" Aiweier said.

Under normal circumstances, the Death Qi overflowing from the core of the Sacrificial Array was not very strong, and it naturally had no effect on the Norton Emperor, whose strength was not low. But the current Norton Emperor was already seriously ill; if one used the power of this Death Qi to give a small push, who knows when this Norton Emperor might pass away.

Once the Norton Emperor passed away, the three people below would lose their restraints, and what kind of situation would break out then is truly a difficult thing to imagine.