Chapter 5105, Pleasant Surprise


    Trantor: Svin & Jon


    Editor and Proofreader: Leo of Zion Mountain & Dhael Ligerkeys


    “I was… the one who helped you back then,” the ferocity on Zha Gu’s face faded. Faced with imminent death, he pleaded with the other man.


    Yang Kai looked around and nodded, “I can’t deny the fact that you’d helped me before, but how did your ck Ink Neste about? How did you gather enough resources to hatch this ck Ink Nest? Do you really think I have no idea? All you have now is because of me, and it’s only apt that I ampensated for my work.”


    As soon as he finished speaking, he channelled more World Force into the Azure Dragon Spear and Zha Gu exploded, leaving no traces behind.


    There was no denying that they had gotten along pretty well, and Yang Kai had earned a lot of ck Ink Coin with his help and made himself known as an expert in Artifact Refining; however, he was pretending to be a ck Ink Disciple at that time, and Zha Gu was just making use of him. They were fundamentally on different sides, so Yang Kai had no qualms about killing him.


    A Feudal Lord was still a pretty significant force on the battlefield, so if Yang Kai let him off on this day, some Humans might be killed by him in the future.


    Zha Gu was still in the early stage of building his Fief, so he was the only Feudal Lord here and the rest of them were insignificant. There weren’t even that many High-Rank ck Ink nsmen.


    As Zha Gu was dead, these ck Ink nsmen couldn’t possibly ward off Yang Kai. Despite their resistance, they were all killed within a cup of tea’s worth of time.


    By the time Yang Kai was gone, no one was alive in the Fief.


    Yang Kai initially wanted to destroy all the Feudal Lord ck Ink Nests under Hei Yuan’s wings, but what he saw in Zha Gu’s Fief made him realise that it wasn’t necessary to do so.


    In fact, after a Territory Lord’s ck Ink Nest was destroyed, all the sub-nests it spawned would be affected.


    That exined why, after he destroyed Hei Yuan’s ck Ink Nest, the ck Ink n became slower in their response. After Hei Yuan’s ck Ink Nest was destroyed, not only was the informationwork in Hei Yuan’s territory disabled, but all the sub-nests had also withered. The Feudal Lords who had their own Fiefs must be flustered now, so they wouldn’t be in the mood to search for Yang Kai despite Hei Yuan’s order.


    To y it safe, Yang Kai decided to head to another Feudal Lord’s Fief to see it for himself.


    Just like what happened in Zha Gu’s Fief, the Feudal Lord’s ck Ink Nest was withering, and its ck Ink Strength was leaking out. It would die in no time.


    Finally, Yang Kai could set his mind at ease.


    It never crossed his mind that destroying Hei Yuan’s ck Ink Nest would bring about such a pleasant surprise. It seemed that there were pros and cons when it came to the special connection between the ck Ink Nests.


    Inferring from this, if the ck Ink Nest in the Royal City was destroyed, all the Territory Lords’ ck Ink Nests would wither, which would lead to the decline and eventual fall of all the ck Ink Nests in Mu Guang’s territory.


    Yang Kai couldn’t help but have the urge to head back to the Royal City and shatter the Royal Lord’s ck Ink Nest.


    Nevertheless, he soon gave up on the idea. This couldn’t be helped as, given his current strength, he could only make a scene in a Territory Lord’s territory as most of the ck Ink nsmen had gone to the battlefield. However, if he barged into the Royal City, it would be akin to stepping right into the enemies’ trap; he would be doomed; after all, there was more than one Territory Lord guarding the Royal City.


    Although the Old Ancestor was powerful, the battle took ce near the Royal City, after all, so she might not gain the upper hand since she was on her own. Nevertheless, he wasn’t in any position to worry about her. Given his current power, he was unable to intervene in the fight between the Royal Lord and the Old Ancestor. Perhaps Eighth-Order Masters could assist the Old Ancestor in this situation, but a Seventh-Order Master like him was still too weak.


    The reason the Army had left Yin-Yang Pass this time was that they had to facilitate Yang Kai’s return; however, he was unable to circumvent the ck Ink n and join up with those from Yin-Yang Pass back then as he was in a horrible state. It was destined that the soldiers from Yin-Yang Pass wouldn’t achieve their goal.


    Therefore, Yang Kai spected that the soldiers from Yin-Yang Pass should have retreated by now. Presently, Yin-Yang Pass must be surrounded by the ck Ink n. The two Races had gotten into a battle where one side would defend while the other side would attack. It was the pattern of battle they were most familiar with.


    Over the years, this kind of battle had taken ce at every Great Pass numerous times. Be it the Humans or the ck Ink n, they were already familiar with how this would go.


    If that was indeed the case, the situation would be in Yang Kai’s favour.


    Since the ck Ink n’s Army had gathered outside of Yin-Yang Pass, there wouldn’t be any blockades in front of him. He could stealthily head to the battlefield and wait for a chance to return to the Inner Sanctum during the fighting.


    He had done the same thing when he and Feng Ying saved several hundred ck Ink Disciples and brought them back to Blue Sky Pass previously.


    However, Yang Kai didn’t intend to do that.


    He had a taste of sessfully destroying Hei Yuan’s ck Ink Nest, which resulted in the fall of all its sub-nests. As this was a rare opportunity, Yang Kai naturally didn’t want to miss it as he reckoned that it wouldn’te again.


    Therefore, he left Hei Yuan’s territory several dayster and headed towards another Territory Lord’s territory.


    He had no idea whose territory it was, nor did he know where that Territory Lord’s home territory was. Regardless, it didn’t matter to him. He directly headed to the Feudal Lord’s Fief nearest to him and went on a killing spree.


    In just half a day, most of the ck Ink nsmen in this Fief were either dead or dying. Some of the ck Ink nsmen seized the chance to flee from the ce, but Yang Kai didn’t have the intention of pursuing them.


    To him, destroying the ck Ink n’s foundation was the most important objective, while killing stray ck Ink nsmen came second. Moreover, the most powerful ck Ink nsmen in this Fief had followed their Feudal Lord and left for the battlefield, so the ones who stayed back were undoubtedly weak.


    Yang Kai then directly barged into the ck Ink Nest in this ce.


    This was a Feudal Lord’s ck Ink Nest, and with the prior experience of visiting Zha Gu’s ck Ink Nest, Yang Kai soon realised that the inner structures of all ck Ink Nests were more or less the same.


    There were still some ck Ink nsmen inside the ck Ink Nest, but they appeared oblivious to what had happened outside. The moment they saw a Human entering this ce, they were puzzled.


    They were all killed by Yang Kai before they realized what was happening.


    A momentter, Yang Kai stood inside an empty chamber and opened the portal of his Small Universe. His Word Force was instantly drawn by a powerful force and absorbed by the ck Ink Nest.


    With his World Force serving as a bridge, he was soon connected to the consciousness of this ck Ink Nest.


    He had done the same thing in Zha Gu’s ck Ink Nest back then, so he was familiar with the process.


    The next instant, Yang Kai found himself in a special space where a lot of consciousnesses wandered around.


    This was the secret behind the informationwork that the ck Ink n had built using the ck Ink Nests.


    These ck Ink nsmen had entered this ce through the consciousnesses of the Feudal Lords’ ck Ink Nests. They could then exchange all sorts of information here and find out what was going on in the other Feudal Lords’ Fiefs.


    After listening to them for a while, Yang Kai realised that he couldn’t gather any useful information. He wanted to find out what was going on at the front lines through the conversations between these consciousnesses, but thetest information from the battlefield was apparently not avable to these ck Ink nsmen who stayed behind.


    Just when he was ready to carry out his n, a message was sent from a consciousness. The message wasn’t encrypted in any way, so the other consciousnesses could easily read it.


    Yang Kai soon found out what the message was about.


    “The Royal Lord is still in a fight with that Human. I wonder if she can kill her.”


    Another consciousness replied, “That Human is the Old Ancestor of Yin-Yang Pass. Although the Royal Lord is powerful, it’s not easy for her to kill that Human. However, I heard that several Territory Lords have gone over to help. With their assistance, I believe that Human will be defeated.”


    “No. From the looks of it, the Royal Lord is in a disadvantageous situation. Although she has the help of several Territory Lords, both parties are only equally matched now.”


    The moment the message was sent, the other consciousnesses were evidently shocked. One of the consciousnesses asked, “How could it be that the Royal Lord is at a disadvantage? They’ve fought with each other countless times in the past, and they’ve always been equally matched. Neither side could defeat the other. What happened this time?”


    The consciousness from earlier replied, “I have no idea, but for some reason, they arrived somewhere near our Fief and continued fighting. My Feudal Lord was the one who saw it. Fortunately, they soon left; otherwise, our Fief would’ve been destroyed. We wouldn’t be able to defend against the fallout from their battle.”


    “Could it be that the Royal Lord hasn’t recovered?”


    “That’s possible.”


    “However, the Royal Lord has the help of some Territory Lords now, so the Human Old Ancestor certainly won’t get the upper hand.”


    …..


    The consciousnesses continued chatting and soon changed the topic.


    Although Yang Kai hadn’t gathered a lot of information, he had at least found out that the Old Ancestor was fine. On the other hand, he was surprised at the fact that the Royal Lord had fallen into a disadvantageous position. It never crossed his mind that the seemingly unreliable Old Ancestor from Yin-Yang Pass would be so powerful, able to battle against the Royal Lord and several Territory Lords on her own.


    He wondered what the oue of the battle would be.


    Nevertheless, he didn’t have the right to interfere in this matter, and he had bigger fish to fry.


    He then focused on sensing his surroundings.


    ording to Zha Gu, this special space was actually a tform linked to the consciousness of the Territory Lord’s ck Ink Nest. The consciousnesses of the sub-nests could easily connect to it, which allowed the Feudal Lords tomunicate with one another.


    In that case, Yang Kai reckoned that he could make use of it and find out the whereabouts of the Territory Lord’s ck Ink Nest.