Chapter 1239 - 987: Misled

If Elma wanted Long Yi’s help, he just needed to make a deal. At that time, Elma understood Long Yi’s strength and also knew his personality. Once Long Yi made a promise, he would undoubtedly strive to fulfill it. Back then, if Elma wanted to obtain Long Yi’s power and knowledge, there was absolutely no need to use such offensive methods, especially since Elma had lived for hundreds of years. Even the most arrogant person should not make such a judgment.

What happened subsequently was even more perplexing. After the fallout with Long Yi, Elma had completely transformed into a Crazy Demon. Based on Long Yi’s knowledge from the Ancient Mage Tower, the plan to become Crazy Demons had always been vehemently pushed forward by Solis, while Elma had always been an opponent. Facing unknown dangers and having just escaped the threat of Crystal Poison, why would Elma suddenly choose to become a Crazy Demon? And even promote this transformation throughout the Ancient Mage Tower?

No no no, this was too strange!

Long Yi thought about this again and again, in all of it, only one person was consistently involved.

Solis.

Or rather, the God Chaser.

All information had come from the God Chaser, who seemed to have been behind every major incident. One thing that particularly bothered Long Yi was that Elma originally despised Solis to the core. Yet, when he regained control, he did not seek revenge against Solis but rather allowed him to fade from everyone’s view!

Remember, the fallout between Long Yi and Elma was precisely because Solis had revealed that Elma possessed the key to the Plane Teleportation Gate. If Long Yi had been betrayed this way, he would have been uncontrollably furious, yet Elma endured it?

Long Yi’s trust in Solis came from the demon realm’s Empress Yavenny, who once said that as long as Long Yi had Divine Status and Divine Power, the God Chaser would see him as a master and obey unequivocally.

But what if Yavenny was also wrong?

At this thought, a fine layer of sweat suddenly broke out on Long Yi’s back.

Apart from Solis, none of the God Chasers Long Yi encountered had been friendly──were there differences among the God Chasers of this Plane?

Thinking about this, Long Yi realized it was time to prove something.

But not now.

In the Arena, Elma was struggling hard. Initially, he was doing well, but then he gradually fell into a disadvantage. The coordination of the Holy Temple Knights was perfect, leaving no vulnerabilities. Occasionally glancing at Hayden, he noticed the God Chaser seemed somewhat distracted. Could it be that my imperfection disappointed the teacher?

At this thought, Elma somehow mustered another surge of energy and astonishingly balanced the scales back to even!

At this time, Long Yi also snapped out of his reverie and noticed Elma’s efforts.

Maybe ease up a bit.

Long Yi discreetly ordered the Holy Temple Knights. For them, the words of an Ascender were like divine decrees, indisputable and must be obeyed. So, within their exquisite synchronization, a small crack appeared. Elma, highly focused, immediately seized this opportunity!

Through a series of counterattacks, using that slight gap, the Holy Temple Knights were forced to retreat step by step! Yet even so, Elma did not believe he could win, as his Mana was running out, while the Holy Temple Knights were still full of energy. But at that moment, Long Yi stepped forward.

"Alright, that’s enough."

At the command, the Holy Temple Knights immediately ceased their assault, and Elma collapsed exhausted on the ground.

"You did better than I expected, Elma. Rest well for a couple of days; there’s no need for more training. In two days, I’ll take you to the Holy Temple."

Upon hearing Long Yi’s words, a wave of joy immediately filled Elma’s weary face! Zulal, who had been watching from the sidelines, was immensely excited as it signified that Elma’s efforts were recognized!

"Teacher! Thank you!"

Elma exclaimed loudly.

Long Yi nodded, then turned and walked away.

Meanwhile, in the demon realm.

Deep beneath the demon realm’s Imperial Palace was a special dungeon built by the Empress, where various powerful criminals were detained. The deeper the dungeon, the more powerful the prisoners. At the very depths, there was a huge pure metal tetrahedron, similar in appearance to a Divine Status tetrahedron, but its patterns were Giant runes which were currently flickering with light, as low-pitched vibrations emanated from inside.

Inside the tetrahedron, a massive demon realm lord was bound by black chains on his limbs, suspended in midair. Yavenny floated in front of him, holding a dark whip in her hand, which sparked with dark golden arcs. If Long Yi were here, he would have realized that those dark gold arcs resembled the greedy serpent within him, though they were not as powerful.

Crack!

The whip swung lightly but landed heavily on the demon realm lord’s body, instantly ripping his flesh open. The golden arcs traveled ceaselessly across his body, intensifying his agony.

"Humph, hahaha, you are wasting your time, you little wretch. You will never uncover all our secrets!" the demon realm lord growled low, his eyes flashing with blood-red light. Clearly, the demon realm lord had been taken over by the God Chasers.

"Look, we pretended to search within the demon realm for so long, pushing you around. The aim was to consolidate all the fragments of God Chasers into one unfortunate soul, and now it’s succeeded. Yet you tell me you won’t speak; that certainly won’t satisfy me," Yavenny said with a mischievous smile, as she lifted her whip and gave a light flick, causing the demon realm lord’s flesh to rip open once again.

"You can torture me all you want, but this isn’t my body! I don’t care, hahaha!" the demon realm lord shouted.

"I know, that’s why I have prepared this place especially for you. Oh right, you don’t know what this place is, do you? Let me tell you, this is the Eternal prison, made by the Giants. I can torture you to death here, yet you, worm, think not about escaping," Yavenny said.

"Is that so? Then you might try and see if you can control me when this body collapses?" the God Chaser wasn’t afraid at all.

"Unless you want to try this." Yavenny smiled, the dark golden lightning on her whip growing brighter. She slightly shook her hand, and the braid curled around the demon realm lord’s neck, the golden lightning erupted, and although there were no external injuries, the God Chaser couldn’t help but roar lowly.

After a moment, the lightning vanished. The God Chaser gasped violently for a while, then laughed weakly, "The vicious rule magic of the Giants, pity, you are not a Giant and lack the support of a Giant’s strength, without Giant arms as your foundation, you can only cause me pain, but not really harm me."

Yavenny simply laughed and said, "You remind me, and I totally forgot, although I don’t have Giant arms, I do have something of the Giant’s strength."

Every time Yavenny encountered Long Yi, she absorbed quite a bit of Giant’s strength, which had virtually no effect on Long Yi but was extremely precious to her, so she never wasted any of that power.

This time, Yavenny placed her hand on the God Chaser’s head. The Giant’s strength surged, and the previously mere gold lightning came to life!

"Come, let’s test again!"

Boom!

The golden lightning engulfed the God Chaser like a storm!

Soon, Yavenny suddenly teleported away from the tetrahedron, her expression extremely solemn. Just then, Yamir came over, gently cupped Yavenny’s face, lightly kissed it, then asked, "My sister, what happened that has left you so distraught?"

Yavenny stared into Yamir’s eyes, her gaze filled with indescribable panic, "I made a huge mistake, or rather, we were all misled by the God Chasers we previously interrogated. Those so-called God Chasers are not followers seeking God; they are seeking to become gods themselves! They have no intention of submitting to the Divine Status. On the contrary, they covet it greatly! To acquire the Divine Status, they use various lies and schemes! And I passed the incorrect information we obtained to Long Yi!"

"Oh my god, then what will our dear Long Yi do!" Yamir also panicked.

"How long until the Teleportation Gate can be opened?" Yavenny asked.

"We used it several times in succession previously to chase that God Chaser, which caused the Teleportation Gate to overload. Even at best, it will need ten days to be functional again," Yamir said.

"This is really bad!" Yavenny said, her face filled with regret.

"No, I think you shouldn’t worry too much," Yamir reassured Yavenny.

"Why?" Yavenny asked.

"Think about it yourself," Yamir giggled, saying.

Yavenny immediately forced herself to calm down and thought for a moment; she soon realized why. Because he is Long Yi, and although sometimes he might seem clueless, whenever danger approaches, he always manages to discern threats in almost unimaginably astute ways. One could say, his ability to assess danger is nearly freakish. Long Yi, though he despises conspiracies, is not unskilled in them. Being so strong, he mostly counters plots outright with his strength, daring to confront conspiracies precisely because he sees through them!

"Yes, I understand, at this time other than trusting Long Yi to figure everything out, we don’t have any other options," Yavenny helplessly stated. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to recommend and vote on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)