Chapter 166: Wanted

Star City, in the Lord's Hall.

"Captain, no murderer has been found in the city." A three‑meter‑tall black muscular man appeared before the hall.

The lean man nodded: "Hmm."

Since the outsider Xiao Yu that day could enslave Star City, Mo Hai, and Ju Qi, he could certainly learn some information about the temple from the three of them; it is not impossible to infer that the temple has means to know the life or death of important members.

A moment later, another squad member reported: "Captain, three hundred thousand kilometers outside the city, no trace of the murderer has been found."

"Hmm, continue the search."

……

"Our third squad has always been the strongest, the best at completing missions!"

"Continue expanding the search area for the murderer, and immediately inform the hundred worlds surrounding Yushan World and their respective territories that the two missing envoys have been betrayed by Xiao Yu, confusing our clan. If you encounter them, kill them on sight, no mercy," Huo Fa ordered.

"Hmm." Huo Fa nodded slightly; this matched his speculation.

"Men, immediately arrest everyone who went out with the young master that day, dispose of them secretly, and place all their families under covert surveillance," Yu Mingjie commanded decisively.

"According to a surviving scout from the Lord's residence of Gong Yue Ling, he personally saw the appearance of two strong beings descending from the sky; after soul‑searching, he discovered that those two were the envoys previously sent to Star City for a mission," the golden‑armored strongman continued.

"Naturally I will go to the 'Nu Jun' world farthest from Yushan World," the blue‑faced squad leader laughed, "After notifying, return immediately to report the latest situation; don't tarnish the reputation of our third squad."

"Don't worry."

In the center of the massive city, within a magnificent palace spanning several hundred kilometers, the tall three‑eyed man Huo Fa squinted slightly as he sat upon the main seat.

"Sir, the Lord Cang Ying Ling disappeared mysteriously seven days ago."

At the end of the street, the group saw hundreds gathered around Star City's wanted poster; Yu Qi, curious, pushed into the crowd and discovered that the person on the poster was none other than his own "Yu Dage".

Nearly a thousand main cities surrounding Star City have been probed by temple envoys, and the scope of investigation continues to expand outward.

……

"Captain, one million kilometers outside the city, still no murderer found."

The lean man rose and said to the 'Xing Yu' and others seated nearby: "Your Highnesses, please come with us."

Yushan World City.

In the magnificent palace, Huo Fa's expression grew grim as he continuously listened to his subordinates' reports.

In Star City's West 2578 District, a residence covering more than ten kilometers in radius, entirely built of blood‑red iron wood, is the Yu Zhai, one of the sixteen great families of Star City. Two days ago, a thousand‑person squad from the Lord's manor arrived and forcibly requisitioned all the beast cores of the Yu manor.

What commonality do they share?

"Men," Huo Fa shouted, "Send someone immediately to investigate all records of these missing lords."

The Domain‑outside Heavenly Demons possess high‑tech aircraft that can traverse many worlds in a single day; they are not that easy to locate.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have deployed hundreds of thousands of temple guards at once merely to kill a Ling Xiao‑ranked being.

Suddenly, a temporal Origin fluctuation rippled before the hall, and another black‑robed golden‑armored strongman appeared, respectfully reporting: "Sir, Lord Gong Yue of Gong Yue Ling has been missing for half a month, and simultaneously a thousand‑person guard unit accompanying Lord Gong Yue has also vanished."

"Hmph!" Huo Fa snorted coldly, thinking to himself: "Star City, Mo Hai, and Ju Qi have indeed been enslaved by those Domain‑outside Heavenly Demons."

……

The squad members came back repeatedly to report their findings, and the reports grew slower each time.

……

Behind them, Fang Lei pulled Yu Qi out of the crowd, found a secluded spot, looked around to ensure no one was present, then whispered: "Young master, whatever you saw of Yu Dage, tell no one; otherwise there will be a death‑by‑sword calamity, and the entire Yu family may not escape."

"Yes." One hundred bodyguard members in white robes and golden armor on both sides of the great hall obeyed instantly and vanished in an instant.

……

"Anything else? Continue," Huo Fa said softly.

Two days later, Yu Qi, accompanied by Uncle Fang and others, strolled through the streets, hoping to run into the super‑expert 'Yu Dage' they had met before.

"Don't worry, Uncle Fang, I'm not a fool. It's just that I suddenly realized Yu Dage actually..." Yu Qi whispered.

"Yes." A white‑robed bodyguard took command and left, leading people to the main cities of various World Zones and the temple to examine records.

One bad piece of news after another arrived; Huo Fa on the throne seat felt far from his earlier ease, finding the situation extremely thorny. In the ten surrounding World Zones, nearly a hundred lords have disappeared over the past month.

An elder at the manor, for refusing to cooperate, was brutally killed by the lord's guard troops.

"Now Ji He has already been escorted to the temple to await the divine judgment; I believe Ji He will never return to Yushan World," Huo Fa thought.

Suddenly, a black‑robed golden‑armored strongman appeared before the hall, respectfully saying: "Sir, no trace of the murderer has been found in Star City."

"Captain, I'm heading to Hua Zhai World; where are you going?" a towering man who resembled a Yuan Ren asked.

These hundred men entered the Teleportation Channel outside Yushan World one by one; after each dazzling flash, the golden‑armored soldiers in the central square were transported to the corresponding world city.

"Sir, the Lord of the Black Tower in You Hu World disappeared mysteriously six days ago."

"Sha Zhi, go notify the Hua Zhai World. Fu Sun, go to the Huang Ge World..." a blue‑faced man with a pair of horns on his head issued orders to the bodyguards beside him.

Why doesn't the temple dispatch a deity? Surely any deity could quickly locate that little demon tribe.

The farther they are from Star City, the larger the area they must investigate, yet they have only a hundred people; the time required will inevitably increase.

"Don't worry, Captain."

……

Huo Fa kept pondering how to locate those wanted fugitives! Moreover, why are the missing ones the Lords of Cang Ying Ling, Black Tower Ling, etc., and not the lords of neighboring territories?

"Your Highness, rest assured, the Star City lord's vengeance will be avenged. The temple has dispatched hundreds of thousands of people; they are searching for the murderer in the surrounding lord cities, and it's not only Yushan World that is pursuing the murderer— the entire Star Continent is after Xiao Yu."

A floor beside the secret chamber immediately released a hundred Ling Xiao‑ranked strongmen, who rushed to the outer courtyard to execute the family head's orders.

This was originally the throne of Ji He, the sovereign of Yushan World.

"Yu Dage, that's incredible! You actually killed two temple envoys!" Yu Qi was astonished. He had heard that each temple envoy was immensely powerful.

Yu Qi and his party immediately returned to the Yu household, and in the secret chamber recounted in detail the wanted status of 'Yu Dage' to the family head Yu Mingjie.

"Throughout the Star City domain, no murderer has been found," the squad reported the latest situation.

After leaving the magnificent palace, the hundred men hurried to the Teleportation Channel.

……

"Then won't my father's vengeance be left unrepaid?" Xingyu fumed with resentment.

"Young master, let's first return home and report to the family head." Fang Lei suggested.

Soon after.

In front of the hall appeared a squad leader of the Temple Guard; his eyes were especially large and round, occupying half of his face.

(End of chapter)