Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 924: Then I Shall Kill Him for You First [2nd Update]

Chapter 924: Chapter 924: Then I Shall Kill Him for You First [2nd Update]

"..."

As soon as these four words were spoken, the entire space instantly fell silent.

The High Priest gradually retracted his smile. He stared at the girl with a calm and composed expression, finally ceasing to smile altogether.

This was his greatest hidden secret. For thousands of years, no one had ever known it, let alone guessed it.

Yet, Ye Wanlan spoke it easily, as if this greatest secret before her was nothing, vulnerable and insignificant.

Her gaze, tone, and expression didn’t contain a trace of shock or disbelief, neither joy nor anger. Even he could not fathom what she was truly thinking deep in her heart.

After a long, long silence, the High Priest suddenly laughed again, with a bit of intrigue: "No wonder you are Princess Yongning, truly brilliant. It’s no surprise the entire Ning Dynasty’s luck is bestowed upon you; you... are indeed a formidable adversary."

Princess Yongning’s extraordinary brilliance had already made the Heavenly Dao wary of her.

Thus, she must die; allowing her to live was absolutely not an option.

Yet, how she could reincarnate with her memories intact was something the High Priest was not clear about.

So he could only kill her to eliminate any future troubles.

"I also know that the Time Administration Bureau sent you here for a certain power of Atlantis, though I cannot yet deduce what this power is," Ye Wanlan coughed lightly a couple of times, letting the blood flow from her neck, "You manipulated a war from thousands of years ago to collect this force."

The High Priest’s eyes suddenly grew deep, his smile unchanged: "Go on."

"The heavenly mechanism can be measured, but the human heart is hard to fathom," Ye Wanlan smiled faintly, "Collecting this force must be extremely difficult, but if you divide Atlantis into two and make the Atlantians kill each other through scheming, manipulating people’s hearts, everything becomes much simpler."

At first, she had only deduced that the Cangyuan Great Priest and the Supreme Wisdom might come from the same place.

It wasn’t until yesterday that she was 60% sure they were actually the same person.

But Princess Yongning’s 60% certainty was already enough to make a judgment.

The facts proved that she had bet correctly.

"Clever, truly too clever," the High Priest clapped his hands in admiration, laughing heartily, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration, "Even though you have never experienced matters from thousands of years ago and are not a Divination Master, yet you were able to deduce so accurately, truly... impressive."

As Ye Wanlan said, he had indeed come to acquire a certain power from Atlantis.

This power, in fact, was the heart of energy that this world relied upon to operate.

Some worlds collapse because the Heart of Energy’s power depletes, unable to support the continued operation of the world.

Other worlds originally had ample spiritual energy for people to cultivate immortality, but as the spiritual energy became ever thinner, finally disappearing, it was also due to the heart of energy’s insufficient power.

Some worlds had no spiritual energy until it reawakened, which was due to the Heart of Energy absorbing new power.

The Heart of Energy is the term used by the Time Administration Bureau. It has many other names, but in essence, it is the energy source supporting each world’s operation.

There are many ways to collect energy from the Heart of Energy, but only one method is the simplest, which is to accelerate the world’s demise.

So after coming to Atlantis, he first created a war, splitting the then-unified Cangming Country.

Following that, he established Chongming Country and Cangyuan Country under the identities of the Supreme Wisdom and High Priest respectively, becoming the sole belief in the hearts of the people of the two countries, thus ensuring Atlantis’s division became irreparable.

Then, under these two completely different identities, he issued prophecies, allowing his plan to be implemented more smoothly, accelerating the collapse of the two countries.

His final plan was to incite another war between Cangyuan Country and Chongming Country.

In this battle, both countries would perish, and countless Atlantians would die.

This also meant that the small world of Atlantis was nearing its end.

With the power of the Heart of Energy weakened, he could successfully extract the Heart of Energy and return to the Time Administration Bureau.

This enormous and complex plan, he had orchestrated over thousands of years.

To those in the Time Administration Bureau, time was the least valuable resource as they could alter the length of time at will.

Acquiring a Heart of Energy over thousands of years was truly a godsend.

His plan had originally been very smooth, with the entirety of Atlantis under his control. The Chongming people and Cangyuan people in his eyes were like laughable ants, at his mercy.

Yet even the most meticulously planned schemes had flaws.

Lin Jiayan was supposed to return to Atlantis under intense hatred, kill Beirut, ascend to the throne, and become his new puppet.

But now Lin Jiayan was missing, and it was Princess Yongning who reincarnated as his daughter to complete the task for him.

From that moment, everything went wrong!

"You low-dimensional beings can never understand us, the high-dimensional life forms," the High Priest looked down at Ye Wanlan, "Even if you guessed correctly, so what? With your power, you can’t resist me; you cannot even touch the threshold of the Time Administration Bureau!"

Ye Wanlan also smiled: "Millions of tiny ants can still bring down a tree."

"Courageous," the High Priest raised an eyebrow, "Then let me show you the gap between absolute powers!"

"Boom!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already struck with his palm, directly aiming for Ye Wanlan’s vital point.

But in the next second, Ye Wanlan was no longer in her original spot.

"Huh—?" The High Priest showed a hint of surprise, "I never expected a mortal body like yours to have such high attainment in space, but unfortunately, it’s still useless."

He suddenly raised his hand and struck several times!

"Boom-boom-boom!"

These strikes came from all directions, forming golden palm prints that sealed Ye Wanlan completely, trapping her in a cage from top to bottom, left to right!

Subsequently, these strikes fell simultaneously.

"Pfft—" Ye Wanlan, though standing on the spot and withstanding the move, was injured in her lungs and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Your strength is indeed impressive," the High Priest admired the vivid blood at the corner of her lips, "You’ve gotten stronger than before, but I am now more than just a mere shadow! As a member of the Time Administration Bureau, eradicating traitors is my rightful duty!"

"Boom—!"

The attack descended once more, with the force of thunder.

Ye Wanlan felt her heart tremble, her fingers numbed.

The Shadow Trailing Sword and Divine Sword emerged without her summon, shielding her.

But it wasn’t enough.

Ye Wanlan suddenly felt another cold blade vibrating against her body.

She quickly grasped her right chest, where she kept Prince Yan’s Sword.

It was as if a past conversation resurfaced in her ears.

——Brother Prince, if someone wants to kill me, what will you do?

——Then I will kill them first for you.

"Clang!!!"