Divine Emperor of Death

Chapter 5078 Infiltrating The Eighth Bastion Cityʼs Forces

”Go!”

Davis yelled for the final time before he turned around and left.

”Wait, wait, wait… letʼs use the secret exit to leave together!”

”Say that first!”

Davis turned around again and had the handsome fatty lead him.

They arrived inside the mansion and headed past numerous corridors before going underground. They then used a short-distance teleportation formation to appear in another empty manor within the vicinity and exited from there.

There were rarely any guards here.

Davis thanked the handsome fatty and left.

But before they left, they noticed that some guards still surrounding the Handsome Giant Consortium hurriedly left for some reason, as though they had received new orders.

”Whatʼs going on?”

The handsome fatty was perplexed.

”Donʼt give them time to move against you. Quickly leave.” Davis patted the handsome fatty and left.

He turned around a corner in an alleyway and disappeared, leaving the handsome fatty speechless as he tried to follow him and get him to leave together with him.

”Seems like Brother Dragon has something important to do here…”

The handsome fatty shook his head, unable to tell what Dragon was thinking. He had never seen someone with so many legacy treasures, not to mention someone who wants to act like an Empyrean and hides their aura so much with those treasures just to be the pig that eats the tiger.

It could be said that his horizons were broadened.

He felt that a man must be outgoing and openly reveal their cultivation and aura, although he wouldnʼt go as far as to say that they must reveal their battle prowess, since it was the factor that helped them survive when meeting an opponent or an enemy right off the bat.

Regardless, he felt Dragon was hiding something deeply.

”Perhaps he has some kind of vengeance to enact?” One subordinate said.

”Hmm, possible… but if heʼs from an ancient hidden power, would that be the first thing they do? Anyway, letʼs go.”

The handsome fatty patted his subordinate on the shoulder before moving together as they used concealment talismans.

Their highest priority right now was to get to the Second Bastion City and demand that the remnant Stone Titan Clan let them enter.

In the distance, Davis appeared before a guard who stood near a checkpoint in a plaza.

He went to the guard and slapped him.

”….” Numerous people in the plaza were dumbfounded, wondering what this white-haired man was doing.

The guard was speechless, but seeing Davis raise his hands as though wanting to be arrested, he uttered no words and did it.

”Take me to that Head Guard.”

”Alright…”

The guard whispered silently and shackled Davis with handcuffs that sealed the meridians and then plastered a sealing talisman on Davisʼs abdomen, suppressing the dantian. However, the guard made sure to rid the effect of the sealing talisman by scratching the runes because he was none other than the guard whom Davis had corrupted.

”Not bad…”

Davis thought their arresting measures were not bad.

He followed the guard, getting past numerous checkpoints because, for some reason, a curfew was announced, causing many people to go home early or pack their stores early. However, the number of guards seemed fewer, causing Davis to probe.

”What happened? Did the guards leave the city?”

”Yes,” The guard responded obediently, ”There are eight reports of Divergents attacking sanctuary locations, including one of the Twelve Bastion Cities, and escaping rather quickly. The guards have all left to search for them and create a wider net to catch them.”

Davis inwardly laughed.

To think the Heavenly Blight Hall attacked eight locations. Werenʼt they being too enthusiastic to help him?

Nonetheless, with them attacking eight locations, he felt that the Celestial Transcendent and even Heavenʼs Warriors would have no choice but to run around and investigate, even if he knew that they were nothing but distractions. This would be extremely helpful.

”Which city was it?”

”The Twelfth Bastion City…”

Davis felt it wasnʼt a problem then since his people were in the Eighth Bastion City, and handsome fatty was heading to the Second Bastion City. If it happened here, he might need to relocate to another city, which would only waste time.

”Is Head Guard Rowen still here?”

”Head Guard Rowen is still here in the headquarters. As the Head Guard, he is only tasked with the defensive duties of the city. Even if the Head Guard wanted to leave, he needed to maintain order within the city before he could even have the chance to leave.”

Davis nodded lightly.

That made things easier.

If Head Guard Rowen had left the city, then he would have needed to spend extra effort tracking him down outside the city barriers while Heavenʼs Warriors and various patrol squads swarmed the surrounding regions.

The guard quietly escorted him through the checkpoint.

Although Davis was supposedly under arrest, the guards along the way merely glanced at him before allowing passage. The guard who escorted him seemed to possess enough authority to bypass most inspections, but on second thought, Davis noticed there were also some people who were arrested and brought here.

The atmosphere in the city had become far more oppressive.

Groups of cultivators hurried through the streets while merchants packed their wares in panic. Formation lights flickered overhead as they continuously activated. Occasionally, squads of armored guards shot across the skies toward the city gates.

It truly looked like a city preparing for war.

Davis remained calm.

The more chaotic the situation became, the easier it was for him to move unnoticed while openly walking with a guard by his side.

Soon, they arrived at a massive black fortress situated near the center of the city. Numerous defensive formations layered the structure like overlapping turtle shells, each one pulsing with heavy earth energy.

At this moment, Davisʼs gaze flickered as he saw a white-haired man leave the guard headquarters.

It was none other than Thousand Windblades.

Thousand Windblades didnʼt even bother to glance around before he boarded the carriage and left. Davis also didnʼt bother with him at this moment since he had already decided what to focus on now.

The guard asked someone before he lowered his voice at Davis, ”Head Guard Rowen is inside the Interrogation Hall.”

Davis smiled faintly.

”Good.”

The Interrogation Hall was bound to be secluded and secretive, making it easier for him to do his thing.

The two entered the fortress.

Inside, the atmosphere was cold and silent. Guards moved quickly through the halls while jade slips flew back and forth carrying urgent reports.

No one paid much attention to Davis.

After all, many prisoners were being brought in lately due to the recent incidents.

The guard continued deeper until they reached a thick metal gate covered in suppression runes.

Two Peak-Level Autarch guards stood outside.

”What is this prisoner charged with?” one of them asked.

”We got into an argument, and I got slapped. Besides, the Head Guard will be happy to see him.”

The two guards frowned before one of them stepped forward and scanned Davis with a treasure mirror.

The mirror flickered briefly before going silent.

Nothing unusual appeared.

Naturally, that was because Davis had already hidden every dangerous fluctuation perfectly. He was back to using another soul essence through Karmic Impersonation - Aura Duplication to mask his aura. The Divergent aura was also naturally affected by this, but he didnʼt need to worry since it was already hidden by the Gilded Realm Ascendant Pill, and he further had Zenovaʼs Divergent aura concealment technique, which she shared to use.

He didnʼt even need to use Zenovaʼs Divergent aura concealment technique to fool the Celestial Transcendent, so much less needs to be said about this subpar mirror treasure that would display his true aura.

”Take him inside.”

The gate slowly opened.

As soon as Davis stepped through, he sensed dozens of restrictive formations hidden within the hall. From what he could tell with a simple glance, he found a soul suppression formation, poison mist formations, and even a spatial locking formation to prevent one from escaping.

At the center stands a middle-aged man wearing blue armor. His purple-black hair flowed freely. His arm appeared to be made up of dragon scales and shone with a resplendent aura.

”Itʼs you!”

Head Guard Rowen raised his brows at Davis before laughing out loud.

”Hahaha! You just had to walk all the way here to hand yourself over to me on a silver platter, huh? What did he do to get arrested?”

He asked the guard who brought Davis, but quickly shook his head, ”No, I doubt he got arrested by accident, but that doesnʼt matter since heʼs here. Do something funny, and you get oppressive by all the nasty formations here that even suppress a High-Level Primarch.”

”…” Davis shrugged lightly, ”I had no choice. If I wanted to meet you without encountering any trouble, I could only get arrested. After all, I want to sell out handsome fatty.”

”Oh?” Head Guard Rowen raised his brows.

Although he hated this idiot who pushed him around with his pace, getting handsome fatty was more important, especially after Thousand Windblades showed no signs of stopping, but gave him time after knowing the emergency situation of the town.

”What do you have in mind?”

”Donʼt worry.” Davis smiled faintly. ”All you need to do is listen to me and no one else.”

”Listen to you?” Head Guard Rowen scoffed and was about to say something when he felt it.

An invisible ripple spread from Davisʼs pupils. It was silent as there was no soul fluctuation, much less any energy undulation. The attack was not perceivable for most, but Head Guard Rowenʼs expression stiffened as he managed to realize something strange.

His dragon-scaled armor instinctively lit up with a dark azure radiance as it activated automatically. Countless tiny dragon runes surfaced across his arm before rapidly spreading throughout his body like flowing molten metal.

A deep dragon roar echoed from within his soul sea, trying to protect him.

It gave him leeway to react!