Chapter 2498: The Moment of Revenge

"Teacher? Why have you come?"

Saville parted the crowd and went to greet Yinaole. Only then did the members of the Tower of Time gathered around the pitch-black statue notice that an outsider had actually come to the Floating City.

The few who had met Yinaole already recognized the visitor as Xia Duo's teacher, Master Yinaole of the Arcane Union. Most who had never met Yinaole found it truly incredible to hear Teacher Boli call him "Teacher."

In their eyes, Teacher Boli was profoundly knowledgeable, almost unfathomable; none of them had ever imagined that their Teacher Boli still had a teacher alive in this world.

At this moment, Yinaole also landed on the plaza floor. He pointed to the pitch-black statue in the middle of the crowd and said with a complex tone, "I came because of Xia Duo."

"Xia Duo? You're saying this is Xia Duo?" Saville turned his head abruptly, staring at the pitch-black statue, his eyes full of disbelief.

"You didn't know? Then what are you all gathered here for?"

"Someone just said a humanoid statue suddenly appeared on Hengchun Square. Based on my understanding of Xia Duo, he doesn't seem like the type to erect a statue of himself. I happened to be free, so I thought I'd come take a look, but I never imagined—"

Speaking to this point, Saville couldn't help but turn his head again to look at the humanoid statue that seemed to have been carved from obsidian by a clumsy sculptor. "Teacher, why do you say this is Xia Duo?"

Yinaole looked at the pairs of curious and worried eyes around him and asked Saville, "Are you sure you want to say this in front of so many people?"

"I think they have a right to know." Having returned to the Tower of Time for so long, Saville had been influenced to some extent; he did not think there was any inconvenience in making this news public.

On the contrary, perhaps the more people who know, the more likely a solution can be found! If it were truly as the teacher said, that this statue was Xia Duo, one could imagine that Xia Duo must have encountered unprecedented trouble.

Yinaole was somewhat surprised by Saville's answer, saying, "You weren't like this in the past," and then began to explain everything he knew from the beginning.

From the earliest time Xia Duo sought him out with the intention of pushing for the re-signing of the New Covenant, to the incidents involving Puman and the Tianshui Three Planes, followed by the Seven Towers proposal and the interference of Yierlan.

When mentioning Xia Duo's firm opposition to Yierlan joining the New Covenant, Saville couldn't help but interrupt Yinaole's narrative and asked skeptically:

"As far as I know, Xia Duo has never cared much about affairs outside his Territory. Why would he be so abnormal this time as to firmly oppose Yierlan joining the New Covenant? Even if Yierlan joined the New Covenant, it wouldn't affect the development of Nan Jing, right?"

"This is also what I don't understand, but I think Xia Duo must have his reasons for doing so. He grows too fast; even an old fellow like me can't keep up with his train of thought."

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"Alright then, compared to Xia Duo, I'm an old fellow too. Teacher, please continue!"

"After that, we come to today's events. Xia Duo proposed opening the Tianshui Three Planes early to let the Great Arcanists there come out to participate in discussions and decision-making. Perhaps this approach angered Yierlan. Just a moment ago, an Elf assassin launched an attack on Xia Duo at the Arcane Plaza. The intensity of that attack exceeded any Elf attack encountered by Netherese Mages in any past era."

Speaking of this, Yinaole couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "The result is what you see. Xia Duo was hit by the assassin's desperate final blow, then triggered some kind of contingency and turned into this statue."

"This—" Saville could hardly believe his own ears. When he first returned to the Main Plane, the place he appeared was the Tower of Time, and he had clashed with Xia Duo back then.

Although quite some time had passed, even with Xia Duo's experience in Spell Duels at that time, it was impossible for him to be hit by any Spell without any resistance, not to mention the Floating City was there; at the very least, he could have escaped, right?

Thinking it over, he just couldn't figure it out and subconsciously asked, "What kind of attack could leave Xia Duo without even the power to resist?"

"I arrived too late. I only saw that Elf assassin condense the Mythallar into a tangible light, which then ignored time, space, and all Protection, striking Xia Duo directly."

Yinaole spoke briefly, but Saville, also being a Great Arcanist, could naturally imagine that extreme scene of ignoring time, space, and all Protection.

It could be said that if he had encountered all this, he might not have even been able to leave behind this statue.

"Then now, Teacher has come to—"

Saville couldn't finish the rest of his sentence, but Yinaole said it for him, "To determine Xia Duo's status, and to persuade you all not to be impulsive!"

"This matter may or may not be related to Yierlan, but if impulsiveness leads to the real mastermind escaping justice, I don't think that is what Xia Duo would want to see."

"I don't have a problem, but Niya—" Saville said worriedly.

"What about Niya?"

"Xia Duo left her some research materials before he went to Seventon. Perhaps to get through this period quickly, Niya locked herself in the Laboratory after Xia Duo left. But based on past experience, she would come out every two or three days to check on the situation of the Tower of Time members. But it's not certain; she might come to Hengchun Square to feed the cat at any moment."

With Saville saying this, Yinaole knew there wasn't much time left for the Seven Towers below, but he still wanted to try to win as much time as possible. "You are his elder; can you help persuade her?"

"How can I persuade her? Aipusi is still in the Stasis Chamber! Now that Xia Duo has become like this, if I were Niya, regardless of whether the mastermind is Yierlan or not, I would first vent this anger on Yierlan!"

"Sigh—"

Yinaole sighed again. Originally, he wanted to ask about the Yierlan Ambassador, but now it seemed that even if he asked, there might not be any results. It would be better to just leave it here; if Niya came out and got angry, she could use that Yierlan Ambassador to vent some anger first, and persuading her afterward might then be possible.

"Then let's leave it at that for now. I'll check on Xia Duo's condition, then go back to inform the Seven Towers of the situation here and urge them to come up with a solution as soon as possible."

"Mm."

Saville nodded and then cleared a path so that Yinaole could get close to Xia Duo's statue. He had already checked it just now, but unfortunately, he hadn't found anything. Letting the teacher check it again might yield some discoveries.

Yinaole was about to step forward but suddenly stopped, frowned, and asked Saville, "Who is controlling the Floating City right now?"

"Niya has Permission Level, there is also the spirit created by Xia Duo, and finally, the Progress Society Five-Member Committee also has a certain level of Permission Level. Why?" Saville replied.

"Just now, a statue of a Yierlan Mage on the Arcane Plaza was destroyed by the 【Annihilation Light】 descended by the Floating City. A message was left at the scene saying that if there is no result in three days, the Tower of Time will take revenge on its own."

Yinaole told Saville the news he had just received with a complex expression.