Then, two figures appeared. Behind them, a group of people followed closely. Without a doubt, they were the people of the Ling Clan.
One of the two figures was a middle-aged man, a completed spiritual king. Needless to say, he was none other than the master of the Ling Clan. The other figure that stood beside him was Colin.
There were no visible injuries on Colin's body. It was as if Ricky's punch did not cause him any damage or harm at all.
"Retreat your array and surrender, and I can guarantee that all of your people inferior to a spiritual king can continue to thrive and live on happily in this place, the Star Continent," the master of the Ling Clan proposed, albeit in a tone that was arrogant and lacked empathy.
"Oh, wait, I think I just made a mistake. It should be called the Ling Continent. That's a more befitting name," he added with a sneer.
"Andrea, don't you think you're wasting precious time, trying to convince me to surrender?" one of the strong warriors inside the array spat back coldly, directly addressing the Ling Clan's master, Andrea Ling.
The said warrior was also a completed spiritual king. The only difference was that he was a little weaker than Andrea Ling. The warrior's enlightening power indicated his identity. He was William Yuan, Ares' father. He was also the master of the Scarlet King Ape tribe.
"Ha-ha! William, I really don't understand. You are a completed spiritual king, yet why are you fighting so hard to protect a dynasty that is doomed to collapse soon?" Andrea Ling asked with a smile.
"Worry not, though, for I am a generous master. I am giving you the last chance to retreat from this array. By surrendering, your Scarlet King Ape tribe will remain as one of the most powerful forces on this land. Your failure to do as I request will leave me no choice but to destroy all of you."
"What makes you think I have trust in your words? That is absolutely not going to happen. Not on my watch!" William Yuan insisted stubbornly and decisively.
"Well, in that case, the very day when the array is broken will be the time that all of your men will die," Andrea Ling responded with the same level of obstinacy and assertiveness.
"We don't know and we can't surely tell yet what the result will be. Let us wait until you finally break the array," William Yuan retorted, unperturbed.
"Humph!" Andrea Ling snorted. William Yuan's unwavering conviction was starting to get on his nerves. "Do you really think I have no idea what you are waiting for? It has something to do with the agreement among the three clans, doesn't it? Are you really that confident about Ares' and Selene's chances of survival? How sure are you that they will make it back alive?"
"Damn you, Andrea! Did you send someone else to kill them?" William Yuan demanded for Andrea Ling's answer with urgency. An idea seemed to have sprung into his mind.
"Ha-ha! Is it really necessary for me to send someone out just to seize their heads?" In all honesty, Andrea Ling thought William Yuan would know better. His assumption was quite foolish. "To tell you the truth, Vincent has already broken through and become an upper spiritual king. That being said, I hardly trust that Ares and Selene would still stand a chance against him."
What Andrea Ling and Colin wouldn't admit was that they already knew that Vincent had met his end in the hands of another powerful warrior. They both opted not to disclose the saddening news to everybody else, and so they had been adamant at covering it up with their fake mockery and arrogance.
Before the news about Vincent's death would spread all over the land, they launched the attack against the Great Star Dynasty and the Scarlet King Ape tribe. Any delay in their backup plan would only delay the attainment of their objective.
"What?" William Yuan couldn't believe what he just heard. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. The space around him broke into pieces because of his anger.
"So, you see, there is no longer any hope for you, right from the beginning. If I guessed it right, your array can only last for ten days, at most," Andrea scoffed with a sarcastic smile on his face.
"Well, how about you just return here after ten days?" another voice echoed nearby, and a middle-aged man in a golden robe with an intricate dragon pattern on it appeared.
The middle-aged man was the king of the Great Star Dynasty. He looked very pale and his lips were dark. His once immense and powerful strength could be no longer felt, a sign that he had dramatically weakened over the last few days.
"It seems that the king was really poisoned. That means, the Great Star Dynasty will only have ten days left to exist before it becomes completely erased off the face of this world," the spectators surrounding the area where the Great Star Dynasty's king appeared murmured among themselves.
Some were worried about the king's current state while the others were simply anticipating what would happen next.
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