My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 456 - 352: Whose Opportunity Is It_3

Chapter 456: Chapter 352: Whose Opportunity Is It_3

"If you refuse to obey my command, I will call off this mission, and head south to return immediately."

Other Red Clan members, led by Alaku, immediately softened their stance. "Your Excellency, please don’t cancel this mission. You know that our divine artifacts can hardly be suppressed any longer. We need this slaughter!

If we can’t find fresh flesh and blood, we will have to use our own to feed these divine artifacts."

The leader snorted coldly, then said, "Akula, keep the Wood Dynasty people in the merchant team trapped. We’ll set out immediately."

"Yes, Your Excellency." Akula gave a sinister smile, took out a small animal skull the size of a walnut from his arms, gently stroked it and murmured as if he were communicating with the skull.

A moment later, the skull started floating. In mid-air, from its eye sockets sprayed a gray mist that seemed alive, writhing with bared teeth and claws, rushing towards the merchant team below, diving into each person’s nostrils.

The people in the merchant team immediately became groggy, their minds unable to think and could only follow Alaku’s commands like zombies, continuing southwards on the road.

"Alright, let’s catch up with the merchant team after dealing with the mastermind and leave the Wood Dynasty as soon as possible," the leader said, "Remember, I hate everything here just as much as you do, and I can’t wait to leave!"

As he spoke, the leader took back the Strange Snake that had been dancing above his head. He then took out a cloak, shook it open with a whoosh, covering the five of them completely. The cloak flickered with light and shadows, gradually melding with the surroundings. The five Red Clan members vanished from the sight of others.

The Strange Snake fell into the leader’s hand and immediately coiled up stiffly. Each of its segments was, in fact, a part of a "toy."

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Night fell, and the bustling area around Looking Cloud Cliff gradually quietened down.

However, this wouldn’t last for too long. As the hunting teams progressed, more and more herb gatherers, merchants, and low-level cultivators seeking adventure arrived. Someone had bought a piece of land east of the Spirit Medicine Market and was planning to build a brothel and casino, ensuring lively nights to come.

Military officers from the Horizon Bureau were outwardly relaxed but internally vigilant. Looking Cloud Cliff’s Prescott Group played a critical role. If the first line of defense in the Copper Gorge Extinction Domain was breached, demon beings would directly attack this place. If Looking Cloud Cliff couldn’t hold either, the demon beings would follow the river downstream, devastating a large part of the Wood Dynasty.

Owen Bertram held no moral illusions about the current Wood Dynasty’s internal affairs. He prepared for the worst even while developing the Spirit Medicine Market. Therefore, one significant task within Looking Cloud Cliff’s Prescott Group was to catch spies, which had to be carried out secretly and discreetly without fanfare.

Herb gatherers and merchants at the market saw no difference between Looking Cloud Cliff Prescott Group and other Horizon Bureau garrisons, they didn’t know that everyone from the top down at Looking Cloud Cliff was secretly on high alert and bracing for potential infiltration and sabotage.

On patrol tonight was Darcy Darren, the team leader. Outsiders could only see four teams of military officers, but in reality, eight teams were deployed.

Each patrol team consisted of ten members, with four visible and four concealed. Two on the city wall, and two beneath it. The patrol team below the city wall suddenly noticed that the Prescott Group’s defensive array had been touched. Under normal circumstances, this would only happen if someone without a Horizon Bureau waist token tried to enter the Prescott Group.

However, when they rushed over, they couldn’t see anyone.

The team leader shouted, "Use the scouting divine skill, search!"

Thanks to the previous lessons learned from the ambush on Dandelion, there was a heated "Grandmaster" campaign going on across Looking Cloud Cliff. Even ordinary military officers chose one or two divine skills to cultivate while striving to improve their realm.

At the team leader’s command, three military officers deployed investigative divine skills, but they found nothing. Nevertheless, all three felt something was amiss: "Captain, there’s something strange..."

The team leader suddenly felt a chill on his back, and his hair stood on end. This was the intuition of a cultivator, sensing imminent danger, as something terrifying was lurking nearby!

The team leader was about to blow the whistle to sound the alarm when a faint voice rang out: "You can stand down."

A tall figure appeared on the city wall, hands clasped behind his back, seemingly standing on an invisible staircase step by step descending.

The patrol team immediately saluted: "Sir!"

Owen Bertram had lain down, but suddenly, he felt a strange sensation and sat up, following his intuition. He opened one of his storage brocade pouches and, after rummaging for a while, found a crystal dagger hidden in the corner.

A faint blood-colored light flowed within the dagger.

This was the divine artifact that Owen Bertram had acquired after killing Spencer Aiden from the cultivation system of the Nanni Nation. Owen couldn’t use it, and it had nearly been forgotten in the storage brocade pouch.

Now, this divine artifact suddenly reacted. Owen found it curious and secretly patrolled the entire Prescott Group, discovering people sneaking closer!

Even Owen himself secretly admired this. He could sense these people’s presence but couldn’t see them. Even his subordinates’ investigating divine skills couldn’t yield any response. However, these people couldn’t escape the array’s blockade or evade his detection, meaning that their concealment technique wasn’t advanced within their own cultivation system.