Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 861 - 861 0526 Can He Be Given Some Face_2

Chapter 861: Chapter 0526: Can He Be Given Some Face?_2 Chapter 861: Chapter 0526: Can He Be Given Some Face?_2 Wang Dongming nodded his head in satisfaction, and then he turned back to glance at Qi Tian once more before stepping into the Teleportation Gate. Moments later, he vanished from sight.

Watching Wang Dongming disappear, Commander Yang was fuming with anger, but there was nothing he could do. He could only, with a face full of shame, return to Wang Fengna’s side with his severely injured companion and say, “Vice Alliance Leader, I’ve let you down.”

Wang Fengna’s face was expressionless as she said, “Commander Yang, the performance of the three of you has greatly disappointed me. To think that a minor character at the Foundation Establishment Stage could escape from your hands, you’ve utterly disgraced the Eight Pill Alliance.”

Commander Yang hung his head, his old face flushing a deep red. He had no way to refute Wang Fengna’s reproach.

Wang Fengna snorted coldly and did not continue to humiliate Commander Yang. The Eight Pill Alliance was a well-established coalition with a comprehensive system of rewards and punishments. Today’s performance would surely result in a deduction of points for Commander Yang, and his share of the dividends would definitely be reduced later on.

Wang Fengna once again turned her gaze towards Qi Tian and the others, her eyes lingering on Qi Tian for an extra second before moving away. She said, “I reiterate, if anyone can help us open the Defensive Barrier, I will fulfill a request within my power. You can trust my word.”

When Wang Fengna spoke, she wore an air of utmost earnestness, appearing extremely credible, but nobody responded to her words.

Wang Fengna felt somewhat embarrassed, but she didn’t take it too seriously. She knew that a Defensive Barrier capable of withstanding the assault of a Half-step Nascent Soul was not something they could break easily. If someone could indeed do so, they could simply open a shop in Wanjie City. Just doing business to solve other cultivators’ problems with Defensive Barriers would earn them a fortune in cultivation resources.

Wang Fengna pointed at Commander Yang, instructing him to stay put and keep watch over Qi Tian and the others. Meanwhile, she led the rest of the Gold Core Realm experts back towards the Defensive Barrier.

This time, Wang Fengna didn’t waste her breath communicating with the people from the Refining God Sect. She directly took several Gold Core Realm experts and brought out various oddly-shaped magical implements. They surrounded the Defensive Barrier and began to analyze and research it.

As Wang Fengna and her team took action, the previously tranquil Defensive Barrier began showing subtle changes, with occasional flickers of light here and there. This scene terrified Zhou Guanyu, who was inside the Defensive Barrier, prompting him to promptly check the barrier to prevent losing control of it to Wang Fengna and her team unwittingly.

The inspection was soon completed, and the results allowed Zhou Guanyu to breathe a sigh of relief. Despite Wang Fengna and her team’s flurry of activity, they were not targeting control rights of the Defensive Barrier. They were merely using some minor techniques to partially activate the barrier and collect data for their research, hoping to deduce the Array Diagram of the Defensive Barrier.

The methods of the Eight Pill Alliance were both strange and fearsome. Zhou Guanyu had never even heard of such tactics before. Although he wanted to intervene, he didn’t know how to do so. Thus, he decided to stick to a wait-and-see approach, sitting calmly inside the Defensive Barrier, watching to see if the Eight Pill Alliance had the ability to break through.

Zhou Guanyu had ample confidence in the Defensive Barrier. He knew that it was not a product of the Great Zhao Nation’s Cultivation World and had nothing to do with Wanjie City. It was a treasure his master had found in the Imperial Family Secret Territory. Such a Defensive Barrier was impregnable, ranking among the top in the entire world.

Wang Fengna and her team spent a considerable amount of time studying, with slow progress.

As Qi Tian and the others waited, they grew bored and simply sat down. Just then, a Message Paper Crane flew over. Before Qi Tian could reach out to catch it, Commander Yang stretched out his hand and grabbed the ill-timed Message Paper Crane, then tore it open and skimmed through the message on the note.

After reading it, Commander Yang said, “Who is the recipient of this letter? It would be best for them to step forward voluntarily. Otherwise, when I find out who the receiver is, don’t blame me for being unkind.”

Such matters were hard to hide, so Qi Tian raised his hand and said, “Let me have a look. If there is no mistake, this letter should be for me.”

Commander Yang walked over and handed the letter to Qi Tian, asking, “Is the content of this letter true?”

Qi Tian glanced at the letter in a hurry and replied with a wry smile, “Indeed, I did send a message to several of my subordinates asking them to come and meet with me.”

“Very good,” Commander Yang nodded in satisfaction and said, “You will write to your subordinates right away to have them come for the rendezvous. It just so happens that I’m in need of some extra hands.”

At this moment, Qi Tian couldn’t possibly refuse, since Commander Yang was full of pent-up anger and looking for something to vent it on; Qi Tian did not want to give him the opportunity. Therefore, in front of Commander Yang, he wrote a letter. After letting Commander Yang have a look, he cast a spell, and the paper automatically folded into the shape of a paper crane and flew away.

Qi Tian’s compliance was a letdown for Commander Yang, who held resentment towards him for a simple reason: Wang Dongming, who had escaped from his grasp, held a grudge against Qi Tian. In Commander Yang’s mind, if not for Qi Tian bringing Wang Dongming to the scene, he wouldn’t have had to face such humiliation.

After receiving Qi Tian’s Message Paper Crane, the three Gold Core Realm powerhouses Sun Xiang, Jin Jin, and Wang Youjun hurried over. Before they even understood what was happening, they were taken down by Commander Yang’s men.

Having received orders from Qi Tian, Sun Xiang and the others did not resist at all and accepted the fact that they were under the control of the Eight Pill Alliance. With Commander Yang personally escorting them, they joined Qi Tian’s group.

Seeing Sun Xiang and the others arrive, a ridiculous thought suddenly popped up in Qi Tian’s mind: this was indeed a reunion. Except for Guan Xun, who had to serve as the acting Mansion Master of the Imperial Master Mansion and couldn’t leave no matter what, all of his Gold Core Realm strongmen had come. If Wang Fengna was cruel enough to kill all of them, he would have no Gold Core Realm fighters left at his disposal.

Sun Xiang and the others sat down with Qi Tian, and after a short while, Gao Jinmei took some time to pass the information to them via voice transmission, briefly explaining the situation here.

After understanding the situation, Sun Xiang and the others also felt helpless. The reputation of the Eight Pill Alliance and the formidable power of Wang Fengna, along with the deployment of as many as twelve Gold Core Realm powerhouses, overwhelmed them entirely.

Sun Xiang sent a voice transmission to Qi Tian, asking for his decision. “Master, what should we do?”

Qi Tian looked at Wang Fengna and others who were busy in the Great Rift Valley and managed just one phrase: “Wait and see.”

All Qi Tian could do now was to wait and see. The vast disparity in strength left him with no alternative. He had to sit quietly and wait to see if God would grant him face and provide an opportunity for him to break free from this predicament.

Wang Fengna’s current measurement and calculation took a significant amount of time, during which she even used the precious Thousand Miles Messaging Paper Crane to contact the alliance leader guarding Wanjie City, transmitting some of the data she had measured.

In the end, by consolidating all the power of the Eight Pill Alliance, Wang Fengna and her team finally made some progress with their measurements. Subsequently, based on these findings, she conducted an in-depth analysis of the Defensive Barrier.

This research took another half a month.

During this long period, Qi Tian and his associates were like birds trapped in a cage, their range of movement firmly controlled within a vicious circle. They were free to move around as long as they didn’t leave this area, practicing meditation and cultivation was fine. However, the moment anyone stepped out of bounds, even just an inch, they would receive a stern warning from the people of the Eight Pill Alliance.

Collectively, more than twenty Gold Core Realm powerhouses, including Qi Tian, Lin Zhiyuan, and Zhang Liangliang, could only observe and wait for the right opportunity.