World-Ending Demon Emperor

Chapter 2108 - 996: Catch Hell Knight Number Four!

Undying Ghost Supreme had no idea what he was writing; he seemed like a special code converter, writing character by character, while in fact, his mind was receiving a chaotic jumble of spiritual information, which he then compiled using his unique mad reasoning.

At this moment, Lanling understood.

Undying Ghost Supreme wasn’t writing words but painting, using countless dots to form characters.

It was truly awe-inspiring; even with a spiritual detection by the Dragon Temple, they wouldn’t find any results.

After more than half an hour, Undying Ghost Supreme finally finished drawing the characters.

"The Dragon Emperor’s Tomb is in Danzhou, a hidden plane, the entrance is in the Western Sea!"

Just a dozen or so characters.

Suddenly, everything made sense.

At this time, Lanling truly marveled, this Hell Knight No. 4 really thought what he thought, anxious about what he was anxious about.

He thought of the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb, wanting to master the Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline, and Hell Knight No. 4 provided crucial intelligence.

Of course, this wasn’t coincidental because after Demon Emperor Lanling’s rise, Hell Knight No. 4 also awoke, sharing an absolutely identical goal with Lanling, so their thinking patterns were similar.

For instance, he now knew even more than Lanling that with the current strength of the Flame Demon Empire and Lanling, forcibly attacking into the Human Kingdom, crossing the Hundred Thousand Mountains, was almost impossible.

The Dragon Temple was truly much too powerful compared to Lanling.

The key factor was the plane’s suppression!

To approach this suppression, one would have to take over complete plane overlordship. And to take over plane overlordship, unless gaining the Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline.

So, it was unsurprising that Hell Knight focused on the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb.

Having such subordinates was really enjoyable; even though the two hadn’t communicated and didn’t know each other, their thoughts were completely aligned.

The previous such confidant was Tang Ren!

Without needing any interaction, they could perfectly cooperate, crafting one scheme after another until the opponent was destroyed.

And now this confidant became No. 4!

Of course, it wasn’t that Tang Ren became less intelligent; in fact, he remained very smart, even smarter. But now, Tang Ren was as busy as a dog, with no time at all for scheming against others. Lanling, the Demon Emperor, was quite carefree, leaving the Flame Demon Empire, heading north to the Northern Barbaric Lands, leaving the entire Southern Barbaric Lands to Tang Ren alone.

All Flame Demon Empire’s internal affairs were entirely upon Tang Ren.

He was probably so busy he didn’t even have time for relations with Empress Ni Shang, as this was a historically enormous empire, with an astronomical population, and new policies were being implemented across six continents.

Moreover, now the struggle between Lanling and the Dragon Temple had exceeded Tang Ren’s scope of power, but just fit within No. 4’s range of strength.

...

Hell Knight No. 4’s intelligence was timely, but not clear enough.

Because this area was too vast, covering over several billion square kilometers of the Western Sea, searching for the so-called Danzhou entrance was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Most importantly, the entire Western Sea largely fell within the Dragon Temple’s sphere of influence.

And at this moment, Undying Ghost Supreme suddenly began painting again.

After another quarter-hour, his intelligence was finally drawn.

"Please wait, Your Majesty, I’ll continue probing, long live, long live, forever long live!"

Undoubtedly, those last cries of long live were No. 4’s heartfelt, loyal, and eager expression; otherwise, as a covert agent, he would absolutely not waste half a character.

What next will Hell No. 4 investigate?

Lanling could probably guess, it was the fourth stage of the "Disaster of Nine Swords," because the first three stages of swordsmanship had roughly revealed the target location of the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb, and the fourth stage’s information was undoubtedly the exact entrance location to where the Dragon Emperor fell.

...

The secret of the first Dragon Emperor’s Tomb was only known by Shi Tian, but the fourth stage of "Disaster of Nine Swords" was not necessarily.

The four major Sky Holy Palace leaders were holding a secret meeting!

"Regarding that Hell No. 4 covert agent, still nothing has been found." Tian Daoqi said, "Has everyone been subjected to a mental audit?"

Gu Ban said, "All Sky Holy Palace members have undergone more than two mental surveillance checks, even deep cerebral domain mental information assessment, yet nothing has been found. Moreover, all Sky Holy Palace members are monitored once every five days. What dreams they had, what words they spoke, what things they did in the past five days are entirely monitored, still nothing found."

Ning Wuya said, "Could it be that this Hell Knight No. 4 isn’t in the Sky Holy Palace?"

Tian Daoqi pondered for a long while, shaking his head, "This seems unlikely."

Gu Ban remained silent for a while and said, "Should we proceed with a plan to scare the snake out of the grass?"

Tian Daoqi said, "Speak!"

Gu Ban said, "Currently, the fourth stage of the ’Disaster of Nine Swords’ is still under the Dragon Temple’s block. If this Hell Knight No. 4 is a member of the Sky Holy Palace, wouldn’t he be eager to obtain this fourth stage?"

Ning Wuya said, "There’s some reasoning to it. The time given to Demon Emperor Lanling is getting shorter and shorter. He can’t stop the construction of the Tower of Heavenly Fiends and Deities in the Northern Barbaric Lands, and once it’s completed, he must launch a northern expedition. Otherwise, the morale of the entire Demon Race will decline. The previous Demon Emperor showcased such invincibility that the entire Demon Race had extremely high expectations of him. The entire Demon Clan Army believes that once the tower is completed, the Demon Emperor’s northern expedition into the Human Kingdom will be a walk in the park, and the destruction of the Great Mountain Defense Line will be as easy as breaking a twig."

Then, Ning Wuya continued, "However, this Hell Knight No. 4 is as cunning as a ghost. Our plan will be penetrated by him with even the slightest flaw, so how should we reasonably release the fourth layer of information of the ’Disaster of Nine Swords’?"

Gu Ban said, "To ensure confidentiality, let’s perform a normal transfer of the fourth layer of the ’Disaster of Nine Swords’ sword manual and give it to His Majesty Shitian for safekeeping, shall we?"

Ning Wuya said, "Why not just destroy it outright?"

"Indeed, why not destroy it directly?" Shitian replied, "Let’s convene a meeting of the Sky Holy Palace to vote on whether the ’Disaster of Nine Swords’ should be destroyed to see if anyone objects! To be safe, Mr. Ning Wuya, you should be the first to oppose."

"Understood," Ning Wuya said.

...

The Sky Holy Palace had another meeting, this time about the regular defense of the Human Kingdom.

However, after the meeting, Shitian suddenly feigned a casual tone and said, "Oh, there’s one more thing. As everyone knows, the fourth layer of the ’Disaster of Nine Swords’ created by the Dragon Emperor involves some key secrets. Thousands of years ago, the Dragon Temple didn’t regard it too seriously, so it was directly sealed up. Yet, looking at it now, is there a need to burn it?"

Lu Shuo, ranking fourth among the Sky Priests, said, "Apart from the potential for leaking secrets, does this sword technique have any other value?"

Shitian said, "There is a kind of spiritual imprint, almost like a spiritual password, but after countless studies, its special significance as an energy code has not been discovered."

Lu Shuo said, "Then I suggest destroying it."

Ning Wuya said, "I do not suggest destroying it, because this spiritual password might even be the core secret of Yao Xing, and it is still quite valuable. Therefore, I oppose its destruction!"

Shitian said, "Then let everyone vote, those in favor of unified destruction, please raise your hand."

Tian Daoqi and Shitian could still remain aloof and did not need to raise their hands.

Gu Ban was the first to raise his hand, supporting the burning of the fourth layer of the ’Disaster of Nine Swords’ sword technique, to completely eliminate the possibility of the Dragon Emperor’s tomb’s secrets being leaked.

Next, Lu Shuo raised his hand.

All remaining Sky Priests, Sky Judges, Candidate Sky Priests, and Candidate Sky Judges raised their hands.

Including Zhi Yan, Fu Lingxi, Ji Yingsha, Ji Xiuning.

Among the Sky Holy Palace members, only Ning Wuya opposed, causing the others to cast strange looks his way.

Of course, this hand-raising vote yielded nothing decisive; even if Hell Knight No. 4 was among the Sky Holy Palace members, he did not show any signs.

Shitian glanced and said, "Since everyone agrees to burn it to eliminate future troubles, then let’s burn it!"

Then, a special energy flame ignited on the table.

Shitian, Tian Daoqi, and Ning Wuya personally went to the energy space where the fourth layer of the ’Disaster of Nine Swords’ was sealed.

"Confirmed, this energy space shows no signs of being opened since it was sealed," Shitian said.

"Confirmed."

"Confirmed!"

After the three of them confirmed, Shitian took out an energy key, opened the energy space, and retrieved the sealed fourth layer of the ’Disaster of Nine Swords’.

It was an ordinary energy scroll.

After bringing it out, Shitian didn’t look at it, but rather returned to the Sky Holy Palace meeting room.

"Ladies and gentlemen, witness, this scroll is the sealed fourth layer of the ’Disaster of Nine Swords’ sword manual, personally penned by the Dragon Emperor, relating to certain important secrets," Shitian said, "Now, in front of all my colleagues in the Sky Holy Palace, I will burn it to remove any future troubles."

Everyone nodded.

Then, the first leader of the Sky Holy Palace placed the fourth layer of the ’Disaster of Nine Swords’ sword manual into the energy flame for incineration.

The flames gradually spread, burning!

In just a brief moment, the entire energy scroll turned into a blaze, instantly burning to ashes.

Just when everyone thought that everything had ended, the situation suddenly changed dramatically.

From these ashes suddenly emerged a cloud of smoke, which condensed into countless tiny figures, as if performing a set of sword techniques.

Several hundred small figures made of smoke executed the fourth layer of the ’Disaster of Nine Swords’ sword technique in less than half a second.

"Not good..."

Ning Wuya exclaimed and immediately began to destroy these smoke figures.

No one expected that the Dragon Emperor’s ’Disaster of Nine Swords’ sword manual would display in such a remarkable way after being incinerated.

Although Ning Wuya promptly destroyed them, everyone present had already remembered it, which might have included Hell Knight No. 4.

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Note: I hit a writers’ block, so the update came late, sorry about that.