Chapter 1089

Wa Island.

A seven-colored light pillar with a diameter of a thousand li roared down, striking precisely at the center of Wa Island.

In the past, the seven-colored light pillars projected by the Celestial Crystal War Star would be intercepted and weakened countless times along the way; by the time they reached the ground, a thousand-li-wide pillar would be reduced to only about a hundred zhang thick, which was considered unusual.

But today, the thousand-li-thick light pillar suffered no weakening at all.

The light pillar dispersed, revealing a legion led by Gong Sun Yao and Gong Sun Jun, consisting of over ten thousand human Sovereign-level experts, a million half-step Sovereigns, and peak Divine Realm masters, all neatly appearing in the shallow basin blasted out by the divine light.

On the ground, a perfect circular divine sigil was branded.

The ground inside the sigil was scorched by high temperature into black crystal, glittering with a faint crystal light under the sun.

Since the Ancient God War, this has been the emblem of the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan, appearing for the first time on the land of Mu Continent.

Because this projection suffered no weakening, the residual energy in the seven-colored light pillar could erode the ground, leaving such a large and clear emblem.

In the dim, dark sky, Gong Sun Yao shook his head hard, stared blankly at the familiar scenery around him, then looked up at the familiar sky, and let out a startled howl.

"What's going on? What's going on? How did we end up back on Wa Island? We... we... haven't done anything!"

Gong Sun Jun also looked around with an expression of disbelief.

He knew that this expedition was entirely orchestrated by Qing Ning… he had never doubted Qing Ning's ability; over the years, whatever Qing Ning set out to do always succeeded.

Gong Sun Jun's face darkened; he gritted his teeth, glanced at the nearby human civilians and senior officers accompanying the expedition, then softly shook his head: "Something's wrong… very wrong…"

Gong Sun Jun paid no heed to the troubled, gloomy Gong Sun Yao; a golden light flashed beneath his feet, and with a swish he rushed straight to the front of the Wa Emperor's Temple.

Around the Wa Emperor's Temple, a massive camp had already been erected.

The logistics corps of the Martial Kingdom delivered numerous ready-made palaces and halls; the mighty Dragon Talents hauled these structures out of the huge transport ships and simply slapped them onto the ground, instantly forming a ready-made camp.

Many Dragon Talents were casting secret arts around the Wa Emperor's Temple, tracing every clue, seeking the truth behind the fall of the old matriarchs that day.

Upon seeing Gong Sun Jun arrive, they each went about their own business, acting as if they hadn't seen him.

Gong Sun Jun glanced around, confirmed that Qing Ning wasn't there, bowed to the assembled Dragon Talents, then flicked his body and, with a series of swishes, passed through dozens of places Qing Ning frequently visited.

Finally, Gong Sun Jun learned from one of Qing Ning's confidants where Qing Ning had gone.

"Did he take the transport fleet to Xi Valley?" Gong Sun Jun calculated on his fingers, then slowly nodded: "Indeed, that's what happened these past two days."

He lightly patted his forehead and whispered: "I'm flustered, I'm flustered, or maybe I just can't stay calm… hehe, Qing'er, how could there be any problem here? There couldn't be any problem."

He let out a heavy breath, his face grim, took out a piece of jade-green jade, gently crushed it, and a puff of cyan mist sprayed out. Gong Sun Jun quickly spoke a few words into the mist, then pierced it with a fingertip.

The shattered cyan mist stretched into fine threads, then outlined a small divine formation about a chi in diameter.

The formation flickered with a faint spiritual light, hovering before Gong Sun Jun.

Gong Sun Jun waited silently, silently, for a moment, two moments… until an hour later, Gong Sun Yao came over, yet the formation still emitted no sound.

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Gong Sun Jun's temple.

Gong Sun Yao looked at his stern, icy expression, even somewhat ferocious, a stark contrast to his usual sunny, cheerful, ever-laughing, slightly mischievous demeanor, and couldn't help but shudder.

"Father?" Gong Sun Yao didn't even dare to speak loudly… even though his strength now far surpassed Gong Sun Jun's, a single finger could easily suppress him.

But seeing Gong Sun Jun's expression, Gong Sun Yao instinctively felt a chill rise from his heart, a great fear.

Today's Gong Sun Jun is completely different from his usual self; he bears no resemblance to the father Gong Sun Yao knows!

"Yao'er, you, come with me to Xi Valley." Gong Sun Jun murmured lowly: "Have everyone prepare for battle… upon receiving our signal, rush urgently to Xi Valley…"

He firmly pressed his hands onto Gong Sun Yao's shoulders, drooping his eyelids, and said softly: "Remember this: either the east wind overwhelms the west, or the west wind overwhelms the east… the Xi and Wa clans have been kneading dough for years; it's time for an outcome."

Gong Sun Yao's body shuddered violently.

He couldn't understand what Gong Sun Jun was saying… or rather, he understood but couldn't believe such words were coming from Gong Sun Jun's mouth.

This Gong Sun Jun, who usually loves kneading dough, enjoys being kind to others, and gets along famously with the high-ranking members of all clans, how could he utter such stern, cold, heartless words?

"Humans can have only one leader! Only one will! Only one voice! Only one person controlling all military power!" Gong Sun Jun gritted his teeth and told Gong Sun Yao softly: "This trip to the Celestial Crystal War Star was originally meant to weaken the human populace's high-ranking officials, so they would all die inside the War Star…"

"Those cowardly, self-preserving fools who dare not follow us into the Celestial Crystal War Star will also be reduced to ashes in the War Star's retaliatory strike… this is a plan I and your mother devised long ago; in short, in this battle, all of the human populace's high-ranking officials will perish!"

They're all dead, all the old-timers all died…… Every major clan's holy lands, ancestral temples, forbidden grounds, ancestral halls, etc. —any important target we control will be swept clean once by the Celestial Crystal War Star; all the recluses, all the hidden old antiques, will be struck down by the Celestial Crystal War Star!

At the end, Yao'er, you are the human race's highest status, the strongest in power, the strongest in personal strength…… the sole candidate for Human Emperor!

A cold sweat seeped from Gong Sun Jun's back: "We still don't know whether it was the old fogeys of the human populace who did this, or if something went wrong in Xi Valley, or… some other problem…"

The fact that I can't reach your mother proves that something has indeed gone wrong.

【44】 "Let's first go to Xi Valley to check… then if there really is a leak, we'll first find someone to take the blame."

【45】 "【45】 "The Heavenly Court—I think they're quite capable, big or small. Those wolfish ambitions are behind everything they do!"

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A cold sweat seeped from Gong Sun Jun's back: "We still don't know whether it was the old fogeys of the human populace who did this, or if something went wrong in Xi Valley, or… some other problem…"

We'll first go to Xi Valley to have a look…… Then, if there really is a leak…… we'll first find someone to take the blame.

"Heavenly Court, I think, in all respects, the Heavenly Court is pretty good. Wolf cub's ambition, they're the ones doing everything!"