Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1666: Chapter 881: The Secret of the Black Knight_2

He saw the whip marks he’d just received from Lao Wu rapidly healing in just a few minutes.

Is this the power of cancer cells?

At this moment, He Jinqiu recalled what Lao Wu had said earlier.

Seize the Joker’s body...

If it weren’t for the fear that there might still be surveillance here, he wouldn’t have been able to stop himself from laughing out loud!

This group of Black Knights really... tried to seize Qing Chen’s body?!

The Black Knight Order didn’t know that Qing Chen couldn’t be seized, but He Jinqiu, who had participated in the search and rescue back then, would certainly know about Qing Chen’s trait. So he was sure that Qing Chen’s soul was still in his body, and that Lao San had already vanished into thin air.

This might be the only thing worth celebrating in these two days.

So, the Lao San he encountered when being escorted off the airship was actually Qing Chen in disguise, right?

Seeing him, Qing Chen would surely come to rescue him. But there was a Demigod here, eleven A-Class individuals, and not only that, this was the Black Knights’ headquarters, armed with fierce war robots, countless drones, military helicopters, and floating airships.

Trying to save someone here would probably be a near-death experience.

No way, I can’t wait for Qing Chen to save me, I need to rescue myself.

It’s not that He Jinqiu is arrogantly confident he can escape, but Qing Chen has already risked himself once to save him, and he doesn’t want to owe anyone anymore.

Looking like this, there’s no need to drag others down with me.

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Above the dungeon in the Black Knight Order’s headquarters.

The Silver City Duke sat on a soft leather sofa, gently shaking a glass of amber whiskey in his hand, while facing a robed Drama Master.

The Drama Master said, ”Poison Cup, isn’t it time to return what you’ve taken for so many years?”

The Silver City Duke curiously asked, ”What Poison Cup?”

The Drama Master sneered, ”Trying to back out of the deal?”

The Silver City Duke shook his head, ”It’s not me trying to back out. You broke the deal first. According to our agreement, you were supposed to hand Joker over to me personally. But suddenly there’s a change, your Royal Family’s Drama Master, the Fifth Princess, actually wants to take Joker away!”

The Drama Master frowned, annoyed at the fact that the King hadn’t outright said he wanted to kill Viola, so Viola remains a member of the Royal Family and the Drama Master’s team.

Viola taking action is equivalent to the Royal Family taking action.

The Drama Master said gravely, ”The Poison Cup is extremely important, and Joker is already in your hands. I hope you seriously consider this decision and don’t bring disaster upon yourself.”

The Silver City Duke laughed, ”Threatening me? It’s useless. You can kill me, then let your seven ancestors lie dormant for a few more centuries. They might naturally wake up.”

It’s impossible to give up this Poison Cup. Once the Roosevelt Royalty gets it, they can summon up seven old monsters for a desperate fight at any time.

Who can withstand seven Demigod Drama Masters?

Even if these old monsters come back to life, they can only fight one battle before dying.

But this thing is just like nuclear deterrence; as long as it exists, the Silver City Duke’s plans to establish a nation on the Eastern Continent cannot proceed.

But how did the Poison Cup end up in the Silver City Duke’s hands?

Two hundred years ago, the then-Seventh Princess of the Royal Family fell in love with the Silver City Duke. The Silver City Duke played along with her, taking her around for travels, making the Seventh Princess lose her mind over him.

The Royal Family did not agree to this marriage, so the Silver City Duke tricked the Princess into stealing the Poison Cup from her father’s side, saying that this would force him to agree to the marriage.

Afterwards, the Seventh Princess really did steal the Poison Cup for him.

After getting the Poison Cup, the Silver City Duke turned on her, and the Seventh Princess hanged herself under the reprimand from the Royal Family.

The Drama Master stood up with a cold smile, ”It looks like you still haven’t planned on handing over the Poison Cup. All those years ago you used vile means to obtain this forbidden artifact and hid it away like a treasure... The Royal Family knows all your true names.”

The Silver City Duke downed the whiskey in his hand, ”Then use my true name to kill me, let me take all the secrets to my grave... But, does the Royal Family know our birthdays? If not, they can only cause some minor troubles.”

”Let’s wait and see then,” the Drama Master said with a smile, ”We can give you the Joker if we want to, and we can destroy him likewise. We know what you want to do, but it’s just a fever dream.”

The Silver City Duke frowned.

This isn’t good. He suddenly got up and strode out, ”Prepare an airship. I’m going to find Lao San!”

He realized what the Royal Family was planning. They wanted to use all the forces ambushed within Silver City to destroy Lao San, by which they mean destroying the Joker’s body and memory.

No, the Joker’s secrets haven’t been fully unearthed. They haven’t even mastered the Breathing Technique!

Lao San can’t die!

The Drama Master slowly stood up, sneering as he walked out of the Black Knight Order headquarters, boarding his own airship to leave Silver City.

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Qing Chen didn’t return home after leaving the Black Knight Order headquarters. Instead, he sat in a convoy, letting it circle the city endlessly.

This was to memorize the layout of Silver City. And mostly because... Lao San had over seventy wives and over two hundred beautiful female slaves waiting at home.

Although Qing Chen wouldn’t blow his cover in front of them, the less he had to deal with them, the better...

He was searching through Lao San’s memories in the car, uncovering many secrets.

For example, Lao Er once slept with Lao Jiu’s wife.

For example, the Silver City Duke secretly ordered Lao San to kill the disciples of Lao Er and Lao Wu.

For example, Lao Wu once planned to kill Lao San, even wanting to kill the Silver City Duke during a disciple’s seizure. But in the end, the Silver City Duke was saved by Lao San.

Qing Chen reviewed these memories, thinking this Black Knight Order was truly chaotic.

The Silver City Duke’s methods were tough, his strategies ruthless.

Lao Er was cunning, good at resource management and could rally other Knights.

Lao San was reckless.

Lao Si was obsessed with the Superconductor World.

Lao Wu was like a hero, righteous, liked by other Knights.

Lao Liu was cowardly, but insidious.

Lao Qi...

Among these Black Knights, the main pillars were Boss, Lao Er, and Lao Wu. The others were just along for the ride.

Because the Black Knights would seize their disciples’ bodies generation after generation, each seizure was considered a tribulation, the best time to kill.

Only the Silver City Duke could consistently reach Demigod status in each generation. Lao Er even suspected that Boss held the secret potion recipe from everyone.

This, Qing Chen also found confirmed in his memories. It’s true; the Silver City Duke had his own potion recipe.

There were many such pieces of information, but Qing Chen felt they were not enough to shake the entire Black Knight Order to its core.

Only one piece of information piqued Qing Chen’s interest: Lao San knew the true names of all the Black Knights.

It wasn’t only Drama Masters and Arbiters who needed true names; Puppeteers needed them too!

On the Roosevelt Continent, everyone is made to hide their identities by the Drama Masters and Arbiters, using codes in lieu of true names whenever possible.

This made Qing Chen’s growth of a seventh thread of the Puppeteer’s pointless.

Now, Qing Chen considered this piece of information to be Lao San’s most valuable asset.

These people had known each other for hundreds of years, rising from humble beginnings. How could they not know each other’s true names?

With true names, the possibilities were endless!

But at that moment, a war robot suddenly landed, right on the hood of the vehicle Qing Chen was in.

With a loud crash, the back of the long, bulletproof vehicle was forcibly lifted off the ground!

Then came a few more loud crashes, and over ten war robots landed. Further away, a civilian airship was weaving through the Steel Forest, heading straight for Qing Chen’s convoy!

Explosions erupted continuously, as war robots relentlessly fired pulse cannons at each vehicle in the convoy.

Qing Chen had been worried earlier that these people around Lao San would notice something off. Well, now they’re all dead...

But the question was, who was trying to kill him?

Lao Er and Lao Wu had motives, as they also intended to seize Joker’s body and weaken the Silver City Duke.

The Royal Family also had a motive; they wouldn’t want to see Silver City growing stronger, and perhaps their plan all along was to kill Joker after the deal.

No way, I can’t stay in the car and wait to die. If that civilian airship above makes a suicide dive, crashing on this car, Qing Chen would surely die.

Seizing the pause in the pulse cannon charge, Qing Chen opened the car door and jumped out.

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