Urban Powerhouse: Chaos Supreme

”Who’s talking?”

Lin Mo was startled, feeling as if he were stripped naked and being admired by someone. It was an extremely uncomfortable feeling.

”Come in... come on... come!”

Echoes resounded in Lin Mo’s mind. He lifted his head and looked at the towering palace in front of him. Although the voice sounded in his Divine Sea, it seemed to him that the person was inside the palace.

The palace was unadorned but towering and majestic, giving off an aura of dignity.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Mo gripped the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand and stepped towards the stairs.

The entire staircase was several hundred meters high, with a total of one thousand and eighteen steps. When Lin Mo reached the last step, twelve thick stone pillars stood before him, smooth and without any decorative patterns.

Then Lin Mo stepped into the palace, which was even more spacious inside. Everything was made from a special kind of stone.

”Don’t waste time; your Divine Thought cannot penetrate the stone walls here.”

An elderly voice emerged again, this time not in Lin Mo’s Divine Sea but in his ear.

Lin Mo stopped in his tracks and lifted his head, seeing a form slowly appearing above in the light gathering overhead, an old man with white hair floating behind him, hands tucked behind him, wearing a plain white robe and exuding no aura.

”It’s you...” Lin Mo was shocked to see this old man, his eyes widening in surprise.

This nameless elder was someone Lin Mo had met on the Ice Plateau, the same elder he encountered when he obtained the Demon Cold Flame.

”You haven’t disappointed me; finally, I’ve met you here,” the white-haired elder said with a smile, giving off a very cordial feel as he slowly floated in front of Lin Mo.

Lin Mo, however, remained tense, narrowing his eyes slightly, saying, ”Everything was orchestrated by you, including letting me obtain the Demon Cold Flame and then meeting here again. Who exactly are you?” At the moment he saw the nameless elder, Lin Mo’s suspicion was confirmed. Even though he had brushed past death in the Dark Space numerous times, he’d never been in a truly desperate situation, as if someone was manipulating events on purpose, allowing him to train in the Dark Space.

And the mastermind behind all of this was this nameless elder before him.

”Your acquisition of the Demon Cold Flame was not arranged by me, and even your being here was not arranged by me,” the elder said with a cheerful smile.

”Who would believe your nonsense? There are not so many coincidences in the world. Too many coincidences become a deliberate arrangement.” Lin Mo was already somewhat angry.

He did not know the strength of the nameless elder, but he knew that someone with so many means must be more powerful than him. But it was not pleasant to be toyed with like a plaything, and Lin Mo couldn’t care less whether he might anger the elder.

”All of this was foreseen by my master. I’m merely abiding by his instructions to wait here for the person he spoke of,” the white-haired elder slowly said.

”Your master? And who is he?”

Lin Mo blinked, and everything seemed like a giant mystery shrouding him.

”Who my master is, you are not yet qualified to know, but perhaps someday you will. For now, you must understand that all of this only benefits you, with no downsides,” the elder said.

”Only benefits and no downsides, why should I trust you?” Lin Mo asked, frowning his sword-like eyebrows.

”Believe it or not, it makes no difference. A Semi-Saint just appeared earlier, didn’t he? For someone of his strength, I could easily crush a group of them with one hand. As for my master, he is an unparalleled existence that shakes the universe,” the elder said, mentioning his master with a face full of reverence and longing.

Lin Mo was dumbfounded. The Semi-Saint expert from the Mystic Realm Sect could defy Space Wind Blades in the Dark Space with his Golden Body, but in the mouth of this nameless elder, it sounded as simple as crushing an ant.

And his master behind him must be even more powerful. What level had he reached?

”There’s no need to tell you too much. For ten thousand years, my lingering avatar has stayed on Yu Lan Star, waiting for someone to appear and complete the mission my master gave me,” the elder said, pausing thoughtfully before continuing.

”Mission?”

Lin Mo’s face showed a look of confusion again.

”Perhaps you are the person my master mentioned, and the treasure here is what you should obtain. Treasure it well, and before you have fully grown, be sure to hide your abilities and protect yourself,” said the nameless elder, waving his hand lightly.

In the air, a cluster of starlight appeared, emitting a brilliantly dazzling radiance.

”These are the Shattered Star Stones.” Lin Mo recognized the starry lights in the space at once. They were the Shattered Star Stones he had acquired before, stored within the Sealing Heaven Axis, though he still had no idea what they were for.

With a sweep of his Divine Thought, Lin Mo saw a total of one thousand and sixteen Shattered Star Stones in the sky, and adding the ones stored in the Sealing Heaven Axis made a total of one thousand and eighteen, perfectly matching the number of steps he had ascended into the palace.

”What does 1018 represent?” Lin Mo wondered aloud, frowning.

”Keep these Shattered Star Stones safe; my mission complete, I can now rest.” The nameless elder looked down on Lin Mo, his face showing a serene smile, his body dissipating like clouds blown away by the wind.

Lin Mo was full of questions. Who was the master the nameless elder spoke of?

The Demon Cold Flame, Star Wheel Universe Map, Black Iron Plate, Shattered Star Stones—these were surely left by the master behind it all.

”You haven’t told me what the Shattered Star Stones are for,” Lin Mo called out, but the nameless elder had completely vanished within the palace.

Looking at the sky full of Shattered Star Stones, Lin Mo formed a spell, collecting all one thousand and sixteen of them into his Space Ring.

Aside from the dangers encountered in the Dark Space, everything in the palace had seemed so smooth that Lin Mo found it hard to believe. However, since the Mystic Realm Sect had expended such efforts to obtain the treasures here, these Shattered Star Stones were certainly not simple.

That nameless elder claimed he could crush a Semi-Saint expert from the Mystic Realm Sect with one hand. What sort of splendor did his master have to leave behind such things that surely surpassed Heavenly Rank Techniques, or even the Star Wheel Universe Map?

”Now I need to find a way to leave here without being detected, which can only be done via the Dark Space.”

Lin Mo stowed the Shattered Star Stones, then extended his right palm, the edge of which manifested black, tadpole-like Secret Patterns, exuding a mysterious aura.

These were the spatial talents Lin Mo gained after activating the Divine Storage. With his palm sharp as a blade, he gently sliced like cutting paper, creating a Space Rift in this space, and Lin Mo walked directly into the rift.