Chapter 458 Prime Viewing Seats

There’s a saying: “A head may fall, blood may flow, but status mustn’t be lost,” especially for those in high positions who value their prestige even more.

Young generals like Yan Ziguo and Xia Jincang are prime examples; they’ve already mastered vast powers at such a young age, so it’s natural they won’t easily be shocked. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have reached where they are. No matter how flawed their character, they still embody the qualities necessary for a leader.

For instance, absolute calmness in any situation.

When encountering danger or similar circumstances, panic is the least useful emotion, so even if Yan Ziguo is shocked, he can quickly react and assess the situation.

Clearly, whether it’s the Eternal Life Palace or Eden, their mutual cooperation resembles a game of risking it all; it’s just a matter of who snaps first. While Eden guards against the Eternal Life Palace, the latter isn’t idle—on the contrary, they’ve been quite active, even planting moles within Eden’s core.

Unfortunately, Eden’s leader hardly trusts anyone completely, so apart from the leader, hardly anyone in Eden can claim to know everything about it, including the search for demons and cooperation with them. Even within Eden, the knowledge is limited and not entirely complete.

Of course, the Eternal Life Palace knows about this, but they only recognize that Eden is attempting to partner with demons, not that a partnership has already been formed. So when Yan Ziguo first heard of this, he thought it was a joke.

But now, seeing this guy standing with so many demons, Yan Ziguo can no longer treat it as a joke.

Instead, he found himself becoming a joke.

At present, this castle is clearly not a demon stronghold. These demons aren’t just idly attacking; it’s likely been a trap since the beginning.

And he not only fell into the trap but has also dug himself deeper.

However…

“So what do you want? To destroy us?” Yan Ziguo said with a mocking expression. “Do you really think this few can keep me here? A rat nest hiding in a sewage ditch, barely surviving through handouts, really thinks it has what it takes?”

“Go ahead and scoff,” the leader let out a cold snort. “Soon enough, you won’t have the chance to scoff anymore. But considering our partnership between Eden and the Eternal Life Palace, I will grant Young Master Yan a dignified death.”

Yan Ziguo chuckled: “Considering the partnership, you shouldn’t have torn the mask off so quickly.”

“Is it not Young Master Yan who’s anxious already?” The leader’s tone darkened. “Do you really think we know nothing? You initially tried to use Eden to eliminate all the forces competing with the Eternal Life Palace, and after that plan failed, you started thinking about how to kick Eden out. What? Who was it that boldly claimed the previous invasion wouldn’t fail? How did Young Master Yan’s so-called meticulous plan get wrecked by an unknown minor force?”

After a pause, he continued, “Now you think you’re running out of time and want to expose Eden to gain benefits for yourself? You truly have a ruthless heart, Young Master Yan… I wonder how your other allies will react after they learn of this.”

Then, he laughed sinisterly: “Sadly, that day will never come.”

“Indeed, that day will never come,” Yan Ziguo sighed.

In the next moment, a red magic circle suddenly appeared beneath the leader’s feet, glowing brilliantly as chains formed from gathered blood shot out and ensnared the leader. Yan Ziguo dashed forward with incredible speed, causing the temperature in the area to drop significantly.

The leader’s expression changed. Simultaneously, his two subordinates behind him rushed toward Yan Ziguo in shock, trying to shield their leader from calamity. But as soon as Yan Ziguo grasped them, they were drained of life, instantly turning into dry corpses.

In the distance, atop the castle, a heavyset man using binoculars watched this scene, trembling. “Wow, that move is really cruel.”

“That guy’s ability is of the Blood Clan,” Xia Jincang explained beside him. “Put simply, he’s a vampire, extremely strong and able to use blood magic. Dealing with him is indeed quite troublesome.”

“Let’s see which dog wins this dog-eat-dog contest.” The heavyset man rubbed his chin and glanced at Ling Mo. “Old Ling, who do you think will win?”

“Are you really planning to let them fight it out to the end?” Ling Mo raised an eyebrow.

After all, they could hardly miss the opportunity for a viewing party—when Eden contacted Ling Mo previously, Xia Xinyan secretly got in touch with many key figures from other top forces to come and watch the show. This time, the castle not only served as a smokescreen but also provided them with prime viewing seats.

At this moment, everyone present here, besides Xia Xinyan and Ling Mo from the Chicks organization, included pretty much all who could determine the next move of the Eternal Life Palace.

Of course, while Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan did most of the heavy lifting for this viewing event, it was Xia Jincang’s achievement to bring all these observers together. Only a new dawn organization could boast such influence and manage to do it without alerting the Eternal Life Palace, which was quite a challenge.

Fortunately, the primary goal had been achieved. At this point, even without releasing the initial recording, the Eternal Life Palace and Eden were already confirmed to be inside moles. Meanwhile, the heat remained intense over there, while the atmosphere atop the castle turned somewhat strange.

Not only was it shocking that the Eternal Life Palace was the mole, but it was also significant that this entire performance had been orchestrated mostly by the Chicks organization. Be it their understanding of demons or the knowledge of demon entities like Guan Ling and that meat can, this was far beyond the capabilities of any other forces.

Thus, this theatrical performance not only helped everyone root out the mole but also served as a muscle show for the Chicks—this was the first time everyone present realized just how powerful the Chicks had become.

And with greater power comes greater influence; perhaps the Chicks were also using this method to announce something?

Plus, with the downfall of the Eternal Life Palace… who knows, after today, the upper forces might just get a shake-up.

With less than ten days before the expedition, the appearance of this incident—whether it’s good or bad—remains unclear to everyone present.