That's him for sure. William thought as he relayed his location to his Beasts through the System and asked them to stand guard outside. Even Uri was alerted, since Retribution seed to have many incredible escape techniques and he wanted as much help as he could get.
They wouldn't be able to dig down to the complex in a short ti, which seed to be almost five hundred kiloters underground, but they could at least wait up top. Only Atticus was able to approach William.
William maintained his invisibility all the way down to the bottom of the Headquarters, slipping through the door with the help of Atticus' Illusion Territory. On the inside, William could see many old n wearing cloaks of different colors, but Tenebris wasn't among them.
Gu Dianlong hadn't moved from his previous spot, still crouched on the ground and restrained while the n muttered to themselves on how to allocate the man. They couldn't risk Gu Dianlong breaking free from his restrictions, but his presence was required for many incidences, especially when it ca to creating long-distance portals.
"I say we should leave him in the Headquarters permanently. His combat power is strong, but it's useless if he has found a loophole to our restrictions." the orange-cloaked man proposed to the group.
"What about when we absorb the third Greater Core in the Eastern Ocean? Will we leave him inside while our people die?" the blue-cloaked man in charge of the Eastern Ocean asked.
"Naturally we will bring him along for the most important events, but this is about day-to-day activities." the white-cloaked man replied.
"What about ? Can I have him on weekends?"
The cloaked n looked around with surprise and confusion, "Who said that? Show yourself!"
William's form lded into existence from thin air, catching the group off guard. His face wore a calm smile that suggested everything was within his grasp, having decided not to take Gu Dianlong away secretly.
One might think that William was being stupid here, since Retribution would clearly move their Headquarters now, but it would have happened anyway when Gu Dianlong was released. The man was a Tribulation Transcendence expert, after all.
All Gu Dianlong needed to do was tell the appropriate Ancient Families or otherwise that had a grudge with Retribution, and they would have no choice but to abandon their Headquarters.
Since it didn't matter either way how William handled Gu Dianlong's rescue, he opted to control the situation directly, while also answering a few questions on his mind.
"It's you!" the orange-cloaked man said. He and William had never t, but he recognized the portrait of the previously twelfth most-wanted man on the Continent.
His incredible rise to fa upon defeating Supre Left and Unbreakable Right ended up wiping away that bounty, but not before he beca the second most feared individual in the World.
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"Yes, it's . What do you say about my offer, though? Is he mine on the weekends?"
The old n didn't understand the definition of weekend, but they knew William was telling a joke, which infuriated them all.
After improving their Elents with the absorbed World Cores, four of the old n were able to survive the final Tribulation of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm and reach the peak. They were almost as strong as Tenebris now, who only had an advantage because of his powerful Contracted Beasts that they had gathered for him.
"Don't push your luck too far, boy. You're not ready to compete with us old n yet." the red-cloaked man replied. He had no intention of giving up Gu Dianlong yet.
"Are you sure about that?" William smiled as he took a step forward.
The red-cloaked man smirked when he saw William's initial movent, already prepared to defend himself with a Wind Spell that wrapped around his body. As the Wind Barrier was created, however, ti was suddenly reversed and the old man found himself in the sa state as before, except William was now right in front of him.
How did Gu Dianlong break free already? the old man looked over to the Five Elents Sect Master, who was still kneeling on the ground. It wasn't him? Then...
"That's right. It was ." William smiled as he threw out a punch aid directly at the red-cloaked man's shoulder, obliterating it instantly. The layers of Space tore around the attack, threatening to pull the red-cloaked man inside, but he managed to get away just in ti.
Seeing the spatial tears from William's attacks that distorted the World, the old n simultaneously had the sa thought.
"Your combat strength is in the Ascension Realm?!"
William smirked, "Who knows. I haven't tested that yet."
The cloaked individuals beca fearful as they ordered Gu Dianlong to prepare them a portal. They ran away from William at the highest speed they could muster to stall for ti, but Gu Dianlong wasn't moving.
"Co on, old man! Make the portal!"
Gu Dianlong's Enslavent Array had taken away his will, but he smiled upon seeing how the old n were suffering. "I can't, he's removed the Space Elent from the area."
"W-What?" the n were stunned. Did William have this ability too? This wasn't reported from the fight with Supre Left! Was he hiding his strength even during that fight?
Without a portal waiting for them, the old n had no choice but to escape the conventional way. They each burned their blood and flew to the closed door, but a massive snake head suddenly appeared, phasing from the opposite side.
Atticus smiled as he looked at the pitiful old n below, "Masster, did you bring snacksss for ?"
"Not this ti, sorry little buddy." William shook his head as he replied. "Lock them in your Domain for now, we need them alive."
Little buddy? How can this behemoth be considered a little buddy?!? the old n wailed in their minds as the Illusion Territory wrapped around their bodies, forcing them into a prison that sealed their senses and would force them to run in circles for eternity.
Even while not moving, the old n found themselves incredibly dizzy, so even throwing up despite their peak Tribulation Transcendence Cultivation.
William walked up to Gu Dianlong and inspected his condition. The Sect Master was mostly fine, though he had suffered a few injuries from when the Enslavent Array was strengthened, and his Cultivation had dropped to the first level of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm while his Mana Reserves were only a quarter of what they used to be.
"Are you here to save again, Disciple William? I'm afraid it won't be so easy this ti." the Sect Master sighed.
He was too weak to use the Ti Loop Spell, since he had been given powerful drugs that affected his Mana Reserve. Only after a month passed would Gu Dianlong regain the ability to use such a powerful Spell.
William nodded, "You're right, it won't be as easy. But this ti I have so helpers."
"Helpers? You an him and that dragon?" Gu Dianlong looked at Atticus, who was aimlessly floating through the air out of boredom.
"Yeah, and the others." William replied simply. He took out the cloaked n's clothing and put them on so Array Puppets, then seated them in their respective seats next to a handwritten note.
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