Chapter 2025 Rise Again
?2025 Rise Again
Just like this, the once mighty Goldeen and Crow Clans that once ruled over thousands of quadrants had become no different from a zoo animal.
This level of humiliation was something that rotted and festered in their midst. Dyon didn"t even raise a single finger, yet they were already prepared to collapse from the inside out. Everything… Everything was over for them.
At that time, the words spoken echoed through the silent hall. There were many of them in attendance, yet these words bounced off the walls as though they were not worth much at all.
It was at that time that the sound of footsteps slowly approaching caught them off guard.
A man with seven swinging black tails made his presence known. His face was cold and emotionless, his steps were without fear or hesitation, and his eyes flashed with an intelligent light, filled with endless cunning.
"Who are you?"
An old man of the Goldeen Clan suddenly spoke. If Dyon were here, he would know that this old man was actually a Supreme. To say that the Golden Crow Sect laid low was an understatement. It seemed they really had been waiting for the right time to strike back, even to the point of feigning weakness to share their quadrant with three other Sects.
What was even more surprising was that this man wasn"t the only Supreme, but there were actually three others, two to the Goldeen Clan and two the Crow Clan… It was just unfortunate that this strength meant nothing before Dyon, so all of their plotting and scheming became meaningless.
The moment Orcus died, all of their hopes and aspirations came to a grinding halt. Trillions of years of planning came to mean nothing.
"My name is Kaori Void."
"A kitsune? How did you enter this place? Aren"t you aware that your death is your only exit?"
"If you were so eager to kill me, why speak all of this nonsense. Obviously you"re already desperate enough to hear my words. And… If I could enter so freely, do you really think you could stop me from leaving?"
The eyes of the elders narrowed, but they didn"t say anything else.
"I can tell that your Golden Crow Clan is in dire straits."
"And what could you possibly do to help? Your strength is worth nothing here."
Kaori sighed. "This is the problem with the martial world. Not everything can be solved by strength. If you all were a little smarter in your scheming, would you have fallen to such a state? If your tactics were tighter and your means more brilliant, would you be waiting for death like this?" vvcc
"Is that what your intelligence has brought you?" An elder said with a sneer. "To insult those who you wish to ally with? I have to say, this is quite top tier intelligence."
The sarcasm dripped from his words almost like molten acid.
"If I don"t say these things, would you acknowledge the two of us to be on equal footing? This meeting began by one of you threatening my life and another calling me weak, would you like for me to stand here and say nothing?
"If you"re done with your nonsense, we can get to the reason for my visit in the first place."
Kaori"s reply was completely devoid of emotion. His words sounded like he was offended, but his actions spoke a much different tune entirely…
"The Golden Crow Sect will be finished if you all don"t do something. The question is whether or not you are willing to risk your lives for a brighter future, or if you"re content with being a pig in a pen."
"What makes you think our Golden Crow Sect won"t rise again?"
"Is that a joke?" Kaori replied to the Goldeen Supreme. "Not only has the Mortal Empire grown far beyond your control, but even if they were to collapse during the second phase… Don"t you have another enemy to deal with?"
The elders froze.
"I was wondering. Why is such a powerful Sect, with four Supremes at that, hiding like a field of mice?
"You feign to the outside world that your best genius is a mere Eighth Order Celestial who"s even died already. You share your quadrant with three Sects far below your strength. And even now, you skulk in the shadows, too scared to take even a single step outside."
"Don"t go too far with your words, boy."
"I"m not going too far. I"m only stating the facts.
"What I find even more interesting is that everything seemed to change after the Golden Flame Mystical World opened. To think that a mighty Sect like yours would hardly care about the death of the G.o.d level genius. The world hardly heard a peep about it.
"Despite the fact everyone was aware that Emperor Sacharro was the one to take his life, you all actually did nothing to retaliate.
"Of course, someone who was far more foolish might believe your inaction to be due to the fact Emperor Sacharro had a Higher Existence backing him, but this is something only the ma.s.ses would accept. Anyone who had even an inkling of knowledge was aware that many of the top ten Tower Quadrants had Higher Existences among them, albeit the weakest of Higher Existences…
"For the death of your supposed best genius, the Golden Crow Sect"s reaction was far too lukewarm.
"So… I became quite interested. The Mortal Library became quite a useful tool for me, actually. Just what were the origins of the Golden Flame Mystical World, what of your Golden Crow Sect"s origins?
"You clearly didn"t like the Sacharros as you chose not to join their Empire, but you still didn"t act against them either, isn"t that too pitiful?
"Even when your plans hinged on the success of the Golden Flame Mystical World"s mission, you still didn"t dare send out your best geniuses for fear of being discovered.
"Who knew that I would stumble upon the legends of the Golden Crow… of a stolen flame… of two fugitive clans…?"