Chapter 190: The Ruler’s Secret
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“The ruler’s secret?”
Ye Mo hadn’t expected that recovering Ling’er spirit would lead him to so many new revelations and information that he desperately wanted to find out and understand.
“I told you before: the ruler’s power is so strong because he carries the Spirit Supreme. This Spirit Supreme is the first ever modeled after the Laws of Nature–to become stronger, one needs to collect The Power of Belief, which came from the citizens for the ruler. The ruler did not place citizens in positions of power because he was a good leader, but because he wanted to increase his power levels. By gathering more beliefs from the people, he would get stronger as well,” Ling’er said calmly.
“Then what does that have to do with my father?”
“Your father must have been in the Transcendence Realm back in the day, carrying the t.i.tle of the champion of the Tianwu Kingdom and having a reputation that was almost grander than the ruler himself. Therefore, the public’s faith and beliefs were channeled towards your father instead, causing the ruler’s powers to weaken. This also destabilized the ruler’s position. As the ruler of the Tianwu Kingdom, having to handle so much pressure from other kingdoms as well, it was only natural that the ruler could not afford to be weakened. Your father’s existence had already heavily threatened his position, so obviously the ruler had to take action.”
Detecting that Ye Mo was giving off an angry vibe, Ling’er immediately added, “This is just my guess. Don’t you do anything rash.”
“I’m just feeling a bit frustrated. Putting others in danger for the sake of your own status and position–I will end things with the ruler regardless of whether he is responsible for my father’s death,” said Ye Mo.
Ling’er nodded her head and continued, “The Blood Lady may have revived all the soldiers in Skylight City to avenge the ruler by wiping out the public, and therefore weakening the strength of the ruler. What she did not know was that the Tianwu Kingdom was no longer what it had been–the three main leagues had already become executioners of the kingdom, wiping out any of the public that posed any threat to them.”
Ye Mo nodded, immediately filing the issue away in the back of his mind. It did not matter what he thought; the only way to kinghood was to increase his own strength.
Putting away the spirit essence, Ye Mo furiously rushed to the Martial Training Hall along with Li Suifeng and company.
Even though Xu Fu had threatened him before, Ye Mo was not afraid of him. He was going to report Yun Shan. If he could not manage to abolish his abilities, he wanted to at least report him.
“Ye Mo, the four of us are all newcomers in the Outer League. If we lodge a complaint so soon, will it succeed?”
The four of them were all league members of the Outer League with no other background. Even the mentors might not stand on their side.
“That Yun Shan is a mere Outer League member. He cannot fight fire with paper,” said Ye Mo.
“That’s right. Yun Shan gave us such a dangerous mission and even a fake map report. We cannot just let things be. He will simply get more and more arrogant.”
The four of them walked down Spirit Mountain and arrived at the Martial Training Hall.
At the Martial Training Hall, they were supposed to submit their missions to Zhang Mo, one of Yun Shan’s followers. He had entered the league a few years ago, but he was still in the Outer League. His power levels were average at best.
Ye Mo walked straight in and said, “I’m here to submit my mission.”
“Aren’t you the one who received the City of Death mission? You’re still alive?”
Zhang Mo was met with a huge shock. He scanned the three who were standing behind Ye Mo and, as if witnessing a miracle, he stood rooted to the ground. His mission checklist and pen fell to the floor.
“Were you expecting me to be dead? Where is the mentor managing the Martial Training Hall? I have something to ask him,” Ye Mo said, his face filled with anger.
Zhang Mo, observing the aggressive stance of the four of them, felt that something was amiss. “Mentor Mo is currently occupied. You can discuss your matters with Brother Yun Shan.”
“Yun Shan? He was the one who gave us the City of Death mission and also provided us with a fake map report. We are here to report him,” said Ye Mo.
“Brat, what nonsense are you spouting? Brother Yun Shan would never do something like that!” Zhang Mo’s face changed slightly and he replied loudly.
“The four of us received our mission from you. Do you really think we would intentionally go to the City of Death?”
“Yun Shan, I told you that the brat would come to the Martial Training Hall to cause a commotion once he returned. He even wants to report you to Mentor Mo!”
A hard voice was heard from the entrance of the Martial Training Hall. It was Xu Fu, walking slowly towards them with his arms crossed. Following behind him was Yun Shan, who glared at Ye Mo with a hatred-filled look.
“You are wise indeed, Brother Xu Fu. If things get out of hand, my life won’t be easy,” Yun Shan said, filled with admiration.
“You again?”
Ye Mo looked at Xu Fu, both fists clenched so tightly that his veins started to pop. This Xu Fu had constantly opposed him. If not for his Sky Blood Spear breaking, he would definitely have started a fight with him. Alas, he kept his emotions in check.
A fighter in the Energy Shaping Fourth Realm was leagues above a Third Realm fighter. Fighters in the Energy Shaping Fourth Realm had their skin protected by their energy force, making it hard as steel. Based on Ye Mo’s current training, without the Sky Blood Spear, he would not be able to break that defense.
Unless Ye Mo reached the Energy Shaping Realm. That would be when the Giant Dragon Power would be awakened in its full fury!
“What? You want to fight me again? I’ll be honest, you indeed have some talent to be able to heavily injure Yun Shan. I’m guessing you used some form of treasure for your powers. Too bad that will not have any effect on me. I advise you to not act impulsively. In the Outer League, it is I, Xu Fu, who can cover everything up with a flick of my wrist,” Xu Fu said nonchalantly.
Seeing these events unfold, Li Suifeng feared that Xu Fu was going to take advantage of Ye Mo.
He had heard of Xu Fu’s name before: a member of the Inner League, an authoritative figure in the Outer League. He stepped forward and said, “Brother Xu Fu, this must be a misunderstanding. We are not here to report Brother Yun Shan, but to submit our mission.”
“Finally someone with some common sense. What about the two of you?”
There was a hint of aggression in Xu Fu’s voice, threatening Ling Xue and Tong Qian, who were behind Ye Mo.
“The two of us, along with Li Suifeng, are actually here to submit our missions.”
“Hahaha!” Xu Fu laughed wildly, as did Yun Shan and Zhang Mo, their faces filled with mockery.
“What about you? Ye Mo, what are you here for?” Xu Fu continued asking.
Ye Mo could feel Ling Xue secretly tugging at his clothes, signaling him to not be impulsive. He said with a smile, “Naturally, I am here to submit my mission as well.”
“Haha!” Xu Fu patted Ye Mo on his shoulder and said, “You have decent talent. Any interest in joining my team?”
“I’m used to working alone, and I don’t really like being involved in groups or alliances.” As Ye Mo spoke, he walked towards Zhang Mo, then emptied out more than a hundred purple-eyed spirit essences from his Dimensional Bracelet right in front of him. He said, “One hundred and twenty purple-eyed spirit essences should be able to be exchanged for 12,000 league points.”
“How is this possible?” Xu Fu and Yun Shan both turned towards Ye Mo, staring at the small mountain of purple-eyed spirit essences lying on the table.
One hundred and twenty purple-eyed spirit essences. Not even an Energy Shaping Fourth Realm fighter like Xu Fu was capable of collecting this many!